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FALL 2013 CATALOGUE XXXIII
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A Fine Selection of Single Volumes and Smaller Sets
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1. ADDISON, oseph Esq.
5. AMERICANA
The Works. With A Complete IndeE.
Pub: Birmingham: John Basker>ille. 1761.
$3,500
4 vols. Bound in full contemporary calf, spines neatly rebacked,
gilt panels, red labels with full page illustrations. Quartos.
The Voyages of The English Nation To America Before the Year 1600
From Hakluyt s Collection of Voyages (1598 1600).
Pub: Edinburgh: E and G. Goldsmid. 1889.
$1,200
4 vols. Edited by Edmund Goldsmid. Bound in ¾ green
morocco, marbled boards, top edge gilt, raised bands, gilt
panels.
2. AIRY, Osmund
Charles II.
Pub: Edinburgh: Goupil and Co. 1901.
$1,500
1 vol. Ltd to 300 copies, this is # 35, printed on Japanese
Vellum, colored frontispiece, plates in two states. Bound in
full blue morocco, top edge gilt, raised bands, gilt on covers
and spine, folio.
6. ANON
Is Russia Wrong A Series of Letters By A Russian Lady. With a
Preface by J. A. Froude.
Pub: London: Hodder and Stoughton. 1872.
$375
1 vol. Bound in ¾ brown morocco, top edge gilt, raised
bands.
3. ALISON, Archi-ald
History of Europe From the Commencement of the French
Revolution to the Restoration of the Bourbons in 1815.
Pub: London: William Blackwood and Sons. 1849. $6,500
24 vols. Bound in full tan polished calf, marbled edges,
raised bands, ornate gilt on spines, red and green labels.
With portraits includes The Scarce Atlas with Hand – Colored
Maps. Handsome set.
4. ALLINGHAM, Helen
Happy England. With Memoir and Descriptions by Marcus B. Huish.
Pub: London: Adam and Charles Black. 1903.
$1,500
1 vol. Illustrated with 81 color plates. Bound in ¾ tan
morocco with onlay on spine by Bayntun, marbled board, all
edges gilt, raised bands. First Edition.
#15 | 14 Volumes | ANON The Spectator.
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7. ANON
The Book of Common Prayer together With The Psalms of David.
Pub: Cambridge: Bell and alby. 1862.
$750
1 Bound in full red morocco, all edges gilt, raised bands,
with gold claps.
8. ANON
The Book of Common Prayer With The Psalms of David.
Pub: !@ford: 'ni>ersity Press. 1862.
$750
1 vol. Bound in full tan morocco with bone covers, raised
bands, gauffered edges with gold claps.
#3 | 24 Volumes | ALISON, Archi-ald
History of Europe From the Commencement of the French Revolution to the Restoration of the Bourbons in 1815.
9. ANON
12. ANON
Book of Common Prayer and Hymns Ancient and Modern.
Pub: London: George E. Eyre and Wm. Clowes and Sons
Ltd. n.d.. Circa. 1880 s.
$1,500
2 vols. Bound in full vellum and hand – painted with red
flowers by Birdsall, all edges gilt, in a leather slipcase.
Christmas With the Poets. A Collection of Songs, Carols, and
Descriptive Verses, Relating to the Festival of Christmas, From
the Anglo – Norman Period to the Present Time.
Pub: London: Bell and aldy. 1862.
$1,200
1 vol. Publisher’s De Luxe Binding. Embellished with fiftythree tinted illustrations by Birket Foster and with initial
letters and other ornaments. Half-title. Pictorial chromo
title, text gilt bordered and decorated, numerous text illus.,
publisher’s stout red morocco binding, both covers with
recessed oval compartment with beige morocco underlay
and gilt holly, and red berries; both covers with double gilt
fillet border, with large oak sprig corner ornaments with
acorns in gilt, spine with raised bands ruled in gilt and
blind, floral sprigs in compartments, covers and spine gilt
lettered, all edges gilt. Printed by Edmund Evans, and a
very good example. Although the title itself is not
uncommon, the Bell and Daldy deluxe version is very hard
to find.
10. ANON
The Thoughts of The Emperor Marcus Aurelius.
Pub: London: George Bell and Sons. 1890.
$550
1 vol. Reprinted from the revised translation of George Long.
“Large Paper Edition” Ltd to 100 copies, this is # 48. Bound
in full brown morocco by Morrell, top edge gilt, raised bands.
11. ANON
The Book of Common Prayer.
Pub: London: George Eyre. 1820.
$1,800
1 vol. Adminstration of the Sacraments and other Rites,
Ceremonies of the Church according to the use of the United
Church of England and Ireland. Together with the Psalter or
Psalms of David. Bound in full black morocco, all edges gilt,
raised bands, ornate gilt on covers and spines.
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13. ANON
The Drama Its History, Literature, and Influence on CiviliGation.
Pub: London: The Athenian Society. 1903.
$6,500
20 vols. Edited by Alfred Bates. “Euripdes Edition” Ltd. to 75
sets, this is # 18. Bound in full blue morocco, top edge gilt,
ornate gilt on covers and spines, raised bands, plates in two
states. Titles included: America, England, Russia, Germany,
Greece and Rome, Oriental etc.
14. ANON
The Holy Bible Containing The Old And New Testament.
Pub: London: Charles Bill. 1703.
$3,500
1 vol. Bound in full red morocco, raised bands, ornate gilt
on spine and covers, gauffered edges.
craftsmen of the late 18th century; in fact, Maggs catalogue
966 states flatly that “he was considered during his day to
be the finest binder in the world.” He came to London from
Germany, along with several countrymen, in order to fill the
need generated by the gentlemanly English fashion of
forming large libraries filled with sumptuous binding,
working at first for the well-respected Baumgarten and then
succeeding him in 1781. One of his binding works priced at
the unheard of sum of 30 guineas, and its reputation
became such that George III insisted upon seeing it.
Moreover, apparently because of the publicity surrounding
his work, the Czarina made persistent efforts to induce
Kalthoeber to come to St. Petersburg.) A fine set.
16. ANON
15. ANON
The Spectator.
Pub: London: H. Baldwin.1797.
$12,500
14 vols. 8 volumes included Spectator, 4 vols.Tatler and 2
vols. The Guardian. Exquisitely bound in full red straight grain
morocco by The Kalthoeber Bindery, all edges gilt, raised
bands, ornate gilt on spines and covers, green labels. Each
volume has the binder label in the inside cover. (Christan
Kalthoeber, was considered to be one of the very finest
#6, #9, #12, #25 | Boo6 o1 Common Prayer, Holy Bi-le
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History of All Nations. “Armorial Edition”.
Pub: Philadelphia and New York: Lea Brothers and
Co. 1902.
$12,500
24 vols. This is # 7 of a printing of 90 sets. Bound in full olive
green calf, top edge gilt, raised bands, gilt panels, suede and
silk doublers, front covers with colored Armorial Crest.
Profusely illustrated in color, black and white 4to’s. Titles
included: Republican Rome, The Age of the Renaissance,
Ancient Greece, The Napoleonic Empire, The French
Revolution, Restoration and Revolution, Middle Ages, Egypt,
Asia, etc. Translated by John H. Wright. An Amazing Set.
17. ARNOLD, Thomas
History of Rome.
Pub: London: T. Fellowes. 1857.
$750
3 vols. Bound in ¾ tan calf, marbled boards and edges,
raised bands, gilt panels.
23. BEATTIE, William
SwitGerland.
Pub: London: George (irtue. 1836.
$2,500
2 vols. Illustrated in a series of views taken espressly for
this work by W. H. Bartlett, Esq. Bound in full wine morocco,
all edges gilt, raised bands, ornate gilt on covers and spines,
quartos.
24. BIBLE
18. AUSTEN, ane
The Complete Works.
Pub: Boston and New York: Colonial Press Co. n.d.
Circa. 1898.
$6,500
12 vols. With colored illustrations by Brock. Bound in ¾
autumn leaf levant, marbled boards, top edge gilt, raised
bands, gilt panels. Beautiful set.
The Pictorial Bible of John Kitto.
Pub: London: W and $. Chambers. n.d. Circa. 1800 s. $1,750
4 vols. Being the Old and New Testaments. Illustrated with
steel engravings and many hundreds of woodcuts.
Handsomely bound in full brown morocco, all edges gilt,
raised bands. Quartos.
25. BIBLE
19. AUSTEN, ane
Novels.
Pub: London: $ichard Bentley. 1853.
$3,500
5 vols. Bound in full tn calf, raised bands, gilt panels.
Frontispiece.
The Holy Bible Containing the Old and New Testaments.
Pub: !@ford: The 'ni>ersity Press. 1855.
$750
1 vol. Bound in full brown morocco, gauffered edges, raised
bands, blind tooling.
26. BLEW, C. A. William
20. AUSTIN, Al1red
In Veronica s Garden.
Pub: London: MacMillan and Co. 1897.
$250
1 vol. With illustrations. Bound in ¾ green calf, top edge gilt,
raised bands, ornate gilt on spines.
A History Of Steeple – Chasing.
Pub: London: John C. Nimmo. 1901.
$4,500
1 vol. With 28 illustrations chiefly drawn by Henry Alken. 12
of which are coloured by hand. Bound in full red morocco
with a multi-colored inlay by Bayntun, all edges gilt, raised
bands, gilt panels.
21. AUSTIN, Al1red
The Garden That Love.
$250
1 vol. Illustrated. Bound in ¾ green calf, top edge gilt, raised
bands, ornate gilt on spines.
22. BAL+AC, DE Honore
Works. Translated into English by Various Translators.“Edition
Definitive”.
Pub: Philadelphia: George Barrie. 1895.
$9,500
53 vols. Limited to 1000 copies, this is # 145 printed on
Japaneses Vellum. Illustrated. Bound in full blue morocco,
top edge gilt, raised bands, gilt panels.
27. BOCCACCIO, Giovanni
The Decameron. Translated by J. M. Rigg.
Pub: London: Na>arre Society. n.d. Circa. 1900.
$950
2 vols. Illustrated with 15 photogravures by Louis Chalon.
Bound in full blue calf by Riviere, all edges gilt, raised bands,
gilt panels.
28. BOSWELL, ames
The Life Of Samuel Johnson. Comprehending An Account of His
Studies and Numerous Works in Chronological Order.
Pub: London: Henry Baldwin. 1791.
$11,000
2 vols. Bound in full tan polished calf, all edges gilt, raised
bands, gilt panels, frontispiece. 2nd Issue.
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29. BOWES, James L.
32. BRONTE, Emily
Japanese Pottery with Notes Describing the Thoughts and Subjects
Employed in its Decoration and Illustrations from Examples in the
Bowes Collection.
Pub: Liverpool: Edward Howell. 1890.
$950
1 vol. Bound in ¾ green morocco, marbled boards, top edge
gilt, raised bands, gilt panels. Quartos.
Wuthering Heights.
Pub: London: George G. Harrap and Co. 1924.
$1,200
1 vol. Illustrated in color by Percy Tarrant. Bound in ¾ red
calf by Sangorski and Sutcliffe, marbled boards, top edge
gilt, raised bands, gilt panels.
33. BROWN, William R.
30. BRONTE, ANNE, CHARLOTTE
Works and Life.
Pub: Edinburgh: John Grant. 1905.
$6,500
12 vols. Bound in ¾ blue morocco by Birdsall, top edge gilt,
raised bands, gilt panels. Illustrated. “Thornton Edition”.
