THE LIBRARY OF DR W. G. KERR: PART EIGHT ENGLISH LITERATURE

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Recent catalogues: 1410 Music 1409 Enterprise: Merchants, Manufactures & Commerce 1408 From the Library of Lord Olivier Recent lists: 2011/13 English books, New Acquisitions 2011/12 De Jure: Manuscript and printed civil & canon law2011/11 Graecia. Works in Greek. 2011/10 Theology & Science. The Library of Dr W.G. Kerr: Part Seven. The cover illustration is taken from item 13 Bernard Quaritch Ltd 20112011/14 3 THE LIBRARY OFDR W. G. KERR PART EIGHT: ENGLISH LITERATURE (1) 1.[ANON.].THETHESPIANDICTIONARY;or,dramaticbiographyofthe eighteenth century; containing sketches of the lives, productions, &c. of all the principalmanagers,dramatists,composers,commentators,actors,and actresses,oftheUnitedKingdom:interspersedwithseveraloriginal anecdotes; and forming a concise history of the English stage.London, by J. Cundee for T. Hurst, 1802. 8vo,pp.[276],+7platesofactorsandactresses,tipped-inpostcardofOldSadlers Wells added at start; pencil annotations to rear endpaper; a few stains otherwise a good copy in contemporary calf, double gilt fillet and blind-rolled border, flat spine gilt, with morocco lettering piece; upper board detached, a little rubbed at extremities; ownership andpurchaseinscriptionstofrontendpapers,signatureofMrs.CraigieofLintonto title-page.320 4 Firstedition.Theworkexpoundsthecareersofcelebratedactorsandactresses, playwrights,composers,etc.ofthetime.Theeighteenthcenturywassomethingofa golden age for the theatre, a renaissance followingPuritan restrictions during much of theseventeenth.PerhapsbestknownistheTheatreRoyalatDruryLane,London, whichsawgreatperformancesfromthelikesoflegendaryShakespeareanDavid Garrick. The Dictionary is necessarily selective; the most insignificant [thespians] are, in justice to their demerits, consigned to oblivion (the advertisement). 2.[ANONYMOUS].A visit to the Bazaar... London, for Harris & Son, 1820. 16mo,pp.[2],92;32full-pageplates;lightlytonedandfoxed,dampstaintoafew leaves;stillafaircopyincontemporaryredquarter-roanovermarbledboards,flat spinegilt-ruled;edgesspeckledblue;jointsandcornersworn,spinechippedathead and foot; signature of Arthur Loveday to front paste-down.500 Thirdedition(first,1818).Achildrensbook,recountingatriptotheSohobazaar,a mostrespectableinstitution,foundedbyJohnTrottertoprovideasourceof maintenancetothebereavedwomenfolkofNapoleonicsoldiers.Alight-heartedlook at 19th century consumerism, examining the eclectic and exotic wares proffered by the bazaar, with a moral undertone of honest trading. Opie B336

(2) 5 3.BLOOMFIELD,Robert.RuralTales,Ballads,andSongs.London,for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown [et al.], 1815. 12mo,pp.[8],124;with11half-pageengravedvignettesbyThomasBewick;afew smallmarks;agoodcopyincontemporaryhalf-roanovermarbledboards,flatspine gilt;extremitiesworn;signatureofJ.M.Fishertofrontendpaper,andoftheRev. William Jordan to front paste-down.25 Eighthedition(first,1802).TheRuralTalesfollowedthesensationalsuccessof BloomfieldsFarmersBoy(1800).TheRuralTalesareshorterandmoremetrically variedthantheprecedingwork,mostlyvignettesandlyricsdepictingthejoysand vicissitudesofrurallifeandthefolkwaysofvillagers(ODNB).Thepoemsare complementedwithvignettesfromThomasBewick,whohadbegunhiscollaboration withBloomfieldintheRuralTalesandisbest-knownforhisHistoryofBritishBirds (1797-1804). 4.BLOOMFIELD,Robert.WildFlowers;or,pastoralandlocalpoetry.London, for Vernor, Hood, and Sharp [et al.], 1806. 8vo, pp. [10], 132; 8 full-page engravings by Luke Clennell and Allen Branston; a few smallmarks,offsettingfrombindingtofirstandlastleaves,somepagesmarkedwith red ink from edges; a fair copy in near-contemporary black half-morocco over pebble-grained cloth, title gilt to spine; extremities lightly worn.40 Firstedition.TheWildFlowerscontinuesthepastoralthemeatwhichBloomfield specialised. The poignant dedication is addressed to Bloomfields only son, Charles, in whichthepoetexpresseshisparentalanxietiesforthefutureofhislamechild,whilst reiterating the love felt towards him. (4) 6 5.[BRONT,Anne].TheTenantofWildfellHall.ByActonBell.London, Smith, Elder and Co., 1859. [Bound with:] SAVAGE, Marmion Wilme.The Falcon Family; or, Young Ireland.London, Chapman and Hall, 1854. Twoworksboundasone;8vo,pp.472;[4]316;occasionalfoxing,somecorners creased,otherwiseaverygoodcopyincontemporaryhalf-calfovermarbledboards, spine with raised gilt bands and morocco lettering-piece, marbled edges; front internal hingebroken;bookplateofJamesGrahametofrontpaste-downandhissignatureto title-page in ink.250 Newedition(first,1848),TheTenantofWildfellHallisBrontssecondandfinal novel. Having witnessed the decline of her brother Branwell into drink and drugs, Anne usedtheprefaceofthesecondeditionofthebooktodefendthebooksrealistic representationofviceandviciouscharactersasthebestmethodofwarning inexperienced youth to avoidthe snares and pitfalls of life (ODNB). CheapeditionofSavagesfirstnovel,firstpublishedin1847.Savage(18041872) wasknownforhissatirictone,classicallearning,andknowledgeofnativeIrishlore. For Paralee Norman, the Falcons serve as Savages metaphor for the Anglo-Irish. The novelpresentsastarkpoliticalwarningtosponginggovernorsandaccidental supporters,buttheyoungIrelanders(Savagecoiningtheterm)andtractariansare disparaged (ODNB).(5) 7 6.BROOME,William.Poemsonseveraloccasions.London,HenryLintot, 1750. 8vo,pp.xxiii,[I]advertisement,280,withengravedfrontispieceportrait;tearto frontispiece(repaired),occasionalmarginalinkannotation;averygoodcopyin contemporary sheep, panelled spine with red morocco lettering-piece; rebacked, lightly worn;ink annotation frontispiece recto.100 Re-issueofthe1739second,enlargededition,(first,1727),withanewdedicationto Charles,LordTownshend.Thevolumeisacollectionoforiginalpoetry,biblical paraphrase and translations from Horace, Homer, and Hesiod.Among the new material is an elegy to Broomes friend and fellow translator Elijah Fenton. Broome(1689-1745),anaccomplishedGreekscholarandareadyversifier,was educatedatEtonandCambridge,wherehistranslationsfromtheIliadinthestyleof Milton (included here) first brought him to Popes attention.Pope employed him in the arduous task of extracting critical material for the notes to his Iliad; for Popes Odyssey Broomenotonlyprovidedallthenotesbutactuallytranslatedeightbooks.Broome came to resent Popes refusal to acknowledge his contributions adequately in print, and relationsdeteriorateduntilPope attackedhimin PeriBathousandtheDunciad. Here there are two poems addressed to Pope before the falling out, but also the pointed note that The Author has not inserted into this Collection any part of his Translation of the eight books of the Odyssey, published by Mr. Pope, a deliberate reminder to readers of his still-unacknowledged work. Foxon, p. 88 (2nd edition). (6) 8 7.BYRON, George Gordon Noel, Lord.English bards, and Scotch reviewers; a satire...London, James Cawthorn, 1810. 