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CATALOGUE

OF

BOOKS AND MANUSCRIPTS.

e

12

C

The Property of the late

ANDREW J. KIRKPATRICK, Esq.
of Glasgow, and Lagbuie, Shandon, Dumbartonshire
(SOLD BY ORDER OF HIS EXECUTOR).

B

OCTAVO ET INFRA.

LOT 1.

'BECKETT (G. A.) Comic History of England, coloured plates and woodcuts by J. Leech, green cloth gilt, g.e.

2.

n. d.

A'BECKETT (G. A.) Comic History of England and Comic History of Rome, ÉDITION DE LUXE, 3 vol. coloured plates and woodcuts by J. Leech, india proofs, uncut, t. e. g.

3 A'Beckett (G. A.) Comic History of Rome, FIRST EDITION, coloured plates and woodcuts by J. Leech, cloth gilt n. d.

4 A'Beckett (G. A.) Comic Blackstone, coloured illustrations by H. Furniss, cloth gilt, 1887- Little Boy's Laughing-Stock, or New Figures of Fun, illustrations, n. d.-Foreign Animals, coloured illustrations by Harrison Weir, 1853; The Farm and its Scenes, coloured illustrations by Harrison Weir, 1852; in 1 vol. half calf, t. e. g. 1852-3

B

2 vol.

5 Across Country and Fair Diana, by "Wanderer,” 2 vol. coloured illustrations by G. Bowers, half morocco gilt, uncut, t. e. g.

1882-4

6 Addison (Chas. G.) Damascus and Palmyra, a Journey to the East, FIRST EDITION, 2 vol. coloured plates by W. M. Thackeray, half calf gilt, g. e.

1838

7 Ainsworth (W. H.) Windsor Castle, an Historical Romance, illustrations by G. Cruikshank and Tony Johannot, polished calf gilt, inside gilt borders, t. e.g. by Riviere

1843

8 Alcock (Sir R.) Capital of the Tycoon, 2 vol. coloured plates and illustrations, half calf, m. e. 1863-Wright (Wm.) Empire of the Hittites, plates, etc. 1886-Klunzinger (C. B.) Upper Egypt: its People and its Products, illustrations, 1878; etc.

6 vol.

9 Alcock (Sir R.) Art and Art Industries in Japan, illustrations, 1878, two copies-Parsons (A.) Notes in Japan, illustrations by the author, 1896-Holland (C.) My Japanese Wife, illustrations by F. Appleyard, half morocco, 1895; etc.

8 vol.

10 Alexander (Sir J. E.) Salmon-Fishing in Canada, illustrations, 1860 Collection of Right Merrie Garlands for North Country Anglers, portrait, and woodcuts by Bewick, uncut, Newcastle, 1842-Fittis (R. S.) Sports and Pastimes of Scotland, 1891

3 vol.

11 Alexander (W.) Johnny Gibb of Gushetneuk in the Parish of Pyketillim, ÉDITION DE LUXE, portrait and etchings, buckram, royal Svo. Edinb. 1880

uncut, t. e. g.

12 Alken (Henry) A Touch at the Fine Arts, 12 coloured plates by Alken, brown morocco gilt, t. e. g. original wrappers bound in

imp. 8vo. 1824 13 All About Something, 24 humorous engravings, half calf gilt, oblong. Fores, n. d. 14 Almanack of the Month, edited by Gilbert A. à'Beckett, 2 vol. 1846

t. e. g.

woodcuts, half calf gilt, m. e.

15 A Loose Rein, by "Wanderer," coloured illustrations by G. 1887

Bowers, half red morocco gilt, uncut, t.e.g.

16 Ancient Ballads and Songs of the North of Scotland hitherto unpublished, with explanatory Notes by Peter Buchan, 2 vol. portrait, tree-calf, inside gilt borders, t. e. g. by Zaehnsdorf Edinb. 1875

17 Ancient Popular Poetry, edited by Joseph Ritson, revised by E. Goldsmid, 2 vol. in 1, woodcuts, half calf, uncut, t. e. g. Edinb. 1884-Leigh (H. S.) Carols of Cockayne, illustrations, 1874 -Riley (J. W.) Poems Here at Home, illustrations, 1893;

etc.

18 vol.

18 Anglo-Saxon Review, edited by Lady Churchill, vol. I, portraits,

morocco gilt, in old style, t. e. g. imp. 8vo, 1899
(G. W.) Old Creole Days, illustrations by A. Hester, fancy
linen boards, uncut, t. e. g. royal Svo, 1897; etc.

Cable

に

19 Annals of Sporting, by Caleb Quizzem, Esq. coloured plates by Woodward and Rowlandson, crimson levant morocco gilt, inside gilt borders, g. e. last leaf mended

1809

20 Apperley (C. J.) The Life of a Sportsman, by "Nimrod," 38 coloured illustrations by Henry Alken, half red morocco gilt, t. e.g.

1874

21 Apperley (C. J.) Life of John Mytton, coloured illustrations by H. Alken and T. J. Rawlins, half red morocco gilt, t. e. g.

Routledge, n. d.

22 Arabian Nights. One Hundred Illustrations to Sir Rich. Burton's Translation of The Arabian Nights, from Original Paintings by Stanley L. Wood, only 250 copies printed, illustrations, proofs before letters, half morocco, uncut, t. e. g. title mounted

[1890]

23 Arabian Nights, Lady Burton's edition of her husband's trans1886

lation, 6 vol. portrait, white cloth, uncut, t. e. g.

