[SWIFT, JONATHAN]
DELANEY, PATRICK
Observations upon Lord Orrery's Remarks on the Life and Writings of Dr. Jonathan Swift... London: W. Reeve, 1754. First edition. Contemporary brown calf, spine gilt, all edges sprinkled red. 7 7/8 x 4 1/2 inches (20 x 11.5 cm); [16], 310 pp. Spine neatly refurbished, a clean copy with the 18th century Kirkleatham Library label; Together with [SWIFT, JONATHAN]. Miscellanies in prose and verse. London : printed for John Morphew, near Stationers Hall, 1711. First edition, second state with G6 cancelled. Period panelled calf in modern pull-off case. 7 1/2 x 4 1/2 inches (19 x 11.5 cm); [14], 91, [1], 95-416 pp. Rebacked, front cover detached. And [SWIFT, JONATHAN]. Political Tracts. London: C. Davis, 1738. Two volumes, contemporary calf in a modern pull-off case. 7 1/2 x 4 1/2 inches (19 x 11.5 cm). Covers separated.
The second two works are Teerink-Scouten, 2 (1a) and Teerink-Scouten, 25 (6-7). 1,000 copies of the political tracts were printed by Bowyer for insertion in the 'Miscellanies' of 1727.
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[SWIFT, JONATHAN]
DELANEY, PATRICK
Observations upon Lord Orrery's Remarks on the Life and Writings of Dr. Jonathan Swift... London: W. Reeve, 1754. First edition. Contemporary brown calf, spine gilt, all edges sprinkled red. 7 7/8 x 4 1/2 inches (20 x 11.5 cm); [16], 310 pp. Spine neatly refurbished, a clean copy with the 18th century Kirkleatham Library label; Together with [SWIFT, JONATHAN]. Miscellanies in prose and verse. London : printed for John Morphew, near Stationers Hall, 1711. First edition, second state with G6 cancelled. Period panelled calf in modern pull-off case. 7 1/2 x 4 1/2 inches (19 x 11.5 cm); [14], 91, [1], 95-416 pp. Rebacked, front cover detached. And [SWIFT, JONATHAN]. Political Tracts. London: C. Davis, 1738. Two volumes, contemporary calf in a modern pull-off case. 7 1/2 x 4 1/2 inches (19 x 11.5 cm). Covers separated.
The second two works are Teerink-Scouten, 2 (1a) and Teerink-Scouten, 25 (6-7). 1,000 copies of the political tracts were printed by Bowyer for insertion in the 'Miscellanies' of 1727.
Auction: Rare Books, Autographs & Maps, Nov 24, 2014