8vo,pp.v,[1],84,[1],[3]publishersadvertisements;untrimmed;toned,alittle foxing;agoodcopyincontemporarypaperboards;lightlysoiled,somelossesto overlaid paper spine.100 Thirdauthorisededition,(first,1809).AvariantofWisesauthorisededition (Kohler).Byronsfirstmajorpoem,(ODNB)asatire,withexplanatory,andoften acerbic, footnotes by Byron: But who forgives the Seniors ceaseless verse, Whose hairs grow hoary as his rhymes grow worse? What heterogeneous honours deck the Peer? Lord, rhymester, petit-matre, pamphleteer*! The Earl of Carlisle has lately published an eighteen penny pamphlet on the state of the Stage, and offers his plan for building a new theatre; it is to be hoped his Lordship will be permitted to bring forward any thing for the Stage, except his own tragedies. Kohler 13; Randolph p. 16 Scarcer than the first edition; Wise, p.24.. 8.BYRON, George Gordon Noel, Lord.Marino Faliero, Doge of Venice.An historicaltragedy,infiveacts.Withnotes.TheprophecyofDante,apoem.London, John Murray, 1821. 8vo,pp.xxi,[1],261,[1];withoutthehalf-title;lightlytonedandfoxed,shorttearto pp. ix-x, repaired, touching a few letters; a good copy in half-calf over marbled boards, spine with raised gilt bands, panels blind-stamped to a floral design; joints and corners very lightly worn.60 Second edition. Two issues of the first edition were published by Murray earlier in the sameyear. Kohler 194. 9.BYRON,GeorgeGordonNoel,Lord.ThePrisonerofChillon,andother poemsLondon, John Murray, 1816. 8vo, pp. [2], 60, [1] blank, [5] advertisements; a few small marks; a very good copy in later limp black morocco, title gilt to upper board, inner dentelles and edges gilt.250 Firstedition,firstissueofByrons392-linenarrativepoem.ThePrisonertellsthe storyoftheincarcerationofFranoisBonivard,amonkimprisonedinChilloncastle, on Lake Geneva, from 1532-1536. Kohler 122. 9 (9) 10 10. BYRON,GeorgeGordonNoel,Lord.Sardanapalus,atragedy.Thetwo Foscari, a tragedy.Cain, a mystery.London, John Murray, 1821. 8vo, pp. viii, 439, [1]; foxed; a good copy in contemporary half-roan over paper boards, panelled spine gilt; extremities and boards lightly worn; contemporary annotation Vol 5 Byrons Works to fly.150 Firstedition,theissuewiththereadingSardanapalusonthefly-titleB1.Avariant, priority not established, reads Sardanapalus / A Tragedy (Randolph). Sardanapalusdevelopsthelifeofthe(possiblyfictional)CtesianAssyrianKing,who, legendarily decadent, when under siege in Ninevah preferred to burn himself and all he possessed rather than be taken by the Medes. Themostsplendidspecimenourlanguageaffordsofthatspeciesoftragedywhich was the exclusive object of Lord Byrons admiration (Lake). Randolph, p. 75; Stratman 847; Wise II, pp. 32-3. (10) 11 11. BYRON,GeorgeGordonNoel,Lord.TheSiegeofCorinth.APoem.Parisina.A Poem.London, John Murray, 1816. 8vo,pp.[4],89,[3],[2]advertisements;lightlytonedandfoxed;agoodcopyin twentieth century quarter cloth over marbled boards by John Durham & Son; signature in ink to half-title.200 First edition, describing a key battle of the Ottoman conquest of Greece in the seventh Ottoman-Venetianwar,whichwitnessedthetragicmassacreofmostoftheVenetian garrisonaswellastheinhabitantsofthecitadel.Thestorycamefullcirclewhen,in 1823,ByronfoughtintheGreekWarofIndependence,strugglingtoreclaimGreece from the Ottomans of his poem. Kohler 115, Lowndes 339, Randolph 55, Wise I,107. (11) 12 12. BYSSHE,Edward.TheartofEnglishpoetry.ContainingI.Rulesfor makingverses.II.Acollectionofthemostnatural,agreeable,andsublime thoughts,viz.allusions,similes,descriptionsandcharacters,ofpersonsand things;thataretobefoundinthebestEnglishpoets.III.Adictionaryof rhymesLondon, Samuel Buckley, 1708. Three parts in one volume, 8vo, pp. [12], 36, [2], 482, viii, 36; toned, a little foxing, a fewsmallmarks,printersdeviceexcisedfromthehalf-titleofthesecondpart,with losstoafewwordsofthelistofabbreviatedauthorsnamesandHoratianmotto;a goodcopyincontemporaryspeckledcalf;panelledspine;extremitiesworn,spine chippedathead;contemporarysignatureofandannotationsbyRebeccahWilsonto flyleaf.200 Thirdedition,withlargeimprovements(first,1702).Quotingfromperennial favourites such as Shakespeare, Milton and Donne, Bysshes popular work sets out the choicest morsels of English verse in an attempt to cultivate juvenile tastes. Case 225 (c).(12) 13 13. [COMBE, William].The tour of Dr. Syntax, in search of the picturesquein search of consolation in search of a wife.A poem.London, R. Ackermann, [1812, 1820, 1821]. 3 vols, 4to, pp. iii, [3], 275, [1, blank]; [6], 277, [1, blank]; [4], 279, [1, blank], with 80 hand-coloured aquatints; minor repairs to some leaves and plates, otherwise a fine copy in full red morocco gilt by Riviere; edges and inner dentelles gilt; very faint annotation to recto of frontispiece vol. 1.1500 Firsteditions,individuallyissuedin1812,1820and1821.Writtenasaparodyofthe prevailing mode for travel books, the works, following the fortunes of a clergyman and apriestwithtextbyWilliamCombeandcaricature-styleillustrationsbyThomas Rowlandson,wereaninstantsuccess,andweremuchimitated,asindicatedbythe preface to volume three in which Combe writes: And I, surely, have no reason to be dissatisfied, when Time points at my eightieth Year, that I can still afford some pleasure to those who are disposed to be pleased. ThetourofDoctorSyntaxisCombesmostfamouswork:Combininglight-hearted satireofWilliamGilpin'stheoryofthepicturesqueinartwithacentralcharacter modelledonCervantesDonQuixoteandHenryFieldingsParsonAdams,Combe createdalovableeccentricwhosemisadventuresontheroadstructuretheTour.For overacenturythemanyeditionsandnumerousimitationsoftheTourattestedtothe popularity of Combes humorous hero (ODNB).

