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NEW YORK HDDTATOAADAAEAGAHE Miia seeing aaah ne TELEPHONE PLAZA 9356 b ‘ Pa lp SP Z AL: (ZZ oe y ie TWO ORIGINAL DRAWINGS BY AUBREY BEARDSLEY [43] [45] SALE NUMBER 1961 PUBLIC EXHIBITION FROM TUESDAY, APRIL TWENTY-EIGHTH ORIGINAL DRAWINGS BY BEARDSLEY & BOOKS ILLUSTRATED BY HIM INSCRIBED FIRST EDITIONS OF SAMUEL BUTLER JOHN DRINKWATER’S “LINCOLN” & OTHER INTERESTING FIRST EDITIONS & MANUSCRIPTS FROM THE LIBRARY OF THE LATE HENRY COLE QUINBY __ & THE PRIVATE COLLECTION OF ELISABETH B. STANSFIELD SPRINGFIELD, ILL. TO BE SOLD BY HER ORDER & THE ORIGINAL AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT OF “MY FIRST BOOK—TREASURE ISLAND” BY ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON & AN INTIMATE PRESENTATION COPY OF “A. 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London, 1884 THE FIRST EDITION OF A FAMOUS LITTLE BOOK, in which are unfolded the peculiarities of a two-dimensional world, where, for example, among other characteristic advantages and disadvantages, the women are thinner and sharper than in this world, so sharp in fact, that the men are in constant danger of being run through, were they not saved by their superior knowledge of mathematics. VERY RARE. 2 ALKEN COLORED PLATES. Henry Alken’s Scrap Book. With 50 colored plates designed and engraved by himself. Oblong folio, half red morocco. No title-page. London: Thomas McLean, 1824 RARE with the plates in color. They depict Racing, Coursing, Hunt- ing, Shooting, Angling, etc. 3 AMERICAN BOOK PRICES CURRENT for 1909, 1918, and 1921. 3 vols., 8vo, cloth. New York, v.d. 4 AMERICAN FIRST EDITIONS. Hovey (Richard). Along the Trail, Boston, 1898; The Monster (Saltus), The Sacred Fount (James), N.Y., 1901; Eugene Field. An Auto-Analy- sis. One of 350 copies, with signed inscription by the pub- lisher, Chicago, 1896; and others. 9 vols., various sizes and bindings. ALL FIRST EDITIONS. 5 ANNALS OF SPORTING. By Caleb Quizem, Esq., and his various Correspondents. With 29 uncolored plates by Row- landson, Bunbury and Woodward (edge of one plate frayed and small hole in another). 12mo, half calf. London: Thomas Tegg, 1809 A scarce sporting work which is seldom found complete. Bound in are two other works: The O. P. War in Poetic Epistles. London, ae and Broad Grins. By George Colman (the younger), London, 6 APULEIUS. The Most Pleasant and Delectable Tale of the Marriage of Cupid and Psyches. Translated from the Latin of Apuleius by William Adlington. Woodcut designs by H. M. O’Kane. Small 4to, vellum. {New Rochelle: Elston Press, 1903] One of 120 copies printed at the Elston Press. 1 7 ARCHER (WILLIAM). Poets of the Younger Generation. 10 11 12 13 33 full-page portraits from woodcuts by Robert Bryden. Thick 8vo, cloth, gilt top, uncut. London, 1902 SCARCE First EDITION. Inscribed on fly-leaf: ‘“H.G.H. with the very kind regards of the writer, W. A., January 1902.” Includes critical studies of Kipling, W. B. Yeats, Hovey, Symons, Tabb, and others. ARNOLD (WILLIAM HARRIS). A Record of Books & Letters. Collected by William Harris Arnold. With’ an Es- say on the Collector’s Point of View. By Leon H. Vincent. Facsimiles and printed prices. Royal 8vo, cloth, uncut. Jamaica: Marion Press, 1901 One of 29 copies on Japan vellum, signed by the publisher. Ventures in Book Collecting. Portrait and facsimiles. 8vo, boards, cloth back, uncut. New York, 1923 FIRST EDITION. AUSTEN (JANE). Novels. Colored illustrations by Charles E. Brock. 6 vols., 12mo, half crimson polished calf, gilt decorated backs, gilt tops, uncut, by Bayntun. London, 1922 FINE SET. Inserted is an A.L.s. of the illustrator, mentioning one of his drawings. The Novels of Jane Austen. The text based on colla- tion of the Early Editions. By W. R. Chapman. With Notes, Indexes, and Illustrations from contemporary sources. Illustrations in color from Ackermann’s Repository of Art. 5 vols., 8vo, boards, cloth backs, uncut. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1923 One of 1000 sets on Large Paper. Accompanying this set are 4 orig- inal prints from which the illustrations in these volumes are taken; also, two numbers of “The Periodical” containing interesting Jane Austen data. BALZAC (HONORE DE). Nine Tales from the Contes Drolatiques. Rendered into English of the 14th and 15th Centuries by Robert Crawford. Portrait. 8vo, boards, vel- lum back, uncut. London, 1921 One of 600 copies. Signed by the Translator. BARRIE (J.M.). Margaret Ogilvy. By her Son. Por- trait. 8vo, buckram, uncut. London, 1896 FIRST EDITION. 