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162. [Restif de la Bretonne, Nicolas Edme].
Tableaux de la Bonne Compagnie our Traites caracteristiques, Anecdotes
secretes, Politiques, Morales & Litteraires, recueillies dans les
Sociétes du bon ton, pendant les Années
1786 & 1787. 2 vols. [6], 210; 192 pp. Illus. with 16 copper-engraved plates,
most with captions in both French &
German, a few only French. (12mo) 5-1/2x3-1/2, period 3/4 calf & speckled
boards, spines tooled in gilt, raised bands,
morocco lettering pieces. Paris: 1787.
The romances, intrigues, and excesses of the French upper class in the last
days before the Revolution. Just a little
shelf wears to covers; corners of pastedowns darkened from the binder's glue,
which has offset to adjacent leaves
incl. title-pages; else near fine, with old armorial bookplates. (300/500).
163. Rochelle, M. Roux de.
États-Unis D'Amérique. Illus. with 96 copper-engraved
plates of
America, depicting American Indians (numerous), an alligator hunt, Niagara
Falls, Medicine Men, canoe making, corn,
tobacco, native wildlife incl. buffalo, beaver, ocelot, rattlesnake, etc.,
Quaker home, Hudson River views, Revolutionary War
battles & maps, Mississippi River, Lake Erie, etc. Gilt-ruled embossed
purple calf, gilt-lettered spine.
Paris: Firmin Didot Frères, 1837.
Spine faded, joints cracked & repaired; occasional foxing (mostly
marginal), else very good. (200/300).
FINE SET OF ROWLANDSON
164. (Rowlandson, Thomas) [Combe, William].
The Tour of Doctor Syntax, in Search of the Picturesque. With
30 hand-colored aquatint plates by Rowlandson, plus hand-colored engraved
title. 3rd Ed. 1813. * [Combe, W.] The Second
Tour of Doctor Syntax, in Search of Consolation; a Poem. With 24 hand-colored
aquatint plates by Rowlandson, plus hand-
colored engraved title. 1st Ed. 1820. * [Combe, W.] The Third Tour of
Doctor Syntax, in Search of
a Wife, a Poem. With 24 hand-colored aquatint plates by Rowlandson, plus
hand-colored engraved title. 1st Ed.
1821. * Poetical Sketches of Scarborough: Illustrated by Twenty-One
Engravings of Humorous
Subjects, Coloured from Original Designs, Made Upon the Spot by J. Green, and
Etched by T. Rowlandson. With 24 hand-
colored aquatint plates 2nd Ed. 1813. Together, 4 vols. 9-1/4x5-3/4, uniform
later full red leavant morocco ruled in gilt,
spines tooled & lettered in gilt, raised bands, gilt inner dentelles,
a.e.g.; bound by Riviere.
London: R. Ackermann, various dates.
A handsomely bound set of Rowlandson's Syntax, with the addition of
the equally humorous
Scarborough. Some light offset or occasionaly minor soiling to
contents, else near fine. (800/1200.
165. Sage, Dean.
The Ristigouche and its Salmon Fishing, with a Chapter on Angling
Literature. Ed. by Col.
Henry A. Siegel & Harry C. Marschalk, Jr. Intro. by Arnold Gingrich & notice of
Dean Sage by DeWitt Sage. Illus. incl.
2 color plates by Charles DeFeo & Ogden M. Pleissner. 12-1/2x9-1/2, full
blue calf ruled in gilt with gilt vignette on
front cover, spine dec. & lettered in gilt, raised bands, gilt inner dentelles,
marbled endpapers, t.e.g. No. 37 of 250 copies
printed on Rives mould-made paper.
Goshen, CT: Angler's & Shooter's Press, 1973.
Initialed by Siegel and Marschalk on the limitation-page; inscribed and signed
by Siegel on the title-page. Name of
Ruth W. Brown stamped in gilt on front cover. A beautiful edition of this
sought after volume originally published in
1888. (600/900).
166. (Satire) Anon.
Satires Contre l'Athénée de Toulouse, etc. [4], 71 pp.
Bruxelles:
Wandermann, 1804. [bound with] Boaur-Lormian, [Pierre Marie Francois Louis].
pitre a l'Auteur Anonyme des Six Satyres
Toulousaines. [2], 16 pp. Toulouse: Bennefoir, et al., 1804. [bound with]
Anon. Satires Toulousaines, Suite
Aux Six Premières. Première Édition, Enrichies de Notes
Critiques. Genéve: Pellet,
1804. [3]-32 pp. 1804. [bound with] Rclamation Contre la Rclamation, et les
Mžurs de Toulouse. Satire VII. 8 pp. [n.d.]
