:l!; Privately Printed Books \^^:^ CORNELL UNIVERSITY LIBRARY FROM E.P.'^drews ,^ ' L DUE ^AY2 3^957^^ ^ ^^/ -.^r.^^ -.^°''"^" University Library Z1028 .B62 + List of books privately printed by Willi olin 3 1924 029 551 060 /^ Overs yfspa Cornell University Library The original of this book is in the Cornell University Library. There are no known copyright restrictions in the United States on the use of the text. http://www.archive.org/details/cu31924029551060 List of Books Privately Printed by W. K. Bixby Saint Louis List of Books Privately Printed by William K. Bixby And those Privately Printed by Book Clubs from Manuscripts in his Colledion Including short Sketches written by Mr. Bixby for Book Clubs ^ St. Louis Printed for Libraries tS Collectors 1919 NOTE I AM frequently asked by Libraries and Collectors for a list of my privately printed books, and I am having sixty cop- ies printed to meet such requests. When manuscripts have been printed by Book Clubs from three to ten copies have always been printed for me, I paying the same price for each copy as the other members of the Club. As will be seen by the contents, I have personally privately printed twenty-two books. The Bibliophile Society of Boston have printed twenty- eight manuscripts, the Franklin Club of St. Louis and the Society of Dofobs of Chicago two manuscripts each, and the Burns Club of St. Louis one. Three short sketches have been written by me, two for the Bibliophile Society and one for the Society of Dofobs. The preparation of this list was made very easy, as I simply used the Bibliography prepared by the Bibliophile Society and the one made several years ago by Worthington C. Ford for my Jeffer- son Book. W. K. BlXBY St. Louts, January \^, 1919 Liit of Privately Printed Books List of 'Books 1903 Aaron Burr The Private Journal of Aaron Burr. Reprinted in full from the original Manuscript in the Library of Mr. Wil- liam K. Bixby, of St. Louis, Missouri. With an Introduc- tion, explanatory Notes, and a Glossary [by William Hol- land Samson]. Rochester, New York, 1903 2 vols. Portraits. Pages xiv, 501, 503. Edition of 250 copies printed. Major John Andre Andre's Journal. An Authentic Record of the Movements and Engagements of the British Army in America, from June, 1777, to November, 1778, and recorded from Day to Day by Major John Andre. Edited by Henry Cabot Lodge. Boston, m.d.cccciii 2 vols. Portrait, facsimiles of maps and plans, engraved title-pages. Pages XX, 135; [2] , 78. Printed by the Bibliophile Society (Boston) in an edition of 488 copies, of which 10 copies were for Mr. Bixby. 1905 Eugene Field My Book. To William C. Buskett, with the Affedionate Regards of his Friend, Eugene Field. [1905] With an Introduction by Roswell M(artin) Field, vignettes by C. M. Seyppel, and facsimile of the Original. Edition of 430 copies on vellum, printed for private distribution only. [ 4 George Washington Letters from George Washington to Tobias Lear. With an Appendix containing miscellaneous Washington Let- ters and Documents. Reprinted from the Originals in the Colledlion of Mr. William K. Bixby, of St. Louis, Missouri. With an Introdudlion and Notes [by William Holland Samson] . Rochester, New York, 1905 Portraits and plates. Pages xi [ij, 102. Edition of 300 copies printed. Jean Paul Marat Polish Letters. By Jean Paul Marat. Translated from the Original [unpublished Manuscript]. Issued by the Biblio- phile Society for Members only. [1905] 1 vols., royal oflavo. Vol. I, pages i8 + 224 + 6; Vol. II, pages 18 + 213 + 5. Edition of 455 copies, of which 10 copies were for Mr. Bixby. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow The Last of the Household. Unpublished Poem. By Henry W. Longfellow. 1905 Printed in the Fifth Year Book of the Bibliophile Society. 5 pages. Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard General Beauregard's Orders for Firing on Fort Sumter. With Introduftory Note by Albert Bushnell Hart, LL.D., Professor of History in Harvard University. 1905 Printed in the Fifth Year Book of the Bibliophile Society. 