14 15 16 17 18 19 [BEARDSLEY (AUBREY).] Past and Present: The Mag- azine of the Brighton Grammar School. Vol.X, No.2, and Vol. XII, No. 2. Two plates. Two nos., 8vo, wrappers (the wrappers of one no. are loose) Brighton, 1885-7 Containing a poem “The Valiant”, and an illustration by Beardsley. VERY RARE. [ ] Pastor Sang. By Bjornstjerne Bjornson. Trans- lated by William Wilson. Frontispiece by Beardsley. 12mo, cloth, uncut. London, 1893 First EDITION. Presentation copy from the translator, inscribed on fly-leaf: “Christopher Millard from ‘William Wilson’, 1919.” The Birth, Life, and Acts of King Arthur, of his Noble Knights of the Round Table, their Marvellous Enquests and Adventures, &c. Illustrated with many designs by Beard- sley. 2 vols., 4to, cloth, uncut. London, 1893-4 FIRST EDITION with the Beardsley illustrations. Laid in is the original prospectus, with sample pages. Bon-Mots of Sydney Smith and R. Brinsley Sheridan, London, 1893; Bon-Mots of Samuel Foote and Theodore Hook, London, 1894, 2 copies; Bon-Mots of the Nineteenth Century, London, 1897. Edited by Walter Jerrold. With grotesques by Beardsley and Alice Woodward. Together 4 vols., 18mo, cloth, uncut. London, 1893-7 FIRST EDITION with the exception of the first named. [ ] The Studio, Vol. 1, Nos. 1-2; Vol. XIII, No. 62. Illustrations. 3 nos., imp. 8vo, wrappers, uncut. London, 1893-8 The SCARCE FIRST NUMBER, in which appeared Pennell’s famous article on Beardsley, which, in large measure, brought him immediate fame, and the “In Memoriam” number. [ ] A Collection of Books with frontispieces and decor- ations by Beardsley. 9 vols., 8vo and 12mo, various bind- ings. V.p., 1893-1903 Comprising: Virgilius the Sorcerer, London, My Brother (Brown), London, 1893 1896 The Time Machine (Wells), Simplicity (Price), London, London, 1895 1896, 2 copies An Evil Motherhood (Ruding), Das Kleine Welttheatre (von London, 1896, 2 copies (not Hofmannstahl), Leipzig, 1903, First Edition) one of 800 copies (not First Discords (Egerton), Boston, Edition) 1896 (not First Edition) First EDITIONS with the exceptions noted. 3 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 The Land of Heart’s Desire. By W. B. Yeats. Title- page by Beardsley, repeated on front wrapper. 12mo, wrappers, uncut. London, 1894 FIRST EDITION. RARE. Lucian’s True History. Translated by Francis Hickes. With an Introduction by Charles Whibley. — Illustrations by Beardsley, Wiliam Strang, and J. B. Clark. Small 4to, buckram, uncut (name on fly-leaf). London, 1894 FirsT EDITION with these illustrations. One of 251 copies privately prin [ ] Plays. By John Davidson. Frontispiece and decor- ations by Beardsley. panels 8vo, buckram, uncut (faded). _London, 1894 FIRST EDITION. The Yellow Book. An Illustrated Quarterly. 13 vols., small 4to, pictorial cloth. London, 1894-7 AN EXCEPTIONALLY CHOICE SET, ALL FIRST EDITIONS. Containing con- tributions by Max Beerbohm, Arthur Symons, George Moore, Ed- mund Gosse, Henry James, and others. The illustrations are by Aubrey Beardsley, Laurence Housman, Joseph Pennell, Max Beer- bohm, etc. [ |] A Full and True Account of the Wonderful Mission of Earl Lavender, which Lasted One Night and One Day. By John Davidson. Frontispiece by Beardsley. 8vo, buckram, uncut. London, 1895 FIRST EDITION. [ ] A Book of Bargains. By Vincent O’Sullivan. Front- ispiece by Beardsley. 12mo, cloth, uncut. London, 1896 FIRST EDITION. [ ] The Savoy. An Illustrated Quarterly. Edited by Arthur Symons. Nos. 1-8 [all published] (lacking No. 5). Cover-designs, decorations, and illustrations by Beardsley and others. 7 nos., 4to, boards and wrappers, as issued (some wrappers torn). London, 1896 First EpDITION. Contains contributions from the editor, Max Beer- bohm, Dowson, Yeats, and others. The “Christmas Card”, issued as a Supplement to No. 1, has been laid in. [ ] The Pierrot of the Minute. By Ernest Dowson. Illustrations by Beardsley. 4to, decorated cloth, uncut. London, 1897 First EDITION. SCARCE. 28 29 30 51 D2 33 34 35 36 Ben Jonson His Volpone: or, The Fox. With a Critical Essay by Vincent O’Sullivan. Jilustrated by Beard- sley. Together with a eulogy of the Artist by Robert Ross. Ato, vellum, gilt, uncut. London, 1898 FIRST EDITION with the Beardsley decorations. One of 100 copies on Japan vellum. — Another edition. 4to, cloth, gilt. New York, 1898 —— Six Drawings illustrating Gautier’s Mademoiselle de Maupin. 6 plates. Folio, in a half cloth portfolio (rubbed). London, 1898 FIRST EDITION. One of 50 copies. Drawings to illustrate the Tales of Edgar Allan Poe, with a Portrait of the Artist. 