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Lond. 1839 * Full of curious and interesting anecdotes of American manners and customs of the times. Scarce. 32 Arnold (Edwin). The Feast of Belshazzar: a Prize / JjO Poem Recited in the Theatre, Oxford, June XXIII. MDCCCLII. i2mo, original printed wrappers. Oxford: F. Macpherson, 1852 * The scarce First Edition of Edwin Arnold's first publication. Inserted is a line of writing in the author's autograph and his fuH signature. ,/' /•££ f# 33 Griselda, a Tragedy; and other Poems. 12010, original cloth, uncut. With Advertisements. * The first edition. Lond. 1856 34 Poet; Author of " Light of Asia." A. L. S., 4 pp. 8vo, N. Y. 1884, to G. W. Childs. * "... I met Gen. Sherman here, and we talked much about Gen. Grant. He was a noble, grand and beautiful hero, raised up to save his country in her death hour," etc. 35 Arnold (Matthew). Saint Brandan. umo, original printed wrappers, uncut. Lond. 1867 * First edition, exceedingly scarce. Only a very limited issue was printed. Very fine copy. /.& <£.<& JOHN KENDRICK BANGS. 9 36 Arnold (Matthew). Geist's Grave. Square 12010, (?£~d original printed wrappers, unopened. Lond. 1881 * The very scarce first edition of this privately printed elegy on the poet's dog. The title-page says : ' ' Printed only for a few friends ; " only three or four copies have occurred for sale since the poem was issued. Very fine copy, 37 Alaric at Rome: a Prize Poem. Type facsimile reprint of the original edition published at Rugby in 1840. Edited by Thos. J. Wise. 8vo, uncut, parchment boards. Lond. : Printed for private circulation only, 1893 3 8 Works. Portrait. 15 vols. 8vo, cloth, uncut. • n Lond.: 1903-1904 — * Edition de Luxe, limited to 500 copies for England and 250 for America. 39 Arnould (Sophie— Actress and Wit). By R. B. Douglas. J~2-$ 7 engravings on copper by Lalauze. 8vo, cloth. Paris, 1898 " * One of the most piquant, sparkling and readable biographies. 40 Art. 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Illustrated with hundreds of engravings, etchings, and photogravures. 4 vols, folio, three-quarter morocco. Paris, 1879 r,£* j~. J £> 10 LIBRARY OF jf^£> 44 Art. From Eye to Heart: a Bouquetof Art and Poetry. Elucidations by J. S. S. Rothwell. With 18 photo- graphs from original paintings by C. Kiesel, R. Epp, E. Niczky, G. JDe Jonghe, A. Bodenmuller, O. Erdmann, R. Beyschlag, and F. Wagner. Royal 8vo, gilt cloth and edges. Munich and London, 1882 ^2 ' f 45 The Sculptor and Art Student's Guide to the Pro- portions of the Human Form, jo plates, reproduced from Polycletus by G. Schadow. Folio, cloth. Lond. 1883 9, ^-^ 46 Catalogue of the Art Collection of Mrs. Mary J. Morgan. Beautifully illustrated with original etchings. Large Paper. (500 copies.) Folio, original wrap- pers, uncut. N. Y. 1886 47 Imagination in Landscape Painting. By Philip Gilbert Hamerton. With many illustrations after Claude, Poussin, Rembrandt, Ruysdael, Rubens, Gainsborough, Turner, and others. Folio, cloth. 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Refers to his " Birds of America." / £> 12 LIBRARY OF / a& / ' ~~~" 60 Beattie's Minstrel. Embellished with engravings from the designs of Richard Westall. Small izmo, full straight- grained red morocco, gold-tooled borders on sides, gilt edges. Lond. 1818 John Sharpe's edition. Beautifully printed at the Chiswick Press. .J &, **& 61 Beaumarchais (Caron de). La Folle Journee, ou le Mariage de Figaro, Com6die en cinq actes, en prose, par M. de Beaumarchais, representee la premiere fois par les Comediens Francais ordinaires du Roi, le mardi 27 avril 1784. With 5 plates engraved by Malapeau et Roi, after Saint-Quentin. 8vo, rose levant morocco extra, gilt inside borders, entirely uncut, with the original blue paper wrappers bound in. Paris: Au Palais Royal, chez Ruault, 1785 * The Original Edition. A very fine copy on Papier Fort. Ex- tremely rare. Beaumarchais experienced great difficulty in present- ing this celebrated satirical play upon the stage. Louis XVI., after hearing the lecture of the play by Marie- Antoinette, exclaimed: " C'est detestable, cela ne sera jamais joue. II faudrait d&truire la Bastille pour que la representation de cette piece ne fut pas one in- consequence dangereuse. Cet homme se joue de tout ce qu'il faut respecter dans un gouvernement.'' Nevertheless, this comedy was acted at the Petit Trianon, with the Queen as Rosine, and was ap- plauded at the Comedie Francaise by all Paris, and also by thegrand seigneurs, who were especially scourged by it. Saint-Quentin derived a great advantage from the principal scenes of the work, and his illustrations are full of gaiety, of expression, and of humor. Inserted is an interesting one-page A. L. S. by Beaumarchais, dated Paris, 3. 7bre, 1773. Of special interest to the American collector, the author having resided here as a secret agent of Louis XVI. prior to the King's decision to assist the cause of the revolutionists with men and money. 62 Belcher (Jonathan — Colonial Governor of Mass. and / /) -fZl NeW J erse y)' L - S, > 3 PP- folio » Boston . Au g- i9> / ^ Jt - 1 731, relative to the revenues derived from Noddle's and Governor's Islands, and complaining of the non- payment of his salary. " I meet with great Difficulty here in the matter of the King's Instructions respecting my Support, towards which I have not rec'd a Farthing of this Province from my arrival, upwards 12 months — / have had a severe hard time of it,'" etc. An exceedingly fine specimen. 9- JOHN KENDRICK BANGS. 63 Bellamy (George Anne). Memoirs of George Anne B ^5 lamy, including all her Intrigues; with Genuine A ecdotes of all her Public and Private Connectior By A Gentleman of Covent Garden Theatre. Sm: 8vo, full red morocco extra, gold inside borders, g top, by Walters. Lond. 17 * George Anne Bellamy was an illegitimate daughter of Li Tyrawley. She became acquainted with David Garrick and went the stage. She first appeared in " Love for Love," at Covent Gard successfully played Juliet to Garrick's Romeo in the rivalry w Barry and Mrs. Cibber. After a life spent in excess and dissipatii which she excused in an " Apology," published 1785, she died reduced circumstances in 1788. 64 Bentley's Miscellany. Vols. 1, 2, 9, 13 to 19. Ilh m sy x trated with portraits and full-page humorous etchings by G *^ Cruikshank, J. Leech, etc. 10 vols, half calf and cloth Lond. 1837- * Contributed to by the celebrated authors of the period, includi Charles Dickens, Harrison Ainsworth, Thomas Ingoldsby, etc. T of the volumes have bindings broken and some plates are soiled. 65 Berkeley (Hon. Grantley F.) Anecdotes of the Upp / Q&_ Ten Thousand : their Legends and their Lives. 2 vo 8vo, half calf. Lond. [Bentley], 18 •66 Bernard (Francis — Colonial Governor of Mass. ai *) , OQ N. J.). Official D. S., 1 p. folio, Boston, Feby. ^" 1762, with seal of the Province. Signed also by A drew Oliver, Gov. Mass. 1670. 67 Beroalde de Verville. Le Moyen de Parvenir. GLu\ contenant la raison de ce qui a este, est et sera, av f~ OO Demonstrations certaines selon la rencontre des eff< ** * de vertu, par Beroalde de Verville. Avec Notes Notice bibliographique, par un gentilhomme cai pagnard. 2 vols, in 1. 8vo, full green crushed leva extra, inside borders, gilt top, uncut, by Stikeman. Paris: Willem, 18 * One of a few copies only, privately printed on china pa throughout. Illustrated with 112 vignettes. a^f 14 LIBRARY OF 68 Bewick (Thomas). History of British Birds. Vol. i, History and Description of Land Birds; Vol. 2, His- tory and Description of Water Birds. Fine impressions of all the famous cuts and the facetious tail-pieces. 2 vols. 8vo, half green calf, red labels. Newcastle, 1832 * Bewick was the father of modern English wood engraving; his work marks a distinct epoch in the art, and is therefore a monument which no art connoisseur of any age can ever neglect. Ruskin called Bewick " The Burns of Painting." /t (LJL 69 Notes by F. G. Stephens on a Collection of Draw- ings and Woodcuts by Thomas Bewick exhibited at the Fine Arts Society's Rooms, 1880; also a Complete List of all Works illustrated by Th. and J. Bewick. With 32 illustrations from original wood blocks. 4to, cloth. Lond. 1881 tOo 70 Bibelot (The), No i (2 copies), 7, 9, 10 and 12 of Vol. 1, Portland, Mosher, 1895; Some Nos. of The Philistine [1895]; and others. i6mo, original covers. (20 pieces.) t/O 71 Bibliography. Catalogue of Mr. John A. Rice's Library. (Compiled by J. Sabin.) 8vo, original cloth, uncut. " N. Y. 1870 */5 72 The Biography and Typography of William Cax- ton, England's First Printer. By William Blades. Profusely illustrated. i2mo, cloth, uncut N. 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" Royal 8vo, cloth, uncut. Lond. 1896 * Large Paper. Only 35 copies printed. / &t> 77 Bibliography. A Bibliography of the Works of William '*' Morris, by Temple Scott, nmo, cloth, uncut. 3 if» Lond. 1897 / *-*i- 7 8 American Book-Prices Current for 1895. 8vo, cloth. N. Y. 1895 ^> 79 The same for 1896. 8vo, cloth. N. Y. 1896 7j££. 8 ° The same for 1897. 8vo, cloth. N. Y. 1897 JSfi 81 The same for 1898. 8vo, cloth. N. Y. 1898 ^f^O 82 The same for 1899. 8vo, cloth. N. Y. 1899 %/5 8 3 The same for 1900. 8vo, cloth. N. Y. 1900 X~{o 84 The same for 1901. 8vo, cloth. N. Y. 1901 "j2> 8 5 The same for 1902. 8vo, cloth. N. Y. 1902 ^--jr*86 The same for 1903. 8vo, cloth. N. Y. 1903 4^87 The same tor 1904. 8vo, cloth. N. Y. 1904 7 £ 88 English Book-Prices Current for 1896. 8vo, cloth. *'**' Lond. 1897 3'7^ 8 9 The same for 1900. 8vo, cloth. Lond. 1900 /9° Book Sales of 1897. By T. Scott. Small 4to, cloth, uncut. Lond. 1897 's go 91 The English Catalogue of Books, 1890-97. 8vo, half morocco. Lond. 1898 ^2£ 92 A Bibliography of " The Complete Angler" of Izaak Walton and Charles Cotton. By Arnold Wood. Engraved portrait and title-page, and 86 photo-engravea reproductions of title-pages. 4to, half vellum, uncut. N. Y. 1900 * Van Gelder hand-made paper. 102 copies only printed. ?4#>93 Catalogue of the Library of the late Thomas Jeffer- son McKee. Parts 1, 2, 3. Numerous illustrations. (2711 lots.) 8vo, half green levant, gilt top, uncut. N. Y. 1900 The Journals of Hugh Gaine, Printer. Edited by Paul Leicester Ford. Portrait and numerous facsimiles, 2 vols, royal 8vo, half vellum, uncut. N. Y. 1902 * Imperial Japan Paper. Only 30 copies printed. /'/£ 16 LIBRARY OF >\J O 95 Bibliography. Catalogue of an Exhibition of Original and Early Editions of Italian Books, selected from a collection designed to illustrate the development of Italian Literature. i6mo, paper, wrappers, uncut. N. Y. : Grolier Club, 1902 96 English Literature, noted Bibliographically and Biographically. 3,383 English Books described and priced by Pickering and Chatto. 8vo, half cloth. Lond. 1902 / ' 97 Catalogue of Sports and Pastimes (i477 items); Catalogue of Old and Rare Books (900 items) ; Cata- logue of Historical Tracts and Pamphlets (2933 items). All with prices affixed. 3 vols. 8vo, stiff paper wrap- pers. Lond. : Pickering, 1902 * Useful lot. /' 98 Exposition de la Librairie Francaise, Saint-Louis, 1904. With numerous fine illustrations of artistic bindings, specimens of printing and illustrating, color-printing , etc. 8vo, limp morocco. Saint Louis, 1904 Z> o CO. 99 Bibliophile Society. First Year Book. Issued for Mem- ^ * bers only. Etched frontispiece, "The Bibliophile,"^ Howard Pyle. Square 8vo, original boards, in case. Bost. 1902 * Contains original articles on "Bibliomania," " Concerning the Art of Illustration," and " The Revival of Old Authors," by Mem bers of the Society. tf & ~t 100 Binding. Oppiani de piscibus libri V. Eiusdem de venatione libri IIII. Oppiani de piscibus Laurentio Lippio interprete libri V. {Greece et Latine.) 8vo. Old red morocco gilt, with a crowned dolphin and a crowned fleur-de-lis stamped in gold on the lower part of the back, gilt inside borders, gilt edges, by Derome. * " Edition rare et recherche'e . . . e'est d'ailleurs la premiere edition du poeme De Venatione." — Brunet. From the library of Dauphin Louis, father of Louis XVI., with his book-plate in mo- rocco, pasted inside the front cover. A very fine copy, with the two blank leaves 103 and 104, which are often missing. A *JL g $~ 00_ JOHN KENDRICK BANGS. 17 101 Binding. Bonifacius VIII., e Familia Caietanorum Prin- cipum, Romanus Pontifex, R. P. Joannis Rubei. 4to. Contemporary binding in red morocco, with the panellea ornamentation in gold on the sides, formed by the double three-line fillet, with centre-pieces and angles, a petits f ers ; the back fully gilt with centre and angle-pieces, in curves, small dots and lozengues, gilt edges, by Le Gascon's Suc- cessors. Romae, 1651 * A very fine specimen, in perfect condition. 102 Poesie di Antonio Buttura. i6mo, original straight-grained red morocco, gold wreath borders on sides, gold lyre in the back panels, green silk linings and fly-leaves, gilt edges, by Lefebvre. Paris, 181 1 * Dedicated to Napoleon. One of 24 copies on vellum paper, with the author's presentation inscription to Count Regnard de S. Jean d'Angelo. Handsome specimen. 103 The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle: in which &$-■ are included Memoirs of a Lady of Quality. By Tobias Smollett. Frontispieces and vignette title-pages. 2 vols. i6mo, full green calf, blind tooled borders and centre ornaments on sides, gold tooled backs, with orange colored labels. Lond. 1815 * Complete unexpurgated edition in charming binding. 104 Book of Common Prayer according to the use <*£- of the United Church of England and Ireland. Square umo, beautifully bound in old English red morocco extra, back and sides richly gold tooled, gilt edges. A fine example of the period. Lond. 1821 10 5 Annales Romantiques; Recueil de Morceaux * ^i> Choisis de Litterature Contemporaine. i2mo, olive calf, elegantly blind and gold tooled, gilt edges. Paris, 1825 * Beautiful specimen of French " Romantic" binding. 10 6 Apologie de l'Eglise notre tres-sainte Mere, etrennes Catholiques pour l'an de Grace du salut ^J^ repar£ 1835; El£gie etico pacifique, constitutionnelle sur l'Etat actuel de la France, Paris, 1830; Adresses Latines et Francaises aux Catholiques Romains de < 18 LIBRARY OF l'Eglise de France, Paris, 1832. In 1 vol. 8vo, con- temporary calf extra, blind tooled on the sides, with a Gothic architectural design, gilt edges. Paris, 1835-30-32 * A good example of 19th century French binding in the style called Cathedral. 107 Binding. Louise d'Orleans, premiere Reine des Beiges. / 00 Poeme couronn6 par l'Academie Royale. Par Adolphe Siret. Thin 8vo, full brown morocco, gold and blind tooled. Paris: Privately printed, 1850 * On fly-leaf is inscription to Mile. Dejazet, the famous actress: " A la gracieuse, Incomparable et Inimitable Dejazet. Souvenir de respectueuse amitie. — SlRET." 108 More Celtic Fairy Tales. With two sets of plates, «=*^ c*. " && one plain, the other hand-colored. Cobalt-blue morocco extra, with an inlaid Moresque design, consisting of 390 pieces of colored leathers, blue morocco doublures, with an elaborate design of shamrocks, imp. 8vo, un- cut, gilt top. Lond. 1894 * Japanese vellum paper. This beautiful book was reproduced in "The Bindings of To-Morrow." 109 A Catalogue of Books bound by S. T. Prideaux 3.— between MDCCCXC. and MDCCCC. With 26 plates of bindings. Small 8vo, boards, uncut. Lond. [1900] * Only 200 copies printed. no The Adventures of Ulysses. By Charles Lamb. With illustrations by M. H. Squire and E. Mars. Small 4to, full crushed levant morocco, tooled on sides and back, with inside borders. N. Y. 1902 *A fine specimen of modern binding. Collection de la Croix-Laval: Album de Cent && £ 3~& Soixante-et-Onze Reproductions de Reliures d'Art. 171 phototypic plates reproducing bindings by Amand, Carayon, Chambolle-Duru, Cuzin, Gruel, Lortic, Michel Merrier, Meunier, etc. Royal 8vo, portfolio. (Should be accompanied by the Catalogue of the sale.) Paris, 1902 ^ _ 112 Black (William — British Novelist). A. L. S., 2 pp. ''* 8vo. 18S7. Pleasant, friendly letter to Osgood. JOHN KENDRICK BANGS. 19 113 Blackmore (R. D.— British Novelist, author of " Lorn a ,£ «52? Doone"). A. L. S., 4 pp. 8vo. 1882. s~* — - *"I have not yet read any of your new novelist's works, Mr. Howells, whose Venetian stories are spoken of most highly. Your Mr. James I do not much admire — cold and hard his nature seems to me, and his characters by no means enchanting. Your great man is yet to come, who shall write not of Europe, but of you. Why he has been so long in coming is the wonder. Perhaps you have not en- couraged him. What grand subjects he would have! etc." 114 Blashfield (Edwin H. and Evangeline W.) Italian JL '< / rJ>, Cities. 2 vols. 8vo, half gilt, tooled morocco, gilt top, uncut, by S. David. N. Y. 1901 115 Blunt (W. S.) A New Pilgrimage, and other Poems. /. ^? i6mo, half morocco, gilt top, uncut. * First edition. Lond. : Chiswick Press, 1889 Satan Absolved : a Victorian Mystery. Frontis- piece. Square 12010, buckram, uncut. * First edition. Lond. and N. Y. 1899 Boccaccio (Giovanni). The Decameron, now first completely done into English Prose and Verse by John Payne. 3 vols, square post 8vo, parchment boards, uncut. Lond. 1886 * Copy log. Privately printed for the Villon Society. 1 18 Boithius' Consolation of Philosophy, translated from / Of~ the Latin by George Colville, 1556; edited with an Introduction by Ernest B. Bax. 4to, boards, uncut. * Only 250 copies printed. Lond.: Chiswick Press, 1897 119 Boileau. CEuvres Po6tiques de N. Boileau, suivies • d'ceuvres en prose par P. Cheron. 2 vols. i2mo, three- t&O quarters red levant, uncut. Paris, 1876 * Best editions, with the satires and letters. 120 Bookbinding, and the Care of Books, by Douglas /,//> Cockerel. Illustrations. Boards, uncut. N. Y. 1902 121 Book-Lovers, Bibliomaniacs and Book Clubs. By Henry H Harper. With illustrations by L. Meynell. 8vo, /, 'iS- original paper covers, uncut. Cambridge: Riverside Press, 1904 *A very limited edition, privately printed and published by the author only for presentation among his friends. J.xs 20 LIBRARY OF 122 Book-Plates. Artists and Engravers of British and American Book-Plates: a Book of Reference for Book- plate and Print Collectors, by H. W. Fincham. With 22 plates, containing J 4 signed examples of all periods, by C. W. Sherborn, E. D. French, Aubrey Beardsley, and others ; some printed from the original copper-plates. Square royal 8vo, cloth, uncut. N. Y. 1897 *An edition limited to 1,050 copies for England and America. 123 Modern Book-Plates and their Designers. The Studio, Special Winter number, 1898-99. Withnumer- -Z '2j£_ ous fine reproductions of American, English, French, Bel- gian, German and Austrian bookplates. Imp. 8vo, cloth. Lond. 1898 * Articles contributed by Gleeson White, O. Uzanne, Jean Carre, Hans W. Singer, W. Scheuermann and F. Khnopff. 124 Jay Chambers: his Book-Plates. With XXVII. / GO Examples, and an Essay concerning them, by W. M. ' Stone. With 27 plates. 8vo, original boards. N.Y. 1902 * Only 350 copies printed. 125 Women Designers of Book-Plates. By Wilbur ^-tl M.Stone. Frontispiece and 33 reproductions of bookplates. * Narrow i2mo, boards, uncut. N. Y. 1902 * Only 400 copies printed. 126 Selected from the works of Edmund H. Garrett, ■j 0^ and a note on them by William H. Downes. Portrait ' and 10 engraved bookplates taken from the original coppers. 8vo, boards, vellum back, uncut. Bost. 1904 Limited edition. 127 The Child's Book-Plate. By G. C. Teall. With / /fat 9 bookplates, some of which colored by hand, printed on Japan paper , and mounted. 321110, cloth, gilt top, uncut. * A very limited edition. N. Y. 1 904 Joseph W. Simpson: his Book. 12 bookplates from the original designs of Simpson. Small 4to, wrappers uncut. Edinburgh [1904] * Only 375 copies printed. 129 Harold Nelson: his Book of Book-Plates. With' / g~tf 24 plates from the original designs of Nelson. Square 8vo, wrappers, uncut. Edinburgh, 1904 * Only 300 copies printed. JOHN KENDRICK BANGS. 21 130 Book-Plates (The) of Ludwig S. Ipsen, with Foreword / * * by Winfred P. Truesdell. Portrait and 32 bookplates — printed from the original blocks. 8vo, boards, vellum back, uncut. Bost. 1905 * Limited edition. 131 A Descriptive Checklist of the Etched and En- ^. graved Book-Plates by J. Winfred Spenceley. With s'/v notes and introduction by P. de Chaignon-la-Rose. Portrait and 7 bookplates printed from the original plates. 8vo, cloth, uncut. Lond. 1905 * Only 250 copies printed of this fine and elegant publication. 132 by Frederick G. Hall, with a short text by R. / h jf C. Sturgis. 25 reproductions of bookplates by Hall. 8vo, - — " * boards. Bost. 1905 * Limited edition. 133 Books and Book-Plates, Vol. V., No. 1. With jF~0 facsimiles, including bookplates by Harold Nelson, Halkett "** and J. M. King. 8vo, wrappers. Edinburgh, 1905 ^c.jd 134 Booth (Edwin — Great Tragedian). A. L. S., 2 pp. 8vo, St. James Hotel, Piccadilly, regarding his success in London. * " . . . There has been such a demand for places that I have been unable to obtain sufficient for my own use. I was obliged to disap- point Mr. Sothern," etc. 135 Borrow (George). Lavengro; the Scholar, the Gypsy, ■y /y ,— - the Priest. 3 vols. 8vo, new half crimson calf, gilt, <_-^-" with dark green labels, gilt top. * First edition. Lond. : John Murray, 1851 136 The Bible in Spain, portrait; Lavengro; The Romany Rye; Wild Wales; The Zincali. 5 vols. 12010, half levant morocco, gilt top, uncut. N. Y. 1888 137 Bourdillon (F. W.) Sursum Corda. Photo-etched frontispiece from one of W. Blake's illustrations to Young's Night Thoughts. Small 4to, original vellum, uncut. Lond. 1893 * The first edition. Large Paper, only 50 copies printed signed by the author. .9o 3.i£ S.To >cXo 22 LIBRARY OF 138 Bradford (William). History of Plymouth Plantation, Now first printed from the Original Manuscript. (Edited, with notes, by Charles Deane.) 8vo, original cloth, uncut. Bost. : Little, Brown cV Co., 1856 * The first edition. Fine copy of this privately printed book; only 50 copies were issued. 139 Bradley, His Book, Nos. 1-4 of Vol. 1 (No 2 dupli- cate), and Nos. 1-3 of Vol. 2. Illustrations. Narrow i2mo and 8vo, original covers. 8 pieces. N.Y. 1896-97 / jf£) 140 Bradstreet (Simon — Colonial Governor of Mass.), A. D. S., as Governor, 7 lines inlaid to 4to, Bost., Dec. 14, 1685, summoning " A jury of 12 honest and discreet men to view the body of Joseph Johnson, lately come to an untymely death." Fine and rare document. <2 -7 no 141 Braithwait (Richard). The Arcadian Princess; or, The cr ^ * Triumph of Justice. Prescribing excellent Rules of Physicke for a Sicke Justice. Digested into foure Bookes. Engraved frontispiece by Marshall. 12010, full red morocco, gilt edges. Lond. 1635 * Very fine copy of this rare book. Fine impression of the frontis- piece by Marshall and contains the preliminary leaf " Upon the frontispiece " which precedes the title. Dibdin says: "The author shines with more lustre as a poet from some passages in this book than in any other to which his name is attached." / . iJ > O 142 Bridges (Robert). The Growth of Love, iamo, boards, uncut. (400 copies printed.) Portland: Mosher, 1894 143 British Museum. A Guide to the Exhibition in the « c4. $ King's Library, illustrating the History of Printing, Music-printing and Bookbinding. Numerous facsimiles. 8vo, wrapper. Lond. 1901 // ±l£l 144 Bronte (Anne). Self-Communion: a Poem. Edited by Thomas J. Wise. With 2 facsimiles on Japanese vellum paper. 8vo, original boards, uncut. Lond. : Privately printed, 1900 * The first edition; only 30 copies printed. This poem, printed from the original manuscript, was written by Anne Bronte in the winter of 1847-48. JOHN KENDRICK BANGS. 23 AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT. 145 Bronte (Charlotte). Tales of the Islanders. 1829-30. 4 vols. 241T10, original wrappers, in a morocco solander 1? &^ case. The Original Autograph Manuscripts. * Vol. I., 10 leaves, signed at the end " Charlotte Bronte June the 30, 1829"; Vol. II., 8 leaves, signed at the end " C. Bronte, De- cember 2, 1829"; Vol. III., 8 leaves, with the following note at the end, "I began this volume on Monday May the third, 1830, and finished it on Saturday May the 8, 1830, C. Bronte, 1830, May the 8"; Vol. IV., 8 leaves, signed at the end "July the 30 1830. C. Bronte." In the first volume is inserted a small leaf with the following note in the author's handwriting : " The origin of the Islanders was as follows : it was one cold night in December, we were all sitting round the fire and had been silent some time, and at last I said supose we had each an Island of our own. Brawell chose the Isle of Man, Emily Isle of Annum and Bute Isle, Anne Jersey and I chose the Isle of Whigt. We then chose who should live in our Islands ; the chief of Brawell where John Bull, Astly Cooper, Leigh Hunt, etc., etc., Emily's Walter Scott, Mr. Lockhart, Johny Lockhart etc. etc., Anne's Michael Ludlen, Lord Bentich, Henry Halford, etc. etc,, and I chose Duke of Wel- lington, etc." The manuscript is all written in a very small char- acter, her peculiar handwriting when a child. This most interesting and valuable manuscript is unpublished. 146 [Bronte (Charlotte, Emily, and Anne).] Poems by JL//0& Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell. Small i2mo, original " "*~ green ornamental cloth, uncut, with the leaf of adver- tisements. Lond. : Smith, Elder &* Co., 1846 * First Edition. The book was originally issued with the im- print of Aylott and Jones, but only a few copies with the earliest title-page are known, and they bring extremely high prices. Its sale being very limited, the book was transferred to Smith, Elder & Co., who cut out the old title-page and inserted one bearing their own imprint. This issue is now becoming quite rare, and copies are seldom found in the choice condition of the present example. 147 [Bronte (Charlotte).] Shirley. A Tale by Currer *-q Bell, Author of "Jane Eyre." 3 vols. 8vo, original //. cloth, uncut. Lond. : Smith, Elder &• Co., 1849 *The scarce -First Edition. Avery fine copy, with the 16 pp. of advertisements, dated October, 1849, at the end of Volume I. .//-i U LIBRARY OF \J~, Sp i 4 8 [Bronte.] The Professor. A Tale by Currer Bell, author of "Jane Eyre," "Shirley," " Villette," etc. 2 vols. 8vo, original brown cloth, uncut. Lond. : Smith, Elder 6" Co., 1857 * The scarce First Edition of Charlotte Bronte's fourth novel, written before either "Jane Eyre" or " Shirley," but not published until two years after her death. This is a fine, unused copy, with all the advertisements. 149 Bronte (C.) Charlotte Bronte and her Circle, by C. K. Shorter. Portraits and facsimiles. 8vo, buckram, uncut. ^. Lond. 1896 /i <3 $ 150 Brooke (Henry). The Fool of Quality; or, The History of Henry Earle of Moreland. Copper-plate illustrations. 5 vols. i2mo, half calf, gilt tops. Lond. 1777 *A new edition of this famous work, " greatly altered and im- 2^" proved." /' £■ — 151 Brownell (W. C.) French Art, Classic and Contem- porary Painting and Sculpture; French Tracts, an Essay in Comparative Criticism. 2 vols, umo, half gilt tooled calf in mosaic, gilt top, uncut. N. Y. 1893 "? OP , O0 t^ [Browning (Elizabeth Barrett).] Sonnets, by E. B.B. Small 8vo, sewn, uncut. Reading (not for publication), 1847 * A very fine copy of the extremely rare Original Edition. The only copy known to have been sold at auction was the Arnold copy, _ - which fetched $440. 