WAY OF THE WORLD AND LOVE FOR LOVE
1929
First edition thus of this pair of comedies by 18th-century playwright William Congreve, with stylish Beardsley-esque illustrations.
18th century
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LA VIE ET LES AVANTURES SUPRENANTES DE ROBINSON CRUSOE
1720
First printing of the first French edition of ROBINSON CRUSOE, one of the first ever translations of the book that has more translations than any work except the Bible.
ROBINSON CRUSOE
1719
Rare early set of the realist novel that transformed English literature, comprised of the second edition of the work and the first edition of its sequel.
THE HISTORY OF TOM JONES, A FOUNDLING
1749
First edition, first issue of this literary classic describing everyday life in English society, an "incalculable influence" (Yardley) on the developing novel in English.
A CLASSICAL DICTIONARY OF THE VULGAR TONGUE
1796 [but circa 1810]
Third edition, later issue, of Grose's classic slang dictionary of 18th-century colloquial and ungentlemanly nouns and verbs.
THE ADVENTURER
1762
Fourth edition of this collection of all the issues of THE ADVENTURER, a bi-weekly paper featuring some of Bluestockings member Hester Chapone's earliest writing.
CASANOVA'S ESCAPE FROM THE LEADS: An Excerpt From the Memoirs of Giacomo Casanova Di Seingalt
1929
Early Knopf Pocket Book edition, in the lovely and uncommon Art Deco jacket, of Casanova's account of his bold midnight escape from solitary confinement in 1750s Venice.
LUCINDA; Or the Mountain Mourner
1807
First edition of this epistolary novel-memoir, an early and compelling example of the self-conscious novelization of a woman's life.
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