5 plates. Folio, with original wrapper (torn), together with another set, without wrap- per. New York, [1900] [ ] Aubrey Beardsley’s Drawings: A Catalogue and a List of Criticisms. By A. E. Gallatin. Portrait on Japan vel- lum, and illustrations. Folio, boards, parchment back, un- cut. New York, 1903 First EDITION. One of 250 copies. — Five Drawings illustrative of Juvenal and Lucian. 5 plates. Folio, wrappers. London, 1906 First EDITION. One of 120 copies. Aubrey Beardsley. By Robert Ross. 16 full-page illustrations and a revised iconography by Aymer Vallance. 12mo, cloth, uncut. London, 1909 FIRST EDITION. Nineteen Early Drawings, from the Collection of Mr. Harold Hartley. With an Introduction by Georges Derry. 19 plates. Ato, sheets in portfolio, boards, cloth back. : N.p., 1919 One of 150 copies privately printed. A Collection of Posters and Plates. Large folio, half blue morocco. Comprising: The John Lane Children’s Half-tone portrait of Beards- Book Poster, 23 inches by 9 ] inches, in colors. VERY RARE Keynotes Series Poster, 18 in- ches by 12 inches, in colors ey Half-tone portrait of Beards- ley with facsimile signature beneath The Yellow Book Poster, 20 in- ches by 12 inches, in colors A CHOICE COLLECTION. Several reproductions of illus- trations from Salome, etc. 37 38 39 40 Al 42 43 44 45 A Collection of Reproductions of his Work, Criticisms, Excerpts, Newspaper Clippings, etc. In three scrap books and a box. AN INTERESTING COLLECTION, comprising hundreds of items. —— Joan of Arc’s Entry into Orleans. Supplement to ‘The Studio”, May, 1898. Size, 11 inches by 32 inches. Framed library piece. The John Lane Children’s Book Posters, printed in two colors. Size, 29 inches by 101% inches. Framed library piece. VERY RARE. Poster advertising ‘‘The Spinster’s Scrip”. Size, 14 inches by 9 inches. Framed library piece. The Prospectus of “Volpone”. Size, 12 inches by 814 inches. Framed library piece. Considered by many Beardsley’s masterpiece. [ ] Sous la Colline, Paris, 1908; Aubrey Beardsley: Loan Exhibition, N.Y., [1920]; Introductions (Birbaum), N. Y., 1919; and others. Illustrations. 29 pieces, various sizes and bindings. | AN INTERESTING COLLECTION, comprising many magazines, etc., con- taining early appearances of Beardsley’s work, criticisms, etc. ORIGINAL DRAWING of the Border for Book iii, Chap- ter i, of Malory’s “Morte Darthur” (Vol. 1, p. 80). Size, 1114, inches by 914 inches. Framed library drawing. [SEE FRONTISPIECE] ORIGINAL DRAWING of the Border for Book xi, Chap- ter 1, of Malory’s “Morte Darthur” (Vol. II, p. 639). Size, 1114 inches by 814 inches. Framed library drawing. —— ORIGINAL DRAWING of the Grotesque reproduced on p. 88 of the “Bon Mots of Smith and Sheridan”. Size, 214 inches by 2 inches. Framed library drawing. This, with the two grotesques described below, is a very characteristic creation of Beardsley’s fantastic art. [SEE FRONTISPIECE] 46 —— ORIGINAL DRAWING of the Grotesque reproduced on p. 183 of the “Bon Mots of Smith and Sheridan”. Size, 3 inches by 2 inches. Framed library drawing. 6 AT 48 AQ 50 51 52 53 54 55 —— ORIGINAL DRAWING of the Grotesque reproduced on p. 185 of the “Bon Mots of Smith and Sheridan”. Size, 3 inches by 2 inches. Framed library drawing. — A.L., 1 p., 12mo. Sandwich Hotel, Dieppe, Sept. 4, 1895. In the third person, instructing Messrs. Taylor to store the “furniture, pictures, books, etc. now at 57, Chester Terrace.” A postscript has been added by Beardsley in pencil. With the envelope, partially addressed in Beardsley’s hand. A.L.s., 1 p., 4to. Grande Hotel de Saxe, Bruxelles, March 30, 1896. To Leonard Smithers, thanking him for money and mentioning his drawings for the “Savoy”. With the addressed envelope. “T shall look forward to the clothes & feel a beastly toff when I find myself once more with 2 suits . . . I am sending with this the illustration to the Ballad.” AN INTERESTING AND DESIRABLE LETTER. A.L.s. (initials), 1 p., 8vo. P.V., n.d. To Leonard Smithers, referring to his drawings. A.L.s., 1 p., 8vo. 57, Chester Terrace, n.d. To Leonard Smithers, suggesting an appointment: “I can bring the cover with me—a great success.” With the addressed en- velope. —— A.L.s., 1 p., folio. Sandwich Hotel, Dieppe, n.d. To Leonard Smithers, requesting money: “For goodness sake let me know whether I am to live in Dieppe for the rest of my life or not.” (There is a small piece missing, not affect- ing text.) } BEERBOHM (MAX). A Peep into the Past. Tinted dec- orations. Royal 8vo, boards, cloth back. N.p., 1923 First EDITION. One of 300 copies privately printed on Japan vellum. A hitherto unpublished essay on Oscar Wilde, originally intended for No. 1 of the “Yellow Book”. Cartoons. ‘‘The Second Childhood of John Bull.” 15 tinted illustrations. In folio, boards portfolio. London, n.d. First EDITION. BIBELOT (THE). A Reprint of Poetry and Prose. Vol. 1, complete; Vol. 11 (lacks Nos. 6 and 7); Vol. III (lacks No. 12); Vol. IV (lacks Nos. 