The Horse of the Desert.
Pub: New York: the Derrydale Press. 1929.
$4,500
1 vol. Rebound in full blue morocco, all edges gilt, gilt panels.
Colored frontispiece and other illustrations. Limited to 750
copies. Folio. First Edition.
31. BRONTE, ANNE, CHARLOTTE
34. BROWNE, John
Works and Life.
Pub: London: Smith, Elder and Co. 1861.
$2,500
7 vols. Bound in ¾ red morocco, marbled boards and edges,
The History of The Metropolitan Church of St. Peter, York.
Pub: London: Longman and Co. 1847.
$2,500
2 vols. Illustrated by Extracts from authentic records, by
plans, sections and engravings of architectural and
sculptural details. Bound in full red morocco, all edges gilt,
raised bands, ornate gilt on covers and spines, folios.
#28 | 2 Volumes | BOSWELL, James. The Life Of Samuel Johnson.
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#48 | 12 Volumes | BURNS, Ro-ert. Works.
35. BROWNING, E. B.
39. BRYANT, aco- Esq.
Sonnets from The Portuguese.
Pub: New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Co. 1936.
$475
1 vol. With colored illustrations by Willy Pogany. Bound in ¾
red calf, marbled boards, top edge gilt.
A New System or An Analysis of Ancient Mythology.
Pub: London: J. Walker. 1807.
$1,800
6 vols. With forty – one plates, neatly engraved. Bound in
full tan polished calf, raised bands, gilt panels.
36. BROWNING, E. B.
40. BRYANT, William C.
Love Sonnets.
Pub: London: A. L. Humphreys. 1911.
$275
1 vol. Bound in full red calf, all edges gilt, raised bands.
Pictures>ue America or The Land We Live In.
Pub: New York: . Appleton and Co. 1872.
$2,500
2 vols. A delineation by pen and pencil of the Mountains,
Rivers, Lakes, Forest, Water – Falls, etc. With illustrations on
steel and wood by Eminent American Artists. Bound in full
brown morocco, all edges gilt, raised bands, ornate gilt on
spines and covers. Large quartos (some minor foxing and
stains) overall very good condition.
37. BROWNING, E. B.
The Poetical Works.
$750
5 vols. Bound in ¾ red morocco, marbled boards and edges,
raised bands, gilt panel.
41. BUCHAN, ohn
38. BROWNING, Ro-ert
The Poetical Works. With Portraits.
Pub: London: Smith Elder and Co. 1897.
$750
2 vols. Bound in ¾ red calf by Zaehnsdorf, top edge gilt,
raised bands, ornate gilt on spines.
A History Of The Great War. “Autograph Edition”.
Pub: Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin
Co. 1922.
$3,500
8 vols. Limited to 500 signed and numbered sets, volume
one contains an original manuscript. Bound in ¾ red
morocco, top edge gilt, raised bands, gilt panels, illustrated.
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42. BUNYAN, ohn
46. BUNYAN, ohn
The Pilgrim s Progress.
Pub: London: L. & G. Seeley. 1840.
$6,500
1 vol. Bound in full blue morocco with an oval portrait
miniature on Ivory of Bunyan on front cover by Bayntun, all
edges gilt, raised bands, ornate gilt on spine and covers, silk
doublers, hand-colored plates. Cosway style binding.
Pub: London: George Newnes Ltd. 1901.
$2,500
1 vol. Printed on Japanese vellum Ltd. to 25 copies,
illustrated and signed by Edmund J. Sullivan. Bound in full
tan calf with 2 watercolors on vellum on front cover by
Cedric Chivers, top edge gilt, blind tooling on spine and
covers.
43. BUNYAN, ohn
Pub: London: George $outledge and Sons. n.d.
Circa. 1900.
$1,200
1 vol. With fourteen etchings by William Strong. Bound in full
blue morocco by Riviere, top edge gilt, raised bands, ornate
floral gilt on covers and spine. Handsome copy.
47. BURNETT, Frances. H.
44. BUNYAN, ohn
48. BURNS, Ro-ert
Pub: London: T. C. and E. C. Jack. n.d. Circa. 1900.
$750
1 vol. With colored plates. Bound in full red calf by Sotherans,
all edges gilt, raised bands, ornate gilt on spines.
Works.
Pub: Edinburgh: William Paterson. 1877.
$12,500
12 vols. Engraved plates throughout, mainly 19th century,
frontispiece hand-colored, bound in full green morocco.
Green cover with double gilt rule around, gilt thistle border,
spine in 6 compartments, 2 of which are gilt lettered, the
others with gilt thistle decoration, doublures with stressed
brown morocco panels, front doublures centered with a
watercolor depicting Robert Burns’s home, tan morie silk
free endpapers, all edges gilt. An Excellent Set.
45. BUNYAN, ohn
The Whole Works.
Pub: London: Blackie and Son. n.d. Circa. 1862.
$1,500
3 vols. With numerous engravings. Bound in full blue calf,
all edges gilt, ornate gilt on covers and spines. 4to’s.
#49 | 17 Volumes | BURTON, Richard. Arabian Nights.
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The Secret Garden.
Pub: London: William Heinemann. 1911.
$2,500
1 vol. Illustrated by Charles Robinson. Rebound in full green
morocco, all edges gilt, raised bands, gilt panels. First
Edition.
#58 | 2 Volumes | CARROLL, Lewis. Alice In Wonderland and Through The Looking Glass
49. BURTON, Richard Francis, Sir.
53. BYRON, Lord
Arabian Nights.
Pub: London: the Burton Club. n.d. Circa. 1900.
$9,500
17 vols. Bound in full deep purple morocco, covers with
heavy gilt panels, centered with crimson morocco onlay 16petal flower, spine gilt, doublures with dark green panels
centered on front doublures with gilt and silver and red
morocco onlay armorial bearing (of Burton?), blue moiré silk
free endpapers, all edges gilt. An Excellent Set.
Don Juan.
Pub: London: John Lane The Bodley Head Ltd. 1927. $450
1 vol. With 93 illustrations and decorations by John Austen.
Bound in ¾ purple morocco, top edge gilt, gilt panels.
50. BURTON, Sir. Richard
Arabian Nights.
Pub: Burton Club. n.d. Circa. 1900.
$6,500
17 vols. Illustrated. “Benares Edition”. Bound in ¾ red
morocco, top edges gilt, raised bands, ornate gilt on spines.
51. BYRON, Lord
The Works With His Letters and Journals and His Life by Thomas
Moore.
Pub: London: John Murray. 1832.
$5,500
17 vols. Bound in full green morocco by Riviere, covers
with “Crest” top edge gilt, raised bands, (spine faded to a
light tan). Illustrated. Handsome set.
52. BYRON, Lord
The Complete poetical Works.
$450
1 vol. Collected and arranged, with notes and illustrations.
Bound in full tan polished calf, marbled edge, raised bands,
ornate gilt on spines. Handsome Copy.
54. BYRON, Lord
The Poetical Works.
Pub: London: !@ford 'ni>ersity. 1912.
$475
1 vol. Bound in full paneled tan calf by Riviere, all edges gilt,
55. BYRON, Lord
The Works. EEtra Illustrated.
$4,500
13 vols. Edited by Ernest H. Coleridge, M. A. Bound in ¾ blue
morocco, top edge gilt, marbled boards, raised bands, gilt
panels.
56. CARLYLE, Thomas
The Collected Works Of Thomas Carlyle. “Memorial Fund Edition”.
Pub: Boston: ana Estes and Co. 1895.
$7,500
26 vols. Bound in full textured brown morocco, all edges gilt,
paneled spines lettered and designed in gilt. Two black
leather circular inlays in spines. Elaborate floral central
vignette on front covers. Covers bordered with two gilt fillets
and a broader rosette pattern. Leather turn-ins, marbled
endpapers. Full page frontispieces in two states in each
volume, with captioned tissue-guards. Blue silk book-marks.
This special edition was published in 250 sets, this being
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#249. The set consists of seven volumes on Frederick The
Great, ten volumes on the French Revolution, four volumes
of Essays, etc. An exceptionally handsome and well-bound
set. Carlyle (1795-1881) was a Scottish writer of satire, an
essayist, historian, and teacher during the Victorian Era.
57. CARROLL, Lewis
Alice in Wonderland and Through The Looking Glass.
Pub: London: MacMillan and Co. 1869 and 1872. $6,500
2 vols. Illustrated by John Tenniel. Bound in full red morocco
by Bayntun. Original covers bound into the rear, all edges
gilt, raised bands, gilt panels, front covers decorated with
the Rabbit and Queen in gilt. Alice is an early edition Through
The Looking Glass is a First Edition. Fine set in slipcase.
58. CARROLL, Lewis
Alice In Wonderland and Through The Looking Glass.
$12,500
2 vols. Illustrated by John Tenniel. Bound in full green
morocco with multi – colored inlays on covers by Kelligram,
silk doublers, all edges gilt, raised bands, ornate gilt on
spines and covers. Fine Set.
#70 | 23 Volumes | CONRAD, oseph. Works.
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59. CELLINI, Benvenuto
Memoirs of Cellini.
Pub: London: Henry Colburn and Co. 1823.
$950
2 vols. A Florentine artist, written by himself, containing a
variety of information respecting the arts, and the history of
the sixteenth century. Translated by Thomas Roscoe. Portrait
frontispiece after Vasari. A very handsome set finely bound
in full contemporary dark green morocco, with ornate tooling
to the boards and spines, all edges gilt, some slight foxing.
60. CELLINI, Benvenuto
The Life Written by Himself.
Pub: New York: Brentano s. 1906.
$1,200
2 vols. Edited by John Addington Symonds. With
reproductions of 40 original portraits and views. Bound in
full red morocco, top edge gilt, raised bands, ornate gilt on
covers and spines, covers decorated with tulips onlay.
61. CERVANTES
Don %uiEote of La Mancha. Translated From The Spanish By P.A.
MotteuE.
Pub: Edinburgh: John Grant. 1902.
$1,800
4 vols. Bound in ¾ red morocco, top edge gilt, raised bands,
illustrated.
62. CERVANTES
67. CHURCHILL, Sir. W. S.
Don %uiEote. Translated from the Spanish by P. A. MotteuE.
Pub: London: William Paterson and Co. 1892.
$1,800
4 vols. Bound in ¾ tan morocco, marbled boards, top edge
gilt, raised bands, gilt panels. Illustrated.
A History of The English Speaking Peoples.
Pub: London: Cassell and Co. 1956.
$2,500
4 vols. Bound in ¾ red morocco by Asprey, all edges gilt,
raised bands, gilt panels. First Edition.
63. CHAUCER
The Canterbury Tales.
Pub: London: W. Pickering. 1822.
$2,500
5 vols. Bound in full red morocco by Morrell, all edges gilt,
Second World War.
Pub: London: Cassell and Co. Ltd. 1948.
$12,500
6 vols. Rebound in full red morocco, all edges gilt, raised
bands, gilt panels. “Facismile Signature of Churchill’s on
front covers”. Volume one inscribed and signed by Churchill.
First Edition.
64. CHURCH, F. .
The Trial and Death Of Socrates.
$375
1 vol. Bound in full tan calf by Riviere, all edge gilt, raised
bands, gilt panels.
Second World War.
$4,500
6 vols. Bound in full blue polished calf by Bayntun, all edges
gilt, raised bands, gilt panels. First Edition.
