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Title: Harry F. Marks Catalogue No. 4, 1919 - Choice and Unusual Books
Author: Marks, Harry F.
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HARRY F. MARKS
[Illustration: CATALOGUE No. 4
1919]
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CHOICE AND UNUSUAL
BOOKS
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BOOK-LOVERS
WILL FIND LISTED HEREIN MANY
DESIRABLE, CURIOUS, AND _OUT-OF-PRINT
BOOKS_, INCLUDING
_CHOICE EDITIONS_ OF _STANDARD
AUTHORS_ IN _HANDSOME BINDINGS_
AT _ATTRACTIVE PRICES_.
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HARRY F. MARKS
Established 15 years at
110-116 NASSAU STREET, NEW YORK
Phone Beekman 3352
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Book Love, my friends, is your pass to the greatest, the purest, and
the most perfect pleasure that God has prepared for His creatures. It
lasts when all other pleasures fade. It will support you when all other
recreations are gone. It will last you until your death. It will make
your hours pleasant to you as long as you live.
_Anthony Trollope._
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All books are sold as new unless otherwise described in the Catalogue.
Any book found to be imperfect or not agreeing with description may be
returned and money will be refunded.
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As we have but one copy of most of the books listed, an early order
would be advisable to avoid disappointment.
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HARRY F. MARKS
Established 15 years
AT
110-116 Nassau Street
New York, N. Y.
Phone Beekman 3352
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Choice and Unusual Books
For Sale by
Harry F. Marks, New York
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1 Addison (Joseph). The works. With Notes by Richard Hurd, D.D.
A New Edition. Illustrated with fine engravings. Newly and
handsomely bound in 3/4 maroon calf, full gilt backs, linen
sides, 6 volumes, London, Henry G. Bohn, 1854. =$21.00=
Fine clean set in a handsome binding.
2 Ainsworth (William Harrison). Historical Romances.
Illustrated with numerous exquisite etchings in two states,
remarque proofs, and portraits on India paper. 20 vols., 8vo.
New red buckram, Japan vellum labels, entirely uncut. Phila.,
Barrie & Sons. UNEXPURGATED EDITION. Printed for subscribers
only.
Published at $300. =$100.00=
First State, Library Edition, limited to 1,000 sets only,
printed entirely on Japanese vellum paper. The handsomest
edition of Ainsworth's writings issued.
3 Aldus Classics. Consisting of:--The Works of Francis
Rabelais, translated from the French by Sir Thomas Urquhart and
Motteux, 2 vols.; The Decameron, or The Ten Days' Entertainment
of Boccaccio, completely done into English Prose and Verse by
John Payne, 2 vols.; The Heptameron of the Tales of Margaret,
Queen of Navarre, translated from the Authentic Text, with
an essay upon the Heptameron, by George Saintsbury, M.A., 2
vols.; The Novellino of Masuccio, translated into English
by W. G. Waters, 2 vols.; The Confessions of Jean Jacques
Rousseau, completely translated into English, 2 vols.; The
Tales and Novels of J. De La Fontaine, completely translated
into English, 2 vols.; Limited Edition de Luxe, large paper,
wide margins, splendidly printed, exquisitely illustrated with
photogravures on Japanese vellum. In all 12 volumes, handsome
3/4 morocco, top edges gilt, uncut. Privately printed for
Members of the Aldus Society, London, 1903.
Published at $150.00. =$75.00=
4 Another Copy of the same edition, bound in dark green
buckram, Japanese vellum labels, gilt tops, uncut edges. 12
volumes. Privately printed for Members of the Aldus Society.
London, 1903.
Published at $75.00. =$45.00=
5 Amatory. Kisses: A Poetical Translation of the Basia of
Joannes Secundus Nicolaius. With the original Latin, and an
Essay on his Life and Writings. Finely engraved frontispiece.
The Second Edition, with additions. Post 8vo., old polished
calf. London, 1778. =$7.50=
This translation throughout is confronted with the original
Latin, the preservation of which, as every Edition of SECUNDUS
is now become extremely scarce. Very fine copy.
6 Amatory (Aphrodite). Done into English from the French
of Pierre Louys. Printed from bold type on a high grade
antique-laid paper, and beautifully bound, with parchment back
stamped in gold, and Fabriano sides. Gilt top, raw edge and
tail. Notes and index are in the back of the book. Absolutely
unexpurgated version. Beautiful frontispiece on Japanese
vellum, and five head pieces. Decorative initial in the opening
of each chapter. Privately printed for subscribers only.
=$15.00=
Edition limited to 550 numbered copies only.
The feminine personage who occupies the principal place in
this romance whose pages you are about to turn, is an antique
courtesan, but be reassured, she will not convert herself.
She will be loved neither by a monk, a prophet or a God. In
actual literature, this is an originality.
Rather she will be frankly a courtesan, the ardor and also the
pride of every human being who has vocation and who holds in
society a freely chosen place; she will have ambition to raise
herself to the highest point; she will not even imagine a need
for excuse or mystery in her life.
7 Amatory. Beaux Art Classics. The most noted love stories
in French and English literature. Edited by Anatole France,
Jules and Leo Claretie, Luxembourg Edition de Luxe. Comprising
Longu's Daphnois and Chloe, Bourget's Pastels', Gautier's Jean
and Jeanette and King Candoule, Musset's Last Abbe and The
Mouche, Flaubert's, A Simple Heart and Herodias, Shakespeare's
Anthony and Cleopatra and Romeo and Juliet. Each exquisitely
illustrated with etchings by Lalauze and other famous French
artists. 8 volumes, 8vo. Red buckram, gilt tops and backs.
Printed in Paris (English text) by Societe des Beaux Arts.
=$27.50=
An unusually fine printed set.
8 Amatory. Dialogues of the Hetaerai. By Lucian of Samosata.
In English. Translated by M. S. Buck. A series of fifteen
incidents, familiar to the life of Greek courtesans, told in
the dialogue form of which Lucian was so thoroughly the master.
Printed from type on a high-grade antique-laid paper, and bound
in half parchment, stamped in gold, Fabriano sides. Gilt top,
uncut. Privately printed for subscribers only. =$5.00=
Only 600 numbered copies.
These dialogues are usually omitted from the published
translations of Lucian's works. They are here printed in a
literal translation absolutely without cuts.
9 Amatory. Lost Valentines Found, with Other Trifles in Rhyme.
16mo., contemporary sprinkled calf, gilt back. London, 1821.
Scarce. =$5.00=
Oh: joy of my bosom, delight of my heart, Gay blooming
Marchioness! thou shalt be mine--All buxom--all witching--all
round as thou art--Thou were formed, my love! for thy own
Valentine.
10 Amatory. Aucassin & Nicolete. Done into English by Andrew
Lang. Post 8vo., new half calf, gilt top and back, uncut.
London, 1896. =$5.00=
Limited number of copies only printed. What the nameless author
does care for, is his telling of the love story, the passion
of Aucassin and Nicolete. His originality lies in his charming
medley of sentiment and humor, of a smiling compassion and
sympathy with a touch of mocking mirth. The Love of Aucassin
and Nicolete.
11 Amatory. The Greek Anthology. (Palatine MS.) The Amatory
Epigrams. Completely rendered into English for the first time.
UNEXPURGATED. Small 4to. original boards, leather back, uncut.
Privately printed, 1916. =$3.75=
Of this edition, intended for private circulation only, is
limited to 750 numbered copies.
An 8-page Appendix has been added, separately printed and laid
in, and not in previous copies, having been suppressed.
12 Amatory. The Works of Peter Pindar. Engraved titles. 5
vols., 8vo., half tree calf, marbled board sides, leather
labels. London, 1794-1801. =$22.50=
Originally issued in 3 volumes, but the scarce 4th and 5th
volumes have been added to this set, uniformly bound.
Volume 5 contains: Nil Admirari; or, A Smile of a Bishop,
occasioned by an Hyperbolical Eulogy on Miss Hannah More;
Expostulation; or an address to Miss Hannah More; Duplicity,
or The Bishop, and Simplicity, or the Curate; Julia, or The
Victim of Love, Etc., Etc. A fine work on early English Amatory
writings.
13 Amatory. Illustrious Dames of the Court of the Valois
Kings. By Pierre de Bourdeille, and C. A. Saint-Beuve.
Literally translated by Katharine P. Wormeley. With 8 full-page
photogravure plates. 8vo. cloth, gilt top, uncut. N. Y. (London
printed), 1912. =$3.00=
The present issue, complete in every respect, with all the
illustrations of the costly original edition, is now published
to meet the demand for a less expensive form of this realistic
and intimate chronicle of the illustrious women of the most
luxurious European court at the most brilliant epoch of its
existence.
14 Amatory. Ephemera. Greek Prose Poems. By Mitchell S. Buck.
8vo. boards, vellum backs, uncut. Philadelphia, 1916. =$2.25=
Edition limited to 750 copies printed entirely on Japan paper.
The two series of antique sketches contained in this volume
show the art of rhythmic prose, so successfully used in French
by such writers as Baudelaire and Pierre Louys, presented
directly in the English language.
A keen perception of beauty has not distorted a necessary
faithfulness to subject-matter; and those who still admire the
flowers of past ages will find them here, still fragrant.
15 Amatory. Longinus on the Sublime. Translated into English by
H. L. Havell. With a 12-page introduction by Andrew Lang. Post
8vo. original cloth, uncut. London, 1890 Scarce. =$5.00=
First Edition, in regard to Andrew Lang's Introduction. Scarce.
Lang item.
16 Amatory. The Thousand and One Days. Persian Tales. Edited
by Justin Huntley McCarthy. Frontispiece. 2 vols. Post 8vo.
original boards, vellum backs, uncut. London, 1892. =$5.00=
If the Thousand and One Days are not such splendid stories as
The Thousand and One Nights, what stories in the world are so
splendid? We may love the (The Thousand and One Nights) with
all our hearts, and yet be willing to welcome The Thousand and
One Days for the sake of that enchanted and enchanting Orient
of which they tell.
17 Amatory. For a Night. By Emile Zola. Translated by Alison M.
Lederer. 8vo. cloth. Phila., 1911. =$1.00=
The imaginative realism, the poetic psychology, of this
story of the abnormal Therese who kills her lover; of the
simple-minded Julien who becomes an accessory after the act for
love of her, and finally "let himself fall" into the river,
having first dropped the body of Colombel over, are gripping
and intense.
This volume contains two other typical Zola stories: The Maid
of the Dawber and Complements--two delightful, crisp bits of
literature.
18 Amatory. The Diary and Letters of Madame D'Arblay (Frances
Burney.) With Notes by W. C. Ward. Engraved frontispieces. 3
vols., post 8vo. 1/2 red levant morocco, raised bands, gilt
tops. London, 1890. =$15.00=
The cream of the diarists and memoir writers.
Privately printed Vizetelly edition. Scarce. Regarded as a
series of pictures of the society of the time, the Diary is
unsurpassed for vivid coloring and truthful delineation.
19 Amatory. (Hugo, Victor). SELECTED POEMS. Illustrated. 3
vols., 8vo. 3/4 crushed blue levant morocco, extra, gilt
paneled backs with raised bands, gilt tops, uncut. Phila.,
1897. =$22.50=
A limited edition printed entirely on Japanese vellum, with the
illustrations in two states--one on Japan vellum, and the other
on China paper. A magnificent set in a handsome binding.
The beautiful illustrations include the following: Boaz
Slumbering, The Sylph, Soul-Stress, The Feast of Freedom, The
Ballad of the Nun, The Fay and the Peri, Oh, When I Sleep, To
His Muse, Marriage and Feasts, Last Night, Etc., Etc.
20 Amatory. Sonnets from the Patagonian. 8vo. boards, uncut.
Phila., 1918. =$2.00=
Limited to 750 copies printed on Italian hand-made paper. This
volume when it first appeared was not liked by divers nice
people--it was thought nasty--but none put it down till he had
finished it, a terror was on him lest he miss a word. And the
terror was the sword of Beauty which slayeth all.
21 Amatory. The Grove; or, a Collection of Original Poems.
Translation by W. Walsh, Dr. J. Donne, Mr. Dryden, Mr. Hall,
The Cady E---- M----; Mr. Butler, Sir John Suckling, and other
eminent hands. 8vo. contemporary blind tooled paneled calf,
(neatly rebacked.) London, 1721. Curious old work. =$7.50=
The list of subscribers includes the names of several ladies,
and some clergymen, but some of the pieces are decidedly unfit
for either women or the clergy.
22 Amatory. Two Deaths in the Bronx. By Donald Evans. 8vo.
boards, antique wove paper. Philadelphia, 1918. =$1.50=
The modernism, mistakenly called Futurism, that in the Sonnets
from the Patagonian sometimes merely amazed, in the present
instance, stimulates and satisfies. The volume is a series of
pitiless photographs of profligate men and women who fritter
away life, seeking new pleasures, new sensations. It is a
gallery of incurable poseurs. A curious little volume.