Abbey (Life) 265-7. Tooley 427-9. Ray 34. (13) 14 14. CONGREVE,William.TheworksofMr.WilliamCongreve:inthree volumes.Consisting of his plays and poems.London, J. Tonson, 1730. 3vols.,8vo,pp.[26],272,[6];283,[5];382, [2];lighttoning,otherwiseaverygood copy in contemporary panelled calf, double gilt fillet border; panelled spines with gilt-tooling and lettering pieces; extremities lightly worn, joints cracked but holding.400 FiftheditionofCongrevescompleteworks.Includedarecomedies,variouspoetic compositions, attempts at masque and opera as well as a tragedy, The Mourning Bride (the source of the famous misquotation, hell hath no fury like a woman scorned).The first three-volume collected edition of Congreves works had been published in 1710. CongrevewasamemberoftheKit-CatClub,whichbroughttogethersomeofthe leading thinkers of his day, united under Whiggish political leanings. A late proponent ofRestorationcomedy, Congrevewasrenownedforhiswitandacuteinsightintothe social mores of his day. (14) 15 15. CONGREVE,William.TheworksofMr.WilliamCongreve.Inthree volumes. Consisting of his plays and poems. Birmingham, John Baskerville, 1761. Threevols,Large8vo,pp.[24],360;[10],516;[8],514,[2],+5full-pageetchings; occasionallightfoxing,heaviertothestartofvolumeone,lightoff-settingfrom engraved plates and bookplates, marginal wormtrail to volume three, some toning; still agoodsetincontemporarysheep,panelledspinesgilt,redmoroccolabels,edges speckled red; bindings worn, joints cracked;armorial bookplates of James Marshall to front pastedowns.300 First Baskerville edition. (15) 16 16. [CRUIKSHANK,George,laterMAYHEW,Horrace,ed.]TheComic Almanack.London, David Bogue, 1835-50, 1852-3. 18 vols., 8vo; numerous plates throughout; lightly toned, a little offsetting from plates, afewsmallmarks;someunopenedpages;goodcopiesinnear-contemporaryredhalf red-moroccoovermarbledboards,flatspineswithgoldpatternandletteredingilt;a littlelightwear;pictorialbookplatesofW.BourkeCockrantofrontpastedowns.1200 First editions, the complete run save 1851. Handsomely bound. ProfuselyillustratedwithillustrationsbyCruikshank(laterinpartnershipwithHenry GeorgeHine),theseriesisacomicalmanac,issuedannually,comprisingjokes, poems, stories, lampoons, and full-page plates representing monthly events (ODNB). Overitstwenty-yearrun,theAlmanackhadvariouspublishersandeditors,includingHoraceMayhew,CharlesTiltandDavidBogue.Thetextdisplaysawinning combination of charming period detail and quirky yet timeless humour: ToLet:ThePalms,Peckham.DelightfulFamilyResidencetobelet immediately, consisting of six rooms (all snake-proof), flat roof, with verandah, capableofmakingupfivebeds,stablefortwocamels,hippopotamussty, ostrichry,slaveshed, andtheusualoffices.ApplypersonallytoMr.Jukes,14, Chancery Lane, any morning before sunrise. (p. 36, Almanack 1853). Gardening operations. Now is the time to force your cucumbers; but if they will not come by being forced, try what can be done by persuasion. All your efforts will be useless, if the cucumber themselves are not in the right frame. (p. 12, Almanack 1844). Cohn 184.Patten, George Cruikshank, II, p. 9. (16) 17 (16) 18 17. DE LA MARE, Walter.Rupert Brooke and the intellectual imagination.A lecture.London, Sidgwick & Jackson, 1919. 8vo,pp.[2]blank,41,[1]blank;agoodcopyinpaperboards;twonewspaper obituaries of Brooke pasted to front endpapers; a little light wear.10 First edition.From a lecture read before Rugby School on the evening of 27th March 1919. 18. DICKENS,Charles.Thecricketonthehearth.AfairytaleofhomeLondon, Bradbury and Evans, 1846. 8vo, pp. [8], 174, [2] advertisements; decorative frontispiece, title, and drawings within the text by G Dalziel after D. Maclise; a good copy in the original publishers embossed cloth, central gilt vignette of the cricket on the hearth,title gilt to spine, all edges gilt; contemporary presentation inscription to Alexander Campbell to fly.100 Thirdedition,firstpublishedinthesameyear.Simultaneouslyissuedasboththe present novella and a play in collaboration with Albert Smith and staged at the Lyceum, The Cricket is the third of Dickens five Christmas Books, and in the years immediately afterpublicationitwasbroadlyhailedassuperiortothenowbetter-knownChristmas Carol. Eckel, p.119; Podeschi A92; Smith II pp 37-43. (18) 19 19.[ENGLISH VERSE].1709-1715. Four works in one, 8vo, pp. [18], 60, [4] index, [10], 52, [2] advertisements, 48, [2], 52, [4]advertisements,eachworkwithanengravedfrontispiece,Gaywithsixengraved plates, Popes Rape of the lock with five full-page engravings (included in pagination), severalmetalcuthead-andtail-piecesandinitials;lightlytoned,butstillverygood copies in contemporary calf, binding defective, lacking upper board.400 The miscellany comprises: GAY, John.The shepherds week.In six pastorals. The second edition.London, J.[acob] T. [onson], 1714. Areissueofthesheetsofthefirstedition,publishedearlierinthesameyear,witha new title-page. Foxon G71. POPE,Alexander.Therapeofthelock.Anheroi-comicalpoem.InfivecantosLondon, Bernard Lintott, 1715. Fourthedition.Thefirsteditionofthepoeminthisfive-cantoshapehadappearedin 1714, preceded by a two-canto version in 1712. Foxon P946; Griffith 43. [PHILIPS,John.]Cyder.Apoem.Intwobooks.Withthesplendidshilling; Paradise Lost, and two songs, &c.London, H. Hills, 1709. Early edition of Philips best work, a black verse poem on cider-making and the virtues ofciderwritteninimitationofVirgilsGeorgics,firstpublishedin1708togreat acclaim.In this edition, signature A3 is printed under and oft. Foxon P241. POPE, Alexander.The temple of fame: a visionLondon, Bernard Lintott, 1715. Secondedition,publishedinthesameyearasthefirst,ofPopesTempleoffame,an allegoricalpoemtheinspirationofwhichPopedeclaresintheAdvertisement:The Hint of the following Piece was taken from Chaucers House of Fame. The Design is in a manner entirely alterd, the Descriptions and most of the particular Thought my own: YetIcouldnotsufferittobeprintedwithoutthisAcknowledgment,orthinka Concealment of this Nature the less unfair for being common.The Reader who would comparethiswithChaucer,maybeginwithhisThirdBookofFame,therebeing nothing in the Two first Books that answers to their Title.Allegory itself as a rightful, millennialtoolofpoeticsisthesubjectofthefinalexcusatio,anapologydesignedto reinstateclassicalrhetoricfigures,attackedasunnaturalcontrivancesbyafaintbut growing naturalistic outlook on art, within the realm of poetry. Griffith 45. 20 20. FIELDING,Henry.TheworksofHenryFielding,Esq.Withanessayon his life and genius, by Arthur Murphy, Esq.London, J. Johnson, 1806. 10volumes,8vo,pp.