153 A. L. S. 4to. 74 Lancaster Place. Early letter, 3. signed E. B. Barrett. Speaks of Miss Mitford. ^ ^ 154 Browning (Robert). Official Guide of the Chicago and "« Alton Railroad. No. 10, September, 1873. Contain- ing Part 10 of a Reprint from the latest English edition of the complete Works of Robert Browning. i6mo, original printed wrappers. Chicago, 1873 * Very rare. Presentation Copy, with autograph inscription on the title, "J. Dykes Campbell, Esq., with Robert Browning's kind regards, July 6, '83." Inserted a letter by J. Charlton, general agent for the Chicago and Alton Rail-Road Co.. "... I beg to say that not a single copy is left or is now to my knowledge procurable in any way of our guide in which the Browning reprints appeared. We have had repeated applications for them from England, Scotland, United States, Canada, to which we have been unable to make any other reply than this. The last applicant was a lady from Aberdeen, Scotland. 7^ A& JOHN KENDRICK BANGS. 25 /' 155 Browning (Robert). Prince Hohenstiel-Schwangau, Saviour of Society, nmo, original cloth, uncut. * The first edition. Lond. 187 I I S 6 • Fifine at the Fair. i6mo, original cloth, uncut. * The first edition. Lond. 1872 *57 Aristophanes' Apology, including a transcript from Euripides, being the Last Adventure of Balaus- tion. i2tno, cloth, uncut. Lond. 1875 * The first edition. ^^/-A *5 8 • Pacchiarotto and how he worked in Distemper, with other Poems. i2mo, original cloth, uncut. Lond. 1876 159 Life and Letters, by Mrs. Sutherland Orr. Photo- portrait. 8vo, half morocco, gilt top, uncut. Lond. 1891 '/& l6 ° Studies of the Mind and Art of Robert Browning. By J. Fotheringham. nmo, cloth. Lond. 1898 btQQ 161 Dramatic Romances and Lyrics. With border and initials designed and cut on the wood by Charles Ricketts. 8vo, original buckram, uncut. Lond. : Vale Press, 1899 *Only 210 copies printed. 7 '€2-162 A. L. S. 2 pp. 8vo, April 23, 1884. A letter of special interest concerning himself. "Certain of the things set down in biographical notices are mistaken or fabu- lous, these F never could bring myself to correct, to what use? when the article was already in circulation and on its way to oblivion. I never knew — nor cared to inquire about — my birthday, or in what year it fell," etc. 163 Auto MS. 8vo. Signed. Song from " Pippa /££±- Passes." " Give her but a least excuse to love me, When, where. How can this arm establish her above me, If fortune fixed her as my lady there ? " etc. etc. etc. 164 Bryant (William Cullen — Poet and Journalist). ~7 $0 A. L. S. 1 p. 8vo, Sept. 18, 1855. " I have uniformly »_ - declined all applications to deliver public lectures" etc. 26 LIBRARY OF //,*£ cl Co 165 Buchanan (George). The Witty and Entertaining Exploits of George Buchanan, commonly called the King's Fool. From the original manuscript, dated 1725. i6mo, half levant morocco, gilt top, uncut. Lond. 1900 * Only 300 copies privately printed for a small number of biblio- / A CO P hiles - /«»«- 166 Buchanan (Robt.) The Fleshly School of Poetry and other Phenomena of the Day. Paper covers, laid in a cloth cover, with 32 portraits, some quite rare, to extra- illustrate the work. i2mo. Lond. 1872 * The rare first edition in the original pink paper covers. In a separate package are 32 engraved portraits to illustrate the work. 167 Bulwer (Sir Edward L. — Distinguished Novelist). A. L. S. 1 p. 8vo, June 17, 1847. Fine letter, solicit- ing support at the approaching election. I/' &J>- 168 A. L. S. 2 pp. 4 to, 1849, "E. L. B." To Benjamin Webster in regard to one of his plays. With Auto MS., 3 pp. 4to, on historical matters. (2) x _- 169 Bunbury's Caricatures. Gambado, Geoffrey. Annals » — — of Horsemanship, containing accounts of accidental ex- periments and experimental accidents, both successful and unsuccessful; communicated by various corre- spondents, and now first published. 17 full-page curious illustrations printed in brown by H. Bunbury. Folio, cloth. Lond. 1791 * First edition. Bunbury was the author of the text as well as the designer of this amusing and celebrated work. It has been a favor- ite for more than 100 years, and copies of the original edition with all the plates are very rare. 3Ti> 170 Bunyan (John). The Pilgrim's Progress from this * World to that which is to come. With 100 engravings, all proof s on Japanese paper , by Dalziel Brothers, after F. Barnard and others. 4to, half vellum, gilt top, uncut. Lond. 1880 * Edition de luxe on special hand-made paper; only 500 copies SJ printed. */J 171 Burne-Jones (Sir Edward). A Record and Review by Malcolm Bell. Frontispiece and numerous illustrations. i2mo, cloth. Lond.: Bell, 1898 9 Af« JOHN KENDRICK BANGS. 37 172 Burney (James). A Chronological History of the Dis- <3,*£j> coveries in the South Sea; or, Pacific Ocean (includ- ing a History of the Buccaneers). Maps and plates. S vols. 4to, fresh half morocco, gilt, gilt tops, uncut. Lond. 1803-17 * Fine copy of this scarce set. A masterly work of great research. 173 Burns (Robert). The Life and Works. Edited by £f JLS ^ Robert Chambers. Revised by Wm. Wallace. Illus- trations. 8 vols, half crushed morocco, gilt top, uncut. Edinburgh and N. Y. 1901 * This edition limited to 50 copies for America. This is No. 19. 174 [Burton.] The Anatomy of Melancholy. What it is. With all the Kinds, Causes, Symptomes, Prognostickes, and Severall Cures of it. In three Sections, Members, and Subsections, Philosophically, Medicinally, and Historically Opened. By Democritus, Junior. En- graved title. Royal 8vo, new full mottled calf extra, waxed yellow edges. Lond.: [Printed for IT. Cripps in Old Bailey], 1660 * A very tall copy, measuring 11^x8 inches. Foxed, otherwise a very fine copy. 13$ Butler's Hudibras Redivivus; or, a Burlesque Poem on '•'*~/i. — theTimes. 24 Parts in 2 vols. 8vo, cloth. Lond. 1707-08 * Rare early issue of this celebrated work. j2/^/»i76 Byron. Lady Noel, wife of Lord Byron. A.L.S. i6mo. 177 Byron (Lord). Complete Works, including his sup- /./^, pressed poem, with several pieces in prose and verse, now first published. Fine engraved portrait and plates on India paper, all proofs before letter. 4 vols. 8vo, half red morocco, gilt top, uncut. Paris, 1833 * A Large Paper copy of a very unusual edition. 178 English Bards, and Scotch Reviewers: a Satire. ' £j> &£■ iamo, original printed boards, uncut (cloth back). Lond. : Printed for James Cawthorn [1809] * The rare first edition. Water-marked date 1805 on p. 17. Fine copy. 179 Sardanapalus, a Tragedy; The Two Foscari, ^ A Tragedy; Cain, a Mystery. 8vo, half calf, by W. R. JL& — ■ Smith. First Edition. Fine copy. Lond. 1821 28 LIBRARY OF J£ t 00_ 180 |M^_jjy|AMPBELL (Thomas— British Poet; Author riiira of "Pleasures of Hope"), A. L.S., 4to,i8 2 8, k5Bra9 on literary matters, with portrait. /, ' & 181 Carew (Thomas). Poems.now first collected and edited, with notes from the former editions, and new notes and a memoir by W. Carew. Portrait. 8vo, cloth, roxburghe back, uncut. Lond. 1870 /, / £L '/^ 182 Carlyle (Thomas). Sartor Resartus. Portrait. Half calf, gilt, gilt top, uncut. Lond. 1889 / , OO l8 3 The French Revolution. 3 vols, nmo, half levant morocco, gilt top, uncut. Lond.: Chapman & Hall [n. d.] ^-/-?,S& l8 4 Carroll (Lewis). Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. With 42 illustrations by John Tenniel. 8vo, original red cloth, gilt edges. N. Y. : D. Appleton & Co., 1866 * The earliest published form of the work and the first American edition, of far greater rarity than the issue (generally misnamed the first edition) published in London the same year. The book was first printed by Clay, of Oxford, in 1865, with a title-page bearing that date. Practically all of this edition was sent to New York, where the 1865 title-page was cancelled and the Appleton title, dated 1866, was substituted. No copies of this 1865 edition were sold in England, and it is probable that only two or threewere retained in that country for the author's use. We know of only one in this country, i. c, that which came from the author's own library, and which was sold in 1898. The so-called first edition (London, 1866) was entirely reprinted, and there are many textual and bibliographical differences. / #„tL£. 185 Looking-Glass House, and What Alice Saw There. By Lewis Carroll, Author of " Alice's Ad- ventures in Wonderland." With 42 illustrations by John Tenniel Lond.: Macmillan & Co., 1870 * This is the proposed title-page for " Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Saw There, "together with the proof of the preliminary poem, the latter having four corrections in the author's handwriting. This proposed title-page, bearing the date 1870, is two years earlier than the date of the published work. ^ t SO_ l86 Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There. With 50 illustrations by John Tenniel. 8vo, original red cloth. Lond. : Macmillan, 1872 * Fine copy of the extremely scarce First Edition. }+'££- JOHN KENDRICK BANGS. 29 1 .00 & "187 Carroll (Lewis). The Game of Logic. 8vo, original red cloth. Lond. : Macmillan, 1887 * The First Edition; now quite scarce. 188 Rhyme? and Reason? With 65 illustrations by / '• 5-S- Arthur B. Frost, and p by Henry Holliday. 8vo, origi- nal red cloth. Lond.: Macmillan, 1888 * The first edition. Presentation copy, with the following in- scription on the fly-leaf: ■' To the Jocund & Juvenile Jollier, From the Jejune & Jabberwockian Jack-Pudding." Immaculate copy. ^189 Sylvie and Bruno. With 46 illustrations by Harry Furniss. 8vo, original red cloth. Lond. : Macmillan, 1889 * Fine copy of the First Edition, now scarce. ^-190 The Life and Letters. By S. D. Collingwood. « Portraits and illustrations. 8vo,cloth,uncut. Lond. 1898 191 Cartoons for the year 1901 (from " Punch "). With an /« *i££ Historical Preface by H. W. Lucy. Fully illustrated. 4to, cloth. Lond. [1901] ^2**$^ *9 3 Caxton's Blanchardyn and Eglantine, circa 1489. From Lord Spencer's unique, imperfect copy, completed by the original French and the second English version of 1595. Edited by Dr. Leon Kellner. 8vo, wrappers, uncut. Lond. 1890 /*<*£>. 193 Cellini (Benvenuto). The Treatises on Goldsmithing " and Sculpture. Made into English from the Italian of the Marcian Codex, by C. R. Ashbee. With an Intro- ductory Account of the Origin and Object of the Treatises and of Cellini's position as Craftsman and Author. With diagrams and choice full-page etchings by Le Rat of Cellini's masterpieces. Folio, original buckram, unopened. Essex House Press, 1898 * The first book printed at the Essex House Press. 600 copies printed. 194 Celtic, English and Indian Fairy Tales. Selected and edited by J. Jacobs. Illustrated by Batten. 3 vols. 8vo, cloth, uncut. N. Y. 1892 195 Centlivre (Mrs.) The Dramatic Works of the cele- , ^ *. brated Mrs. Centlivre, with a new Account of her Life. '* Portrait. 3 vols. 8vo, boards, uncut (binding of Vol.1, broken). Lond. 1872 # /a. Si 30 LIBRARY OF — ^ 196 Ceramic. Histoire Artistique, Industrielle et Commer- ciale de la Porcelaine. Par Albert Jacquemart et Ed- mond le Blant. With 28 full-page plates, etched by Jules Jacquemart, and facsimiles of marks through the text. Folio, cloth, morocco back, gilt edges. Paris: Techener, 1862 * A fine copy of this rare and valuable work, which is rendered more interesting by Jacquemart's exquisite etchings, which reproduce the finest examples known to porcelain collectors. // ~ — 197 Cervantes. L'Ingenieux Hidalgo Don Quichotte de la Manche. Profusely illustrated with all the spirited vignettes by Tony Johannot. 2 vols. 8vo, new half mo- rocco, gilt tops, uncut. Paris, 1836 * Rare edition. Choice copy. / && 198 Chansonnier Historique du XVIII e Siecle. Publie" avec Notes, etc., par Emile Raunie. Fine etched por- traits. 10 vols. 12010, half red levant, gilt tops, uncut. Paris, 1879 * A very rare and free collection of Satirical Songs, Epitaphs, Epi- grams, Vaudevilles, and other very facetious rhymes. t @D 199 Chap-Book (The). Illustrated. Vols. I. -IV. and No. I. of Vol. V. (Nos. 3, s and 7 of Vol. III. missing). Vols. I. and II. cloth, uncut, others in the original Nos. Some Nos. duplicate. (4 vols.) Chicago, 1894-96 // CO 200 Charles II. By Osmund Airy. Colored frontispiece por- trait, and tiumerous portraits, views, etc., in photogravure from contemporary works of art. Royal 4to, half mo- rocco, gilt top, uncut. Lond. 1901 * Fine paper edition, limited to 1,250 copies. ■7 IJL 201 Chaucer. The Parlement of Foules. Written by ' Geoffry Chaucer. Gothic letter in black and red, with an illuminated initial. 8vo, original vellum, uncut. Cambridge: Riverside Press, 1904 * Only 325 copies printed. '^ l ^~ AicU> 202 1*Chenier (Andr£). CEuvres Poetiques de Andre Chenier. iamo, three-quarter red levant, gilt top, uncut. * Best modern edition. Paris : Librairie des Bibliophiles, 1874 JOHN KENDRICK BANGS. 31 203 Claretie (Jules). Monsieur le Ministre. With 10 fine I *7 /?/> full-page etchings by Wallet, after Adrien Marie. 8vo, / ft - crimson levant morocco extra, with a spray of forget- me-nots in mosaic on the front cover, broad in- side gold borders, finely tooled, green watered-silk linings and fly-leaves, edges gilt on the rough, by Ruban. Paris [1887] * With an original water-color drawing by Marie on the half-title. Very fine copy, unique in this state. J^/J 204 The same. 8vo, half levant morocco gilt, gilt top, uncut. ~7 06 205 Clotjston (W. A.) A Group of Eastern Romances and Stories. From the Persian. Thick 8vo, original paper covers. Privately printed, 1889 * Large Paper issue, limited to 52 copies, of which this is No. 35. {$~0 206 Colbert (Jean Baptiste — Eminent French Statesman, Financier and Bibliophile, under Louis XIV.). D. S. On vellum. 1 p. folio. Jany. 2, 1683. / S^O 207 Colden (Cadwallader — Colonial Governor of N. Y. ; Author of "History of the Five Indian Nations"). Official D. S. 1 p. folio. Fort George in the City of New York, Oct. 31, 1763. With fine seal. Appoint- ment of John Brown as an Officer of the Customs. Tp, 06 208 An Explication of the First Causes of Action in Matter and of the Cause of Gravitation. 8vo, ele- gantly bound in full green levant, gilt tooled, Roger Payne style by Riviere. Lond. 1746 * An extremely fine copy, entirely uncut, and in an elaborate mod- ern binding. It is one of the earliest American scientific works, and was translated into both French and German. There is a five-page dedication to James Alexander. Excessively scarce. 209 Coleridge (S. T.) Christabel, etc. Third Edition. //> > CO 8vo, half morocco, gilt top. Lond. 1816 In addition to " Christabel" the volume contains " Kubla Khan" and " The Pains of Sleep." 210 Biographia Literaria; or, Biographical Sketches *-r\ of my Literary Life and Opinions. 2 vols. 8vo, half 7' green levant morocco, gilt tops. Lond. : Fenner, 1817 The extremely scarce First Edition of this highly important criti- cal work. Both volumes are in fine condition. M 9- <3.^> 32 LIBRARY OF 211 Coleridge (S. T.) Zapolya: a Christmas Tale, in two OO Parts. The Prelude entitled "The Usurper's For- tune," and the Sequel entitled, "The Usurper's Fate. " 8vo, half green levant morocco, gilt top. Lond. : R, Rentier, 1817 * Fine copy of the very scarce First Edition, with the half-title. In his " Advertisement" to the reader, Coleridge says : "The form of the following dramatic poem is in humble imitation of the Winter's Tale of Shakespear." 6Q 212 Sibylline Leaves: a Collection of Poems. 8vo, half green levant morocco, gilt top. Few leaves very slightly foxed, and the page of errata missing. Lond. : R. Fenner, 1817 * The first edition of this important and rare item, which includes " The Rime of the Ancient Mariner " and several of the poet's finest odes. 213 The Friend: a Series of Essays to aid in the for- mation of fixed principles in Politics, Morals, and Religion. Edited by H. N. Coleridge, with the Au- thor's last corrections. 3 vols, izmo, original cloth, paper labels, uncut. Lond. : Pickering, 1837 * The best edition of " the most vigorous of Coleridge's composi- tions," containing all the corrections, and most of the notes, found in the author's handwriting in an interleaved copy of the work, which he bequeathed to his daughter-in-law. 214 Specimens of the Table Talk. Engraved portrait by Finden. i6mo, boards, with paper label, uncut. Lond. 1836 ROBERT BROWNING'S COPY. 215 The Life of Samuel Taylor Coleridge. By James Gillman. Vol. I. (all published). 8vo, original cloth, paper label, uncut. Lond. : Pickering, 1838 * Robert Browning's copy, with marked passages and a pencilled note relating to glllman and signed " r. b.," on the verso of the title-page. a most interesting vol- ume, owned and annotated by browning at the beginning of his poetic career. The MS. note reads: " Poor Mr. Gillman, either cowed BY YE LABOURS OF AUTHORSHIP, OR YE NECESSITY OF GREAT GENIUS FOR YE BIOGRAPHER OF A GENIUS DAWNING ON HIM; — NEVER GOT FARTHER THAN THIS 1ST VOL. R. B." /M J.3.42 JOHN KENDRICK BANGS. 33 _ 216 Coleridge (S. T.) On the Constitution of the Church JI-.QJ&- and State. Lay Sermons. i6mo, cloth, uncut. Lond. : Pickering, 1839 217 The Table Talker; or, Brief Essays on Society y< j$~D and Literature. 2 vols. i2mo, original cloth, paper "" labels, uncut. Lond. : Pickering, 1840 * The first edition. 218 Poetical and Dramatic Works. 3 vols. 121110, , ) O t> original cloth, paper labels, uncut. Lond. -.Pickering, 1844 * Fine copy of this choice collected edition of Coleridge's poems and dramas, finely printed by Whittingham at the Chiswick Press. 219 Poetical Works. Edited, with a Biographical CfT} Introduction, by James Dykes Campbell. Portrait. 8vo, cloth, gilt top. Lond. 1893 * First issue of Campbell's fine edition of Coleridge's Works. In addition to the poems, the volume contains Coleridge's dramatic works, epigrams, fragments, adaptations, etc. f I D0.12O A. L. S. 4to. 1828. Pleasant friendly letter, ' in which he speaks of a work he had proposed writing. 221 Collins (Wilkie — British Novelist and Dramatist). //.'££. A. L. S. 4 pp. 8vo. 1880. "... I am telling a story to a large country audience in what they call "a syndicate of newspapers." The title is "The Black Robe," and I have given offence to the Papists already — after studiously avoiding any cause of complaint," etc. 222 Colored Plates. Heweston (W. B.) History of Napo- leon Bonaparte, and Wars of Europe, from the Revo- lution in France to the Termination of the late Wars, including anecdotes of the most celebrated characters that have appeared during and since the Revolution. Engraved portraits and fine colored plates. 3 vols. 8vo, old calf (slightly rubbed). Lond. 1823 223 The Gallery of Byron Beauties: Portraits of the s Principal Female Characters in Byron's Poems. From Q $}>' Original Paintings by Eminent Artists. J9 beautiful hand-colored plates. Imp. 8vo, full morocco. Lond. 224 Columbus. Cristoforo Colombo. Publicato da M. A. ^ Lazzaroni. Illuminated title-page and numerous portraits, I t] v medals, maps, autographs, Indians, etc. 2 vols. 4to, cloth, ^^ gilt. Milan, 1892 * Scarce. 34 LIBRARY OF J- 00 Z*° 225 Confessions du Comte de * * * Par Charles P. Duclos. Fine etched frontispiece by Lalauze. izmo, half blue levant, gilt top, uncut. Paris, 1888 * Rare and very curious. Only a very small edition published. {J O 226 Constable (John — Famous British Painter). A. L. S., 2 pp. 8vo, 181 1, describing the death of a British officer in battle. 227 Contes Remois. Par le Comte de Chevign6, pr6ced6e de la Muse Champenoise. With fine portrait and 6 clever plates etched by Rajon. nmo, three-quarter blue levant, gilt top, uncut. Paris: Libr air e des Bibliophiles, 1877 * Best edition of these very facetious tales. Only a small edition , M Panted. cA - 228 Continental Congress. Journal of the Proceedings of the Congress, held at Philadelphia, May 10, 1775. Published by Order of the Congress. 8vo, half mo- rocco. Lond. 1776 * A rare and important piece of Revolutionary Americana. At the end is an eight-page catalogue of the publisher, J. Almon, containing an interesting description of Pownall's ' ' Map of the Middle British Colonies in North America,'' soon to be published. 22o]]Cooper (J. Fenimore). Novels. As follows: The Prairie; Pioneers; Red Rover; Deer-Slayer; The Spy; Oak Openings. Choice and clean copies, with fine impressions of the Darley plates. 6 vols. 12010, cloth. N. Y. 1863 / 0,^~i 230 A. L. S. 3 pp. folio. Signed three times. This is a letter written for publication in regard to militia service in the United States. 231 Correggio (Antonio Allegri da). His Life, his Friends and his Time. By C Ricci. With 37 full-page plates and ipo text illustrations. 4to, cloth, uncut. N. Y. 1896 232 Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales. Translated by R. N. Bain. Illustrations. 8vo, cloth. Lond. 1894 233 Costume. The Book of Costume; or, Annals of Fashion from the Earliest Period. By A Lady of Rank. Illuminated frontispiece and upwards of 200 beautiful wood- cuts. 8vo. Lond. 1847 * Extra-illustrated by the insertion of 63 plates, some colored, ready for the binder or further illustrating. /'Z^ f* °£L JL-So JOHN KENDRICK BANGS. 35 234 Costume. Le Costume Historique. By M. A. Racinet. Types principaux du vetement et da la parure rap- / t 3 Q proch6s de ceux de l'interieur de l'habitation dans tous ~ les temps et chez tous les peuples, avec de nombreux details, mobilier, armes, etc. 415 plates (should be 500), 300 in colors. 6 vols, folio, in 22 parts, cloth portfolio, and paper covers. (Sold as 22 vols.) 235 Cozzens (Fred S.— Poet). " Sparrowgrass Papers." Autograph Poem Signed. 8vo. 1866. " What though for us no laurel bloom, nor o'er the nameless brave No sculptured trophy, scroll, nor hatch records a warrior-grave. What though for us the day was lost! Upon that deathless page The everlasting charter stands for every land and age! " Etc. Etc. Etc. * Rare. j<* J.is 236 Crabbe (George — Poet). A. L. S. 4 pp. 4to. Trow- bridge, 1820. Very fine letteron a variety of subjects, personal, political and literary. /■ 237 Crebillon. The Skimmer; or, The History of Tanzai and Neadarne: a Japanese History. 2 vols, in 1. i2mo, original calf. Lond. 1742 * The very rare First English Edition of Crebillon the Younger's very curious romance. 60 / Si I 238 Collection Complete des CEuvres de M. de Cre- billon le fils. 7 vols. i2mo, full polished red levant morocco, gilt backs, panelled sides, inside gold bor- ders, gilt edges, by Niedree. Londres [Paris] 1772 * First collected edition, including several rare and curious pieces. Scarce. Handsome copy, with the heraldic bookplate of John De La Ware Lewis. 239 Cromwell. Oliver Cromwell. By Samuel R. Gardiner. Frontispiece-portrait in colors, and numerous portraits, head- l DO pieces, tail-pieces, and facsimiles in photogravure from con- It temporary works of arts. Royal 4to, original wrappers, uncut. Lond. 1899 * Fine paper, 1475 copies printed. Goupil Biographical Series. 36 LIBRARY OF ' 0>t> 240 Crowley (Robert). Select Works. Namely, his Epi- grams, 1580; Voyce of the Last Trumpet, 1550; Pleas- ure and Payne, 1551; Way to Wealth, 1550; An In- formacion and Peticion. Edited, with Introduction, Notes and Glossary, by J. M. Cowper. 8vo, wrap- ^ pers, uncut. Lond. 1872 J$ OQ 241 CRUIKSHANK. The Spirit of the Public Journals for the Years 1823, 1824, 1825. Being an impartial selection of the most exquisite Essays, Jeux D'Esprit and Tales of Humour, Prose and Verse, with explanatory notes. Fine impressions of the numerous cuts by Geo. Cruikshank. 3 vols. 8vo, full Niger morocco, gilt edges. Lond. 1824-26 * A fine clean copy of the first editions. Complete set. 7jj ' —— 2 4 2 German Popular Stories. Translated from the Kinder und Haus Marchen, by M. M. Grimm. En- graved titles with vignettes, and 20 plates etched by G. Cruikshank. 2 vols, in 1. i2mo, full green morocco gilt, gilt top. Lond. 1825-26 * Mr. Ruskin said of Cruikshank's etchings for Grimm's Tales: " They are unrivalled in masterfulness of touch since Rembrandt, in some qualities of delineation unrivalled even by him." C J t^—. 2 43 Tom Thumb: a Burletta, altered from Henry Fielding by Kane O'Hara. Illustrated with 7 designs by George Crttikshank. First Edition. Crown 8vo, origi- nal mottled calf, gilt top, by F. Bedford, original paper covers and two leaves of advertisements bound in. Lond. 1830 <^3 & 2 44 Facetiae: being a General Collection of the Jeux ~ d'Esprits which have been illustrated by Robert Cruik- shank. 3 vols. i6mo, polished calf extra, gold inside borders, gilt tops, uncut, by Riviere. Lond. 1831 * Scarce collection, with about 100 illustrations by Robert Cruik- shank, including the following works: The High Mettled Racer, Monsieur Nongtongpaw, Monsieur Jonson, Margate, The Snuff-Box and the Leetel Bird, The March of Intellect, Monsieur Mallet, Old Booty, The Devil's Walk, The Devil's Visit, The Real Devil's Walk, Brighton, Steamers and Stages, Walks about Town, The West Indian Slave, The New Police, The Unknown Tongues, Valpurges, and A View of Sir Andrew Agnew's Bill. JOHN KENDRICK BANGS. 37 245 Cruikshank. Odds and Ends in Verse and Prose. By 9 , $~& William Henry Merle. Illustrated by George Cruikshank from designs by the author {except two designs by G. C). First Edition. Post 8vo, polished calf, gilt edges, by Riviere & Son. Scarce. Lond. 1831 246 Pettigrew (Thomas Joseph). A History of Egyp- 1/ t OO ti an Mummies and an Account of the Worship and Em- ~— balming of Sacred Animals, with Remarks on the Funeral Ceremonies of Different Nations and Observa- tions on the Mummies of the Canary Islands, Ancient Peruvians, Burman Priests, etc. Many rare engraved and colored plates by Cruikshank. Large 4to, half morocco extra. Lond. 1834 247 Tough Yarns: a Series of Naval Tales and Q , OO Sketches to Please all Hands. By the Old Sailor (H. M. Barker). Illustrated with full-page plates and cuts (slightly foxed). First Edition. Crown 8vo, original, cloth. Lond. 1835 248 Bergenger (Lieutenant-Col. Baron De). Helps 9 > &0 and Hints: How to Protect Life and Property. Cruik- shank's illustrations. 8vo, half crushed blue levant mo- rocco. Lond. 1835 249 The Comic Almanack and Diary. Edited by Henry May hew, and illustrated by George Cruikshank. 5 vols. 121710, half roxburghe. Lond. 1835-53 250 Scoffern (John). Chemistry no Mystery; or, A J -c-7\ Lecturer's Bequest. Frontispiece showing the effects of — — laughing gas, and title vignette — sulphuretted hydrogen. Crown 8vo, half morocco, gilt top. Lond. 1839 251 Another copy. Crown 8vo, half calf, gilt top. / t OO Lond. 1839 252 The Loving Ballad of Lord Bateman. Illustrated ■~2 r~~. by George Cruikshank. i6mo, blue levant morocco, *^« gilt edges and tooling, by Alfred Matthews. *A very pretty copy. Lond : Charles Tilt, 1839 253 The Dens of London. Illustrated with colored frontispiece and cuts by George Cruikshank. Post 8vo, 3.53 half roan. Lond. 1848 3*e& /• 38 LIBRARY OF 254 Cruikshank. The Betting Book. With cuts. 8vo, half roan. Lond. 1852 255 True Legend of St. Dunstan and the Devil. Illustrated by George Cruikshank. Square post 8vo, cloth. Lond. 1871 256 The Works of George Cruikshank in Oil, Water Colors, Original Drawings, Etchings, etc., collected by John B. Gough, with a facsimile of the catalogue and twenty-eight original drawings, reproduced by photogravure. 