22A Amatory. The Bohemians of the Latin Quarter. (Scenes de la
Vie de Boheme.) By Henri Murger. A literal translation into
English. UNEXPURGATED EDITION. With portrait and several very
fine etchings printed on Japan vellum. 8vo. original buckram,
uncut. Societe des Beaux-Arts. Paris, London and New York,
1915. =$2.25=
Most delightful reading of Paris' most famous art centre (The
Latin Quarter).
23 Amatory. Plays and Sonnets. By Ernest Lacy. 2 vols. Printed
on hand-made paper and illustrated with 7 etchings. 12mo.
cloth, uncut. Phila., 1916. =$3.50=
Volume I, The Bard of Mary Redcliffe, a play in 5 acts.
Vol. II, Rinaldo, the Doctor of Florence, a play in 5 acts.
Chatterton, a 1-act play. Sonnets.
These three plays and sixty-odd sonnets are written with
lucidity and emotion. A human heart throbs through them. The
sonnets have evoked a fine critical eulogy from the greatest
student of the Elizabethan sonnets (including Shakespeare's).
23A Amatory. The Lady with the Camellias. By Alexander Dumas,
fils. UNEXPURGATED EDITION. With portrait and several fine
etchings by Albert Lynch, printed on Japan vellum. 8vo.
buckram, gilt tops, uncut. Societe des Beaux-Arts. Paris,
London and New York, 1915. =$2.25=
A literal translation of Dumas' charming story of a most
handsome woman, courted by royalty itself, but at last met the
fate of so many others of her class.
24 Amatory. Original Poems. Serious and Humourous. By Henry
Baker. Post 8vo. half calf, board sides. London. Printed for
the Author, 1725. =$5.00=
First Edition Scarce.
Contents: Kitty's Dream, The Beauties of Enfield, A Proof of
Love, The Execration, The Rapture, Amanda's Character, Etc.
24A Amatory. Madame Bovary. By Gustave Flaubert. UNEXPURGATED
EDITION. With portrait and several fine etchings by Faurie,
printed on Japan vellum. 8vo. buckram, gilt top, uncut. Societe
des Beaux-Arts, Paris, London and New York, 1915. =$2.25=
Madame Bovary is a most fascinating story of a woman of culture
and refinement, but ultimately followed the course of so many
others.
25 Amatory. Secret Memoirs of Louise, Crown Princess, The
Court of Royal Saxony, 1891-1902. From the pages of her
diary, lost at the time of her elopement from Dresden with W.
Andre ("Richard") Giron. By Henry W. Fisher. Illustrated from
photogravures, 1/2 vellum, board sides, gilt top and back, as
issued. N. Y., 1912. =$5.00=
This edition printed on Japanese vellum paper, is limited to
250 copies only. UNEXPURGATED.
If Louise had lived at the time of Phryne, the philosophers
would have characterized her as "an animal with long hair,"
if he had known her, the great Mirabean might have coined his
pet phrase, "a human that dresses, undressed and talks" (or
writes) for Louise; as a matter of fact, she is one of those
"Jansenists" of love who believe in the utter helplessness of
natural woman to turn down a good-looking man.
26 Another Copy of the same edition, printed upon a beautiful
laid deckle-edge paper. UNEXPURGATED. Cloth, 8vo. gilt tops,
New York, 1912. =$3.00=
27 Amatory. The Works of Tibullus, containing his Four Books
of Love--Elegies. Translated by Mr. Dart. To which is prefix'd
the Life of the Author. Also, Some Observations on the Original
Design of Elegiac Verse; with Characters of the most Celebrated
Greek, Latin and English Elegiac Poets. Finely engraved
frontispiece, and several head-and-tail pieces. Post 8vo. new
1/2 polished brown calf extra, gilt tooled backs, with green
levant labels, gilt top. London, 1720. =$12.50=
The works of Ovid having been some time translated, and met
with so favorable a reception, the translator thought it would
not be disagreeable to introduce a polite contemporary of his,
in our language, one whom Ovid himself imitated, and for whom
he had so great a value that he recommends his pupils in Art of
Love, to read his works, and gather from them all the tender
sentiments expressed of the tenderest of passions.
ANTHROPOLOGICAL WORKS SOLD ONLY TO DOCTORS, LAWYERS, AND
EDUCATORS.
28 Anthropology. (Davenport, John). Curiositates Eroticæ
Physiologiæ, or, Tabooed subjects freely treated. Six Essays,
vis.: Generation; Chastity and Modesty; Marriage; Circumcision;
Eunuchism; Hermaphrodism, and followed by a closing essay
on Death. Small 4to. 1/2 morocco, gilt top, uncut. London:
Privately printed, 1875. =$15.00=
Let it not be supposed that the author's intention has been
that of writing an obscene book, or even to employ obscene
words. He holds that the grand subject--the Reproduction of
the Human Race--which runs more or less through all the essays
in this volume, is, in itself, most pure, and that the words
which are necessary, adequately, and correctly to describe
it in its various phases and ramifications, have acquired
the stigma of obscene only in modern times, and, though an
ultra-fastidiousness, which would hesitate to apply the word
breech to a man's small clothes, but would rather designate
them as unmentionables, indescribables, or femoral habiliments.
29 Anthropology. Aphrodisiacs and Anti-aphrodisiacs: Three
Essays on the Powers of Reproduction; with some account of
the Judicial "Congress" as practised in France during the
Seventeenth Century. By John Davenport. Illustrated. Small 4to.
1/2 levant morocco extra, gilt tooled back, gilt top, uncut.
London. Privately printed, 1869. =$15.00=
The reproduction powers of nature were regarded by the nations
of remote antiquity with an awe and reverence so great as to
form an object of worship, under a symbol, of all others the
most significant--the Phallus; and this was founded a religion,
of which the traces exist to this day, not in Asia alone, but
even in Europe itself.
30 Anthropology. Psychopathia Sexualis. With especial reference
to the Antipathic Sexual Instinct. A Medico-Forensic Study. By
Dr. R. V. Krafft-Ebing. Translated from the German by F. J.
Rebman. 8vo. buckram. New York, 1910. =$3.50=
Few people are conscious of the deep influence exerted in
sexual life upon the sentiment, thought and action of man in
his social relations to others. Shiller, in his essay, Die
Weltweisen, touches upon this subject in these memorable words:
"So long as philosophy keeps together the structure of the
Universe so long does it maintain the world's machinery of
hunger and love."
31 Anthropology. A Problem in Modern Ethics. Being an Inquiry
into the Phenomenon of Sexual Inversion. Addressed especially
to Medical Psychologists and Jurists. By John Addington
Symonds. 8vo. cloth. London, privately printed, 1896. =$3.50=
Limited to 100 numbered copies only.
Inverted sexuality, the sexual instinct diverted from its
normal channel, directed (in the case males) to males, forms
the topic of this volume. The study will be confined to modern
times, and to those nations which regard the phenomenon with
religious detestation.
32 Anthropology. A Problem in Greek Ethics. Being an Inquiry
into the Phenomenon of Sexual Inversion. Addressed especially
to Medical Psychologists and Jurists. By John Addington
Symonds. 8vo. cloth. London, privately printed, 1901. =$3.50=
Limited to 100 numbered copies only.
For the student of sexual inversion, ancient Greece offers a
wide field for observation and reflection. Its importance has
hitherto been underrated by medical and legal writers on the
subject, who do not seem to be aware that here alone in history
have we the example of a great and highly-developed race not
only tolerating homosexual passions, but deeming them of
spiritual value, and attempting to utilize them for the benefit
of society.
33 Anthropology. The Sexual Life of Woman, in its Physiological
and Hygienic Aspect. By E. H. Kisch. Post 8vo. cloth. New York,
1916. =$3.00=
From the earliest days of the medical art this sexual life
of woman has aroused in the leaders of medical thought the
highest interest, and for this reason great attention has
been directed, not only to the anatomy of the genital organs
and to the diseases of the reproductive system, but also to
the individual manifestations of sexual activity and to the
influence exercised by these on the female organism as a whole.
34 Anthropology. The Sexual Question. A Scientific,
Psychological, Hygienic and Sociological Study. By August
Forel. English adaptation, revised and enlarged, by C. F.
Marshall. Illustrated. 8vo. cloth. New York, n. d. =$3.50=
In the domain with which we are concerned the French public are
too much afraid of crudities and of calling things by their
proper name. By veiled words and by indirect locution one
may say anything, but the author decided not to employ such
subterfuges in treating of such a vital social question with
the seriousness it requires.
35 Anthropology. Histoire de la Prostitution, chez tous les
peuples du monde. Depuis l'antiquité la plus reculée jusqu'a
nos jours. Par Pierre Dufour. 6 vols. 8vo. 1/2 green morocco,
gilt tops, uncut. Paris, 1851. =$50.00=
This edition contains many engraved plates finely printed on
India paper, which were omitted from subsequent issues on
account of their free interpretation.
This is about the most extensive work on prostitution, no phase
of the subject having been omitted.
36 Anthropology. The History of Prostitution. Its Extent,
Causes and Effects Throughout the World. By William W. Sanger.
With numerous Editorial Notes and an Appendix. 8vo. cloth. New
York, 1913. =$3.50=
A vice which has been co-existent with the human race, which
has prayed upon the morals as well as the health of all
peoples in all ages, which in the past has defied the edicts
of despotism no less than at present it defies the mandates of
repressive legislation--such a vice should not in any spirit of
prudery be put aside as unfit for public consideration.
37 Sex Worship. The Masculine Cross and Ancient Sex Worship, by
Sha Rocco. Traces of Ancient Myths in Religions of To-day. A
Compendium of Sex Worship based on standard, rare and expensive
works. Long out of print. With 26 curious illustrations. 12mo.
cloth. New York. =$1.00=
38 Flagellation. History of Flagellation among different
nations. A narrative of the strange customs and cruelties of
the Romans, Greeks, Egyptians, etc., with an account of its
practice among the Early Christians, as a religious stimulant
and corrector of morals. Many illustrations. 8vo. cloth. New
York, 1903. =$1.50=
Contains anecdotes of Remarkable Cases of Flogging, and of
Celebrated Flagellants. A most curious work on the subject.
39 Flagellation. The Rodiad. By George Coleman. 18mo. original
red boards, leather backs (new.) London, 1810 (reprinted.)
Scarce. =$3.00=
40 Antique Gems from the Greek and Latin, with original Text
and Translations. Embracing ANACREON, APULEIUS, APOLLONIUS of
RHODES, CATULLUS, HORACE, LONGUS, LUCIAN, LUCIUS, MUSAEUS,
OVID, PROPERTIUS, SAPPHO, TATIUS, THEOCRITUS, and VIRGIL.
Translated into English by eminent scholar-poets, beginning
with Sir Philip Sydney and including Marlow, Dryden, and
Milton, among earlier writers, and Andrew Lang of the present
day. Text is specially printed on Imperial Japanese vellum.
With over two hundred beautiful illustrations. Limited edition
de luxe, 12 volumes, top edges gilt. Printed for subscribers
only. Philadelphia: George Barrie & Sons.
Published at $180.00. =$60.00=
41 Arabian Nights. Burton (Sir R. F.). Unexpurgated Edition.
A Plain and Literal Translation of the Arabian Nights'
Entertainments, now entitled, The Book of the Thousand Nights
and a Night, with introductions, explanatory notes on the
Manners and Customs of Moslem Men, and a Terminal Essay upon
the History of the Nights, by Richard F. Burton, 10 vols.;
together with the Supplemental Nights to the Book of the
Thousand Nights and a Night, with notes, Anthropological and
Explanatory, by Richard F. Burton, 7 vols.; enlarged by the
addition of all the characteristic illustrations by Lalauze,
Letchford, Stanley Wood, and others. 17 volumes, Imp. 8vo. gray
buckram, top edges gilt, uncut. Privately printed for members
of The Burton Club only. Limited to 1,000 sets. Original cost
to members $170.00. =$39.50=
This edition is the very scarce unexpurgated reprint of the
Benares edition, (which is at present extremely rare) with the
numerous plates on Japan vellum, which never appeared in the
first issue.
A fine set in a substantial binding.
42 Arabian Nights. Burton (Sir R. F.). Unexpurgated Edition.
With all the characteristic illustrations by Lalauze,
Letchford, Stanley Wood, and others. 17 vols., Imp. 8vo.; newly
and very handsomely bound in 3/4 dark green morocco, gilt
tooled backs with Crescent inlays, gilt tops, uncut edges.
Privately printed for members of the Burton Club only. Edition
limited to 1,000 sets.
