LITERATURE (List one)

SECOND HALF

Mencken, Milton, Moser, Rackham,Shelley,

Smollet, Stein, Thackeray, Trollope, Twain, Wilde, Yeats, et al

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[ESSAYS]

30. Macaulay, T. Babington. 

Critical And Miscellaneous Essays; New an Revised Edition. 

New York: D. Appleton, 1857. 19 x 13 cm. This American edition contains the remainder of the articles in the Edinburgh Review, and several written and published during his college years. Four pages of adverts at rear of last volume. Macaulay, an English Whig politician, essayist, poet, and historian best known for his History of England, 5 vol. (1849??"61). During his service in India for the Crown he fought for the liberty of the press and of the equality of Europeans and Indians before the law. He inaugurated a national system of education, Western in outlook, and as president of a commission on Indian jurisprudence he drafted a penal code that later became the basis of Indian criminal law. Raised bands, spine panels richly gilt in floral motifs, maroon and black spine labels printed in gilt. Interior very clean, slight surface wear. Late 19th century three quarter tan calf and marbled boards, matching endpapers and edges. Near fine. 5 Vols. $250.00

[POETRY]

31. Mandelstam, Osip. 

Tristia. 

St. Petersburg & Berlin: Petropolis, (1922). First edition. 75 pages. 16 x 12 cm. This second collection of poetry, 943 poems, composed between 1915 and 1922, published shortly after Mandelstam moved from St. Petersburg to Moscow with his new wife Nadezhda. Here he express the inner exile of the poet in communist Russia. He borrows the title from Ovid (Sorrows) who was physically exiled to Tomis, Romania for reasons that remain unknown today. Original wrappers with cover illustration and publisher's mark designed by M. V. Dobuzhinskii. Slight nicks to edges at lower front cover. HELLYER 759, THE RUSSIAN AVANT-GARDE BOOK 377. Orig. illustrated wrappers, yapp edges. Very good. $2,000.00

[NON-FICTION]

32. McMurtry, Larry.

In A Narrow Grave Essay on Texas.

Austin: The Encino Press, 1968. First edition. 177 pages. 23.5 x 17 cm. Limited edition, copy 53 of 250, signed on half title as issued, and additionally inscribed: Presentation copy to actor William Ely -- "The book took me longer than any novel, with good wishes, Larry McMurtry". This was the author's first book of non-fiction, and is the second (correction) printing that was preceded by a first printing that was so littered with typographical errors that it was recalled and destroyed. Orig. two-toned brown/tan boards. Fine in fine slipcase. $3,050.00

[SATIRE]

32A. Mandeville, Bernard.

The Fable Of The Bees; Or, Private Vices, Public Benefits With A Commentary Critical, Historical and Explanatory by F.B. Kaye.

Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1924. 481 pages. 21 x 15 cm. Limited edition, copy 20 of 25 on India Paper, "has been printed for presentation to friends." Title page in red and black, several engraved facsimiles including frontispiece and captioned tissue guards. Originally published 1705 as satire on economic orthodoxy and a seminal text of libertarian thought. Mandeville argues that the basest and vilest behaviors produce positive economic effects. His philosophy gave great offence at the time, and was stigmatized as false, cynical and degrading. He was also an early describer of the division of labour, and Adam Smith used of some of his examples. Two volumes in one. Raised bands, spine lettered in gilt, marbled endpapers, spine slightly darkened. Three quarter red levant and marbled boards. Teg. Near fine. $1,595.00

[SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY]

33. [Mencken, H.L]. 

The Charlatanry Of The Learned (De Charlataneria Eruditorum, 1715) by Johann Burkhard Mencken Translated From The German By Francis E. Litz.

New York & London: Alfred A. Knopf, 1937. First edition. 178 (X1) pages. 20 x 14 cm. Notes and Introduction by H.L. Mencken. One of 1475 copies designed by W.A. Dwiggins, a signed presentation copy to Harry Richel in ink on front free endpaper by Mencken, dated 1937. Orig. salmon cloth, printed paper label at spine. Fine. $250.00

[VINE BOOKS]

33A. Merrick, Leonard.

Four Stories.

London: The Bookman's Journal, 1925. First edition. 101 pages. 24 x 17 cm. The sixth of the Vine Books produced by Wilfred Partington issued by "The Bookman's Journal with woodcuts by Norman James, printed on Kelmscott hand-made paper at the Baynard Press, and bound by McLeish. Mostly unopenend. An almost as new copy with backstriip lettered in gilt. Orig. full vellum with yapp edges. Teg. Fine in near fine gray board slipcase. $200.00

[THEATRE]

34. Milne, A.A. 

Michael And Mary A Play. 