Marlborough His Life and Times.
Pub: London: George G. Harrap and Co. Ltd. 1933 – 1938. $2,500
4 vols. Bound in ¾ green morocco by J. May, top edge gilt,
raised bands, gilt panels. First Edition.
The War Speeches.
Pub: London: Cassell and Co. 1941 – 1946.
$4,500
7vols. Rebound in full blue morocco, all edges gilt, raised
bands, gilt panels. First Edition.
70. CONRAD, oseph
Collected Works.
Pub: Garden City: oubleday, Page and Co. 1925 26. $15,000
23 vols. Photogravure frontispieces. Bound in full blue
morocco, heavy gilt decoration, spine lettered and decorated
in gilt and with red morocco onlay and gilt flowers, all edges
gilt. Limited Edition, No. 37 of 499 sets in the Memorial
Edition. Signed by Conrad.
#80 | 40 Volumes | DICKENS, Charles. Works.
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71. COTTON & WALTON
77. DE BOURRIENNE
(Fishing). The Compleat Angler.
Pub: London: The Bodley Head. 1904.
$750
1 vol. Edited by Richard LeGallienne. Illustrated by Edmund
H. New. Bound in ¾ brown morocco, top edge gilt, ornate
gilt on spine.
The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte.
Pub: London: Henry Colburn. 1831.
$550
3 vols. Illustrated. Bound in full red morocco, all edges gilt,
raised bands, gilt on covers and spines.
78. DEFOE, Daniel
72. COTTON & WALTON
(Fishing) The Compleat Angler.
Pub: London: John Lane the Bodley Head Ltd. 1926. $750
1 vol. Edited by Richard LeGallienne. Illustrated by Edmund
H. New. Bound in ¾ marbled levant, marbled boards, top
edge gilt, raised bands, gilt spine.
Adventures of Robinson Crusoe.
Pub: London: Elliot Stock. 1883.
$750
1 vol. Being a facsimile reprint of the first edition, published
in 1719 with an introduction by Austin Dobson. Bound in full
tree calf levant, all edges gilt, raised bands, gilt panels,
bound by Sotheran.
73. COTTON & WALTON
79. DE MAUPASSANT, Guy
The Compleat Angler.
Pub: London: John Lane. n.d. Circa. 1930.
$850
1 vol. Edited by LeGallienne, illustrated by Edmund H. New.
Bound in full green calf by Baytnun, all edges gilt, raised
bands, gilt panels. Crest on front cover.
The Life And Works.
Pub: New York: M. Walter unne. 1903.
$5,500
17 vols. Illustrated from original drawings by Eminent French
and American artists, volume one has an autograph letter
signed. Bound in ¾ brown morocco, top edge gilt, raised
bands, gilt panels.
74. CO), Harding and Lascelles, Gerald
Coursing and Falconry.
Pub: London: Longman s, Green and Co. 1892.
$1,500
1 vol. With illustrations. “Large Paper Edition”. Limited to
250 copies, this being #101. Bound in ¾ blue morocco, top
edge gilt, gilt panels, crest on front cover.
80. DICKENS, Charles
75. CREIGHTON, Rev. Mandell
%ueen EliGabeth.
Pub: Paris: Boussod, (aladon and Co. 1896.
$1,500
1 vol. Ltd. to 100 copies, this is # 5, colored frontispiece,
printed on Japanese Vellum, plates in two states. Bound in
and spine, folio.
Works.
Pub: London: Chapman and Hall. 1874.
$7,500
30 vols. Bound in ¾ carmel morocco by Zaehnsdorf,
marbled boards, top edge gilt, raised bands, gilt panels.
76. DALE, T. F.
Polo At Home and Abroad.
Pub: London: London and Countries Press Assoc.
$5,500
1 vol. Limited to 100 copies, this being #58. Profusely
illustrated in color, black and white. Bound in full vellum top
edge gilt, gilt panels, folio.
12
Works.
$15,000
40 vols. Illustrated. Bound in full tan polished calf by Riviere,
top edge gilt, raised bands, gilt panels. Ltd. to 150 sets.
Works. “Great Illustrated Classics”.
Pub: New York: odd Mead and Co. 1942.
$4,500
14 vols. Bound in full red polished calf by Bayntun, all edges
#43 | Bunyan, ohn. The PilgrimIs Progress.
#84 | Dic6ens, Charles. Pickwick Papers.
The Works. “Gadshill Edition”.
$8,500
36 vols. With introduction and notes by Andrew Lang with
the original illustrations. Bound in ¾ brown morocco by
Zaehnsdorf, marbled boards, top edge gilt, gilt on spines.
The Pickwick Papers. With 43 Illustrations by R. Seymour and
PhiG.
$12,500
1 vol. in full blue morocco with an oval portrait on Ivory
of Dickens on the front and back cover by Bayntun, silk
doublers, all edges gilt, raised bands, ornate gilt on spine
and covers. First Edition. Cosway style binding.
A Christmas Carol In Prose.
Pub: Chicago: Monastery Hill Press. n.d. 1900.
$1,200
1 vol. Illustrated in color by Philip Redd. Bound in full red
morocco with multi–colored onlay on front cover by The
Monastery Hill Bindery, top edge gilt, raised bands, gilt
panels.
86. DISRAELI, Ben5amin
Works.
Pub: London: Peter a>es. 1927.
$2,500
12 vols. Bound in ¾ red calf by Bayntun, top edge gilt, raised
bands, gilt panels.
87. D OEUVRE, Du Che1s
Roman Contemporain: Realists.
Pub: Philadelphia: George Barrie and Son 1900.
$5,500
10 vols. Bound in full crimson levant, spines inlaid with gilt
and floral design, elaborate gilt dentelles and fine moire
marbled endpapers. Ltd. to 1000 copies, this is # 10. Printed
on Japan vellum. (Leaf with Parsons family Crest inserted
in each volume). A fine set on Japan vellum of French novels
of the realist school, including Madame Bovary and
Mademoisselle de Maupin.
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88. DOOD, Rev. William
91. EMERSON, R. W.
The Beauties of Shakespeare.
Pub: London: Bickers and Son. 1878.
$475
1 vol. With twelve illustrations of actual photography from
the Boydell Gallery (tipped in). Bound in full brown morocco,
all edges gilt, raised bands, gilt panels.
The Essays.
Pub: London: A. L. Humphreys. 1899.
$2,250
2 vols. Bound in full brown morocco, top edge gilt, raised
bands, gilt on covers and spines.
92. EVANS, C. S.
89. DUYCKINCK, Evert A.
Natural Portrait Gallery of Eminent Americans: Orators,
Statesmen Naval and Military Heroes, Authors Etc.
Pub: New York: Johnson, Fry and Co. n.d. 1900.
$1,500
2 vols. With full length paintings by Alonzo Chappel. Bound in
¾ tan morocco, all edges gilt, raised bands, gilt panels, quartos.
Cinderella. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.
$1,200
1 vol. With mounted color plate frontispiece and numerous
silhouettes and three-tone illustrations: 4to. Reprint.
Bound in full red polished calf, gilt spine, all edges gilt,
bookplate.
90. ELIOT, George
93. FARRAR, F. W.
The Writings. “Warwickshire Edition”.
Pub: Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Co. 1909.
$4,500
25 vols. Together with the Life by J. W. Cross. Illustrated.
Bound in ¾ wine morocco, marbled boards, top edge gilt,
The Life Of Christ as Represented In Art.
$550
1 vol. Bound in full blue morocco, top edge gilt, ornate gilt
on covers and spine, inner dentelles.
#102 | 24 Volumes | GAUTIER, Theophile. The Works.
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CHIVERS BINDING
94. FELL, H. Granville
Garth Jones, Landry, Chevalier Geoffoy De La Tour – The Booke of
Thenseygnements and Techyned That The Knyght of The Tower
Made To His Doughter.
Pub: George Newes. 1902.
$3,500
1 vol. Edited with notes and glossary by Gertrude Burford
Rawlings. Illustrated by Grath Jones. First Edtion. One of 56
copies on handmade paper, with frontis, title and 5 plates in
two states (hand – coloured and black and white). 229
instructions to binder. Contemp. Purple morocco, gilt ruled
borders both covers, upper cover with inset vellucient colour
panel depicting a knight by H. Granville Fell, gilt titling with
fillet and leaf design on backstrip., beveled boards, gilt
dentelles with stamp inner-turn-in of “Cedric Chivers Bath”,
top edge gilt, marbled eps. Nice copy.
95. FIELDING, Henry
The Works With an Introduction by Edmund Gosse.
Pub: New York: Charles Scribner s Sons. 1898.
$4,500
12 vols. Bound in full grey morocco, top edge gilt, ornate gilt
on spines, raised bands. Limited to 750 sets. Frontispiece.
96. FIT+GERALD, Edward
Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam.
Pub: London: George G. Harrap and Co. Ltd. n.d.
Circa. 1900.
$1,200
1 vol. With colored illustrations by Willy Pogany. Bound in full
brown morocco, top edge gilt, ornate gilt tooling on covers
and spine.
Pub: London: Andre and Sleigh. 1859.
$3,500
1 vol. Reproduced from A Manuscript written and illuminated
by F. Sangorski and G. Sutcliffe. Printed on hand made paper,
Ltd. to 550 copies, this is # 23. Signed by Sangorski and
Sutcliffe. Exqisuitely bound in full vellum, top edge gilt, front
cover decorated with a gilt peacock, gilt spine. Quarto.
Pub: London: Hodder and Stoughton. n.d. 1909 . $2,500
1 vol. The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. Translated into
English Verse by Edward Fitzgerald with illustrations by
Edmund Dulac. Bound in contemporary ½ red crushed
morocco with spine in 3 compartments showing titles in gilt
to the upper section and a vine with green leaves, red
grapes, on gold. Red cloth boards, marbled end papers, top
edge gilt. Illustrated with 20 tipped in color plates by Dulac.
A very attractive copy.
99. FRANCE, Anatole
Works. “Autograph Edition”.
Pub: New York: Gabriel Wells. 1924.
$5,500
30 vols. Signed in volume one. Bound in ¾ turquoise
morocco, top edge gilt, raised bands, gilt panels.
100. FREEDMAN, Max
Roosevelt and Frankfurter “Their Correspondence 1928 – 1945”.
Pub: Boston: Little, Brown and Co. 1967.
$750
1 vol. With photographs. Bound in ¾ blue morocco, top edge
101. GARDINER, Samuel R.
Oliver Cromwell.
$1,500
1 vol. Ltd. to 350 copies, this is # 308, printed on Japanese
and spines, folio.
102. GAUTIER, Theophile
The Works.
Pub: New York: George . Sproul. 1900.
$5,500
24 vols. Titles included Travels In Russia, Constantinople The
Louvre, travels in Italy, Travels in Spain etc. Handsomely
bound in ¾ pink morocco, marbled boards, top edge gilt,
raised bands, ornate floral gilt on spines. “Hand – Made
Edition”. Ltd. to 300 sets. Plates in two States, one Hand –
colored.
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103. GIBBON, Edward
109. GOLDSMITH, Oliver
The History of The Decline and Fall of The Roman Empire.
$2,500
8 vols. With notes by Dean Milman and M. Guizot. With
portrait and maps. Bound in ¾ red morocco by Bayntun,
The Complete Poetical Works.
Pub: London: Henry Frowde. 1906.
$175
1 vol. Edited with introduction and notes by Austin Dobson.