Published at $250.00. =$95.00=
43 Arabian Nights. Payne (John). Unexpurgated Edition. The Book
of the Thousand Nights and One Night, now first completely done
into English Prose and Verse, from the original Arabic, by John
Payne, 9 vols.; The Tales from the Arabic; 3 vols.; Persian
Letters; Aladdin and the Enchanted Lamp, and other stories;
A Thousand and One Quarters of an Hour; Tartarian Tales ...
Altogether 15 volumes. Limited Edition de luxe, handsome 3/4
red morocco, top edges gilt, gilt backs, uncut. Printed for
subscribers only. London: 1884. Published at $150.00. =$57.50=
44 Arabian Nights. Payne (John). Unexpurgated Edition de luxe,
limited to one thousand copies, 15 volumes, buckram, London:
Privately printed for subscribers, 1884. Bindings worn,
otherwise in good condition. =$20.00=
45 Burton (Richard F.). Translator of the Arabian Nights. Final
Writings of, consisting of: Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage
to Al-Madinah and Meccah, 2 vols.; A Mission to Gelele, King
of Dahome, with Notices of the so-called "Amazons," The Grand
Customs, The Yearly Customs, The Human Sacrifices, The Present
State of the Slave Trade, The Negro's Place in Nature, 2 vols.;
First Footsteps in East Africa; or, An Exploration of Harar,
2 vols.; Vikram and the Vampire or, Tales of Hindu Deviltry.
In all 7 volumes. Newly and uniformly bound in a handsome 3/4
levant morocco, buckram sides, with original cloth covers bound
in, gilt extra, gilt tops. London: Tylston & Edwards, 11893-4.
Exceptionally fine set. =$75.00=
These writings are most essential to the possessor of the
"Arabian Nights," as they are virtually a continuation of the
author's many travels and studies in Orientalism.
46 Boccaccio's Decameron. Translated from the Italian into
English. By John Payne. With 11 original etchings by Leopold
Flameng. Unexpurgated Edition. 8vo.; new 3/4 red morocco, gilt
top and back, 2 vols. bound in one. Privately printed. =$5.00=
46A Another Copy of the same edition. Bound in original red
cloth, white paper label. =$2.25=
47 Bibliophilist's Library of Immortal Literature. Illustrated
with etchings in two states--i. e., one set on hand-made
paper, the other being a set of remarque proofs finely printed
on Whatman paper. 10 vols. 8vo.; 3/4 crushed maroon morocco
extra, elaborately gilt tooled backs with blue levant inlays,
raised bands in gilt, gilt tops, uncut. Privately printed for
subscribers only. =$100.00=
A limited numbered edition printed on Holland hand-made paper,
water-marked especially for this unique issue.
The following titles comprise the work in its entirety: The
Heptameron; Decameron of Boccaccio, Rabelais, Confessions of
Rousseau, and Persian Letters, each title in two volumes.
The best edition of these remarkable classics ever written, and
with the complete series of these remarkable illustrations,
omitted from most issues.
48 Casanova (Jacques). The Memoirs of. Written by himself, now
for the first time translated into English. 12 vols., 12mo. New
3/4 maroon morocco extra, gilt tooled backs, gilt tops, uncut.
Privately printed, 1894. =$250.00=
An exceptionally fine and perfect copy in a most handsome
binding. Seldom found in such pristine condition.
A series of adventures wilder and more fantastic than the
wildest of romances.
These memoirs are almost impossible to obtain.
49 Casanova (Jacques). Memoirs de J. Casanova de Seingalt.
Ecrits par lui-meme. Nouvelle Edition. With numerous quaint
text illustrations by De Maillard. 8 vols.; 1/2 polished calf,
gilt back with leather labels, marbled edges. Paris: 1910.
=$35.00=
A choice French edition of these intensely interesting memoirs.
50 Droll Stories. Balzac (H. de). Collected from the Abbeys of
Touraine. Unexpurgated Edition. With curious illustrations by
Doré. New 3/4 red morocco, gilt top and back. 2 volumes bound
in one. Privately printed. =$5.00=
51 Another Copy of the same edition. Bound in original red
cloth, white paper label. =$2.25=
52 Austen (Jane). Complete Novels of. Comprising: Sense and
Sensibility, 2 vols.; Emma, 2 vols.; Pride and Prejudice, 2
vols.; Mansfield Park, 2 vols.; Northanger Abbey, 1 vol.;
Persuasion, 1 vol. Edited by R. Brinley Johnson. Finely
illustrated in colors by C. E. & H. M. Brock. Together 10
vols.; 12mo. New 3/4 blue morocco extra, floreated gilt backs
with red levant inlays, gilt tops, uncut. London: Dent, 1898.
=$40.00=
The neatest and daintiest set of this well known author's
novels issued.
53 Birds of America. From drawings made in the United States
and their Territories, by John James Audubon. With numerous
full-page illustrations finely printed in colors true to
nature. 8 vols. Small 4to. new 3/4 crushed blue morocco extra,
emblematic gilt tooled backs, gilt tops, uncut. New York:
George R. Lockwood & Son, 1870. =$50.00=
54 Browning (Robert). Complete Works of. Edited by Charlotte
Porter and Helen A. Clarke. With many quaint illustrations in
two states--i. e., one on Japan vellum, the other on India
paper. 12 vols. 8vo.; new 3/4 dark green levant morocco extra,
floreated gilt backs with red levant inlays, gilt raised bands,
gilt tops, uncut. New York: George D. Sproul, 1899. Published
at $240.00. =$80.00=
Connoisseurs' Edition limited to only 45 numbered sets with
double set of plates with title pages printed on Japan vellum,
for subscribers only.
Contains a complete bibliography of all the writings of
Browning.
55 Browning (Mrs. Elizabeth B.). Complete Works. Edited
by Charlotte Porter and Helen A. Clarke. With many quaint
illustrations in two states--i. e., one on Japan vellum, the
other on India paper. 6 vols. 8vo.; new 3/4 crushed blue levant
morocco extra, gilt backs with raised bands, gilt tops, uncut.
New York: George D. Sproul, 1901.
Published at $120.00. =$40.00=
Connoisseurs' Edition, limited to only 45 numbered sets with
double set of plates with title pages printed on Japan vellum,
for subscribers only.
Contains a Chronological Bibliography. This unique edition is
autographed by the editors.
56 Beaconsfield (Earl). Benjamin Disraeli. Complete Works.
Illustrated with numerous finely executed photogravures printed
on Japan vellum, and exquisite hand-colored frontispieces. 20
vols. 8vo.; 3/4 maroon morocco extra, elaborately gilt tooled
back, gilt tops, uncut. New York and London. =$97.50=
The finely printed Chancellor's Edition, of which only a
limited number of sets have been issued to subscribers only.
This Edition embraces Novels, Romances, Plays, Poems,
Biography, Short Stories, and Great Speeches, with a Critical
Introduction by Edmund Gosse, and a Biographical Preface by
Robert Arnot.
57 Balzac (Honore de). Unexpurgated Royal Edition de Luxe.
Edited by Prof. Saintsbury and staff. Splendidly printed.
Comprises one hundred and fifty full-page plates, some of which
are colored by hand from three sources; the best etchings of
the famous English Edition; redrawings of well-known subjects
in the best French Edition, and many original subjects made
by distinguished American Artists, supplemented with two most
satisfactory portraits of Balzac and the latest portrait of
Prof. Saintsbury. The important additions to this set are: Five
stories which are omitted from all other English Editions,
The Dramas, a Repertory, also The Droll Stories. Handsome 3/4
morocco, top edges gilt, richly gilt backs, uncut. 37 volumes.
Published at $180.00. =$45.00=
Limited to 1,250 copies.
The best and most complete set of Balzac's works produced.
58 Balzac (Honore de). Unexpurgated Royal Edition de Luxe. Same
as above, Dark green buckram, Japanese vellum labels, top edges
gilt, uncut, 37 volumes.
Published at $112.00. =$35.00=
58A Bentzon (Th.). Jacqueline. Translated by Mrs. Elizabeth
Wormeley Latimer. With many exquisite photogravures by Goupil,
after designs by Albert Lynch, of which the full-page plates
are finely printed on India paper. 4to. 3/4 red levant morocco,
heavy raised bands, gilt top, uncut. New York. (Paris printed),
Boussod, Valadon & Co. (1893).
Published at $25.00. =$7.50=
One of the exquisite Goupil publications known for their fine
printing, and their unsurpassed reproductions of illustrations
in photogravure.
An exceptionally fine copy in a new and handsome binding.
59 Bulwer-Lytton (Edward Lord). Complete Works. Illustrated
with numerous full-page photogravures on Japan vellum, and
remarque proof frontispiece etchings. 32 vols. New 3/4 polished
levant morocco extra gilt bands with raised bands, gilt tops,
uncut. Boston: Dana, Estes & Co.
Published at $320.00. =$120.00=
Warwick Edition, of which only a limited number of sets were
issued for subscribers only.
This is the finest set of Bulwer issued, printed in large type
on hand-made paper, and bound in the best French leather.
60 Another Copy of the same edition. Bound in maroon buckram.
Japan vellum labels, gilt tops, uncut. 32 vols.
Published at $112.00. =$65.00=
61 Byron (Lord). Complete Works, with his Letters and Journals,
and Memoirs of his Life, by T. Moore. Illustrated with a fine
portrait, and exquisitely engraved vignette frontispieces and
title-pages, by Finden, after drawings by Turner, Clarkson,
Stanfield and others. 17 vols., new 3/4 morocco extra, gilt
tooled backs, gilt tops. London: Murray, 1832-33. =$65.00=
"The handiest, pleasantest and altogether the most
distinguished edition of Byron the world has yet seen. The
decorative and illustrative frontispiece and vignette titles
were engraved after Turner, Stanfield and others at a time when
English line engraving was at its best."--Athenaeum.
62 Byron (Lord). Complete Works, with his Letters and Journals,
and his Life, by Thomas Moore. Edited and with an Introduction
by Richard Henry Stoddard. With many beautiful illustrations,
some hand-colored. 16 vols., new 3/4 dark green morocco extra,
with levant inlays, Imperial silk sides, gilt tops and backs.
Boston: Francis Nicolls, 1900.
Published at $160.00. =$65.00=
The well printed Newstead Edition, of which only a limited
number of sets were issued for subscribers only.
63 Byron (Lord) The Works of. Unexpurgated Edition. Finely
engraved portrait and frontispieces by Finden. 4 vols., 16mo.
New 1/2 polished light brown calf extra, gilt tooled backs,
with brown and blue levant labels, gilt tops, uncut. London:
Murray, 1829. =$20.00=
An exceptionally fine set of an early edition, containing all
the suppressed passages omitted from later issues.
64 Another Set. With the vignette engraved frontispieces and
titles by Finden, and EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED by the insertion of
18 steel plates by Westall; 29 woodcuts by Cruikshank, and 39
exquisite steel plates finely colored by hand. 17 vols., newly
bound in 3/4 dark green morocco extra, elaborately gilt tooled
backs, gilt tops by Morrell. London: Murray, 1833-34. =$150.00=
Most assuredly one of the finest Extra-Illustrated sets.
65 Butler (Samuel). Hudibras: with Notes by Treadway Russel
Nash. A new edition. With engraved portrait and views, and
many vignette text illustrations. 2 vols., post 8vo. New 3/4
polished wine colored calf extra, full gilt tooled backs, with
green levant labels, gilt tops, uncut. London: 1847. =$12.50=
Extra Illustrated by the insertion of 59 finely engraved
portraits.
Little or no apology need be offered to the public for
presenting it with a new edition of Hudibras; the poem ranks
too high in English literature not to be welcomed if it
appear in a correct text, legible type, and on good paper.
This edition has all those qualities, and besides is finely
illustrated.
66 Boswell's Johnson. Life of Johnson. By James Boswell. Edited
by Augustine Birrell. Portraits, 6 vols., 12mo., 1/2 crimson
levant morocco extra, gilt tooled backs; gilt tops, uncut.
Westminster, 1896. =$24.00=
A neat little set.
67 Burke (Thomas). Nights in London. 8vo. cloth. New York.
1916. =$1.50=
68 Book Repair and Restoration. A Manual of Practical
Suggestions for Bibliophiles, including some selections
translated from A. Bonnardot. By Mitchell S. Buck. 17
illustrations. 12mo. cloth, paper label. Philadelphia: 1908.
=$2.50=
69 Bryant (William Cullen). Thirty Poems. 12mo. original cloth.
New York: 1864. =$3.50=
First Edition. Exceptionally fine, clean copy.
70 Burnand (F. C). Happy Thought Hall. With numerous
illustrations by the author. Sq. 12mo. original cloth. Boston:
1872. =$2.50=
First Edition. Scarce.