London: Chatto & Windus, 1930. First edition. 96 pages. 21 x 14 1/2 cm. Limited edition, copy 244 of 250 signed by A.A. Milne. Known more today for his children's books, particularly "Winnie The Pooh," Milne wrote more than twenty five plays with this one dedicated to The Marshalls, Bart and Edna [Edna Best and Herbert Marshall], who in real life were married, and starred on stage in this production. Firm, very bright copy, partly unopened, backstrip lettered in gilt, evenly faded to brown. Orig. forest green cloth. Teg. Very good. $675.00

[POETRY]

35. Milosz, Czeslaw. 

Swait/The World. 

San Francisco: Arion Press, 1989. First edition thus. 57 pages. 36 x 26 cm. Limited edition, one of 250 copies, and a portrait of the poet, an original dry-point engraving by Jim Dine signed by Dine on the "Artist's Statement" describing his meeting with the author. Also, signed in pencil by Milosz on half title. A sequence of twenty poems in Polish, translated into English by the poet, with an introduction by Helen Vendler. Laid-in, the original announcement of this publication, plus a publication list of Arion Press books for the Fall 1989, most are french-leaved. A few marks to boards. Orig. illustrated cream boards and brown cloth spine. Near fine. $595.00

[PRIVATE PRESS]

36. Milton, John. 

Comus A Mask. 

Newtown, Montgomeryshire: Gregynog Press, 1931. 26 pages. 28 x 17.5 cm. Limited edition, copy 186 of 250 on Japanese vellum with frontispiece and six characters in costume designed and engraved on wood by Blair-Hughes Stanton. Bright, very fresh copy, wide text margins, the only blemish a slight puffing to front cover board. Book arranged by William MacCance on a hand press, and set by hand and printed by Idris Jones. Orig. half beige spine lettered and decorated in gilt, and thick cream beveled boards. Near fine. $595.00

[COMEDY]

37. Moliere, Jean-Baptiste Poquelin. 

Oeuvres Completes De Moliere Nouvelle Edition Tres-Soigneusement Revue Sur Les Textes Originaux Avec Un Travail De Critique Et D'Erudition Apercus D'Histoire Litteraire, Biographie, Examen De Chaque Piece, Commentaire, Bibliographie, etc. Par M. Louis Moland. 

Paris: Garnier Freres, 1863-1864. Nouvelle Edition. 24 x 16 cm. Host of engraved plates by Delannoy and Massard after G. Staal. Moliere gave French comedy a serious face -- his gallery of human nature, particularly the hypocrite and poseur are imprimaturs. Considered the creator of modern French comedy, his plays are performed at the Comedie-Francais more than those of any other playwright. A clean, bright set internally, minor rubbing to extremities and corners, raised bands, gilt decorated spine panels, marbled endpapers. Contemporary three quarter green morocco and marbled boards. Near fine. Teg. 7 vols. $795.00

[COMPARATIVE LITERATURE]

38. Montagu, Mrs. Elizabeth. 

An Essay On The Writings And Genius Of Shakespear, Compared With The Greek and French Dramatic Poets With Some Remarks Upon the Misrepresentations of Mons. de Voltaire.

London: J. Dodsley, Mess. Baker and Leigh, J. Walter, T. Cadell and J. Wilkie, 1769. First edition. 288 pages. 21 x 13.2 cm. Armorial bookplate of Sir John Mordant. In London her home on Hill Street had become the premiere salon in London. Samuel Johnson, Sir Joshua Reynolds, Edmund Burke, David Garrick, and Horace Walpole were all in the circle. She also patronized a number of women authors, including Elizabeth Carter, Hannah More, Frances Burney, Anna Barbauld, Sarah Fielding, and Hester Chapone. Described by Thomas Warton as the most elegant and judicious piece of criticism of the age. Warton, English literary historian, critic, and poet, and from 1785 to 1790 the Poet Laureate of England. ROTHSCHILD 1449. Raised bands, spine label lettered in gilt, joints rubbed, contents generally clean. Contemporary full polished calf. Very good. $595.00

[SIGNED COPY}

39. Moser, Barry (Illustrator). 

Spirit of the River by Russell Banks. 

