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London: Chatto and Windus, 1876. . 8vo, cream cloth, soiled and browned; spine badly darkened. FIRST EDITION of Gosse's second book, inscribed to the sculptor Nelson MacLean on the half-title. Gosse was to write an article on MacLean in "The Century Magazine", vol. XXVI, No 2, June 1883, pp. 163-85, entitled "Living English Sculptors". '

London: Sidgwick & Jackson, 1912. . 8vo, cherry-red cloth, spine slightly faded; title and spine with title in gilt. First and last few leaves foxed, probably due to transfer from the acidic endpapers. FIRST EDITION. The attribution to Sidgwick as the author is supported by Frank Sidgwick's obituary in the London "Times" of August 15, 1939

Bristol: J. W. Arrowsmith; London: Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent and Co., [1900]. . 8vo, maroon ribbed cloth FIRST EDITION.

Dublin: [P. Wogan], 1782. . 12mo, disbound with evidence of previous pamphlet binding. OCLC lists 6 North American holdings

London: Peter Colburn, 1826-1829. . 5 volumes. 8vo, modern buff-colored boards, natural linen spines; spines titled in black. Previous owner's signature on the blank proceeding the half-title in volume I SECOND EDITION.

Philadelphia : Re-Printed for William Cobbett, 1799. . 12mo, contemporary marbled boards, brown leather spine and tips, some wear Title has ownership signature neatly clipped at top right; 19th century ownership signature on front pastedown. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. Shipton & Mooney 35546 

London: Andrew Melrose Ltd., 1918. . 8vo, navy-blue cloth, spine faded, top outer corner bumped; bookplate. Pages browned due to W.W.W.I cheap paper. First Edition

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1870. . Large 8vo, orange pebbled cloth, somewhat soiled; sownership signature on front free endpaper Although not noted in Wolff, this printing is probably taken from an excepted journal printing or was reduced by Harper & Brothers for the recognized first edition is the London 1870 3-decker.It seems probable that this printing has… Read more about this item

New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1980. . 8vo, gray paper-covered boards; brown cloth spine; dust jacket

New York: Edward J. Clode, 1914. . 8vo, red cloth, some wear to extremities; top edge soiled; ownership signature on front free endpaper; scribbling on verso of frontispiece; one leaf torn. First Edition--there being no English edition--Stott E-2

London: Medici Society, 1933. . 8vo, self wrappers, tied in centerfold with wool thread, original mailing envelope present. First Edition. Stewart 617

London: Walter Scott, 1890. . 12mo, red cloth. Camelot series

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1947. . 8vo, red cloth, dust jacket with some rubbing over hinges and corners. First American edition

Rutherford, Madison, & Teaneck: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 1967. . Large 8vo, black cloth, dust jacket. MINT

London: Kegan Paul, Trench & Co., 1885. . 8vo, three quarter dark blue morocco; hinges cracked, but holding; top of spine coming away. One of 50 large paper copies numbered and signed by the Chiswick Press

London: Edward Moxon, 1839. . 8vo, disbound, spine showing evidence of old pamphlet binding. First and last pages browned from old binding, not migrating to other side of leaves. Third edition of this play which opened at Covent Garden, November 2, 1839. This edition not listed in Nicholl, Vol. IV, p. 339

New-York: Carvill et al, 1826. . 2 volumes. 12mo in half-sheets contemporary marbled boards, leather spines and tips; some wear to bindings with front outer hinge of volume II cracked but firm; dampstaining to lower bottom corner of text block in Vol. I, much less in Vol. II One of two American editions published in 1826, the other… Read more about this item

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1924. . 8vo, gray/green paper-covered boards; slight abrasion on front pastedown caused by removal of bookseller's ticket. First American edition

London: Edward Moxon, 1838. . 8vo, modern green paper-covered boards; tan cloth spine, paper spine label. Second edition of this play which opened at Covent Garden, May 23, 1838. See Nicholl, Vol. IV, p. 339 and pp. 170-172

London: John Murray, 1975. . 8vo, red cloth; dust jacket