71 Bangs (John Kendrick). The Enchanted Typewriter.
Illustrations by Peter Newell. 12mo. cloth. New York and
London: 1899. =$1.50=
First Edition.
72 Bangs (John Kendrick). The Dreamers, a Club. Being a more or
less faithful account of the literary exercises of the First
Regular Meeting of that Organization. Illustrated by Edward
Penfield. 12mo. cloth. New York and London: 1899. =$1.50=
First Edition.
73 Burns (Robert) Complete Works. With his life by Allen
Cunningham. Illustrated with a fine portrait and exquisitely
vignette engraved frontispieces and title pages. 8 vols. 12mo.
full brown levant morocco extra, gilt tooled backs, inside gilt
borders, solid gilt edges. London: Cochrane & M'Crone, 1834.
=$35.00=
A neat little edition in a handsome binding, uniform in size
with the pretty editions, of Cowper, Boswell's Johnson,
Crabbe's Poems, Byron, etc., with illustrations by the same
engravers.
73A Burns (Robert) Poetical Works. Finely engraved vignette
portrait. 3 vols. 12mo. full brown levant morocco, elaborately
blind tooled sides and backs, solid gilt edges. London:
Pickering, 1839. =$20.00=
The scarce 3-volume Pickering Aldine Poets series, in a new and
exquisite binding.
The original issue of Burns had been issued in two volumes, but
in this a third volume has been added, making it the complete
poetical works of Burns.
74 Cervantes (Miguel de) Don Quixote de la Mancha. A
Translation with Introduction and Notes by John Ormsby. With
numerous fine full-page etchings by Cruikshank and Lalauze.
4 vols. 8vo., new 3/4 morocco extra, gilt tooled backs, gilt
tops, uncut. New York: 1893. =$22.00=
Edition limited to only 658 numbered copies. Exceptionally fine
impressions of these beautiful etchings.
75 China. The Break-Up of China. With an Account of its Present
Commerce, Currency, Waterways, Armies, Railways, Politics and
Future Prospects. By Lord Charles Beresford. Portraits and
maps. 8vo. cloth. New York and London: 1899. =$1.50=
76 Cruikshank's Illustrations of Popular Works. Part I. (all
published) containing 6 clever etchings by Cruikshank, with
the passages of letterpress illustrated. First Edition, Large
Paper. Large 8vo. full polished, light blue calf extra, gilt
tooled back with red leather label, inside gilt borders, by
Zaehnsdorf. London; Published for the artist, (1830). =$12.50=
For Burns collectors there is a very spirited etching to the
short poem, "The Deil Cam' Fiddling Thro' the Town," while
Knickerbocker's New York supplies two subjects.
An exceptionally fine clean copy in a neat binding.
77 Colored Plates. The Tour of Doctor Syntax, in Search of
the Picturesque. By William Combe. With 31 spirited full-page
colored plates by Thomas Rowlandson. 8vo. original cloth.
London: 1865. =$6.50=
A fine copy of an early edition.
78 Caricature and Grotesque. A History of. In Literature
and Art. By Thomas Wright. With numerous illustrations from
various sources, drawn and engraved by F. W. Fairholt. Sq. 8vo.
original cloth. London, n. d. =$3.00=
Numerous curious plates.
79 California. The Natural Wealth of California. Comprising
Early History, Geography, Topography and Scenery; Climate,
Agriculture and Commercial Products; Geology, Zoology and
Botany; Mineralogy, Mines and Mining Products, etc., etc. By
Titus Fey Cronise. Illustrated. Imp. 8vo. cloth. San Francisco:
1868. =$3.50=
Exceptionally fine copy of this interesting history.
80 Criminal Trials. With an introduction by David Jardine. 2
vols. 12mo. original cloth, uncut. London: 1832. =$5.00=
An account of the most celebrated crimes in England.
Contains: The Trials of Sir Walter Raleigh, Dr. Wm. Parry, Duke
of Norfolk, etc., and Narrative of the Gunpowder Plot, etc.
81 Churchill (Charles) The Poetical Works of. With copious
notes and a Life of the Author, by W. Tooke. 3 vols. 16mo., new
3/4 dark green morocco extra, Imperial silk sides, gilt tops.
Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1854. =$7.50=
A very neat little set.
82 Classic and the Beautiful from the Literature of Three
Thousand Years. By the authors and orators of All Countries.
Edited by Henry Coppée. With numerous finely engraved full-page
portraits and views. 6 vols. Small 4to. 1/2 dark red calf,
marbled edges. Philadelphia: 1891. =$20.00=
A very fine set with admirable impressions of the numerous most
interesting plates.
83 Criminology. The Trial Between Mr. Henry Wright, and Mr.
Braham, for Criminal Conversation with the Plaintiff's Wife, at
the Court of Common-Pleas, Guildhall, before Sir Vicary Gibbs,
and a Special Jury, on Tuesday, July 23, 1816. pp. 16, 8vo.
boards, leather back, uncut. London, n. d. =$5.00=
One of the most sensational trials of the period.
84 Criminology. The World's Famous Prisons, and Romance of
Crime. An Account of the State of Prisons from the Earliest
Times to the Present Day, with the History of Celebrated Cases,
by Major Arthur Griffiths. Numerous full-page photogravure
illustrations, printed in two states, i. e.--one set on Japan
vellum, the other on Whatman paper, of which one set of the
frontispieces are finely colored by hand. 12 vols. 8vo. New
3/4 crushed green levant morocco extra, gilt paneled backs,
with emblematic design inlaid in red levant, gilt tops, uncut.
London: Grolier Society. Printed for subscribers only. =$65.00=
Connoisseur Edition. Unexpurgated, limited to 150 registered
and numbered sets only.
There is no other work extant that covers the history of
Prisons and their criminal inmates more extensively than these
volumes do.
Contents: England--Chronicles of Newgate, from the Eighteenth
Century to its Demolition; A Sketch of the Tower, 2 vols.;
Milbank Penitentiary, an Experiment in Reformation, 1 vol.;
German and Austrian Prisons; Prisons of Prussia, Bavaria,
Saxony and Austria-Hungary; The Fortresses of Magdeburg and
Spielberg, 1 vol.; Oriental Prisons--Prisons and Crime in
India; The Adaman Islands; Burmah, China, Japan, Egypt, Turkey,
1 vol.; Modern French Prisons--Bicétre, St. Pelagie, St.
Lazare, La Force, The Conciergerie, La Grande and La Petite
Roguettes, Mazas, La Sante, 1 vol.; Russian Prisons--St. Peter
and St. Paul, The Schlusselberg, The Ostrog at Omsk, The
Story of Siberian Exile, Tiumen, Tomsk, Sachalien, 1 vol.;
Spanish Prisons--The Inquisition at Home and Abroad; Prisons
Past and Present, 1 vol.; Early Vincennes--The Bastile,
Loches, The Galleys, Revolutionary Prisons, 1 vol.; Italian
Prisons--St. Angelo, The Piombi, The Vicaria, Prisons of the
Roman Inquisition, 1 vol.; Non-Criminal Prisons--English
Debtors, Prisons and Prisoners of War, French War Prisons,
with Reference to those of Other Lands, 1 vol.; Prisons Over
Seas--Deportation and Colonization, British and American
Prisons of To-day, 1 vol.
85 Another Edition of the same work. Edition Nationale, limited
to 1,000 registered and numbered sets, 12 vols. 3/4 crushed
brown morocco, gilt paneled backs with emblematic tooling, gilt
tops, uncut. London: Grolier Society. Printed for subscribers
only.
Published at $90.00. =$45.00=
85A Criminology. Trials for Adultery; or, The History of
Divorces. Being Selected Trials at Doctors Commons, for
Adultery, Cruelty etc., etc., from the year 1760 to 1779-80.
Together with the Letters, etc., that have been intercepted
between the amorous Parties. 2 vols. 8vo. contemporary calf
(broken.) London: Printed for S. Bladon, 1729-30. =$20.00=
The scarce III and IV volumes of these celebrated crimes.
Forming a History of the Private Life, Intrigues, and Amours of
many Characters in the most elevated Sphere; every Scene and
Transaction, however ridiculous, whimsical, or extraordinary,
being fairly represented, as becomes a faithful Historian, who
is fully determined not to sacrifice Truth at the shrine of
Guilt and Folly.
85B Criminology. Argot and Slang. A new French and English
Dictionary of the Cant Words, Quaint Expressions, Slang Terms
and Flash Phrases, used in the High and Low Life of Old and
New Paris. By A. Barrère. With a fine frontispiece etching
by Godfroy Durand. Sq. 8vo. New 3/4 crushed morocco extra,
full gilt back with raised bands, gilt tops, uncut. London:
Privately printed, 1887. =$15.00=
Very scarce, only a limited number of copies having been issued.
The language of the dangerous classes, which so often savours
of evil or bloody deeds, of human suffering, and also of
the anguish and fears of the ever-tracked and ever-watchful
criminal, though often disguised under a would-be humorous
garb, cannot but be interesting to the philosopher.
86 Cowper (William) Poems. With a Biographical and Critical
Introduction by Thomas Dale. With numerous quaint vignette
engravings. 2 vols. Post 8vo. New 3/4 red morocco, gilt tooled
backs, rippled silk sides, gilt tops, uncut. London: Tilt &
Bogue, 1841. =$7.50=
A well printed edition, prettily illustrated.
87 Curiosa. The Attis of Caius Volerius Catullus. Translated
into English Verse, with Dissertations on the Myth of Attis,
on the Origin of Tree-Worship, and on the Galliambic Metre, by
Grant Allen. Royal 8vo. original half vellum, uncut. London:
1892. =$7.50=
One of only 50 numbered copies on Large Paper, signed by the
publisher.
The scarce Bibliotheque de Carabas edition.
87A Curiosa. Curll. Miscellaneous in Verse and Prose. [By
Richardson Pack.] Post 8vo. contemporary calf, with armorial
crest in gilt on sides (rubbed and back broken.) London:
Printed for E. Curll, 1719. Very scarce. =$7.50=
This volume contains some curious memoirs of Wycherley, and
several translations from Ovid, which must have endeared the
author to the disgraceful old publisher.
88 Curiosa. The Rest of Don Juan. Inscribed to the Shade of
Byron. By Henry Morford. 8vo. half purple crushed levant
morocco extra. Morris paper sides, yellow edges. New York:
1846. =$5.00=
Scarce First Edition, with the original covers bound in. Very
fine copy.
88A Curiosa. The Royal, or Delicate Investigation into the
Conduct of Her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales, before
Lords Erskine, Spencer, Grenville, and Ellenborough, containing
the Depositions of all the Evidences, Copies of the various
Letters, Statements, Narratives, Reports, and Minutes of
Council, etc., etc. Post 8vo. old sprinkled boards, leather
back. London, 1813. =$5.00=
A most notable and startling trial, which aroused the nobility
of entire Europe.
89 Curiosa. Doctor Antonio. 16mo. half red morocco, gilt back
(rubbed). Leipzig: 1861. =$3.00=
Contains: Little Occupations; Bits of Information; Lucy's
Scheme; Progress in the Sanctuary; The Idyl at a Close, etc.
89A Curiosa. The Genuine Poetical Works of Charles Cotton.
Unexpurgated, containing--I. Scarronides; or, Virgil Travestie;
II. Lucian Burlesqu'd; or, The Scoffer Scoff'd; III. The
Wonders of the Peake. Illustrated with a number of curious
copper-plate engravings. 12mo. half green calf (rubbed.)
London, 1731. =$5.00=
90 Curiosa. Flim-Flams; or, the Life and Errors of Uncle and
His Friends. With illustrations and obscurities by Messieurs
Tag, Rag, and Bobtail. A Literary Romance. With curious
copper-plate engravings. 3 vols. 12mo. original half leather,
gilt, board sides. London: Murray, 1806. =$17.50=
A new edition, with material alterations and additions.
The illustrious author of Flim-Flams is no more! He died of
vexation--and laughter! The ingenuity of his critics and his
own, afforded him a plentiful source of both.
The illustrations represent the following: "Baking a
Wronghead," "My Uncle," "A Scale of Genius," "Virtue in
Danger," "Lemons! Lemons!" "An Electrified Lover," "Greek
Feeling," etc.
91 Curiosa. Bundling; its Origins, Progress and Decline in
America. By Henry R. Stiles. Post 8vo. original cloth. Albany:
1871. =$4.50=
First Edition. Scarce.
92 Curiosa. Cent per Cent. A story, written upon a Bill Stamp.
By Blanchard Jerrold. With 5 full-page, hand-colored plates.
12mo. original cloth. London, n. d. =$5.00=
"For if she will, she will, you may depend on't.
"And if she won't, she won't, and there's an end on't."