Las Vegas: Rainmaker Editions, 2002. First edition. 53 pages. 24 x 16.2 cm. Limited edition, copy 29 of 399 signed by Banks and Moser. With three illustrations printed from the original blocks and designed and engraved by Barry Moser. Paper is Magnani, manufactured by Cartiere Enrico Magnani in Pescia, Italy. Bright, very fresh copy. Orig. tan cloth front cover and spine labels in black and red. Fine in fine slipcase. $575.00

[ADVERTISING]

40. New Haven. E.H. Pardee.

Agent's Sample Book.

New Haven: E. H. Pardee, ca 1880's. 15.5 x 10 cm. More than 25 leaves with over 70 mounted, mostly chromolithographs, embossed color card samples with prices written in pencil. The images carry the Victorian sentimentality of the time; with inscriptions -- "Hope sustain thee ever, Love and best wishes, I love thee dearly, Kindest regards, Remember your friend," et al. Elaborate raised embossing in gilt and a kaleidoscope of colors with most card sizes approx. 9 x 5 cm. A few of the cards with lace embroidered frames. Edges of some paper background sheets frayed at front cover margins. Images are clean, a few quires loose. Orig. brown cloth decorated in blind with front cover lettered in gilt. Very good. $500.00

[ELEGANT BINDING]

41. Norris, Frank.

The Argonaut Manuscript Limited Edition Of Frank Norris's Works.

Garden City: Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1928. First edition. 22 x 15 cm. Limited edition, copy 17 of 245 with a 57 line manuscript page from the author's McTeague inserted in Vol. I with hand corrections and notations. Original ink smears and fingerprints of Norris. Introductions by H.L. Mencken, Theordore Drieser and Charles Norris. Written in the naturalist genre akin to Stephen Crane and Theodore Drieser his work initially was highly praised. Contemporary critics have condemned his anti-Semitic portraits and his contempt for the working poor and immigrants. Photogravure portrait frontispiece in first volume by Arnold Genthe. Full crimson morocco, raised bands, spine panels richly gilt in floral motifs and covers similarly decorated with gilt arabesques at corners. Gilt dentelles, crushed green levant doublures with gilt borders and silk moire front endpapers further enhance the set. A few tiny spots of joint rubbing. BAL 15049, 15048. Full crimson morocco. Teg. Fine. 10 Vols. $3,995.00

[FABLES]

41A. Northcote, James, R.A.

One Hundred Fables, Original And Selected Embellished With Two Hundred Eighty Engravings on Wood (Second Edition) & Fables Original And Selected (Second Series), Illustrated By Two Hundred and Eighty Engravings On Wood. London: Geo. Lawford & John Murray, 1829 & 1833. Second & First editions. 272 , 248 pages. 20 x 12.5 cm. The illustrations, "the greater portion of which are of my own invention," with his headpiece designs for each one and with initial letters and tailpieces by William Harvey, pupil of Thomas Bewick." James Northcote was one of a number of prominent painters of the 18th century. Today Northcote is chiefly admired for his portraits, though his paintings of animals found favor in his lifetime. In his later years he devoted an increasing amount of time to history paintings, including some scenes from Shakespeare’s history plays which were exhibited in Boydell’s Shakespeare Gallery. The Second Series of the Fables was published posthumously, Both volumes with Index To The Engravings. Small owner stamp of Rev. J. Troy and small ex-library stamp top right corner of title page, interior contents fresh and bright, nicks to backstrip extremities. Contemporary crimson cloth decorated in blind, backstrips elaborately decorated in floral gilt motifs. Very good. 2 Vols. $200.00

[19TH CENTURY]

41B. Philadelphia. H.C. Carey & I. Lea. 

The Atlantic Souvenir; A Christmas And New Year's Offering. 

Philadelphia: H.C. Carey & I. Lea, 1826. First edition. 353 pages. 14.5 x 9 cm. Literature by James Kirk Paulding, William Cullen Bryant, Catherine Sedgwick et al. Paulding who served as Secretary of the Navy probably authored "Biographical Sketch of Admiral Paul Jones." Contents contain twenty-four titles of varying lengths. "The Catholic Iroquois," is one of the longer articles. Full page engravings also presented, one engraved by Fairman and Childs [Gideon Fairman and Cephas Childs] prominent engravers of the period for a portrait by English artist William Brockedon. Light, scattered toning in immaculate binding, green velvet endpapers, inner dentelles, raised bands, spine panels in elaborate gilt motifs and cover borders paneled in floral designs. Full crushed red levant morocco. Aeg. Fine. $375.00

[FABLES]

41C. Rackham, Arthur (Illustrator).

