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WINKS, William Edward.
Lives Of Illustrious Shoemakers.
New York: Funk & Wagnalls, [1883]..
8vo. pp. x, [xi]-287, [12]ads. 9 wood-engraved portraits. original gilt & red-stamped cloth (extremities bit frayed, institutional bookplate on front paste-down, few gatherings loose). First American Edition. Winks provides brief accounts of the lives of men who had some connection with the shoe making trade, including Sir Cloudesley Shovel, James Lackington, William Carey, Samuel Bradburn, Noah Worcester, Roger Sherman, John Greenleaf Whittier, &c.
$103 USD                          Book Number: BNKveWIN54                         Order / Enquire



[WINNINGTON, Thomas] [1696-1746].
An Apology For the Conduct of a late celebrated second-rate Minister, from the Year 1729, at which Time he commenc'd Courtier, till within a few Weeks of his Death, in 1745. Giving a clear View of his real Principles and Design, and containing many curious and interesting Particulars, relative to the Times and to Persons in the highest Stations.
London: Printed for W.Webb, [1746]..
8vo. pp. 50. woodcut headpiece. disbound (title & last page bit soiled). First Edition. An attempt to prove that Winnington acted in the interest of the Jacobites; the attribution to Winnington is spurious. The tract elicited several responses including one from Henry Fielding, the author of the Jacobite's Journal. Goldsmiths' 8253.
$125 USD                          Book Number: elala4876                         Order / Enquire



WITT, [Henriette Elizabeth Guizot De [1829-1908].
The Lady Of Latham; Being The Life And Original Letters Of Charlotte De La Trémoille, Countess Of Derby.
London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1869..
8vo. pp. vii, 299, [1]. engraved frontis. portrait. contemporary half calf, gilt back (nick in upper front joint, bit rubbed). First Edition.
$100 USD                          Book Number: elala3802                         Order / Enquire



WRAXALL, Sir N[athaniel] W[illiam] [1751-1831].
Posthumous Memoirs Of His Own Time.
London: Richard Bentley, 1836..
3 Volumes. 8vo. pp. xii, [1` leaf], 441, [1]; 2 p.l., 374; 2 p.l., 440. with half-titles. 6 engraved plates. contemporary tree calf, sometime rebacked, gilt spines, Rugby School gilt crest on 2 upper covers (front cover of Vol. I detached). First Edition.
$256 USD                          Book Number: BAXstWRA82                         Order / Enquire



WRIGHT, G[eorge] N[ewenham] [1790-1877].
The Life And Reign Of William The Fourth.
London & Paris: Fisher, Son, & Co., [1837]..
2 Volumes. 8vo. pp. vi, [7]-416; 1 p.l., [417]-868. engraved title & 15 engraved plates. untrimmed in original cloth (extremities & rear joints frayed, inner front hinge of Vol. I broken, some foxing, title loose & chipped). First Edition.
$150 USD                          Book Number: elala3037                         Order / Enquire



WRIGHT, Thomas [1810-1877].
Essays On Subjects Connected With The Literature, Popular Superstitions, And History Of England in the Middle Ages.
London: John Russell Smith, 1846..
2 Volumes. 12mo. pp. xii, 304; vi, 306. with half-titles. titles in red & black. contemporary half chagrin (worn, piece chipped from head of spine of Vol. I). First Edition.
$282 USD                          Book Number: BIGsaWRI42                         Order / Enquire



[YONGE, Sir William] [d. 1755].
Sedition and Defamation Display'd: In A Letter To The Author of the Craftsman.
London: Printed for J.Roberts, 1731..
8vo. pp. 2 p.l., viii, 48. complete with half-title. woodcut ornaments, initials & title vignette. disbound. First Edition. Including a reference to losses sustained by British merchants in the West Indies (p. 13). William Pulteney, who was viciously attacked in the preface, thought the tract was written by John Hervey and wrote A Proper Reply which led to a duel. The real author was Walpole's lieutenant Yonge, who was especially loathed by George II and referred to by the latter as 'Stinking Yonge'. European Americana 731/206. Goldsmiths' 6925.
$85 USD                          Book Number: elala4878                         Order / Enquire


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