Together, 4 items bound together. 7-3/4x4-3/4, later 3/4 morocco & mottled
boards, spine ruled & lettered in gilt,
raised bands.
Various places: 1804.
Ex-library with faint rubberstamp to front endpaper, small piece of paper label
adhered to front board. Bookplate.
Very good condition.
(100/150).
NUREMBERG CHRONICLE, 1493
167. [Schedel, Hartmann].
[Liber Chronicarum]. 258 (of 326) leaves. Profusely illus. with
woodcuts, many
double-pages, including portraits, city views, etc., & a world map. (folio)
16-1/2x11-1/2, 19th century calf. [Nuremberg: Anton Koberger, 1493].
Goff S307; Schreiber 5203; Shirley 19 - The present copy comprises the main
body of text begining with Folio I;
lacking the title-page and index leaves at front, and the supplemental history
section at the rear. Contains the
double-page world map; woodcut bird's-eye views of Jerusalem, Paris, Venice,
Pisa, Rome, Florence, Nuremberg,
Contstantinople and many other cities; portraits of leading figures in
biblical, classical, medieval and renaissance
history; depictions of historic events, etc. etc. Shirley describes the book as
"one of the most remarkable books of
its time. The text is an amalgamation of legend, fancy, and tradition
interspersed with the occasional scientific fact
or authentic pied of modern learning... Hartmann Scendel, a physician of
Nuremberg, was the editor-in-chief; the
printer was Anton Koberger, and among the designers the most famous were
Michael Wolgemut and Hanns
Pleydenwurff, masters of the Nuremberg workshop where Albrecht Dürer
served his apprenticeship..." He
describes the world map as "a robust woodcut taken from Ptolemy without great
attention to detail... What gives
the map its present-day interest and attraction are the panels representing the
outlandish creatures and beings that
were thought to inhabit the furthurmost parts of the earth...." The coloring on
this copy seems old, perhaps
seventeenth century, and is somewhat crude at times. Front cover detached,
spine torn at top; moderate soiling, a
few ink notations in the margins, stain to Folios 108-111, lower corners
replaced on Folios 133 & 134 (affecting no
text), a few other marginal repairs, else good, contents very good.
(18,000/25,000).
168. Schonaeus Goudano, Cornelius.
Terentius Christianus, seu Comždiæ Sacræ, tribus partib-
distinctæ, Terentiano Stylo a Corn: Schonæo Goudano
Conscriptæ. [14], 359, [16], 239, 286 pp.
Copper-engraved pictorial title-page. (sm. 8vo) 6x3-1/2, period calf, rebacked
with modern calf, morocco spine label.
Amsterdam: Henricus Laurentius, 1646.
Mild foxing & aging to contents, bookplate, else very good. (200/300).
169. Schrevelius, Cornelius.
Lexicon Manuale Graeco-Latinum et Latino-Graecum, ut Illud in Belgio Quintum
Prodiit
Semper Auctius.... [12], 191, 958 pp. Copper-engarved frontis. port.
7-1/2x4-1/4, later cloth, spine lettered in gilt.Dresden & Liepzig: Joh..
Christoph Zimmermann, 1736.
Greek-Latin lexicon. Sunning to spine; contents trimmed close affecting some
letters in the title & preface pages,
ink name to title, some darkening or minor staining to contents, else very
good. (80/120).
170. Scott, Walter. Autographed Letter, Signed. To Adam
Ferguson, regarding the arrival of some family members, "Mrs.
Thomas Scott & her two girls are safely arrived - I shall hope for Walter
this evening... Walter Scott, Abbotsford,
Wednesday Evening." 10 lines, on single sheet, 8x5.
Abbotsford: no date.
Adam Ferguson, the recipient of the note, was one of Scott's closest friends.
While serving under Wellington at
Waterloo, he read the battle scene from The Lady of the Lake to keep
his troops steady under fire.
Near fine condition. (200/300).
171. [Scott, Walter].
The Fortunes of Nigel. 3 vols. [2], xlviii, 313; [2], 334; [2], 349 pp.
7-1/4x4-1/4, period
3/4 calf & marbled boards, spines tooled & lettered in gilt, marbled endpapers.
First Edition.
Edinburgh: Archibald Constable, 1822.
Covers rubbed, some wear to corners & spine ends; half-titles not retained
by binder, ink names to top of title-
pages in Vols. II & III, else very good. (150/250).
172. [Scott, Walter].
The Pirate. 3 vols. [4], vii, 322; [4], 332; [4], 346 pp. 7-3/4x5,
original boards,
rebacked with paper. First Edition.