8 pages. [ 5 ] Dante Gabriel ^ossettt Henry the Leper \pei Arme Heinrich']. Paraphrased by Dante Gabriel Rossetti. With an Introdudion by Wil- Ham P. Trent. Printed for Members only. The Biblio- phile Society, Boston, mdccccv 1 vols., sm. 4to, bound in half parchment. Edition of 447 copies printed, of which 10 copies were for Mr. Bixby. John Paul Jones Letters of John Paul Jones. Printed from the unpublished Originals in Mr. W. K. Bixby's Colle6tion. With Intro- duftory Remarks by General Horace Porter and Frank- lin B[enjamin] Sanborn. Printed exclusively for Members of the Bibliophile Society. Boston, mdccccv I vol., royal o(5tavo. Pages 12 + 123 +3. Charles Lamb The Letters of Charles Lamb in which many mutilated Words and Passages have been restored to their Origi- nal Form; with Letters never before Published and Fac- similes of original MS. Letters and Poems. With an Intro- dud:ion by Henry H. Harper. Issued by the Bibliophile Society for Members only. Boston, mdccccv 5 vols.. Vol. I, 4to; Vols. II, III, IV, and V, royal odavo. Vol. I, pages 1 2 + xii + 78 + 52 (76 pages facsimiles inserted); Vol. II, pages 10 + 348 + 2;Vol. Ill, pages 4 + 338 + 2; Vol. IV, pages 2 + 350 + 4; Vol. V, pages 4 + 358+4. Notes by Richard Garnett and E. V. Lucas. Title- page engraved on copper by E. D. French, and etchings by W. H. W. [ 6 ] Bicknell and James Fagan. Edition of 460 copies printed, of whicli 3 copies were for Mr. Bixby. Henry David Thoreau The First and Last Journeys of [Henry David] Thoreau. Lately discovered among his unpubHshed Journals and Manuscripts. Edited by Franklin Benjamin Sanborn. Boston, M.D.c.DV. Printed exclusively for Members of the Bibliophile Society 1 vols., royal oftavo. Vol. I, 8 + xi + 146 + 6 (4 facsimiles inserted); Vol. II, 8 + 134+ 10. Edition of 489 copies printed, of which 10 copies were for Mr. Bixby. Sir Walter Raleigh. By Henry David Thoreau. Lately discovered among his unpublished Journals and Manu- scripts. Introduction by Franklin Benjamin Sanborn. Ed- ited by Henry Aiken Metcalf Boston, m.d.c.dv. Printed exclusively for Members of the Bibliophile Society I vol., royal oftavo. Pages io + xiv+ 106 + 10. Edition of 479 copies printed, of which 10 copies were for Mr. Bixby. 1907 Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley The Romance of Mary W. Shelley, John Howard Payne, and Washington Irving. The Bibliophile Society. Printed for Members only. Boston, mcmvii I vol., royal odavo. Pages 20 + 9-101 + 11. Edition of 479 copies printed, of which 10 copies were for Mr. Bixby. [ 7 ] William Cullen Bryant and Henry David Thoreau Unpublished Poems by Bryant and Thoreau. "Musings," by WilHam Cullen Bryant, and "Godfrey of Boulogne," by Henry D[avid] Thoreau. Issued exclusively for Mem- bers of the Bibliophile Society. Boston, mcmvii I vol., royal oftavo. Pages 14 + ix-xxviil + 6. Edition of466 copies printed on roman parchment, of which 10 copies were for Mr. Bixby. The Varick Court of Inquiry The Varick Court of Inquiry to investigate the Impli- cation of Colonel Varick [Arnold's Private Secretary] in the Arnold Treason. Edited by Albert Bushnell Hart, LL.D., Professor of History in Harvard University. Is- sued to Members only. The Bibliophile Society, Boston, MDCDVII I vol., royal odlavo. Pages 1 6 + 5-2 17 + 9. Edition of 470 copies printed, of which 10 copies were for Mr. Bixby. Dr. Alexander Hamilton Hamilton's Itinerarium. Being a Narrative of a Journey from Annapolis, Maryland, through Delaware, Pennsyl- vania, New York, New Jersey, Connedicut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire, from May to Sep- tember, 1744. By Dodor Alexander Hamilton. Edited by Albert Bushnell Hart, LL.D. Printed only for Private Dis- tribution. By William K. Bixby. St. Louis, Missouri, mcmvii Portrait and plates, maps, facsimiles. Pages xxvii-263. Edition of 487 copies printed. [ 8 ] . Nathaniel Hawthorne Love Letters of Nathaniel Hawthorne. 