4to, boards. Bost. : The Club of Odd Volumes, 1890 * 125 copies printed on plate paper. $0 257 New Year's Day: a Winter Tale. By Mrs. Gore. 4 fullpage plates by G. Cruikshank. Crown 8vo, cloth, gilt. First Edition. Lond.: Fisher & Son, n. d. OJ). 258 The Comic Alphabet. 24 colored etchings by George Cruikshank. The artist's own set, from the Royal Aquarium Collection. Red morocco extra, in- laid figures on sides. Very scarce. Lond., n. d. 259 Eighty-two illustrations on steel, stone and wood, with letterpress description (from Life of Napoleon, Nelson, Washington, Irving's Knickerbocker's New York, Beauties of Irving, Hone's Every Day Book, etc.). 4to, cloth. Lond.: Wm. Tegg, n. d. A. L. S. 8vo. 1854 It Cupid and Psyche. Les Amours de Psychd et de Cupidon. Par M. De La Fontaine. With 6 charming engravings by Blanchard after Binet. i6mo, vellum. * Scarce edition. Imprimerie de Patris, 1796 r-7) 262 Psyche, par La Fontaine. With charming front- *^ ispieces by Giacomelli. i6mo, half red levant, gilt top, uncut. Paris, 1880 * Limited edition. jy q 263 Curiosa. Miscellanies in Verse and Prose (edited by » ~-^ Richardson Pack). 8vo, contemporary gilt calf (rubbed and slightly cracked). Lond. 1719 * This rare volume contains some curios memoirs of Wycherley the dramatist, and several very free translations from Ovid, Catullus, Tibullus. etc. JOHN KENDRICK BANGS. 39 7. £2 jjceszts 264 Curiosa. The Merry Order of St. Bridget. Personal Rec- /<> 266 ollections of the Use of the Rod, by Margaret Anson. 8vo, half morocco, gilt top. York: Printed for the Author's friends, 1857 * One of the scarcest and most amusing of the numerous works on the subject of flagellation. Illustrations from Oriental Tales. 28 fine plates, by Lalauze, on Japan paper (in cloth case). Lond. 1901 Miscellaneous Works by Mons. Michelet. 4 Priests, Women, and Families, The People, The Life of Luther, Jesuits and Jesuitism, including Mons. Quinet's Lectures. 8vo, cloth, uncut. Lond. [n. d.J 267 Curious Ancient Romances. The Surprises of Love, && exemplified in the Romance of a Day; Isabella, or the Memoirs of a Coquet; The Fortune Hunter, or Ad- ventures of Jack Fitzpatrick; etc. In 1 vol. nmo, half brown calf neat. Dublin, 1764 * Curious and rare. SECOND SESSION. C. H. DANIEL'S PRIVATE PRESS PUBLICATIONS, WORCESTER HOUSE, OXFORD. Mr. Daniel has discontinued his Private Press at Oxford, and his books are becoming very rare. ANIEL PRESS. Hymni Ecclesise cura Hen- rici Daniel. 8vo, original wrappers, uncut. Oxonii, 1882 * Only few copies printed. Presentation copy from Mr. Daniel, with autograph inscription on the first fly-leaf: "From the Editor and Printer." Hymns by Robert Bridges. 4to, original printed wrappers, uncut. Oxford, 1899 * Only 150 copies printed. 269 - 40 LIBRARY OF I s-Jl DANIEL PRESS PUBLICATIONS— Continued. /»•*}- 270 Daniel Press. Noontide Branches. By Michael Field. 4to, original printed wrappers, uncut. Oxford, 1899 * Only 150 copies printed. £ ' P& 271 Christmas: a Christmas Welcome to the Saviour Guest. 8vo, original printed wrappers, uncut. r— 0Q * Only 95 copies printed. Oxford, 1900 ^ ' 272 A Royal Guest: Christmas. 8vo, original printed wrappers, uncut. Oxford, 1900 * Only no copies printed. 273 Wind Along the Waste. 4to, original printed wrappers, uncut. Oxford, 1902 t /lyt * Only 130 copies printed. ** • 274 Peace Ode written on the conclusion of the Three Years' War. By R. B. [Robert Bridges]. Printed for the First Anniversary, June 1st, 1903, by C. H. D. 4to, original printed wrappers, uncut. Oxford, 1903 * Only few copies printed. V m 275 Now in Wintry Delights: an Epistle to L. M. By Robert Bridges. With a facsimile. 4to, original printed wrappers, uncut. Oxford, 1903 * Only few copies printed. This epistle is in quantitative hexameter verse, according to the rules of Stone's prosody, II., 438. The fac- simile is from a page of the author's manuscript poem, written in a new script, invented to express the English pronunciation without distortion of the language. CO /,S* L«-?- jr 276 Daniel (George). The Modern Dunciad. Virgil in London and other Poems, nmo, full polished calf gilt, gilt top, uncut, by Tout. Lond. : William Pickering, 1835 277 Dante. Illustrations to the Divine Comedy of Dante, executed by the Flemish Artist Jo. Stradanus, 1587. With an Introduction by Guido Biagi, and a Preface by J. A. Symonds. Phototypic plates from the originals existing in the Laurentian Library of Florence. Folio, printed cloth, uncut. Lond. 1892 278 Dante's Ten Heavens: a Study of the Paradise. By Edmund G. Gardner. 8vo, cloth, uncut. Westminster, 1900 eZ/ JOHN KENDRICK BANGS. 41 279 Daphnis and Chloe: a Pastoral Romance, from the 9 ° _ Greek of Longus. Small 8vo, blue levant, the sides and back beautifully gold tooled with lines, dots, and spray ornaments, doublure of rose levant, silk fly- leaves, gilt top, uncut, by Ritter. Lond. : Vizetelly,n. d. Unique and very beautiful copy, having inserted, in addition to the original vignettes, 1st. The Eisen head and tail pieces, Japan proofs, 2d. The same on China paper, 3rd. The same on China paper, printed in blue, 4th. The Prudhon and Gerard illustrations, 5th. The same in black on China paper, 6th. The same in blue on China paper, 7th. The Lemerre etchings, proofs on Whatman paper, 8th. A full-length nude "Chloe" by Lefebvre, and gth. An allegorical title-page on Japan paper. 280 Davenport (John). Aphrodisiacs and Anti-Aphrodi- X '7'5 siacs: Three Essays on the Power of Production. * With some Account of the Judicial "Congress" as practised in France during the Seventeenth Century. Frontispiece and J plates. 8vo, original boards, gilt top. Lond. : Privately printed, 1869 281 Davis (Jefferson — President Confederate States). L. S., t/$ as Secy. War, 1 p. 4to, Aug. 13, 1855, to the Secy. Navy, recommending an appointment. _282 Decoration. Motifs for Panel and other Decoration. By /' j ^~ J.Ward. 20plates. Royal 4to, boards. Birmingham, 1881 283 [De Foe (D.)] A collection of the Writings of the Q'jf Author of the True-Born English-man. 8vo, old calf. tOO * First edition. Lond. 1703 284 De Maupassant (Guy). Short Stories of the Tragedy ' /J and Comedy of Life. With Critical Preface by Paul Bourget. Illustrated Edition de Luxe. 17 vols. 8vo, cloth, gilt top, paper label. Lond. and N. Y. 285 Diable Amoureux (Le). Par Jacques Cazotie. Preface de A. J. Pons. nmo, olive brown levant, gold- ' panelled sides and back, inside borders, gilt top, uncut, by Thierry. Paris: A. Quantin, 1878 One of 100 Japan paper copies, illustrated with beautiful etchings by Buhot and having an extra set of plates by Lalauze inserted. /- // 43 LIBRARY OF 286 Dibdin (T. F.) Bibliographical Decameron; or, Ten / -7 0$ Days' Pleasant Discourse upon Illuminated Manu- ' scripts, Early Engravings, Typography and Bibliog- raphy. Numerous fine portraits, plates, vignettes (many on india paper) and wood engravings. 3 vols, royal 8vo, half morocco, gilt tops, uncut. Lond. 181 7 * Has the beautiful specimen of early printing in gold, the portrait of Payne and bust of Diana of Poitiers, which are sometimes missing. 287 A Bibliographical, Antiquarian and Picturesque ;<"£) Tour in the Northern Counties of England and in * Scotland. Illustrated with very beautiful plates of ancient and picturesque ruins, cathedrals, facsimiles, portraits, etc. , all engraved on steel by the best engravers. First Edition of all the plates. 2 vols, royal 8vo, half morocco. Lond. : Printed for the Author, 1838 * Uniform with Dibdin's Bibliographical Decameron, and " Tours." Brilliant impressions of the engravings, which comprise views of his- toric houses and ancient buildings in Edinburgh, Glasgow, Lincoln, Newcastle-on-Tyne, etc. The work describes many collections that have ceased to exist. 288 DICKENS (Charles). Sketches by " Boz," illustrative jP'AO °f Every-day Life and Every-day People. Illustrations by V #' " George Cruikshank. 2 vols., 1836; also the Second Series, 1 vol., 1837. Together 3 vols. i2mo, polished calf, by Zaehnsdorf (a little rubbed). Lond. : John Macrone * First Edition. Inserted in first series are portraits of Dickens and Cruikshank and nine extra Cruikshank plates. The second series has two plates not found in the first edition, "The First of May" and "The Last Cab Driver." 289 The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club. //A / OG_ With 7 plates by Seymour, 35 plates by ' 'Phiz," and 2 plates ' by Buss. 20 Nos. in 19 Parts. 8vo, original printed wrappers, uncut, with all the advertisements, and the specimen plate of Dr. Beattie's " Scotland Illus- trated," engraved by Radclyffe in No. XV. Con- tained in an olive green straight-grained morocco solander case. Lond.: Chapman &■ Hall, 1836-37 * The genuine first edition, with brilliant impressions of the plates JOHN KENDRICK BANGS. 43 in their First State, all before letters, except Plate 2 of No. 3. The two plates by Buss, suppressed by Dickens before many copies had left the publishers, are the original impressions. Later copies give these plates in facsimile. Good copies of the first edition are very rare and will always be in demand at increasing prices. 390 Dickens (Charles). Another copy. 8vo, elegantly bound —%_ S~' Q&— ' n f u H crimson hard-grain morocco, beautifully tooled, gilt top. Lond. : Chapman &• Hall, 1837 291 The Strange Gentleman; a Comic Burletta, in 3 *7 OO two Acts. By "Boz." First performed at the St. c "^ / ~~~ James's Theatre on Thursday, September 29, 1836. 1 leaf -J- 46 pp. 8vp, original printed wrappers, uncut. Lond. 1837 * The first edition, without the frontispiece. One of the rarest of Dickens's works. Sketches by Boz, illustrative of Every-day Life and Every-day People. (A Visit to Newgate, London Recreations, Boarding House, Gin Shops, Shabby- Genteel People, etc. Full-page etchings by George Cruik- shank. Third Edition. 2 vols. i2mo, original cloth, uncut. Lond. 1837 293 Memoirs of Joseph Grimaldi. Plates by Cruik- shank. 2 vols. 8vo, pink cloth, uncut. Lond. 1838 * Scarce. The real first issue, bound in pink cloth, and having the last plate without the border, the second issue of the same date being in brown cloth. The last copy sold at Anderson's brought $50.00. 294 Oliver Twist; or, The Parish Boy's Progress. By "Boz." Illustrated by George Cruikshank (frontis- piece to first volume missing). 3 vols. i2mo, uncut, half red morocco, gilt top, by Bradstreets. Lond. : R. Bent ley, 1838 * First edition. The early issue with the original title. This copy contains the " Fireside Plate " at page 313, Vol. III. 295 The Pic Nic Papers. By Various Hands. Edited by Charles Dickens. With illustrations by George Cruik- shank, Phiz, etc. 3 vols. 12010, uncut, half red morocco, gilt top, by Bradstreets. Lond. : Henry Colburn, 1841 * First edition. Fine copy. /f&>- /& O 3J*> JL2£ k&. 44 LIBRARY OF 296 Dickens (Charles). Barnaby Rudge: a Tale of the Riots of 'Eighty. With illustrations by George Catter- mole and Hablot K. Browne. Imp. 8vo, three-quarter morocco. Lond. 1841 * First edition. 297 Christmas Books. A Christmas Carol, colored illustrations by John Leech, Lond. 1843; The Chimes, a Goblin Story, illustrations by Maclise, Doyle, Leech, etc., etc., Lond. 1845 ; The Cricket on the Hearth, illustrations by Maclise, Doyle, Leech, Landseer, etc., Lond. 1846; The Battle of Life, illustrations by Leech and others, Lond. 1846; The Haunted Man, and the Ghost's Bargain, illustrated by Leech, Tenniel, etc., Lond. 1848. Together 5 vols. F'cap 8vo, red crushed levant morocco, gilt, by Riviere & Son. * A handsome set of these favourite books — front cloth covers and backs bound in. " Christmas Carol " has title-page in red and blue and heading " Stave I." 298 A Child's History of England. With frontis- pieces by Topham. 3 vols, square r6mo, green morocco, gilt edges and inside tooling (a little faded). * First edition. Lond. 1852-53-54 299 Works of. Household Edition. Illustrated by Darley. 49 vols. i6mo, half calf, mottled edges. * A choice copy. N. Y. 1 864 300 On the Origin of Sam Weller, and the Real Cause r~ s\sy of the Success of the Posthumous Papers of the Pick- wick Club, by A Lover of Charles Dickens' Works — a facsimile reprint of the Beauties of Pickwick, collected and arranged by Sam Weller. Embellished with a choice etching of Mr. Samuel Weller composing his Love Letters, by F. W. Pailthorpe, and Mr. Vale as Dickey Scrag, by G. C.j both in color. 8vo, cloth. Lond. 1883 30 e The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club. By Charles Dickens. With illustrations by R. Seymour, R. W. Buss, Hablot K. Browne ("Fhiz"), and J. Leech. 2 vols. 8vo, cloth, uncut. Lond. : Chapman 6r> Hall, 1857 * This edition is limited to 2,000 copies. 3.S- .3f I 1 JOHN KENDRICK BANGS. 45 302 Dickens (Charles). A Week's Tramp in Dickens-Land, DO together with Personal Reminiscences of the "Inimit- e*t able Boz " therein collected. By William R. Hughes. With more than a hundred illustrations by F. G. Kitton and other artists. 8vo, cloth, uncut. Lond. : Chapman 6° Hall, 1891 303 The Nicholas Nickleby Quadrilles, and Nickleby "*S 00 Galop, Humbly dedicated to the Brothers Cheerible /« by Sydney Vernon. 4to, 5 leaves, including the last blank. Lond. 1839 * Original edition. Rare. 304 The History of Pickwick: an Account of its _2 2.5 Characters, Localities, Allusions and Illustrations, with < ~ a Bibliography. By Percy Fitzgerald. Illustrated. 8vo, cloth, uncut. Lond.: Chapman and Hall, 1891 305 The Cricket on the Hearth. Illustrations. 3 vols. *1 A 241110, wrappers, uncut (2 copies on Japan paper and a • copy on China paper). Lond. 1894 306 Autumn Leaves, Air from the opera The Village / -fl> Coquettes. The Words by Charles Dickens; the Music ( '""' by John Hullah. 4to, 8 pp. Rare. Lond. [n. d.J 307 The Ivy Green. Song written by Charles Dickens. The Music composed and arranged, with an accom- paniment for the piano-forte, by Henry Russell. 4to, 4 pp. Lond. [n. d.] * Original edition. Rare. 3 08 Our Glory-Roll, and other National Poems. By I * <7) W. C. Bennett. Crown 8vo, cloth, gilt edges. / £>,*£— Lond., n. d. * From the library of Charles Dickens. Containing both his book- plates and a presentation copy from the author to him, neatly in- scribed. A choice piece of Dickensiana. 309 The Characters of Charles Dickens portrayed in ?, g/?_ a series of Water-Color Sketches by " Kyd." 24plates. Royal 8vo, cloth. R. Tuck &• Sons [n. pi., n. d.J 310 L.S. t p. 8vo. Feby. 1, 1842. Written during his American tour relative to his reception by the citi- S.7J. M 4£ zens of Boston. /.<&. 46 LIBRARY OF . >jU 311 Dilke (Lady). The Shrine of Death and of Love. Wood- cuts and borders. Small 4to, boards, uncut. 2 go copies printed. Bost. : Cor nkill Press, 1901 ^j 312 Dobson (Austin). Eighteenth Century Vignettes. Por- traits. 121110, cloth. N.Y. 1893 /J ,&D 3*3 Carmina Votiva, and other Occasional Verses. Square nmo, original printed wrappers, uncut. Lond. : Printed for Private Circulation, 1901 * First edition. Only 125 copies printed. With author's auto- graph signature. O ' 314 To William John Courthope on his dining with the Johnson Club. A Welcome by Austin Dobson. nmo, 2 leaves. March 12, 1903 * The original edition. Only 30 copies printed. 315 Dodge (Mary A. — "Gail Hamilton," Author). A.L.S. 4 pp. 8vo. 1886. " . . . In view of the split in the American Board and the trial for heresy of the Andover professors you ought to have an article or two on the heathen mission and the Churches' relations to them. ... It does not seem to me I can get along another minute without writing it, if I have to put it in a brochure all by myself," etc. 316 Dongan (Thomas — Colonial Governor of New York; in 1686 gave to the City of New York the Charter known by his name). D.S. 1 p. folio. July 20, 1691. Bill of sale of the brigantine " Mary," to Col. Samuel Shrimpton, for the sum of ^200 current money of New England. In fine condition and very rare. _2 3*7 Dorat. The Kisses (Les Baisers), preceded by The ' Month of May. Translated by H. G. Keene. Illus- trated with the original beautiful copper-plate engravings after the designs of Eisen and Marillier. 8vo, fancy boards, cloth back, uncut. Lond. [n. d.] * Only a limited number printed on hand-made paper. ^2 &Q_ 318 Another copy. 319 Doyle (Richard). Manners and Customs of ye Eng- 5~i) lyshe, drawn from ye Quick, to which is added some extracts from Mr. Pips hys Diary, contributed by Per- cival Leigh. Oblong 4to, original half blue boards. Lond. : Bradbury and Evans, n. d. * A fine clean copy of this humorous work. Jtr.^t / ^) JOHN KENDRICK BANGS. 47 320 Drama. Our Old Actors. By Henry Barton Baker. With portraits. 2 vols. 8vo, half calf, gilt extra. Lond. [Benlley] 1878 j. 0&3, 21 Du Barry (Madame). By H. Noel Williams. With 16 """ f " ~~~~ plates in photogravure, mostly portraits from paintings by Drouais, Van Loo, Nattier, Lenoir, Moreau, etc. 4to, cloth, gilt top, uncut. N.Y. 1904 322 Duffett (Tho.) The Spanish Rogue. As it was Acted yj by His Majesties Servants. 4to, half morocco, gilt top, by Stikeman. Lond. 1674 * First Edition. The play'is dedicated to Nell Gwyn. 323 Dumas (Alexandre, the Younger). The Lady with the ■f~7) Camelias. On which is founded the opera of " La ' Traviata." Introduction by Jules Janin. Translated without abridgment. i6mo, pictorial boards. * The extremely rare first English edition. Lond. 1856 324 DuMaurier (George). Trilby: a Novel. With 121 illus- *3 *f •4""" trations by the author and facsimiles of selected pencil sketches. Royal 8vo, cloth, parchment boards back. Lond. 1895 * Copy No. 84 of 250 printed; signed by the author. 325 Trilby: a Novel. With illustrations by the author, -? OO and photogravure portrait. Royal 8vo, uncut, parchment •^ boards, floral ornaments. N.Y. : H ~arper&" Brothers, 1895 * Copy No. 62 of 600 printed. 326 A Souvenir of George Du Maurier. By Paul M. Potter. Produced by H. Beerbohm Tree, 30th Oc- tober, 1895. 7 photogravure portraits. In board cover. 327 Dunlop (John). The History of Fiction: being a criti- cal account of the most celebrated Prose Works of Fiction, from the Earliest Greek Romances to the Novels of the Present Age. 3 vols. 8vo, old russia, gilt (backs repaired). Fine copy. Edinburgh, 1816 * The rare second edition (which is the best) of this pleasant and esteemed work. Especial attention is given to the ancient Romances of Chivalry, Heroic and Pastoral Romances, etc. 328 Dusejour (Mademoiselle Dionis). The Origin of the Graces. Illustrated with the original copper-plate engrav- ings after the designs of Cochin. 8vo, cloth, uncut. Lond. [n. d.J * An edition on hand-made paper, limited to 1,100 copies. iXdT 7f •?JT 48 LIBRARY OF .ft J/./J. *&> 329 lB*Wl5Q] ARLE ( Alice M -) Thc Sabbath in Puritan New England. i2mo, half morocco gilt, gilt top, uncut. N. Y. 1893 c£l ' OO 330 Early Wood-Engraving. Specimens of (about 500) early wood engravings, being impressions of wood- cuts in the possession of the publishers, Wm. Dodd. 4to, half morocco, uncut. Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 1862 * Only 100 copies printed of this curious work; includes some rare Bewick cuts. 331 Egan (Pierce). Sporting Anecdotes, Original and Se- lected, including numerous Characteristic Portraits of Persons in Every Walk of Life: The Turf, at the Table, and in the Diversions of the Field, with Sketches of various Animals of the Chase. To which is added an Account of noted Pedestrians, Trotting-Matches, Cricketers, etc., the whole forming a Complete De- lineation of the Sporting World. 8vo, straight-grained morocco. Lond. 1825 * First edition, with colored plates by I. R. Cruikshank. The French copy brought $75.00. *) 1 O O 33 2 Eighteenth Century; or, Illustrations of the Manners "■" ~~ and Customs of our Grandfathers. By Alexander Andrews. 121110, cloth, uncut. Lond. : Chapman & Hall, 1856 * Fashionable Life — Marriage and Funeral Customs — Costume — Gambling — Duelling — Literature — Credulity and Superstition — Pun- ishments of Criminals, etc., etc. ?• 7 5 333 Eliot (George). Daniel Deronda. 4 vols. 8vo, ele- gantly bound in full dark blue calf gilt, gilt tops, un- cut, by Tout. Edinburgh and Lond, 1876 *A beautiful clean copy of the first edition. /- v2_3 334 Romola. Illustrated with 60 beautiful plates, printed in various tints on India paper. 3 vols. 8vo, white cloth finely gilt, gilt tops, uncut. Phil. 1890 * One of 12 Large Paper copies, with a double set of the plates. 3 • ^ 335 Embroidery. Some Drawings of Ancient Embroidery. 30 fine colored plates by Mrs. M. Barber from ancient English embroideries. Royal 4to, gilt cloth, gilt edges. - Lond. 1880 JOHN KENDRICK BANGS. 49 A &- ' 336 Emerson (Ralph W.) English Traits. First Edition. i2tno, original cloth (slightly foxed). Bost. 1856 337 The Complete Works. Portraits and illustrations. I 00 «*!- — 12 vols. 8vo, cloth, uncut. Cambridge, 1903 * Autograph Centenary Edition. 600 signed and numbered, of which this is No. 211. Vol. 1 contains a page of Emerson's writing. * %QA 338 A. L. S. , 2 pp. 8vo, Concord, Mch. 4, 1858, to W. R. Alger, accepting an invitation. " Since you per- sist in your hospitable design I will choose Wednesday next" etc. Very fine specimen. >A V 339 Essex House Press. The Masque of the Edwards of England, being a Coronation Pageant to celebrate the Crowning of the King. Written by C. R. Ashbee. Illustrated with hand-colored drawings by Edith Harwood. Oblong 4to, buckram. 1902 * Only 300 copies printed. 340 Etrennes Comiques des Estaminets, dediees aux bons Lurons; L'Union de Bacchus et de l'Amour, Recueil de Chansons Bachiques et de Rondes de Table. Colored frontispieces. 2 vols. 24mo, original flowered paper wrappers. Bruxelles et Rouen, n. d. * Two rare little chapbook editions. 341 England. Rural England: Loiterings along the Lanes, , /-* 1^ the Common-sides, and the Meadow-paths, with Peeps ''^ into the Halls, Farms and Cottages. By L. G. Seguin. With numerous illustrations from designs by J. E. Millais, W. Small, C. Green, J. Pettie, F. Barnard, etc. Imp. 4to, white vellum, beautiful compartments in gold and colors on the sides, gilt colored back, gilt top, un- cut. Lond. [n. d.] * Edition de Luxe, printed on special hand-made paper, with proofs of illustrations on Japanese paper. 300 copies printed for England and 300 copies for America. 342 English Lyrics. The Golden Pomp: a Procession of I English Lyrics from Surrey to Shirley. Arranged by / .Ipjl' A. T. Quiller Couch. nmo, buckram, uncut. ' " Lond Lond. 1895 50 LIBRARY OF /si < 343 English Verse. Edited by W. J. Linton and R. H. Stoddard: Chaucer to Burns; Lyrics of the XlXth Century; Dramatic Scenes and Characters; Ballads and Romances; Translations. 5 vols. 8vo, half polished calf gilt, gilt tops, uncut. N. Y. 1887 j *j — - 344 [ua jgACETI^E. Wits Museum; or, The New Lon- /,-^~» Ji KSSSm don Jester. A Collection by the Choice Spirits of the Present Age. Frontispiece of " Charles Fox and his Merry Companions." i2mo, sheep. Lond., about 1790 *A rare collection, lower part of page 43 torn off. y \j &£> 345 Le Parnasse Satyrique du i9 4me Siecle. Recueil de pieces facetieuses, scatologiques piquantes, Panta- grueliques, gaillardes et satyriques des meilleurs au- teurs contemporains, poetes, romanciers, etc. 3 vols. 8vo, new three-quarter light brown levant, gilt tops, uncut. Bruxelles: Sous le Manteau, 1881 * Contains pieces by Theophile Gautier, Alphonse Karr, George Sand and others, which were suppressed. Only 175 copies printed. . A> O 346 Mire Lon La, par Rene Maizeroy. Comic illus- trations by Jeanniot. i2tno, original wrappers, uncut. Paris, n. d. , ^lJ 347 Falconer (W.) Poetical Works. i6mo, morocco gilt, gilt edges. Lond. : Pickering, 1836 / ' HO 348 Fairy Tales. Les Contes des Fees, ou les Fees a la Mode, par Mme. D'Aulnoy. Beautiful frontispieces by Lalauze. 2 vols. i6mo, half blue levant, gilt tops, un- cut. Paris, 1881 * Beautiful copy, only a small edition printed. 349 Far East. The Peoples and Politics of the Far East, by H. Norman. Maps and illustrations. 8vo, cloth. / &£> N - Y - l8 95 / 1 350 Farragut (David G. — Admiral in the Civil War). D. S. 1 p. folio, Nov. 30, 1847. Early official document. y — iJ^j 351 Fashion in Paris. The Various Phases of Feminine Taste and ^Esthetics from 1797 to 1897. By Octave Uzanne. With 100 finely hand-colored plates and 2jo text illustrations by F. Courboin. Royal 8vo, cloth. Lond. 1898 /'*J- JOHN KENDRICK BANGS. 51 352 Faublas. Une Ann6e de la Vie du Chevalier de Faublas, / V<"~ P ar Louvetde Couvray, 5 vols, in 2; Six Semaines de — la Vie du Chevalier de Faublas, 2 vols, in 1 ; La fin des Amours du Chevalier de Faublas, 6 vols, in 3, curious illustrations by Challiou. Together 13 vols, in 6. i6mo, new half red levant, gilt tops, uncut. Londres and Paris, 1790 * Complete and best edition of these famous amours. Les Aventures du Chevalier de Faublas, par Lou vet de Couvray. With fine steel plates, after Maril- lier and Blanchard. 4 vols. 12 mo, half orange levant, gilt tops, uncut. Bruxelles, 1881 * Rare edition. 354 The same. 4 vols. 8vo, half levant orange mo- r> 2 •$ rocco, gilt tops. *% *^ * Unexpurgated edition with the rare Marillier plates. 355 Favre (Abbe De). Beauty's Day (Les Quatre Heures s- ^- de la Toilette des Dames). Translated by H. G. 'f* Keene. Engraved frontispiece, plates and vignettes (in sanguine) from designs by Leclerc contained in the original edition of the work. • Royal 8vo, cloth, uncut. Lond. [n. d.] *An edition on hand-made paper, limited to 850 copies. 356 Fencing. Merignac (Emile). Histoire de l'Escrime ^ Qp dans tous les temps et dans tous les pays. Illustrated ti ' with etchings by de Malval, after designs by Recipon, Dupuy, Girardin. 2 vols, royal 8vo, half green levant morocco, gilt tops, uncut, vellum cover bound in. Paris: Roquette, 1883 * Edition de luxe on large Japan paper, No. 27 of 50 copies so printed and published at ioo francs in paper. 357 Field (Eugene). Little Willie. With an illustration and CO ornamental initials. Oblong i6mo. Sewn as issued. "" * The rare first edition, four leaves. [N. Y. 1895] 35 8 The Tribune Primer. i6mo, original boards, ^ uncut. Bost - x 9°° £f j * Edition de luxe, only 250 copies printed. JL 52 LIBRARY OF 359 Fielding (Henry). Works of Henry Fielding. Edited with a biographical essay by Leslie Stephen. Illus- trated by IV. Small. 10 vols, royal 8vo, Large Paper, buckram, uncut. Lond. 1882 _. "^so copies printed for sale in the United States. This copy No. 147. /t J & 360 Figaro Salon 1895. Par Charles Yriarte. With splendid colored military plates by Chartier, Weertz, Orange and others, and numerous other illustrations. Folio, cloth. / Paris, 1895 r Cyd 361 Fine Art. Landon (C. P.) Annales du Musee et de 1'ecole moderne des beaux arts, recueil de gravures au trait d'apres les principaux ouvrages de peinture, sculpture, etc., du Musee, containing frontispiece to each volume and 1,260 fine plates engraved in outline, together with the ' tome complementaire,' and an odd volume of the ' Seconde Collection,' published in 181 1. 