University of Virginia Library

Publications by David Foxon

1953

`Binding Variants in the Brontës' Poems', Book Collector, 2 (1953), 219-221.

`Some Notes on Agenda Format', The Library, 5th ser., 8 (1953), 163-173.

Review of S. Roscoe, Thomas Bewick: A Bibliography, The Library, 5th ser., 8 (1953), 206-209 [see also `The Bibliography of Bewick' (1954) below].

1954

`The Bibliography of Bewick', The Library, 5th ser., 9 (1954), 209 [reply to S. Roscoe's response to 1953 review].

`The Printing of Lyrical Ballads, 1798', The Library, 5th ser., 9 (1954), 221241.

1955

`The Golden Treasury, 1861', Book Collector, 4 (1955), 252-253 [see also `The Golden Treasury, 1861' (1956) below].

`A Piracy of Steele's The Lying Lover', The Library, 5th ser., 10 (1955), 127129.

The Technique of Bibliography, The Book, No. 6 (Cambridge: National Book League, 1955).

`E Typis Palgravianis', Book Collector, 4 (1955), 252.

1956

`Akenside's The Pleasures of Imagination', Book Collector, 5 (1956), 77-78.

`Another Skeleton in T. J. Wise's Cupboard', TLS, 19 October 1956, 624.

`Concealed Pope Editions', Book Collector, 5 (1956), 277-279.

`Fielding's The Modern Husband, 1732', Book Collector, 5 (1956), 76-77.

`Forger and Thief. A New Chapter in Cautionary Tale of Thomas J. Wise', The Times, 18 October 1956, p. 11.

`The Golden Treasury, 1861', Book Collector, 5 (1956), 75 [see `The Golden Treasury, 1861' (1955) above].

`On Printing "At One Pull", and Distinguishing Impressions by Point-Holes', The Library, 5th ser., 11 (1956), 284-285.

1957

`The Chapbook Editions of the Lambs' Tales from Shakespear', Book Collector, 6 (1957), 41-53.

1958

`Two Cruces in Pope Bibliography', TLS, 24 January 1958, 52.

Review of Edwin Elliott Willoughby, The Uses of Bibliography to the Students of Literature and History, Journal of Documentation, 14 (1958), 214-215.

1959

`Modern Aids to Bibliographical Research', Library Trends (April, 1959), 574-581.

`Oh! Sophonisba! Sophonisba! Oh!', Studies in Bibliography, 12 (1959), 204213.

`Prior's A New Collection of Poems, 1724 &c.', Book Collector, 8 (1959), 69-70.

Thomas J. Wise and the Pre-Restoration Drama, Supplement to the Bibliographical Society's Publications, No. 19 (London: Bibliographical Society, 1959).

1961

`Re-shuffle or Declare?', TLS, 17 February 1961, 105 [letter].

[With W. B. Todd] `Thomas J. Wise and the Pre-Restoration Drama: A Supplement', The Library, 5th ser., 16 (1961), 287-293 [250 offprints were available at special price].

1962

Review of Thomas J. Wise: Centenary Studies, ed. William B. Todd, The Library, 5th ser., 17 (1962), 263-264.

1963

`John Cleland and the Publication of the Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure', Book Collector, 12 (1963), 476-487 [reprinted in Libertine Literature (London, 1964) and Libertine Literature (New Hyde Park, NY, 1965)].

`Libertine Literature in England, 1660-1745', Book Collector, 12 (1963), 2136, 159-177, 294-307 [reprinted in Libertine Literature (London, 1964) and Libertine Literature (New Hyde Park, NY, 1965)].

`Monthly Catalogues of Books Published', The Library, 5th ser., 18 (1963), 223-228.

[With Frank H. Ellis] `Prior's Simile', Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America, 57 (1963), 337-339.

1964

Libertine Literature in England, 1660-1745 (London: Book Collector, 1964) [revised reprint of Book Collector, 12 (1963), 21-36, 159-177, 294-307, 476-487].