1839-1841. Pri- vately printed by the Society of Dofobs. Chicago, 1907 Edition of 52 copies printed for the Society of Dofobs, and 10 copies for Mr. Bixby. 1908 Sir Walter Scott Literary Information. Being Part of the History of John Bull. An original Manuscript of Sir Walter Scott Printed in the Seventh Year Book of the Bibliophile Society. 8 pages. 1 908 . James Fenimore Cooper Letter by J. Fenimore Cooper. As Others See Us. Berne, Aug. 21, 1829 Printed in theSeventhYearBookof the Bibliophile Society. 9 pages. 1908. Robert Fulton Robert Fulton. Autograph Letter to Hon. James Monroe. Washington, February 13, 18 12 Printed in the Seventh Year Book ot the Bibliophile Society. 9 pages. 1908. Charles Dickens and Maria Beadnell Private Correspondence. Edited by George Pierce Baker, Professor of English Literature in Harvard University. [ 9 ] Printed for members only .The Bibliophile Society. Boston, 1908 I vol., royal odtavo. Pages 16 + ix-xxx+ 152 + 26. With title-page de- signed and engraved by Mr. F. S. King, and etchings and engravings by W. H. W. Bicknell, F. S. King, J. A. J. Wilcox, and Walter M. Aik- man. Facsimiles of portraits, sketches, MS., and autograph letters inserted. Edition of 493 copies printed, of which 10 copies were for Mr. Bixby. Charles Dickens and Maria Beadnell. Private Corre- spondence between Charles Dickens and Mrs. Henry Winter Sjiee Maria Beadnell], the Original of Dora Spen- low in "David Copperfield" and Flora Finching in "Lit- tle Dorrit." Edited by George Pierce Baker, of Harvard University. Privately printed for William K. Bixby. St. Louis, MDCDVIII Portraits, illustrations,and facsimiles. Pages xxx, 152. Edition of250 copies printed. Contents similar to the Bibliophile Society edition of 493 copies, but containing reproduftions of many hitherto unpublished portraits of Dickens and his wife, and many other portraits not contained in the Bibli- ophile Society edition. I(obert Burns Poems Chiefly in the Scottish Dialed. By Robert Burns. Edinburgh: Printed for the Author, and sold by Wil- liam Creech, m, dcc, lxxxvii I vol., small 8vo. Pages 12 + 1-26 (18 pages facsimile of author's manu- script and letter to Bishop Geddes inserted) + i-xlviii + 9-3 68 4- (9 pages facsimile of author's manuscript with memorandum by Henry Goadby inserted) + 8. Frontispiece, portrait of Burns. Facsimile of the Bookplate of John Geddes on inside of front cover. A lithograph facsimile of what is designated as "The Geddes Burns." Edition of 473 copies printed. [ '° ] Robert Burns. Poems and Letters in the handwriting of Robert Burns, reproduced in facsimile through the cour- tesy of William K. Bixby and Frederick W[illiam] Leh- mann, by the Burns Club of St. Louis. With an Intro- duction and explanatory Notes by Walter B[arlow] Ste- vens. St. Louis, 1908 Edition of 75 copies printed for the Burns Club and 225 for Mr. Bixby. Zachary Taylor Letters of Zachary Taylor from the Battle-Fields of the Mexican War. Reprinted from the Originals in the Col- ledion of Mr. William K. Bixby. With Introduction, Bio- graphical Notes [by William Holland Samson] , an Ap- pendix, and Illustrations from private Plates. Rochester, New York, 1908 Portraits and plates. Pages xxvi, 194. Edition of 300 copies printed. 1909 William K. Bixby Adventures of a Manuscript. By W. K. Bixby. [Chicago], 1909 Printed in the Second Year Book of the Society of Dofobs. 8 pages text and 7 pages facsimiles. The South Sea Bubble, As shown by Autograph Letters. By WiUiam K. Bixby. 1909 Printed in the Eighth Year Book of the Bibliophile Society, 7 pages. [ " ] Some Fakes — Old and New. By W. K. Bixby. Printed in the Ninth Year Book of the Bibliophile Society. 