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, and 12). 43 nos., square 16mo, wrappers, uncut (some stained). Portland, 1895-8 q 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 BIBLIOGRAPHY. Mason (Stuart). A Bibliography of the Poems of Oscar Wilde. One of 475 copies. Vincent Star- rett’s copy, with his autograph on fly-leaf and note by him on last page. N. Y., 1908; A Bibliography of Theodore Roosevelt (Wheelock). One of 500 copies. N. Y., 1920; Bibliographies of Modern Authors (Danielson), London, 1921. Together 3 vols., various sizes, cloth and boards. BINYON (LAURENCE) AND SEXTON (J. J. O’BRIEN). Japanese Colour Prints. 46 plates, some colored. Ato, cloth. London, n.d. BIOGRAPHY. The Life of Goethe. By Albert Bielschow- sky. Illustrated. 3 vols., N. Y., 1905; The Life and Times of Cavour. By William R. Thayer. Illustrations. 2 vols., Boston, n.d.; The Life of Edmund Kean. Portrait, and ex- tra portrait inserted. 2 vols., London, 1835. Together 7 vols., 8vo and 12mo, cloth and half morocco. BLAKE (WILLIAM). Etchings from his Works. With descriptive text, and plates etched by William B. Scott. Folio, boards, cloth back (corners rubbed). London, 1878 BOOK-LOVER’S ALMANAC for the years 1894 and 1896. Etchings by Robida and other illustrations. 2 vols., 12mo, wrappers, uncut. New York, 1894-6 Editions limited to 450 and 500 copies. Contains contributions by Octave Uzanne, Beverly Chew, Theo. L. De Vinne, and others. BOOKS ABOUT BOOKS, etc. The Book Hunter (Burton), Edinburgh, 1885; Collecting as a Pastime (Rowed), London, 1920; Books in Black or Red (Pearson), N. Y., 1923; Forty Years in my Bookshop (Spencer), Boston, 1923, with an A.L.s. of Spencer; Among my Autographs (Sims), London, 1904; Meditations of an Autograph Collector (Joline), N. Xe 1902. Illustrations. Together 6 vols., mainly 8vo, cloth. BRITTON (JOHN). The History and Antiquities of Bath Abbey Church. 4to, boards, roan back (worn), uncut. London, 1824 AN INTERLEAVED COPY, with a leather label on front cover stating: “Copy saved from the Fire for corrections, etc.” There is no title-page, a prospectus of the work being bound in as title, hence the date 1824, one year earlier than the published edition. There are no plates, but laid in is AN ORIGINAL WASH DRAWING of Bath Abbey Church, with corrections indicated thereon for the artist, presumably in the hand of Mr. Britton. 8 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 a BROOKE (RUPERT). 1914 and Other Poems. Portrait. 12mo, cloth, uncut. London, 1915 FIRST EDITION. The Collected Poems of Rupert Brooke. Portrait and woodcut on title-page by G. Raverat. 8vo, boards, linen back, uncut. London: The Medici Society, 1919 One of 1000 copies printed at the Riccardi Press on hand-made paper. —— Another copy. 8vo, vellum, uncut. The same limitation as the preceding copy. Banker’s check dated Nov. 3, 1910, for £3. Filled out and endorsed by Rupert Brooke. Fine condition. BRUNO (GUIDO). The Sacred Band. A Litany of Grati- tude, N. Y., 1921; Adventures in American Bookshops, An- tique Stores, and Auction Rooms, Detroit, 1922. Together 2 vols., 16mo, boards and half roan. New York and Detroit, 1921-2 FIRST EDITION. Both these volumes are inscribed by the author. The first inscription reads: “For Miss Elisabeth Stansfield in grateful memory of my Springfield sojourn”. The inscription in the second volume reads: “For Elisabeth B. Stansfield in sincere appreciation of her rare admiration of art and literature from her friend the author.” This latter volume is one of 25 copies bound in half roan. — The same. Two vols., 16mo, boards and cloth. The second volume contains the following inscription: “Guido Bruno for his friend Miss Elisabeth Stansfield who has a real love of books, authors, and art.” BRYANT AND GAY. A Popular History of the United States. Profusely illustrated. 4 vols., N. Y., 1876; The Memorial History of Boston. Edited by Justin Winsor. ee ee: 4 vols., Boston, 1880. Together 8 vols., 4to, cloth. BUCHANAN (ROBERT). The Piper of Hamelin. Fan- tastic Opera in two Acts. Illustrations by Hugh Thomson. 12mo, original wrappers, uncut. London: Chiswick Press, 1893 First EDITION. [BURGESS (GELETT).] The Lark, 24 nos., complete, with the “Epilark”. Illustrated. 