Edinburgh: Archibald Constable, 1822.
Old labels of Milliken, Bookseller to His Majesty, on front covers. Covers
worn, some staining; Vol. I with free
endpaper & half-title glued at gutter to front pastedown, Vol. II lacking
free endpapers, else in good condition
only, but untrimmed. (100/150).
173. Serre, [Henri Auguste].
Traité sur l'Art des Restaurer les Difformités de la Face,
selon la
Méthode par Déplacement, ou Méthode
Française...Atlas de 30 Planches Représente
120 Figures. Title-page & 30 double-page plates reproducing lithographs.
12-1/2x9-1/2, gilt-lettered cloth. 1 of 100 copies.
No place: 1976.
Fascimile of the original atlas, published Joseph R. Klingbeil, M.D., president
of the California Society of Plastic
Surgeons, Inc. Early techniques of plastic surgery are shown. Fine condition.
(100/150).
INSCRIBED NOTE BY SEUSS
174. Seuss, Dr. Autograph note "
A Special Cat for Paul Cerey with Best Wishes from Dr. Seuss," on a piece
of notepaper with a large printed picture of the Cat in the Hat in red and
black. 8-1/2x5-1/2.
No place: no date.
Fine condition. (600/900).
LEAVES FROM SHAKESPEARE FOLIOS
175. [Shakespeare, William]. Four bifolium leaves [i.e.
four-page conjugates], one each from the First, Second, Third, and
Fourth Folio editions of Shakespeare's Comedies, Histories and
Tragedies. (folio) 13-1/2x9 or slightly smaller,
loose in printed paper folder. [London: 1623-1685].
Includes pp. 83-86 from the First Folio (The Second Part of King Henry
the Fourth); pp. 381-384 from
the Second Folio (Anthony and Cleopatra); pp. 209-212 from the Third
Folio (The Taming of a
Shrew); and pp. 113-116 from the Fourth Folio (The Moore of
Venice). Some mildew staining
along the gutters of the second and third, third with piece missing at lower
margin (not affecting text), a few light
stains & some soiling, generally very good. (2500/3000).
176. [Shakespeare, William]. Matched set of leaves from
the First, Second, Third, and Fourth Folio editions of
Shakespeare's Comedies, Histories and Tragedies, being 2 pages of
The Life and Death of Richard the
Second. (folio) 13x8-1/4 or slightly smaller, loose in printed paper folder.
[London: 1623-1685].
First Folio leaf with some staining, trimmed to neat line at top &
fore-edge; gutter edges somewhat ragged, else
all very good.
(1500/2000).
177. [Shakespeare, William].
Measure for Measure. Pp. 61-84. (folio) 12-1/2x8-3/4, disbound.
[London: 1632].
From the second folio edition of Shakespeare's Comedies, Histories and
Tragedies. Old ink inscription on
the first page, "read by Henry Greeley(?)." Minor stains to a few pages, else
very good. (600/900).
178. [Shakespeare, William].
The Merry Wives of Windsor. Pp. 39-60. (folio) 12-1/2x8-3/4, disbound.
[London: 1632].
From the second folio edition of Shakespeare's Comedies, Histories and
Tragedies. Small stains to a
few pages, else very good. (600/900).
ONE OF 50 SETS
WITH HAND-COLORED FRONTISPIECES
179. Shelley, Percy Bysshe & John Keats.
The Complete Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley. 8 vols.
* The Complete Works of John Keats. 4 vols. Together, 12 vols. Ed.
by Nathan Haskell Dole.
Illus. with gravure plates from drawings by Frank T. Merrill, each printed in
two states; 8 of the frontispiece with one
of the states hand-colored (2 have frontispieces only in 1 state); printed
tissue guards. 8-3/4x5-3/4, uniform full dark blue
levant morocco tooled in gilt on covers & spines, raised spine bands, gilt
inner dentelles, mottled endpapers, t.e.g. No.
38 of 50 sets of the Memorial Edition.
London & Boston: Virtue, [1904-1906].
Seven of the colored frontispieces are signed by Merrill in pencil. Most with
minor chipping to spine heads, one
volume of the Shelley (Revolt of Islam) with mostly marginal
dampstain to contents, else very good or
better. (3000/5000).
180. Snelling, Thomas.
Thirty Three Plates of English Medals. 34 pp. Engraved title-page &
33 full-page
engravings. (4to) 13x9-1/2, period calf, rebacked with modern red spine label.
London: Thomas Snelling, 1776.
Lowndes, Vol. V, p. 2436 - Some rubbing & wear to covers, corners showing,
else very good. (200/300).