17 vols. 8vo, handsomely bound in contemporary red French morocco extra, gold outside and inside borders, gilt back and edges (well preserved'). Paris: Didot, 1801— 10 * Remarkably choice complete set of this fine art publication, now very difficult to meet with, particularly in old morocco, as in the present ^j instance. &^~'~_Q, 362 Fitzgerald. The Works'of Edward Fitzgerald, includ- ing his Letters. Edited by W. A. Wright. Portraits and other illustrations. The Macmillan de Luxe Edi- tion. 7 vols. 8vo. Lond. 1902 / £ » QSi_ 3 6 3 A - L - S. 4 pp. 8vo. Woodbridge, July 13th. "E. Fg." To Dear Posh. "... Next week, if I be alive and my ship afloat, I shall be at Lowestoft. We keep hoping for a little rain here ; the glass keeps falling and the sky darkening. Why, here it comes, not ten minutes after I had written the last, and thunder growls: down she comes. Bravo! ... I have been down to the jetty. As I came past the Boat Hotel I heard a mardle going on, in which I dare say Captain Newson was gaming, '' etc. , etc, Jyi '^364 A. L. S., 3 pp. 8vo. "E. F. G." Fitzgerald rarely signed his letters otherwise. "To Dear Posh. Woodbridge, Xmas day." "... My turkey and plum pudding are almost useless, unless you choose to make your visit here before they are gone." Exces- sively rare. JOHN KENDRICK BANGS. 53 _ 365 Florence: Its History. The Medici — The Humanists — 3 ' $ & Letters — Arts. By Charles Yriarte. Illustrated with 500 wood-engravings and copper-plates. Folio, stamped morocco gilt, gilt edges. N. Y. 1882 366 Florence. Gallery. Galerie de Florence et du Palais j~j. Pitti, dessinee par M. Wicar et graved sous la direc- f & — — tion de M. Lacombe. 132 plates, containing nearly joo beautiful engravings after the most celebrated paintings, antique statuary, cameos, gems, etc., brilliant impressions. 3 vols, royal folio, half calf (broken), uncut. Paris, 1789 * No library with any pretensions to a Reference Art Department can afford to omit this invaluable work. Copies are seldom offered for sale, as the work is quite rare. 367 Flowers. According to Season: Talks about the 1^ „ OO Flowers in the order of their appearance in the Woods and Fields, by Mrs. W. S. Dana. i6mo, half levant morocco, gilt top, uncut. N. Y. 1894 * A special copy, the half-title and severalfpages being ornamented with flowers finely printed in water-color. 368 Fonthill Abbey. Illustrated History and Description of / OO Fonthill Abbey. By John Rutter. With Appendix containing Genealogical Tables of William Beckford. Colored frontispiece and title-page, full-page engravings by George Cattermole and others, and plan of the domain (plates slightly foxed). 4to, half morocco. Lond. 1823 369 Forster (John). Life and Adventures of Oliver Gold- l/ .$ O smith (one volume extended to two volumes by the insertion of 97 rare portraits and views). 2 vols. 8vo, new half morocco, gilt top. Lond. 1848 * First edition. 370 Fouquet (Nicolas — Marquis of Belle-Isle; Noted French ^^J Minister of Finance under Louis XIV.). A. D. S. 1 p. 4to. Aug. 25, 1661. 371 Franklin (Benjamin). Works, containing several political and historical tracts not included in any / /Lfh- former edition, and many letters official and private yiH not hitherto published. With Notes and a Life of the Author by Jared Sparks. Portrait. 10 vols, royal 8vo, uncut. Lond. 54 LIBRARY OF / , Oo J.*A i 7 -^ ^ .^r 372 Franklin (Benjamin). Experiences et Observations sur l'Electricit6 faites a Philadelphie en Amerique par M. Benjamin Franklin et communiquees dans plusieurs Lettres a M. P. Collinson de la Societe Royale de Londres. Folding plate. i2mo, old calf, gilt. Paris, 1752 * Scarce edition. 373 Longworth's American Almanac, New- York Register, and City Directory, for the Forty-Fourth Year of American Independence. Small 8vo, original printed boards, sheep back (slightly damaged). N. Y. : Jona. 01 m stead, 18 19 * A good copy of the New York Directory for 1819-1820, with all the advertisements. The front cover contains Samuel Maverick's advertisement, with a finely engraved portrait of Franklin by Mave- rick. One of the rarest and least-known of the Franklin PORTRAITS. 374 French XVIIIth Century Illustrated Works. Pyg- malion. Scene Lyrique de J. J. Rousseau mise en vers, par M. Berquin. With engraved title-page, charm- ing vignettes by Moreau finely engraved by Ponce, and tail- piece by Marillier. 8vo, full dark blue crushed levant, broad inside borders, damask linings and fly-leaves, gilt top, uncut, by Rousselle. Paris, 1883 *One of 375 copies on Holland paper. With two extra sets of the plates inserted. 375 Froude (James Anthony — Historian). A. L. S. 3 pp. 8vo. 1879. * "... I bear Freeman no malice, but he had been so provoking for so many years that I felt obliged just for once to go for him. I shall not do it again however. Life is not long enough to allow us to spoil any part of what remains of it in a personal quarrel,'' etc. ASKIN'S ILLUSTRATIONS. Good King Wenceslas: a Carol by Dr. Neale. With an Introduction by William Morris. Woodcut illustrations by A. G. Gaskin. 4to, boards, uncut. Birmingham, 1895 377 Gautier (Theophile). Mademoiselle de Maupin. nmo, cloth, uncut. Paris: Charpentier, 1880 * Rare edition, with fine portrait of Gautier engraved by Abot, after David D'Angers, and the very rare portrait of Mademoiselle de Maupin, designed and etched by Gautier himself. !.*£ JOHN KENDRICK BANGS. 55 . , 37 8 Gautier (Theophile). Emaux et Cam6es. Preface par / «",-» Maxime du Camp, nmo, pearl gray levant, richly gold tooled and inlaid on sides and back with blue levant ornaments, inside borders, gilt top, uncut, by Rous- selle. Paris: L. Conquet, 1887 * Charming copy, illustrated with 112 clever designs by Fraiport. *w'~379 Mademoiselle de Maupin: a Romance of Love "' and Passion. 12010, cloth. Lond. 1899 380 Gay. Fables by Mr. John Gay. With a Memoir by Austin Dobson. Fine portrait of Gay etched by Willis from a hitherto unengraved sketch in oils by Sir Godfrey Kneller. 8vo, green levant morocco extra, gilt back and broad inside borders, richly and delicately gold tooled, gilt top, uncut, by Matthews. Lond.: Kegan Paul, Trench Is* Co., 1882 * Beautiful Large Paper copy, No. 43 of 50 so printed, with three portraits of Gay inserted, including the Dahl portrait (engraved by Romney), and the enamel portrait by Zinck [engraved by Cook)' Dobson's " Memoirs " of Gay is one of his finest pieces of prose writing. 381 Gavarni. Masques et Visages. Illustrated with several *7 £~& hundred humorous vignettes. 8vo, half light brown levant, uncut. Paris, 1857 * Choice copy of the rare original edition. 382 George IV. Memoirs. Descriptive of the most in- teresting scenes of his private and public life, with _ sketches of all the celebrated men who were his friends and companions, compiled from authentic sources by Robert Huish. Fine engraved portraits, including Burke, Sheridan, Mrs. Fitzherbert, Pitt, Fox, etc., by Robert Huish, with views. 2 vols. 8vo, old half calf. Lond. 1830-31 383 Gettysburg: a Battle Ode, by George Parsons Lathrop. Square 8vo, original printed paper covers, uncut. N. Y. 1888 * First Edition. PRESENTATION COPY by the author, with autograph inscription on the title-page: "William Carey with cordial regard, from his friend George Parsons Lathrop, Oct. 1/76 /.7S 56 LIBRARY OF i/, 2 < 3 84 Gladstone (William Ewart — the Grand Old Man, f British Premier). A. L. S., 2 pp. 8vo. 1851. "... The subject of a change in the relations of Church and State is, with us, both a very large and a very complex matter, and one in which a false step might do irreparable mischief," etc. j-J~ ~IL 385 Goethe. Les Souffrances du Jeune Werther. Traduc- tion par Madame Bachellery. 8vo, full light green levant, emblematically tooled back, broad inside bor- ders, gilt top, uncut, by Ritter. Paris : Librairie des Bibliophiles, 1886 * Unique copy, being one of ten printed on Large Japan Paper and with a set of the beautiful illustrations by Tony Johannot in- serted ; also an India proof set of the same plates. 386 D. S. Folio. 1830. 387 Golden Lyre (The). Specimens of the Poets of Eng- land, France, and Germany. Edited by John Macray. i6mo, full light green morocco, finely gold tooled, gilt edges, by Hayday. * Printed in letters of gold throughout in English, French, German, and Italian. Rare. 388 Goldsmith (Oliver). The Traveller; or, A Prospect of Society: a Poem. i2mo, full morocco. Phil. 1768 * First American edition. Lower corner of title-page damaged. 9 • && *»* 389 Essays. Vignette on title. i2mo, marbled calf gilt, gilt edges. Lond. 1775 /.*£<9. 390 The Vicar of Wakefield. With a Preface by Austin Dobson. Illustrations by Hugh Thomson. 12 mo, cloth. Lond. 1890 * The scarce issue of this edition, containing the suppressed plate on page 95. 391 The Vicar of Wakefield. With a Preface and Notes by A. Dobson. Frontispiece. i6mo, half calf gilt, gilt top, uncut. Lond. 1890 /' 392 The Citizen of the World. Edited by Austin Dobson. With etchings by H. Railton. 2 vols, small 8vo, half vellum, uncut. Lond. : Chiswick Press, 189 1 * Large Paper, only 150 copies printed for England and 50 copies for America. /'l£ 3P> JOHN KENDRICK BANGS. 57 393 Gosse (Edmund). The Challenge of the Brontes. 8vo, original white boards, uncut. Lond. : Printed for private distribution, 1903 n "~l Q * The first edition, only 30 copies printed. Very fine copy. 394 A. L. S., 4 pp. 8vo, 1884, describing his unfortu- nate experience with a Mrs. Lockwood in New York. ^3-95 Grammont. Hamilton, Comte Antoine. GEuvres, with the fine series of portraits. 3 vols. Svo, full olive mo- rocco gilt, gilt edges, by J. Clark. Paris, 181 2 *" Edition la plus belle et la plus correcte que nous ayons." — Brunet. 396 M6moires du Chevalier de Grammont. Par xibfO Antoine Hamilton. Avec des Notes par M. de Les- cure. i2mo, half morocco, gilt top, uncut. Paris, 1887 * Best edition. 397 Grant (Robert). The Opinions of a Philosopher; The j , OO^ Reflections of a Married Man. Etched frontispieces by W. H. Hyde. 2 vols. i6mo, half calf gilt, gilt top, uncut. N. Y. 1895 398 The Opinions of a Philosopher, illustrations, N.Y. M 4^ 1894; The Bachelor's Christmas, and other Stories, '' illustrations, N. Y. 1897; The Reflections of a Married Man, N. Y. 1899; The Art of Living, N. Y. 1899; Search-Light Letters, N. Y. 1899. 5 vols, izmo, half gilt tooled levant morocco in mosaic, gilt top, uncut. * The last volume is a First Edition. 399 Greenland. La Peyrere, Isaac de. Bericht von Grohn- bjH- land, Gezogen ans zwo Chromken; Jetzo aler Deutsch von Henrich Sivers. Map and 3 plates showing costumes of the Greenlanders, their boats, etc. 4to, half calf, gilt. Hamburg, 1674 * One of the earliest works on Greenland and very rare. It was prepared from the most authentic sources during a residence in Denmark. It was originally published in Paris in 1663. Sabin says of the above translation: " It is even more scarce than the original." 400 Greene (Robert). Pandosto; or, The Historie of Do- 7^ rastus and Fawnia. Printed in black and red. 8vo, cloth, gilt top, uncut. New Rochelle: Elston Press,i902 * Only 160 copies printed. & .fT />-7i 58 LIBRARY OF /•2£ do i\ 401 Grolier Club. Transactions, January, 1884, to July, 1885. Part I. N. Y. 1885 402 Peg Woffington. By Charles Reade. 2 vols. 12010, original gilt cloth, uncut. N. Y. 1887 * An interesting presentation copy. ' ' To Joseph Knight with kind regards. Austin Dobson." Only 250 copies printed, all on Hol- land paper from type. The headbands, initials and tail-pieces are the special designs of C. M. Jenckes. 403 Transactions, from July, 1885, to February, 1894. Part II. 8vo. N. Y. 1894 V? /f.*° 404 Gyp. Autour du Divorce. i2mo, levant morocco, three gilt lines, interior gilt border, back ornamented and gilt, gilt top, uncut, by Thierry. Paris, 1887 * The cover designed by Paul Destez, the series of Monnier plates, and a two-page autograph letter inserted. 405 Gypsy Sorcery and Fortune Telling, illustrated by numerous Incantations, Specimens of Medical Magic, Anecdotes and Tales. By Charles G. Leland. Copi- ously illustrated by the author. Royal 8vo, printed cloth, uncut. Lond. 1891 4°6 lK*WW»WI|ABINGTON (William).] The Queene of Arra- gon. A Tragi-Comedie. Device on title. Folio, half morocco, gilt top. Lond. 1640 * First Edition. This is the only play written by Habington, the author of '" Castara." The play was acted at Court. 407 Halleck (Fitz-Greene). Fanny. 8vo, full polished calf, gilt, yellow edges. N. Y. : C. Wiley &° Co., 1819 * First edition of Halleck's first book, and very scarce. 408 Hamerton (P. G.) Etching and Etchers. Profusely illustrated after etchings by Haden, Lalanne, Rembrandt, Hamerton, and other masters of etching. Folio, half mo- rocco, uncut. Lond. 1880 * This third edition, now out of print, was limited to 1,000 copies and contains more illustrations than any other edition. The size of the volume allows the large plates to remain unfolded. f.Dd. JOHN KENDRICK BANGS. 59 409 Hamilton (Count Anthony). The Four Facardins: a Fairy Tale. 8vo, half red levant morocco. Lond. : Printed for the Lutetian Society, 1899 * Extra-illustrated copy. With two portraits and a set of India proofs, after Moreau le Jeune. "N / 4 IQ Contes d'Hamilton, publies avec une Notice de '' Mde. Lescure. 4 vols, small umo, half blue levant, gilt tops, uncut. Paris: Librairie des Bibliophiles, 1873 * Jouaust's handsomely printed limited edition, now very scarce. 4" Hancock (John — Signer Dec. Independence). D. S. *7 . W i p. folio, March 2, 1790, with seal. Commission of John Phelps as Justice of the Peace in the County of Hampshire; signed also by Nathaniel Gorham, Signer Constitution. / *0 412 Harte (Bret). Susy: a Story of the Plains. i2mo, ' * — — ~ original cloth. Bost. 1893 * The first edition. ^413 Hardy (A. S.) His Daughter First. 8vo, cloth, uncut. /,?~\f First Edition. Bost. and N. Y. 1903 414 Hardy (Thomas — British Novelist). A. L. S. 2 pp. 8vo. // ' 46_ l8 9°- ^f * "... In the event of my collecting my short stories at any future time, I retain the right to include this one among the next, it being sometimes a convenience to do so, to make up a requisite num- z^*y. ber of pages," etc. -~"~"*4i5 Hawthorne (Nath.) The Scarlet Letter. First Issue of First Edition. i2mo, cloth. Bost. 1850 416 Pansie: a Fragment. The Last Literary Effort of Nathaniel Hawthorne. i6mo, original printed wrappers, with a woodcut of " Pansie." With all the advertisements. Lond. -.John Camden Hotten,n. d.[i864] * The extremely scarce First Edition of "the first chapter of ' The Dolliver Romance,' " with a twelve-page tribute to Haw- thorne's memory (by "a friend and fellow-countryman"). Seldom found in the original wrappers. 417 The House of the Seven Gables: a Romance. jv 00 12010, maroon levant morocco, gilt inside borders, gilt edges. Bost. 1891 * The first edition. * I f>fiO 3. S& HO LIBRARY OF f ~) j" 418 Hawthorne (Nath.) The Works. Comprising Septimius Felton; Dolliver Romance; Sketches and Studies; The Snow Image; Marble Faun, 2 vols.; True Stories; A Wonder Book ; Tanglewood Tales ; English Note Books, 2 vols. ; American Note Books, 2 vols. ; French and Italian Note Books, 2 vols. ; Our Old Home; Twice- Told Tales, 2 vols. ; Scarlet Letter; House of Seven Gables; Blithedale Romance. 21 vols. i2mo, half calf. / ,1 , 0(~f Bost. : Houghton, Mifflin 6° Co. ' ^^ 419 A.L.S., 1 p. 8vo, Liverpool, Mch. 22, 1854, to George Ticknor, informing him of a shipment of trees for his plantation. 420 D. S. Folio. 1855. Official document signed while Consul at Liverpool. Also signed by Samuel Pearce, the Author. 421 Hay (John). Castilian Days. First Edition. (Slightly foxed.) Crown 8vo, original cloth. Bost. 1871 * Autograph letter of the author inserted. /tJL£~ 422 Hazlitt (W.) The Round Table. Medallion portrait. i6mo, half levant morocco, gilt top, uncut. Lond. 1888 423 Heine (H.) Pictures of Travel. Translated from the German of Henry Heine by Charles G. Leland. En- graved portrait of Heine, nmo, half calf, gilt back, marbled edges. Phil. 1855 * The scarce First Edition. Foley gives the date incorrectly as " 1856." Inserted is an interesting A.L.S., 2 pages, 8vo, containing references to previous translations of Heine's works. c _^ ' && 424 Henley (W. E.) Views and Reviews: Essays in Appre- ciation. i2mo, original cloth, with paper label, un- cut. Lond. 1890 * The First Edition. °^* * — • 425 For England's Sake: Verses and Songs in Time of War. 8vo, original printed wrappers, uncut. Lond. : Nutt, 1900 * The First Edition. Large Paper, on Japanese vellum; only 15 copies printed. 426 Henry III., King of France. L.S., 1 p. folio, Jany. 26, 1585, to Marshal Matignon. Very fine. J.££ OO 2* JOHN KENDRICK BANGS. 61 Henry VIII. By A. F. Pollard. Frontispiece portrait, in colors and gold, and numerous portraits, views, facsimiles, medallions, and tail-pieces in photogravure, from contempo- rary works of art. Royal 4to, half levant morocco, gilt top, uncut, original wrappers bound in. Lond. 1902 * Fine paper edition, limited to 1,150 copies. Goupil's Series. 428 Herbert (George). Herbert's Remains; or, Sundry * -i Q& Pieces of that Sweet Singer of the Temple, Mr. George / /• " Herbert. i2mo, full polished calf gilt, gilt edges. Lond.: Printed for Timothy Garthwait, 1652 * First Edition, which is very scarce, with the second title: "A Priest to the Temple," often missing. Bound in with this copy is Jacula Prudentum, or Outlandish Proverbs, London, 1651. This copy also has the pages 171 to 194, usually missing. 429 Hermetic Museum (The), Restaured and enlarged: ' 00 Most faithfully instructing all Disciples of the Sapho- Jp -'•'- Spagyric Art how that Greatest and Truest Medicine of the Philosopher's Stone may be found and held. Now first done into English from the Latin original, published at Frankfort in the year 1678. Containing twenty-two most celebrated Chemical Tracts. With illustrations from ancient engravings. 2 vols, square 8vo, cloth. Lond. 1893 * Only 250 copies printed, all signed by the publisher. 430 Heywood (Thomas). The Royall King and The Loyall Subject. As it hath beene Acted with great Applause , / f.QJ> by the Queenes Maiesties Servants. Written by Thomas *< Heywood. Small 4to, brown levant morocco extra gilt, gilt tooled inside borders, gilt edges, by Riviere and Son. Lond. : Printed by Nich. and John Okes for James Becket, 1637. * The First Edition. Very rare. Not in McKee's and Leffert's collections, and Pickering and Chatto's catalogue. Very fine copy. 431 Hindu Devilry. Vikram and the Vampire; or, Tales ,, 2* of Hindu Devilry. Adapted by R. F. Burton. Illus- cJ. ' — trations. 8vo, cloth. Lond. 1893 .432 Historical Reprints. The Clarendon Historical Society ^ Series. First Series, 19 Nos. ; New Series, Nos. 1 «^3 to 15 in 9. Also Explanatory Notes of a Pack of /'£* 62 LIBRARY OF Cavalier Playing Cards. With the illustrations. To- gether 30 vols, or parts. 4to, Large Paper, uncut. Privately printed for the Clarendon Historical Society, 1882-86. * Only 120 copies printed on Large Paper. 433 Holland (J. G.) Bitter-Sweet; Kathrina. Etched frontis- pieces. 2 vols. i6mo, half morocco gilt, gilt tops, un- cut. N. Y. 1892 J A O0 434 Holmes (Oliver Wendell). Poems. First Edition. i2mo, cloth, uncut, with paper label. Bost. 1836 * Arnold sale, $23.00. Inserted is an interesting A. L. S. from the author to Chevalier de Chatelain, which refers to the translation of some of his poems into French, 1 p., 1869, with envelope and stamp. 435 The Autocrat of the Breakfast Table. Engraved title, half title, and title (repaired). i2mo, cloth. * First issue of the First Edition. Bost. 1858 436 Life and Letters of Oliver Wendell Holmes. By- John T. Morse. Portraits, illustrations and facsimiles* 2 vols. 8vo, half polished gilt calf in mosaic, gilt top, uncut. Bost. and N. Y. 1897 437 Auto. Verse. Oblong. Signed. 1868. Lord of the Universe, shield us and guide us, Trusting Thee always through shadow and sun. Thou hast united us, who shall divide us? Keep us, O keep us, the Many in One! 'O 438 A. L. S. 1 p. 8vo. Feby. 28, 1884. " I have- just finished reading the memoir of Ticknor — it recalls many pleasant hours I have passed in his company under his own roof and elsewhere. I have come to live largely in recollec- tions," etc. Very fine. J , — -" 439 A. L. S. 1 p. 8vo. Apl. 15, 1885. "It will give Mrs. Holmes and myself great pleasure to lunch with you next Sunday and see you surrounded by all your Imp.'s, Imp Ccesar and Imp Napoleon, and any other Imps to whom you will introduce us," etc. Very fine. 7,42 1-i JOHN K END RICK BANGS. 63 ^""/.J 440 Hood (Thomas — British Humorous Poet; wrote "The Song of the Shirt"). A. L. S. 410. 1829. Rare. * Speaks of "The Haunted Hogshead." 441 Hopkins (Esek — First Commodore of the American Navy). D. S. 1 p. 8vo. June 16, 1784. Very fine and rare. _ 44 M 442 Horatius. Opera. Etched frontispiece. i6mo, half mo- rocco, gilt top, uncut. Lond. 1888 443 Howard (Sir Robert). Four New Plays, , q_o VIZ . . ™ u ( SURPRISAL, ) „ ,. The 1 Committee. [ Comedies ™, ( Indian-Queen, ) „, ,. The J Vestal-Virgin! [ Tra g edie * As they were Acted by His Majesties Servants at the Theatre-Royal. Folio, full crushed levant, gilt top, inside morocco bor- der, gilt edges, by Becher & Eitel. Lond. 1665 First Editions. Each play has a separate title-page. The " Indian Queen " is in heroic verse, and was the joint produc- n A tion of Howard and Dryden. / ^ 444 Five New Plays. Fine engraved portrait by White. Folio, half levant, gilt edges. By the Club Bindery. * Rare with the portrait. Lond. 1692 445 Hubbard (Elbert). Little Journeys: To the Homes of hi O Good Men and Great; To the Homes of American "*~ Authors; To the Homes of Famous Women; To the Homes of American Statesmen; To the Homes of Eminent Painters. Portraits, illustrations and facsimiles. 5 vols. i2mo, uniformly bound in half polished calf gilt, gilt top, uncut. N. Y. 1900-01 446 Hugo (Victor). Hernani ou l'Honneur Castillan,Drame, // / OO P ar victor Hugo. 8vo, half calf. v^ — — Paris: Mame et Delaunay-Valle'e, 1830 * The original edition. Inserted an A. L. S. by V. Hugo to Marie Sauvage, 1 p. 8vo, with address. /,^ 64 LIBRARY OF 1 3 » 5^ 447 Hugo (Victor). Les Burgraves, Trilogie; par Victor Hugo. 8vo, half morocco. Paris: Michaud, 1843 * The original edition. Presentation copy from the author with autograph inscription on the half-title: "A Monsieur Ch. Magnis l'auteur." Inserted an A. L. S. by V. Hugo to M. de Candol-, dated 25 7bre, i860, 1 p. 8vo, with address. *' uncut. Lond.: Printed for the Villon Society by private subscription and for private circulation, 1890. * Copy No. 103. /.st> /,DD 94*. X.&. 66 LIBRARY OF AMESON (Anna). Sacred and Legendary Art, containing Legends of the Angels and Arch- angels, etc. Numerous illustrations. 2 vols. 8vo, new half calf gilt, gilt top. Lond. 1848 * First edition. 463 A. L. S., 4 pp. 8vo, to her publishers, regarding her "Social Life in Germany." 464 Jerrold (Douglas). The Story of a Feather. Frontis- piece by Leech and vignette title. First Edition. Crown 8vo, original cloth, uncut. Lond. 1844 465 Jesse (Captain). The Life of George Brummell, Esq., commonly called Beau Brummell. Revised and An- notated Edition from the Author's own interleaved copy. With 40 portraits in color. 2 vols. 8vo, half mo- rocco, gilt tops. Lond. 1886 * Specially illustrated copy, containing 96 extra plates, mostly por- traits of famous persons of the time. 466 Jonson (Ben). Works. With Notes, Critical and Ex- planatory, and a Biographical Memoir by W. Gifford. With Introduction and Appendices by Lieut. -Col. F. Cunningham. 9 vols. 4to, half morocco, gilt top, un- cut. Lond. 1875 * A Large Paper copy, beautifully printed on hand-made paper at the Chiswick Press, with rubricated title-pages. 467 Johnson (Samuel). The Plan of a Dictionary of the Eng- lish Language. 8vo, half calf. Lond. 1747 * First edition. 468 Lives of the Poets. Edited, with Notes, by Mrs. A. Napier, and an Introduction by J. W. Hales. 3 vols. 1 2mo, half polished calf gilt, gilt top, uncut. Lond. 1890 //» / £) 469 The Works. Literary Club Edition. Colored and other portraits. 16 vols. 8vo, cloth, uncut, gilt top. Troy, N. Y. [1903] * 774 sets printed from type on special water-marked paper, of which this is No. 244. , / 5 470 Joinville (Sire de). Saint Louis, King of France. Trans- lated by J. Hutton. i6mo, half levant morocco, gilt top, uncut. Lond. 1878 & 6 JOHN KENDRICK BANGS. 67 EAN (Charles— Dist. British Actor). A. L. S. 2 pp. 8vo. 1863. Speaks of his trip to Australia, and of his appearances in Hamlet, Louis XI., and Othello. 472 Keats (John). Endymion, printed from the Original Edition of 1818. In black and red, ornamental woodcut title-page and initials. 8vo, cloth, gilt top, uncut. New Rochelle: Ehton Press, 1902 * Only 160 copies printed. Sonnets. Frontispiece, decorated borders and initials by C. Dean. Square i6mo, cloth, uncut. Lond. : Chiswick Press, 1898 Letters of John Keats to Fanny Brawne. Por- trait. 8vo, cloth. N. Y. 1901 * One of an edition of 250 copies printed on hand-made paper. 475 Keble (John — Author of "The Christian Year"). 3 i{"gfcr_--A- L. S. 2 pp. 8vo. 1864. KELMSCOTT PRESS PUBLICATIONS. 476 KELMSCOTT PRESS. Poems by the Way. Written mQ by William Morris. Golden type, in black and red, wood- 'Lvt'*'^ cut border and initials. Small 4to, original limp vellum, ties, uncut. Hammersmith, 1891 *. Only 300 copies printed. "This was the first book printed at the Kelmscott Press in two colours, and the first book in which the smaller printer's mark appeared." s.£n The Same. Small 4to, original limp vellum, ties, %7»^ uncut. 478 A Dream of John Ball, and A King's Lesson. By A* pp William Morris. Golden type, in black and red, with a woodcut designed by Sir E. Burne -Jones, woodcut borders and initials. Small 4to, original limp vellum, ties, un- cut. Hammersmith, 1892 * Only 300 copies printed. " The inscription below the figures and the narrow border were designed by Mr. Morris." 4 7 9 The Defence of Guenevere, and other Poems, by - William Morris. Golden type, in red and black, woodcut 3 v' borders and initials. Small 4to, original limp vellum, ties, uncut. Hammersmith, 1892 * Only 300 copies printed. 68 LIBRARY OF *) C 0O KELMSCOTT PRESS PUBLICATIONS— Continued. c*. v* 4 g Kelmscott Press. The Love-Lyrics and Songs of Proteus, by Wilfrid Scawen Blunt, with the Love- Sonnets of Proteus by the Same Author now reprinted in their full text, with many Sonnets omitted from the Earlier Editions. London, MDCCCXCII. Golden type, in black and red, woodcut border and initials. Small 4to, original limp vellum, ties, uncut. Hammersmith, 1892 * Only 300 copies printed. "This is the only book in which the / C /}/) initials are printed in red. This was done by the author's wish." ' 481 The Recuyell of the Historyes of Troye. Done after the First Edition [printed by William Caxton]. Troye type, in black and red, with tables in Chaucer type, woodcut title, borders, semi-borders and ornamental initials, entirely designed by William Morris. 3 parts in 2 vols. 4to, original limp vellum, with ties, uncut. Hammersmith, 1892 * Only 300 copies printed. The first book printed in Troye type, and the first in which Chaucer type appears. It is a reprint of the first book printed in English. «» 482 The Golden Legend, by Jacobus de Voragine, &£■ 3- ' && translated by William Caxton. Edited by F. S. Ellis. Golden type, with woodcut title and 2 woodcuts designed by Sir E. Burne -Jones, woodcut borders and initials. 3 vols. 4to, original boards, cloth backs, paper labels, uncut. * Only 500 copies printed. Hammersmith, 1892 483 The Nature of Gothic, a Chapter of the Stones of Venice. By John Ruskin. Golden type, woodcut bor- der and initials. Small 4to, original limp vellum, with ties, uncut. Hammersmith, 1892 * Only 500 copies printed. 484 Ballads and Narrative Poems. By Dante Gabriel >>£ l^"~# QO Rossetti. Golden type in black and red, woodcut title, and woodcut borders and initials. 