93 Curiosa. An Account of the Trial of Thomas Muir, before the
High Court of Justiciary, at Edinburgh on the 30th and 31st
days of August, 1793, for sedition. Engraved frontispiece,
8vo. half tree calf extra, gilt top and back, uncut. Edinburgh
(1793). =$7.50=
94 Curiosa. The Poetical Decameron; or, Ten Conversations
on English Poets and Poetry, particularly of the Reigns of
Elizabeth and James I. By J. Payne Collier. 2 vols. Post 8vo.
half crushed brown morocco extra, gilt tooled backs, gilt tops,
uncut. Edinburgh, 1820. =$7.50=
First Edition, scarce. Exceptionally fine uncut copy.
95 Curiosa. The Committee; or, The Faithful Irishman. A comedy.
By Sir Robert Howard. Engraved frontispiece by Vander Gucht.
12mo. half polished brown calf extra, gilt back with red and
green leather labels, gilt top. London: Tonson, 1735. =$5.00=
With a prologue by Samuel Tuke. Scarce. Fine, perfect copy.
96 Curiosa. The Hermit; or The Unparalleled Sufferings and
Surprising Adventures of Philip Quarll, an Englishman, who was
lately discovered upon an uninhabited island in the South Sea.
Engraved frontispiece. 12mo. old sprinkled calf extra, gilt
tooled back. London, 1786. =$12.50=
Contains: I. His Conference with those who found him, etc. II.
His leaving his Master and being taken up with a notorious
house-breaker, marrying a famous prostitute, etc. III. His
being pardoned by the King, etc., etc.
97 Curiosa. The Case of the Unfortunate Bosavern Penlez. Post
8vo. boards, green leather back. London, 1749. =$5.00=
Scarce. An extremely curious case.
98 Curiosa. The Trial of Francis Ravaillac, for the Murder of
King Henry the Great. Edited by Edmund Goldsmid. Post 8vo.
original cloth, uncut. Edinburgh. Privately printed, 1885.
Scarce. =$3.50=
Edition limited to 275 copies only. Contains also an account
of Ravaillac's torture and execution, extracted and translated
from the Registers of the Parliament of Paris, 1610.
99 Curiosa. (Oscar Wilde). Oscariana Epigrams. Small 4to. pp.
88, original paper wrappers, uncut. London: Privately printed,
1895. Scarce. =$5.00=
A very limited number of copies only printed.
"Life imitates Art far more than Art imitates Life.... The
Greeks with their quick artistic instinct understood this, and
set in the bride's chamber the statue of Hermes and Apollo,
that she might bear children as lovely as the works of art that
she looked at in her rapture or her pain."
100 Curiosa. Oscar Wilde. His Life and Confessions. By Frank
Harris. Illustrated. 2 vols. 8vo. cloth. New York: Privately
printed, 1918. =$5.00=
"I was advised on all hands not to write this book, and some
English friends who have read it urged me not to publish it.
"You will be accused of selecting the subject," they say,
"because sexual viciousness appeals to you, and your method of
treatment lays you open to attack."--The Author.
Bernard Shaw writes: "This biography wipes out all other
biographies ... Wilde's memory will have to stand or fall by
it."
101 Curiosa. The Strange Voyage and Adventures of Domingo
Gonzales, to the World in the Moon. Curious frontispiece
depicting a flying-machine with birds used as power. 8vo. 3/4
polished brown calf extra, gilt tooled back. London, 1768.
=$7.50=
Narrates of his being set down in China by his Birds, and his
being taken for a magician by the Country People, and preserved
from their fury by a Chinese Mandarin, etc., etc.
102 Curiosa. The Wonderful, Surprising and Uncommon Voyages and
Adventures of Captain Jones, to Patagonia. Curious engraved
frontispiece. 8vo. New 3/4 polished brown calf extra, gilt
tooled back. London, 1766. =$7.50=
Contains among, his other adventures "His Loves with the Queen
of No-land," etc.
103 Curiosa. Thomas Deloney: His Thomas of Reading and
Three Ballads on the Spanish Armada. Edited with Notes and
Introduction, by C. R. Aldrich and Lucian S. Virtland.
Woodcuts. Small 4to. 1/2 vellum, board sides, uncut. New York,
1903. =$7.50=
Edition limited to only 50 numbered copies, printed at the
Westminster Press, entirely on Japan vellum.
104 Curiosa. The Muses' Library; or, a Series of English
Poetry, from the Saxons to the Reign of King Charles II.
Containing the Lives of Characters of all the known writers in
that interval, the names of their patrons; complete episodes,
by way of specimen of the larger pieces; very near the entire
works of some, and large quotations from others. 8vo. new 3/4
polished brown calf extra, full gilt tooled back, with blue
levant labels, gilt tops, uncut. London, 1738. =$7.50=
First and scarcest volume of the series. A general collection
of almost all the old valuable Poetry extant, now so
industriously enquir'd after, tho' rarely to be found, but in
the Studies of the Curious, and affording entertainment on
all subjects, Philosophical, Historical, Moral, Satyrical,
Allegorial, Critical, Heroick, Pastoral, Gallant, Amorous,
Courtly and Sublime.
105 Crabbe (George) Poetical Works. With His Letters and
Journals, and His Life, by his son. With exquisite vignette
engraved frontispieces and title-pages by Finden, 8 vols. 12mo.
New 3/4 straight-grained green morocco extra, gilt tooled
backs, gilt tops, uncut. London: John Murray, 1834. =$40.00=
An extremely fine set of these choice poetical writings,
prettily illustrated, and placed in a handsome binding.
106 Drama. The Drama of All Nations. Its History, Literature
and Influence on Civilization. Editor-in-Chief, Alfred
Bates. With fine photogravures on Japan vellum, and finely
hand-colored frontispieces. Unexpurgated Edition. 20 vols. 8vo.
buckram, gilt tops, Japan vellum labels, uncut. London and New
York, 1906. Published at $60.00. =$40.00=
The most extensive work on the subject ever issued. A limited
number of sets only printed.
107 Doré's Illustrations. The Holy Bible, containing the Old
and New Testaments according to the Authorized Version. With
several hundred illustrations by Gustave Doré. 2 vols. 4to.
full blind stamped brown morocco, raised bands, solid gilt
edges. London and New York. =$50.00=
Considered Doré's best work. Very fine copy.
108 Defoe (Daniel). Complete Works. With beautiful
illustrations, some hand-colored, in 2 states. The text is
finely printed on Holland hand-made paper. Unexpurgated
Edition. 16 vols., new 3/4 levant morocco, gilt tooled backs
with levant inlays, gilt tops, uncut. New York: George D.
Sproul, 1905.
Published at $300.00. =$150.00=
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issued to subscribers only.
The finest edition yet published.
109 Dumas (Alexander) Complete Works. Illustrated with 253
photogravures and etchings, also 24 finely hand-colored
frontispieces. 47 vols. New 3/4 levant morocco extra, gilt
tooled backs, gilt tops. Unexpurgated Edition. Boston: Dana
Estes.
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printed for subscribers only.
These are the complete writings of Dumas, containing The
Celebrated Crimes, and stories usually lacking in other
editions.
110 Dickens (Charles) Complete Works. Illustrated with 900
etchings, photogravures and woodcuts, all finely printed
on Japan vellum. Inserted are 24 exquisite hand-colored
frontispieces on Whatman paper. 48 vols. 8vo. New 3/4 levant
morocco extra, gilt tooled backs, gilt tops, uncut. Boston:
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type, limited to 1,000 numbered sets only.
111 Another Set of the same edition. 48 vols. 8vo. light brown
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112 Dryden (John) Complete Works. Edited with Notes,
historical, critical and explanatory, and a Life of the Author
by Sir Walter Scott. With a fine portrait on copper by Fittler,
and a large folding view of the Solemn Mock Procession of
the Pope, Cardinals, etc., through the City of London, 1679.
Revised and corrected by George Saintsbury. Unexpurgated
Edition. 18 vols. New 3/4 brown morocco extra, full gilt backs,
gilt tops, uncut. Edinburgh, 1882. =$75.00=
An exceptionally fine set in a handsome binding.
113 Dryden (John) Complete Works. Edited with notes,
historical, critical and explanatory, and a Life of the Author,
by Sir Walter Scott. Illustrated with a portrait by Fittler and
a large folding view of the Solemn Mock Procession of the Pope,
Cardinals, etc., through the City of London, 1679. 18 vols.
8vo. half calf, bindings rubbed, gilt backs, marbled edges.
London, 1808. =$40.00=
Scarce.
114 Dryden (John) Fables, from Boccaccio and Chaucer. Many
quaint woodcuts in the text. 12mo. New 3/4 crushed maroon
morocco extra, gilt tooled back with green levant inlays, gilt
top. Chiswick: C. Whittingham, 1822. =$5.00=
115 Dodgson (L. C.) [Lewis Carroll]. Alice's Adventures in
Wonderland. With the original illustrations by John Tenniel.
8vo. decorated boards, cloth back, gilt top, uncut. London,
1914. =$5.00=
Limited to 1,000 numbered copies, printed in the Riccardi Fount
on hand-made Riccardi Paper.
116 Dramatic. Colley Cibber. Written by Himself. Duplicate
frontispieces, printed on Japan vellum, and on Whatman paper,
finely colored by hand, and other full-page illustrations. 2
vols. 8vo. 3/4 French levant morocco extra, gilt tops and backs
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Grolier Society. =$10.00=
One of the Amatory "Days of the Dandies" series. "Edition de
Luxe" of which only a limited number of sets have been printed.
117 Dramatic. The Works of Thomas Otway, consisting of his
Plays, Poems and Letters. 3 vols. 12mo. contemporary polished
calf, raised bands. London, 1768. =$10.00=
Very fine copy, now scarce. Contents: Alcibiades, Don Carlos,
Titus and Berenice. With the Charts of Scapin, Friendship in
Fashion, Soldier's Fortune, Atheist, Orphan, Poems and Letters,
etc.
118 Dramatic. Songs from the Dramatists. Edited by Robert Bell.
First Edition. 12mo. original cloth. New York, 1882. =$1.50=
119 Dramatic. The Virtuoso. A comedy, acted at the Duke's
Theatre. Written by Thomas Shadwell. Small 4to. half red
leather. London: Printed by T. W. for Henry Herringman, 1676.
Title page neatly mended. =$7.50=
A scarce play by Shadwell.
120 Dramatic. Crosby's Pocket Companion to the Playhouses.
Being the Lives of all the principal London Performers, who
may hereafter be engaged in the Theatres of Drury Lane, Covent
Garden, and the Haymarket. To which are subjoined, Particulars
of the Life of Mr. Dibdin. Dedicated to Richard Brinsley
Sheridan. Fine stipple portrait of Sheridan. 16mo. new half
polished brown calf extra, gilt tooled back, gilt top, uncut.
London, 1796. =$3.50=
120A Dramatic. Annals of the English Stage, from Thomas
Betterton to Edmund Kean. Actors--Authors--Audiences. By Dr.
Doran. 2 volumes. Small 4to. original cloth, uncut. New York:
W. J. Widdleton, 1865. =$10.00=
Edition limited to 161 numbered copies only, printed on Large
Paper. An exceptionally fine, tall copy for extra-illustrating.
121 Edgeworth (Maria). Complete Novels. With finely vignette
engraved frontispieces and title-pages, and quaint etchings,
all printed on India paper, 12 vols. Post 8vo. New 3/4 polished
light brown calf extra, full gilt tooled backs, with red and
blue levant labels, gilt tops. London: J. M. Dent & Co., 1893.
=$60.00=
Only 250 numbered copies of this edition have been printed on
Holland hand-made paper. The daintiest edition of these well
known novels yet issued.
122 English Literature, in the Reign of Victoria. With a
Glance at the Post. By Henry Morley. Portrait, 12mo. 1/2 brown
morocco, gilt top and back, uncut. Leipzig, 1881. =$2.75=
A most interesting volume depicting the history of Queen
Victoria's reign.
123 France (Anatole). First Complete Edition of the Authorized
English Translation of the Novels, and Short Stories.
Unexpurgated Edition. Illustrated with special drawings and
reproductions on French plate paper, text printed on genuine
Spartan deckle-edged paper. 19 vols. Newly and very handsomely
bound in 3/4 levant morocco extra, gilt tooled backs with
inlays, gilt tops, uncut.
Published at $250.00. =$180.00=
This Edition is limited to only 600 sets for subscribers only.
124 Another Set of the same edition, 19 vols. Bound in full
wine colored morocco extra, gilt tooled backs, gilt tops. New
York, 1916.
Published at $149.50. =$110.00=
125 Another Set of the same edition, 19 vols. Bound in original
lavender cloth, gilt tops, Japan vellum labels. New York: 1916.