Frontispiece. Bound in full wine morocco (spine faded) all
edges gilt, raised bands, ornate gilt on covers and spines.
104. GIBBON, Edward
110. GORER, Edward and Blac6er, . F.
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. With
Notes by Dean Milman and M. GuiGot.
$3,500
8 vols. With portrait and maps. Bound in full tan polished
calf, marbled edges, raised bands, gilt panels.
Chinese Porcelains and Hard Stones.
Pub: London: Bernard #uaritch. 1911.
$9,500
2 vols. Illustrated by 245 pages of gems of Chinese ceramics
and Glyptic art. and described by Gorer and Blacker. Rebound
in ¾ blue morocco by Sangorski and Sutcliffe, top edge gilt,
raised bands, gilt panels (spines faded to lighter-blue). Thick
large quartos. An important set on Chinese ceramics.
105. GIBBON, Edward
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. With
Notes by Dean Milman and M. GuiGot.
$2,500
8 vols. With portrait and maps. Bound in ¾ wine calf,
106. GILBERT, Henry
King Arthur s Knights.
Pub: Edinburgh: T. C. and E. C. Jack. 1911.
$1,200
1 vol. With 16 illustrations in color by Walter Crane. Bound
in full red morocco by Bayntun, all edges gilt, raised bands,
gilt design of King Arthur on front cover, gilt panels.
107. GLASGOW, Ellen
Works. “Virginia Edition”.
$3,500
12 vols. Ltd. to 810 copies. Signed by the author. This is
# 1. Bound in full red morocco, silk and leather doublers, top
edge gilt, raised bands, ornate gilt on covers and spines.
108. GOLDSMITH, Oliver
The Vicar of Wakefield.
$750
1 vol. With illustrations by Hugh Thomson. Bound in full
green morocco by Bayntun with colored onlay on front cover,
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111. GOULD, Baring S.
The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte.
Pub: London: Methuen and Co. 1897.
$6,500
3 vols. With 12 original letters and documents by Napoleon
III, King George 3rd, Antoine F. Andreossy etc. Extra –
Illustrated, some hand – colored plates. Bound in ¾ green
morocco, marbled boards, top edge gilt, gilt panels (spines
faded to a pleasing tan) quartos.
112. GROTE, George
History of Greece.
$3,500
10 vols. With portrait, maps and plans. Bound in full wine
morocco, all edges gilt, raised bands, gilt panels.
113. GROVE, George
A Dictionary of Music and Musicians (A.D. 1450 1880).
$1,750
4 vols. By eminent writers, English and Foreign. With
illustrations and woodcuts. Bound in full polished tan calf,
marbled edges, raised bands, ornate gilt on spines.
114. GUI+OT, M.
The History of France From The Earliest Times To The Year 1789.
Pub: London: Sampson, Low, Marston and Co. 1893. $2,500
8 vols. Translated by Robert Black, M. A. Handsomely bound
in ¾ blue morocco by Zaehnsdorf, top edge gilt, raised
bands, marbled boards, gilt panels. 4to’s. Handsome set.
#119 | 22 Volumes | HAWTHORNE, Nathaniel. The Works.
115. GURWOOD, Lt. Col.
118. HARPER, Harry and Claude Grahame – White
The Dispatches of Field Marshall The Duke of Wellington.
$5,500
13 vols. During his various campaigns in India, Dermark,
Portugal, Spain. The Low Countries, and France from 1799
– 1818. Bound in ¾ red calf, marbled boards, raised bands,
gilt panels.
The Aeroplane.
Pub: London: T. C. and E. C. Jack. n.d. Circa. 1900.
$350
1 vol. Colored frontispiece and many black and white
illustrations. Bound in ¾ tan morocco, top edge gilt, raised
bands.
119. HAWTHORNE, Nathaniel
116. HALL, S.C. – Mr. & Mrs.
Ireland: its Scenery, Character Etc.
Pub: London: How and Parsons. 1841 – 1843.
$1,800
3 vols. Bound in full brown calf, raised bands, gilt panels,
illustrated, 4to’s.
The Complete Writings. “Large Paper Edition”.
Pub: Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin and
Co. 1900.
$6,500
22 vols. Ltd. to 500 sets this is # 176. Bound in ¾ blue
morocco, marbled boards, top edge gilt, raised bands, ornate
gilt on spines. Frontispieces in two states. Handsome set.
117. HAMILTON, Alexander
The Federalist, or, the New Constitution, written in the Year 1788,
by Mr. Hamilton, Mr. Madison, and Mr. Jay.
Pub: Printed And Published By Glazier & Co. 1826. $3,500
1 vol. With an appendix, containing the Letters of Pacificus
and Helvidius, on the Proclamation of Neutrality of 1798;
Also the Original Articles of Confederation, and the
Constitution of the United States, with the Amendments
made thereto. Bound in full contemporary calf, leather lable.
The Marble Faun: or the Romance of Monte Beni.
Pub: Boston: Ticknor and Fields. 1860.
$750
2 vols. Bound in full brown morocco, top edge gilt, raised
bands, gilt on covers and spines, with half – title. First
Edition.
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128. HOOD, Thomas
Tanglewood Tales.
Pub: London: Hodder and Stoughton. Circa. 1903. $2,500
1 vol. Illustrated in color and signed by Edmund Dulac. Ltd.
to 500 copies, this is # 100. Bound in ¾ vellem, top edge
gilt, gilt spine, quarto.
Pub: London: Henry Froude. 1906.
$175
1 vol. Edited with notes by Walter Jerrold. Frontispieces.
Bound in full brown morocco, all edges gilt, raised bands,
ornate gilt on spines and covers.
129. HORSES
Complete Works. “Wayside Edition”.
Pub: Boston: Houghton Mifflin and Co. 1891.
$3,500
25 vols. Illustrated with etchings by Blum, Church, Dielman.
Bound in ¾ tan calf, marbled boards and edges, raised
bands, gilt panels.
Cherished Portraits of Thoroughbred Horses from the Collection
of William Woodward With notes by W. S. Vosburgh.
Pub: New York: Ernest $. Gee. 1929.
$5,500
1 vol. Large quarto, with 68 engraved plates and three
charts. Bound in full crimson morocco by Sangorski and
Sutcliffe, gilt spine with raised bands, gilt ruled covers with
gilt titles on front cover, top edge gilt. Minor rubbing to
binding extremities. A fine copy. One of 500 copies designed
and printed by Eugene V. Connett at the Derrydale Press.
Presentation copy, inscribed: “To Henry Adams a faithful
companion a loyal friend who has had my affection and
respect since boyhood days - William Woodward.” Henry
Adams was a member of the celebrated Adams family,
which produced President John Adams and John Quincy
Adams, and historian and author Henry Adams (1838-1918),
We have not been able to identify which Henry Adams the
book is inscribed to, though he was obviously a child-hood
friend. This was Connett’s first major work in fine book
production. It was contracted through Ernest Gee, and Mr.
Woodward spared no expenses.
124. HELPS, Arthur
The Spanish Con>uest In America, and its Relation To The History
of Slavery and To The Government of Colonies.
Pub: London: John W. Parker. 1855.
$1,800
4 vols. Bound in full marbled levant by Riviere, all edges gilt.
125. HENDERSON, T. F.
James I. and VI.
Pub: London: Goupil and Co. 1904.
$1,500
1 vol. Bound in full blue morocco Ltd. to 200 copies. Printed
on Japanese paper, top edge gilt, raised bands, gilt on covers
and spine, crest on covers. Plates in two states, one colored.
Large quarto.
126. HILTON, Harold H. and Smith, Garden G. ed.
The Royal and Ancient Game of Golf.
Pub: London: London and Counties Press. 1912.
$6,500
1 vol. 3 color plates, 2 sepia photogravures, numerous
photographic illustrations, line drawings. Head and tail
pieces by Harry Roundtree and initial letters by Harold
Nelson. Folio, handsome rebound in ¾ rust crushed
morocco, gilt decoration on front cover. One of 900
numbered copies of the Subscriber’s Edition. A fine copy.
127. HODGKIN, Thomas
Italy And Her Invaders.
Pub: !@ford: Clarendon Press. 1892.
$3,500
9 vols. With maps and illustrations many colored. Bound in
¾ tan morocco, top edge gilt, raised bands, gilt panels.
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130. HOWITT, William
Visits To Remarkable Places.
Pub: London: Longmans, Green and Co. 1907.
$275
1 vol. The illustrations designed and executed by Samuel
Williams. Bound in full tan calf levant, marbled edge, raised
bands, gilt panels.
131. HO+IER, Capt. H. M.
The Franco – Prussian War. Its Causes, Incidents, and
Conse>uences.
Pub: London: William Mackenzie. n. d. Circa. 1870. $950
2 vols. Bound in full red morocco, all edges gilt, raised
bands, ornate gilt on spines and covers. 4to’s.
#170 | 8 Volumes | MAC FALL, Haldane.
History of Paintings.
132. HUGO, Victor
135. HUISH, B. Marcus
Novels.
Pub: Boston: Estes and Lauriat. n. d. Circa. 1900. $6,500
30 vols. “Holland Paper Edition”. Limited to 500 copies, this
being # 365. Bound in ¾ red morocco, top edge gilt, raised
bands, gilt panels, with illustrations.
British Water – Colour Art. (1804 – 1904).
Pub: London: The Fine Art Society. 1904.
$1,200
1 vol. Illustrated with colored plates. Bound in ¾ vellum with
hand – painted design of flowers on spine by Bayntun,
marbled boards, top edge gilt.
133. HULME, F. Edward
136. IRVING, Washington
Familiar Garden Flowers.
Pub: London: Cassell and Co. Ltd. n.d. Circa. 1880. $1,500
5 vols. Described by Shirley Hibberd. With colored plates.
Bound in ¾ green morocco, marbled edges, raised bands,
gilt panels.
Rip Van Winkle. With Colored Drawings by Arthur Rackham.
Pub: London: Heinemann. 1905.
$3,500
1 vol. Bound in full green morocco, by Bayntun. All edges
gilt, raised bands, gilt panels and covers 4to. First Trade
Edition.
134. HUME, David Esq.
137. IRVING, Washington
Essays and Treatises on Several Subjects.
Pub: Edinburgh: Bell and Bradfute. 1825.
$950
2 vols. Bound in full vellum, red edges, gilt spines, covers
with Royal Crest.
A History of The Life And Voyages Of Christopher Columbus. With
Half – Titles.
$1,500
4 vols. Bound in ¾ blue morocco, marbled boards, top edge
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138. ACKSON, G. G.
143. OHNSON, Samuel
The Romance of The Submarine.
Pub: London: Sampson Low, Marston and Co. n.d.
Circa. 1925.
$450
1 vol. Fully illustrated by drawings and photographs. Bound
in full blue calf, marbled edges, raised bands, gilt panels,
crest on front cover.
A Dictionary of the English Language.
Pub: W. Strahan. 1778.
$750
2 vols. “Sixth Edition”. Bound in ¾ tan calf, marbled boards
and edges, raised bands, gilt panels.
139. ACKSON, Catherine Charlotte
Lady Jackson s Works.
Pub: Paris and Boston: Grolier Society. Circa. 1900. $3,500
14 vols. Edition des amateur, number 23 of 100 copies.
Bound in full green morocco. The set is in excellent condition
with marbled boards and endpapers, top edge gilt, deckle
edges, raised bands, spines with compartments featuring
floral ornaments at corners, scalloped stipping along each
of the four sides and inlaid fleur de lis in center. The hinges
are tight. Each volume has a double set of each 8 plates.