[4],500,withfrontispieceportrait;[4],480;[4],550,[2]blank; [4],463,[1]blank;[4],428;[4],554;538;[4],480;[8],431,[1]blank;[4],467,[1] blank; silk bookmarks to all volumes; a few small marks, light scuffing at foot of K2 of vol.IV,textaffectedbutsenserecoverable;anicesetincontemporarytreecalf,gilt borders; spines with gilt-tooling and contrasting lettering pieces, a few with some small losses, some joints cracked; spine of vol. X heavily worn.100 Anewedition.Theessayonhislifeandgeniuswasfirstincludedinthe1762 second edition. PRESENTATION COPY 21. [FRAZER, James George, Sir].Selected passages from his works. Chosen by Georges Roth.Paris, Libraire Hatier, [1924]. 8vo,pp.64;lightlytoned,smallmarktotitle;agoodcopyinquarter-clothover marbled boards; presentation copy, with To Louis Clarke with kindest regards from J. G. Frazer inscribed in ink to title-page. 50 First edition.A bipartite work composed of Glimpses ofAncientLands and History, and Literary Pieces, including the touching Dream of Cambridge in which Frazer is transported back to his youth and to the company of a now long-deceased friend.The pieces have been selected by Roth from Frazers various publications and writings. 22. GAWSWORTH,John.Legacytolove.Selectedpoems1931-1941.London, Collins, 1943. 8vo,pp.80,withfrontispieceportrait;averygoodcopyintheoriginalpublishersgreenclothwiththeoriginaldust-jacket;extremitiesalittlewornwithsmalllossesto one corner and head and tail of spine; with an annotated publishers review slip. 25 Firstandonlyedition.JohnGawsworthwasthepseudonymofTerrenceIanFitton Armstrong.Armstrong is better knownas King Juan I of Rodonda, a literary kingdom, whichheinheritedfromtheauthorM.P.Shiel,alongwiththerightstohisliterary estate.ThepublisherJonWynne-Tyson,(akaKingJuanII),consideredthebizarre succession to be a pleasing and eccentric fairy tale; a piece of literary mythology to be taken with salt, romantic sighs, appropriate perplexity, some amusement, but without great seriousness. It is, after all, a fantasy. 21 (23) 22 23. GAY, John.Fables. In two volumes.[Vol 1]. London, for J. Tonson and J. Watts, 1729; [vol. 2] London, for J. and P. Knapton, 1738. 2vols;8vo,pp.[8],194;[8],156;engravedtitle-pagevignette,and50half-page engravingstovol.1,decorativetail-pieces;engravedfrontispieceandtitle-page vignette and 16 engraved plates to vol. 2; tear with loss of a single letter of the running titletopp.79-80ofvol.2.,bookplatesremovedfromthetitle-pageversosofboth volumes, with small losses to the blank margins only; a very good set in later half-calf over pebbled cloth, all edges red, red shelfmark sticker to top of vol 1; panelled spines with raised bands, green morocco lettering pieces, extremities lightly worn.250 Third edition of vol. I, first edition of vol. II. John Gay, best-known for his drama The Beggars Opera, was adept at a wide range of literary genres and was a member of the Scriblerus club, alongside titans such as Swift and Pope. It was the latter who published thesecondbookofFablesposthumously,followingtheauthorsdeathin1738.The firstvolume,offiftyfables,wasfirstpublishedin1727;asatestamenttotheworks enduring popularity, it has seen some 350 editions to 1900. TheOxford DNB remarks thattheworkrelieslessonironicwitthanontheiranthropomorphicandproverbial charm. The second book of Fables, Gays last work, sees the author taking on a more politicalapproach:intheselastFablescorruptministers,theirpimps,spiesand placemen, are usually exposed and vanquished (ODNB). (23) 23 24. GOLDSMITH, Oliver.The Vicar of Wakefield. Perth, R. Morison and Son, 1791. 8vo,pp.[2],iv,145,[1]blank;occasionalfoxing,otherwiseagoodcopyin contemporarytreecalf,gilt-panelledspinewithcontrastingletteringpieces;armorial bookplate to front pastedown.100 Handsomelatereditionofoneofthemostread18th-centurynovels,widelycitedin contemporaryliterature,includingbyGeorgeEliot,Austen,Dickens,Shelleyand CharlotteBront.Oftenregardedassentimentalnovel,sometimesasasatireofthe sentimental novel, The Vicar is Goldsmiths most famous work. Complete in itself, this volumeisthe3rdvolumeofMorisonsseven-volumeMiscellaneousWorksofOliver Goldsmith. Offeredwithvolumes4,5,6,&7,includingCitizenoftheWorld:lettersfroma Chinesephilosopher,residinginLondon,tohisfriendsintheEast;PoemsforYoung Ladies, The Good-Naturd Man, and She Stoops to Conquer, uniformly bound.

25. HAZLITT,William.LiteraryRemainswithanoticeofhislifebyhis son, and thoughts on his genius and writings byE. L. Bulwer,Esq, M.P. and Mr Sargeant Talfourd, M.P.In two Volumes.London, Saunders and Otley 1836. 2 vols., 8vo, pp. [8], cxli, [1], 362; [6], 468; with the engraved frontispiece portrait after Bewick in volume 1; lacking advertisements in volume 2 but complete with both half-titles;occasionallightbrowningthroughout,otherwiseagoodcopyinhalf-calfover marbled boards; spine elegantly gilt; extremities worn; bookplate of Cornelius Walford, F. S. S. on the front pastedown of volume 1.150 Firstedition,comprisingtwenty-twoessays.EssayXIX,Myfirstacquaintancewith poets, first published in The Liberal, describes Hazlitts first impressions of Coleridge in 1798 upon hearing him preach Poetry and Philosophy had met together, Truth and Geniushadembraced,undertheeyeandwiththesanctionofReligion.Hazlittwas invited to stay with Coleridge in Somerset, where he met Wordsworth, gaunt and Don Quixote-like,andheardthepoetsreadfrommanuscriptthepoemsoftheLyrical Ballads: There is a chaunt in the recitation of both Coleridge and Wordsworth, which actsasaspelluponthehearer,anddisarmsthejudgment.Otheressaysinthe collectionincludeHazlittscontributiontotheEncyclopaediaBritannica,OnFine Arts, and pieces On Liberty and Necessity and On Self-Love.William Hazlitt the younger provides a lengthy Biographical Sketch with numerous letters, and there are also appreciative essays by Bulwer-Lytton, Talfourd and Charles Lamb. Keynes 102. 24 26. HEWLETT,Maurice.Quattrocentisteria(howSandroBotticellisaw Simonetta in the spring).Portland Maine, Thomas B. Mosher, 1908. 12mo,pp.[8],59,[13],frontispieceportrait;originalblueprintedpaperwrappers boundin;lightoff-settingtoupperoutercorners,otherwiseagoodcopyinturquoise morocco, single gilt fillet border, Elsie Kilvert in gilt text to front cover, waterstain at head, extremities lightly worn.15 Second edition, (first, 1904).A Virgil-inspired feat of lyric prose. (27) 25 27. HOWELL,James.Dendrologia.Dodonasgrove,orthevocallforrest.