FAERIE QUEENE IN FINE BINDING
181. Spenser, Edmund.
The Faerie Queene. 2 vols. [6], 543, [1]; [6], 493, [1] pp.
12-1/2x8-1/2, modern full
brown morocco with geometric morocco inlays to covers & spines in tan & black,
spines lettered in gilt, raised bands,
t.e.g., others untrimmed; bound by A.B., 1976. 1 of 350 copies printed on
handmade paper.
Cambridge, UK: University Press, 1909.
Finely printed and in striking modern bindings. Fine condition. (800/1200).
AUTOGRAPH SENTIMENT FROM R.L.S.
182. Stevenson, Robert Louis. Autograph sentiment,
"A Prayer for Mind and Body." 6 lines including title;
signed by Stevenson at bottom. On piece of paper 3x6. No place: no date.
Reads in part, "Give us peace of mind in our day, O Lord, and a
sufficiency of bodily comfort, that we be not
tortured with changing friendships or opinions...." Two tape reinforcements
on verso (horizontal &
vertical) have bled through to the recto, affecting the prayer and the "Louis"
in the signature; else good. (800/1200).
183. Stieler, Karl, et al.
The Rhine from Its Source to the Sea. Trans. by G.C.T. Bartley. xi, 373
pp.
Profusely illus. with wood engravings, incl. 60 plates. 13-1/2x9-3/4, period
paneled calf, rebacked with modern calf, spine
lettered in gilt, marbled endpapers, a.e.g. First American Edition.
Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott, 1878.
Some rubbing & staining to covers, else very good, internally fine.
(500/800).
184. (Stuart, Gilbert) Park, Lawrence, comp.
Gilbert Stuart: An Illustrated Descriptive List of His Works. With
an Account of His Life by John Hill Morgan and an Appreciation by Royal
Cortissoz. 4 vols. Vols. III & IV with plates
throughout reproducing paintings by Stuart; color frontis. in Vol. I (of his
portrait of George Washington). 12-3/4x9, gilt-
ruled cloth, spines lettered in gilt, t.e.g. First Edition.
New York: William Edwin Rudge, 1926.
Definitive catalogue raisonné of the American-born Stuart, 1755-1828,
who became one of the leading
painters in America despite fleeing to London during the years of the American
Revolution, where he was a student
of Benjamin West. He is perhaps most famous for his two portraits from life of
George Washington. Slight bumps
some of the corners, near fine. (300/500).
185. S[trype], J[ohn].
The History of the Life and Acts of the Most Reverend Father in God, Edmund
Grindal, the
First Bishop of London, and the Second Archbishop of York and Canturbury
successively, in the Reign of Q. Elizabeth....
By J.S., M.A. [2], xviii, 314, 108, [5] pp. Copper-engraved frontis. port. by
M. Vander Gucht. (folio) 12-1/2x7-3/4, modern
half calf & marbled boards, morocco spine label, raised bands. First Edition.
London: John Hartley, 1710.
Some slight foxing or aging to contents, marginal chip to frontis., else very
good.
(300/500).
186. Tacitus, Publius Cornelius.
Opera, Quae Extant. [30], 1224 pp. Ed. by Johann Friedrich Grovonius.
Added copper-engraved pictorial title; woodcut printer's device on printed
title. (8vo) 7x4-1/4, period velllum.
Amsterdam: Daniel Elsevir, 1672.
Elzevier Press edition of Tacitus' works. Bookplate of J.A. Maconochie on front
pastedown, along with ink signature of
A.M. Maconochie, dated 1841. Book label of Jacob Brown Craven on front free
endpaper. Some rubbing &
discoloration to covers, spine label chipped; some minor foxing & aging to
contents, else very good. (150/250).
187. Taylor, John.
Monsieur Tonson. 19 + [1] ad pp. With 7 engraved plates by Robert
Cruikshank. 6-1/4x4,
later gilt-ruled calf, spine lettered in gilt, gilt inner dentelles, marbled
endpapers, a.e.g.; bound by C. Winstanley,
Manchester.
London: Marsh & Miller, 1830.
Slight rubbing to edges & joints, else fine.
(100/150).
188. [Thackeray, William Makepeace]. Titmarsh, M.A.
The Rose and the Ring; or, the History of Prince Giglio and
Prince Bulgo. A Fire-Side Pantomime for Great and Small Children. iv, 128 + 16
ad pp. Wood-engraved plates & illus. 7-
1/4x5-1/4, original pink boards printed & illustrated in darker pink, rebacked
with plain paper. First Edition.
London: Smith, Elder, 1855.
The last of Thackeray's Christmas books, and the only one issued with uncolored
plates. Rubbing to boards, corners
showing, else very good. (150/250).