Aesop's Fables A New Translation By V.S. Vernon Jones With An Introduction By G.K. Chesterton.

London & New York: William Heinemann & Doubleday, Page, 1912. 224 pages, 29.5 x 24 cm. Limited edition, copy 1135 of 1450, signed by Rackham. Thirteen mounted color plates with lettered tissue guards, and 53 drawings in black and white. LATIMORE & HASKELL p.38-39. Text generally clean, a few margins or corners toned. Recased in light gray cloth spine and marbled boards. Teg. Fine. $1,850.00

[SPORTING]

41D. Rackham, Arthur (Illustrator).

The Complete Angler by Izaak Walton.

London: George G. Harrap, 1931. 224 pages. 27 x 21 cm. Limited edition copy 643 of 750, signed by Rackham. Twelve mounted color plates with lettered tissue guards, 25 black and white illustrations, and pictorial endpapers in cream and brown. The signed, limited editions were in great demand. Rackham noted, "There is such a fashion for publishing only limited editions that my books are in a rather curious position. The ordinary editions do not sell so large a number as of old, & the limiteds are vastly over-applied for..." [see: Hamilton, "Arthur Rackham"], p142. LATTIMORE & HASKELL p.66. Fresh, crisp copy; plates and text clean and bright, partly unopenend, slight toning to backstrip, small adhesion front cover, slight toning bottom back cover, with prospectus for "The Night Before Christmas," the next book Rackham illustrated for Harrap, laid-in. Orig. paneled and lettered vellum. Teg. Near fine.      $950.00

[CHILDREN'S]

41E. _____.

A Dish Of Apples By Eden Phillpotts.

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1921. 75 pages. 25 1/2 x 20 cm. Three mounted color plates and seven black and white illustrations. Limited edition, copy 306 of 500 signed by Rackham and Phillpotts. Phillpotts, a West Country author renown for his Dartmoor settings. LATTIMORE and HASKELL 54. Owner signature free front endpaper. Book seller label of W & G Foyle Ltd., London at back cover paste down, and two small adhesion marks free endpapers, small dent at head of back board. Illustrated endpapers, clean and very fresh copy. Orig. cream cloth, front cover design by Rackham in gilt. Teg. Very good/Near fine. $750.00

[FANTASY]

41F _____.

A Midsummer-Night's Dream By William Shakespeare.

London & New York: William Heinemann & Doubleday, Page, 1908. 134 pages. 4to, 30 x 24 cm. Limited edition signed by Rackham with no limitation stated. Forty tipped-in full-page mounted color plates with lettered tissue guards, plus black and white illustrations in the text. "His interpretations of A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM and WIND IN THE WILLOWS, for example, have become definitive, and continue to challenge later illustrators to find new approaches." [see: HAMILTON. p.9 "Arthur Rackham A Biography"]. Toning [approx. half centimeter fore-edge and foot] of title, front cover lightly soiled. Orig. decorated cream colored cloth. Teg. Very good. $1,400.00

[LITERATURE]

41G. _____.

Tales From Shakespeare by Charles & Mary Lamb.

London & New York: J.H. Dent & E.P. Dutton & Co., 1909. 304 pages. 29 x 21 cm. Limited, large paper edition. copy 739 of 750 signed by Arthur Rackham in ink. Host of lettered tipped-in color plates, plus black and white text illustrations, some full page. As the publisher notes most of the designs appeared as line drawings in an edition issued by the present publisher in 1899. They have been reworked, revised and colored by Rackham, plus new designs were added. Interior very bright and sharp with wide text margins. Decorated endpapers. Back cover stained at margins, Orig. white cloth, the four cloth ties intact. Very good. $1,100.00

[VAMPIRE CHRONICLES]

42. Rice, Anne.

The Tale Of The Body Thief.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1992. First edition. 430 pages, 224 x 16 cm. Signed presentation copy, "For Tom & Lucy Greene, All blessings, Anne Rice 1992." The fourth in the series of vampire chronicles. Orig. two-toned gray cloth and embossed boards. Fine in fine dust wrapper with clear mylar over wrapper. $150.00

[PRIVATE PRESS]

43. Ricketts, Charles (Illustrator). 

Ecclesiastes; Or, The Preacher, And The Song of Solomon. 