[London], H. Mosley, 1640. Small folio, pp. [10], 1-32, 39-135, 166-219, [1], engraved frontispiece and 2 engraved platesoftrees,elaboratewoodcutheadpiecesandinitials;lightdampstainingtoafew leavesatstart,alittlelightdustsoiling,smallteartotitlejusttouchingtypeornament border, a few mostly marginal stains; withal a good copy in contemporary calf, double blind-ruled border, spine in compartments, extremitieslightlyrubbed; signature of D. Jenkstothefrontpastedown,laterbiographicalnoteontheauthortothededication verso.500 First edition of a curious allegory of the political history of Europe from 1603 to 1640, the historical personages and the narrator figured in the guise of speaking trees (the oak, the King of England, and so forth).By 1640 Howell was nearly fifty, and although he movedinliterarycircleshewas a friendofBenJonsonDendrologia washis first book.Hisvocalforest(itfortundnotlongsince,thatTreesdidspeake,andlocally move, and meet one another) attracted translations into Latin and French, and intrigued contemporary readers.One such was John Evelyn, the author of Sylva, who wrote out an autograph key to the allegory headed The real subject (British Library, Evelyn MS. 492). STC 13872. 28. HUNT, Leigh.Bacchus in Tuscany, a dithyrambic poem, from the Italian of Francesco Redi London, John and H. L. Hunt, 1825. 8vo, pp. xix, [1] blank, 224, [1], 296-298, [2], with errata slip; lightly toned, a very little lightfoxing;averygoodcopy,untrimmedincontemporarypaperboards,spine defective and partially detached with substantial losses; contemporary signature of Mrs Whiting to fly, repeated though partially erased to title.350 Firstandonlyedition.HamperedbyillnessinItalyin1824-5,Huntstrovestillto work, and so chose the lightest and easiest translation (Autobiography, 1850, iii, 109; fromBrewer)hecouldthinkof:apoembytheseventeenthcenturyphysicianand occasional poet Redi, a hugely successful, exuberant and extravagant extolment of wine and its merits, in which Bacchus gets drunk in human fashion on a hill outside the walls ofFlorenceandisborneawayinecstasybyadraughtofMontepulciano(whichhe pronouncestobeKingofWines).Reviewswerenotgenerallyfavourableevenby Hunthimself,whoidentifiedenougherrorsinthepublicationtocallittheworst [translation] ever printed (Brewer). Luther A. Brewer, My Leigh Hunt Library (New York, Franklin, 1970), pp. 128-31. 26 29. HUXLEY,Aldous.VulgarityinLiterature.DigressionsfromathemeLondon, Chatto and Windus, 1930. 8vo, pp. [4], 59, [1]; a very good copy in the original cloth, both boards printed in red to a design of dolphins frolicking in the sea within decorative borders; light wear to spine with small loss; signature of J. A. Park to fly.20 First trade edition.A special edition of 260 was published earlier in the same year. (28) 27 30. JEWSBURY, Maria Jane.Letters to the Young.London, J. Hatchard and Son, 1829. 12mo, pp. [12], 240; light foxing, a fewmarks,tear to p.63-4with loss of upper outer corner affecting a fewwords of text; otherwise a good copy incontemporary half calf overmarbledboards,edgesmarbled,giltpanelledspinewithgreenlettering-piece; signature of Mrs Henry Smith, Gamlingay to front free endpaper.30 Second edition, (first, 1828). Letters to the Young, exhort[ed] its youthful audience to eschew worldly desires and to concentrate on a humble life of duty, aimed at attaining eventualimmortalityitsrhetoricsometimescomesacrossasself-castigation,asif bearing witness to Jewsburys inner conflicts (ODNB). 31. [KARAMZIN,NikolaiMikhailovic].Tales,fromtheRussianofNicolai Karamsin.[TranslatedbyAndreasAndersonFeldborg].London,forJ. Johnson by G. Sidney, 1804. 8vo,pp.[12],262,+portraitfrontispieceofKaramsinbyHopwood;lightlytoned,a few marks; a good copy in contemporary diced Russia, gilt Greek key border, flat spine giltincompartmentswithmoroccolabel;upperboarddetached,alittlelightwear; armorialbookplateofJohnWaldieandanotherNovelsandRomancesNo.:513, Lubbock of Newcastle booksellers label to fly.450 ThefirstEnglisheditionofKaramzinsRussianTales,writteninthesentimentalist stylethathewouldpioneerinRussia,influencedbythewritingsofLawrenceSterne. ThepresentcollectionincludestheshortstoriesFlorSilin,Julia,NataliaandLisa.ThethemeofPoorLizawasa favoriteofthe GermanStormandStressmovement. KaramzintransplanteditintoRussianliterature[andit]becamethecornerstoneand point of departure for serious Russian prose fiction because, however clumsily, it tried tomotivateitsplotpsychologically,foundthe languagetoexpressthe emotionsof its characters, and placed the action into a recognizable Russian locale. (Terras, p. 158). Crowther 1482, Mirsky p.61 ff; Terras p.158.28 32. LAMB, Charles.The essays of Elia With an introductionby Augustine BirrellandillustrationsbyCharlesE.Brock.London,J.M.Dent&Co., 1904. 2vols.,8vo,pp.xxii,294,[2];xi,[1]blank,254,[2],with30engravedplates,and numerous illustrations within the text; untrimmed; a very good copy in the original red half-calf over red cloth boards, spine with gilt-tooled floral pattern and text; a little light wear to extremities; hand-writtenlist inserted in vol. 2.50 Fifth edition, (first, 1823/33). Charles Lambs collection of essays by the fictitious Elia. The introduction by Augustine Birrell shows the great respect lavished on Lamb: The spelling is often quaint, sometimes wrong, but always Lambs, and therefore better than anyone elses. 33. [LANG,Andrewtranslator].Aucassin&Nicolete.London,DavidNutt, 1896. 8vo, pp. xx, 51, [1] blank; lightly toned; a good copy in contemporary half-calf over red cloth, title gilt to flat spine; extremities lightly rubbed.50 Reprintofthefirsteditionofthe1887EnglishtranslationofthismedievalFrench chantefable, a loving pastiche of the excesses of courtly-love romances (OCEL). 34. LEVER,Charles.RolandCashelWithillustrationsbyPhiz.London, Chapman and Hall, 1850. 8vo, pp. [8], 627, [3], +40 engraved plates, including frontispiece and engraved title-page; a little browning and foxing, particularly to plates; a good copy in contemporary red half-roan over marbled boards; joints cracked, worn.50 Firstedition,describedasadarksatireofmiddle-classDublin.ThoughIrishhimself, theauthorwasoftencriticisedforpresentingtheIrishasonedimensional,stickingto closely to the stereotype of theatrical works of the time. It was edited by Dickens for All The Year Round, though he did not think much of it: Whether it is too detached and discursive in its interest for the audience and the form ofpublication,Icannotsaypositively;butitdoesnottakehold.Theconsequenceis, thatthecirculationbecomesaffected,andthatthesubscriberscomplain.(Dickensto Lever, 6 Oct 1860, Letters of Charles Dickens, 9.321) 29 35. MANT, Alicia Catherine.Ellen: or, the young godmother.A tale for youth.London, Law and Whittaker, 1815. 