25 nos., 8vo and 12mo, bound in one vol., cloth, uncut. San Francisco, 1895-7 ScARCE. Laid in are “The Purple Cow”, “Enfant Terrible’, No. 1, and the “Lark”, No. 9. [Sample copy.] 9 72 BURNS (ROBERT). Memorial Catalogue of the Burns Ex- 73 74 75 716 17 78 79 hibition held in the Galleries of the Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts, July 15 till Oct. 31, 1896. Imp. 8vo, cloth, uncut, paper label. Glasgow, 1898 One of 400 copies. —— The Geddes Burns. Poems, chiefly in the Scottish Dia- lect. Etched portrait of Burns on Japan vellum, and fac- simile portrait and autograph. 8vo, full English calf. Boston, 1907 One of 473 copies printed for members of the Bibliophile Society. To Mary in Heaven. With facsimile, and Introduction by William K. Bixby. 8vo, parchment boards, uncut. Boston, 1916 Printed privately for members of the Bibliophile Society. Poems chiefly in the Scottish Dialect. Facsimile of the First Kilmarnock Edition; Songs and Lyrics of Robert Burns. Colored plates. London, 1920. ‘Together 2 vols., 8vo, wrappers and cloth. BUTLER (SAMUEL). A First Year in Canterbury Settle- ment. Folding map. 8vo, cloth, some edges uncut (slightly worn). London, 1863 FIRST EDITION OF BUTLER’S FIRST AND RAREST BOOK. The map is in- tact, and save for one or two slight stains, the text is clean. AP- PARENTLY THE FIRST COPY TO OCCUR AT AUCTION IN THIS COUNTRY. Erewhon, London, 1872 (Second Edition, Revised and Corrected) ; The Odyssey, London, [1900]; Essays on Life, Art, and Science, London, 1908. 3 vols., 8vo and 12mo, cloth. Inserted in the scarce Second Edition of “Erewhon’”. are two news- paper clippings announcing Butler’s death. [ ] The Fair Haven. By the late John Pickard Owen, edited by William Bickerteth Owen, with a memoir of the Author. 8vo, cloth, uncut (slightly shaken). London, 1873 FIRST EDITION OF ONE OF THE AUTHOR’S RAREST BOOKS. PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR, INSCRIBED ON FLY-LEAF: “7. H. Edwards with the author’s very kind regards.” With the Errata slip. Life and Habit. 12mo, cloth. London, 1878 First EDITION. 10 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 Unconscious Memory. 12mo, cloth. London, 1880 First EDITION. PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR, INSCRIBED ON HALF-TITLE: “For Mr. Edwards with the author’s kind regards.” A VERY FINE COPY, with the Errata slip, and PARTIALLY UNOPENED. Another copy. 12mo, cloth. London, 1880 First EDITION. A fine copy, with the Errata slip. SCARCE, AS MANY COPIES WERE DESTROYED BY FIRE. Selections from Previous Works, etc., and A Psalm of Montreal. 12mo, cloth, lower edges uncut. London, 1884 FIRST EDITION. PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR, INSCRIBED ON TITLE: “Miss Helen Zimmern with very kind regards from S. Butler.” THE BOOK ITSELF IS IN ALMOST PRISTINE STATE. A CHOICE AND VERY DESIRABLE ITEM. With the Helen Zimmern bookplate. Luck or Cunning, as the Main Means of Organic Modi- fication? 12mo, cloth. London, 1887 First EDITION. Ex Voto. With plates and illustrations. 12mo, cloth, uncut (some leaves very slightly foxed). London, 1888 FIRST EDITION. — A Lecture on the Humour of Homer. 8vo, wrappers. Cambridge, 1892 FIRST EDITION. Scarce. On the Trapanese Origin of the Odyssey. Map. 8vo, wrappers. Cambridge, 1893 FIRST EDITION. THE AUTHOR’S OWN COPY, WITH HIS RUBBER STAMP ON WRAPPER. With the Corrigendum slip. RARE. —— Shakespeare’s Sonnets. 8vo, cloth, uncut. London, 1899 FIRST EDITION. First ISSUE. PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR TO THE LIBRARIAN OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM, INSCRIBED ON TITLE: “R. Garnett with all best wishes from the author. Nov. 7, 1899.” Butler had dedicated “Unconscious Memory” to Garnett in acknowledgment of “unwearying kindness” (he did the greater part of his work in the Reading Room of the British Museum), and despite Garnett’s disap- proval of his Homeric speculations, he presented this copy of the “Sonnets” to the Librarian within a few days of its publication. This venture in Shakespearean exegesis resulted in the interesting correspondence between Garnett and the intrepid Butler (wide Henry F., Jones’ “Memoir”, Vol. II, pp. 307-9). [SEE ILLUSTRATION, PAGE 12] Erewhon Revisited Twenty Years Later. 12mo, cloth. London, 1901 FIRST EDITION. at lnth atl bert wishe, a ay. 7-09 SHAKESPEARE'S SONNETS RECONSIDERED, AND IN PART REARRANGED WITH INTRODUCTORY CHAPTERS NOTES, AND A REPRINT O# THE ORIGINAL 1609 EDITION. bY SAMUEL BUTLER ‘AUTHOR OF “EREWHON,” “LIFE AND HABIT,” “THE AUTHORESS OF THE ODYSSEY,” “LIFE AND LETTERS OF DR. SAMUEL BUTLER,” ETO, They say best meti aré moulded out of faults, And for the most become much more the better For being a little bad. Measure for Measure, Act. V. Sc. i. 444—446, LONGMANS, GREEN, AND GO. 89 PATERNOSTER ROW, LONDON NEW YORK AND BOMBAY 1899 [Ate-rights reserved] PRESENTATION COPY TO THE FAMOUS LIBRARIAN OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM [NUMBER 87] 89 90 31 92 93 94 95 96 od 98 The Way of All Flesh. 