Published at $90.00. =$60.00=
126 Flaubert (Gustave). Complete Works. Embracing Romances,
Travels, Comedies, Sketches and Correspondence. With a
Critical Introduction by Ferdinand Brunetiere of the French
Academy, and a Biographical Preface by Robert Arnot. With
numerous interesting illustrations on Japan vellum, and the
frontispieces finely colored by hand. 10 vols. 8vo. new 3/4
crushed green levant morocco extra, full gilt tooled backs,
with red levant inlays, gilt tops, uncut. New York and London,
1904.
Published at $150.00. =$50.00=
Only a limited number of this Unexpurgated Edition were issued
for subscribers only.
127 Flaubert (Gustave). Complete Works. Illustrated.
Unexpurgated Edition. 10 vols. 8vo. buckram, uncut. Akron and
New York: M. Walter Dunn, 1904.
Published at $40.00. =$20.00=
128 Fielding (Henry). Complete Works. With Author's Preface
and Introduction by G. H. Maynadier. Unexpurgated Edition.
Illustrated with numerous photogravures in two states, of
which one set of the frontispieces are finely colored by hand.
Text printed on Holland paper. 12 vols. 8vo. 3/4 crushed blue
morocco extra, gilt tooled backs with red levant inlays, gilt
tops, uncut. New York: George D. Sproul, 1903.
Published at $240.00. =$110.00=
Edition limited to 150 numbered and registered sets for
subscribers only.
An unusually fine large type edition, finely illustrated and
handsomely bound.
129 Field (Eugene). The Writings in Prose and Verse. Finely
illustrated. Scribner's subscription edition. 12 vols.
Handsomely bound in 3/4 polished dark calf extra, richly gilt
tooled backs, with purple and red levant labels, gilt tops,
uncut. New York, 1903. =$42.00=
A very handsome set, both as to illustrations and binding.
130 Family Devotion A Guide to. Containing a Hymn, a Portion of
Scripture with Reflections, and a Prayer, for the Morning and
Evening of Every Day in the Year. With an Appendix of Prayers
and Hymns on Various Subjects. By Alex. Fletcher. With numerous
fine full-page steel engravings. 4to. half brown morocco extra,
gilt centres, raised bands, solid gilt edges. New York. =$7.50=
Fine copy with splendid impressions of the numerous plates.
131 Fairbairn's Crests of the Leading Families in Great Britain
and Ireland, and their kindred in other lands. Compiled
from the best authorities by James Fairbairn. Revised by L.
Butters, and edited by J. MacLaren. Illustrated with colored
frontispiece and 137 plates containing several thousand designs
of crests, etc. 2 vols. in one. 4to. 1/2 dark brown leather,
marbled edges. New York, 1911. =$7.50=
The best and most complete work on the subject yet issued.
132 Facetiae. Italian Novelists. The Facetious Nights of
Giovanni Francesco Straparola, in four volumes; The Pecorone of
Ser Giovanni, in three volumes. Illustrated with 44 fine plates
on special paper from originals by Jules Garnier, of Paris,
and E. R. Hughes, A.R.W.S., London. 7 volumes, 8vo., very
handsomely bound in 3/4 morocco, gilt tooled back, top edges
gilt. Edition strictly limited to 1,000 numbered and registered
copies. Privately printed for Societe des Bibliophiles, a very
fine, curious and facetious work. =$27.50=
133 Another copy of the same edition. Limited Edition de Luxe.
Unexpurgated. Illustrated. 7 volumes, 8vo., in original green
buckram, gilt tops, uncut edges. Privately printed for Societe
des Bibliophiles. A very fine, curious and facetious work.
=$19.50=
"The Nights" of Straparola consist of an exquisite and
delightful collection of humorous, witty and mirthful
conversations, tales and enigmas, including singing, music and
dancing during the thirteen nights of the Carnival at Venice,
as related by ten charming and accomplished damsels and several
nobles, men of learning, illustrious and honorable gentlemen of
note at the entertainments of merriment and pleasure given by
the Princess Lucretia at her beautiful Palace at Murano.
The masterpiece of Italian prose, The Pecorone of Ser Giovanni,
ranks in celebrity with Boccaccio's Decameron. The great
popularity of the Pecorone arose from the fact that the amorous
stories of love, intrigue and adventure therein contained cover
comparatively fresh ground. Shakespeare borrowed Falstaff from
Ser Giovanni, and The Merchant of Venice is founded on the
first novel of the Fourth Day.
134 Facetiae. The Amours and Adventures of the Chevalier de
Faublas, by John Baptiste--Louvet de Couvary. Founded on
historical facts, interspersed with most remarkable narratives.
A faithful reprint of the very rare, literal, unexpurgated
translation of 1822, from the Paris edition of 1821, choicely
printed on antique deckle-edged paper, and delightfully
illustrated with numerous charming plates, etched by Louis
Monzies from drawings by Paul Avril, printed on special paper.
Complete in 4 vols. Newly bound in 3/4 morocco extra, gilt tops
and backs, uncut. Edition strictly limited to 100 sets only.
Privately printed for Societe des Bibliophiles, 1898. =$40.00=
A very fine set of this very curious and facetious work.
A most extraordinary work depicting the free and easy manners
and customs of the Eighteenth Century.
135 Facetiae. The Life of Marianne; or, the Adventures of
the Countess of * * * By M. de Marivaux. Translated from the
Original French. 12mo. New 1/2 polished brown calf extra, gilt
tooled back, with red levant inlays, gilt top, uncut. London,
1736. =$20.00=
Was this history a mere fiction, very likely the form of it
would have been different. Marianne's reflections would be
neither so long nor so frequent. It would contain more facts
and less morality; in short, the author would have indulged
the universal inclination of the present age, which, in books
of this kind, does not relish abundance of arguments and
reflections.
136 Facetiae. The Secret History of Betty Ireland. Copper-plate
frontispiece. 8vo. New 3/4 polished brown calf extra, gilt
tooled back, linen sides. London, n. d. Very scarce. =$12.50=
Read Flanders Moll, the German Princess scan,
Then match our Irish Betty, if you can;
In Wit and Vice she did 'em both excel,
And may be justly call'd a Nonpareil.
137 Facetiae. La Fontaine (J. de). Tales and Novels in Verse.
Unexpurgated Edition. With quaint illustrations. New 3/4 red
morocco, gilt tops and backs. 2 volumes bound in one. Privately
printed. =$5.00=
138 Another copy of the same edition. Bound in original red
cloth, white paper label. =$2.25=
139 Facetiae. The Heptameron. By Margaret, Queen of Navarre.
Illustrated with full-page etchings. New 3/4 red morocco, gilt
top and back. Unexpurgated Edition. 2 volumes bound in one.
Privately printed. =$5.00=
140 Another copy of the same edition. Bound in original red
cloth, white paper label. =$2.25=
141 Facetiae. The Novellino of Masuccio. Now first translated
into English by W. G. Waters. With 11 full-page illustrations
by Hughes. Waters Edition. New 3/4 red morocco, gilt top and
back. Unexpurgated Edition; two volumes bound in one. Privately
printed. =$5.00=
142 Another copy of the same edition. Bound in original red
cloth, white paper label. =$2.25=
143 Facetiae. Rousseau (J. J.) Confession of. Unexpurgated
Edition. With portrait and 20 original etchings by Ed. Hedouin.
New 3/4 red morocco, gilt top and back, 2 volumes bound in one.
Privately printed. =$5.00=
144 Another copy of the same edition. Bound in original red
cloth, white paper label. =$2.25=
145 Facetiae. Rabelais, the Works of. Unexpurgated Edition.
With 10 full-page engravings by Chalon. 3/4 red morocco, gilt
top and back. 2 volumes bound in one. Privately printed.
=$5.00=
146 Another copy of the same edition. Bound in original red
cloth, white paper label. =$2.25=
147 Facetiae. Mademoiselle de Maupin, by Gautier. Unexpurgated
Edition. With full-page etchings by Toudouze. New 3/4 red
morocco, gilt top and back, uncut. 2 volumes bound in one.
Privately printed. =$5.00=
148 Another copy of the same edition. Bound in original red
cloth, white paper label. =$2.25=
149 Facetiae. Plays written by Sir John Vanbrugh. Curious
copper-plates. 2 vols. 12mo. full mottled calf extra, finely
gilt tooled backs. London, 1734. =$10.00=
Very fine copy. Scarce.
Contents: The Relapse, or Virtue in Danger; The Provok'd Wife,
Æsop, The Confederacy, The False Friend, The Mistake, A Journey
to London, The Provok'd Husband.
150 Facetiae. A New Description of Merryland. Containing
a Topographical, Geographical and Natural History of that
Country. Post 8vo. 1/2 cloth, leather label. Bath (1741).
=$10.00=
Of this scarce re-issue only 200 copies have been printed for
private subscription, each numbered.
151 Facetiae. The Monk. A Romance. By M. G. Lewis, 2 vols.
12mo. new half blue morocco, gilt tops, uncut. London, n. d.
=$15.00=
Unabridged reprint of the First Edition.
One of the most remarkable, powerful, and mystical novels ever
written.
152 Facetiae. Musarum Deliciae; or, The Muses' Recreation,
containing several pieces of poetic wit. By Sr. J. M. and
Ja. S., 1656, and Wit Restor'd, in several select poems, not
formally published, 1658. Also, Wits Recreations, selected from
the finest fancies of modern muses, with a thousand outlandish
proverbs, 1640. With all the wood engravings, plates, memoirs,
and notes. 2 vols. 12mo. new half brown levant morocco extra,
gilt tooled backs, gilt tops. London, n. d. =$20.00=
New Edition, with additional notes, Indexes, and a portrait of
Sir John Mennis. Scarce.
153 Facetiae. The Plays, Histories and Novels of the Ingenious
Mrs. Aphra Behn. With Life and Memoirs. Portrait. 6 vols. 8vo.
3/4 crimson levant morocco extra, gilt backs with raised bands,
gilt tops, uncut. London, 1871. =$45.00=
The above Collection of Plays needs no other recommendation
than that they were writ by the incomparable Mrs. A. Behn;
a person whose character is so universally known, and whose
performances have met with such a general applause, that 'tis
needless to bespeak the readers' favor on her behalf.
Contents: The Dutch Lover, The Rover; or, The Banish'd
Cavaliers; The Town Fop, Forc'd Marriage, The False Count, The
Lover's Watch, The Ladies' Looking-Glass to Dress Themselves
By; or, The Whole Art of Charming all Mankind.
This is a literal reprint of the First Edition--unabridged, and
unexpurgated. An exceptionally fine set of this scarce reprint,
of which only a limited number of copies have been printed.
Mrs. Behn devoted herself to intrigue and writing for support;
and, as she had a good person and much conversational talent,
she became fashionable among the men of wit and pleasure of
the time. She published three volumes of poems by Rochester,
Etherege, Crisp, and others, with some poetry of her own; and
wrote seventeen plays, the heartless licentiousness of which
was disgraceful both to her sex and to the age which tolerated
the performance of same.
154 Facetiae. Moore (Thomas). The Poetical Works of the late
Thomas Little. Post 8vo. boards, uncut. London, 1835. =$5.00=
Scarce. Very fine and facetious poems by Tom Moore, published
under a nom de plume.
155 Facetiae. The Plays of Philip Massinger. From the text of
William Gifford. With the addition of the tragedy, "Believe As
You List." Edited by Lt.-Col. Francis Cunningham. 8vo. cloth.
London, n. d. =$5.00=
156 Facetiae. Memoirs of a Coxcomb. By the author of Memoirs of
a Lady of Pleasure. [John Cleland]. 12mo. pp. 251. Half calf,
gilt back. Dublin, 1751. =$25.00=
Very scarce. Fine copy of the First Issue of the First Edition.
A later issue was printed the same year in London, with
omissions.
157 Facetiae. The Satyricon; or, Trebly Voluptuous. By Titus
Petronius Arbiter, Minister of Pleasure to the Emperor Nero.
Unexpurgated. 12mo. New York, 1866. =$5.00=
Scarce. The Satyricon shows more plainly than any other book,
how abominably depraved human nature has become under the
Social System that has been experimented with ever since the
human race begun.
158 Facetiae. A Satyrical Dialogue; or, A Sharplye--Invective
Conference between Alexander the Great and that truly
woman-hater, Diogenes. [By Williams Goddard.] Edited by John
S. Farmer. Small 4to. half leather (broken.) London: Privately
printed for subscribers only, 1897. Very scarce, only one
copy of the original (1615) being known (that in the British
Museum). =$12.50=
Imprinted in the Lowcountryes for all such gentlewomen as are
not altogether idle nor yet well.
To the Vertuous, beauteous; to the all-illustrious and most
puissant creatures of the Earth, Women. William Goddard, sole
desirer of your goddess-like virtues (with all reverence to
your Angelical sex), commends to your protection this unlearned
Dialogue.