8 pages. Henry David Thoreau Walden: Or Life in the Woods. By Henry D[avid] Tho- reau. [Edited by FrankHn Benjamin Sanborn.] Boston: The BibHophile Society. Printed for Members only. 1909 2 vols., royal 8vo.Vol. I, pages20 + ix-xxxiv+ 1-208 +4 ; Vol. II, pages 12 + 1-263 + 5. Edition of 483 copies printed, of which 10 copies were for Mr. Bixby. Inventory of Mount Vernon Inventory of the Contents of Mount Vernon, 18 10. With a prefatory Note by Worthington Chauncey Ford. 1909. Plates. Pages xviii, 61. Edition of 350 copies for private distribution. William Godwin The Elopement of Percy Bysshe Shelley and Mary Woll- stonecraft Godwin. As narrated by William Godwin. With Commentary by H. Buxton Forman, C.B. [With an Introdu6tion by Franklin B. Sanborn of Concord, Mass.] Privately printed, mcmix. Pages 24. Edition of 200 copies printed. John Keats John Keats. Unpublished Poem, To His Sister Fanny. April, 18 18. Printed for Members only. The Bibliophile Society, Boston, 1909 [ I^ ] I vol., royal 8vo. Pages i8 + vii-xxii + lo. The Bibliophile Society pur- chased the manuscript and gave it to Mr. Bixby. 191 I Percy Bysshe Shelley Note Books of Percy Bysshe Shelley. From the Originals in the Library of W. K. Bixby. Deciphered, transcribed, and edited, with a full Commentary, by H. Buxton For- man, C.B. Printed for Members of the Bibliophile Soci- ety, Boston, MCMxi 3 vols., royal o6lavo, portrait, and facsimiles. Edition of 415 copies issued to members, including 10 copies for Mr. Bixby. Note Books of Percy Bysshe Shelley. From the Original in the Library of W. K. Bixby. Deciphered, transcribed, and edited, with a full Commentary, by H. Buxton For- man, C.B. Privately printed for William K. Bixby, St. Louis, Missouri, mcmxi 3 vols., portrait, and facsimile. Vol. I, pages xvi, 209; Vol. II, pages vii- 187; Vol. Ill, pages vi-179. Edition of 250 copies printed. The Brown- Reynolds Duel The Brown-Reynolds Duel. A complete documentary Chronicle of the last Bloodshed under the Code between St.Louisians. From the Manuscript Colledion of WiUiam K. Bixby. Edited with an explanatory Narrative by Wal- ter B[arlow] Stevens. The Franklin Club of St. Louis, MDCCCCXI [ '3 ] Illustrations and facsimiles. Pages 132. Edition of 160 copies printed: 150 for the Club and 10 for Mr. Bixby. I9I2 George Gordon^ Lord Byron Poems and Letters of Lord Byron. Edited from the origi- nal Manuscript in the Possession of W. K. Bixby of St. Louis, by W. N. C. Carlton, M.A. Published by the So- ciety of Dofobs, Chicago, m.cm.xii Edition of 52 copies printed for the Society and 10 for Mr. Bixby. Maria Lowell {Mrs. James Russell Lowell) Maria Lowell [Mrs. James Russell Lowell] to Sophia [Mrs. Nathaniel] Hawthorne. Facsimile. 10 pages, with remarks by Franklin Benjamin Sanborn. 150 copies printed. 1913 Algernon Charles Swinburne Border Ballads. By Algernon Charles Swinburne. Edited by Thomas J. Wise. Printed only for Members of the Bibliophile Society. Boston, Mass., mcmxiii I vol., royal odtavo. Pages 14 + 9-87 + 5. Edition of 477 copies printed. Ode to Mazzini, The Saviour of Society, Liberty and Loyalty, by Algernon Charles Swinburne. Unpublished MSS. discovered among the Author's EfFeds after his [ H Death. Printed exclusively for Members of the Bibliophile Society. Boston, Mass., mcmxii I vol., royal odlavo. Pages 12 + 7-77 + 9. Edition of 479 copies printed. Swinburne- Whistler [Essay on] Mr. Whistler's Ledure on Art, by A. C. Swin- burne, etc. This Essay is said to have caused the Estrange- ment betM^een Whistler and Swinburne which continued until Whistler's Death. Privately printed by W. K. Bixby. Boston, 1 9 13 Facsimiles. Pages 15. Contains Swinburne's Essay on "Mr. Whistler's Ledlure on Art," 13 pages, and Swinburne's Memorial Verses on the Death of Richard Burton, 2 pages. Edition of 165 copies printed. Abraham Lincoln Abraham Lincoln. Letters to his Father, and Johnston, his Half-Brother. His Letter of April 30, 1864, to U. S. Grant and his Order for a Pardon. These facsimiles from Ori- ginals in the Possession of W. K. Bixby have been issued privately for his Friends, 19 13 Facsimiles. Pages 6. Edition of 1 50 copies printed on vellum. The order for the pardon is endorsed on a letter from Austin A. King, member of Congress from Missouri, asking clemency for John B. Conner of that state. The Bibliophile Society also issued the Lincoln Letters, printing one for each of the members, 19 14. William Holland Samson Mohican Point on Lake George. The Summer Home of Mr. and Mrs. W. K. Bixby of St. Louis, Missouri. With a [ ^5 ] brief Glance at the History of the Lake by WilHam Hol- land Samson. New York, 19 13 Edition of 200 copies printed. 