London: Vale Press, 1902. First edition thus. 17 pages. 29.5 x 20 cm. Printed at the Ballantyne Press for Hacon & Ricketts in red and black under the supervision of Charles Ricketts in the King's fount. Roderick Cave in "The Private Press," notes, his (Ricketts) practice of thinking each work out afresh was a valuable lesson for latter book designers, and most notable perhaps in Meynell's work at the Nonesuch Press. Limited edition, one of 300. Slight nick to corners, endpapers toned. Orig. holland backed boards, uncut, paper label upper front cover. Very good. $550.00

[PRIVATE PRESS]

44. Ricketts, Charles & Jean Paul Raymond. 

Oscar Wilde Recollections. 

London: Nonesuch Press, 1932. First edition. 60 pages. 26 x 16 cm. A fictitious character, Jean Paul Raymond, created by Ricketts enabling him to reveal his displeasure at the fate of his friend, Oscar Wilde. Decorative title page in red and black. Limited edition, copy 512 of 800. The cover was designed by Charles Ricketts, the typography by Francis Meynell. Introductory Note by Thomas Lowinsky. Front and back free endpapers toned, otherwise fine. Orig. gilt decorated white cloth in classical motifs, gilt title. Teg. Fine in very good, spine nicked black cloth dust wrapper, spine printed in gilt. $400.00

[ART NOUVEAU DESIGN]

45. Robinson, Charles Newton. 

The Viol Of Love. 

London: John Lane, 1895. First edition. 56 pages. 20 x 13 cm. Limited edition, one of 350. Front cover decoration by Laurence Housman, noted for his intricate Art Nouveau designs. 16 pages of adverts at rear. Small book label free front endpaper of W.H. Clarke & Co., Boston. Interior contents bright. Rubbing to backstrip head and foot, first few leaves unopenend. Orig. green decorated cloth. Very good. $350.00

[FICTION]

45A. Scott, Sir Walter.

Chronicles of Canongate; By The Author Of "Waverly," &c

Second Series. Edinburgh & London: Cadell and Co., and Simpkin and Marshall, 1828. First edition. 336, 336, 348 pages. 18.5 x 12 cm. First state. Four pages of adverts end of Vol. III. Although Scotts name does not appear on the title, the introduction acknowledges his authorship of the Waverly novels for the first time in print. WORTHINGTON 21. Backstrip lettered in gilt, decorated with floral motifs, modest extremity rubbing. Contemporary flat spine, three quarter roan and green cloth. Very good. 3 Vols. (#23133) $350.00

[FICTION]

45B. _____.

Woodstock; Or, The Cavalier A Tale Of The Year Sixteen Hundred And Fifty-One. By The Author Of "Waverly, Tales Of The Crusaders," &c.

Edinburgh & London: Archibald Constable And Co. And Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown And Green, 1826. First edition. 315, 332, 370 pages. 18.5 x 12 cm. Vol. III in second state. WORTHINGTON 19. Interior contents fresh, rubbing to tips, slight fading to marbled boards. Contemporary flat spine, three quarter black morocco and marbled boards. Very good. 3 Vols. $350.00

[POETRY]

46. Shelley, Percy Bysshe. 

Epipsychidion. 

Montagnola: Officina Bodoni, 1928. 38 pages. 29 x 20 cm. Limited edition, one of 220 copies printed on vellum paper with the original types of Giambattista Bodoni. Verses Addressed To The Noble and Unfortunate Lady Emilio V____, This work was inspired by Shelley's meeting, at the end of October 1820 when the author had moved back to Pisa, the beautiful, young Teresa Viviani (1801--1836), who was being kept in a convent awaiting the outcome of marriage arrangements in which she played little part. But it also reflects the difficulties he was facing in his second marriage to Mary Godwin, and looks back to the desolation the poet faced after the suicide of his first wife Harriet Westbrook. Bookplate of Albert Prostel Finkler, a naval avaitor during WWI. Covers and interior fresh and clean. Orig. full vellum, spine lettered in gilt. Near fine. $500.00

[COMIC PROSE]

47. Smollett, Tobias. 

The Adventures Of Ferdinand Count Fathom. 

London: Lackington, Allen, & Co, 1813. 224, 205 pages. 20.5 x 12.5 cm. Hand colored frontispiece by Thomas Rowlandson. Smollett's influence has been as important as his achievement." [see: CBEL Vol. X, p.37]. Hume said that Smollett was like a coco-nut, rough outside, but full of human kindness within. After Fielding, Smollett counts as the greatest purveyor of comic prose-epic of contemporary life to his generation, if not to his century. [see:DNB]. Bound by R. Wallis, raised bands, spine panels richly gilt, double gilt cover border panels, inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, two leather spine labels, moderate text toning, one cover rehinged.. Late 19th century full brown, mottled calf. Aeg. Fine. 2 Vols. $350.00

[COMIC PROSE]

48. _____. 