12mo, pp. 148, with engraved frontispiece; foxing throughout, a good copy in twentieth century quarter cloth over marbled boards by John Durham & Son; black lettering piece with gilt text to spine.25 Third edition (first, 1812) of a didactic work for youth. 36. [MASSINGHAM, Henry William].H. W. M.A selection from the writings of H. W. Massingham.New York, Harcourt, Brace & Company, [1925]. 8vo, pp. 368; with photographic frontispiece portrait; lightly toned; a good copy in the original red cloth, embossed publishers emblem to front cover; gilt text to spine. 15 First American edition of this collection of selected writings, edited with a preface and notesbyH.J.Massinghamandwithseveralintroductoryessaysincludingoneby BernardShaw.AnEnglishedition,publishedbyJCapewaspublishedatthesame time. Comprising of various essays on public men, war and peace, the press, men of letters, dramatic criticism, and religion. 37. [MATHIAS, Thomas James].The pursuits of literature: a satirical poem in dialogue.With notesLondon, J. Owen, 1797. Four parts in one volume, 8vo, pp. [4], iii, [1], 51, [1], viii, 40, [4], vi, [2], 50, [6], xxx, 122;lightlytoned,alittlefoxing;otherwiseagoodcopyincontemporaryhalf-roan over marbled boards; some wear to extremities and boards.350 Firstcompleteedition,revisedfromthepublicationinparts(1794,1796and1797).Secondrevisededition,thefirstcompletepublicationofallfourpartsofMathias satiricaldiscussion of literature, in which he pours scorn on manyofthe most famous literary personalities of his day. Mathiass PursuitsofLiterature,or,Whatyouwill,awide-rangingsatirewith extensivenotesontheconceitandlicenceofcontemporaryauthors,appeared anonymouslyinfourdialoguesthepoemisconfessedlyofitspoliticalmoment, declaringopenlythatliteratureisanimportanttoolofgovernmentThe British Critic approvedofthepoemasastrenuousenemyandassailantofdemocratical principles, and of that monster, French, or Frenchified philosophy (8.3536) (ODNB).30 38. MAYHEW,Augustus.Pavedwithgoldortheromanceandrealityofthe Londonstreets.Anunfashionablenovel...withillustrationsbyH.K. Browne.London, Chapman & Hall, 1858. 8vo, pp. viii, 408; with 26 plates: 10 vignettes including the illustrated half-title, and 16 borderedillustrations;occasionalfoxingtoplates(offset),butotherwiseagoodcopy; bound in half-calf over marbled boards, rubbed and worn.65 Firstedition.PavedwithGoldisanimportantworkwrittentoshowthehorrorsof slum life, especially for working class children (Sutherland).In the preface, Mayhew declarestheextremetruthfulnesswithwhichthisbookhasbeenwritten.The descriptionsofboy-lifeinthestreets,thehabitsandcustomsofdonkey-drivers,the peculiaritiesoftrampdomandvagrancy,haveallresultedfromlongandpatient inquiriesamongtheindividualsthemselves.IllustratedbyBrowne,whosedrawings for this novel have been particularly noted for their brilliance and vitality (Sutherland). (37) 31 39. METEYARD, Eliza.Dr. Olivers maid.A story in four chaptersLondon, Arthur Hall Virtue & Co., and Berlin, Adolph Enslin, [1857]. 8vo, pp. 187, [1]; small mark to title, otherwise a good copy in contemporary half sheep over marbled boards, title gilt to spine; extremities and boards lightly rubbed; bookplate of St Fort to front pastedown.60 Firstandonlyedition,aworkofmoralisticprosetellingthetaleofthehonestand virtuous Honour Freeland, maid in the house of a London Doctor. Dr. Oliver is perfectly satisfied with the reply he has had from the Rev. Mr Seddon. He will, therefore, expect Honor Freeland to come home to her place on Monday evening next, at eight oclock. Thatoneword,home,struckthefinestchordinthedesolatecreaturesheart. Throughout her coming years with Dr. Oliver, it is ever present with her, urging her to duty, inspiring her to faithfulness; as he wrote it, he knew not the price it would be his to receive. 40. PARLEYSMAGAZINE.VolumeSecond.Nos.1&2.NewYork, Goodrich & Wiley, 1834. 4to,pp.32;illustratedtitle-pageandfourteenfurtherillustrations;heavyfoxingand browningthroughout;severalfore-edgesfrayed;agoodcopyintwentieth-century quarter-cloth over marbled boards, preserving the original printed paper wrappers. 50 Established1833.PeterParleywasapseudonymofSamuelGriswoldGoodrich, bookseller and publisher. Parleys Magazine, one of several he edited, contained (inter alia)stories,poemsandnaturalhistory.Thepublicationranuntil1844thenmerged with Parleys Merrys Museum for Boys and Girls. 41. POOLE,Joshua.TheEnglishParnassus:orahelptoEnglishpoesie.Containingacollectionofallrhythmingmonosyllables,thechoicestepithets andphrases.Withsomegeneralformsuponalloccasions,subjectsand themes, alphabetically digestedTogether with a short institution to English poesie, byway of preface.London, Henry Brome, Thomas Baffett, and John Wright, 1677. 8vo,pp.[30],639,[1]blank;titleprintedinredandblack;toned,occasionalfoxing, sectionexcisedfromtitleathead;someerrorsinpagination;agoodcopy,binding defective, boards detached and spine split.350 Second edition, (first, 1657).Choice titbits selected from the literary greats, including extracts from Shakespeare, Milton and Denham.While not always absolutely accurate inhisquotations,Poolesworkhasbeenlabelledaplagiaristshandbook(OHehir), itspalpableintentionbeingtofacilitatethereadyuseofliteraryallusionsineveryday conversation. Wing P2815. 32 42. PIOZZI,HesterLynch.AnecdotesofthelateSamuelJohnson,LL.D. duringthelasttwentyyearsofhislife...London,printedforT.Cadell... 1786. 8vo, pp. viii, 306, [2], with postscript but lacking half-title and errata slip found in some copies(seeRothschild1550);sheetK(pp.129-130,signed*K)acancel(seenote), small hole to pp. 11-12, affecting text but sense recoverable, larger hole to pp. 279-280, againaffectingtext;otherwiseagoodcopyincalf,neatlyre-backed;panelledspine withredmoroccolettering-pieceandgilttext,andthebookplateofWilliamJohn Campion of Danny to front pastedown.250 Firstedition.AlthoughMrsPiozziwasoneofDrJohnsonsclosestfriends,the distinguishingfeatureofherstyleisacontinualprotestationofvenerationand admiration combined with anecdote after anecdote, which do not redound to Johnsons credit.Walpole called it wretched; a high-varnished preface to a heap of rubbish, in a veryvulgarstyle,butasJamesCliffordnotes,thesesamequalitieswhichirritated Johnsonscontemporariesgiveformodernreadersadelightfullyhumantouchtothe writing.Apartfromtheanecdotes,thevolumeincludesthefirstprintingoftwenty-four poems by Johnson, mainly lightverse addressed to Mrs. Piozzi or improvisations which she had copied down. The removal of sheet K was intended to suppress the one really offensive passage about Boswell(hisremainingappearancesintheAnecdotesareinsignificant)anattack based on the false belief that he had written the scurrilous letter about the Thrales that had appeared in The St. Jamess Chronicle after Henry Thrales death.This, however, didnotsufficetopreventbitterprivateresentmentandagrowingpublicanimosity between the rival biographers. Courtney&NicholSmith,p.161;Liebert116;Rothschild1549;JamesL.Clifford, HesterLynchPiozzi(secondedition,1952,1968),chapterXII;MaryHyde,The Impossible Friendship (1973), chapter III. . 