8vo, light brown morocco, both the sides elaborately tooled with the same de- signs of the title-page and borders, tooled back, ties, uncut. Hammersmith, 1893 * Only 310 copies printed. A very fine specimen of modern bind" ing. /7.£* fl ' ^^ JOHN KENDRICK BANGS. 69 KELMSCOTT PRESS PUBLICATIONS-C««^««e<*. 485 Kelmscott Press. The Poems of William Shakespeare. Printed after the Original Copies of Venus and Adonis, r S93; The Rape of Lucrece, 1594; Sonnets, 1609; The Lover's Complaint. Edited by F. S. Ellis. Golden type, in black and red, woodcut borders and initials. 8 vo, original limp vellum, ties, uncut. Hammersmith, 1893 * 500 copies printed. "Though the number was large, this has become one of the rarest books issued from the press." 486 Maud: a Monodrama. By Alfred Lord Tenny- . /''QO son - Golden type, in black and red, woodcut title, borders I ** "* ""' and initials. 8vo, original limp vellum, ties, uncut. Hammersmith, 1893 * 500 copies printed. " The borders were especially designed for this book. It is the first of the 8vo books with a woodcut title." Gothic Architecture. A Lecture for the Arts and / If- I f. / j~- 542 Lark (The). Nos. 1-5, 7-9,11-16,23, and Almanack ' *^ for 1899. Illustrated. 8vo, original covers, uncut. Of No. 3, 2 copies; No. 4, 3 copies; No. 5, 3 copies; No. 7, 2 copies; No. ti, 2 copies; No. 16, 2 copies. (24 pieces.) San Francisco, 1895-97 /,££ /. / f njT JOHN KENDRICK BANGS. 77 543 Lavalettk (Count). Memories of Count Lavalette, Adjutant and Private Secretary to Napoleon and Post- master-General under the Empire. With £ portraits after Gerard, Raffet, etc. 8vo, original cloth, uncut. Lond. 1894 * No. 3 of 125 copies only printed for England and America. 544 Lecky (W. E. H.) History of European Morals, from Augustus to Charlemagne. 2 vols. 8vo, cloth, uncut. N. Y. 1869 * The English sheets of the first edition, with new title-pages — practically the First Edition of this notable work, Lecky's master- piece. Fine, clean copy. The fifth chapter of Vol. II treats of " The Position of Women." 545 Leech. The Comic History of England. By Gilbert qQ Abbott A'Beckett. With 20 colored etchings and 200 ■6' woodcuts by John Leech. 2 vols. London, Published at the Punch Office, 1847-48. — The Comic History of Rome. With 10 colored etchings and 98 woodcuts by John Leech. [London], Bradbury and Evans [1849]. 3 vols. 8vo, uniformly bound in gilt polished calf extra, gilt inside borders, gilt edges, by Larkins. * Both first editions. Fine copies. /<£ 546 A collection of 53 full-page etchings, with de- scriptions. 4to, original boards. Lond. : Wm. Tegg,n.d. 547 The Silver Swan : a Legendary Tale. By Madame JJ. > *~-~ De Chatelain. With illustrations (in color) by John Leech. i6mo, polished calf, gilt edges, by Riviere and Son. Lond., n. d. THIRD SESSION. 548 Leland (Charles G.) Etruscan Roman Remains in -<- Popular Tradition. Colored frontispiece and numerous t7.£~ text-illustrations. 4to, cloth, gilt top, uncut. Lond. 1892 * No. 78 of 100 copies, printed on hand-made paper, and contain- ing an original design by the author. / j/.U 78 LIBRARY OF -Z$ 549 Leonardo da Vinci. Artist, Thinker, and Man of Science, from the French of Eugene Miintz. With 48 full-page plates and 252 text-illustrations. 2 vols. 4to, cloth, uncut. Lond. 1898 ,7} 550 Le Sage. Asmodeus; or, The Devil upon Two Sticks. With 4 original etchings by R. de LosRios. i2mo, cloth, uncut. Lond. 1881 551 The Adventures of Gil Bias, rendered into Eng- lish by Henri Van Laun. With Introductory Notice, Life of Le Sage, and Notes. 3 vols, royal 8vo, half red morocco, gilt tops, uncut, by Blackwell. Edinburgh, 1886 f * Large Paper limited edition, with etchings by Lalauze. L fj£. 552 Les Affiches Etrangeres Illustrees. Par MM. M. Bauwens, T. Hayshi, La Forgue, etc., etc. With 60 lithographic plates in colors. 4to, two-thirds morocco. Limited edition, of which this is No. 358. Paris, 1897 * From Augustin Daly's library. Very choice copy. .Lb V DO *)-Vh 553 Les Lettres et Les Arts. An Illustrated Review. Published by Boussod, Valadon 6° Co. , of Paris, and sold by subscription by Chas. Scribner's Sons, New York. 24 Parts (published at $144.00), in their original covers. 1888-89 * Magnificent work, containing over tioo plates, many facsimiles of water-colors; some published at from $5.00 to $8.00 each, such as Marie Antoinette, Millet's Shepherdess, The Flower Girl, portraits of Franklin, Bonaparte, Louis XVI., etc., etc. 554 Leucippe et Clitophon. Par A. Tatius. i6mo, full turquoise blue levant, elegantly gold tooled back, marbled edges, gilt, by Pagnant. Paris, 1880 * Quantin's beautiful little edition, printed throughout within pretty tinted borders, and illustrated with colored woodcut vignettes by Meaulle. 555 Lever (C.) Charles O'Malley, the Irish Dragoon. Edited by Harry Lorrequer. With spirited illustrations by Phiz. 2 vols. 8vo, half dark green morocco, gilt tops, rough edges. Dublin, 1841 * First edition. 3. L II. JOHN KENDRICK BANGS. 79 556 Lever (C.) The Complete Novels of Charles Lever. With , an Introduction by Andrew Lang. Illustrated by Phiz, — —"" Cruikshank and others; plates in two states, one on Japan paper. 40 vols. 8vo, beautifully bound in blue crushed levant morocco, gilt tops, uncut. Bost. 1894 * Edition dk Luxe. Only 150 copies printed. The best edition. The titles are in black and gold, and each volume contains a facsimile of the title to the original edition. 557 Lewes (George H. — Historian; husband of George p Eliot). A. L. S. 2 pp. 8vo. 1875. » * " . . In November next I shall bring out a new edition of my Life and Works of Goethe. In the ten years that have elapsed since the last edition there have been very many works published in Germany from which I shall glean interesting details," etc. 558 Lincoln. Abraham Lincoln. By John G. Nicolay. QQ Small 8vo, original wrappers. Bost. 1882 * The scarce separate issue of the article on Lincoln, written by Nicolay for the Ninth Edition of the "Encyclopedia Britannica." 559 Long Island. [Furman (Garret).] Long Island Mis- c3. 0> ^° cellanies, by Rusticus, Gent. (Visit to Maspeth, Rural Sports, Reminiscences of Bushwick, Growth of Will- iam sburgh, etc.) Lithograph plates, including the Bush- wick Church, 1820. Square i6mo, newly bound in full crimson straight-grain morocco, gilt edges. N. Y. : Privately printed, 1847 * Fine copy of this exceedingly rare little volume. 560 Longfellow (H. W.). Voices of the Night. i2tno, origi- •> £ PO_ nal boards, paper label uncut (one side cracked and * label slightly damaged). Cambridge, 1839 * Fine copy of the First Edition of Longfellow's first book of poems. 5 6i Poems on Slavery. By Henry Wadsworth Long- _ fellow. i6mo, gilt green levant morocco extra, gilt $L O t inside borders, gilt edges. Cambridge: /. Owen, 1842 * The rare first edition. With a very slight impression of a stamp on the title-page, which can be easily removed; otherwise fine copy with large margins. / SO /> 80 LIBRARY OF 562 Longfellow (H. W.) Life of Longfellow, with Ex- tracts from his Journals and Correspondence, edited by Samuel Longfellow, portraits and illustrations, 2 vols., Bost. 1886; also Final Memorials, i vol., Bost. 1887. Together 3 vols. Royal 8vo, original boards, with paper label. Large paper. /' — — -~ 563 A. L. S. 2 pp. 4to. Cambridge, March 23, 1838. Fine and interesting letter on literary subjects — men- tions Palfrey, Prof. Stuart, etc. / S^- 564 Louis XV. — King of France. D. S. on vellum, 1 p. ' oblong folio, May 1, 1747; signed also by D'Argenson, _, Minister of War and Friend of Voltaire. « , c^ 565 Love-Letters. An English Woman's Love Letters. * i2mo, limp vellum, with ties, gilt top, uncut. Lond. 1901 , / 7£T 566 Lover (Samuel — British Poet and Novelist). A. L. S. 8vo. Boston, 1846. * "... I dare say about the end of next April you may hear me sing / /-»/•) some of my songs in public." With portrait and many clippings. fa, 567 Lowell (James Russell). Melibceus-Hipponax. The Biglow Papers. 121110, original cloth, uncut. Cambridge, 1848 * The first edition. Fine copy, with the 12 pp. containing the " Notices of an independent Press." ^(^7 U 568 Democracy: an Address delivered in the Town Hall, Birmingham. 121110, boards, uncut. * Only 500 copies printed. N. Y. : Riverside Press, 1902 y ,"*•=" 569 The Writings in Prose and Poetry, Riverside Edition, portraits, 11 vols, small 8vo, Bost. and N. Y. 1899; Letters of J. R. Lowell, edited by Charles E. Norton, portraits, 2 vols. 8vo, N. Y. [1893]. 13 vols, uniformly bound in half polished calf gilt, gilt top, J DO uncut. A very fine set. hi 570 A. L. S. 2 pp. 8vo. Madrid, Jany. 9, 1879. Fine letter on literary matters. " Give my warmest remem- brances to the Friday Club, I shall be glad when I get within reach of their meetings once more. Here, my most agree- able entertainment is at the meetings of the Academy, of rfT) which they have made me a corresponding member ■ " etc. 571 A. L. S. 2 pp. 8vo. London, 1882. Urging the appointment of a vice-consul. 3. JOHN KENDRICK BANGS. 81 572 573 fM 574 ^ 57S Lucian's True History, translated by Francis Hicks, with an Introduction by Charles Whibley (with the Greek text). Illustrations by W. Strang, J. B. Clark and A. Beardsley. Square 8vo, buckram, uncut. *Only 251 copies printed. Lond. : Privately Printed, 1894 Luther (Martin). Won Kauffshandlung und Wucher. Mart. Luther. Title within a fine historiated woodcut border. 4to, gilt blue crushed levant morocco, gilt inside borders. [Wittemberg], 1525 * Rare. Lyrics from the Song-Books of the Elizabethan Age, edited by A. H. Bullen. i6mo, half calf, gilt. Lond. 1889 Lytton (Lord). King Arthur: a Poem. By Edward Bulwer. Illustrated. 121x10, full green morocco, gilt design on sides, gilt back and edges. Lond. 1870 * Bound in is an autograph inscription referring to the book signed Lytton, 1 87 1. Historian). Novelist). X. & 578 579 A &> ACAULAY . (Tho. B.— Lord; A. L. S. 2 pp. 8vo. 1840. Macdonald (George — British A. L. S. 4 pp. 8vo. 1867. * "... I could not value the friendship of the man who did not love justice so as to give it to his fellow at least with as much earnestness as he demand it for himself: — I am writing two novels at once — from month to month, and that is not good for me, or for the novels either. However I hope my work is not all of the wood, hay and stubble order," etc. [Mackenzie (Henry). J Julia de Roubigne: a Tale, in a Series of Letters. By the Author of " The Man of Feeling " and " The Man of the World. " 2 vols. 1 2mo, original tree calf, gilt. Lond. 1777 * First Edition. Very scarce. The Man of Feeling. Portrait after Raeburn and 3 illustrations by W. C. Cooke, Small 8vo, buckram, uncut. Lond. 1893 * Large Paper. Only 100 copies printed for England and 50 fo r America. J J. 82 LIBRARY OF 580 Macready (W. C. — Dist. British Tragedian). A. L. S. 4 pp. 8vo. Bath, 1850. (J && * "... I feel much mercy even in the affliction, with which the / **" Almighty has visited me, and in our home our blessed child is remem- bered and spoken of with regret, that has no bitterness in it. All that was sweet and lovable in her nature is still ours in thought and memory and we feel as if our parting were but for a time. . . . Illness has stopped my professional career and sent me, an invalid, here. My health has at last given away. I write with difficulty. Neuralgia is my disorder — painful and crippling,'' etc. 581 Malibran. Memoirs of Madam Malibran. By the ryr) Countess de Merlin and other intimate friends, with a selection from her correspondence, and notices of the progress of the Musical Drama in England. Portrait. 2 vols. j2mo, new half brown morocco gilt, gilt tops, uncut. Lond. 1840 582 Manuscript on Vellum. Rules of Sta. Clara " Hier - begint die Prologus van Saute Claren Regele," with X / *£££- the form of Profession, etc. A very pretty Manuscript on vellum. 30 leaves neatly written in a Dutch hand, with initials, etc., in colors. 5 x 2,% inches. Elabo- rately bound in modern blue morocco, with mosaic in- layings on each side in various colors forming the stem, leaves and flowers of the Tea Tree. Sasc. XV. * An interesting manuscript in excellent preservation. The bind- ing is elaborate and novel in design. 583 Marco Polo. The Book of Ser Marco Polo, the Vene- tian, concerning the Kingdoms and Marvels of the (*f & Cs East. Newly translated and edited, with Notes, by / ' Colonel H. Yule. Second Edition revised, with the addition of new matter. Numerous plates and cuts. 2 vols. 8vo, original cloth, uncut. Lond. 1875 * The second and best edition. An eclectic translation ; so learnedly and so profusely commentated that it may fairly be regarded as the final form of Marco Polo in English. Very scarce; copies sold at auction for ^8.2.6, ,£6.10.0, ^7.0.0; Quaritch priced a copy at ^8.15.0 in 1895. 584 Margaret of Navarre. The Heptameron; or, Tales 2- $ and Novels of Margaret, Queen of Navarre. Trans- lated by Arthur Machen. Illustrations by Flameng. 8vo, boards. Privately printed, 1886 1& JOHN KENDRICK BANGS. 83 585 Margaret of Navarre. The Heptameron. Newly translated into English from the authentic text of M. __ Le Roux de Lincy. With an essay upon the Hep- tameron by George Saintsbury, M.A. With the original 73 full-page engravings, designed by S. Freudenberg, and ijo head and tail pieces by Dunker. 5 vols, post 8vo. Lond. : Printed for the Society of English Bibliophilists, 1894. * This edition has been made without the slightest suppression or abridgment and contains all the more valuable notes to be found in the best French editions. The illustrations are printed from the actual copper-plates, engraved for the Berne edition by Longueil, Halbore and other eminent French artists. 586 Les Marguerites de La Marguerite des Prin- cesses. Texte de 1' Edition de 1547. Publie avec *? , 00 . introduction, notes et glossaire par Felix Frank. Por- trait and illustrations. 4 vols, izmo, half morocco,, uncut, gilt tops. Paris: Jouaust, 1873 * Only 150 printed, of which this is No. 36. 587 Markham (Edwin). The Man with the Hoe. Written after seeing Millet's World-Famous Painting. Square izmo, original printed wrappers, uncut. San Francisco, 1899 * The First Edition of this famous poem. " Originally pub- lished in the San Francisco Examiner, January 15, 1899; now first issued in book form, March 30, 1899." Scarce. 588 Marot. Les CEuvres de Clement Marot de Cahors, ^ Valet de Chambre du Roy. 2 vols. i6mo, full red morocco, gold line borders on sides, full tooled backs, gilt edges, by De Courmont. A la Haye: Chez Adrian Maetjens, 1 700-1 702 * The most "recherchee" of all the collected editions of Clement Marot's Works. Charming copy from the Beost Collection, with Ex-Libris and autograph of Leprince on each title. 589 Masuccio. The Novellino, now first translated into English by W. G. Waters. With 18 fine plates by E. R. {) Hughes. 2 vols. imp. 8vo, cloth, uncut. Lond. 1895 * An edition limited to 1,000 copies. #■ / 81 LIBRARY OF 590 Mathews (Charles, the Elder; Comedian). Memoirs of, by Mrs. Mathews, including his Autobiography and Anecdotes of his Contemporaries. With portraits and engravings. 4 vols. 8vo, half dark red morocco gilt, gilt tops, uncut. Lond. 1838-1844 * ' ' They furnish us with racy, personal sketches of numerous emi- nent literary, political, and theatrical characters." — London Sun. 591 Maundevile (Sir John). The Marvellous Adventures of Sir John Maundevile Kt. Being his Voyage and Travel which treateth of the Way to Jerusalem and of the Marvels of Ind with other Islands and Countries. Edited by Arthur Layard. With a Preface by John C. Grant. With 25 plates on Japanese paper and numerous initials, tailpieces, and vignettes by A. Layard. Royal 8vo, boards, uncut. Westminster, 1895 * Only 100 copies printed, of which this is No. 42. 592 Meredith (George). The Nature Poems. With2ofull- @Q page pictures in photogravure by W. Hyde. 8vo, original *"* buckram, gilt top, uncut. Westminster, 1898 * Only 375 copies printed. 593 Memoirs. Secret Court Memoirs. The Court of St. Cloud, 2 vols. ; Louis XIV. -XV. -XVI. , 3 vols. ; Empress Jose- _ J ^~ phine, 3 vols. ; Court of Berlin, 2 vols. ; Historic Mem- \J «"— >" oirs Madame De Montespan, 2 vols. ; Sweden and Den- mark, 2 vols.; Marie Antoinette, 2 vols. ; Henry IV., Cardinal De Retz, Catherine II. , Marguerite De Valois, 4 vols. Illustrated with hand-colored plates on Japan vellum. In all 20 vols. Three-quarter crushed levant extra. Bost. : Printed for the Grolier Society, n. d. * Edition de luxe, limited and numbered. 594 Menken (Adah Isaacs — Poet and Actress; "The Royal ^A Menken"). A. L. S. 2 pp. 4 to. "Adah." / Qi — * " . . . Ned Price has been up here looking at ' Mazeppa.' ... I am glad to say he was politely attentive to me. During the coarse abuse heaped upon me by the manager, they said I did not keep the company of any one but loafing gamblers and ex-prize fighters. I re- plied that the lowest gambler that ever handled a card, or the meanest prize-fighter that ever entered a ring, was a thousand times better than a poor common actor. They wound up by saying I was and always had been the associate of thieves and prize-fighters,' - etc. JOHN KENDRICK BANGS. 85 595 [Mennis (John) and Smith (Dr. James).] Musarum Deliciae; or, The Muses Recreation, 1656. Wit Re- stor'd, 1658. Wits Recreations, 1640. New edition, with additional Notes and Indexes. Portrait and 4. plates. 2 vols, small 8vo, gilt tree calf extra, gilt back and inside borders, gilt tops. Lond. [n. d.J * An interesting reprint of the original editions now very scarce. 2,0 596 Metastasio (Pietro). Opere. Finely printed in large type on fine paper. 16 vols, royal 8vo, half morocco gilt, gilt top, uncut. Firenze, 1826 * A fine set of this splendid andjhighly esteemed edition. 597 Microcosm (The) of London, or London in Miniature. With 104 colored illustrations from the originals by Pugin tf S O and Rowlandson. 3 vols, royal 8vo, boards, vellum &*"*■ back, gilt top, uncut. N. Y. 1904 * This issue is founded on the original edition published by R. Ackerman. 598 Middleton (Thomas). The Works, now first collected, with some Account of the Author, and Notes, by A. /*'- — ** Dyce. Portrait and a plate. 5 vols. 8vo, original boards, uncut. Lond. 1840 .z£ 599 Milton (John). Paradise Lost, and Paradise Regained. L OO t /fo vols, royal 8vo, calf. Birmingham: John Baskerville, 1758 * Baskerville's beautifully-printed edition, issued by subscription, in the original calf. In the preface to this first issue Baskerville ex- plains with what care he has selected the ink, paper, and printing of this noble edition. 600 The Sonnets, portrait, Lond. 1883; Firdausi in Exile, and other Poems, by E. Gosse, frontispiece, Lond. 1885. 2 vols. i6mo, polished calf gilt, gilt top,! uncut. 601 — The Shorter Poems. With 12 plates in photo- gravure from S. Palmer. Royal 4to, gilt, vellum, un- cut. Lond. 1889 * Large Paper. Only 135 copies printed. No. 12 of the copies reserved for America. 86 LIBRARY OF / O • '—— 6°2 Missal. Petit Office de la Sainte Vierge Elevations durant la Sainte Messe et autres prieres tir6es de la Sainte Ecriture, par M. de la Baume du Perret. En- graved throughout By Senault. 8vo, original oak boards covered with black fishskin, with two silver clasps. A Paris: Chez Senault [n. d.] * A rare and very richly ornamented engraved Book of Hours, the numerous title-pages, initial letters, vignettes, and interlaced de- signs being of remarkable beauty. In a very finely preserved fishskin and silver binding now of great rarity. . 4 f 7 «7 603 Missel de Jerusalem. Printed on very fine paper within ~* charming woodcut borders composed of flowers and birds printed in two tints, and illustrated with pretty full- page woodcut miniatures. i6mo, full wine levant, finely gilt, inside borders, silk linings and fly-leaves, marbled edges, gilt. Paris, 1895 604 Mitchell (Donald G.) English Lands, Letters, and Kings. From Celt to Victoria. 4 vols. i2mo, half calf extra, by Roach. N. Y. 1901 * Fine set, 605 M'lle New York. Humorous illustrations, sotne colored. Nos. 1-5 of Vol. 1, and No. 2 of Vol. 2, 1895 ; Enfant Terrible, illustrated, No. 1, 1898. (7 pieces.) 606 Modern Eloquence. Edited by Thomas B. Reed, Justin McCarthy and Rossiter Johnson. Beautifully illustratea with colored plates. 15 vols. 8vo, full morocco. Phil.,n.d. * Edition-de-Luxe. One of the finest works of the kind ever pro- duced. Unparalleled as a repository of modern speeches, useful to the lawyer, the theologian, the scholar and the student. 607 Moliere (Jean Baptiste Poquelin). The Dramatic Works of Moliere, rendered into English by Henri Van Laun, with Memoir and Notes. Illustrations by Lalauze. 7 vols. imp. 8vo, original cloth, paper label, uncut and unopened. Edinburgh, 1875 * A fine set of the original edition, of which the London Athenaeum said, " Not only the best translation of Moliere in existence, but the best to be hoped for." <>) 2^J 608 Trente-Trois Estampes pour les CEuvres de cr~~ ~~~ Moliere composees par F. Boucher. 3 portraits and 33 plates etched by T. De Mare from the originals of Boucher. Paris, 1 88 1 ^ JOHN KENDRICK BANGS. 87 609 Monroe (James). A View of the Conduct of the Execu- tive, in the Foreign Affairs of the United States, con- £S>" nected with the Mission to the French Republic, dur- ing the Years 1794, '5 and '6. By James Monroe, late Minister Plenipotentiary to the said Republic. Illus- trated by his Instructions and Correspondence and other Authentic Documents. 8vo, original boards, uncut (back missing, broken). Phil. : B. F. Bache, 1797 * Fine and interesting copy of this rare work, from the library of George Bancroft the historian, with manuscript notes in his auto graph and with his fine book-plate. 610 Monte Carlo. La Cote d'Azur. Par Stephen Lie- — geard. 4to, half light blue levant, gilt top, uncut. _ ^-" Paris: Quantin, 1887 * Profusely illustrated with many fine views of Monaco, Mentone, San Remo, Nice, Cannes, etc. 611 Montesquieu. The Temple of Gnidus; followed by y~ Cephisa and Cupid, and Arsaces and Ismenia, with a - / 7j^- Preface by O. Uzanne. Illustrated with the original ^ ' "" copper-plate engravings from the designs of Eisen and Le Barbier. 8vo, gilt boards, uncut. Lond. [n. d.] * An edition limited to 850 copies, printed on hand-made paper. 7< /3 612 Montorgueil (Georges). Les Deshabilles au Theatres. _ _, With 8 full-page tinted plates by Henri Boutet, and numer- ,—~~~ ous amusing vignettes in the text. 12 mo, original designed wrappers. Paris, 1895 * Very scarce. 613 Les Parisiennes d' a Present. With many very __ clever colored illustrations, mostly nudes, by Henri Boutet. / 3' — — i2mo, original designed wrappers, uncut. Paris, 1897 * Very scarce. 614 Moore (Julia A.) The Sweet Singer of Michigan. Later Poems of Julia A. Moore, together with reviews, _®- commendatory notices, etc., of her Sentimental Song Book. i6mo, original paper covers. Grand Rapids, Mich. [1878] * The very scarce First Edition of this highly amusing poetical item. /■ ;, 88 LIBRARY OF (^ 615 Moore (Thomas). Lalla Rookh: an Oriental Romance. With fine illustrations by Westall. 8vo, half calf, gilt. Lond. 1824 . jy l f3P 616 A. L. S. 2 pp. 4to. 1813. Speaks of his song / *^' ' "Merrily Oh!" * "... I have been so ill these two or three days past with cold ^^ in my head that I could neither see, breathe or hardly think," etc. cZ.*zLi-~ 617 More (Thomas). Utopia. Translated into English by Raphe Robinson, A.D. 145 1. A new edition, with copious Notes (including the whole of Dr. Warner's), and a Biographical and Literary Introduction. By the Rev. T. F. Dibdin. Portrait and vignettes. 2 vols, small 8vo, old calf (slightly cracked), entirely uncut. Lond. : W. fiulmer, 1808 * The first edition by Dibdin. The portrait is often missing. / ri=— 618 Morley (Henry). The King and the Commons. Cava- lier and Puritan Song, selected and arranged by H. _ sjs\ Morley. i6mo, half morocco, gilt top. Lond. 1868 <^fc — — 619 Morris (F. O.) The Natural History of the Nests and Eggs of British Birds. Numerous fine colored plates. 3 vols, royal 8vo, original cloth. Lond. 1878 * A reliable work of reference, the standard work on this subject. Gives the location where the nests are built, the number of eggs, color, etc. " It is a work which every lover of nature, everyone who wishes to become intimately acquainted with the feathered tribes of —m s — our land, ought by all means to possess." — Tke Naturalist. 'A - ' ' 620 Morris (William). Socialist at Play. Prologue spoken at the Entertainment of the Socialist League: South Place Institute, June n, 1885. Square i6mo, original printed red wrappers. [Lond. 1885] * The first edition. It was only a short time after the meeting that the Socialists adopted a constitution, the seed having been sown at that time. /, ^i_i- 621 The Defence of Guenevere. i2mo, boards, uncut. Portland: Mosher, 1896 ^- * Japanese vellum paper. Only 100 copies printed. _9 *^- — 622 The Hollow Land. i6mo, boards, uncut. Portland: Mosher, 1897 * Japanese vellum paper. Only 25 copies printed. JOHN KENDRICK BANGS. 89 623 Morris (William). An Address delivered by William r"/y Morris to Students of the Birmingham Municipal Jm. — School of Art. Thin 8vo, boards, uncut. * Printed at the Chiswick Press with the " Golden" type designed by Morris for the Kelmscott Press. 624 The Voice of Toil: All for the Cause. Two Chants for Socialists (Reprinted from "Justice," the // ' 2J£~ Organ of the Social Democratic Federation). 8vo, * original printed pale yellow wrappers. Lond. [n. d.] * The first edition. Rare. + 625 Morton (Nathaniel). New England's Memorial. Fifth -— (and best) Edition, containing large additions in mar- {z2~ ginal notes, and an Appendix by John Davis. With the facsimile of the ancient map of New England. 8vo, half gilt-tooled morocco, gilt top, uncut, by Smith. Bost. 1826 ■ * Very rare. From the library of J. J. Cooke. The facsimile map is often missing. 626 Motteaux (Peter). Arsince, Queen of Cyprus. An / /) Opera, after the Italian Manner: All Sung. As it is i2— - Perform'd at the Theatre Royal in Drury Lane, by Her Majestys Servants. 4to, half crushed levant, gilt top, uncut. Lond. 1705 * Rare, especially in uncut state. 627 Music. L'Entretien des Musiciens. Par Le Sieur Gantez, Maistre de Chapelle. Curious frontispiece. i2mo, half blue levant, gilt top, uncut. Paris: Claudin, 1878 * This singular book, according to Brunet, contains many details on the history of music and musicians, and many Rabelaisian anec- dotes concerning them. 628 Music : How it came to be what it is. By Hannah /, &0 Smith. Illustrations. 121110, half polished calf gilt, "~" gilt top, uncut. N. Y. 1898 629 The Orchestra and Orchestral Music. By W. J. // y Henderson. Portraits. i2mo, half morocco gilt, gilt /i££- top, uncut. N. Y. 1899 / /.Z£ 90 LIBRARY OF .70 jzS 630 Mythology. Lettres a Emilie sur la Mythologie. Par Demoustier. Pr6face par Paul Lacroix. Fine etched frontispieces. 3 vols. i2mo, half blue levant, gilt tops, uncut. Paris, 1883 * Limited edition. 631 Mythical Monsters. By C.Gould. Colored frontis- piece and illustrations. 8vo, gilt cloth. Lond. 1886 jjLQo 00 632 J/.