The illustrations include original etchings by Mercier,
mezzotints, photo-etchings and steel-etchings. Tissue
guards are over frontis and text plates. The frontispiece in
each volume is printed two times: the first is black; the
second is a color-tinted plate. Lady Jackson’s histories of
French Royalty and court life.
144. OSEPHUS
(Judaica) The Works of Flavius Josephus.
Pub: London: Henry G. Bohn. 1852.
$750
2 vols. With fifty –two pictorial illustrations. Bound in ¾ blue
morocco, marbled boards and edges, raised bands, gilt
panels.
145. OSEPHUS
(Judaica) The Works of Flavius Josephus.
Pub: Edinburgh: Thomas Nelson. 1892.
$450
1 vol. Translated by William Whiston. Illust. With plates and
maps. Bound in ¾ black calf, marbled edge, raised bands,
gilt panel.
146. OWETT, B.
The Dialogues of Plato.
Pub: !@ford: The Clarendon Press. 1892.
$1,250
5 vols. Bound in ¾ wine morocco, top edge gilt, raised
bands.
140. AMESON, Mrs.
Legends of The Monastic Orders As Represented In The Fine Arts.
Pub: London: Longman Brown. 1850.
$2,500
6 vols. Contains a 3 pages autograph letter signed by Jameson.
Bound in full blue morocco with silk doublers by Zaehnsdorf,
top edge gilt, raised bands, gilt panels and covers.
147. KAYE, ohn William
141. ESSE, . H.
148. KEMPIS, Thomas A.
London and Its Celebrities. A Second Series of Literary and
Historical Memorials of London.
Pub: $ichard Bentley. 1850.
$750
2 vols. Bound in full brown morocco, gauffered edges, blind
floral tooling on covers, raised bands.
The Imitation Of Christ.
Pub: London: egan, Paul and Co. 1905.
$950
1 vol. Ltd. to 500 copies. Bound in full brown morocco by
Bumpus, all edges gilt, raised bands, gilt panels and covers.
History of the Sepoy War in India (1857 1858).
Pub: London: W. H. Allen and Co. 1857.
$1,800
3 vols. Bound in ¾ red calf, marbled boards, all edges gilt,
149. KINGSLEY, Charles
142. OHNSON, Samuel
A Dictionary of the English Language.
Pub: London: G. & J. !ffor. 1822.
$1,500
2 vols. Bound in ¾ blue morocco, raised bands, ornate gilt
on spines. Quartos.
20
The Water Babies. “A Fairy Tale For A Land – Baby”.
$350
1 vol. With one hundred illustrations by Linley Sambourne.
Bound in ¾ green morocco by Sangorski and Sutcliffe,
150. KIPLING, R.
156. LANG, Andrew
The Jungle Books.
Pub: New York: The Century Co. 1898.
$1,500
2 vols. Bound in ¾ olive green morocco, marbled boards,
top edge gilt, raised bands, gilt panels. Illustrated.
The Red Fairy Book.
Pub: London: Longman s, Green and Co. 1890.
$750
1 vol. With numerous illustrations by H. J. Ford and Lancelot
Speed. Bound in full red calf by Frost, all edges gilt, raised
bands, original cover bound into the rear. First Edition.
151. KIPLING, R.
Works. “Bombay Edition”.
$9,500
26 vols. Signed in volume one. Bound in full blue calf by
Riviere, top edge gilt, raised bands, ornate gilt on spines, red
labels. (5 vols. Were added later).
152. KNIGHT, Charles
A History of England.
Pub: London: Bradbury, E>ans and Co. n.d. Circa. 1890. $2,500
8 vols.With illustrations on steel and wood. Bound in ¾ tan
calf, marbled boards and edges, raised bands, ornate gilt on
spines, red and green labels.
153. KNIGHT, Charles
The Works of William Shakespeare. With Notes. “Imperial
Shakespeare”.
Pub: London: (irtue and Co. n.d. Circa. 1900.
$3,500
2 vols. Bound in full red morocco, all edges gilt, raised
bands, ornate gilt design on covers and spines, profusely
illustrated with full page steel engravings, folios.
154. KRAHL, Regina
The Anthony de Rothschild Collection of Chinese Ceramics.
Pub: Eranda Foundation. 1996.
$5,500
2 vols. Bound in full red morocco by Sangorski and Sutcliffe,
top edge gilt, raised bands, gilt on covers and spines, silk
doublers. Folios in a slipcase.
155. LANG, Andrew
The Crimson Fairy Book.
$750
1 vol. With 8 colored plates and numerous illustrations by
H. J. Ford. Bound in full red calf by Frost, all edges gilt, raised
bands, gilt panels, original covers bound in the rear. First
Edition.
157. LANG, Andrew
The Lilac Fairy Book.
$750
H. J. Ford. Bound in full purple morocco, all edges gilt, gilt
raised bands, gilt panels, original cover bound into the rear.
First Edition.
158. LANG, Andrew
The Olive Fairy Book.
$750
H. J. Ford, original cover bound into the rear. Bound in full
green morocco, all edges gilt, raised bands, gilt panels. First
Edition.
159. LANG, Andrew
The Violet Fairy Book.
$750
1 vol. With 8 colored plates and numerous full page black
and white illustrations. Bound in full blue calf, all edges gilt,
raised bands, gilt panels, original covers bound into the rear.
First Edition.
160. LANG, Andrew
Prince Charles Edward.
$1,500
1vol. Ltd. to 350 copies, this is # 207, printed on Japanese
and spine, folio.
161. LAWRENCE, T. E.
Seven Pillars of Wisdom “Triumph”.
Pub: London: Jonathan Cape. 1936.
$1,200
1 vol. Bound in full tree calf levant by Rivere, all edges gilt,
raised bands, ornate gilt on spine, 4to, illustrated.
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162. LEVER, Charles
165. LONGFELLOW, W. Henry
The Novels.
Pub: London: owney and Co. 1903.
$8,500
37 vols. Limited to 10 sets with 2 original letters signed by
Lever, hand – colored plates this is # 5. “Autograph Edition”.
Exquisitely bound in full tan morocco, silk and leather
doublers, covers and spines decorated with clover leaves in
gilt, top edge gilt, raised bands. Handsome set.
The Poetical Works.
Pub: London: Frederick Warne and Co. n.d. Circa. 1900. $250
1 vol. Bound in full wine polished calf, all edges gilt, raised
bands, gilt panels. Frontispiece.
163. LIVINGSTONE, David
Missionary Travels and Researches In South Africa.
$1,200
1 vol. With portraits, maps by Arrowsmith, and numerous
illustrations. Bound in ¾ brown morocco by Bayntun, top
edge gilt, raised bands, spine decorated with elephant tusk.
First Edition.
164. LODGE, Edmund
Portraits of Illustrious Personages of Great Britain.
Pub: London: Longman, Hurst, $ees and !rme. 1821. $5,500
4 vols. Engraved from authentic pictures in galleries of the
nobility, and the public collections of the country with
biographical and historical memoirs of their lives and
actions. Bound in full green morocco, all edges gilt, raised
bands, gilt on covers and spines, folios. A handsome set.
#182 | 3 Volumes | MEYRICK, Sir. Samuel R. Antient Armour.
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The Works.
Pub: Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin and Co. 1886.$2,500
11 vols. Bound in ¾ wine morocco, top edge gilt, raised
bands, floral gilt on spines, frontispieces.
Complete Works.
Pub: Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin and
Co. 1904.
$3,500
11 vols. Bound in ¾ red morocco, marbled boards, top edge
gilt, raised bands, gilt panels, illustrated. Ltd. to 750 sets this
is # 421.
168. MACAULAY, Lord
Critical and Historical Essays.
Pub: London: Longmans, Green. 1870.
$250
1 vol. Bound in full tan polished calf, marbled edges, raised
bands, ornate gilt on spine.
#180 | 6 Volumes | M. De Flassan. Historie Generale et Raisonnee de la Diplomatie Francaise.
169. MACAULAY, B. Thomas
The History of England.
Pub: London: Longman, Brown Green. 1854.
$3,500
11 vols. 5 volumes History of England. Essays (3 vols.)
Miscellaneus and Speeches (2 vols). Bound in full tan calf,
marbled edges, raised bands, ornate gilt on spines, red and
green labels.
authentic documents. Bound in ¾ green morocco by Birdsall,
top edge gilt, raised bands, ornate floral gilt on spines.
173. MAHAFFY, . P.
A History of Classical Greek Literature.
$750
2 vols. Bound in full tree calf levant, marbled edges, raised
bands, gilt panels, crest on front covers.
170. MAC FALL, Haldane
History of Painting with a Preface by Frank Brangwyn.
Pub: Boston: . . Nickerson and Co. n.d. Circa. 1900. $4,500
8 vols. Ltd. to 500 sets. Starting with the Renaissance in
Central Italy. Bound in ¾ brown morocco, top edge gilt,
raised bands, ornate gilt on spines. Illustrated with two
hundred plates in color, quartos. Handsome set.
174. MALORY, Sir Thomas
Le Morte D Arthur.
Pub: !@ford: Shakespeare Head Press. 1933.
$2,500
2 vols. Bound in full niger morocco, top edge gilt, illustrated,
4to’s. Fine set.
175. MANSFIELD, T. C.
171. MACKAY, Charles
The Poetical Works of Allan Ramsay, With Selections From The
Scottish Poets Before Burns.
Pub: London: (irtue and Co. n.d Circa. 1830.
$950
2 vols. Illustrated with 47 steel engravings. Bound in ¾ green
calf, marbled edges, raised bands, gilt panels, large 4to’s.
172. MADDEN, R. Richard
The )nited Irishmen, Their Lives and Times.
Pub: ublin: James uffy. 1857.
$2,500
4 vols. With numerous original portraits and additional
Roses In Colour and Cultivation.
Pub: London: Collins. 1947.
$450
1 vol. With 80 plates in color and 37 illustrations. Bound in
¾ tan calf, top edge gilt, gilt panels.
176. M ARTHUR, ohn and Rev ames S. Clar6e
The Life of Admiral Lord Nelson.
Pub: London: T. Cadell and W. a>ies. 1809.
$3,500
2 vols. Profusely illustrated with full page steel engravings.
Bound in full tan calf (spine rebacked) all edges gilt, raised
bands, folio.
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177. MARSHALL, ohn
The Life of George Washington.
Pub: The Citizens Guild Frederick (A. 1926.
$2,500
5 vols. Bound in ¾ blue morocco, top edge gilt, raised bands,
gilt panels. Illustrated.
178. MASPERO, G.
History of Egypt.
Pub: London: The Grolier Society. 1903.
$5,500
13 vols. Containing over twelve hundred colored plates and
illustrations. Ltd. to 200 sets “Connoissuer Edition” this is #
82. Printed on Japanese vellum. Handsomely bound in ¾
green morocco, marbled boards, top edge gilt, raised bands,
spines decorated with floral and the Crescent designs in gilt.
(Spines faded to a pleasing tan). 4to’s (last volume neatly
rehinged) overall a fine and handsome set.
179. Mc CLELLAN, B. George.
McClellan s Our Story. “The War for The )nion”.
Pub: New York: Charles L. Webster and Co. 1887.
$750
1 vol. Bound in ¾ wine morocco, marbled edge, raised
bands, gilt panels. Illustrated. First Edition.