33 (42) 34 43. POWYS,JohnCowper.WolfSolent.Anovel.NewYork,Simonand Schuster, 1929. 2vols.,8vo,pp. [6],490;[4],491-966; averygoodcopyintheoriginalpurplecloth, vol.2withtheoriginalblueandwhitedust-jacketwithaphotographoftheauthor, edges frayed, small loss at foot of spine.35 FirstAmericanedition,(firstpublishedinLondoninthesameyear),ofthefirstof Cowper Powys Wessex novels, and his first work to meet with commercial success. 44. PRIOR, Matthew.Poems on several occasionsLondon, J. and R. Tonson and S. Draper, and H. Lintot, 1754. 12 mo, pp. [24], 402, [6], engraved portrait frontispiece, decorative head and tailpieces andinitials;toned,somefoxing,otherwiseagoodcopyincontemporarycalf,double gilt-fillet borders, spine gilt in compartments, chipped at head and lower compartment substantiallylacking,extremitiesrubbed;exlibrisofDrHucktofly,armorial bookplate of Melville to front pastedown.50 Oneofthree1754editions,ofwhichtwowerepublishedinLondonandonein Aberdeen.Thecollectionwasfirstpublishedasanunauthorisededitionin1707;the first authorised edition was issued in 1709. 45. [QUILLER-COUCH,ArthurThomas,Sir].Mybestbook[Plymouth, n.p.], 1912. 8vo, pp. 31, [1]; a good copy in the original white cloth with gilt text to front cover; signature of the author to verso of title-page.200 Limited edition (no. 90 of 300 copies). Quiller-Couch, known by his pen-name Q, was appointed King Edward VII professor of English literature at Cambridge University in 1912.ThethreeshortstoriesinMyBestBook,sonamedbecausealltheprofitsofit weredestinedforthesickandsuffering,werestoriesbywhich[Q]couldwishtobe remembered in after days, when much of my writing will be forgotton [sic] (preface). 35 46. RAMSAY, Allan.PoemsTo which are prefixed, a life of the author, from authenticdocuments:andremarksonhispoems,fromalargeviewoftheir merits.London, T. Cadell Jun. and W. Davies, 1800. 2vols.,8vo,pp.[2],clxxviii,380;viii,608;+engravedfrontispieceportraitand facsimileofahandwrittennotebytheauthor;occasional annotationsinpencil;some foxing;agoodcopyincontemporaryhalf-sheepovermarbledboards,panelledspine with gilt-tooling and text, worn, spines chipped at head, joints cracked.60 A new edition; first collected poems published in 1720. (45) 36 47. RENSHAM, A. G.Poems.London, Chiswick Press, 1892. 8vo,pp.viii,104,+photographicfrontispiece; a goodcopyintheoriginalblue cloth, spine with gilt text; a few small marks.40 Second edition, (first, 1888).An extract from the first edition of 260 pages. And she, although he may have left her, cold- Or slighted in the hard worlds fretful roar If she be woman true, doth him enfold, Unquestioned, in the arms of love once more 48. ROCHESTER,JohnWilmot,SecondEarlof.Poems,(&c.)onseveral Occasions: with Valentinian; a Tragedy ... London, Jacob Tonson ... 1696. 8vo,pp.[10],xv,[7],208,177-224(i.e.,256);title-pagelaiddownatheadwith smallsectionprovidedinfacsimile,titlelightlysoiledwithtracesofoldownership inscription, a few marks, short wormtrack at foot in blank margin of a few leaves, two smallrepairs;otherwiseagoodcopyineighteenthcenturyhalf-sheepovermarbled boards, panelled spine, all edges blue; spine lacking lettering piece.1250 Secondauthorizededition,reprintingTonsonssuperioreditionof1691,editedby Thomas Rymer and some other of the late Earls friends.Pirate editions had previously appeared at Antwerp (1680) and in London (1685).Valentinian, with a prologue by Aphra Behn, is an adaptation from Beaumont and Fletcher, originally printed in quarto in 1685. Wing R 1757; Wither to Prior 987; Woodward & McManaway 1302. 37 (48) 38 SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY 49. RUTLAND,WilliamR.ThomasHardy.LondonandGlasgow,Blackie& Son Ltd., 1938. 8vo, pp. xi, 165, [1]; + engraved portrait frontispiece and 7 photographic plates, badge oftheOrderofMeritprintedonhalf-title;agoodcopyintheoriginalbluecloth;red letteringpiecetospine;titlepagesignedbyauthor,half-titlehasadatedmanuscript presentationtoDouglasVeale,andaseparatepresentationnotetoVealeisenclosed.40 First edition and authors presentation copy to a Mr Veale, sometime private secretary to Neville Chamberlain, and then Registrar of Oxford University. Publishedonlytenyearsafteritssubjectsdeath,ThomasHardyattemptstorelate, moresuccinctlythanhasyetbeendone,theessentialfactsofthelifeofagreat writer(Preface).Theaccountitselfisrelaxedandoccasionallynovelesqueeven HardyesqueoftenseemingtopaytributetothestyleofHardysmorequasi-autobiographical novels. 50. SECCOMBE,ThomasandALLEN,J.W.HandbooksofEnglish literature: the age of Shakespeare (1579-1631) Vol. I Poetry and prose with an introduction by Professor Hales;Vol. II Drama.London, George Bell and Sons, 1903. 2 vols., 8vo, pp. [7],xxx, 292; [ii], xiv, 232, [8], advertisements; with printersdevice totitle-pages;partiallyuncut;agoodcopyintheoriginalgreencloth,gilttextand publishers device to spine; donation note to endpaper of vol. 1.20 FirsteditionofthisEdwardiantakeonauniqueliteraryepoch(introduction).The authorsmeticulouslystrivetoplacethegreatpoetryandproseofthisexcitingage withinitsliteraryandculturalcontext.Sidney,Spenser,Donne,Chapman,Marlowe, Middleton and many others are subjected to brief biographies (Seccombe was in fact a majorcontributortotheDictionaryofNationalBiography),usuallyfollowedbya lively,opinionatedcriticaldiscussion:Itisdifficulttoimaginehowanyonewitha poetsearcouldhavewrittenthewretchedsapphicsandasclepiadsof[Sidneys] Arcadia.VolumeIincludesadetailedchronologicaltablealigningthechief publicationsandthecontemporarychronologyoftheperiod.Nearlyahundredpages are dedicated to Shakespeare. 39 51. STAGG, John.Miscellaneous poems, some of which are in the Cumberland dialectWorkington, W. Borrowdale, 1805. 12mo, pp. xii, 237, [1] blank; a good copy; uncut; bound in quarter-roan over red cloth boards, edges rubbed and cover worn; spine with paper lettering piece, heavily worn at top.50 Second edition of this collection of poems (first issued in 1804), although a previous set of different Miscellaneous Poems was published in 1790. 52. STEELE,Richard,Sir.TheDramaticworksofthelateSirRichardSteele. ContainingI.Theconsciouslover. II.Thefuneral. III.Thetenderhusband.IV. The lying lover.London, W. Feales, [1730-1732]. 12mo,pp.