The Lord of Hardivyle. An Historical Legend, [London], 1800, 12mo (lacks all before title and all after final text leaf), boards (rubbed). FIRST EDITION. RARE. With 8 other works in 11 vols. The lot sold not subject to return. (12)

The Lord of Hardivyle. An Historical Legend of the Fourteenth Century. [London:] "Printed for W. Trespass, No. 31, St. Martin's Le-Grand. J. Rider, Printer, Little-Britain," 1800. 12mo (190 x 110mm). (Lacks all before title and all after the final text leaf [i.e. possibly lacking a half title at the front or blanks], corner torn away from title without loss of letters, some staining.) Contemporary calf-backed marbled boards, uncut (rebacked some time ago, rubbed, bumped). Provenance: old bookplate removed from front pastedown; illegible old signature and initials on title; illegible old signature or pen trial at margin of F6; some old pencil annotation. FIRST EDITION. The author is unknown. RARE. With 8 other works in 11 vols., namely Matthew Smith's Memoirs of Secret Service (London, for A. Baldwin, 1699, 8vo, lacks all before title, unbound), Hugh Gaston's A Scripture Account of the Faith and Practice of Christians (Dublin, 1763, 8vo, contemporary calf), Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield's Letters Written ... to his Son ... The fifth edition (London, Printed for J. Dodsley, 1774, 4 vols., 8vo, engraved portrait, contemporary calf, joints split, rubbed), John Lightfoot's Flora Scotica: or, a Systematic Arrangement, in the Linnæn Method, of the Native Plants of Scotland and the Hebrides (London, 1777, vol. one (only, of 2), 8vo, engraved botanical and ornithological plates [re. the ornithological plates: "The first part of the book is a sketch of Caledonian Zoology, compos'd by Mr. Pennant" (from the Preface)], boards, lacks spine), John Scott's Paris Revisited, in 1815, by Way of Brussels: including a Walk over the Field of Battle at Waterloo (London, 1816, 8vo, contemporary half calf, upper cover detached), The Trials of James, Duncan, and Robert M'Gregor, Three Sons of the Celebrated Rob Roy (Edinburgh, J. Hay and Co., 1818, 8vo, contemporary half calf, heavily rubbed), John Walker's A Critical Pronouncing Dictionary, and Expository of the English Language (London, 1823, large 8vo, original boards, printed spine label) and Barbara Hofland's The Young Pilgrim, or Alfred Campbell's Return to the East, and his Travels in Egypt, Nubia, Asia Minor, Arabia Petræa, etc., etc. (London, John Harris, 1826, 8vo, 6 engraved plates, each with 2 subjects, one text leaf torn and repaired with severe loss, calf-backed printed paper boards, worn). The lot sold not subject to return. (12)