#191 | 21 Volumes | NAPOLEON. Life and Memoirs of Napoleon.
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Napoleon s Copy o1 French Diplomatic History
180. M. De Flassan
Historie Generale et Raisonnee de la Diplomatie Francaise.
Pub: Paris: Chez Lenormant. 1809.
$4,500
6 vols. Bound in beautiful red morocco-gilt, with silk
doublers, with old bookseller’s notation to first volume, “The
Emperor Napoleon’s copy, with his Crown and Eagles on the
spines.
181. MEINERT+HAGEN, Colonel R.
Birds of Arabia “Edition DeluEe”.
Pub: London: Henry Sotheran Ltd. 1980.
$2,500
1 vol. Ltd. to 295 copies, this being #19. Profusely illustrated
in color. Bound in ¾ green morocco by Morrell, top edge gilt,
raised bands, gilt panels, folio.
182. MEYRICK, Sir. Samuel R.
A Critical In>uiry Into Antient Armour.
Pub: London: Henry G. Bohn. 1842.
$8,500
3 vols. As it existed in Europe, particularly in Great Britain from
the Norman Conquest to the reign of King Charles II illustrated
by a series of hand – illuminated engravings with a glossary
of Military Terms of the Middle Ages. “Second Edition”
Corrected and enlarged. Handsomely bound in ¾ red
morocco, marbled boards, all edges gilt, raised bands, panels
decorated with gilt armours. Folios. Each volume in a slipcase.
187. MOORE, Thomas
The Poetical Works.
Pub: London: Frederick Warne and Co. 1892.
$250
1 vol. Bound in full tree calf levant, all edges gilt, raised
bands, ornate gilt on spine.
183. MILNE, A. A.
House At Pooh Corner, Winnie The Pooh, When We Were Very
Young and Now We Are SiE.
Pub: London: Methuen and Co. 1924 – 1928.
$12,500
4 vols. Rebound in full red, blue, green and maroon morocco,
all edges gilt, raised bands, original covers bound in the rear,
the set contains signatures of Milne and Shephard, also a
letter tipped in. In a slipcase. First Edition.
188. MUNNINGS, A. .
184. MILTON, ohn
189. MUNNINGS, Al1red Sir
The Poetical Works.
Pub: London: The Bensley. 1801 1806.
$5,500
13 vols. With some account of the life of Milton by the Rev.
Henry John Todd (6 volumes) The Prose works of John
Milton with a life by Charles Symmons (7 volumes) with
frontispieces “Large Paper Edition”. Bound in full
contemporary red straight- grained morocco, all edges gilt,
raised bands, gilt panels, with circular book label of Dudley
C. Majoribanks, 3rd Baron Tweedmouth. (1874-1935).
An Artist s Life.
Pub: London: The Collector s Book Club. 1950.
$1,200
1 vol. With 140 illustrations by the Author. Signed, Ltd. to
245 copies. Bound in full red morocco, top edge gilt, raised
bands. First Edition.
185. MILTON, ohn
The Poetical Works of John Milton.
Pub: London: Tilt and Bogue. 1843.
$1,200
2 vols. With a Memoir and Critical Remarks on his Genius
and Writing by James Montgomery. 120 engravings by John
Thompson, S. and T. William. O. Smith. J. Linton, and others,
William Harvey. Tilt’s illustrated Edition. Bound in publisher’s
full pebbled morocco, covers blocked in gilt with cross and
crown of thorns and sword and serpent, spines blocked in
gilt with Adam and Eve, dove and laurel, and title page, all
edges gilt. A stunningly fine copy of Tilt’s illustrated edition
of Milton in the publisher’s binding.
186. MILTON, ohn
The Poetical Works.
Pub: London: William Tegg. n.d. Circa. 1870.
$375
1 vol. Edited by Sir Egerton Brydges. Illustrated with
engravings from drawings by J. M. W. Turner. Bound in full
blue morocco, ornate gilt on covers and spines.
Pictures Of Horses and English Life.
With an Appreciation by Lionel Lindsay.
Pub: London: Eyre and Spottiswoode, Ltd. 1927.
$7,500
1 vol. Ltd. to 250 copies, this is # 156. Signed by Munnings.
Bound in full vellum, top edge gilt, profusely illustrated with
color plates. Folio In a ½ green leather slipcase.
190. NAPIER, Sir. W. F. P.
History of The War In the Peninsula and in the South of France.
From The Year 1807 – 1814.
Pub: London: Barthes and Lowell. 1882.
$1,500
6 vols. With 55 maps and plans. Bound in full tree calf levant,
marbled edges, raised bands, ornate gilt on spines.
191. NAPOLEONIC
The Confidential Correspondence of Napoleon Bonaparle with his
Brother Joseph.
$450
2 vols. Bound in ¾ calf, marbled boards, top edge gilt, raised
bands, gilt panels.
192. NAPOLEONIC
HaGlitt, Bourienne, Junot and Tallyrand. Life and Memoirs of
Napoleon Bonaparte.
Pub: London: The Grolier Society. n.d. Circa. 1900. $12,500
21 vols. Bound in full green morocco, top edge gilt, raised
bands, ornate gilt on covers and spines also decorated with
Napoleonic Emblems in red morocco inlays. Illustrated.
Handsome Set. Limited to 75 sets.
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193. NICHOLSON, George
199. PAUL, Her-ert
The Illustrated Dictionary of Gardering “A Practical and Scientific
Encyclopodia of Horticulture for Gardens and Botanists”.
Pub: London: L. 'pcott Gill. 1885.
$750
4 vols. Bound in ¾ brown morocco, marbled edges, raised
bands, gilt panels.
%ueen Anne.
Pub: London: Goupil and Co. 1906.
$1,500
1 vol. Ltd. to 200 copies this is # 7, printed on Japanese
and spine, folio.
194. NOLAN, Dr. E. H.
The History of The British Empire in India, and The East.
Pub: London: James S. (irtue. n.d. Circa. 1890 s.
$1,200
2 vols. Illustrated with maps, engraved scenes, from the
earliest times to the suppression of the Sepoy Mutiny in
1859. Bound in ¾ wine calf, marbled boards and edges,
raised bands. Quartos.
200. RAWLINSON, George
195. NORTH, Sir. Thomas
201. PAYNTER, Mrs. and Mrs.
Plutarch s Lives Of The Noble Grecians and Romans. With An
Introduction By George Wyndham.
Pub: London: a>id Nutt. 1895.
$3,500
6 vols. “The Tudor Translations Edited by W. E. Henley VII”.
Printed on Japanese vellum Ltd. to 18 copies. This is # 17.
Bound in full green morocco with silk doublers by Riviere,
top edge gilt, raised bands, ornate gilt on spines. Thick 8vo’s.
Handsome set.
Alfred Sidgwick. The Childrens Book of Gardening.
$350
1 vol. Illustrated with colored plates. Bound in full tan calf,
196. PAINE B. Al-ert
Mark Twain “A Biography”.
Pub: New York: Harper and Brothers. 1912.
$950
3 vols. Fully illustrated. Bound in ¾ green morocco, top edge
gilt, raised bands.
The Five Great Monarchies Of The Ancient Eastern World.
$1,500
5 vols. With maps and illustrations. Bound in ¾ brown
morocco, marbled boards, top edge gilt, raised bands, gilt
panels.
202. REYNOLDS, Sir oshua
Engravings from the Pictures and Sketches. Bayswater:
Reynolds. 1820.
Pub: London: Genry Gra>es and Co. 1865.
$6,500
7 vols. The Works of Sir Joshua Reynolds. Illustrated with
engravings after Reynolds throughout. Bound in handsome
uniform full red gilt-tooled morocco, top edge gilt, ornate gilt
on spines, large folios.
203. RHYS, Grace
197. PARKMAN, Francis
Works. “New Library Edition”.
Pub: Boston: Little Brown and Co. 1903.
$1,500
12 vols. Bound in ¾ green morocco, marbled boards, top
edge gilt, raised bands, floral gilt on spines (spines faded to
a pleasing tan). Illustrated.
Modes and Manners of The 19th Century, As Represented In The
Pictures And Engravings of The Time. (1790 – 1817).
Pub: London: J. M. ent and Co. 1909.
$1,500
3 vols. Bound in full brown morocco by Blackwell, top edge
204. ROOSEVELT, Theodore
198. PATER, Walter
Marius The Epicurean. His Sensations And Ideas.
$850
2 vols. Bound in ¾ blue morocco by L. Broca, top edge gilt,
raised bands, ornate gilt spines.
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“The Works” The Elkhorn Edition.
$15,000
28 vols. Bound in ¾ blue morocco, marbled boards, top edge
gilt, raised bands, gilt panels. Illustrated.
#204 | 28 Volumes | ROOSEVELT, Theodore. Works.
205. ROUSSEAU, ean acques
The Confessions of Jean Jac>ues Rousseau: Now for the First Time
Completely Translated into English without EEpurgation.
Pub: London: Pri>ately Printed. 1904.
$750
2 vols. No statement of limitation, but first volume has
handwritten on one of the preliminary blanks: Set No. 3 of
the Orange Levant Colored Plate Issue. Whitman Bennett’.
Tall 8vo, with hand-colored etchings and portrait
frontispieces by Edward Hedouin. Bookplates on flyleaves
of both volumes from Charles Fletcher, a local businessman
and collector in the early part of the 20th Century
(Pittsburgh, PA). We imagine the limitation to this set is
exceedingly small. The binder, Whitman Bennett, was also a
published author of works on book collecting and 19th
Century color plate books and was well established as a fine
binder.
206. RUSKIN, ohn
Stones of Venice.
Pub: London: Smith Elder. 1874.
$3,500
3 vols. Ltd. to 150 sets, signed by Ruskin. Finely bound by
Douglas Cockerell for W. H. Smith, in full red morocco with
gilt ruled border and punched dot motif to edges and
corners. Hambleden vignette of an arm grasping an oak
branch to both covers. Raised bands to spine with gilt titles
and geometric dot and rule design to sections, wide
morocco turn-ins with gilt borders, fifty three finely engraved
plates. A fine set, with some foxing to the preliminary pages.
Provenance: WH Smith family, Viscounts of Hambleden.
Bookplate of the 3rd Viscount to front pastedowns.
207. RUSSELL, W. C.
The British Seas.
Pub: London: Seeley and Co. 1894.
$350
1 vol. Profusely illustrated. Bound in full tan calf, marbled
edges, raised bands, gilt panels, crest on front cover.
208. RUSSIA
Costume of The Russian Empire.
Pub: London: E. Harding, Pall Mall. 1803.
$4,500
1 vol. Illustrated by Upwards of seventy richly hand coloured
engravings, dedicated, by Permission to Her Royal Highness,
The Princess Elizabeth. Bound in full red morocco, all edges
gilt, silk doublers, raised bands, gilt on covers and spine text
in English and French. Engraved title page, folio. (Text to
plate 14 missing) colored plates complete.
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# 206 | 3 Volumes | RUSKIN, ohn. Stones of Venice.
209. SAND, George
211. SCOTT, Thomas
The Masterpieces.
Pub: Philadelphia: George Barrie and Son. 1900. $12,500
20 vols. Illustrated. Plates in 3 states. Ltd. to 23 copies, this
being # 8. Printed on Japanese vellum. Bound in full rose
morocco, all edges gilt, raised bands, each volume in a
slipcase. George Sand ( 1804-1876), was the pseudonym
of Madame Amantine Lucile Aurore Dupin. She was one of
the most prolific female authors in the history of literature,
and unapproached among the women novelists of France.