[2],1-72,65-75,[1],82,[2],70,[2]83,[1];historiatedmetalcutinitials, head- and tail-pieces; lightly toned, a little foxing; a good copy in calf, blind-tooled to a paneldesign;rebacked,yetspinesplitandjointscracked;variousownership inscriptions to endleaves, armorial bookplate of Rev J. Molesworth to front pastedown, extensive scholarly annotations in ink to rear endpapers.150 Third edition of the first work, as published by Jacob Tonson in 1730. Sixth edition of TheFuneral:or,griefa-la-mode,publishedin1730byJacobTonson.The1731fifth editionofThetenderhusband:or,theaccomplishdfools,issuedbyJacobTonson. Fiftheditionofthefinalwork,Thelyinglover:or,theladiesfriendship,aspublished by Bernard Lintot in 1732. 53. [STEELE, Richard, Sir].The Englishman: being the sequel of the guardian.London, Samuel Buckley, 1714. 12mo,pp.[4],vi,292,[12];engravedvignettetotitle,decorativeheadpiecesand initials;toned,alittlefoxing;agoodcopyintwentiethcenturynaturalmorocco, presentation inscription to Professor Trevelyan by the Hynnig Bindery stuck in at front; contemporary signature of Jacob Bridges to fly.50 Firstcollectededitionoftheperiodical,originallypublishedthreetimesaweek: London,Sam.Buckley,1713-1714.Theperiodcoveredis6October1713-15 February 1714; a further publication, The Englishman (1715), was later published as a second volume to this work in 1716. 54. SWIFT,Jonathan.GulliversTravels.London,forCharlesElliot, Edinburgh, 1784. 12mo,pp.[12],450;engravedportraitfrontispiece,plates;occasionalfoxing,afew marks;generallyverygoodincontemporarytreecalf,panelledspinegilt;extremities rubbed; bookplates of John Scott.100 Part(volumefive)ofCharlesElliotseighteen-volumesetofTheWorksofJonathan Swift, in a new edition based on earlier work by the editor and one-time friend of Dr. 40 JohnsonJohnHawkesworth(c.1720-1773).ThefirsteditionbyHawkesworthwasin London,1754-5,forC.Bathurstetal.in6vols(4to)andsawmanysubsequent editions. Offered with volumes1, 4, 6, 16 and 17, including letters,and essays, A tale of atub, two volumes of correspondence, and one volume of philosophical thoughts by Martinus Scriblerus. 55. SYMMONS,Charles.ThelifeofJohnMiltonLondon,Nicholsand Son, [1810]. 8vo, pp. [6], 646, [16], + engraved frontispiece of Milton and facsimile of a handwritten poemtoJohnRouse;alittlefoxing,particularlytoplates,otherwiseagoodcopyin half-calfovermarbledboards,panelledspinewithgilt-tooling;spinechippedathead;ownership inscription to title, armorial bookplate to front pastedown.95 First separate edition, originally published in 1806 as part of a seven-volume edition of Miltons works. ThehistoryofJohnMiltonaman,who,ifhehadbeendelegatedasthe representative of his species to one of the superior worlds, would have suggested agrandideofthehumanrace,asbeingsaffluentwithmoralandintellectual treasure 56. [THOMS, William J., editor].A collection of early prose romances.London, William Pickering, 1828. 3 vols., 8vo, pp. [4], vi, 56, [2], vi, 110, viii, 62, [2], iv, 44; xv, [1] blank, xii, 44, [2], xvi, 53, [1] blank, xx, 57, [1] blank, 133, [1] blank; [vi], x, [2], 135, [1] blank, viii, 138, vii,[i]blank,106;alittlelightfoxingtoprelims;ahandsomesetinnaturalmottled moroccobyHolloway,decorativegiltborder,spinesgiltincompartmentswith moroccoletteringpieces,innerdentellesandalledgesgilt;armorialbookplatesof Charles T. Hebbert to front pastedowns.60 First edition of this collection of time-honoured favourites, including Robin Hood and Doctor Faustus, as well as Wynkyn De Wordes Robert the Devil, and the Swan Knight. 57. TROLLOPE,Frances.TherefugeeinAmerica:anovel.London, Whittaker, Treacher and Co., 1832. 3vols.,12mo,pp.[2],294;[2],311,[1]blank;[2],302;tearswithoutloss,mostly marginal,topp.247-8and251-2ofvol.3touchingacoupleofwords,endpapers lightlyfoxed;otherwiseagoodcopyincontemporaryhalf-calfovermarbledboards; flatspinesgilt;edgesspeckledblue;worn;armorialbookplatesofC.Cuninghamto front pastedowns.450 41 First edition.Continuing in much the same vein as her notorious factual account of the same year, Domestic Manners of the Americans, Trollopes first foray into fiction sends asmallfamilyoftheEnglisheliteacrosstheAtlantictofurtherelucidatethecultural divide.Inherformerwork,notedtheWestminsterreview,shecouldonlytellus what ungainly people our descendants are; but now she can show them to us in action, in contrast ... with the refinement of the mother country. Sadleir 3235; Wolff 6825. 58. TWAIN, Mark.MDCI.A fireside chatte in ye time of ye Tudors[n.p.], Ye Signe of Ye Gaye Goose, 1948. 8vo, pp. [8], 16; initials and some text in orange; pages untrimmed; a good copy in the originalblueclothwithprintedinitialletter-styletitletofrontcover;lightlymarked; booksellers plate bearing the signature of Lloyd Wolfe to front pastedown.25 Firstpublishedanonymouslyin1882,andonlyacknowledgedbyTwainin1906. Sinceitsoriginin1876,ithasbeenprintedmanytimesasacollectorsitem,invery limited editions (preface).The current edition, the only one to be published as MDCI rather than 1601, was issued in an edition of just 300 copies. (58) 42 59. VANDEWATER,FredericF.RudyardKiplingsVermontFeud drawings by Bernardine Custer.Weston, VT, The Countryman Press, 1937. 8vo, pp. 119, [1] blank, including 6 plates reproducing ink drawings; a fine copy in the originalcloth,giltmedalliontoupperboard,presentedintheoriginalclothslip-case withprintedpaperlabeltospineandfrontcover,somejointsoftheslipcasebroken; signed by the author and illustrator on verso of half-title.35 Firsteditionlimitedto700copies,allsignedbytheauthorandthe artist;thiscopyis number 686. 60. WALPOLE,Hugh,[Sir].AnthonyTrollope[fromtheEnglishMenof Letters series].London, Macmillan and Co., 1928. 8vo,pp.[8],206,[2];alittlebrowningtoendpapers,otherwiseaverygoodcopyin contemporaryredclothwithembossedsingle-linebordertoupperboard;fore-edge uncut, upper edge red..10 First edition. [Trollope] restores our confidence, calls in our distrust, laughs at our vanity without scorning us, and revives our pride in our own average humanity. 61. [WARD,RobertPlumer].Tremaine,orthemanofrefinement.London, Henry Colburn, 1825. 3vols,8vo,pp.xii,344,[2]blank;[4],383,[1];[2],380,[4]advertisements,+ engravedfrontispiece;endpaperslightlyfoxed,offsettingtotitle-page;otherwisea goodcopyincontemporaryhalf-calfovermarbledboards,panelledspineswithhalf-raisedbands,contrastingmoroccolettering-pieces,edgesspeckledred;lightwearto extremitiesandboards,jointsstarting;armorialbookplatesofAlexanderTrotterof Dreghorn to front pastedowns.60 Second edition, one of three published in 1825. The first novel of Robert Plumer Ward, telling the tale of a high society dandy. 43 (29)