£° / '<£- — 634 /,6j> 635 ,cTZ> 633 636 ABBES (Thomas). Hannibal and Scipio: an Historicall Tragedy. Acted in the yeare 1635 by the Queenes Majefties Servants, at their Private houfe in Drury Lane. First Edition. Small 4to, full sprinkled calf, gilt back and sides, with corner ornaments, citron edges, by Tout. Lond. 1637 * Rare. Title backed and neatly inlaid. Wormholes on lower inside margin neatly repaired. Bookplate of Thomas Jefferson McKee. The play was acted before women appeared upon the stage, the part of Sophonisba being performed by Ezekiel Fenne. The plot may be traced in Cornelius Nepos and Plutarch. The Unfortunate Mother: a Tragedie. Never acted, but set downe according to the intention of the Author, Thomas Nabbes. Small 4to, brown levant morocco extra, gilt tooled, inside borders, gilt edges, uncut, by Riviere and Son. Lond. : Printed by J. O. for Daniell Frere, 1640 * The first edition, with the commendatory poems, which are sometimes lacking. Very rare. The book was dedicated to Richard Braithwait. Pickering and Chatto, of London, priced a copy at £ 7.17.6 last year. Fine copy. Bookplate of Thomas James Wise. Napoleon. The History of Napoleon the First. By P. Lanfrey. 4 vols, izmo, cloth, uncut. Lond. 1886 Letters to Josephine, 1769-1812. For the first time collected and translated, with Notes, byH. F. Hall. Portraits and facsimiles. 8vo, cloth, uncut. Lond. 1901 L'Aiglon: Drame. Par Edmond Rostand, nmo, original wrappers, uncut. N.Y. and Paris, 1900 * First edition. 8. 3*r /o JOHN K END RICK BANGS. 91 €37 Nagaret (Felix). Le Fond du Sac. 2 vols. 12010, full OO crim son levant extra, rough edges, uncut. Rouen, 1879 — - — * One of a few copies printed throughout on China paper. Illus- trated with charming vignettes by Duplessis-Bertaux. Beautiful copy of this very facetious collection. •638 Narcisse dans l'Isle de Venus. Poeme en quatre chants. Par M. de Malfil&tre. Title by Eisen, engraved by De Ghendt, and 4 charming plates by Saint Aubin. A portrait of the author by Leclerc and 2 fine portraits by Moreau inserted. 8vo, half light calf, gold-tooled back. Paris : Lejay, 1769 639 Narcissus: A Twelfe Night Merriment played by *_ Youths of the Parish at the College of S. John the /V Baptist in Oxford, A. D. 1602, with Appendix. Now first edited from a Bodleian MS. by Margaret L. Lee. 4to, boards, uncut. Lond. : Chiswick Press, 1893 * Edition limited to 500 copies. 640 Neilson (Adelaide). A Souvenir, by Laura C. Hollo- way. With 8 character photographic portraits. Square i2mo, boards. N.Y. and Lond. 1885 New England. Prince (T.). A Chronological History of New England in the form of Annals, from the edi- """■" tion printed at Boston by Kneeland and Green in 1736. 8vo, sheep. With label ex-libris of the Amenia Semi- nary Library. Bost. 1826 €42 New York City. A Brief Account of the New York n jr' Hospital. Fine folding view of the buildings on Broadway —~~ engraved by Leney and folding plan engraved by Rollinson. 8vo, new full sprinkled calf gilt, gilt top, uncut. N. Y. 1804 * A very fine uncut copy of this rare New York City item. The original marbled paper wrappers have been preserved at the end. 643 Nineteenth Century Thoughts. A Few Thoughts from the World's Best and Greatest Century — the <3& Nineteenth — the study of which will help to make the 20th Century greater still. Narrow 8vo, half green levant, uncut. N. Y. : The Winthr op Press, 1900-1901 * The entire edition of 500 copies printed between n P. M., Dec. 31, 1900, and 12.20 A. M., Jan. 1, 1901. /<££ /.&■ 92 LIBRARY OF /.00_ J'££ 644 Noel. A Book of Cards for Christmastide. Written and designed by I. Foulkes. Music by H. A. Vincent Ransom. Frontispiece and p fine full-page illustrations. 4to, cloth, uncut. Lond. 1894 645 North Countrie Garland (A), edited by James Maid- ment and revised by E. Goldsmith. 8vo, original wrappers, uncut. Edinburgh: Privately printed, 1891 * Only few copies printed. 646 Norton (Charles E.) The Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri; The New Life of Dante Alighieri. 4 vols. i2mo, cloth. Bost. and N. Y. 1891-92 647 Rudyard Kipling: a Biographical Sketch. Por- trait. i2mo, original boards, uncut. N. Y. 1899 * The first edition. Only 100 copies printed. 648 Nursery Songs. A Book of Nursery Songs and Rhymes. Edited by S. Baring-Gould. Fine wood engravings and pretty woodcut borders to each page by the members of the Birmingham Art School under the direction of A. J. Gaskin. i2mo, gilt cloth, gilt top, uncut. Lond. 1895 'CONNELL (Daniel— The great Irish States- man). A. L. S., 8vo, 1831, to Jeremy Ben- tham. JL-oo /.7sr Omar Khayyam. Sufi Interpretations of the Quatrains of Omar Khayyam and Fitzpatrick. By C. H. A. Bjerregaard. Illuminated frontispiece , ornamental borders, etc. 4to, boards. N. Y. 1902 651 Rubaiyat, rendered into English verse by Edward Fitzgerald, nmo, boards, uncut. Portland: Mosher, 1895 * Japanese vellum paper. Only 100 copies printed. 652 Rubaiyat, translated into English prose by J. H. McCarthy. i2mo, boards, uncut. Portland: Mother, 1896 * Japanese vellum paper. Only 100 copies printed. 653 Rubaiyat: a Paraphrase from several literal trans- lations by Richard Le Gallienne. nmo, original printed boards, uncut. Lond. 1897 * First edition. JOHN KENDRICK BANGS. 93 / 17. jLS" ^54 "Ouida" (Louise de la Ram6; Dist. Novelist). A.L.S. ■ "~ 6 pp. 8vo. (1895.) On literary matters, her works, etc. €55 Ovid's Heroicall Epistles. Englished by W. S[alton- 0O_ stall]. Engraved \ title-page (damaged) and numerous curious copper-plates. Small 8vo, old calf (rebacked). Lond. : For William Gilbertson, 1653 * Very rare. Unknown edition. Pickering and Chatto of London priced the edition of 1671 at £$ 15s. <>57 9 cn>_ 6 s 8 e?'2^f 6 59 ** 06 660 /. ££ ^S 662 /. i£ 66 4 $0 66 S AINTING. Impressionist Painting, its Genesis and Development. By Wynford Dewhurst. Frontispiece in colors, 11 portraits, and 88 plates from paintings by Liebermann, Turner, Constable, Monet, Curriere, etc. 4to, cloth, gilt top, uncut. Lond. 1904 Parfums, Chants et Couleurs. Poesies par Gustave Mathieu. iamo, three-quarters blue levant extra, gilt top, uncut. Paris, 1878 * First edition. No. 2 of 10 copies on China paper. Parkman (Francis — Eminent American Historian). A. L. S. 1 p. 8vo. May 1, 1874. Fine letter, in which he regrets his inability to serve on a library committee. A. L. S. 1 p. 8vo. Feb'y 15, 1873. Very fine. A. L. S. 2 pp. 8vo. Boston, 1873. Rare. Pater (W.) The Renaissance. Frontispiece, nmo, cloth, uncut. Lond. 1890 The Child in the House (2 copies); Morris' Amis and Amile; Jefferies' The Pageant of Summer; De Guerin's The Centaur and the Bacchante. 5 vols. i6mo, boards, uncut. Portland: Mosher, 1895-97 * Each printed on Japanese vellum paper, and limited to 425 copies. Gaston de Latour: an Unfinished Romance. 8vo, original cloth. • Lond. 1896 * The first edition. Essays from The Guardian. Portrait. 12010, boards, uncut. Portland: Mosher, 1897 * Japanese vellum paper. Only 50 copies printed. Essays from "The Guardian. " 8vo, cloth, uncut. Lond. 1901 94 LIBRARY OF s.*£ 666 Paul et Virginie. Dessins de Charlerie. 4to, half blue levant, gilt top, uncut. Paris, 1868 * A beautiful volume, printed throughout within tinted borders and illustrated with exquisite woodcut vignettes on almost every page. // W - / RARK LV%Z7L*VUi**')i^ 667 Paulding (J. K,) Works: Salmagundi, both Series, 4 vols., " 1835; Letters from the South, 2 vols., 1835. Together 6 vols. i2mo, original cloth. Fine set. N. Y. 1835 / 668 Pearl: an English Poem of the Fourteenth Century. /' / - Edited, with a Modern Rendering, by I. Gollancz. Frontispiece. 8vo, boards, uncut. Lond. 1891 * Japanese Vellum Paper. Only 50 copies printed. 669 Pennsylvania. Campanius (Thomas). Kort Beskrif- <2 O OO ning Om Previncien Nya Swerige uti America Som nu fortyden of the Engelske Kallas Pennsylvania (De- scription of the Province of New Sweden, now called by the English Pennsylvania. Compiled from the Re- lations and Writings of Persons worthy of Credit). By Thomas Campanius Holm. Engraved title and 6 maps and plans, and others in text. 4to, original vellum. Stockholm, 1702 * A scarce work, relating to the establishment of the Swedes in Pennsylvania. The descriptions of the characteristics of the Indians have much value, as statements probably made from the narra- tions of an actual observer. Pastor Campanius, the author's grand- father, had anintimate acquaintance with the aborigines, as his trans- lation of the Catechism into the Indian tongue fully attests. One of the illustrations is an early view of Niagara Falls, which has been cut close, and a small portion of the fore margin is missing. Blank margin of page 187 repaired. 670 Historical and Geographical Account of the Pro- *Y < vince and Country of Pennsylvania and of West New ' Jersey in America. By Gabriel Thomas. Map. 8vo, half green morocco, uncut. Lond. 1698 * The facsimile reprint of 1S48. 671 Pepys (Samuel — Author of the Immortal Diary). A.D.S. !^~ t QJ2. Oblong. 1673. Part of a Document. It contains also the signatures of Sir George Carteret, the founder of New Jersey, the first Duke of Ormond, and Lord Anglesey. JOHN KENDRICK BANGS. 95 672 Percy (Thomas). Reliques of Ancient English Poetry. / y$~ Edited, with a general introduction, additional pref- /""•— — " aces, notes, etc., by Henry B. Wheatley. Portrait. 3 vols. 8vo, cloth, uncut. Lond. : ChiswickPress, i2>76-n 673 Pezay (Marquis de). Delia Bathing (Zelis au Bain). s7 ** Celia's Doves (Les Tourterelles de Zelmis), by Dorat. tO *-^ Translated by H. G. Keene. Illustrated with the orig- inal copper-plate engravings after the designs of Eisen. 8vo, gilt boards, uncut. Lond. [n. d.] * An edition limited to 850 copies on Hand-made Paper. 674 Phillips (Stephen). The Sin of David. 12010, orig- / \2$~ inal cloth, uncut. Lond. 1904 — * The first edition. 675 Philosophy of Fiction in Literature: an Essay. By J2.J Daniel G. Thompson, nmo, cloth. N. Y. 1890 * * Curious. 676 Picart (Bernard). Diverses Modes dessin^es d'apres 1 / 00_ Nature par Bernard Picart. Title and 20 fine plates of * costumes engraved after the original drawings of Picart. Small 8vo. Paris: veuve de F. Chereau [about 1706] * This set is unfortunately incomplete, and all the margins have been cut. Only the title-page and five of the plates belong to the original edition; all the other plates are of the second edition, Am- sterdam, 1728. 677 Pierpont (John). The Portrait. A Poem delivered a ryj before Washington Benevolent Society, of Newbury- •*i *— ■"■"" port, on the Evening of October 27, 1812. 8vo, sewn, uncut. Bost. 181 2 * First Edition of Pierpont's First Publication, containing interesting references to Washington, the War of 181 2, etc. Very scarce. Fine copy. 678 Piozzi (Hester Lynch — Mrs. Thrale, the friend of Dr. Samuel Johnson). A. L. 3 pp. 4to. Cheatham Park. j OO May 9th. A very remarkable letter, giving details ' ~~~ of her life. * " , . . She was the only child of John Salusbury, was born at Bodvel. About 1750 she came to London with her parents. In 1763 her mother married her to Henry Thrale, by whom she had 12 children. In July, 1784, married Gabriel Piozzi," etc., etc. 96 LIBRARY OF 679 Plautus. Comcedise quae supersunt. With 3 fine front- J'y /7/j ispieces engraved by Lempereur after Eisen and 3 charm- iT ~~-~~" ing vignettes engraved by Aliamet after Eisen. 3 vols. i2mo, green morocco gilt, gilt edges. Fine copy. Rare. Parisiis: J. Barbou, 1759 680 Plutarch's Romane Question. Translated A. D. 1603 yj _ by Philemon Holland. Now again edited by Frank •■/^v Byron Jevons. With Dissertations on Italian Cults, Myths, Taboos, Man- Worship, Aryan Marriage, Sym- pathetic Magic, and the Eating of Beans. 8vo, orig- inal boards, vellum back, uncut. Lond. : Nutt, 1892 * No. 34 of only 60 copies printed on vellum paper. Vol. VII. of the " Bibliotheque de Carabas." 681 [Poe (Edgar A.)] The Narrative of Arthur Gordon _sy> Py m > of Nantucket, North America: comprising the /-£- , ■ details of a Mutiny, Famine, and Shipwreck, during a Voyage to the South Seas. 8vo, half morocco, gilt top. Lond. 1838 * Fine copy of the rare first English edition. 682 The Conchologist's First Book; or, A System of "■> ^-y. Testaceous Malacology. With 12 plates of shells, iamo, /t original printed boards, roan back. Phil.: Published for the Author, 1839 * The first edition. Fine copy. ,-» ^ ryfy 683 Tales. Small 8vo, half green crushed levant mo- \jO. rocco extra, gilt back and top, uncut, by Stikeman. N. Y. : Wiley and Putnam, 1845 * The Rare First Edition. Fine copy, with the half-title, leaves of advertisements at the end,and one of the original covers bound in. 684 The Raven and other Poems. Small 8vo, light /S* brown levant morocco, inside gold-tooled borders, gilt top, by Bradstreets. N. Y. : Wiley and Putnam, 1845 * Fine copy of the Rare First Edition, with the half-title. 685 Eureka: a Prose Poem. Small 8vo, crimson J / - *-* crushed levant morocco, gilt sides and back, gilt in- side borders, gilt top, uncut, by Affolter. N. Y. : Putnam, 1848 * The First Edition. Very fine copy. /'££. JOHN KENDRICK BANGS. 97 686 Poe (Edgar A.) The Works of Edgar Allan Poe. With jl OO Notices of his Life and Genius by N. P. Willis, J. R. ,. - Lowell and R.W. Griswold. Portrait of Poe, engraved by Sartain from Osgood's portrait. 2 vols, small 8vo, brown crushed levant morocco, Jansen style, broad inside gold borders, gilt tops, uncut, by Lortic fils. N. Y. : /. S. Redfield, 1850 * Splendid copy of the first collected edition of Poe's works.extra-illustrated by the insertion of three portraits of Poe (two by Hall, and one by Chifflart), and the full series of remarkable original etchings by Chifflart, Laurens, etc., all choice proofs on Japan paper. 687 Edgar Poe and his Critics. By Sarah Helen 9 S^0 Whitman, umo, original cloth, uncut. N. Y. i860 * The rare first edition of this eloquent defence of Poe. 688 Laurel Leaves. Original Poems, Stories and Essays by Tennyson, Longfellow, Whittier, Holmes, and others. 61 fine full-page and half-title illustrations. Square 8vo, brown levant morocco, gilt edges. Bost. 1876 * Contains " Some New Facts about Edgar A. Poe," by William F. Gill (pages 357-388), including an engraved portrait of Poe, illustra- tions of his works, and a facsimile of a MS. agreement written and signed by him. This handsome volume also contains first editions of many promi- nent authors, including Tennyson (" Black Eyes "), Whittier ("Over- ruled"), Lowell ("Gloria Mundi " and "To a Friend "), Bryant ("Poems from the Spanish" and "'The Poet Goethe"), Longfellow (" Amalfi"). and Holmes ("Old Cambridge: At the Dinner in Me- morial Hall, July 3, 1875 "). It is dedicated to Dr. Holmes. 689 Poets on Poets. Edited by Mrs. R. Strachey. i2ino, // &&■ na lt morocco, gilt top, uncut. ' "~ Lond. : Chiswich Press, 1894 690 Pompeii. Pompeiana: The Topography, Edifices and Ornaments of Pompeii, the result of excavations since 9 *££- 1819. By Sir William Gell. Illustrated with 88 full- page engravings, some in color, and 30 vignettes printed on India paper and mounted in. 2 vols. imp. 8vo, half mo- rocco. Lond. 1837 ,v53 98 LIBRARY OF f 7*_ 691 Pope (Alexander). The Rape of the Lock: an Heroi- ' ' Comical Poem. Printed in black and red. 8vo, cloth, gilt top, uncut. New Rochelle: Elston Press, 1902 * Only 160 copies printed. ^^ 692 Abelard and Heloise, Letters of. With a par- /«_ ■ ticular account of their lives and misfortunes. To which are added poems by Pope, Madan, Cawthorne, etc. Frontispiece and vignette on title-page by Cruikshank. 1 8m o, new half polished calf, tooled back, citron edges. Lond. 1818 693 Pope (Walter). The Wish. Reprinted from the First Edition. With a short Life of the Author by Beverly Chew. Royal 8vo, original half binding, uncut. * Only 120 copies printed. Jamaica : Marion Press, 1 897 "2 ,*^-~- 6 94 [Pordage (Samuel).] Troades: a Tragedie. Written in Latin by Seneca. Englished by S. P. (Lacks engraved title.) Small 8vo, green morocco, gilt, by Stikeman. Lond. : Henry Marsh, 1660 * First edition. Very rare. Not mentioned by Lowndes. J OV 695 Porter (Tho.) The Carnival: a Comedy. As it was Acted at the Theatre Royal, By His Majesties Servants. First Edition. 4to, mottled calf gilt, gilt top. * The scene of the play is laid in Seville. Lond. 1664 //) <$~& 696 Portraits. Apocalypsis insignium aliquot Haeresi- ' ' archarum qua Visiones et insomnia ipsis per somnia patefactae, blasphemias puta inauditas ac deliramenta Enthysiastica revelantur, unoque opera vitae ac mortes Ccelo Latino donantur. With brilliant impressions of the ij fine portraits. i2mo, old red morocco, blue silk fly- leaves, gilt edges. Lugd. Bat. 1608 * A curious and rare work on the early Anabaptists, etc. The por- traits represent those " qui insigni super reliquos temeritate acdepu- dendi audacia eminere visi " and include Thomas Munzer, founder of the Anabaptists ; M. Servetus, M. Hoffmann, and Henry Nicolos, founder of the Family of Love. J -f/} 6 97 Poussin (Nicolas). His Life and Work. By Elizabeth /' ^-— H. Denio. Portrait and 7 plates in photogravure from original paintings by Poussin. Royal 8vo, cloth, vellum back, uncut (back soiled). Lond. 1889 * Limited edition. /*&■ JOHN KENDRICK BANGS. 99 698 Praed (Winthrop Mackworth — British Poet). Auto. r> Q0 Poem. 4to. 3 verses. Rare. *" " There hangs a portrait in an ancient hall, A group of hunters meeting, in their joy, On a green lawn ; the gladdest of them all Isold Sir Hubert's heir, a bright-eyed boy." Etc. Etc. Etc. 699 Prescott (William H. — Historian). A. L. S. 1 p. 4to. July 24, 1845. Fine and interesting letter. 4 ' Thirty years have run off since T saw Dr. Booth last — / was then a boy — but I have pleasant recollections of him" etc. Scarce. 700 Prevost — Author of the " Demi-Vierges." Le Jardin i^T" Q. ^ ^ 7 2 4 The Old Manse. By N. Hawthorne, nmo, /. — — " original boards, uncut. Riverside Press, 1904 * 530 copies printed. 725 Robida. Le Vingtieme Siecle. Illustrated with many / J t "*■* full-page colored caricatures and humorous vignette illus- trations on every page. Imp. 8vo, three-quarter light brown crushed levant extra, gilt top, uncut. Paris, 1883 * One of 50 copies on Japan paper throughout, with the plates in duplicate state. Splendid copy. ^_ 7 Z *> La Nef de Lutece pour tous peregrins et gentils- J ^—- — homes voyageans es rues du moult viel quartier du vieulx Paris inclyte, royalle et joyeuse cite. Printed in red and black, and illustrated with caricatures of Adam and Eve, King Pharamond, Troubadours and Junglers, Abelard and Heloise, etc., by A. Robida. 4to, canvas. Paris, 1890 JOHN KENDRICK BANGS. 103 727 Robinson (H. Crabbe — the Diarist). A. L. S. 4 pp. ^ z 8vo. Very fine literary letter. (yl \-£J~_ * " . . . Have you heard of poor Maurice ? After being denounced for asserting the personality of the Devil, he has been accused of heresy for calling in question the eternity of Hell torments. ... Is not this rich ? And does not this prove that the varieties of folly and absurdity and of extravagancies are not to be cured even by that sovereign remedy the imposition of hands," etc. 728 [Rochester (John Wilmot Earl of). J Britannia Redi- q jy viva. Large, device on title-page. 4to, original morocco &*■'—— gilt, gilt edges. Oxonise, 1660 *A collection of English and Latin poems on the Restoration. It contains the first Printed Poem of Rochester. This poem is in English. 729 Valentinian: a Tragedy. As 'tis Alter'd by the - _ _ late Earl of Rochester, and Acted at the Theatre- &c • — — Royal. Together with a Preface concerning the Author and his Writings. By one of his Friends. 4to, half morocco. Lond. 1685 * This play is altered from Beaumont and Fletcher's tragedy of the same title. The preface is by Sir Charles Wolseley. 730 Rome, in the Nineteenth Century. By Charlotte A. / sy s\ Eaton. With 34 beautiful plates finely engraved. 2 vols. & * — - small 8vo, half polished calf, gilt edges. Lond. 1852 * The best edition, with complete index. It contains a complete account of the ruins of the ancient city, the remains of the Middle Ages, and the monuments of modern times, together with remarks on the fine arts, the museums of sculpture and painting, and the manners, customs and religious ceremonies of the modern Romans. Fine copy. 731 Rome. By Dr. R. Schoener. Condensed and edited by Mrs. A. Bell. Numerous illustrations. 4to, gilt cloth and edges. Lond. 1898 732 XIV Legende della Campagna Romana narrate da Augusto Sindici. Fine full-page and text illustra- tions, printed in red and black, with ornamental initials. Tall 8vo, cloth, uncut. Roma, 1901 733 Romney: A Biographical and Critical Essay, with a //)^D Catalogue Raisonne of his Works by H. Ward and " W. Roberts. With portraits, vignettes and over 60 plates in photogravure from original portraits by Romney. 2 vols, royal 4to, cloth, gilt top, uncut. N. Y. 1904 jM size. 104 LIBRARY OF 734 Rogers (S.) Italy: a Poem. Illustrated with exquisite (J sj ' $T plates by Turner, Prout and Stothard, most beautifully en- / ' graved on steel in the highest style of art. 8vo, half mo- rocco, gilt edges. Lond. 1830 * First edition, with brilliant impressions of the plates. It is uni- versally admitted that these volumes display the high-water mark of English line engraving — an art now entirely lost. 735 Poems (uniform with Italy, a Poem). Numerous beautiful engravings by Turner and Stothard. 8vo, full morocco, gilt edges. Lond. 1834 * First edition of this charming work, with the best impressions of the plates. Name of former owner on title-page. OO ?3 6 A- L. S., 2 pp. 4to. With rare portrait on India ■~p- ' ~— paper. 737 Rose (J as. A.) A Collection of Engraved Portraits (further selection) exhibited at the opening of the New Library and Museum of the Corporation of Lon- don, November, 1872. With biographies, introduc- tion by Gordon Goodwin, ioj full-page portraits after famous masters. 2 vols, thick 4to, half vellum, uncut. Lond. {privately printed} 1894 * A limited edition on hand-made paper. Burns, Duke of Buck- ingham, Byron, Abraham Lincoln (with biography), Nelson, Mary Queen of Scots, Mrs. Siddons, and many others. 738 Rossetti (D. G.) Sister Helen: a Ballad, by Dante ;Q£) G. Rossetti. 8vo, red levant morocco extra, gilt tooled, inside borders, gilt top, uncut, by Riviere and Son. Oxford : Printed for Private Circulation, 1 857 * The very rare first edition; only few copies printed. Sir Hugh the Heron was printed in 1843 for the young D. G. Rossetti by his grandfather. The famous but short-lived periodical ' ' The Germ " contained contributions by him, as did some other periodicals. This "Sister Helen," however, seems to be his second book. The person for whom it was printed was the Rev. William Fulford, who had been the editor of the defunct " Oxford and Cambridge Magazine." Sister Heten appeared for the first time in the "Dusseldorf Annual," edited by Mrs. Howitt. Autograph of W. M. Rossetti on the title- page. jrn 739 Poems, nmo, dark green crushed morocco, ^ t 2. — sides and back tooled and gilt, in style of original cloth cover, giilt top, uncut. Lond. : F. S. Ellis, 1870 * The first edition. Fine copy. JOHN KENDRICK BANGS. 105 739/4 Rossetti (D. G.) Ballads and Sonnets. 8vo, green $ CD crushed morocco, sides and back tooled and gilt, gilt /-—-"- top, uncut. Lond. : Ellis and White, 1881 * First edition. 740 Dante Gabriel Rossetti as Designer and Writer. — """ white buckram, uncut. Lond. : Ellis and Elvey, 1900 * The first edition. No. 1 of 25 copies only printed. Written by Rossetti at the age of 16, and now for the first time printed from the youthful author's manuscript, which is followed as regard spell- ing, punctuation, etc. With a Prefatory Note by William M. Rossetti. j/l/t£Zjh Mt J 46 Life of Gabriel Rossetti. By Joseph Knight. " ~ First Edition. i2mo, cloth. Lond. 1887 _ jT0 747 Rossetti (W. M. ) Swinburne's Poems and Ballads: a 7 ^—— 763 St. Lawrence River. Directions for the Gulph and River of St. Lawrence, with some Occasional Remarks. 8vo, new full calf, gilt top, uncut (stamp on title). Phil. : W.&T. Bradford, 1774 * This very scarce work describes the St. Lawrence River from its mouth to Quebec. // P& 764 Salem Witchcraft. Lawson (Deodat). Christ's Fidel- ity the only Shield against Satan's Malignity asserted in a Sermon Delivered in Salem-Village, 1692, being Lecture-day there and a time of Publick Examination of some Suspected for Witchcraft. i6mo, calf. Lond. 1704 * Very rare. The second edition, with Appendix. ' ' At the Request of several worthy Ministers and Friends I do here Annex to the preceding Sermon some Brief Account of those Amazing things which occasioned that Discourse to be Delivered." This Appendix relates to the afflicted, the accused, and the confess- ing witches. „ lJT£) 765 Sarcey (Francisque). Recollections of Middle Life. Portrait. 121110, half morocco gilt, gilt top, uncut. N. Y. 1893 a5T) 766 Sargent (John O.) Horatian Echoes: Translations of the Odes of Horace, with an Introduction by O. W. Holmes. 121110, original cloth, with paper label, uncut. . * First edition. Bost. 1893 / 7' ^^ ? 6 ? Sargent (John S.) The Work of. With an Introductory Note by Mrs. Meynell. With 62 full page plates in photogravure. Folio, cloth, gilt top, uncut. Lond. 1903 * Limited edition. «c 768 Sargent (Winthrop). The Life and Career of Major c* Q — — John Andre, Adjutant-General of the British Army in America. Portrait of Andre', engraved from a miniature by himself; also ji extra portraits, views, and maps. Small 8vo, half morocco, gilt top. Bost. 1861 * The scarce First Edition, extra-illustrated by the insertion of 31 fine plates, including portraits of wash- INGTON, Arnold, Franklin, Knox, and others; Kitchin's Map of Charlotte and Albany Counties, showing the seat of war between burgoyne's forces and the revolutionary Army, etc A notable item. J JOHN KENDRICK BANGS. 109 769 Scott (David) and his Works. With a Catalogue of / - his Paintings, Engravings and Designs, by J. M. Gray. ' With 3 portraits and 26 plates. Imp. 4to, buckram, uncut. Edinburgh, 1884 * Only 350 copies printed. 770 Scott (Walter). Kenilworth. A Romance. First /,$~0 Edition. 3 vols. 8vo, half calf. (Name in ink on ' ~~~~~ titles.) Edinburgh, 182 1 * Superscription in handwriting of Scott inserted. 77i Chronicles of the Canongate. Second Series. J jO 3 vols. 8vo, boards, uncut. First Edition. ' * Edinburgh, 1828 77 2 A. L. S., 1 p. 8vo, July, 1811, to Constable, con- cerning an edition of his poems. "The Edit'n is 0» —— almost ready for the press, and I will send it to Mr. Ballantyne on Monday next — I would wish the note to stand as it seems to explain some misapprehen- sion on the part of Miss Seward," etc. / nr. — 773 A. L. S. 4to. 1822. Mentions his works. ,, 0&17^ Scott (William Bell). A Poet's Harvest Home. 121110, ' ' """*■ original buckram, uncut. Lond. 1893 * The first edition. Only 300 copies printed. 775 Seward (Anna — British Poet, wrote " Monody on Major Restorations and Illustrations of Seven Hundred Pas- * 7 ^« sages in Shakspeare's Plays, which have afforded abundant scope for critical animadversion, and hitherto held at defiance the penetration of all Shakspeare's Commentators. By Z. Jackson. 8vo, half morocco (rubbed), gilt top, uncut. Lond. 1819 * A scarce and interesting work. /' Of) 781 The Elizabethan Hamlet: a Study of the Sources, * " and of Shakspere's Environment, to show that the Mad Scenes had a Comic Aspect now Ignored. By J. Corbin. Square 8vo, vellum, ties, uncut. Lond. 1895 y Q 782 Shelley (P. B.) Poems and Sonnets. Edited by C. A. * Seymour. 4to, original printed wrappers, uncut. * Only 30 copies printed. Phil.: Privately printed, 1887 Mo JOHN KEN D RICK BANGS. Ill £ oo * 783 Shelley (P. B.) A Classification of Shelley's Metres. By Joseph B. Mayor. 