The Holy Bible, Old and New Testaments.
Pub: London: A. Fullarton and Co. n.d. Circa. 1850. $2,500
3 vols. Bound in full brown morocco, all edges gilt, raised
bands, ornate gilt on covers and spines, large quartos.
210. SAWYER, oseph D.
George Washington.
Pub: Boston: Thomas W. Best. 1927.
$1,750
2 vols. Bound in full red morocco by Harcourt Bindery, top
edge gilt, ornate gilt on covers and spines, illustrated. First
Edition.
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212. SCOTT, Sir. Walter
Waverly Novels.
Pub: London: Merrill and Baker. n.d. Circa. 1900.
$9,500
33 vols. Ltd. to 26 sets with watercolors and other
engravings. Exquisitely bound in full blue morocco, silk and
leather doublers, top edge gilt, spines and covers decorated
with floral gilt and red leather inlays. Most unusually and
elaborately illustrated. Handsome set.
Waverly Novels With Steel Engravings.
Pub: Edinburgh: Adam and Charles Black. 1857.
$5,500
25 vols. Bound in full tree calf levant, all edges gilt, raised
Waverly Novels. “Edinburgh Waverly Edition”.
Pub: Edinburgh: T. & A. Constable. 1902.
$6,500
48 vols. Bound in ¾ red morocco, marbled boards, top edge
gilt, raised bands, gilt panels. Frontispieces in two states,
one colored, steel engravings. Handsome and fine set.
The Poetical Works.
Pub: Edinburgh: William P. Nimmo and Co. 1883.
$250
1 vol. Bound in full red polished calf, marbled edge, raised
bands, gilt panels. Illustrated.
216. SHAKESPEARE, William
Works. “Edition DeLuEe”.
$9,500
24 vols. Bound in full blue morocco, leather and silk doublures,
illustrated, top edges gilt, raised bands, ornate gilt on spines
and covers (a few covers neatly rehinged). A handsome set.
The Works.
Pub: London: $outledge, Warne. 1865.
$1,500
4 vols. Edited by Howard Staunton, with capious notes,
glossary, life. Bound in full red calf, marbled edges, raised
The Complete Works.
Pub: London: Collins Claar – Type Press. n.d. Circa. 1900. $275
1 vol. Illustrated With 64 Photo – engravings of eminent
Shakespearen Artists. Bound in ¾ green morocco, marbled
boards, top edge gilt, raised bands, ornate gilt on spine.
“The National Edition” “A Fac Simile of The First Folio of 1623.
Pub: London: W. M. Mackenzie. n.d. 1900.
$3,500
3 vols. With illustrations by Sir. J. Noel Paton. Bound in full
green morocco, top edge gilt, raised bands, ornate gilt on
covers and spines, Folios.
Works. Edited by William A. Wright.
$4,500
9 vols. Bound in full blue polished calf by Bayntun, all edges
221. SHAW, George Bernard
The Complete Plays.
Pub: London: Constable and Co. 1931.
$950
2 vol. Bound in ¾ green morocco by Bayntun, top edge gilt,
raised bands. 4to. First Edition.
222. SHELLEY, Precy Bysshe
The Poetical Work. Edited by H. BuEton Forman.
Pub: $ee>es and Turner. 1886.
$450
2 vols. Bound in ¾ blue morocco by Bayntun, top edge gilt,
223. SIMMONDS, Florence
The Romance of Tristram and Iseult.
$750
1 vol. Translated from the French by Joseph Bedier. Illustrated
in color by Maurice Lalau. Bound in full brown morocco, all
edges gilt, raised bands, blind tooling on covers and spine.
224. SKELTON, ohn
Mary Stuart.
Pub: Paris: Boussod, (aladon and Co. 1893.
$1,500
1 vol. Ltd. to 200 copies this is #83. Bound in full blue
morocco, top edge gilt, raised bands, gilt on covers and
spine. Printed on Japanese Vellum, colored frontispiece,
plates in 2 states. Folio.
225. SKELTON, ohn
Charles I.
Pub: Paris: Jean Boussod. 1898.
$1,500
1 vol. Ltd. to 500 copies this is # 283, printed on Japanese
Vellum, colored frontispieces, plates in two states. Bound in
full blue morocco, top edge gilt, raised bands, gilt on spine
and covers, folio.
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226. SMYTH, William
Lectures on Modern History. From The Irruption of The Northern
Nations to The Close of The American Revolution.
Pub: Cambridge: J and J.J. eighton. 1840.
$1,500
5 vols. Bound in full tan polished calf, top edge gilt, raised
bands, gilt panels.
227. SOUTHEY, Ro-ert
The Life of Nelson.
Pub: London: Bickers and Son. 1878.
$450
1 vol. Twelve illustrations by Westall. Bound in full tan calf,
all edges gilt, raised bands, spine and covers decorated with
gilt anchors.
228. SPARKS, ared
The Writings of Washington.
Pub: Boston: American Stationer s Company. 1837. $8,500
12 vols. Being his correspondence, addresses, messages,
and other papers, official and private. Selected and
published from the original manuscripts; with a life of the
author, notes and illustrations by Jared Sparks. (1833 –
1837). Bound in contemporary ¾ green morocco, gilt spines,
marbled boards, raised bands. First Edition of Jared Sparks
#238 | 3 Volumes | William L.Stone. History of New York City.
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Washington’s Writings. Illustrated with numerous engraved
plates, including portratis, facsimiles, battle and plans and
military operations, and maps.
229. STANLEY, Henry M.
The Darkest Africa.
Pub: London: Sampson Low Marston. 1890.
$1,500
2 vols. Illustrated with 150 woodcuts and maps. Bound in
¾ green morocco, marbled boards and edges, raised bands,
gilt panels. First Edition.
230. STANLEY, Henry M.
In Darkest Africa.
Pub: London: Samson Low, Marston. 1890.
$1,500
2 vols. with 150 woodcut illustrations and maps. Bound in
¾ brown morocco by Bayntun, top edge gilt, raised bands,
gilt panels. First Edition.
231. STEP, Edward
Favourite Flowers of Garden and Greenhouse.
Pub: London: Frederick Warne and Co. 1896.
$1,500
4 vols. Illustrated with 316 hand colored plates. Bound in ¾
vellum, top edge gilt.
232. STEPHENS, ames
Irish Fairy Tales.
$7,500
1 vol. Illustrated in color and signed by Arthur Rackham. Ltd.
to 520 copies. Bound in full green morocco by Bayntun, all
edges gilt, raised bands, gilt panels and covers (spine lightly
faded). Quarto.
plates, maps, engravings. Bound in ¾ orange morocco, top
edge gilt, raised bands, gilt panels. First Edition.
239. SUTHERLAND, Alexander Esq.
The Achievements of The Knights of Malta.
Pub: Edinburgh: Constable and Co. 1831.
$750
2 vols. With a fold – out map. Illustrated. Bound in ¾ red
233. STEVENSON, R. L.
Works. “Author s Edition”.
$5,500
25 vols. Bound in ¾ tan calf, marbled boards, top edge gilt,
Treasure Island.
$3,500
1 vol. Bound in full green morocco by Bayntun, all edges gilt,
raised bands, gilt panels. Second Edition.
Novels.
$9,500
52 vols. Bound in ¾ brown morocco, marbled boards, top
edge gilt, raised bands, gilt panels.
236. STIRLING, William.
Annals of The Artists Of Spain.
Pub: London: John !lli>ier. 1848.
$1,200
3 vols. Illustrated. Bound in ¾ blue morocco by Zaehnsdorf,
marbled board, top edge gilt, raised bands, gilt panels.
237. STOWE, H. B.
)ncle Tom s Cabin.
Pub: London: John Cassell. 1852.
$1,500
1 vol. With 27 illustrations on wood by George Cruikshank,
Esq. Bound in full blue morocco by Morrell, spine faded, all
edges gilt, raised bands, gilt panels. First Illustrated Edition.
240. SYMONDS, ohn A.
Renaissance In Italy.
$3,500
10 vols. Bound in full red morocco byh Zaehnsdorf, top edge
gilt, raised bands, ornate gilt on covers and spines,
frontispiece. (One volume neatly rehinged).
241. SYMONDS, ohn A.
The Life of Michelangelo Buonarroti.
Pub: London: John C. Nimmo. 1893.
$750
2 vols. Bound in 3/4 red morocco, marbled boards, top edge
gilt, raised bands. Illustrated.
242. TENNYSON, Lord Al1red
The Works. “Centenary Edition”.
Pub: New York and London: G. P. Putnam s Sons. 1909.$3,500
8 vols. Illustrated. Bound in full red morocco, top edge gilt,
raised bands, ornate gilt on covers and spines. Illust. in
photogravure from original designs by Frederick S. Coburn
and Gustave Dore.
In Memoriam. Illustrated by Alfred G. Jones.
Pub: London: George Newnes Ltd. 1901.
$2,500
1 vol. Printed on Japanese vellum, Ltd. to 25 copies, signed
by the illustrations. Bound in full tan calf with a watercolor
on vellum on front cover by Cedric Chivers, top edge gilt,
blind tooling on covers and spine.
238. STONE, L. William.
History Of New York City.
Pub: New York: (irtue and Yorston. 1872.
$3,500
3 vols. From the discovery to the present day. With two
autogpraph letter by Stone, 54 colored plates and 193 other
The Complete Works.
$550
1 vol. Bound in full green morocco, all edges gilt, raised
bands, spine and covers decorated with red flowers inlays
and gilt. Lovely Copy.
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#250 | 20 Volumes | THORPE, Francis N. History of North America.
249. THOREAU, David
The Works. “Edition DeluEe”.
$3,500
12 vols. Edited by William J. Rolfe. Bound in full black
morocco, top edge gilt, raised bands, gilt panels, illustrated.
The Writings. “Manuscript Edition”.
Pub: Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin and Co. 1906. $28,000
20 vols. Volume contains a manuscript by Thoreau from his
journal “Autumn”. Bound in full green morocco (spines and
covers faded to a pleasing tan) top edge gilt, raised bands,
ornate gilt on covers and spines. Ltd. to 600 sets this is #
213. Signed by Houghton, Mifflin and Co. Illustrated.
246. TENNYSON, Al1red
Poems.
Pub: London: Edward Mo@on. 1856.
$350
1 vol. Bound in full brown morocco, gauffered edges, raised
bands, blind tooling on covers and spine.
247. THACKERAY, M. William
The Works.
$4,500
26 vols. With illustrations by the author. Handsomely bound
in ¾ yellow calf, marbled boards, top edge gilt, raised bands,
gilt panels.
250. THORPE, Francis N.
The History of North America.
Pub: Philadelphia: George Barrie and Son. 1906.
$9,500
20 vols. Titles included: The Revolution, The Constitution, The
Civil War, Rise of the South. Colonization of the South etc.
Printed on Japanese vellum, bound in full green morocco,
all edges gilt, raised bands, gilt panels. (spines faded lightly)
profusely illustrated.
251. TOLSTOY, Count Leo N.
248. THACKERAY, William M.
The Works.
Pub: London: Smith Elder and Co. 1869.
$4,500
22 vols. Bound in ¾ red morocco, marbled boards and
edges, raised bands, gilt panels.
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The Complete Works.