189. Thomas, Edward.
Beautiful Wales. Illus. with color plates by Robert Fowler; tissue
guards. Note on
Fowler's landscapes by Alex Finberg. 8-1/2x6-1/4, gilt-ruled crushed dark green
morocco, gilt-lettered & elaborately
tooled spine with red morocco cherry inlays, raised bands, original cloth front
cover mounted to front pastedown, t.e.g.;
bound by Jones & Evans. First Edition.
London: Adam & Charles Black, 1905.
A touch of sunning to spine, else extremely good in a very attractive binding.
(200/300).
190. (Turner, J.M.W.) Wornum, Ralph Nicholson.
The Turner Gallery: A Series of Sixty Engravings. xxx, 93
pp. Frontispiece & 60 steel-engraved page plates after Turner. 17-3/4x12, 3/4
gilt tooled leather & cloth, raised bands,
marbled endpaper. London: Chatto & Windus, 1875.
A selection of sixty fine engravings after the great English landscape artist
J.M.W. Turner commemorating his 100th
birthday. Encompassing ancient Italy as well as contemporary England, this
volume attempts to give an overview of
his rich body of work. Accompanied with an biographical essay by Ralph N.
Wornum. Joints slightly cracked, some
rubbing to spine & boards; occasional foxing, generally not impairing
plates. A very good copy. (400/700).
IMPORTANT ARCHIVE OF CLEMENS/
CREEL FAMILY PHOTOGRAPHS
191. (Twain, Mark)
Archive of family photographs and other material passed down through the
Creel family, who
were connected to Twain as cousins. Includes: A.L.s. from Pamela Ann [Clemens]
Moffett, Mark Twain's sister, to their
mother Jane Clemens, discussing mainly health problems. With envelope addressed
to Mrs. J. Clemens, (care Orion
Clemens), Keokuk, Iowa. Dated August 14, 1877. * Album with approx. 65
carte-de-visite photographs (incl
3 tintypes); 2 of the photographs are of Samuel Clemens, one of them signed on
the reverse in pencil as both Clemens
and Twain. 5x6-3/4, full embossed leather dec. in gilt, gilt edges, metal
clasps. * Album with approx. 25
carte-de-visite photographs, mostly of children. 5-1/4x4, full embossed leather
dec. in gilt, gilt edges, metal clasps.
* Tintype portrait tentatively identified as William Anderson Moffett, who
married Twain's sister Pamela
Ann Clemens in 1851. 3x2-1/2, with gilt bezel and protector, but no case. *
Ambrotype portrait of two girls, one of whom
is Annie E. Moffett, daughter of Pamela Ann Clemens and William Anderson
Moffett. 3-1/4x2-3/4, in leather case. *
Ambrotype of a girl identified as Annie E. Moffett, slightly older than the
preceding (image flaked in places). 3-1/4x2-3/4,
in leather case. * Tintype portrait of Ella Creel, with whom Twain had been
friendly in his youth. 2-1/2x2,
in leather case. * Cabinet card portrait identified in ink on the reverse as
"Mary E. Clemens wife of Orion Clemens brother
of Mark Twain." With imprint of Wales Fotografer, Keokuk, IA, on reverse.
Accompanied by printed card of Middie L. Creel,
on which is written "At home 610 Grand avenue." * Portrait of a man,
identfied in the negative as R[obert]
P. Creel, mounted on board & matted. Robert P. Creel was Jane Clemens' cousin.
* Cabinet card portait of an older woman
wearing a large hat, identified beneath the image as "Grandma Middleton." *
Cabinet card portrait of a
young woman, apparently from an earlier negative on mount dated 1896,
identified in ink on the image and mount as "Lola
West, childhood playmate & friend." * Cabinet card portrait of a woman
identified in ink "Margaret
Creel Scott-Patterson." * Cabinet card photograph of three men, identified on
the reverse, "Cousin Will
Marshall, Dan Miller, Charly Hines." * Daguerreotype portrait of two girls, not
yet identified. 3-1/4x2-3/4, in leather case
with top lacking. * Ambrotype portait of two boys, not yet identified (some
flaking to the image). 3-1/4x2-3/4, in leather
case with top lacking. * Plus a few other unidentified photographs.
Various places: various dates.
Key collection of photographs of the Clemens and Creel families, their
relatives, friends and other acquaintances. The
collection has passed down through the Creel family and remained in the
possession of their descendents until 1997,
when it was purchased by the present owner. Mark Twain's maternal grandmother,
Margaret Casey [Lampton]'s
sister, Polly Casey, married John Creel. They were a close extended family, and
the young Sam Clemens spent much
time with his cousins growing up. The most important item in the collection is
the larger of the two carte-de-visite
albums. In it was enclosed the letter to Jane Clemens, and internal evidence
suggests that perhaps Jane was the
actual compiler, assembling photographs sent to her by her Creel relatives, and
inserting others as she saw fit. In
her old age, or perhaps upon her death, it may have seemed fitting that the
album be given to the Creel family.