12mo, cloth. London, 1903 FIRST EDITION. VERY RARE. The Note Books. Selected, arranged, and edited by Henry F. Jones. Portrait. 12mo, cloth, uncut. London, 1912 FIRST EDITION. [——] Samuel Butler: A Memoir (Jones), 2 vols., London, 1919; Samuel Butler: The Man and his Work (Harris), Lon- don, 1916; The Samuel Butler Collection at St. John’s Col- lege (Jones and Bartholomew), Cambridge, 1921. Jilus- trated. ‘Together 4 vols., 8vo, cloth and boards. FIRST EDITIONS. CABELL (JAMES BRANCH). Branchiana: Being a Partial Account of the Branch Family in Virginia. Portrait. Royal 8vo, cloth, uncut. Richmond, [1906] FIRST EDITION. One of 30 copies signed by the author. VERY RARE. Gallantry. Colored illustrations by Howard Pyle. 8vo, cloth, uncut. New York and London, 1907 FIRST EDITION. The Cords of Vanity. Colored frontispiece. 12mo, cloth. New York, 1909 FIRST EDITION, with “Cords of Vanity” on cover and back. Branch of Abingdon: Being a Partial Account of the Ancestry of Christopher Branch of “Arrowhattocks” and “Kingsland” in Henrico County, and the Founder of the Branch Family in, Virginia. Illustrations. Royal 8vo, cloth, uncut. Richmond, [1911] FIRST EDITION. 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New York, [1904] FIRST SEPARATE EDITION. 16 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 [ ] King Leopold’s Soliloquy. By Mark Twain. [IIlus- trated. Boston, 1905, FIRST EDITION, Second Printing; Sup- plementary. [From the Second Edition.] 6 pp., folded to 12mo, [Boston, 1906]. 12mo, wrappers, with leaflet laid in. The Supplementary pamphlet is RARE. [ ] A Bibliography of the Work of Mark Twain. Com- piled by Merle Johnson. 8vo, buckram, uncut, paper label. New York, 1910 One of 500 copies signed by the compiler. [ ] Paine (Albert B.). Mark Twain. A Biography. The Personal and Literary Life of Samuel Langhorne Clemens. Illustrated. 3 vols., 12mo, cloth. New York, 1912 FIRST ISSUE OF THE FIRST EDITION. [——_] Another copy, later issue. [ ] Mark Twain’s Letters. Arranged with Comment by Albert Bigelow Paine. Illustrated. 2 vols., 8vo, boards, cloth backs, uncut. New York, [1917] FIRST EDITION. One of 350 copies bound uncut. [——] Mark Twain, Able Yachtsman, Interviews Himself on Why Lipton Failed to Lift the Cup. Portrait. 8vo, wrappers, uncut and unopened. N.p., [1920] FIRST EDITION. One of 109 copies privately printed. . ] Punch, Brothers, Punch, N. Y., [1878]; Sketches, No. 1, N. Y., [1874]; Mark Twain’s Birthday, [N. Y.], 1902; and others, together with a large collection of Maga- zines containing early and First Appearances of Mark Twain’s Writings, and of articles relating to him, excerpts, etc. Illustrations. About 100 pieces. Some First EDITIONS. Many of the early magazines are scarce. —— Samuel Langhorne Clemens. [An Autobiographical Sketch.] 8 pp., 8vo, uncut. N.p., n.d. One of a few copies printed from Mark Twain’s MS. for private circulation. [ ] Visiting Card, inscribed in Mark Twain’s auto- graph: “[In Bed, 9 p.m.—for I am still in the Dr.’s hands]. 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The Life of an Actor. With 27 char- acteristic colored plates by Theodore Lane. Royal 8vo, cloth, uncut. London, 1892 Graphical Representation of the Coronation Regalia of the Kings of England. Colored plates showing the Degrees and Costumes of different ranks. 16mo, limp boards. Philadelphia, n.d. CONRAD (JOSEPH). Notes on Life and Letters, London, 1920; Stephen Crane (Beers), with an Introduction by Con- rad, London, 1924, 2 copies; Joseph Conrad (Curle), London, 1914; Joseph Conrad (Getz), Gothenburg, 1923, one of 500 copies; and two magazines with material relative to Conrad. Illustrations. J pieces, 8vo and 12mo, cloth and wrappers. V.p., 1914-25 FIRST EDITIONS. —— The Arrow of Gold. 12mo, cloth. London, [1919] FIRST ENGLISH EDITION embodying textual alterations from the orig- inal American issue. The letter “A” in the running-head of p. 67 has been dropped. [——] A Bibliography of the Writings of Joseph Conrad. By Thomas J. Wise. Portrait and facsimiles. 4to, boards, uncut. 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London, [1895] FIRST EDITION. Inscribed on the title: “Signed by S. R. Crockett.” The Firebrand. 12mo, cloth. | London, 1901 First EDITION. Inscribed by the author on the fly-leaf: “ ‘The Fire- a is the First Fruit of my love for Tawny Spain, S. R. Crockett, 6 Sep. 1902.” Love Idylls. 