Search Results: Authors starting with S from McNaughtan's Bookshop

Antuerpiæ [Antwerp]: Apud Jacobum Meursium, 1652. 3 vols. bound as 1, folio, pp. [xx], 488, 392, 396, [62]. Contemporary panelled pigskin over bevelled wooden boards, spine divided by raised bands, edges red. Worming throughout, almost all small holes, many touching text but with no loss of sense, some scattered browning and foxing, running marginal dampmark to lower corner. Boards wormholed and rather soiled, leather damage to head of spine, clasps and corner pieces sometime removed and leather repaired. Contemporary ink ownership inscription of Michaelsberg Abbey, Siegberg, to title-page. The most celebrated work of the Spanish Jesuit canon lawyer Thomas Sanchez (1550-1610), the first volume of which appeared in 1602, the second and third volumes being published the following year. Its casuist treatments of aspects of matrimony were so comprehensive that it attracted some critical opprobrium from within the church, with the third volume appearing on some iterations of the Index Librorum… Read More

Glasguae [Glasgow]: In Aedibus Roberti Urie, 1749. 8vo, pp. iv, 250. Contemporary French red morocco, boards bordered with a triple gilt rule, spine divided by triple gilt rules, citron morocco label, flower tools in other compartments, marbled endpapers, edges gilt. Paper age-toned, occasional spotting. Binding a little rubbed, spine very slightly sunned, short crack to foot of rear joint. The only printing of Sallust in Latin by Robert Urie, the Glasgow printer whose paper, types, and press-work competed with that of the Foulis Press, though he relatively rarely printed Greek or Latin texts like this one in the original. His work even had an international reach, judging by this copy, which was clearly bound in France very soon after publication. This is nonetheless a scarce book, recorded by ESTC in only 6 UK locations (and just two of those in Scotland: Aberdeen & NLS), plus 5 US holdings and one in Munich. ESTC T93522.

Glocester [Gloucester]: Printed by R. Raikes, 1789. 8vo, pp. xxvi, [3]-226, [2]. Contemporary sheep, unlettered spine divided by raised bands. Toned, some spotting. Boards scratched, joints and corners repaired, front flyleaf excised. Various ownership inscriptions of Samuel Swan, one amended to be a gift inscription to George Swan (Nov. 6 1841). A scarce provincial printing of this school edition of Sallust, originally published in 1734. The editor and translator John Clarke (1687-1734) was master of Hull Grammar School, and a pioneering advocate of language learning without rote memorisation and with the use of translations (for which he was attacked by traditionalists, including Ruddiman). This edition was printed by Clarke’s wife’s brother’s son, Richard Raikes (1736-1811), also an educationalist with an interest in Sunday schools. ESTC locates a handful of copies of this edition, the only UK location being the BL, plus McMaster, UPenn, William and Mary, and… Read More

Londini [London]: Typis M. Brown. Impensis S. Ballard, J. F. & C. Rivington [et al.], 1790. 8vo, pp. [xviii], 234, [100]. Title-page in red and black. Contemporary sheep, unlettered spine divided by raised bands, edges sprinkled red. A scattering of indentations to title-page. Binding rubbed and marked, foot of spine and corners a bit worn. Ownership inscription of Grenville H. Wheler to title-page, a few pencil annotations elsewhere. A scarce reprinting of the Delphin edition of Sallust for the UK market. ESTC locates copies at Eton, Oxford, and the Rylands only in the UK, plus Boston Public, William and Mary, and Illinois in the USA. ESTC N26478.

Ultrajecti [Utrecht]: Apud. Gul. vande Water, 1720. 12mo, pp. [iv], 349, [27] + engraved title-page bound as frontispiece. Later cat’s paw calf, spine divided by double gilt rules, red morocco label, marbled edges. Area of insect damage to corner of front board, else just a touch rubbed. Armorial bookplate of Sir Wm. Purves Hume Campbell Bart. of that Ilk to pastedown, inscription to flyleaf: ‘Ex Libris Hugonis Rumii Campbelli’.

London: Vernor and Hood, 1800. 8vo, pp. [iv], 99 [1], [iv], 172; [iv], 96 + 3 frontispieces. Contemporary red morocco, spine divided by elaborate gilt rules, second compartment lettered in gilt direct, other compartments tooled in gilt, boards bordered with gilt rules enclosing lozenge outlines blocked in gilt, edges gilt. Some spotting, particularly to title-pages, some offsetting from plates. Rubbed, worn to extremities, joints cracked. Booklabel of Camilla Dufour to pastedown. Three German plays translated by Benjamin Thompson (1775/6-1816), all later reissued in his six-volume ‘The German Theatre.’ This copy belonged to a Camilla Dufour, perhaps the singer and sometime actor of the same name, active on the London stage around 1800 and later the wife of chess player and teacher Jacob Henry Sarratt. ESTC N12832; ESTC T60679.