24 Arabian Nights' Entertainments, Aldine edition, from the Text of Dr. Jonathan Scott, 4 vol. illustrations by S. L. Wood, red cloth, uncut, t. e. g.

1890

25 Arabian Poetry for English Readers, edited, with Introduction and Notes, by W. A. Clouston, green levant morocco gilt, silk linings, t. e. g. by Zaehnsdorf

Glasgow, privately printed, 1881

26 Arnold (Matthew) Letters, 1848-1888, collected and arranged by
Geo. W. E. Russell, 2 vol. blue grained morocco, inside line
borders, with leafy ornaments, g.e. by Cobden Sanderson at
the Doves bindery
1895

27 Art at Home Series, 9 vol. illustrations, 1877-80 - Mayfair
Library (The), 6 vol. n.d.; etc.
30 vol.

28 Atkinson (G. F.) "Curry and Rice," or the Ingredients of Social Life at Our Station" in India, second edition, illustrations, citron cloth gilt, g.e.

imp. 8vo.

n. d.

illustrations by W. C. Cooke

29 Austen (Jane) Novels, edited by R. Brinsley Johnson, 10 vol. 1892

30 Authentic Memoirs, Memorandums and Confessions taken from the Journal of his Predatorial Majesty the King of Swindlers, part I, all published, half calf gilt, y. e.

31

n. d.

AUTOGRAPH LETTERS. Dickens (C.) A. L. s. in full, 1 p. 8vo,
Broadstairs, 10 August, 1848, respecting the accounts of the
Shakespeare Curatorship, to R. Lamond

32 AUTOGRAPH LETTERS. Whistler (J. McNeill) A. L. s. 3 pp. 8vo,
Feb. 4, 1897, to the Secretary of the Glasgow Institute of
Fine Arts:

... As a McNeill myself, I sympathise with all honours acquired by my distinguished Scottish Confrères! and wish to offer them, through you, Sir, my warmest congratulations, ete.

33 Bacon (F.) Essays or Counsels, Civil and Moral, with Introduction

by H. Morley, half roan, uncut, t. e. g. 1885 - Defoe (D.)
Compleat English Gentleman, edited by K. D. Bülbring, 1890
-Neilson (G.) Trial by Combat, half morocco, uncut, t. e. g.
Glasgow, 1890; etc.

10 vol.

34 Badminton Library (Billiards, Swimming, Golf, Sea-Fishing and Archery), 5 vol. illustrations, half morocco, t. e. g. 1890-6

35 Bain (R. Nisbet) Russian Fairy Tales, from the Skazki of Polevoi, illustrations, 1893 - Macdonald (Geo.) The Night Princess and other Fairy Tales, illustrations, n. d. - Aytoun, Book of Ballads, edited by Bon Gaultier, illustrations by Leech, etc. 1874; etc.

12 vol.

36 Ballantine (Jas.) The Gaberlunzies' Wallet and the Miller of Deanhaugh, 2 vol. numerous illustrations by A. A. Ritchie, blue levant morocco gilt, inside gilt borders, uncut, t. e. g.

Edinb. 1843-4

37 Ballads: English and Scottish, edited by Francis J. Child, 8 vol.

half morocco, t. e. g.

1861

38 Ballads: Four Books of Choice Old Scotish Ballads, one of 155 copies, portrait and woodcuts, Edinb. 1868-Sharpe (C. К.) A Ballad Book, edited by David Laing, coloured portrait, etc. half roan, uncut, 1880; etc.

4 vol.

39 Balzac. Les Contes Drolatiques, illustrations by G. Doré, half red morocco, t. e.g. signature of S. R. Crockett on fly-leaf, Paris, n. d.-About (E.) Le Nez d'un Notaire, frontispiece, half morocco gilt, uncut, t. e. g. ib. 1886

2 vol.

40 Banbury Cross Series: Prepared for Children by Grace Rhys, 7 vol. illustrations, uncut, t.e.g. 1893-5; Dangers of the Deep; etc. in 1 vol. coloured illustrations, half morocco, n.d.; etc.

9 vol.

41 Barbour (J. G.) Unique Traditions, chiefly of the West and South of Scotland, 1886-Ancient Scottish Ballads, with Notes, Historical and Explanatory, and Appendix, uncut, 1827Cromek (R. H.) Remains of Nithsdale and Galloway Song, uncut, Paisley, 1880; etc.

6 vol.

42 Barclay (John) Icon Animarum, The Mirror of Mindes, Englished

by T. May, FIRST EDITION, red morocco, д. е.

1631

43 Barham (R. H.) Ingoldsby Legends, edited with Notes, Introductory and Illustrative, by R. H. Dalton Barham, 2 vol. illustrations by G. Cruikshank, J. Leech, etc.

1876

44 Baring-Gould (S.) A Book of Fairy Tales Retold, one of 75 copies on hand-made paper, illustrations by A. L. Gaskin, buckram, uncut, t. e. g. 1894-Book of Nursery Songs and Rhymes, edited by S. Baring-Gould, printed within borders, illustrations, buckram, uncut, t. e. g. 1895