The Adventures Of Peregrine Pickle: In Which Are Included, Memoirs Of A Lady Of Quality. 

Edinburgh: Bell & Bradfute, et al, 1805. 202, 222, 213, 228 pages. 20.5 x 12.5 cm. Eight full page hand-coloured plates two by Thomas Rowlandson, six by Woodward. Smollett's influence has been as important as his achievement." [see: CBEL Vol. X, p.37]. Hume said that Smollett was like a coco-nut, rough outside, but full of human kindness within. After Fielding, Smollett counts as the greatest purveyor of comic prose-epic of contemporary life to his generation, if not to his century. [see:DNB]. Bound by R. Wallis, raised bands, spine panels richly gilt, double gilt cover border panels, inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, two leather spine labels, moderate text toning, two covers rehinged. Late 19th century full brown, mottled calf. Aeg. Near fine. 4 Vols in two. $695.00

[TRAVEL LITERATURE]

49. Taylor, John. 

The Certain Travailes of an Uncertain Journey, Begun on Tuesday the 9. of August and ended on Saturday the 3. of September following 1653. 

Np: Np, 1873. 22 pages. 21 x 14 cm. One of six copies printed on pink paper. Known as the Water Poet. Despite having been one of the most widely read poets in Stuart England, there is a disparity between Taylor's contemporary acclaim and his modern obscurity. Much of his works were published by subscription. John Taylor's development of travel literature, which came into popularity in the 1500s, solidified his career and public image, and his travels were often funded through bets made by the public as to whether he would complete his journey. His humble beginning and lack of grace in language prevented him to enter fully into the world of London's literary elite. Covers dusty with small chips to front cover. OCLC 504602751. Orig. cloth spine, illustrated front cover. Very good. $250.00

[PRIVATE PRESS]

50. Stein, Gertrude. 

An Acquaintance With Description. 

London: The Seizin Press, 1929. First edition. 50 pages. 21 x 14.5 cm. Limited edition, copy 52 of 225. The Seizin Press was founded by Robert Graves and Laura Riding in 1927. Seizin One' was a work by Riding, this volume was Seizin two. Stein's signature slip pasted adjacent to the title page signed in Paris and returned to Seizin in London for insertion. Tiny Gotham Book Mart, NY bookseller label back cover paste-down. Cello adhesion remnants free front and back endpapers. Orig. pebbled white cloth, backstrip lettered in gilt. Near fine. $950.00

[COMEDY]

51. Thackeray, William Makepeace [M.A.Titmarsh]. 

Comic Tales And Sketches. 

London: Hugh Cunningham, 1841. First edition. 299, 370 pages. 20 x 12.5 cm. Profusion of tinted plates by Thackeray. Front covers and spines of original edition bound-in. As a contributor to Punch Thackeray often parodied the false romantic sentiment pervading the fiction of his day. Thackeray’s work is critical of the Victorian bourgeois era, combining an understanding of socio-historical patterns with a vision of life as an unending masquerade. Clean copy, raised bands, spine panels decorated in gilt arabesques.VAN DUZER 35. Three quarter maroon morocco and matching cloth. Teg. Fine. 2 vols. $395.00

[MILITARY]

52. Thomas Graham Lord Lynedoch [Anonymous: Attributed to].

The History Of The Campaign Of 1796 In Germany And Italy * The History Of The Campaign Of 1797, In Germany And Italy * The History Of The Campaign of 1799, In Germany And Switzerland * The History Of The Campaign Of 1799, In Italy * The History Of The Campaign of 1799, in Holland.

London: T. Gardiner, 1803. Second edition. 379, 306, 383, 353, 479 pages. 21 x 13.5 cm. 15 folding maps and plans. Lord Lynedoch (Thomas Graham, 1st Baron Lynedoch) a Scottish aristocrat, politician and British Army officer immersed himself in a military (and later political) career, during the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars. Detailed accounts of the various campaigns including Names of Officers killed, wounded and missing. The one Preface appears in the final volume in which the author extends his apology for the difficulties in translating some French terms to English, and the high cost the engravings to produce the maps which "very much advance the price of this volume." Scattered light foxing, more notable where the placement of maps meet the text page. Bound by New York Cooperative Society. Modern three quarter maroon morocco and lilac cloth. Teg. 5 Vols. Fine. $1,250.00

[HIS FAVORITE]

53. Trollope, Anthony. 

Orley Farm. 