Some members of the Creel family eventually moved to Montana, where the
collection of photographs has remained
until now. Among the photographs in the album which have been identified are
the two of Twain, Olivia Langdon
[Clemens], his mother Jane Clemens, Annie Moffet, Mollie Clemens, and, most
oddly, Calvin Higbee. Calvin Higbee
was Twain's cabinmate for a short time in Aurora, California, and his partner
in the "blind-lead" scheme, and it is he
to whom Roughing It is dedicated. The presence of this photograph
would seem very odd if the album
had been compiled solely by the Creels, although Twain might well have sent the
photograph back to his mother, to
let her know what sort of people he was associating with. The imprints on the
carte-de-visites are many and varied,
and include Hannibal, Mo., Butler, Mo., St. Louis, Helena, Mt., Butte, Keokuk,
Ia., Davenport, Ia., etc. There is some
normal wear to the archive, but less so than is often the case, and both albums
are quite sound.
(8000/12,000).
FIRST EDITIONS OF MARK TWAIN
192. Twain, Mark.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Tom Sawyer's Comrade). 366 pp. Double
frontis. (incl.
port.) plus numerous wood engravings after E.W. Kemble. 8-1/2x6-1/4, original
green pictorial cloth stamped in black &
gilt. First American Edition, later issue.
New York: Charles L. Webster, 1885.
BAL 3415 - Clipped signature of E.W. Kemble affixed to front pastedown. This
copy can be considered a later issue,
and exhibits the following states, among others: title leaf is a conjugate,
with copyright dated 1884; illus. captioned
Him and another Man [p.13] listed as p.87; 11th line from bottom of
p.57 reads "...with the saw..."; p.
283 is a conjugate with corrected engraving; final 5 in p.155 is slightly
larger, so extends slightly below the other
numerals; leaf 23 8 is present as a blank leaf; 3rd state of the frontis. port.
Some wear to spine ends &
corners, soiling in lower margin of frontis. port., else very good. (800/1200).
193. Twain, Mark.
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court. 575, [1] + [2] ad pp.
Illus. by Dan Beard.
Original pictorial green cloth stamped in gilt. First Edition, Second State.
New York: Charles L. Webster, 1889.
BAL 3429 - Second state without the S-like ornament between THE & KING on
p. [59]. There is no fly-title, a
point of undetermined sequence. 1" tear to gutter margin of pp. 32-32; a near
fine, bright copy. (150/250).
194. Twain, Mark.
Following the Equator: A Journey Around the World. 712 pp. Illus. from
photographs,
drawings, etc. Original blue cloth with color pictorial label stamped in gilt,
gilt-dec. spine. First Edition, First Issue.
Hartford: American Publishing, 1897.
BAL 3451 - Hartford imprint only on title page; no signature mark present on p.
161. Slight rubbing to cover label
& extremities; foxing to title, frontis. & tissue guard, hinge cracked
before frontis, booklabel on front
pastedown, otherwise very good. (150/250).
195. Twain, Mark.
Life on the Mississippi. 624 pp. Profusely illus. Original brown cloth
dec. in black with
gilt pictorial vignettes, lettered in gilt on spine. First American Edition,
Second State.
Boston: James R. Osgood, 1883.
BAL 3411 - Second state with no illustration on p.441; caption on p.443 reads
"The St. Charles Hotel." Ink name
& address to front free endpaper dated June 1883, slight dampstain to lower
margins of last half of text; a
near fine, bright copy. (150/250).
196. (Twain, Mark)
English As She Is Taught. Being Genuine Answers to Examination Questions in
our Public Schools
Collected by Caroline B. Le Row. With a Commentary Thereon by Mark Twain.
xli, [1], 109, [1] pp. 6-1/4x4-3/4,
original cloth embossed with alligator-skin pattern, lettering in black. First
Edition with the Twain commentary.
London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1887.
BAL 3420 - Twain's amusing commentary comprises pp. xi-xli, and is a reprinting
of his review of the first edition of
Le Row's book which was published in The Century Magazine, April,
1887. The commentary was not
published in full in an American edition until 1900. Rubbing to cover edges &
extremities; a few stains to covers;
hinges cracked at endpapers, front well so, else very good.
(200/300).