8vo, gilt polished calf extra, gilt inside borders, gilt top, uncut, by Tout. Lond. : Privately printed, 1888 * One of the three copies printed on vellum. 7Z^7?84 Letters from Percy Bysshe Shelley to Elizabeth Hitchener. 2 vols, iamo, cloth. Lond. : Privately printed (not for sale), 1890 * Only a few copies printed for private circulation. Very scarce. - 785 Shelley's Centenary (August 4, 1892). By William m?. J\® Watson. Portrait. Square 8vo, Japan paper, parch- ment boards. Lond. 1892 * Only 25 copies printed for private distribution. 786 Shelley (P. B.) and Elizabeth). Original Poetry, by Victor and Cazire. Edited by R. Garnett. 8vo, boards, uncut. Lond. 1898 * A facsimile reprint of the first edition, Worthing, 1810. £0 787 Sheridan (Richd. B.) The Critic; or, a Tragedy Re- t — hearsed. A Dramatic Piece in three Acts. First Edi- tion. 8vo, full morocco gilt, gilt edges. Lond. 1781 * Title-page neatly repaired. 788 A Trip to Scarborough. A Comedy, as performed OO at the Theatre Royal in Drury Lane. Altered from Vanbrugh's Relapse, or Virtue in Danger. Small 8vo, red levant morocco extra, broad inside gold borders delicately tooled, gilt edges, by Riviere and Son. Lond.: Printed for G. Wilkie, 1781 * Choice copy of the rare First Edition, with the half title, and in splendid condition throughout. The prologue is by David Garrick. The original edition is so rare that McKee did not have a copy. 789 Shirley (James). The Humorous Courtier: a Comedy, as it hath been presented with good applause at the private house in Drury-Lane. Written by James Shir- ley, Gent. Small 4to, green levant morocco extra, gilt, gilt tooled inside borders, gilt edges, by Riviere and Son. Lond.: Printed by T. G. for William Cooke, 1640 * First edition, rare. Following the title is a leaf containing " A catalogue of such things as hath beene published by James Shirley, Gent." Lefferts' copy fetched $28.00. Very fine copy. J, /¥■- 3£.££ 112 LIBRARY OF tzQ /0 793 Skinner (Charles M.) Do-Nothing Days; with Feet to the Earth. Illustrations by Oakley and Holloway. 2 vols. i2mo, half morocco gilt, gilt tops, uncut. Phil. 1899 794 Smith (F. Hopkinson). Colonel Carter's Christmas. Illustrated by Yohn. First Edition. Post 8vo, vellum, gilt top. N. Y. 1903 * Edition limited to 500 copies signed by the author. Autograph letter of the author laid in. t tSZ) 795 Smith (Horatio — British Author, friend of Shelley). A. L. S. 8vo. Mentions Shelley. y, OO 796 Smith (John). Catalogue Raisonne of the works of the most eminent Dutch, Flemish and French painters, with biographical notices of the artists and a copious description of their principal pictures, also the prices at which they have been sold. Complete set with the Supplement. 9 vols, royal 8vo, original pink cloth, uncut and unopened. Lond. 1829-42 * Fine copy of this very rare work, which is absolutely indispensa- ble to the student and collectors of paintings; nothing printed either before or since can take its place. For a number of years it has be- come very difficult to obtain, and Mr. Henry G. Marquand's copy sold last winter for $560.00 at his sale. jz>±sr ^ 3- JOHN KENDRICK BANGS. 113 /, 5— 797 Smith (Sydney — British Author and Wit). A. L. S. 2 pp. 4to. 1809. Interesting letter. #31 jT 79 8 Sothern (E. A. — Dist. British Actor). A. L. S. 2 pp. '— — 8vo. 1879. Interesting letter on dramatic matters. 799 Southey (Robert — British Poet Laureate). A. L. S. J 2 pp. 8vo. 1822. With auto. MS. 3 pp. 8vo. "... My second volume will come down to time of Massena's retreat, or his defeat at Fuentes d'Onoro." 800 Spenser (Edmund). The Faerie Oueen. With an exact collation of the two original editions, life of the author and a glossary. With 32 double-page plates by Kent. 3 vols. 4to, mottled calf (cracked). Lond. 1751 *Fine old large-type edition. Brought £7, 17s. in London. 801 Prothalamion : Epithalamion. Vignette on the f 00 title and 2 engravings printed in red. Royal 8vo, boards, * uncut. Riverside Press, 1902 * Only 419 copies printed. 802 Spencer (Herbert — Great British Author). L. S. 3 pp. j/£ i OQ 8vo. 187 1. With 3 lines auto. * "... I am usually invisible, — the understanding at No. 37 being that my whereabouts must not be disclosed, save under very special circumstances. . . . After you left me at Salisbury I had a very delightful ramble under a very sunny sky which brought out the beauties of the cathedral much more clearly," etc. 803 Spectator (The). The Text edited and annotated by ~y n G. Gregory Smith, with an Introductory Essay by Austin Dobson. Portraits. 8 vols. 12010, half mo- rocco gilt, gilt tops, uncut. N. Y. 1897-98 804 Stanley (Arthur Penrhyn — Dean of Westminster; <7 t OD_ British Author). A. L. S. 3 pp. 8vo. Mentions Matthew Arnold, etc. 805 Sterne (Laurence). Voyage Sentimental en France. . — With pretty woodcut vignettes, nmo, half blue levant, V* gilt top, uncut. Paris, n. d. 806 Stevens (A.) A Lecture on Heads, written by Alexan- * ,} der Stevens. To which is added an Essay on Satire, ' "*"**"" with the Songs of G. A. Steven, umo, sheep. Dublin, 1788 * The curious collection of songs occupies pages 96-266. / ¥■ 114 LIBRARY OF 3' Q£ 807 STEVENSON (R. L.) The Silverado Squatters. Front- ispiece. 121110, original cloth, uncut. Lond. 1883 * First edition. ^J 3.5 ^ 808 The Merry Men, and other Tales and Fables. i2mo, original cloth. Lond. 1887 * First edition. t *- — 809 Underwoods, umo, original cloth, uncut; with advertisements. Lond. 1887 * First edition. <3. '■— 810 Papers, Literary, Scientific, etc. By Fleeming Jenkin, edited by Sydney Colvin and J. A. Ewing, with a Memoir by Robt. L. Stevenson. Portraits. 2 vols. 8vo, cloth. Lond. 1887 _ * First edition. sJ ' £-=- 811 The Master of Ballantrae. Illustrated by Wm. Hole. First Edition. Post 8vo, original cloth. N. Y. 1889 ■^jL ' OQ 812 Father Damien. 8vo, original printed wrappers, uncut. Lond.: Chatto & Windus, 1890 * The exceedingly scarce first London edition in separate book >»— form. Very fine copy. / *~jL 813 and Henley (W. E.) Three Plays: Deacon Brodie, Beau Austin, Admiral Guinea. 8vo, half cloth, uncut. Lond. 1892 * Large Paper. Only 100 copies printed. 814 A Foot Note to History: Eight Years of Trouble in Samoa. i2mo, cloth. N. Y. 1892 ^- * First edition. i/_ *zS— 815 Across the Plains, with other Memories and Essays, umo, original cloth, uncut. Lond. 1892 * First edition. / Vi_S. 816 Virginibus Puerisque, and other Papers. With an etched portrait by G. Mercier. 8vo, boards, half vellum. N. Y. 1893 * One of 212 copies on Holland paper. 1/ OS- 817 Island Nights' Entertainments. Illustrations. Original gilt cloth, uncut. Lond. 1893 * First edition. s2=- 842 Swinburne (A. C.) Cleopatra. By Algernon Charles Swinburne. Square i2mo, original light brown wrap- pers, uncut. Lond. : J. C. Hotten, 1866 * The exceedingly rare first separate edition, it having originally appeared in the Cornhill Magazine, September, 1866. Very fine copy. > # OO 843 Notes on Poems and Reviews. 8vo, sewn, as issued. Lond. : J. C. Hotten, 1866 * The scarce, genuine first edition, with the right imprint on back of title. Specimens of the genuine first issue are of very much greater scarcity than is generally supposed, most of the copies sold as " First Editions " being the spurious second issue. ;£~0 844 An Appeal to England against the Execution of " the Condemned Fenians. 8vo, original printed wrap- pers, uncut. Manchester: Reprinted from the '■''Morn- ing Star," 1867. * The very rare first edition. This pamphlet, according to a note in the British Museum Catalogue, " was printed by the Committee formed to obtain a reprieve for the three condemned Fenians, and was circulated gratuitously." A Song of Italy. i6mo, original cloth, uncut; with advertisements. Lond. 1867 * First edition. and Rossetti (W. M.) Notes on the Royal /•& 845 ^y 846 .Go 847 J.so 848 Academy Exhibition, 1868. 8vo, original boards, with paper label. Lond. [1868] * First edition. The same. 8vo, original wrappers. Ode on the Proclamation of the French Repub- I. fr lie, September 4th, 1870. 8vo, original printed wrap- pers. Lond. 1870 * First edition. This is one of the earliest and most outspoken of Mr. Swinburne's revolutionary and republican utterances, and al- though in later writings his views have been modified, it is supposed that the Laureateship would have been filled by him at the present time but for these earlier productions. This poem was included in the first edition of " Songs of Two Nations," published in 1875. The edition printed was a very limited one, and it has never been reprinted in separate form. 849 Songs before Sunrise. 8vo, original cloth, gilt, uncut. Lond. 187 1 * The rare first edition. JOHN KENDRICK BANGS. 119 850 Swinburne (A. C.) Le Tombeau de Theophile Gautier. -j t ^— Frontispiece. Small 4to, original printed wrappers, ^£^= uncut. Paris, 1873 *The rare first edition. Swinburne contributed to this work a Sonnet (with a copy of Mademoiselle de Maupin), Memorial Verses on the death of Theophile Gautier, Ode " Quelle fleur, 6 mort, etc.," Sonnet "Pour mettre une couronne au front d'une chanson," "In Obitum Theophili Poetse clarissimi," and a Poem in Greek, which is here for the only time printed. A very fine copy. 851 Bothwell: a Tragedy. i2mo, original cloth, / j <~ uncut; with advertisements. Lond. 1874 * First edition. 852 Auguste Vacquerie. First Edition. 8vo, origi- PX~ nal wrappers, uncut. Rare. Paris, 1875 853 Note of an English Republican on the Muscovite a ^- Crusade. 8vo, cloth, original wrappers bound in. '^" First Edition. Lond. 1876 854 Erechtheus: a Tragedy, iamo, original cloth, / / O uncut, with advertisements. Lond. 1876 "~ * First edition. 855 Poem and Ballads. Second Series. 8vo, origi- %iS^ nal cloth, uncut. Lond. 1878 ( ^ * First edition. 856 Specimens of Modern Poets: the Heptalogia, or f~ OO the Seven against Sense, a cap with seven bells. i2mo, " original cloth, uncut, with advertisements. Lond. 1880 * First edition. This work, which is now very rare, was published anonymously by Swinburne, and the authorship was acknowledged by the poet in a letter to a well-known collector. Swinburne's parody of his own peculiarities of style (VII, Nephelidid) is exceedingly fine. 857 Studies in Song, nmo, original cloth, uncut, y 3&~ with advertisements. Lond. 1880 * First edition. 858 Mary Stuart. 8vo, original, cloth, uncut. /, ££ * First edition. Lond. 1881 859 Marino Faliero: a Tragedy. 8vo, original cloth. /*££. First Edition. Lond. 1885 860 Locrine: a Tragedy. 8vo, original cloth. First /. £&■ Edition. Lond. 1887 ■7* 120 LIBRARY OF J/O.QSL 86 1 Swinburne (A. C.) The Jubilee, MDCCCLXXXVII. Small 4to, original pale green paper wrappers lettered "The Jubilee" on the front cover, uncut, in a roan case. Lond. : Oltley and Co., 1887 * The extremely rare first edition. " Twenty-five copies only are reported to have been printed. One of these is in the British . _ - Museum." — T. J. Wise, Literary Anecdotes, Vol. 2, p. 341. i3k>.^-~ 862 The Question, MDCCCLXXXVII. A Poem by Algernon Charles Swinburne. i2mo, 16 pp. original wrappers, in a solander case of red straight-grained morocco. Lond.: Ottley and Co., 1887 * The extremely rare first edition; never reprinted. 863 A Word for the Navy. 8vo, original printed wrappers, uncut. Lond. 1887 * First edition; only 250 copies printed at the Chiswick Press. / (,(L£. 864 The Ballad of Dead Men's Bay. Small 8vo, original printed wrappers, uncut. Lond. : Privately printed, 1889 * The scarce first edition. Very fine copy. 865 Poems and Ballads. Third Series. 8vo, original cloth, uncut. Lond. 1889 * The first edition. OQ. 866 A Sequence of Sonnets on the Death of Robert Browning. 8vo, original printed wrappers, uncut. Lond.: Printed for Private Circulation, 1890 * The extremely rare first edition, only few copies printed. Arnold copy fetched $50.00, and since that time the price has greatly in- creased. Very fine copy. Grace Darling. 4to, red levant morocco extra, gilt-tooled inside borders, gilt top, uncut, by Riviere. Lond. : Privately Printed, 1893 * First edition. The impression of this book is said to have been limited to 30 copies for private circulation only. 868 Astrophel, and other Poems. 121110, cloth, un- cut. Lond. 1894 * First edition. -\ 4~~ rfD 869 Robert Burns: a Poem. 8vo, original printed ^ ' ~~ wrappers. Edinburgh, 1896 * First edition, privately printed only for the members of the Burns Centenary Club. Rare. Very fine copy. / X^~ <£f. /X<& 867 /.oo -7r JL-€S JOHN KENDRICK BANGS. 121 870 Swinburne (A. C.) The Tale of Balen. nmo, cloth, gilt top, uncut. Lond. 1896 * First edition. J OD ^7 J Atalanta in Calydon. i2mo, morocco gilt, gilt ' ' ' top, uncut. Portland: Mosher, 1897 * Edition limited to 925 copies on Van Gelder Paper. 872 Laus Veneris: Poems and Ballads. Portrait. Square 8vo, boards, uncut. Portland: Mosher, 1899 * Edition limited to 450 copies on Van Gelder hand-made paper. ft/O 873 Rosamund Queen of the Lombards: a Tragedy. " "** i2mo, original buckram, uncut. Lond. 1899 * First edition. 2.3 874 A Channel Passage, and other Poems. 12010, original cloth, uncut. Lond. 1904 . / f /875 Love's Cross-Currents. nmo, original buckram, /» — — " uncut. Lond. 1905 * First edition. 00 876 A. L. S. 8vo. 1903. Mentions his father's ser- vice under Lord Collingwood. 877 Switzerland, its Scenery and People. Pictorially 31 Q represented with 65 full-page tinted illustrations and numer- ' ous engravings in the text by eminent Swiss and German artists, with historical and descriptive text based on the German of Dr. Grell-Fels. Thick folio, gilt crim- son cloth, full gilt edges. Lond. 1881 ^878 Symonds (J. A.). The Sonnets of Michael Angelo Buo- rf* ' "—~ narroti and Tommaso Campanella. 8vo, original cloth, uncut. Lond. 1878 * First edition. / /£: . J-* 879 Vagabunduli Libellus. i2mo, original cloth .$0 * First edition. Lond. 1884 880 The Escorial: a Prize Poem, recited in the thea- tre, Oxford, June 20, i860. i6mo, original wrap- pers. Oxford, i860 * First edition. 881 Michael Angelo Buonarroti, his Sonnets, nmo, boards, uncut. Portland : Mosher, 1895 * 725 copies printed. 9 oo 0< ii ■* — ~ 122 LIBRARY OF 882 |yg^f^JJ|ALES from the Arabic. Including the Book of the Thousand and One Nights, now first completely done into English Prose and Verse, from the original Arabic, by John Payne,etc. The Luristan Edition. Limited to 500 copies, of which this is No. 42. Two-thirds red crushed levant, gilt top, deckle edge. Lond. 1891 * The 15-volume edition. Superb copy. ~> S& 83 3 TENNYSON(A.) Prolusiones Academics Praemiis Annuis ^ " Dignatae et in Curia Cantabrigiensi recitatae Comitiis maximisA.D. M.DCCC.XXIX.— Timbuctoo. A Poem, which obtained the Chancellor's Medal at the Cam- bridge Commencement, M.DCCC.XXIX. by A. Ten- nyson, of Trinity College. 8vo, original blue wrap- pers, sewn. Cambridge: J. Smith [1829] * The very rare first edition. A portion of the lower part of the back cover torn off, otherwise fine copy. J 00 00. 884 Poems by Alfred Tennyson. Small 8vo, origi- * nal boards, with paper label (very slightly rubbed), uncut; with advertisements. Lond. : E. Moxon, 1833 * The rare first edition. "Though dated 1833 this volume was actually published in December, 1832. There are 30 pieces in the volume, all here published for the first time. Six of these were never afterwards reprinted in any authorized edition of the poet's works." Fine copy. 885 The Tribute: a Collection of Miscellaneous Un- published Poems, by various authors. Edited by Lord Northampton. 8vo, original cloth, uncut. Lond. : John Murray, 1837 * According to Canon Ainger, the origin of Tennyson's Maud was due to this book. A clergyman named Smedly died in 1837, and a volume of contributions in honor of his memory was prepared under the editorship of Lord Northampton. Many distinguished names were enlisted in the cause, and also Tennyson, then only 28 years old, being much importuned by Richard Trench, sent, after some resistance, a lyric bearing the modest title of "Stanzas" (pp. 244- 50). These Stanzas, which begin ' ' O, that 'twere possible, after long grief and pain," were called by Mr. Coventry Patmore the high- est watermark of lyric poetry since Coleridge. Afterwards it was suggested that the lines should be led up to, and they became the germ or nucleus of the famous monodrama. This book contains also contributions by Wordsworth, De Vere, Landor, etc. v?." JOHN KENDRICK BANGS. 123 886 Tennyson (A.) Poems. By Alfred Tennyson. In two volumes. 2 vols, small 8vo, gilt polished calf extra, gilt- //, i— tooled inside borders, gilt tops, uncut; with advertise- ments in Vol. I. Lond. : E. Moxon, 1842 *The rare first collective edition. The first volume contains " seven new pieces. The poems in the second volume are mostly new, two only having been published before." Very fine copy. 886% Poems. By Alfred Tennyson. Third Edition. ^ , {U> 2 vols, small 8vo, original cloth, with paper labels (slightly rubbed), uncut. Lond. : E. Moxon, 1845 887 Poems. Fourth Edition. 2 vols. i6mo, cloth. * tS~0 Lond.: Moxon, 1846 < '^ # "~ * This fourth edition is of interest, as it contains on pages 88 to 91 of Vol. 2 a new poem, " The Golden Year," here first printed. 888 The Princess; a Medley. By Alfred Tennyson. "^ Ji~0 Small 8vo, original cloth, uncut, with 8 pp. of adver- * "" tisements, dated Nov. 1,1847. Lond. : E, Moxon, 1847 * First edition. Very fine copy. " The text differs very materially with that of current editions." 889 Three Leaves from " The Examiner," January 31, . $~0 I 8S2; February 7, 1852; December 9, 1854. With the '«""" "* Poems, by Tennyson, "Britons, Guard Your Own!," " Hands All Round," and "The Charge of the Light Brigade." Also a leaf from " Once a Week," Janu- ary 4, 1868, with the Poem by Tennyson "On a Spiteful Letter." (4 pieces.) * All these poems were printed here for the first time. 890 Maud, and other Poems. By Alfred Tennyson, Q f r& D. C. L., Poet Laureate. Small 8vo, original cloth, uncut. With 8 pp. of Advertisements, dated August, 1855, at the beginning and 1 page at the end. * First edition. Very fine copy. Lond. : E. Moxon, 1855 891 The same. Small 8vo, orange levant morocco, _ gilt-tooled sides and back, gilt-tooled inside borders, «>„ — "" ' gilt top, uncut, by Tout. Only 1 page of advertise- ments at the end. * Interleaved, with the original readings and additions, supplied in manuscript on the interleaved paper, by Richard Heme Shepherd. Very fine copy. L Ifo. JS.& 124 LIBRARY OF CO i ~-~~^ 892 Tennyson (A.) Anti-Maud. By A Poet of the People [IV. C. Bennef\. i6mo, original printed wrappers. Lond. 1855 * First edition of this curious satirical paraphrase of Tennyson's " Maud." Rare. 893 The Sailor Boy. By Alfred Tennyson, D. C. L v — Poet Laureate. Small 8vo, original printed wrappers, uncut. Lond. : E. Faithfull and Co., 1861 * First edition. Only 25 copies printed for the author's use. " This separate issue was unknown to Shepherd or to Dr. Rolfe." Very fine copy. Q0 894 Ode for the Opening of the International Exhibi- tion. By Alfred Tennyson, P. L., D. C. L. i6mo, unbound. Lond.: E. Moxon, 1862 * 4 11., including half-title and title-page. "This separate issue of the Ode," perhaps issued for copyright, is so extremely rare that it " was unknown to Shepherd or to Dr. Rolfe." It was undoubtedly printed in a very small number of copies. 895 [ J Poems. MDCCCXXX. MDCCCXXXIII. 896 An Index to "In Memoriam." i6mo, original f^i. , cloth. Lond. : E. Moxon, 1862 * This scarce and interesting book is supposed to have been com- piled by Baron Brightwell. JOHN KENDRICK BANGS. 125 JfO 897 Tennyson (A.) A Selection from the Works of A. Tenny- son. Portrait. Square i2mo, gilt cloth, uncut. With bookplate of E. H. Bierstadt. Lond. 1865 i 00 898 Enoch Arden (continued) by C. H. P. i6mo, original wrappers (back cover missing). t [Privately printed ] 1866 899 The Window; or, The Loves of the Wrens. cJL, — MDCCCLXVII. i6mo, sewn, uncut, as issued. [n. p.j 1867 * This is Shepherd's pirated reprint, pieced together by him from Mr. Brightwell's Concordance, "with the compiler's aid, who sup- plied the lacunae (though he had promised not to give any one a copy)." It is actually the second edition of the poem, having been preceded only by the excessively rare and extremely valuable quarto privately printed at Canford Manor, 1867. It includes a stanza in Section V., which was discarded by Tennyson when the poem was published by him in 1871. It is almost as rare as the Canford Manor Edition. Very fine copy. _-_ 900 Sea Dreams. An Idyll. By Alfred Tennyson. /, — Macmillan's Magazine, January, 1868. pp. 191-198. 8vo, 8 pp. , unbound. [London, 1868.] — DeProfundis. The Nineteenth Century. No. XXXIX., May, 1880, PP- 737—41. 8vo, 5 pp. unbound. [Lond. 1880.] * First appearance of these two poems by Tennyson. ■7s- 901 Lucretius. By Alfred Tennyson, Poet Laureate. Macmillan's Magazine, May, 1868. No. 103, Vol. XVIII., pp. 1-9. 8vo, 9 pp. unbound. [Lond. j868] * This poem appeared simultaneously in Macmillan's Magazine in England, and in Every Saturday in this country, in May, 1868." It was afterwards reprinted, in a very limited number of copies, at Cambridge, Mass., in the same year, 1868, by James T. Fields, but Tennyson did not reprint it until the year 1870, when it appeared in "The Holy Grail." 902 Gareth and Lynette, etc. By Alfred Tennyson, D.C.L. Poet Laureate. Small 8vo, original cloth, / t .. uncut, with advertisements. Lond. : Strahan &" Co., 1872 * First edition. The Third Series of the " Idylls of the King." Very fine copy. Jl 126 LIBRARY OF / is V* ^03 Tennyson (A.) A Welcome to Her Royal Highness Marie Alexandrovna, Duchess of Edinburgh. By Alfred Tennyson, Poet Laureate. Small 8vo, 8 pp., red levant morocco extra, gilt-tooled inside borders, gilt top, uncut, by Riviere & Son. Lond. : King &• Co., 1874 * The original issue. The quarto edition, which was printed later, was the only one which Morgan could get, and it was priced by Richmond at $350.00. A copy of the quarto edition fetched $170.00 at Bangs' in 1898. There is no auction record of this first issue. Very fine copy. Bookplate of Thos. J. Wise. *<50 9°4 Poems. i6mo, sewed, unopened. * [Lond.: Privately printed for R. Heme Shepherd, 1875] * A very scarce Tennyson item, consisting of half-title and text, pages 1-32. This is one of Shepherd's pirated collections, and so scarce that it is unknown to many Tennyson collectors. It was issued to accompany his fifth pirated edition of " The Lover's Tale"; but, as in the case of his edition of the " Poems" of i860, was also intended to be sold separately. It contains the first publication of five poems by Tennyson, viz. -. "After-Thoughts," " On a Spiteful Letter," "The Third of February, 1852," "Uplift a Thousand Voices Full and Sweet," and " Translations of Homer." / JjL £*& 905 Timbuctoo. 12 pp. 121110, wrappers, uncut. [n. pi., about 1875] * Rev. F. G. Lee, of All Saints Vicarage, was the editor of this reprint, by permission of the author. Only 200 copies were printed, and sold all, or the greater part of them, at a Bazaar organized for some parochial object. The poem was evidently reprinted from the Cambridge Prize Poems of 1829. £ t ■ — 906 The Lover's Tale and other Poems by Alfred Tennyson now first collected. Small 8vo, gilt polished calf extra, gilt-tooled inside borders, gilt top, uncut. Lond. : Printed for Private Circulation, 1875 * One of Heme Shepherd's unauthorized and pirated editions ; it circulated only surreptitiously. Only 50 copies printed. Very fine copy. ._ a ~ 907 The Lover's Tale by Alfred Tennyson. Small \J . 8vo, orange levant morocco, gilt-tooled sides and back, gilt-tooled inside borders, gilt top, uncut, by Tout. Lond. : Kegan Paul &° Co., 1879 * The first authorized published edition, the piece published in 1833 being originally intended to conclude the volume of poems pub- /7 r.*- JOHN KENDRICK BANGS. 127 lished in that year, as the pagination shows, but for some reason or other excluded by Tennyson, and so never actually published. The present copy is interleaved, and it has supplied in manuscript, by Richard Heme Shepherd, on the interleaved pages, the original read- ing derived from the piece published in 1833. Fine copy, with advertisements at the end. 908 Tennyson (A.) The Falcon. Small 8vo, original wrap- pers, uncut. Lond. : Printed for the Author, 1879 * Original edition, " This play was acted by the Kendals for sixty-seven nights in December, 1879, and in the early part of 1880. It was not published until 1884. This is one of a very small private issue printed for copyright, or for the use of the actors. Shepherd surmised that there might have been a private edition for this pur- pose, but he says that he never saw or heard of a copy. In this private issue the names of the actors are not inserted in the Dramatis Persona?." This copy is in the finest condition. Arnold copy, which perhaps was not so fine, fetched $410.00. 909 The Cup. Small 8vo, uncut (wrappers missing). ty0 00, Lond. : Printed for the Author, 1881 in 1902. 910 The Promise of May. Small 8vo, red levant morocco extra, gilt-tooled sides and back, gilt-tooled inside borders, gilt top, uncut, by Riviere and Son. Lond.: Printed for the Author, 1882 * The extremely rare first edition, of which, it is said, only 11 copies are known. Very fine copy. Bookplate of Thomas James Wise. The Arnold copy in original paper covers, uncut, but the covers " slightly worn by use,'' fetched $430.00. Tiresias and other Poems by Alfred Lord Tenny- / lis- »0 /£>£>> ££ * The extremely rare first edition. Only a few copies were pri- vately printed for the author's use. Morgan copy fetched $340.00 son, D. C. L. P. L. i2mo, original cloth, unopened. Lond.: Macmillan and Co., 1885 * First edition. Very fine copy. 912 Ode on the Opening of the Colonial and Indian Exhibition, by Lord Tennyson, Poet Laureate. Tues- day, 4th May, 1886. 2 leaves, 4to, unbound, as issued. Lond. : Clowes and Sons [1886] * The first edition issued for official purposes. It was published also in the Programme or Catalogue of the Opening of the Exhibition, and later with Locksley Hall Sixty Years After. Excessively rare. Very fine copy. 128 LIBRARY OF / OO* "^ 913 Tennyson (A.) Carmen Saeculare. An Ode by Alfred Tennyson, D. C. L. Poet Laureate. Small 8vo, original printed covers, gilt edges. Lond. : Printed for Private Distribution, 1887 * The first edition, which was unknown to Shepherd. Mr. Wise states that only 20 copies were printed. Morgan copy was priced by Richmond at $400. Very fine copy. / OO 914 " Locksley Hall.'' An appeal from " Locksley ' ' Hall Sixty Years After" to " Locksley Hall." By W. C.Bennett. 8vo, original printed wrappers. Lond. 1887 * First edition. // f^Q 914% Poems. Illustrations by Edward Lear, reproduced ' in photogravure. 4to, half morocco, gilt top, uncut. * Japan Paper. Only 100 copies printed, with the AUTOGRAPH fy0 SIGNATURE of Tennyson. J 6~ -~~~ 915 The Throstle by Alfred Lord Tennyson. i6mo, 2 leaves, red levant morocco extra, gilt-tooled inside borders, gilt top, uncut, by Riviere and Son. Lond.: Macmillan and Co., 1889 * " The Throstle was published in The New York World, in this country, and in The New Review in England in October, 1889. This is one of the few copies printed for the purpose of securing copy- right in England and perhaps for distribution among a few friends." This pamphlet is so rare that we could not find a record of sale. The Morgan copy was priced by Richmond at $150.00. i Fine copy, with bookplate of Thomas James Wise. / ,-D *J 916 Demeter and other Poems by Alfred Lord Tenny- son, D. C. L. P. L. Small 8vo, original cloth, uncut. Lond. : Macmillan and Co., 1889 / ■^~/) * First edition. Very fine copy. ' 917 In Tennyson Land, being a brief Account of the Home and Early Surroundings of the Poet Laureate, and an attempt to identify the scenes and trace the influences of Lincolnshire in his works. By John C. Walters. With 8 plates. 