159 Facetiae. Boccaccio's Decameron. Faithfully translated by
J. M. Rigg. Exquisitely illustrated by Louis Chalon. 2 vols.
Small 4to. beautifully bound in green rippled silk, uncut.
London: Privately printed. =$22.50=
Edition de Luxe, of which only a limited number were printed
entirely on Japanese vellum paper.
This being the latest and best translation (no passages being
omitted), makes it the most desirable edition, printed in
beautiful clear type.
160 Facetiae. The Comedies of Publius Terentius Afer.
Translated into English, with Introduction, Bibliography and
Brief Notes. The original Latin, with translation on opposite
page. 2 vols. 8vo. boards, vellum back, uncut. Privately
printed for the Roman Society, 1900. =$12.50=
Limited to only 250 numbered copies for distribution amongst
the members of the Roman Society. None of these copies were for
sale.
161 Facetiae. Sophie Arnould: Actress and Wit. By Robert B.
Douglas. With 7 exquisite copper-plate engravings by Adolphe
Lalauze. 8vo. cloth. Paris, 1898. =$10.00=
Edition limited to only 500 copies printed entirely on Japan
paper, issued by Carrington.
The genuine unexpurgated edition.
162 Facetiae. My Uncle Barbassou. By Mario Uchard. Prettily
illustrated with 40 vignette etchings by Paul Avril. Royal 8vo.
original cloth, uncut. London, 1888. =$7.50=
First Issue. Scarce. Published by Vizetelly. Only a limited
number of this most humorous and facetious work were printed.
163 Facetiae. Fables from the Female Sex. By Edward Moore.
16mo. boards. Philadelphia, 1812. =$7.50=
Very scarce. Contents: The Female Seducers, Love and Vanity,
The Farmer and the Colt, The Poet and His Patron, Hymen and
Death, etc.
164 Facetiae. Young Scarron. [By Thomas Mozeen.] 16mo. old calf
(broken.) London, 1750. =$7.50=
The real first issue. Scarce.
165 Facetiae. The Works of Don Francisco de Quevedo.
Translated from the Spanish. With finely engraved copper-plate
frontispieces. 2 vols. 8vo. old mottled calf. Edinburgh, 1798.
=$7.50=
A very fine set of this scarce and curious work of Quevedo.
166 Facetiae. Les Facéties de Pogge. Traduites en Français,
avec le texte Lation. Complete Edition. 2 vols. 12mo. original
wrappers. Paris, 1878. =$12.50=
The scarce little edition published by Isidore Liseux, printed
on hand-made paper. Limited number of copies only.
167 Facetiae (De Couvray, Louvet). Une Anée de la Vie de
Faublas. With full-page colored and many text illustrations by
E. Barcet. Sq. 12mo. half brown morocco. Paris, n. d. =$7.50=
Scarce little volume of the life of Faublas, finely illustrated.
168 Facetiae. The Dramatick Works of George Farquhar. Curious
fine copper-plates. 2 vols. 12mo. contemporary mottled calf
extra, finely gilt tooled backs. London, 1736. =$10.00=
Very fine copy. Scarce.
Contents: Beaux Stratagem, Love and a Bottle, Constant Couple,
Stage-Coach, Recruiting Officer, Sir Henry Wildair, Inconstant,
Twin Rivals.
169 Gautier (Theophile) Complete Works. Unexpurgated Edition.
Translated and Edited by Prof. F. C. de Sumichrast, Department
of French, Harvard University. With an Introduction by the
Editor. With numerous illustrations in two states--one on Japan
vellum, the other on India paper, and one of the frontispieces
finely colored by hand. 24 vols. 8vo. New 3/4 crushed morocco
extra, floreated gilt tooled backs, with red levant inlays,
gilt tops, uncut. Published for subscribers only. New York:
George D. Sproul, 1901.
Published at $360.00. =$175.00=
Edition limited to 300 numbered and registered sets only.
170 Goldsmith (Oliver) Complete Works. Edited by Peter
Cunningham. With numerous photogravure illustrations on Japan
vellum, the frontispieces signed by the artist. Unexpurgated
Edition. 12 vols. original red buckram, paper labels, gilt
tops, uncut. London and New York, 1900. =$50.00=
Wakefield Edition, limited to 500 numbered sets only. The best
and most complete edition of Goldsmith's Writings, printed in
large type on fine paper, finely illustrated, and substantially
bound.
171 Goldsmith (Oliver) Works. Edited by Peter Cunningham. 4
vols. 8vo. New 3/4 morocco extra, Imperial silk sides, gilt
tops and backs. New York: Harper & Bros., 1881. =$16.00=
A very neat set.
172 Goldsmith (Oliver). Miscellaneous Works. With stipple
portrait and quaint illustrations throughout the text. 2 vols.
12mo. New polished 3/4 dark blue calf, full gilt tooled backs,
with brown levant labels, gilt tops, uncut. London, n. d.
=$10.00=
A neat little set of Goldsmith's miscellaneous writings.
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175 Great Operas, The. The Romantic Legends upon which the
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176 Gaskell (Mrs.) Ruth. A novel. By the Author of "Mary
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178 Gay's Poems. Poems on Several Occasions. By John Gay. With
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179 Henry (O.) Complete Writings. Beautifully printed,
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187 Hemans (Felicia). Songs of the Affections. Prettily
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191 Johnson (Samuel) Complete Works. With 48 photogravure
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194 Kipling (Rudyard). From Sea to Sea. Letters of Travel. 2
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195 Lever (Charles). Complete Novels. With an Introduction
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196 Lever (Charles). Maxims of Sir Morgan O'Doherty. Bart.
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197 Love Tales. German Love Tales. 16mo. half olive morocco,
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202 London (Jack). White Fang. Illustrated. 12mo. original
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203 Longfellow (H. W.) Christmas: A Mystery. First Edition.
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204 Leech Illustrations. Smith (Albert). The Wassail-Bowl.
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207 Le Gallienne (Richard). The Book Bills of Narcissus.
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209 Macaulay (Lord) Complete Works. With fine full-page
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211 Milton (John). Prose and Poems. Complete Works, with a Life
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214 Maupassant (Guy de) Complete Works. Embracing Romance,
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216 Moths and Butterflies of the United States; East of
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217 Minor Poems. The Works of Celebrated Authors, of whose
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220 Napoleon. Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte. By De Bourrienne.
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221 Naples Museum, Specimen from. 165 plates engraved on copper
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222 New York City. Francis (John W.). Old New York; or,
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223 Oriental Series. Comprising--RUSSIA, 3 vols., by Sir Donald
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224 Oriental Tales. Translated into English Verse. By J.
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225 Ovid's Metamorphoses. Translated by the most Eminent Hands.
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226 Pugilism. Fistiana; or, The Oracle of the Ring. Comprising
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226A Pugilism. Boxiana; or, Sketches of Ancient and Modern
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227 Pepys (Samuel). Diary and Correspondence of Samuel Pepys,
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Transcribed from the Shorthand Manuscript in the Pepysian
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228 Pope (Alexander). Works, with Memoir of the Author, Notes
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229 Poe (Edgar Allan) Complete Works. With etched portrait and
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230 Pickering's Aldine Poets. The Poetical Works of Thomas
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231 Peerage. The Manual of Rank and Nobility; or, Key to the
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232 Psyche, with Other Poems. With fine stipple portrait. New
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233 Queens of England. Strickland (Agnes). Lives of the Queens
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234 Reynolds (George W. M.). The Mysteries of the Courts of
London. Unexpurgated Edition. With numerous etchings on Japan
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gilt tooled backs, gilt tops, uncut. New York.
Published at $100.00. =$60.00=
An excellent edition, printed in clear type on hand-made paper.
236 Richardson (Samuel) Complete Works. With a Life of
the Author, by William Lyon Phelps. Comprising: Pamela;
Clarissa Harlowe, and The History of Sir Charles Grandison.
Unexpurgated Edition. With numerous illustrations finely
printed on Japan vellum. 18 vols. 8vo. cloth, Japan paper
labels, gilt tops, uncut. New York: Croscup & Sterling, 1901.
Published at $95.00. =$30.00=
Edition de Luxe, limited to 1,230 numbered and registered sets
for subscribers only. This is the best edition of Richardson's
unexpurgated writings, splendidly printed on large paper, and
finely illustrated.
237 Ruskin (John) Complete Works. With numerous illustrations
on Japan vellum, some finely printed in colors. 26 vols. 8vo.
New 3/4 dark blue levant morocco extra, gilt backs, with raised
bands, gilt tops, uncut. New York: Bryan & Taylor, 1904.
=$125.00=
Edition de Luxe, limited to 750 numbered sets, printed on Large
Paper.
The best and most complete edition issued of the greatest
writer on nature, art, and architecture that ever lived.
238 Riley (James Whitcomb) Complete Writings. With portrait and
many photogravure illustrations finely printed on Japan vellum.
14 vols. Post 8vo. New 3/4 dark green morocco, gilt tops and
backs, uncut. New York: Scribners & Sons, 1906. =$49.00=
Homestead Edition, of which only a limited number of sets were
issued. These are the complete writings of Riley compiled and
gathered by the author himself.
239 Scott (Sir Walter). Waverly Novels. With Introductory Essay
and Essay, by Andrew Lang. With numerous exquisite etchings and
photogravures finely printed on Japan vellum. 54 vols. 8vo. New
3/4 blue levant morocco extra, gilt tooled backs with raised
bands, gilt tops, uncut. Boston: Dana Estes, 1900.
Published at $405.00. =$250.00=
New Abbotsford Edition, limited to 1,000 numbered sets, printed
on laid deckle-edged paper for subscribers only.
An exceptionally well printed set in a most appropriate binding.
240 Scott (Sir Walter). Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border;
consisting of Historical and Romantic Ballads, collected in the
Southern Countries of Scotland; with a few of modern date, 8vo.
half contemporary calf, gilt. Edinburgh, 1806. =$7.50=
Very fine copy of the third and best edition. From the library
of Robert Tindal with his book-plate.
241 Sumner (Charles) Complete Works. Edited by George F. Hoar.
Illustrated with 21 photogravures and steel engraved portraits,
finely printed on Japan vellum. 20 vols. 8vo. red buckram,
Japan paper labels, gilt tops, uncut. Boston: Lee & Shepard,
1900.
Published at $70.00. =$30.00=
Statesman Edition, printed on water-marked deckle-edged paper,
and limited to 1,000 numbered sets only.
A fine large type edition.
242 Smollett (Tobias) Complete Works. With the Author's
Preface, and an Introduction by G.H. Maynadier. Unexpurgated
Edition. Illustrated with many fine etchings in two states--one
set on Japan vellum, the other on India paper, with one set of
frontispieces finely colored by hand. 12 vols. 8vo. New 3/4
crushed levant morocco extra, gilt tooled backs with red levant
inlays, gilt tops, uncut. New York: George D. Sproul, 1902.
=$110.00=
Edition limited to 150 numbered and registered sets, finely
printed on Holland paper for subscribers only.
An exceptionally well printed edition on large paper and with
early impressions of the beautiful illustrations.
243 Smollett (Tobias) Complete Works. Edited by George
Saintsbury. Unexpurgated Edition. Illustrated with portrait and
many fine photogravures printed on Japan vellum. 12 vols. 12mo.
New 3/4 polished light brown calf extra, gilt tooled backs,
with purple and green levant labels, gilt tops, uncut. London:
Gibbings & Co., 1895. =$39.50=
An exceptionally well printed handy volume edition, in a neat
binding.
244 Smollett (Tobias) Complete Works. With the Author's
preface, and an Introduction by W. E. Henley. With photogravure
illustrations on Japan vellum, of which the frontispieces are
colored by hand. 12 vols. 8vo. half red leather, gilt tops and
backs, uncut. New York: Jenson Society, 1907. =$35.00=
Unexpurgated Edition, limited to 1,000 numbered and registered
sets.
245 Secret Memoirs of the Courts of Europe, from the 16th
to the 19th Century. Contains: Two Kaisers: William II. of
Germany, Francis Joseph of Austria-Hungary. By the Marquise
de Fontenoy, 2 vols.; The Secret Memoirs of the Court of
St. Petersburg, particularly toward the end of the reign of
Catharine II. and the commencement of that of Paul I., 1 vol.;
Memoirs of the Court of Marie Antoinette, Queen of France. By
Madame Campan, 2 vols.; Original Memoirs of the Sovereigns of
Sweden and Denmark. By John Brown. 2 vols.; Memoirs of Madame
la Marquise de Montespan, 2 vols.; Memoirs of Margaret de
Valois, Queen of Navarre, containing the Secret History of
the Court of France for seventeen years, viz.: from 1565 to
1582, during the Reigns of Charles IX. and Henry III., 1 vol.