New York: Charles L. Webster & Company, 1893. FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY, 8vo, pp. 237, [1]. Original pale green cloth, spine and front board lettered and blocked in gilt. Spine ends a little bumped, most of the gilt rubbed from spine. Inscribed by the author for Frederick W. Skiff (January 20th 1917) with manuscript 4-line poem ‘The Hills of Song’, bookplate of Frederick W. Skiff to pastedown, address label to Skiff from Scollard loosely inserted, bookseller’s ticket of Meier & Frank Co., Portland, Oregon to rear pastedown. A travelogue interspersed with verse by the American poet Clinton Scollard (1860-1932), relating a journey through Europe and into Syria. This copy is inscribed to the book collector Frederick Woodward Skiff (1867-1947); Skiff’s extensive library was dispersed by auctioneers Butterfield and Butterfield in 1947.

Preston: Akros Publications, 1968. FIRST EDITION, NO. 45 OF 50 COPIES SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, 8vo, pp. 61, [1]. Original red boards, spine lettered in gilt, yellow dustjacket printed in black, red and grey. Top edge of boards and spine-panel of dustjacket sunned. Numbered in ink to limitation page and neatly signed by the author to flyleaf. The first edition of Scott’s fourth collection was published in an edition of 500 copies, with the first 50 being numbered and signed, as here.

Edinburgh: Printed for Archibald Constable and Co., 1823. FIRST EDITION, 3 vols., 8vo, pp. [ii], lxiii, [i], 273, [1]; [ii], 331, [1]; [ii], 360. Half-titles discarded. Near contemporary half tan roan, pale green paper boards, spines divided by gilt rules and lettered direct in gilt. Just a touch of spotting, dampmark to last gathering of vol. 1. Rebacked and recornered preserving sections of original backstrip to 2 vols., hinges relined, old leather and boards rubbed and soiled. Small black labels with Teddesley lettered in gilt affixed to front boards. Presumably from the library at Teddesley Hall, Staffordshire, seat of the Barons Hatherton, demolished in 1953. Todd & Bowden 167Aa.

Edinburgh: Printed by J. Ballantyne and Co. for Archibald Constable and Company, 1808. 8vo, pp. [x], 377, [1], cxxviii. Contemporary straight-grained red morocco, boards bordered with a triple gilt rule, spine divided by triple gilt rule, lettered direct in gilt, marbled endpapers, edges gilt. Somewhat foxed. Binding a little rubbed and marked. Ink gift inscription to front flyleaf. A handsome copy of the fourth edition of Scott’s historical romance told in verse. Though it bears the same year as the first, this fourth edition appeared on 7th of January 1809: over 10,000 copies were printed within a year of its first appearance in February of 1808 (per numbers given by Todd & Bowden). Todd & Bowden 28Af.

Edinburgh: Printed by James Ballantyne and Co., 1816. FIRST EDITION, 8vo, pp. [iv], 468. Modern quarter green morocco, green cloth boards, black morocco label, marbled edges. Gatherings O and Y-2G a little toned as usual, marginal wormtrails to last 100 pages. The press figures in this copy identify it as Todd and Bowden’s second state, occasioned by the decision to increase the print run from 3000 to 6000 copies. They also note that gatherings O and Y-2G ‘are generally browned’; the pages here are lighter than that although noticeably different in hue. Todd & Bowden 89Aa.

Edinburgh: Printed for Archibald Constable and Co., 1823. FIRST EDITION, 3 vols., 8vo, pp. [ii], lxiii, [i], 273, [1]; [ii], 331, [1]; [ii], 360. Half-titles discarded. Near contemporary half calf, spines divided by gilt rules, central blind tools, lettered and numbered I, II, and 3 in gilt, marbled boards, edges sprinkled red. A few gatherings slightly loosening. Bindings somewhat rubbed, a touch of edge wear. Todd & Bowden 167Aa.

Edinburgh: Printed by James Ballantyne and Co. for Archibald Constable and Company [et al.], 1815. 8vo, [viii], 443, [1]. Near-contemporary navy calf, spine divided by raised bands tooled in gilt, two compartments lettered in gilt, the others tooled in gilt and blind, boards elaborately decorated with a series of blind patterned frames enclosing a central panel scalloped in blind, the whole bordered with gilt rules and corner pieces, marbled edges and endpapers, blue silk bookmark ribbon. A little light spotting. Spine slightly faded and rubbed. Ink gift inscription signed ‘William Henniker 1829’ to front flyleaf. A handsome example of the ‘fourth edition’, in fact the third, because the previous two were separate issues of the same printing, as per Todd & Bowden. The six cantos, which Scott claimed would be ‘my last poetical adventure at least upon a large scale’ describe the return of Robert the Bruce from exile and his successful… Read More