8vo, vellum, uncut. London, 1901 First EDITION. Inscribed by the author, on the bas “Love Idylls, most gathered from the fields of my youth. S. R. Crockett, Sep. 6, 1902.” Deep Moat Grange. 12mo, cloth. New York, 1908 First AMERICAN EDITION. With a lengthy inscription by the author, relating to the origin of the book, on the fly-leaf. CROWLEY (ALEISTER). Rosa Mundi. A Poem by H. D. Carr. With an original composition by Auguste Rodin. Ato, wrappers, uncut. Paris, 1905 FIRST EDITION. 19 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 Liber CCCXXXIII. The book of Lies, which is also falsely called Breaks. The Wandering or Falsification of the one thought of Frater Perdurabo, which thought is itself untrue. Portrait on Japan vellum. 16mo, cloth, uncut. London, 1913 First EDITION. Text printed within black border. CRUIKSHANK (ISAAC, ROBERT, AND GEORGE). The Cruikshank Momus: Pictorial Broadsides and Humorous Song-Headings. With 52 plates colored by hand. Imp. 8vo, cloth, uncut (rubbed). London, 1892 DALY (AUGUSTIN). Woffington. A Tribute to the Actress and the Woman. Illustrated, with a few additional por- traits and plates laid in. Ato, cloth, gilt decorations, uncut. Printed for the Author, 1888 One of 150 copies printed for Augustin Daly, and signed by him. DE LA MARE (WALTER). Henry Brocken. 12mo, cloth, uncut. London, 1904 First EpITion. A fine copy of a SCARCE book. —— Ding Dong Bell. 12mo, linen back, uncut. London, 1924 First EDITION. One of 300 copies, signed by the author. The Riddle and Other Stories, London, [1923]; The Ball and the Cross (Chesterton), London, [1910]; The Pres- byterian Child (Hergesheimer), London, 1924. One of 190 copies autographed by the author; and others. 7 vols., vari- ous sizes and bindings. V.p., v.d. Those mentioned are FIRST EDITIONS. DE QUINCEY (THOMAS). Thomas De Quincey: His Life and Writings. With unpublished Correspondence. By H. A. Page. Portrait. 2 vols., 12mo, cloth. London, 1877 First EpiTion. Laid in is a pencil portrait of De Quincey, also sev- eral clippings, and an A.L.s. from Alex. H. Jaff to Mr. Forman. With the Buxton Forman bookplate. DEROULEDE (PAUL). Poésies Militaires. Illustrations de Jeanniot. 8vo, wrappers, uncut. In a half morocco slip case. Paris, 1896 One of 50 copies on China paper. On the half-title is an original Poem of six lines inscribed by the author, and signed. 20 159 160 161 162 163 164 165 166 DIBDIN (THOMAS F.). The Bibliomania; or, Book-Mad- ness. 8vo, boards, uncut (back a little worn). London, 1809 First EDITION. Laid in is an A.L.s. of the author to Charles Mat- ee (mounted), advising him that their little party cannot come off. Reminiscences of a Literary Life. JIllustrations. 2 vols., 8vo, half morocco (rubbed). London, 1836 FIRST EDITION. Bibliomania; or Book-Madness. Facsimiles. Thick 8vo, cloth, roxburghe back (slightly rubbed). London, 1876 New and improved edition. DICKENS (CHARLES). Master Humphrey’s Clock. /JI- lustrations by George Cattermole and Hablot Browne. 3 vols., royal 8vo, cloth (a little shaken, and name on title pages). London: Chapman and Hall, 1840-1 FIRST EDITION, with the clocks indicating the correct hours on the covers. A Christmas Carol. In Prose. Illustrations by John Leech. 16mo, original cloth, gilt edges. London: Chapman and Hall, 1843 First ISSUE OF THE FIRST EDITION, with “Stave I” and all the other points called for by Eckel. —— The Chimes. Engraved frontispiece and title-page, and woodcuts by Maclise, Doyle, Leech and Stanfield. 12mo, original red cloth, gilt stamp on front cover and back, yel- low end papers, gilt edges. London: Chapman and Hall, 1845 First ISSUE OF THE FIRST EDITION, with the publishers’ names a part of the engraved title. The Chimes. Lithographed illustrations after the or- iginals with a few variations. 16mo, original pink cloth. Philadelphia: Lea and Blanchard, 1845 FirST AMERICAN EDITION, and almost an exact copy of the original English Edition. VERY SCARCE. Christmas Books: The Chimes. Fifth Edition, 1845; The Cricket on the Hearth. FIRST EDITION, 1846; The Bat- tle of Life. First EDITION, Fourth Issue, 1846; The Haunted Man and the Ghost’s Bargain. FIRST EDITION. 2 copies (one binding damaged). ‘Together 5 vols., 12mo, original red cloth, gilt edges. London, 1845-8 21 167 168 169 170 171 172 173 174 The Battle of Life. A Love Story. Engraved frontis- piece and title-page by Maclise; woodcuts by Maclise, Stan- field, Leech and Doyle. 