London: Chapman and Hall, 1862. First edition. 320, 320 pages. 22 x 15 cm. Illustrated by J.E. Millais with thirty-nine plates. Bound up from the parts with scattered stab holes evident. No adverts. Trollope's favorite of his works. SADLEIR 13. Book-labels, raised bands decorated in gilt, black leather spine labels printed in gilt, moderate extremity and surface rubbing. Contemporary three quarter maroon morocco and marbled boards, matching endpapers. 2 vols. Very good. $595.00

[SOCIAL CLIMBING]

54. _____. 

Phineas Finn, The Irish Member. 

London: Virtue & Co., 1869. First edition. 320, 328. pages. 21.4 x 14 cm. Twenty black and white illustrations by J.E. Millais. Trollope traveled throughout Ireland when he served as a Civil Servant as a postal inspector His time there were happy and he became a champion of Ireland. "...he never produced anything that was not a faithful and sometimes a very amusing transcript of the sayings and doings of possible men and women." [see: BRITANNICA 11th Edition]. This, a tale of politics and social climbing. Small, neat owner inscription Vol. I free endpaper, interior contents fresh and clean, modest surface wear, raised bands, spine panels in maroon lettered in gilt. Contemporary navy calf and cloth, all edges marbled. Very good. 2 vols. $550.00

[FRENCH TRANSLATION]

55. Twain, Mark. 

Les Aventures De Tom Sawyer 

Traduit Ave L'Authorisation De L'Auteur Par William-L. Hughes. Paris: Bibliotheque Nouvelle De La Jeunesse, [1884]. First French Edition. 238 pages. 23 x 19 cm. Illustrated by Achille Sirouy. Preface by Twain in French. Text block firm, Interior contents clean and fresh, covers lightly soiled. Sirouy was an engraver, lithographer, painter and illustrator. Orig. illustrated cloth, beveled edges. Aeg. Very good. $595.00

[SKETCHES]

56. _____. 

Punch, Brothers, Punch! And Other Sketches. 

New York: Sloate, Woodman & Co., (1878). First edition. 140 pages. 15.5 x 11.5 cm. First state of the first edition, with binding number 1 [BAL 3378]. Final leaf with Twain's "Certificate, with verso carrying his "Mark Twain Patent Scrap-Books." Interior contents clean and fresh, blue endpapers, nicks to backstrip extremities and corners. Orig. decorated green cloth, backstrip gilt lettering bright. Very good. $425.00

[FANTASY]

57. Verne, Jules. 

A Floating City, And The Blockade Runners. 

New York: Scribner, Armstrong & Co, 1874. First American edition. 286 pages. 21 x 15 cm. Four leaves of adverts at rear. Forty two illustrations. The two tales, the first based on his own experience on a transatlantic voyage on the Great Eastern, the largest iron ship ever constructed. The second fictional novel takes place during the American Civil War. MYERS 22. Very bright, fresh copy front cover elaborately decorated in gilt, slight wear to backstrip extremities and corners, owner inscription free front endpaper. Orig. publisher's brown decorated cloth with beveled edges. Very good. $825.00

[VICTORIAN]

58. Ward, Mary Augusta [Mrs. Humphrey Ward]. 

The Writings. 

Boston: Houghton Mifflin & Co., 1909. 21.5 x 16 cm. Autograph Edition, copy 96 of 750, signed by Mary A. Ward in Volume I. The author, born to a prominent Australian family removed to England when she was five years of age, her father was Tom Arnold (English Professor) and her uncle Matthew Arnold (English poet). Her sister Julia married Leonard Huxley, their sons were Julian and Aldous Huxley. A strong advocate for women's rights, and the founding President of the Women's National Anti-Suffrage League in 1908. Ward's novels contained strong religious subject matter relevant to Victorian values she herself practiced. All illustrations with lettered tissue guards, portrait frontispieces (some colored), and black and white photogravure plates. Raised bands, spine panels richly gilt in floral motifs. Ex-library, but withdrawn by a patron, bookplates front cover pastedown, and rear pockets, small embossed library stamp on titles, interior contents clean, wide text margins. Three quarter brown morocco, light blue marbled endpapers and matching endpapers. Teg. Fine. 16 vols. $850.00

[COMPLETE WRITINGS]

59. Whittier,

John Greenleaf. Writings. 