London: Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1814. 2 vols., 4to, pp. [ii], cxxvii, [i], 92; [ii], 93-209, [1], xci, [4, see below], xcii-ci, [15] + 2 engraved title-pages and 93 plates containing 95 images. Contemporary straight-grained black morocco, boards bordered with a combination of blind and gilt rolls, spine divided by raised bands, compartments elaborately tooled in gilt, all edges gilt. Some foxing and toning to plates, with a little offsetting. Extremities a little rubbed, with some wear to spine ends. Engraved armorial bookplate of Sir James Buller to front pastedowns. A mixed issue of the first printings of The Border Antiquities, which was noted by Scott himself to be a ‘foolishly conducted publication’ that ‘must be given up’. The bibliography of these volumes is complex: this example is at least partly from the first edition, with watermarks of 1809 and 1815 intermixed with 1821 and 1822. Towards the end of the appendix, an extra… Read More

Edinburgh: Printed for Archibald Constable and Co., 1826. FIRST EDITION, 3 vols., 8vo, pp. iii-xvi, 315, [1]; [ii], 332; [ii], 370. Half-titles discarded. Later half vellum, cream marbled boards, spines divided by gilt rules, red morocco labels, other compartments tooled elaborately in gilt, top edges brown, other edges sprinkled red. Slightly foxed. A little rubbed and somewhat soiled, spine-ends bumped. Scott’s twenty-second novel, inspired by tales of supernatural occurrences at the titular Woodstock Castle. Todd & Bowden 190A.

Edinburgh: Printed for Archibald Constable and Co., 1822. FIRST EDITION, 3 vols., 8vo, pp. [iv], xlviii, 313, [1]; [iv], 334; [ii], 349, [1], [2, ads]. Contemporary half calf, grey paper boards, spine divided by gilt rules, stamped in blind, lettered and numbered 40-42 in gilt. A touch of spotting, tear to one leaf in volume one. Hinges reglued, small repairs to spine ends, a little bruised and worn at extremities. Bookplate of James Ball and unrelated ink ownership inscriptions to front pastedowns. As here, ‘some copies, including several in original boards, end with Y8, representing only the first two pages’ of the ads (T&B). Todd & Bowden 157Aa.

London: Published by John & Arthur Arch, Cornhill, and by William Blackwood, Edinburgh, 1826. FIRST EDITION, 2 vols. bound as 1 (continuously paginated), 4to, pp. lii, 208, [4] + 2 engraved title-pages and 50 plates. Contemporary straight-grained red morocco, boards bordered with gilt rules and elaborate cornerpieces, spine divided by 5 raised bands, second compartment gilt-lettered direct, the rest with gilt borders, edges gilt, blue endpapers. A little spotting and light offsetting from plates. Spine sunned, extremities rubbed, hinges cracking but strong. A finely bound copy of this luxurious production. Twelve of the plates are after J.M.W. Turner; a number are engraved by the Le Keuxs, and one by W.H. Lizars.

London: Printed for James Cawthorn, 1814. FIRST BRITISH EDITION, 8vo, pp. xvi, 222. 19th-century half green calf, green pebbled boards, spine divided by raised bands between double blind rules, red morocco label, top edge gilt. Some spotting to endpapers, spine slightly sunned, a little rubbed to extremities. Binder’s ticket of James H. Jackson, manufacturing stationer of Perth, to pastedown. Despite the title-page’s claims this is the first British edition of an American parody of Scott’s Lay of The Last Minstrel, satirising British naval conduct in the war of 1812, first published in America in 1813. Scott called it ‘a piece of tolerably dull Trans-Atlantic wit’ but regarded it ‘the highest compliment I ever received, since it blends me with the Naval reputation of my country’ (Todd & Bowden). Todd & Bowden 483S.

London: Published for Charles Heath, 1840. 8vo, pp. [ii], ii, iii, [i], ff. 50 + frontispiece and 50 plates. Later half calf, green cloth boards, spine divided by raised bands gilt, green morocco label, other compartments tooled in gilt. A little spotting, some tissue-guards lost. A little rubbed, some wear to spine-ends. Inscription to flyleaf: ‘to Anne Juliana Storey from her sincere friend J.W., January 2nd 1843’. The 50 illustrations cover the Waverley novels up to and including 1823’s ‘Quentin Durward’; the frontispiece is the engraved title-page from a similar publication, ‘The Waverley Keepsake’, complete with that title retained.

Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1837. FIRST EDITION, 7 vols., 8vo pp. [iv], iv, 417, [1] + frontispiece, errata slip and folding handwriting facsimile; [ii], iii, [i], 407, [1] + errata slip; [ii], iii, [i], 414; [ii], iv, 383, [1]; [iii]-vii, [i], 418; [iii]-ix, [i], 393, [1]; [iii]-xvi, 478, [2]. Contemporary half midnight blue calf, marbled boards, spines divided by raised bands gilt, 2nd and 4th compartments lettered direct in gilt, edges sprinkled red. A little foxing to flyleaves and plates, some spotting to title-pages, inkstain to one opening. A little rubbed, spines lightly sunned. Bookplates of Joshua Rigg to pastedowns, gift inscription to flyleaf of vol. 1: ‘Given to Doctor Rigg by Georgina Histon as a small mark of her gratitude for his attention, kindness and professional skill during her husband’s late severe illness. Wigton, 4 March 1848’.