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London: Published for the Author, and Sold by Sherwood, Neely, and Jones, 1823. Very Good. London: Published for the Author, and Sold by Sherwood, Neely, and Jones, 1823. Third Edition. Octavo. 284 pp. 20 hand-colored plates including frontispiece, complete. Bound in 20th-century quarter calf over marbled boards; raised banks decorated in gilt and blind with black leather title label. Marbled endpaper; top edge gilt. Light wear to edges of boards. Dampstaining along bottom third of boards, echoing through the bottom portion of text block with bleeding to preliminaries, though interior text largely unaffected. Foxing to endpapers and faint musty smell. Binding sound; an about Very Good copy.

London: Sherwood, Neely and Jones; J. Johnston; etc., 1819. First Edition. Half Calf, Marbled Boards. Very Good. Rowlandson, Thomas. 8vo. 24 by 15.5 cm. viii, 224, [68] pp. Twenty hand-colored aquatint plates. Some foxing to text leaves and a few plate margins. Plates are mostly clean and bright. Rebacked. Moderate wear to binding alongside joints, edges, etc.

London: Sherwood, Neely and Jones; J. Johnston; etc., 1823. Third edition. Full Calf. Very Good. Rowlandson, Thomas. 8vo. 24 by 15.5 cm. viii, 224, [68] pp. Twenty hand-colored aquatint plates. Bound by Root & Son. Rubbing, wear, along joints. Spine darkened. Interior tight, mostly clean.

London: Sherwood, Neely, and Jones; J. Johnston; Macredie and Co.; and R. Millikin, 1819. First edition, first state. Leather. 224p; 68p notes. SIGNED FINE BINDING BY BAYNTON. A hardcover book handsomely bound in full polished calf with gilt decorations on the spine, marbled endpapers, gilt foredges, and gilt dentelles. The spine is almost undetectably age-toned. Foxing on plates and endpapers. Small closed tear on the plate between pages 18-19 has been delicately repaired. A tiny hole in the side margin of page 23 has been similarly repaired. Apart from some small age-related blemishes, the main text is unmarked. A previous owner has neatly handwritten the page numbers for the Notes section in back. The binding is sturdy and secure. This is the first edition, first state, with 20 hand-colored plates. Tooley 331.

London: Published for the author, and sold by Sherwood, Neely, and Jones, Paternoster-Row et al., 1823. Early Reprint. Morocco. Fine. Royal 8vo: [vii],[1],284]pp, with tissue-guarded, hand-colored frontispiece and 19 hand-colored full-page plates by Charles Williams. Elegantly bound by Bayntun in full blue morocco, covers with interlocking gilt scrollwork borders and anchor-device corner pieces, spine similarly decorated and lettered in six compartments between raised bands, all edges and turn-ins gilt, marbled endpapers, two royal blue silk page ribbons. A stunning copy, binding secure, square and unblemished, pages and plates bright and fresh. Abbey, Life 340. Martin Hardie, p. 173. Grolier Rowlandson 42-43. Tooley 331-32. Prideaux, p. 303-04. Third Edition of Mitford's most famous work, in octosyllabic verse. An imitation of a work published in 1818, by Alfred Burton, with the same title, both works being imitations of The military adventures of Johnny Newcome . . . by an officer (London, 1815).… Read More

Rare first edition of John Mitford's entertaining story of a young midshipman in Lord Nelson's Royal Navy. First edition in book form, originally issued 1819 in eight monthly parts. With twenty hand-colored aquatint engravings by Charles Williams, vii, 224 pages of text and 68 pages of Notes. A cash-in imitation of Alfred Burton's Adventures... with illustrations by Thomas Rowlandson, published in 1818.With lively illustrations of an apprentice midshipman's rambles in the brothels of Portsmouth, fighting the captain in the wardroom, locked in shackles in the gunroom, riding pigs through the market of Gibraltar, stealing planter's wives in the West Indies, humiliated by sailors when crossing the equator, and finally discharged at Greenwich Hospital. John Mitford (1782-1831), joined the navy as midshipman on HMS Victory. He served on ships in battles in the Napoleonic Wars in Europe, Egypt and the West Indies. He was discharged from the navy as an insane alcoholic in 1814, and thereafter made a living… Read More

London: Published for the Author, and sold by Sherwood, Neeley, and Jones, Paternoster-Row, 1819. Second edition. 20 colored aquatints by Charles Williams including comic scenes in Jamaica and Barbados. [A]-Ee4, A-H4, I2. vii, [viii, To the Binder], [1]-188, *187-8, 189-200, 209-224, [68, notes] pp. Irregularly paginated, signatures continuous. 1 vols. 8vo. Polished tan calf, a.e.g., gilt spine, by Root & Co. Slight traces of rubbing, front inner hinge mended. Second edition. 20 colored aquatints by Charles Williams including comic scenes in Jamaica and Barbados. [A]-Ee4, A-H4, I2. vii, [viii, To the Binder], [1]-188, *187-8, 189-200, 209-224, [68, notes] pp. Irregularly paginated, signatures continuous. 1 vols. 8vo. Abbey, Life in England 330; Tooley 406; Hardie 173

London: Published by Sherwood, Neeley, and Jones, Paternoster-Row, 1819. First edition. 20 hand-colored aquatints by Charles Williams, including comic scenes in Gibraltar, Jamaica and Barbados. vii, [i], [1], 224, [68, notes] pp. 1 vols. 8vo (10 x 6-1/8 inches). Later full blue morocco gilt by Stern & Dess (New York), pages uncut. Light foxing throughout. First edition. 20 hand-colored aquatints by Charles Williams, including comic scenes in Gibraltar, Jamaica and Barbados. vii, [i], [1], 224, [68, notes] pp. 1 vols. 8vo (10 x 6-1/8 inches). Uncut. Abbey, Life in England 330; Tooley 331; Hardie 173

London: Published for the Author, 1823. Written While the Insane Author Was Living in a Gravel Pit [WILLIAMS, Charles, illustrator]. MITFORD, John. The Adventures of Johnny Newcome in the Navy. A Poem, In Four Cantos, With Notes. The Third Edition. London: Published for the Author and sold by Sherwood, Neely and Jones [et al], 1823. Third edition in book form, originally issued 1819 in eight monthly parts. Quarto (10 3/16 x 6 3/16 in; 259 x 158 mm). vii, [1, To the Binder], 284 pp. Twenty hand-colored aquatint engravings with tissue guards. Handsomely bound (ca. 1895) by Samuel Tout of London (stamp-signed) in full deep crimson morocco with gilt-tooled corner-pieces and rolls. Gilt-rolled board edges. Gilt-ruled raised bands, gilt decorated and ornamented compartments. Broad turn-ins with gilt-tooled corner-pieces. Top edge gilt, others uncut. Original paper backstrip with printed label preserved at rear. With the nautical bookplate of James Stewart Geikie, M.D. A fine and very tall copy. Not… Read More