With many photogravure illustrations after nature, designs,
paintings, and portraits. 10 vols. 8vo. watered silk finish
cloth, gilt tops, uncut. Philadelphia: Barrie & Sons. Privately
printed for subscribers only.
Published Price $150.00. =Our Special Price $45.00=
This is an unexpurgated edition of the only authentic Memoirs
of the Courts of Europe published--many of the most startling
and facetious passages having been omitted from all other
editions.
246 Sue (Eugene) The Works of. Illustrated with original
full-page etchings printed on Japan vellum. Unexpurgated
Edition. 20 vols. 8vo. 3/4 maroon levant morocco extra, cloth
sides, finely gilt tooled backs with red levant inlays, gilt
tops, uncut. London and New York. =$95.00=
Annecy Edition, of which only a limited number of sets were
issued with remarque proofs of the beautiful etchings.
247 Symonds (John Addington). Wine, Woman and Song: Medieval
Latin Students' Songs, now first translated into English Verse
with an Essay. Woodcut illustrations. Post 8vo. cloth, uncut.
New York and London, 1907. =$3.00=
Second Edition, with an appendix. Fine copy.
248 Smith (Albert). The Struggles and Adventures of Christopher
Tadpole. With 26 full-page etchings by John Leech. 8vo. cloth,
uncut. London, 1897. =$5.00=
First Edition. Contains a biographical sketch of the author by
Edmund Yates.
249 Stockton (Frank R.) Stories of New Jersey. 12mo. original
cloth. New York, etc. =$1.50=
First Edition.
250 Songster. Grigg's Southern and Western Songster. Being a
Choice Collection of the most Fashionable Songs, many of which
are original. 16mo. old sprinkled calf. Philadelphia, 1829.
=$3.50=
New Edition, greatly enlarged.
251 Spenser (Edmund) Poetical Works. With Memoir and Critical
Dissertations, by George Gilfillan, 5 vols. 8vo. New 3/4 red
levant morocco extra, gilt backs, with raised bands, gilt tops,
Edinburgh: James Nichol, 1859. =$15.00=
A very neat set of Spenser's complete Poetical Works.
252 Tatler, The. Edited with Introduction and notes by George
A. Aitkin. Contains fine portraits from contemporary prints of
Addison, Steele, and Swift. 8vo. New 3/4 red levant morocco,
gilt tooled backs, Morris paper sides, gilt tops, uncut. New
York and London, 1899. 4 vols. =$18.00=
Large type and large paper edition in a handsome binding.
Limited number of sets only have been printed.
253 Tennyson (Alfred, Lord) Works. With a Preface by Elizabeth
L. Cary. Illustrated in photogravure from original designs by
F.S. Coburn and Gustave Doré. 8 vol. 8vo. blue buckram, gilt
backs, tops gilt, uncut. New York and London: G.P. Putnam's
Sons, 1909. =$20.00=
Centenary Edition, limited to 1,000 signed and numbered sets,
printed in large type on hand-made paper.
254 Thackeray (W. M.) Complete Works. Many illustrations by the
author and others. 24 vols. 3/4 crushed blue levant morocco
extra, gilt tooled backs, floreated designs with red levant
inlays, gilt tops, uncut. London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1869.
=$150.00=
This edition has originally been issued in 22 vols., but
2 vols. of the Life of Thackeray have been subsequently
added--making this the most complete set in existence. A
splendid copy of the best edition.
255 Tennyson (Alfred). Gareth and Lynette. Illustrated. 12mo.
original cloth. Boston, 1872. =$4.00=
First Edition. Scarce.
256 Tennyson (Alfred). The Song of the Brook. With 15 full-page
photogravures, after original drawings by William J. Mozart.
4to. cloth. Troy, N.Y. (1886). =$2.00=
257 Timbs (John). The Romance of London. Historic Sketches,
Remarkable Duels, Notorious Highwaymen, Rogueries, Crimes,
Punishments, and Love and Marriage. 12mo. half calf. London, n.
d. =$2.50=
258 Tomson (Graham R.). The Bird-Bride. A Volume of Ballads and
Sonnets. Post 8vo. original cloth, uncut. London, 1889. =$3.50=
First Edition, of which only a limited number were printed on
Holland paper.
259 Thackerayana. Notes and Anecdotes. Illustrated by hundreds
of sketches (many full-page colored plates) by William
Makepeace Thackeray. Depicting humorous incidents in his school
life, etc. 8vo. half red levant morocco extra, gilt paneled
back, gilt top. London, 1875. =$7.50=
The rare first edition (which was suppressed on account of the
copyright matter it contained.) A rare Thackeray item.
260 Taine (H. A.). History of English Literature. Translated
from the French by H. Van Laun. With preface by R.H. Stoddard.
Illustrated with fine steel engravings. 4 vols. New 3/4 maroon
morocco extra, linen sides, gilt tops and backs, uncut. New
York: Worthington Co., 1891. =$12.00=
Fine large type edition.
261 Tolstóy (Leo N.). The Living Corpse. A Drama in Six Acts
and Twelve Tableaux. Translated from the Russian by Anna M.
Evarts. 12mo. cloth. New York, 1919. =$1.00=
It is Tolstóy's protest against the absurdity of certain
marriage and divorce laws which he shows up with masterly
satire.
261A Tolstóy (Leo N.). Complete writings. Translated from
the original Russian and edited by Leo Wiener. With numerous
illustrations finely printed on Japan vellum. 28 vols, 8vo.,
red cloth, Japan paper labels, gilt tops, uncut. Boston: Dana
Estes (1904). =$75.00=
Edition de Luxe, limited 1,000 numbered sets. This is the most
complete edition issued, printed in large type on special
hand-made paper for subscribers only.
261B Another copy. Bound in new three-quarter levant morocco,
extra, gilt tooled backs, gilt tops, uncut. Boston: Dana Estes
(1904). Published at $240.00. =$145.00=
Edition de Luxe, limited to 1,000 numbered sets, issued to
subscribers only.
A magnificent set in a most sumptuous binding.
262 Valpy's Shakespeare. The Plays and Poems of Shakespeare,
according to the Imperial Text of Edmund Malone, including the
latest revisions, with a Life, Glossarial Notes, and Index.
Edited by A. J. Valpy. With 170 exquisite outline illustrations
from designs by England's best artists. 15 vols. 12mo. full
crushed blue levant morocco extra, gilt paneled backs, with
raised bands, inside gilt borders, original marbled edges.
London: Bohn, 1857. =$65.00=
This edition, edited by Valpy and improved by Malone, is the
best of the handy volume edition published. The illustrations
are magnificent and drawn with great skill and exactness.
263 Verne (Jules) Complete Works. Edited by Charles F. Horne.
With many full-page illustrations printed on laid paper, and
five of the photogravures are finely colored by hand. 15 vols.
8vo. New 3/4 light blue levant morocco extra, full gilt tooled
backs, gilt tops, uncut. New York and London: Vincent Parke &
Co., 1911. =$90.00=
Limited Edition de Luxe, printed in large type on water-marked
paper especially for this edition.
These are the complete unexpurgated writings of Jules Verne.
264 Another Copy of this work. Prince of Wales Edition. With
very fine illustrations, some hand-colored. Original red
buckram, gilt stamped backs, gilt tops, uncut. New York and
London: Vincent Parke & Co.
Published at $60.00. =$30.00=
265 Voltaire (Francois) Complete Works. Translated by Wm.
Fleming, with Introduction by O. H. G. Leigh, and Notes by
Tobias Smollet. Also, a critique and biography by John Morley.
Finely illustrated with 132 colored and black and white
drawings on plate paper. 22 vols. 8vo. red interlaken cloth,
gilt tops, uncut.
Published at $64.00. =$24.00=
266 Walford (Edward). Tales of Our Great Families. 2 vols. Post
8vo. 1/2 blue levant morocco extra, gilt tooled backs, gilt
tops. London, 1877. =$7.50=
First Edition, fine copy.
Contents: The Two Fair Gunnings; The Three Miss Walpoles; The
Bad Lord Stourton; The Witty Duke of Wharton; An Eccentric
Lady, etc., etc.
267 Walford (Edward). Chapters from Family Chests. 2 vols. Post
8vo. 1/2 red levant morocco extra, raised bands, gilt tops,
uncut. London, 1887. =$7.50=
First Edition. Very fine uncut copy.
Contents: The Bad Lord Byron; The Escape of Lady Ogilvy; A
Romance of the House of Audley; An Incident in the House of
Montgomery; Bess of Hardwicke; Three Very Fair Seymours, etc.
268 Curiosa. The Case of the Unfortunate Bosavern Penlez.
London. Printed for T. Clement, 1749. Bound in same volume.
A True State of the Case of Bosavern Penlez, who suffered
on account of the late Riot in the Strand, in which the Law
regarding these Offences, and the Statute of George the First,
commonly called the Riot Act, are fully considered. By Henry
Fielding. First Edition. Post 8vo., boards, green leather back.
London: printed for A. Miller, 1749. =$10.00=
A scarce Fielding item, in very fine condition.
269 Curiosa. Henry the Eighth, and George the Fourth; or,
the Case Fairly Stated. By Thomas Harral. Second Edition,
with additions. Frontispiece containing four finely engraved
portraits. 12mo., old half calf, board sides. London, 1820.
Scarce. =$7.50=
Contents: Strictures, historical and illustrative, on the
English Law of Divorce; with a General View of the Modes of
Adultery in the Ecclesiastical Courts, etc.; Historical Sketch
of the Trials of Henry the Eighth's Queens--Catharine of
Arragon, Anne Boleyn and Catharine Howard; Narrative of the
Proceedings Against Her Majesty, Caroline Amelia Elizabeth,
whilst Princess of Wales, etc., etc.
270 Johnson (Samuel). The Life of. Comprehending an Account of
his Studies and Numerous Works. By James Boswell. Illustrated.
4 vols. Johnson's Lives of the British Poets. Compiled by
William Hazlitt. Illustrated. 4 vols. The Journal of a Tour
to the Hebrides with Samuel Johnson. By James Boswell.
Illustrated. Together 9 vols. Post 8vo., half blue polished
calf, leather labels, gilt tops, uncut. London, n. d. =$20.00=
A well printed handy edition of the Life of Johnson, and his
Lives of the British Poets, including his Tour to the Hebrides.
271 Apuleius, the Works of. Comprising the Metamorphoses, or
Golden Ass, the God of Socrates, the Florida, and his Defence,
or a Discourse on Magic. A new translation, to which are added
a Metrical Version of Cupid and Psyche, and Mrs. Tighe's
Psyche. Finely engraved frontispiece. 12mo. New three-quarter
red levant morocco extra, gilt tooled back, gilt top. London,
1889. =$7.50=
An expurgated edition with additional notes.
272 A'Beckett (G. A.). The Comic History of England. With
20-full-page hand-colored etchings and 200 woodcuts, by John
Leech. 2 vols. bound in one. 8vo., full polished claret calf
extra, full gilt-back (slightly rubbed), marbled edges. London:
Bradbury, Agnew & Co., n. d. =$10.00=
An exceptionally fine copy with early impressions of Leech's
best work--finely colored by hand.
273 Carlyle (Thomas). A History of the First Forty Years of His
Life, 1795-1835. 2 vols. Also, A History of his Life in London.
1834-1881. 2 vols. Portrait. By James Anthony Froude. Together
4 vols. 8vo., original cloth. New York: Scribners, 1882-84.
=$7.50=
This is scarce First American Edition.
274 Homer. The Iliad of. Translated by Alexander Pope. With
Observations on Homer and His Works, and Brief Notes, by J. S.
Watson. With portrait and complete series of outline engravings
by Flaxman. Thick 12mo. New three-quarter maroon morocco extra,
gilt tooled back, gilt top, uncut. London, 1873. =$6.00=
A fine printed edition with clear impressions of Flaxman's
designs.
275 London. Saunterings in and About London. By Max
Schlesinger. With numerous illustrations by McCullough. Post
8vo. Half blue polished calf, leather labels, gilt tops, uncut.
London, 1853. =$3.50=
276 London. Picturesque Sketches of London, Past and Present.
By Thomas Miller. Numerous illustrations. Post 8vo. Half green
polished calf, leather labels, gilt top, uncut. London, n. d.
=$3.50=
277 Myths and Folk-tales, of the Russians, Western Slavs, and
Magyars. By Jeremiah Curtin. 8vo., original cloth, uncut.
Boston, 1890. =$3.00=
Fine copy of the First Edition.
278 Ruskin (John). Poems by. Collected and edited by James
Osborne Wright. With finely etched frontispiece. Royal 8vo.,
original cloth, uncut. N. Y., 1882. =$5.00=
With Mr. Wright's inscription, "Only 50 copies printed."
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