WITH HAND-COLORED PLATES
197. Vergilius Maro, Publius.
The Eclogues of Virgil. With an English Translation and Notes. By John
Martyn.
[3]-270, [8] pp. Text in Latin & English. Illus. with 37 hand-colored
copper-engraved plates of plants & flowers.
10-1/2x6-1/2, modern half morocco & marbled boards, spine ruled &
lettered in gilt, raised bands, marbled
edges.
London: T. Bensley for Robert Jennings, 1813.
Nice printing of Virgil's Eclogues embellished with the striking
hand-colored copperplates of the plants
referred to in the poems. John Martyn, 1699-1768, was Professor of Botany at
Cambridge University. The DNB
notes Martyn's "last great literary undertaking of his life - an edition with
translation and natural history notes, of
the works of Virgil. This new edition has an appendix describing the plants
mentioned and alluded to in the Eclogues.
A little aging, still in fine condition. (700/1200).
198. Verve. Ed. by E. Tériade. Vol. II, Nos. 5
& 6. Illus. with original lithographs by Constantin Guys, Georges
Braque, George Roualt, André Derain, Fernand Léger, Paul Klee, 2
by Pierre Bonnard, and 2 by Henri
Matisse; tissue guards. Also illus from photographs, tipped-in illuminated
plates, etc., and with contributions from numerous
authors. 14x10-1/2, lithograph wrappers by Aristide Maillol. First Edition.
Paris: Verve, July-Oct. 1939.
Chipping to spine head; stain to lower gutters of first couple pages, else very
good & bright, with lithographs
all in fine condition.
(300/500).
199. Verve. Ed. by E. Tériade. Vol. VII, Nos. 27
& 28. Illus. with original lithographs by Georges Braque, Henri
Matisse (double page), Henri Laurens (2), Alberto Giacometti (2), André
Masson (double page), Fernand Léger
(doble page), Joan Miro (double page), Bors (2), Gromaire (2), & Marc Chagall
(3 in color, incl. 1 double page). Also illus
from photographs, tipped-in illuminated plates, etc., and with contributions
from numerous authors. 14x10-1/2, pictorial
boards by Braque. First Edition. Paris: Verve, [Jan. 1953].
Browning to spine & extremities, foxing to covers, occasional mild soiling
or foxing to plates, else very good. (300/500).
GOLDEN LEGEND, 1496
200. Voragine, Jacobus de.
[Legenda Aurea], i.e. [Lombardica historia que plerisque aurea legenda
sanctorum
appelatur]. 262 (of 264) leaves. (folio in 8's & 6's) 10-1/2x7-3/4,
later vellum, marbled endpapers. [Strassburg: Printer of the 1483.
Jordanus de Quedlinburg, May, 1496].
Goff J133 - Voragine's famed Golden Legend, one of the most popular
works of its time and still
influential today. This copy lacks a leaf in the first signature, and the final
blank. Initials in red in the first half of
the text, with initials not put into the latter part; there are about 8
illuminated initials, which have apparently been
added in recent times. Ink underlinings and old marginal ink notations
embellish much of the text. Front cover
detached; paper repairs to margins & corners of the first 8 leaves, occasional
dampstaining, mostly marginal but
intruding into the text of the first 20 or so leaves, some mostly marginal
foxing & soiling, marginal wormhole to last
55 leaves, else about very good, sold w.a.f. (1000/1500).
201. [Walpole, Horatio].
The Convention Vindicated from the Misrepresentations of the Enemies of Our
Peace.
29 pp. 8x4-3/4, modern marbled wrappers. First Edition. London: J. Roberts,
1739.
Sabin 101144 - Horatio Walpole, First Baron Walpole of Wolterton, diplomatist
and politician, younger brother of Sir
Robert Walpole, lauds the treaty with Spain which avoided war and settled
various maritime and mercantile issues;
there are numerous references to trade with the American colonies. Soiling
& a few stains to half-title, else
very good. (200/300).
202. Wesley, Samuel.
Poems on Several Occasions. [2], iv, [6], 412 pp. Copper-engraved
headpiece by Pine
on dedication-page. [4to] 10x7-1/2, modern quarter calf & marbled boards, spine
ruled in gilt, morocco lettering piece, raised
bands. First Collected Edition.
London: Printed for the Author by E. Say, 1736.
Poems by the brother of John and Charles Wesley, who were poets in their own
right. The present collection
includes Wesley's The Battle of the Sexes, comprised of 50 verses.
Old ink signature of Robert Harding
on front flyleaf. Title-page lightly soiled with a few marginal tears repaired;
else very good.
(250/350).