[Ed.] English Bibliographical Sources (London: Gregg Press; Archive Press, 1964-68). Three series:

Series 1: Periodical lists of new publications
• 1. The Monthly Catalogue, 1714-1717
• 2. The Monthly Catalogue, 1723-1730
• 3. A Register of Books, 1728-1732
• 4. Bibliotheca Annua, 1699-1703
• 5. The Annual Catalogue, 1736-1737
• 6. The Gentleman's Magazine, 1731-1751
• 7. The London Magazine, 1732-1766
• 8. The British Magazine, 1746-50
• Series 2: Catalogues of books in circulation

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  • 1. Andrew Maunsell, The Catalogue of English Printed Books (1595)
  • 2. William London, A Catalogue of the Most Vendible Books in England (1657, 1658, 1660)
  • 3. Robert Clavel, A Catalogue of all the Books Printed in England since the Dreadful Fire of London, 1666. To the End of Michaelmas Term 1672 (1673)
  • 4. Robert Clavel, The General Catalogue of Books Printed in England since the Dreadful Fire of London, 1666. To the End of Trinity Term 1674 (1675)
  • 5. Robert Clavel, The General Catalogue of Books Printed in England since the Dreadful Fire of London, 1666. To the end of Trinity Term 1680 (1680)
  • 6. Robert Clavel, The General Catalogue of Books Printed in England since the Dreadful Fire of London, 1666. To the end of Michaelmas Term 1695 (1696)
Series 3: Printers' manuals
• 1. James Watson, The History of the Art of Printing (1713)
• 2. John Smith, The Printer's Grammar (1755)
• 3. Philip Luckombe, The History and Art of Printing (1771)
• 4. Caleb Stower, The Printer's Grammar (1808)
• 5. John Johnson, Typographia (1824)
• 6. Thomas C. Hansard, Typographia (1825)
• 7. Charles H. Timperley, The Printer's Manual (1838)
• 8. William Savage, A Dictionary of the Art of Printing (1841)

Review of Norma Russell, A Bibliography of William Cowper, Book Collector, 13 (1964), 91-95.

Review of Herman Teerink, A Bibliography of the Writings of Jonathan Swift, Book Collector, 13 (1964), 379-380.

1965

`Defoe: A Specimen of a Catalogue of English Verse, 1701-1750', The Library, 5th ser., 20 (1965), 277-297.

Libertine Literature in England, 1660-1745 (New Hyde Park, NY: University Books, 1965) [revised reprint, with an introduction, of Book Collector, 12 (1963), 21-36, 159-177, 294-307, 476-487].

`The Reappearance of Two Lost Black Sheep', Book Collector, 14 (1965), 75-76.

Review of Philip Gaskell, A Bibliography of the Foulis Press, The Library, 5th ser., 20 (1965), 251-252.

Review of Terence J. Deakin, Catalogi Librorum Eroticorum, The Library, 5th ser., 20 (1965), 253-254.

1969

[Ed.] Alexander Pope, An Essay on Man, 1734 (Menston: Scolar Press, 1969).

[Ed.] Alexander Pope, The Rape of the Lock, 1714 (Menston: Scolar Press,

1969).

Review of The Houghton Library, 1942-67, The Library, 5th ser., 24 (1969), 255-256.

1970

`More on Robinson Crusoe, 1719', The Library, 5th ser., 25 (1970), 57-58.

Thoughts on the History and Future of Bibliographical Description (Los Angeles: School of Library Service, Berkeley: School of Librarianship, Univ. of California, 1970).

`The Varieties of Early Proof: Cartwright's Royal Slave, 1639, 1640', The Library, 5th ser., 25 (1970), 151-154.

[Ed.] Alexander Pope, An Epistle from Mr Pope to Dr Arbuthnot, 1734, Epistle VII, To Dr Arbuthnot from Works, Volume II, 1735 (Menston: Scolar Press, 1970).

[Ed.] Alexander Pope, An Essay on Criticism, 1711 (Menston: Scolar Press, 1970).

[Ed.] James Thomson, The Seasons, 1730 (Menston: Scolar Press, 1970).

Review of Bibliography and Textual Criticism, ed. by O M Brack, Jr., and Warner Barnes, The Library, 5th ser., 25 (1970), 266-268.

Review of A Ledger of Charles Ackers, ed. D. F. McKenzie and J. C. Ross, The Library, 5th ser., 25 (1970), 65-73.

Review of Donald Thomas, A Long Time Burning, The Library, 5th ser., 25 (1970), 174-175.

1975

English Verse, 1701-1750: A Catalogue of Separately Printed Poems with Notes on Contemporary Collected Editions, 2 vols. (Cambridge: Cambridge Univ. Press, 1975).

`Stitched Books', Book Collector, 24 (1975), 111-124.

1978

`Greg's "Rationale" and the Editing of Pope', The Library, 5th ser., 33 (1978), 119-124.

1979

Letter to the Editor, Publishing History, 6 (1979), 113-115 [on trade discounts].

Review of Philip Gaskell, From Writer to Reader, Review of English Studies, n.s. 30 (1979), 237-239.

1980

`Poems Autographed by the Author', Factotum, 8 (1980), 21-23.

1991

Pope and the Early Eighteenth-Century Book Trade, ed. James McLaverty (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1991).