1914 Eugene Field Penn-Yan Bill's Wooing. Poem by Eugene Field. Pri- vately printed. [Not offered for sale.] Bibliophile Society, M.CMXIV I vol., royal oftavo. Pages 4+15 + 5. ■915 Charles I Holograph Letter of Charles L Formerly in possession of John Evelyn. Later in the Colledion of Wm. Upcott and now privately printed for the friends of the present Owner, W. K. Bixby. St. Louis, Missouri, mcmxv Portrait and facsimile. Pages 6. Edition of 200 copies printed. Lawrence Sterne Lawrence Sterne's Letter to the Rev. Mr. Blake. Privately Printed from Original in Possession of W. K. Bixby. St. Louis, Missouri, mcmxv Plate. Pages 6. Edition of 200 copies printed. [ i6 ] Emmanuel^ Marquis de Grouchy Marshall Grouchy's own Account of the Battle of Water- loo. Printed for private distribution only, from Originals in the CoUedion of W. K. Bixby. St. Louis, Missouri, mcmxv Portrait and facsimile. Pages 15. Edition of 200 copies printed. Edgar Allan Poe Some Edgar Allan Poe Letters. Printed for private dis- tribution only, from Originals in the Colledlion of W. K. Bixby. St. Louis, Missouri, mcmxv Plates. Pages 26. Edition of 200 copies. Introdudlion by Nathan Haskell Dole. John Williamson Palmer Stonewall Jackson's Way.By J[ohn] W[illiamson] Palmer. The Manuscript from which this is printed was written by the Author for Edmund Clarence Stedman, and is now privately printed for the Friends of the present Owner, W- K. Bixby. St. Louis, Missouri, mcmxv Pages 7. Edition of 200 copies printed. I916 Thomas Jefferson Thomas Jefferson: Correspondence. Printed from the Originals in the Colledions of William K. Bixby. With Notes by Worthington Chauncey Ford. Boston, 19 16 Facsimiles. Pages xiv, 322. Edition of 250 copies printed. [ '7 ] William Tecumseh Sherman Two Letters from General William Tecumseh Sherman to General Ulysses S. Grant and William T. McPherson. In the Colledion of W. K. Bixby of Saint Louis. Pri- vately printed. 19 19 Pages 20. Edition of 50 copies printed at the Merrymount Press, Boston. Bishop Percy Bishop Percy and the Relics of His Reliques. With an Introduction by Nathan Haskell Dole 45 pages. Printed in the Fifteenth Year Book of the Bibliophile Society, Boston. Edition of 500 copies printed. B. O. Higgins A Letter from the South American Washington (B. O. Higgins). To Gen'l Sir John Doyle. With Introdu6lion by Nathan Haskell Dole Pages 21. Printed in the Sixteenth Year Book of the Bibliophile Society. Edition of 500 copies printed. Robert Burns To Mary in Heaven. By Robert Burns. With Facsimiles and Introduction by William K. Bixby. Privately printed. St. Louis, 1 9 16 Pages 26. 100 copies printed. The Bibliophile Society printed i copy of To Mary in Heaven for each of its members in 1916. [ '8 ] Walter B. Stevens Grant in Saint Louis. By Walter B. Stevens. From Let- ters in the Manuscript CoUedion of William K. Bixby. The Franklin Club of St. Louis, mdccccxvi Edition of 150 copies printed, 140 for other members of the Society and 10 for Mr. Bixby. 1917 Eugene Field Verse and Prose. By Eugene Field. From the George H. Yenowine Colleftion of Books and Manuscripts. Edited by Henry H. Harper. With an Introdudion by William P. Brent. Printed exclusively for members of the Bib- liophile Society by permission of Mr. William K. Bixby. Boston, MCMXvii I vol., frontispiece portrait and 17 facsimiles. Pages ix, 64. A separate publication of the same volume, but with changed title-page, was made by W. K. Bixby for his friends, 19 17 Edition of 100 copies printed. Clement C. Moore A reprodudlion of Clement C. Moore's " 'T was the Night before Christmas." Mr. and Mrs. Bixby's Christmas Card for 19 17 Pages 2 and 3 facsimile. Edition of 700 copies printed at the Merry- mount Press, Boston, 1917. Sixti^ Copies of this List were printed by D. B. Updike The Merri/mount Press ^ Boston in June, I gig