Pub: London: J. M. ent and Co. 1905.
$7,500
24 vols. Translated from the original Russian and Edited by
Leo Weiner. Handsomely bound in ¾ wine morocco by
Sangorski and Sutcliffe, marbled edges, top edge gilt, raised
bands, ornate gilt on spines. Fine set.
252. TOLSTOY, Count Leo N.
Works. “Illustrated Library Edition”.
Pub: Boston: L. C. Page and Co. 1904.
$4,500
14 vols. Translated from the original Russian and edited by
Prof. Leo Wiener. Bound in ¾ blue morocco, top edge gilt,
raised bands, gilt panels. Fine set.
253. TRAVEL
Findens TableauE of The National Character, Beauty and Costume.
Pub: London: T. G. March. 1853.
$1,800
2 vols. Containing a series of sixty-one beautiful illustrations
engraved by and under the superintendence of W. and E.
Finden. With original tales in Prose and poetry, written
expressly for the work by Allan Cunninghan, Leigh Hunt,
Miss Mifford and others of the most popular authors of the
day. Bound in full green morocco, all edges gilt, ornate floral
gilt on covers and spines, folio.
in English and French. Bound in full brown morocco, all
edges gilt, raised bands, ornate gilt on covers and spines.
60 hand-colored plates. First Edition.
258. TWAIN, Mar6
The Innocents Abroad or The New Pilgrims Progress.
Pub: Hartford: American Publishing Company. 1876. $1,200
1 vol. With 234 illustrations. Bound in ¾ blue morocco, marbled
board, top edge gilt, raised bands, gilt panels. First Edition.
259. VERNE, ules
The Works. “Edition Couronnee”.
Pub: New York and London: (incent Parke. n.d. Circa. 1900. $15,000
15 vols. Ltd. to 50 sets this is # 10. Bound in full black morocco
red silk doublers, top edge gilt, raised bands, gilt panels.
Illustrated. Fine set of a very scarce and desirable author.
260. WALLACE, Sir. Donald MacKenEie
254. TRAVEL
Picture>ue Europe.
Pub: London, Paris and New York: Cassell, Petter, Galpin. N.
. Circa. 1876.
$4,500
5 vols. Picturesque Europe. With illustrations on steel and
wood by the most Eminent Artists. Bound in full calf in
various colors, with raised bands, label, splendid gilt tooling
to the panels and boards, all edges gilt.
255. TRIGGS, Inigo H.
The Art of Garden Design In Italy.
$1, 500
1 vol. Profusely illustrated. Bound in ¾ red morocco, raised
bands, gilt panels. Folio, First Edition.
256. TRISTRAM, H. B.
The Survery of Western Palestine.
Pub: London: Palestine E@ploration Fund. 1884.
$2,500
1 vol. Fauna and Flora of Palestine illustrated with 20 plates
(13 hand – colored). Bound in ¾ blue morocco, marbled
boards, raised bands, gilt panels. Quarto.
257. TURKEY
The Costume of Turkey.
Pub: London: William Miller. 1804.
$5,500
1 vol. Illustrated by a series of engravings, with descriptions
Russia.
Pub: New York: Henry Holt. 1905.
$750
1 vol. With portrait of the author and two coloured maps.
Bound in ¾ green morocco, top edge gilt, raised bands, gilt
panels. First Edition.
261. WALTON, IEaa6
The Compleat Angler.
Pub: London: George G. Harraps and Co. 1931.
$1,500
1 vol. Illustrated in color by Arthur Rackham. Bound in full
green morocco, top edge gilt.
262. WARD, Adolphus WM.
The Electress Sophia and The Hanoverian Succession.
Pub: New York: Gouptil and Co. 1903.
$1,500
1 vol. Ltd. to 250 copies, this is # 91, printed on Japanese
and spine, folio.
263. WATTS, Alaric A.
Lyrica of The Heart. With Other Poems.
Pub: London: Longman, Brown Green. 1851.
$250
1 vol. With 41 steel engravings. Bound in full black morocco,
all edges gilt, raised bands, gilt panels and covers.
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264. WEIR, Captain Ro-ert and Brown, Moray
270. WHITTIER, G. ohn
Riding (Polo).
$1,750
1 vol. Illustrated. Bound in full tan morocco, original cover
bound in the rear, all edges gilt, raised bands, gilt panels.
First Edition.
The Poetical Works.
Pub: London: Henry Frowde. 1898.
$175
1 vol. Edited by W. Garrett Horder. Bound in full wine morocco
(spine faded) all edges gilt, raised bands, ornate gilt on
spines and covers.
265. WELLS, H. G.
The Works. “Atlantic Edition”.
$18,500
28 vols. Signed in volume one by Wells. Ltd. to 1050 sets
this is # 614. Bound in original ¾ red morocco, top edge gilt,
raised bands, gilt on spines. Fine and handsome set.
266. WHALL, W. B.
The Romance of Navigation.
Pub: London: Sampson, Low, Marston and Co. n.d.
Circa. 1925.
$450
1 vol. Colored frontispiece. Bound in full blue calf, all edges
gilt, raised bands, ornate gilt on spine and front cover,
profusely illustrated.
267. WHEATLEY, Henry B.
Hogarth s London.
Pub: London: Constable and Co. 1909.
$975
2 vols. Pictures of the manners of the Eighteenth Century.
“Special Copy – Extra Illustrated” with hand – colored plates,
black and white. Bound in full red morocco by Bayntun, top
edge gilt, raised bands, gilt on covers and spines.
268. WHITMAN, Walt
Poems From Leaves Of Grass.
Pub: New York: E. P. utton and Co. 1913.
$1,200
1 vol. With colored illustrations by Margaret C. Cook. Bound
in full tan morocco, top edge gilt, raised bands, ornate gilt
on spine and covers, 4to.
269. WHITMAN, Walt
The Complete Poetry and Prose.
Pub: New York: Pellegrini and Cudahy. 1948.
$950
2 vols. Introduction by Malcolm Cowley. Bound in ¾ green
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BEAUTIFULLY BOUND GEDITION DE LU)EI SET
OF THE WORKS OF OSCAR WILDE
271. WILDE, Oscar
The Works of Oscar Wilde.
Pub: Boston and New York: The C. T. Brainard Publishing
Co. 1909.
$7,500
15 vols. Bound in ¾ navy blue morocco, raised bands,
gilt-ruled spines in six compartment, top edge gilt,
untrimmed. “Edition de luxe”, one of only 1000 sets
printed, this copy unnumbered. With hand-colored title
pages and frontispieces with printed tissue-guards,
profusely illustrated throughout. Contains Wilde’s
complete works: his plays (including “The importance of
Being Earnest” and “Salome” in which are reproduced
four of Aubrey Beardsley’s famous illustrations), his only
novel (The Picture of Dorian Gray), his poems, fairy tales,
stories, essays, criticisms, reviews, epigrams, and
translations, and a biography of Wilde. Fine condition,
with bookplate. A superb set, handsomely bound and
most desirable.
272. WILDE, Oscar
The Happy Prince.
Pub: London: a>id Nutt. 1888.
$1,500
1 vol. Illustrated by Walter Crane and Jacob Hood. Bound
in full green morocco by Zaehnsdorf (spine faded). Top
edge gilt, raised bands. First Edition.
273. WILDE, Oscar
Writings. Edition DeluEe.
Pub: London and New York: A. $. eller and Co. 1907. $8,500
15 vols. Ltd. to 200 copies. Bound in ¾ green morocco,
top edge gilt, raised bands, floral gilt on spines.
Illustrated.
#249 | 20 Volumes | THOREAU, David. The Writings. “Manuscript Edition”.
274. WILLIS, N. P.
276. WILSON, Alexander
Canadian Scenery Illustrated.
Pub: London: George (irtue. 1842.
$2,200
2 vols. Engraved vignette title-page to each volume, portrait
frontispiece to first, engraved map, and 16 engraved plates
after drawings by W. H. Bartlett. First edition. Publisher’s
deluxe binding of full purple calf, covers tooled in gilt with
outer acorn and leaf roll surrounding floral roll in blind,
stamped in gilt in center with floral design, spines stamped
in gilt with maritime vignette and title. Spines slightly
sunned, some foxing to vol. 1 frontispiece and engraved title,
light sporadic foxing to some plates, generally a very clean,
pretty copy.
American Ornithology or the Natural History of the Birds of the
)nited States.
Pub: Edinburgh: Sterling and enney. 1832.
$3,500
3 vols. With hand-colored plates. Bound in ¾ brown
morocco, top edges gilt, gilt panels. First Edition.
275. WILSON, Sir. Charles
278. WORDSWORTH, WM.
Pictures>ue Palestine, Sinai and Egypt.
Pub: London: (irtue and Co. n.d. Circa. 1850 s.
$3,500
2 vols. Assisted by the most eminent Palestine explorers,
with numerous engravings on steel and wood. Bound in ¾
black morocco, top edge gilt, raised bands, gilt panels, large
thick quartos.
Poems.
Pub: London: $outledge Warne. 1859.
$450
1 vol. Selected and edited by Robert Aris Willmott, illustrated
with 100 designs by Birket Foster, Wolf, Daiziel. Bound in full
brown morocco, blind tooling on covers and spine, raised
bands, gauffered edges. Handsome copy.
277. WOOD, . G.
The Natural History of Man, Reptiles, Birds and Mammals.
Pub: London: George $outledge and Sons. 1869.
$1,800
5 vols. Profusely illustrated with wood engravings. Bound in
¾ red morocco, all edges gilt, raised bands, ornate gilt on
spines, 4to’s.
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279. WORDSWORTH, William
283. YOUNG, Arthur
The Poems. Edited By Thomas Hutchinson.
Pub: London: !@ford 'ni>ersity Press. 1923.
$475
1 vol. Bound in full paneled tan calf by Riviere, all edges gilt,
A Tour in Ireland.
Pub: London: T. Cadell, Strand and J. odsley, Pall Mall.
1780.
$1,800
1 vol. With frontispiece and full-page plate of an Irish cabin,
the preliminary to the Irish subscribers, list of subscribers,
and index. Bound in ¾ tan morocco and marbled paper
boards, gilt spine. Young’s Tour is more of a detailed
economic profile than a jaunt in the countryside, his
methods of data collection and analysis have caused
modern observers to rank him an early national income
statistician, employing survey sampling. He is also valued
for his social insights and deep knowledge of farming
techniques.
280. WORDSWORTH, William
Pub: London: MacMillan and Co. Ltd. 1903.
$350
1 vol. With an introduction by John Morley. Frontispiece.
Bound in full tree calf levant, marbled edge, raised bands,
ornate gilt on spine, front cover with Royal Crest.
281. WORMELEY, Katharine P.
Memoirs of The Duc DeSaint – Simon, On The Times of Louis XIV
and The Regency.
$1,200
4 vols. Illustrated with portraits. Bound in ¾ red morocco,
top edge gilt, raised bands, gilt panels.
284. YOUNG, Col. G. F.
The Medici With Portraits And Illustrations.
$850
2 vols. Bound in full green polished calf by Bayntun, all
edges gilt, raised bands, gilt panels.
282. WRA)ALL, Nath
Memoirs of the Kings of France of the Race of Valois.
Pub: London: Edward and Charles illy. 1777.
$1,200
2 vols. Bound in full tan polished calf, marbled edges, raised
bands, gilt panels with the author’s coat of arms. Binding by
Zaehnsdorf.
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