8vo, original gilt cloth, un- cut. Lond. 1890 OO 918 The Silent Voices by Alfred Tennyson. i6mo, red levant morocco extra, gilt-tooled inside borders, gilt top, uncut, by Riviere and Son. Lond.: Macmillan &> Co., 1892 * First edition. 2 leaves. Extremely rare, only few copies having been printed separately for copyright purposes. Bookplate of Thomas James Wise. //* oo JOHN KENDRICK BANGS. 129 Tennyson (A.) Programme of the Royal Lyceum Theatre. Representation of Becket by Alfred Tenny- son, April 24-29, 1893; Henry Irving as Becket, 4 pp. Square 8vo. Lond. 1893 920 Alfred Lord Tennyson, a Memoir by his son J~"&& (Hallam Tennyson). Portraits, views, and facsimiles. ' *"~~~ 2 vols, royal 8vo, cloth, uncut. Lond. 1897 * First edition. These volumes contain many poems, prose pas- sages and letters here first printed. 921 The Poetry of Tennyson, by H. Van Dyke. Etched portrait. i2mo, half gilt morocco, gilt top, un- cut. N. Y. 1898 922 In Memoriam. With border and ornamental initials, 00 designed by Charles Ricketts and engraved by C. E. Keates. ~T~' ~"~~~ 8vo, original buckram, uncut. Lond.: Vale Press, 1900 * Only 320 copies printed. 923 Poems of Alfred Lord Tennyson. With border and initials, designed by Charles Ricketts and engraved on t 0~U wood by C. E. Keates. 8vo, original buckram, uncut. * Only 320 copies printed. Lond. : Vale Press, 1900 924 Alfred Tennyson, by Andrew Lang. i2mo, cloth. / /n * First edition. Lond.: Blackwood, 1901 ' """925 Tennyson's " Lover's Tale, "its original and ana- logues, by William E. A. Axon. 8vo, wrappers. f*£M~ Lond. 1903 926 Idle Sketches and Ideal Readings from Idylls of the King. 12 burlesque illustrations to the Idylls of the , £0- King. Oblong 8vo, original cloth, with original wrap- pers bound in. Lond. [n. d.J 927 A Respectful Operatic Per- Version of Tennyson's "Princess," in two acts, entitled, "Princess Ida; or, ) t &£„ Castle Adamant." Written by W. S. Gilbert. Com- posed by Arthur Sullivan. 8vo, original printed wrap- pers. Lond. [n. d.] 92 8 Hands All Round: a National Song by Alfred Tennyson (Poet Laureate). The music arranged and -* (JO edited byC.Villiers Stanford. 4to, 10 pp. Lond. [n.d.J O * * First edition. Very rare. 7 //. JL/.&2 130 LIBRARY OF Q£. 929 THACKERAY (W.M.) The Irish Sketch Book. By Mr. M. A. Titmarsh. With numerous engravings on wood drawn by the author. The very rare original edition. 2 vols, post 8vo, original cloth, uncut. Lond. 1843 * This was the first book to which Thackeray attached his name. The title-page does not bear his name, but only his pseudonym, by which alone he was then known to the public; but his proper name is appended to the dedication to Charles Lever. It was illustrated, as well as written by him, and as he was not as yet a " popular author," only a small number were printed; consequently the first edition is now very scarce. 930 The Book of Snobs, by W. M. Thackeray, author of " A Journey from Cornhill to Grand Cairo," of "Jeames's Diary" in "Punch"; "Our Street," " Vanity Fair," etc., etc. With numerous illustrations by Thackeray. Lond. : Punch Office, 85 Fleet St., 1848. i2mo, original light green stiff paper wrappers (a little worn), red crimped morocco case. * First edition. die. 931 The History of Pendennis. Illustrated with 4.8 plates and many woodcuts by the author. 2 vols. 8vo. Lond. 1848-50 * First edition, in the original parts, with all the yellow paper wrappers and advertisements. Plates in No. 17 are stitched in up- side down. 7 *7 4T~ 932 The History of Samuel Titmarsh and the Great CP ^ ' Hoggarty Diamond. Both printed and engraved title- pages and 10 plates. Post 8vo, half morocco, gilt top. Lond. : Bradbury &•* Evans, 1849 * Beautiful copy. Very scarce. O* 933 [ ] An Interesting Event. By M. A. Titmarsh. i6mo, sewn, unopened, as issued. Lond. : D. Bogue, 1849 * The extremely rare first edition. Sold in the Daly sale, 1900, for $215.00 X~ {yO 934 ^he Kickleburys on the Rhine. By Mr. M. A. ^ * " Titmarsh. 1$ illustrations in color by the author. Post 8vo, half calf, gilt edges. * First edition. Lond.: Smith, Elder & Co., 1850 A>. L> /£P J.^£ JOHN KENDRICK BANGS. 131 935 Thackeray (W. M.) The Newcomes. Memoirs of a Most /3 £!£? Respectable Family. Edited by Arthur Pendennis, Esq. Illustrated by Richard Doyle. 48 plates and many wood- cuts. 2 vols. 8vo. Lond. 1853-55 * In the original parts, with all the yellow paper wrappers and ad- vertisements. In two red crimped morocco cases, ornamented with gilt tooling in delicate floral design. 936 The Fatal Boots, and Cox's Diary. Original yellow paper covers bound in. Crown 8vo, half crim- son morocco, gilt top, by Stikeman & Co. Lond. 1855 937 Miscellanies: Prose and Verse. 4 vols, iamo, /} g\ original cloth. Lond. : Bradbury and Evans, 1855-57 4 * First editions of all the volumes. 938 Novels by Eminent Hands, and Character Sketches. Crown 8vo, half red morocco, gilt top, original yellow paper wrappers bound in. L,ond.: Bradbury & Evans, 1856 939 A Little Dinner at Timmins's, and The Bedford- J OO Row Conspiracy. Yellow paper covers bound in. Crown " 8vo, half crimson morocco, gilt top, by Stikeman & Co. Lond. 1856 940 The Fitz-Boodle Papers, and Men's Wives. Yel- low paper covers bound in at end. Crown 8vo, green levant morocco, gilt tooling and top, by Riviere & Son. * First separate edition. Lond. 1857 941 The Virginians, a Tale of the Last Century. Illus- trated with 48 plates and many woodcuts by the author. 2 vols. 8vo. Lond. 1857-59 * First edition, in the original parts, with all the yellow wrappers. Several plates are dusty, in No. 7 a leaf is out and margin torn. 942 The Four Georges: Sketches of Manners, Morals, Court and Town Life. With illustrations. Crown 8vo, green cloth, unopened leaves. Lond. 1861 * Sixteen pp. of publisher's advertisements. Fine copy of first edition, in red crimped morocco case. " Only the genuine first issue have the words ' Sketches of Man- ners, etc' on the title-page." — Slater. 943 The Adventures of Philip on his Way through the World. 3 vols, crown 8vo, cloth, half brown levant morocco, gilt tops, by Tout. Lond. 1862 * First edition. Fine copy. 941 942 /.&> Is 132 LIBRARY OF Z , Qiz. 944 Thackeray (W. M.) Thackerayana: Notes and Anec- dotes. Illustrated by nearly 600 sketches depicting humorous incidents in his school life, and favorite scenes and char- acters in the books of his every-day reading. 8vo, cloth. Lond. : Chatto 6° Windus, 1875 945 Etchings by W. M. Thackeray, while at Cam- bridge, illustrative of University Life, etc., etc., now first published from the (eleven) original plates. 8vo, boards. Lond. 1878 /, £±2. 946 Sultan Stork and other Stories and Sketches, now first collected; to which is added, The Bibliography of Thackeray, revised and considerably enlarged. 8vo, cloth. Lond. 1887 / & & 947 A Collection of Letters of Thackeray, 1847- 1855. Woodcut portrait on India paper and other illustra- tions. Royal 8vo, boards, cloth back. N. Y. 1887 * Copy No. 19 of 500 copies. / / 00^ 948 With Thackeray in America. By Eyre Crowe. ' Illustrated. 8vo, cloth. N. Y. 1893 949 Loose Sketches, an Eastern Adventure, etc. With a frontispiece by John Leech. Crown 8vo, cloth, uncut. Lond. 1894 * Only 600 printed. IO 95° ^ r- Thackeray, Mr. Yates, and the Garrick Club. "" The Correspondence and Facts stated by Edmund Yates. Lond.: Privately printed, 1859. 8vo, wrappers, uncut. A facsimile reprint. Lond. 1895 ' O^i 951 The same 8vo, wrappers, uncut 952 Auto, check for ^15, London, Aug. 21, 1855. -> "J^S- Fine signature. 953 A. L. S. 2 pp. i6mo. gt0 * "... I have very little opportunity for criticism in the Fine """'"" Arts at present," etc. With portrait. ftfS 954 Thaxter (Celia — Poet). The original MS. of her poem, t 0$ "A Rose of Joy." 4to. Typewritten, but signed by her. « 955 Thomas (Gabriel). An Historical and Geographical 1 • Account of the Province and Country of Pensilvania; and of West New Jersey in America. With a map of both countries. 12010, half morocco. N. Y. 1848 •7r /. /■ 11- Jo JOHN KENDRICK BANGS. 133 /.S° 956 Thomson's Illustrations. Days with Sir Roger de Coverley. Illustrations by Hugh Thomson. 8vo, cloth. - Lond. 1886 t Q O 957 Days with Sir Roger de Coverley. Illustrations by Hugh Thomson, nmo, cloth, uncut. Lond. 1892 Oq 95 8 Our Village. By Mary R. Mitford. With an Introduction by Anne Thackeray Ritchie. Numerous illustrations by Hugh Thomson. 12010, original cloth, with paper label, uncut. Lond. 1893 tO V 959 Old English Songs from various sources, with an Introduction by Austin Dobson. Illustrations by Hugh Thomson. i2mo, gilt cloth and edges. Lond. 1894 960 Highways and Byways in London. By Mrs. E. T. Cook. Illustrations by Hugh Thomson and F. L. Griggs. 8vo, cloth, uncut. Lond. 1902 961 Thoreau (Henry D.) Walden; or, Life in the Woods. /£> t ^} 8vo, contemporary straight-grained green morocco, gilt back, uncut, by Thouvenin. Leipzig, 1819 * A valuable edition in fine binding. 134 LIBRARY OF .so 965 Tribute Book (The). A Record of the Munificence, Self-Sacrifice and Patriotism of the American People during the War for the Union. Hundreds of illustra- tions. By Frank B. Goodrich. Imp. 8vo, full morocco, handsomely tooled, gilt edges. * A beautiful book. 966 Trumbull (John). Poetical Works. Portrait by Maverick, illustrations by Tisdale. 2 vols. 8vo, boards. Hartford, 1820 967 Turner (J. M. W.) Liber Studiorum. Frontispiece and 70 plates of landscape compositions from engravings and paintings by Turner. Oblong 8vo, cloth, vellum back. Lond. and N. Y. [n. d.] 968 Turner. By Sir Walter Armstrong. Frontispiece, 79 full- page plates, and numerous text illustrations in photogravure. Royal 4to, buckram, uncut. Lond. [n. d.J * Special paper, 1,000 copies printed. '^1 969 Two Lady Tramps Abroad. Letters descriptive of nearly a year's Travel in India, Asia, Egypt, France, England, etc., by two American Ladies. 8vo, cloth. *Scarce. Flushing, L. I., 1881 //.sp 970 971 oo #X'S° 1000 Whitman (Walt). Leaves of Grass. 8vo, cloth. Bost. [Thayer and Eldridge~\, 1 860-61 * The genuine first issue, with the portrait on tinted paper. xoos ■ Leaves of Grass. Portrait. 4to, original gilt >^/£. 1008 Poems written during the Progress of the Abolition Question in the United States between the years 1830 and 1838. i6mo, original cloth. Bost. 1837 * A few pages slightly stained, but a fine copy of this very rare _, book. L &£- 1009 The Tent on the Beach, and other Poems. i2mo, cloth. Bost. 1867 * First edition. Presentation Copy, with Autograph in- scription of the Author, dated 8th, 3d mo., 1867. / jLg 1010 Poems. Riverside Edition. Portraits. 4Vols.8vo, ' half calf gilt, gilt top, uncut. Bost. and N.Y. 1896-1900 _ C~0 ion A. L. S. 2 pp. 8vo. Amesbury. 1886. t7«— - / 140 LIBRARY OF COMPLETE SET OF THE FIRST EDITIONS OF OSCAR WILDE'S WORKS. 1012 WILDE (Oscar). Newdigate Prize Poem, Ravenna. Recited in the Theatre, Oxford, June 26, 1878. i2mo, original printed wrappers. Oxford, 1878 * The original edition. Very scarce. / 4*fo I0I 3 Poems. i2mo, cloth, uncut. Bost. 1881 1014 Rose Leaf and Apple Leaf. By Rennell Rodd. 7/ O& With an Introduction of 18 pages by Oscar Wilde. Title in colors, with ornamental design, nmo, vellum, uncut. Phil. 1882 * The first edition. Printed in brown on one side only, upon special semi-transparent bond paper, and interleaved throughout with f~ - - thin apple-green paper. Excessively rare. C7« 1015 Shakespearean Show-Book. With illustrations by Caldecolt, W. Crane, Geo. Cruikshank, etc. Oblong i2mo, original decorated boards. Lond. 1884 * With the poem, " Under the Balcony," by Oscar Wilde. 3 . Q£> 1016 In a Good Cause. A Collection of Stories, Poems, and Illustrations. Frontispiece and illustrations. Original illustrated boards, red edges. Lond. 1885 * With " Le Jardin des Tuileries " by Oscar Wilde, not included ^-~ in any editions of his Poems. ju_ * ~2- 1017 Die Herzogin von Padua, deutsch von Max Meyerfield. 8vo, original wrappers, uncut. Berlin [1888] * First edition, this play having never been published in English. 1018 The Woman's World. Edited by Oscar Wilde. «2.i> Portraits and illustrations. 12 parts, 4to, original printed wrappers, uncut, with all the advertisements. Lond., Nov., 1887-Oct., 1888 * With contributions by Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Wilde and Lady Wilde. / t OO 1019 The Portrait of Mr. W. H. Square 8vo, orig- inal printed wrappers, uncut. ' : Privately printed [Lond. 1889] m /~s /\ * First edition. Only 200 copies printed for private .circulation. ' » 1020 The Fortnightly Review, January, 1889. 8vo, original printed wrappers, uncut. N.Y.and Lond. [1889] * With " Pen, Pencil and Poison," by Oscar Wilde, published .for the first time. JOHN KENDRICK BANGS. 141 OSCAR WILDE'S WORKS— Continued. 1021 Wilde (Oscar). Monthly Magazine, July, 1890. This ") <-" Number contains the Picture of Dorian Gray. Com- ' ~ plete. 8vo, wrappers. Phil. [1890] * This is commonly called the first edition, but the earliest edition was issued June 22, 1890 (N. Y. and London). L& JLJL-£B /f.ee- 1022 The Picture of Dorian Gray. 8vo, original Y/j boards, with paper label, uncut. * First edition. [Lond.] Privately printed, 1890 1023 A House of Pomegranates. Designs and decora- /* ^y. tions by C. Ricketts and C. H. Shannon. Square 8vo, /' " original cloth, uncut. Chiswick Press, 1891 * First edition. Vellum paper. 1024 Intentions: The Decay of Lying: Pen, Pencil and Poison : The Critic as Artist: The Truth of Masks. 8vo, original cloth, uncut. Lond. 1891 * First edition. Rare. Pickering and Chatto of London, price a copy at £s, 5s. 1025 Lord Arthur Savile's Crime, and other Stories. Small 8vo, original printed boards, uncut. Lond. 1891 * The rare first edition. 1026 The Soul of Man under Socialism. 8vo, wrap- j£ $~0 pers. Scarce. N. Y. 1892 102 7 The Spirit Lamp (edited by Lord Alfred Doug- 3OO las). Vol. I., Nos. 1-6; Vol. II., Nos. 1, 2, and 4; ' ""' Vol. III., Nos. 2 and 3; Vol. IV., Nos. 1 and 2. To- gether 13 Parts. 8vo, original printed wrappers, un- cut. Lond., May 6, 1892-June, 1893 * With original contributions, by Oscar Wilde, J. A. Symonds, Bret Harte and others. Scarce. io2 8 Lady Windermere's Fan: a Play about a Good Woman. Square 8vo, original cloth, uncut. Lond. 1893 * First edition. Presentation copy, with autograph inscription on the second fly-leaf: "To my friend Byron Webber in recognition and with thanks. Oscar Wilde. '93." I029 , Lady Windermere's Fan. i2mo, wrappers. * Actor's edition. Lond. and N. Y. [n. d.] /*Xj5° ■7s- 142 LIBRARY OF OSCAR WILDE'S WORKS— Continued. <-?£ O* ? — 1030 Wilde (Oscar). Salome. Drame en un acte. nmo, original purple wrappers, printed in silver, uncut. Paris and Lond. 1893 * The rare Original Edition, of which only a limited number of copies were printed. Pickering and Chatto of London price a copy at £$, 55- .■i QO 1031 The same, original purple wrappers, printed in /' silver, uncut. * A very fine copy. Inserted is an A. L. S. by Oscar Wilde, 4 pp. i6mo; also a copy in typewriting of a letter sent by Oscar Wilde to the representative of the "Gaulois" of Paris, relating to the suppression of his play " Salome," and his intention of leaving ~ England and becoming a French citizen. , 2. O 1055 The Happy Prince, and other Tales. Third edition. With illustrations by Walter Crane and J. Hood. 8vo, illustrated boards, uncut. Lond. 1902 3 Jfe 1056 Vera; or, The Nihilists: a Drama. Now first *-' ~ published. Square 8vo, original printed wrappers, uncut. [Lond.]: Privately printed, 1902 * Only 200 copies printed for private circulation. J JyQ 1057 Ave Imperatrix: a Dirge of Empire. Initials ' * " illuminated by hand, and decorations. Original lambskin, uncut. Snohomish, Washington, 1902 *Only 150 copies printed. 1058 Poems, together with his Lecture on the English J/ ' & Renaissance. 121110, original cloth, uncut. Paris, 1903 * Only 250 copies printed. The Lecture on the English Renais- sance is published here for the first time. (/ QO 1059 Lady Windermere's Fan: a Play about a Good "' Woman. 8vo, original cloth, uncut. Paris, 1903 * Only 250 copies printed. & ' . &Q 1060 A Woman of No Importance. 8vo, original cloth, uncut. Paris, 1903 * Only 250 copies printed. 4f£ JOHN KENDRICK BANGS. 145 OSCAR WILDE'S WORKS-CW,**^. ^~0O_ 1061 Wilde (Oscar). Salome, (jbertragung von H. Lach- man. With illustrations by M. Behmer. Square izmo boards. T .„ . Leipzig, 1903 /.SD Poems. Square 8vo, original boards, uncut. Portland: Mosher, 1903 * An edition limited to 600 copies printed on Van Gelder hand- jyr\ made paper. 1063 Rose-leaf and Apple-leaf, l'Envoi. i 2mo , origi- nal wrappers, uncut. Lond. : Privately printed, 1904 * The first separate edition and the first publication in England of Oscar Wilde's Essay. Only 200 copies printed. These pages were first printed as an introduction (L'Envoi) to «■ Rose-leaf and Apple- leaf,' a book of poems by Rennell Rodd, published in Philadelphia 1882. v ' The Best of Oscar Wilde: being a Collection of the best Poems and Prose Extracts of the Writer, col- lected by O. Herrmann. 8vo, boards, uncut. N. Y. : Avon Br ess [1904} * Only 200 copies printed. It contains a pen-and-ink sketch taken from the famous "Sunflower" bust of Wilde, by Ehrlich. 1065 In Memoriam. Herausgegeben von Franz Blei. i2mo, cloth, uncut. Leipzig, 1904 * The first German edition, limited to 800 copies. 1066 The Soul of Man under Socialism. 8vo, origi- nal printed wrappers, uncut. Lond. : Privately printed, 1904 * Only 250 copies printed. 1067 Das Granatapfelhaus. With illustrations. 8vo, n 2-^ original boards, vellum back, uncut. Leipzig, 1904 * * The first German edition, limited to 1,400 copies. 1068 Salome. A Tragedy in One Act. Translated . _ from the French of Oscar Wilde. Illustrations bv /<*■•• Aubrey Bear dsley. Square 8vo, original cloth, uncut. Lond. 1904 * Only 250 copies printed. With the two plates suppressed in the first edition. Very rare. 1069 Intentions; The Decay of Lying; Pen, Pencil and Poison ; The Critic as Artist ; The Truth of Masks. 8vo, original boards, uncut. Portland: Mosher, 1904 * An edition limited to 600 copies on Van Gelder hand-made paper. J 2° 3^1 ¥■££ sf,& 146 LIBRARY OF OSCAR WILDE'S WORKS— Continued. 7/~" 1070 Wilde (Oscar). The Portrait of Mr. W. H. Small / i6mo, original covers, uncut. Portland: Mosher, 1904 * 425 copies printed on Japanese vellum paper. ^Z f O O 1071 Sebastian Melmoth [Oscar Wilde]. i6mo, origi- nal wrappers, uncut. Lond. : A. L. Humphreys, 1904 1072 De Profundis. iamo, original cloth, uncut. * First English edition. Scarce. Lond. 1905 - 1073 De Profundis, herausgegeben und eingeleitet y« £- — von Max Meyerfeld. 8vo, original wrappers, uncut. Berlin, 1905 * This German edition contains over 50 pages more than the.. English, including a number of long private letters by Wilde. This additional matter tends greatly to elucidate what would otherwise seem obscure and enigmatic in the English edition; the names sup- pressed in the English edition are also given here in full. A note in English on the last page says: " These copies have been taken for the sole use of Dr. Max Meyerfeld. No other English transcript is to be made." y 4 1074 Intentions. Traduction, Preface et Notes de ' J. Joseph-Renaud. Portrait, 8vo, wrappers, uncut. * First French edition. Paris, 1 905 J 1*7$ 1075 Poems in Prose. 8vo, wrappers, uncut. *^ " * Limited edition. Paris: Privately printed, 1905 1076 The Rise of Historical Criticism. 8vo, original boards, cloth back, paper label, uncut. [N. Y.] Privately printed, 1905 * First edition. Only 225 copies printed. 1077 A. L. S. to Mr. Carte. 6 pp. 8vo. St. Paul, ; Minn., March 16, 1882. * " I have received your letter about the Play: I agree to place it entirely in your hands for production on the terms of my receiving half profits, and a guarantee of ^200 paid down tome on occasion of its production. ... As regard the caste: I am sure you see yourself how well the part will suit Clara Morris: I am however quite aware how difficile she is, and what practical dangers may attend the peril- -. _ ling'of it on her ..." ' ° 1078 A. L. S. to Mr. D'Oyle Carte. 6 pp. 4 to. Phila- delphia, [n. d.] * ' ' Another_,such fiasco as Baltimore business and I think I would stop lecturing. The little wretched clerk or office boy you send to me in Col. jMorse's place is a fool and an idiot ... I must have according to our agreement Morse or some responsible experienced man always with me ... I must never be left again, and please do not expose me to the brutal attack of the papers ..." /r.es jy.es. JOHN KENDRICK BANGS. 147 OSCAR WILDE'S WORKS- Continued. 1079 Wilde (Oscar). A. L. S. to Colonel Morse. 5 pp. 4to. * " It is very annoyant to me to find that my Southern tour ex- tends far beyond the three weeks you spoke off. It is now three weeks since I left New York, and I am informed I have two weeks more. 5 weeks for 16 lectures is quite ridiculous. I also am as very much displeased with the World article — nothing could be worse in every way — it is quite stupid and gross, and will do me much harm ..." A very interesting letter. 1080 A. L. S. to Colonel Morse. 4 pp. 4to. [n. d.] — - ■ * " Mr. D'Oyly Carte writes to me that you feel hurt at some J g j remarks of mine about his management. He will explain to you that I was referring in no sense to you . . . The Herald is of course doing me a great deal of harm: Their not publishing the Press As- sociation Telegram about Chicago was most coward . . . The new lecture is very brilliant. I will have to write a new thing for Chicago ..." 1081 A. L. S. to Colonel Morse. 4 pp. 4to. Kansas City, April 17. * " I have received a. good offer for two months' light lecturing in the South, which I am anxious to visit . . . Send me a wire to say what you think of my accepting it ... I will send the deed for the clothes . . . Would you order for me from some one who under- stands costume, a cambric shirt . . . suitable for dress of last cen- tury. At Mrs. Crosby's I will appear in a new departure in evening dress, black velvet with lace ..." 1082 A. L. S. to Colonel Morse. 2 pp. 4to. [n. d.J / 4 * "The title will do excellently, though you_might add 'and in / &L. m - morals.' What do you say? I think it might do, and the^end of my lecture is on the ' artistic basis of morals '? but do you think it would offend people? perhaps it might be dangerous ..." ^^2) T083 A. L. S. to Mr. Carte. 2 pp. 4to. [n. d.] 1084 A. L. S. to Miss Lenoir. 2 pp. 4to. [n. d.J g & O * " I did not make an arrangement with Mr. Carte of any new kind, but we came to a definite understanding on the meaning of the word 'personal expenses.' ..." 1085 A. L. S. to Colonel Morse, with envelope. 1 p. Q- jTfc 4 to. [n. p., n. d.] Q • *■* - *"Will you kindly send a cheque for ^30 to Lady Wilde, 116 Park Street, Grosvenor Square, London, with the enclosed note accompanying it? Thanks for my mail. I hope the California tour will come off. Please try and manage it. I want to go very much. ..." <^7' — 4- 3& J* f. oA- I 148 LIBRARY OF OSCAR WILDE'S WORKS-Continued. 1086 Wilde (Oscar). A. L. S. to Mr. Carte. 1 p. 4to. Philadelphia, [n. d.] 1087 A. L. S., to Mr. Byron Webber. 3 pp. iamo. Albemarle Club [Lond., n. d.J. * " I had read with great pleasure the notice of my play and reread it now with pride as well with pleasure ..." 1088 A. N. S., to Mr. Byron Webber. 1 p. i2mo. Piccadilly, Lond. [n. d.J •^-" 1089 Willis (Nathaniel P. — Poet). A. L. S. 4to. 1841. With Auto. MS., 4to, of a probably unpublished poem. ' ' The chain that held her to the earth was strong, For it was knit of heartstrings. 'Mid the veins That lie the closest to his mourning heart Was hid the secret of her husband's love." Etc. Etc. Etc. 1090 Wilson (A.) and Bonaparte (C. L.) American Or- nithology; or, The Natural History of the Birds of the United States. The illustrative Notes, and Life of Wilson, by Sir W. Jardine. Engraved portrait and 97 plates of birds, finely colored (some slightly spotted}. 3 vols. 8vo, half morocco, gilt top, uncut. Lond. 1832 1091 Winthrop (John — Colonial Governor of Mass.). Auto. Cert, of four lines, signed as Dep. Gov., 1 p. folio, Dec. 31, 1644. The certificate is endorsed upon the back of a deed of land in Boston, granted by John Synderlandt to John Parker, 1 p. folio. A very fine quaint old specimen, in excellent condition. Very rare. 0_JL 1092 Wordsworth. Poems of Wordsworth. Chosen and edited by Matthew Arnold. Portrait on title-page. 8vo handsome binding by Zaehnsdorf in green levant morocco, tooled and gilt in very rich and elaborate floral design. Lond. : Macmillan 6° Co., 1879 * Large Paper, of which 750 copies were printed. 1093 Wraxall (Sir Nathaniel W.) The Historical and — the Posthumous Memoirs, 1772-84. Edited, with Notes and additional chapters from the author's un- published MS., by Henry B. Wheatley. With numer- ons portraits. 5 vols. 8vo, cloth, uncut. N. Y. and Lond. 1884 JOHN KENDRICK BANGS. 149 if O 1094 Wright (Miss). Voyage aux fitats-Unis d'Am6rique ou Observations sur la Societe, les Moeurs, les Usages et le Gouvernement de ce pays, recueillies en 1818, 1819 et 1820. Traduit de l'Anglais par J. T. Parisot. 2 vols. 8vo, half calf. Paris, 1822 * Contains an interesting account of early New York Society, and that of Philadelphia, Washington and Baltimore. Dedicated to General Lafayette. VSFTP / f S~0 IOQ5 |KT^^i! UCATAN ' Incidents of Travel in Yucatan, ^ 0* . ^ v John L. Stephens. Map and 120 engrav- ings. 2 vols. 8vo, original cloth, gilt. Lond. {N. Y.) 1843 * Rare. On this expedition the wonderful monumental remains of Yucatan were for the first time explored by a scientific investigator, and Catherwood was the companion of Stephens. The titles only were printed in London; the books were produced in America. 1096 3& OLA. Nana. i2mo, three-quarter light brown levant, gilt top, uncut. Paris, 1880 *The scarce first edition of Zola's masterpiece, with fine portrait inserted. *£ Some Record Prices {From tip Boston Evening Transcript, October 25, igo5.) A collection of first editions of nineteenth century English and American authors, sold on Monday afternoon in the rooms Of THE MERWIN-CLAYTON SALES COMPANY, included a fine copy of that rare Thackeray item " The Corsair: a Gazette of Literature, Art, Dramatic Criticism, Fashion and Novelty," New York, 1 839-1 840, to which the great novelist was a contributor. This extremely scarce periodical, in the original fifty-two numbers and perfect throughout, occasioned some spirited bidding, and was finally sold for $80, the record price. Augustin Daly's copy, lacking several numbers, realized $55 in 1900. "The Corsair," beginning March 16, 1839, concluded its brief career March 7, 1840. * * * * The most interesting feature of this sale was the apprecia- tion in the prices of Lincoln material. There were sixty-two Lincoln lots in the sale, most of them being pamphlets, and these brought an average price of $2.30, which is a record for Lincoln matter in auction sales. 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