SIGNED BY NATHANAEL WEST
203. West, Nathanael.
The Dream Life of Balso Snell. Original printed wrappers. No. 76 of 500
copies (this
one of 300 for sale in America). First Edition.
Paris & New York: Contact Editions, [1931].
Boldly signed by West on the front free endpaper. Chipping & darkening to
spine, browning to extremities, 1"
tear to lowe front joint, small scrape to upper rear wrapper, else near very
good, and with scarce signature. From
the library of Eddie Albert. (600/900).
204. Whitman, Walt.
Eris; A Spirit Record by Walter Whitman, in The Columbian Lady's
and
Gentleman's Magazine, Vol. I ed. by John Inman, pp. 138-139. Illus. Black
morocco, gilt-roll borders, gilt-lettered spine &
personalized front cover. First Appearance.
New York: Israel Post, 1844.
Not in BAL. Very good. (300/500).
INSCRIBED BY WHITMAN
205. [Whitman, Walt].
Proud Music of the Sea-Storm. Pp. 199-203 in The Atlantic
Monthly, Vol. 23, No. 136, February 1869. 10x6-1/4, original front
wrapper. Boston: Fields, Osgood, 1869.
Inscribed and signed by Whitman at top of front wrapper, "Mr. Browning, with
respects Walt Whitman." Minor
chipping to front wrapper, which is detached, several ink marks to it, lacking
the rear wrapper, spine worn with
some signatures coming loose, else good, in custom-made folding cloth box.
(2000/3000).
206. (Witchcraft) Holt, Lord Chief Justice & Baron
Hatsell, eds.
The Tryal of Richard Hathaway, upon an
Information for being a Cheat and Impostor, for Endeavouring to take away the
Life of Sarah Morduck, for being a Witch,
at Surry Assizes, Begun and held in the Burrough of Southwark, March the 24th,
1702.... A1, B-C2, D1, E-I2; [2], 30 pp.
12x7-1/2, modern 3/4 morocco & marbled boards, morocco spine label, new
endpapers. First Edition.
London: Isaac Cleave, 1702.
Richard Hathaway was a blacksmith's apprentice in Southwark. According to the
DNB, "In February 1700 he gave
out that he was bewitched by an old woman named Sarah Morduck, the wife of a
waterman, and that, as an effect
of her sorcery, he vomited nails and pins, was unable to eat, speak, or open
his eyes, and was otherwise strangely
affected...Morduck, the reputed witch, was brutally ill-used. She left
Southwark, but Hathaway, accompanied by a
mob, followed her to her new lodgings in the city of London in the spring of
1701, and created an uproar. He was
carried before an alderman, who credited his story, committed Morduck to
prison, and subjected her to gross
personal indignities. She was tried for witchcraft at Guildhall...and
acquitted, whereupon Hathaway was ordered to
take his trial as a cheat and a rioter...He was tried before Chief-justice
Holt...." Hathaway was found guilty and
sentenced to a public flogging and kept at hard labor for 6 months. Fine
condition - a fascinating trial with much
commentary on 18th century witchcraft beliefs. (300/500).
207. Wittgenstein, Ludwig.
Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus. 189, [1] pp. Intro. by Bertrand Russell.
Text in
German & English. Cloth, spine lettered in gilt. First Edition, American issue.
New York: Harcourt, Brace, 1922.
The only philosophical work of Wittgenstein published during his lifetime,
scarce. First published solely in German in
a periodical, in Liepzig, 1921. A student of Russell's at Cambridge,
Wittgenstein devised theories which ultimately
assumed the hypothesis that logic and philosophy could never describe the
world, merely point to it. In defference to
this realization, he gave up philosophy to become an elementary village
schoolmaster in Austria. This is the American
issue comprised of the British sheets with cancel title. Ink name of Everett J.
Nelson to front free endpaer, dated
July 31, 1928; occasional marginal pencil notes and underlinings to the text;
ink notes to rear free endpaper. Some
cover wear; very good condition. (500/800).
208. [Young, Edward].
Works. 3 vols. [4], xviii, [2], 349, [2]; [2], 374; [2], 383, [1] pp.
Illus. with 17 copper-
engraved plates. (8vo) 8-1/2x5, period tree calf, spines tooled in gilt,
morocco lettering pieces.
London: F. & C. Rivington, 1802.
Nice set of works by the author of Night-Thoughts, with
illustrations after Stothard, Wheatly &
others. Joints tender; occasional foxing, else very good, with armorial
bookplates of Benjamin Lancaster. (200/300).
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Lots 55. CRUIKSHANK through 107. JOHNSON
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Lots 162. RESTIF through 208. YOUNG
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Lots 209. ANSON through 248. KIRKMAN
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