Cambridge: Houghton, Mifflin & Co, 1888-1894. 22.5 x 15.5 cm. Large Paper Edition, copy 125 of 400, containing the Writings (7 volumes), and Samuel T. Pickard's, Life and Letters (2 volumes) with the bookplates of C.L. Huntley. Whittier was perhaps best known for his Anti-Slavery position early in the 19th century, and as a founding member of the "Anti-Slavery Society," in 1833. He was also strongly supportive of women writers: Sara Orne Jewett, Alice Cary, Celia Thaxter and others; Jewel dedicated one of her books to him. Elegant binding, raised bands, spine labels richly gilt with large floral motif at center, miniscule rubbing to a few corners. Three quarter brown morocco, marbled boards and matching endpapers. Teg. Fine. 9 Vols. $750.00

[POETRY]

60. Yeats, William Butler. 

The Book Of The Rhymers' Club. 

London: Elkin Mathews, 1892. First edition. 94 pages. 16.5 x 13 cm. Limited edition, one of 450 copies. John Quinn's bookplate front cover paste-down. Original contributions by Yeats (6 poems), Richard Le Gallienne, Arthur Symons, and other Rhymer’s Club members. Purportedly, Yeats proposed this collection because "I wanted to have copies of Dowsons poems. He had read them to us at the Cheshire Chease." WADE 291. Laid-in a play bill from the Grand Opera House, Chicago (33 x 12.5 cm) for "Final Performances The Irish Players from the Abbey Theater, Dublin dated March 12, 1912. Five plays noted, three by Lady Gregory, one each by Yeats and Doyle with complete casts for each. Crease to front and back covers, backstrip extremities worn, spine paper label faded. Orig. mustard cloth. Very good. $640.00

[POETRY]

61. _____. 

The Celtic Twilight. Men And Women, Ghouls And Faeries. 

London: Lawrence And Bullen, 1893. First edition. 212 pages. 17 x 10 cm. Frontispiece by Jack Yeats, adverts leaf and half title. Publisher's name all in caps at bottom of spine. WADE 8. Owner inscription free front endpaper dated Xmas 1893, back cover decoration in blind. Backstrip worn head and foot with slight loss. Orig. green cloth, backstrip evenly faded to brown. Very good. $550.00

[UNOPENED]

62. _____. 

Essays. 

New York: Macmillan, 1924. New and Revised edition. 538 pages. 25.5 x 14 cm. Limited edition, copy 206 of 250 signed by Yeats. Pristine, unopened copy. Contents contain "Ideas Of Good And Evil, The Cutting Of An Agate, and Per Amica Silentta Lunae." Dedicated to Lennox Robinson, an Irish dramatist, poet and theatre producer and director who was involved with the Abbey Theatre. Spine paper label slightly toned. Orig. teal cloth spine, textured brown boards, front cover and spine paper labels. Fine. $1,295.00

[THEATRE]

63. _____. Plays And Controversies. 

New York: Macmillan, 1924. New and Revised Edition. 474 pages. 25.5 x 14 cm. Limited edition, copy 72 of 250 signed by Yeats. Pristine, unopened copy, frontispiece portrait of Yeats at a young age drawn by John Singer Sargent with seven additional illustrations in the text. Chapter on "Music For `At The Hawks Well' by Edmund Dulac. Orig. teal cloth spine, textured brown boards, front cover and spine paper labels. Fine. $1,395.00

[POETRY]

64. _____. 

The Second Book Of The Rhymers' Club. 

London & New York: Elkin Mathews & John Lane & Dodd, Mead & Company, 1894. First edition. 136 pages. 16.5 x 13.5 cm. Limited edition, one of 500 copies printed for England (of which 400 hundred are for sale) and 150 copies printed for America. WADE 294. 15 pages of adverts at rear. All the contributors in the first book are here again with the addition of Arthur Hillier, and as in the first book,Yeats contributes six poems. Small bookseller label of Angus & Robertson, Sydney. Owner inscription free front endpaper, small portion above excised, approx. 2 x 7 cm., slight rubbing to backstrip head. Orig. polished brown cloth, slight beveled edges, backstrip lettered in gilt. Very good. $480.00

[DEDICATED]

65. _____. 

The Shadowy Waters. 

London: Hodder And Stoughton, 1900. First edition. 57 pages, 24 x 17.5 cm. Fresh, clean copy, wide text margins, owner inscription dated 1900, book dedicated to Lady Gregory. Backstrip gilt lettering bright as well as the two front cover gilt decorations. WADE 30. Orig. navy vertically ribbed blue cloth. Teg. Near fine. $550.00