You Don't Love Me Yet
New York: Doubleday, 2007. 224 pages. 8vo, black cloth-backed boards with red spine lettering, d.w. New York: Doubleday, (2007). First edition. Signed by the author at title page. Near fine in a fine dust wrapper. More
New York: Doubleday, 2007. 224 pages. 8vo, black cloth-backed boards with red spine lettering, d.w. New York: Doubleday, (2007). First edition. Signed by the author at title page. Near fine in a fine dust wrapper. More
London: J. Tonson, 1728. 2 volumes (published 1 year apart and by different publishers). 8vo, original calf; well-rubbed, spine labels partially present. London: J. Tonson, 1728 Fifth Edition and James Roberts, 1729. First Edition. Very Good. This is one of many editions of the famous and popular satire on the true causes of social welfare and riches, Mandeville suggesting that base behavior produces positive economic effects. The conspiratorial theory of the origin of society so prominent in Part I was..... More
Londres: Jean Nourse, 1750. 4 volumes, 12mo, (2) + 396, (4) + 62,lxv1 + 339 et (4) + 362 pages, original mottled calf; rubbed, rubricated edges. Londres: Jean Nourse, 1750. Very good. Translated from the sixth English edition. This is one of many editions of the famous and popular satire on the true causes of social welfare and riches, Mandeville suggesting that base behavior produces positive economic effects. More
London: Allen & West, 1795. With an Essay on Charity and Charity Schools, and A Search into the Nature of Society. Also, A Vindication of the Book from the Aspersions contained in a Presentment of the Grand Jury of Middlesex, and an Abusive Letter to Lord C-. 8vo, old tree calf; rubbed; front cover loose. London: Allen & West, 1795. Very good (+). The author's name, which is not printed on the title page has been written in by an..... More
Philadelphia: Maxwell, 1800. 49; 59, [1] pages. Tall slim 8vo, original two-toned boards, spine defective and boards detached but present; uncut edges. Philadelphia: Maxwell for Dickins, 1800. First American Edition of these 2 satires by the author of the famous "Pursuits of Literature." Separately paged, with their own title-pages; at end, leaf of ads. -- Evans 37937. More
London: Becket, 1799. 86pp. 8vo, modern wrappers. London: T. Becket, 1799. Second Edition. Very good. Satirical poem in defense of Patrick Duigenan's answer to Henry Grattan's Irish address. Old signature on title. More
Newcastle: Cambridge Scholars, 2017. 30 pages of color reproductions, some black & white illustrations. 245 pages. Small 8vo, glossy pictorial wrappers. Newcastle: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, (2017). A fine copy. More
London: 1777. A book of political satire dating from the era of Louis XVI, full of absurd footnotes and ludicrous political gossip: "L'inceste est regarde a Paris comme une convention honnete pour conserver la reputation des familles, qui ne prend jamais sur l'honneur." p.77. Barbier, 6935. More
New York: Farrar Straus & Young, 1953. Illustrated throughout in black and white. Unapginated, 64 pages. Slim 4to, black cloth-backed boards, d.w. (edgeworn and discolored, repaired internally with tape). New York: Farrar, Straus & Young, (1953). Boards shelfworn, internally clean and tight. Very good in a very good(-) dust wrapper. More
New York: Regnery, 1970. Many illustrations throughout in color and b/w. Slim 4to, glossy pictorial boards featuring Playboy style nudes, sheathed in a plain lettered dust wrapper, complete with printed fingerprints and smudges. [New York: Henry Regnery], no date, circa 1970. First American edition. Some light corner wear, still a very good copy in a very good dust wrapper. More
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1977. Illustrated sparingly in black and white. 126 pages. Slim 8vo, orange cloth, d.w. (lightly worn). New York: Simon & Schuster, (1977). First edition. Signed at front free endpaper. Near fine in a very good(+) dust wrapper. More
New York: Richard Ellington, 1959. 8vo, 36 pages, stapled illustrated wrappers, slight age-toning on the wrappers, (small stamp on front cover of Folklore Center). New York: Richard Ellington, 1959. Second edition. Very Good(+). A collection of modern political songs of satire collected and edited by Dave Van Ronk and Richard Ellington. More