12mo, original red cloth, gilt stamped front cover and back, yellow end papers, gilt edges. London: Bradbury and Evans, 1846 AN EXCEPTIONALLY FINE COPY OF THE First ISSUE OF THE First EpI- TION (Eckel’s second issue), except that the half title has been in- serted. In this issue, the words “A Love Story” are within a scroll, before the cupid was added, with the publisher’s imprint printed on the engraved title. THIS IS THE SCARCEST OF THE, CHRISTMAS BOOKS TO FIND IN First ISSUE. [ ] [Mahoney (F. 8S. “Father Prout’).]. Facts & Figures from Italy. By Don Jeremy Savonarola. Addressed during the last two Winters to Charles Dickens, being an Appendix to his “Pictures”. [With a Notice by Dickens.] Portrait. 8vo, half citron morocco, gilt back, uncut. London, 1847 FIRST EDITION. Dealings with the Firm of Dombey and Son. Iilustra- tions by H. K. Browne. 8vo, half calf (a few marginal stains). London, 1848 First EDITION. With the rare errata slip in addition to the last leaf of errata. EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED with 12 additional plates. Another copy. 8vo, half calf (rubbed, few plates slightly foxed). London, 1848 FIRST EDITION. With the last leaf of errata, but without the addi- tional errata slip. Little Dorrit, London, 1857, First EDITION; Edwin Drood, Boston, 1870; Mr. Nightingale’s Diary, Boston, 1877, FIRST PUBLISHED EDITION. Illustrations by H. K. Browne. 3 vols., 8vo and 24mo, cloth and wrappers (some stains). The Story of Little Dombey. 16mo, red morocco, orig- inal pictorial wrappers bound in. London, 1858 FIRST EDITION IN THIS FORM, prepared for reading. Our Mutual Friend. Illustrations by Marcus Stone. 2 vols., 8vo, original maroon cloth (backs badly worn), uncut. Name on title-page. London: Chapman and Hall, 1865 FIRST EDITION. Uncommon in the original cloth. The Mystery of Edwin Drood. Illustrations by S. L. Fildes, and a portrait. 6 parts, 8vo, original wrappers, un- cut (four wrappers rebacked). London, 1870 FIRST EDITION IN THE ORIGINAL PARTS. Ge 175 176 177 178 179 180 181 182 —— The Letters of Charles Dickens. Edited by his Sister- in-law and his eldest Daughter. 3 vols., 8vo, cloth. London, 1880-2 [ ] Kitton (Frederick G.). Charles Dickens by Pen and Pencil, and a Supplement. Numerous fine illustrations on India paper, with remarques. 2 vols., folio, half dark green levant morocco, gilt edges. London, 1890 [ ] The First Editions of the Writings of Charles Dick- ens and their Values. A Bibliography. By John C. Eckel. Portrait and 36 illustrations and facsimiles. Ato, cloth, vel- lum back, uncut. London, 1913 LARGE PAPER COPY OF THE FIRST EDITION, one of 250 copies signed by the author and publishers. [ | Phiz and Dickens as they appeared to Edgar Browne. Portraits and original illustrations by Hablot K. Browne. Thick 4to, cream cloth, gilt decorations, uncut. 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The letter is one of thanks for some concert tickets. —— The Beauties of Pickwick, London, 1838; Pictures from Italy, London, 1846. First EDITION; The Boz Ball. Cedar Rapids, 1908. One of 206 copies; The Dickens Country (Kitton), London, 1905; The Poems and Verses of Charles Dickens, N. Y., 1903; and other books about Dickens. To- gether 10 vols., mainly 8vo, cloth. 23 183 184 185 186 187 188 189 [ ] Catalogue of an Exhibition of the Works of Charles Dickens. Grolier Club, 1913; The Dickens Dictionary (Pierce and Wheeler), London, n.d.; The Bibliography of Dickens (Shepherd), London, 1880; Early American Editions of Dickens (Wilkins), Cedar Rapids, 1910; Dickens Memento. Catalogue of Dickens’ effects, London, 1870. Together 5 vols., various sizes and bindings. [ ] Charles Dickens (Swinburne), London, 1913; Charles Dickens as I knew him (Dolby), N. Y., 1912; The Dickens Circle (Ley), N. Y., n.d., and others relating to Dickens’ life. 10 vols., 8vo and 12mo, various bindings. A Christmas Carol. Facsimile of the First Edition, with a Special Introduction by A., Edward Newton, Boston, [1920]; The Puzzle of Dickens’s last plot (Lang), London, 1905; The Story of Little Dombey, London, 1858; and others. 13 vols., various sizes and bindings. A Christmas Carol. Frontispiece in color, and decor- ations. Reproduced in facsimile of an engrossed MS. 8vo, half red morocco. London, n.d. —— Another copy. [——-] Sam Weller’s Pickwick Jest-Book. With upwards of 1000 Jokes, Puns, Epigrams, ete., including Joe Miller’s re- nowned Jests. Woodcut portraits. 24mo, cloth (upper por- tion of title cut away; loose in covers). London: W. M. Clark, n.d. DICKENS EXTRA-ILLUSTRATIONS. A Collection of Ex- tra-Illustrations for some of Dickens’ Works, as detailed below. Oliver Twist. 24 engraved plates by George Cruikshank Pickwick Papers. 12 hand-colored plates by Charles E. 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