Leipzig: Paul List, 1925. Text in German. Numerous single-sided black & white plates. 4 volumes. Slim 4to, cloth-backed pictorial boards (extremes of spines rubbed, corners bumped; plates are clean and bright). Leipzig: Paul List, (1925, 1926, 1927, 1928). Very good(+). More
Leipzig: Paul List, 1928. 64 reproductions of lithographs in black & white. 4to, cloth-backed pictorial boards, edges worn, corners bumped, and spine slightly fraying, calligraphy signature of previous owner on front loose fly-leaf). Leipzig: Paul List Verlag, (1928). A very good copy, internally clean. More
London: John Brindly, 1730. Illustrated on title with a handsome engraved vignette of horse, printed in sepia; several other ornamental designs throughout are those used by William Boyer. Slim 8vo, bound in recent marbled boards with black leather spine label. London: John Brindly, 1730. First edition. A near fine copy of this scarce parody -- OCLC lists 19 copies. A lampoon on John Savage, in verse, but from the dedicatory introduction it seems that the author is Savage himself. --..... More
Northampton: 1927. Edited by Julia Harwood Caverno and Florence Alden Gragg. 118pp. Thin 8vo, stiff wrappers (worn on spine and discolored on edges). Northampton, 1927. Loose glue as usual, still a good copy. Smith College Classical Studies, Number 8. May 1927. More
New York: C. Shepard, 1837. 151pp. 12mo, original green cloth, spine ends and edges of corners worn, corners bumped, cloth lightly soiled, foxing throughout. New York: C. Shepard, 1837. First Edition Frederick Shelton was an author of novels, poetry, and non-fiction from New York State. He was a frequent contributor to the Knickerbocker Magazine. This work is a poem. More
Boston: Beacon, 1969. Profusely illustrated in b/w. 439 pages. Small 4to, black cloth-backed boards, lightly edgeworn d.w. Boston: Beacon Press, (1969). Fine in very good(+) dust wrapper. More
Paris: Ratopolis, 1737. 2 plates, t.p. vignette. 140pp. + index and errata. Slim 8vo, contemporary mottled calf; (some scattered light foxing, spine ends worn, front hinge starting at top and bottom, interior is fine). A Ratopolis (Paris), 1737. First Edition. Very good. Scarce. Author's first book. A work of satire partly written as a reaction to Moncrif's Histoire des Chats. This edition is not listed in the Bibliotheque National On-Line catalogue. More
Oslo. Many color plates and black and white text illustrations. 139pp., slim 4to, red boards: Alb. Cammermeyers, n.d., ca. 1910. Very good. This work, loosely based on a Norwegian work, is a history of satire in Europe with an emphasis on Scandinavia. More
New York: Pantheon, 2004. Oversized folio, glossy pictorial black boards, somewhat scuffed. New York: Pantheon, 2004. First edition. A very good(+) solid copy. A 21st Century classic, graphic novel in the form of colored comic newspaper pages. A bitingly satiric meditation on the collapse of the twin towers on 9/11. More
New York: Pantheon, 2004. Oversized folio, glossy pictorial black boards, somewhat scuffed. New York: Pantheon, 2004. First edition. Very near fine. A 21st Century classic, graphic novel in the form of colored comic newspaper pages. A bitingly satiric meditation on the collapse of the twin towers on 9/11. More
London: Benjamin Motte, 1726. Four parts in two volumes, as issued. Engraved frontispiece portrait in first volume, 5 engraved maps, and 1 plate of the Word Engine, decorative headpieces & initials throughout. xii, 148, [6], 164; [6], 154, [8], 155-353 pages. 2 volumes. Small 8vo, beautifully rebound in brown blind stamped polished calf, red leather spine labels. London: Benj. Motte, 1726. Early mixed printing with 1st volume being Teerink's AA (second) edition, and 2nd volume the B (third) edition. Frontispiece..... More
Madrid: Imprenta de Villalpando, 1798. de querer dexar la Ciudad de Mexico por pasar a la de Lima. Obra Jocosa y Divertida En que con salados conceptos se describen, ademas de otras cosas, las costumbres, usos y manas de las madamitas de alli, de aca y de otras partes. La da a luz Simon Ayanque [pseudonym]. xii, 192pp. 24mo, contemporary tree calf, leather spine label, gilt decorated spine, slight warp to upper 1/3 of spine and covers, edges of corners..... More
San Francisco: Arion Press, 1989. Introduction by Robertson Davies. Illustrated with small yellow-tinted vignettes. xiii + 204 pages. Small 8vo, green cloth-backed brown boards. San Francisco: Arion Press, 1989. A fine copy. One of only 325 copies. More
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