261 262 263 264 265 GREENE, ROBERT. Greenes Mourning Garment: Given him by Repentance at the Funerals of Love; Which he presents for a favour to all young Gentlemen, that wish to weane themselves from wanton desires. Both Pleasant and Profitable. By R. Greene. Small 4to, full levant, morocco extra. London: Printed by George Purslowe, dwelling at the East end of Christ's Church, 1616. $275.00 Mr. Huth could only secure an imperfect copy (it lacked signature C4, four leaves) and it sold for £35! GREENE, ROBERT. Alcida Greenes Metamorphosis, wherein is discovered, a pleasant transformation of bodies into sundrie shapes, shewing that as vertues beautifie the mind, so vanities give the greater staines, than the perfection of any quality can rase out: The Discourse confirmed with diverse merry and delightfull Histories. Full of grave Principles to content Age, and sawsed with pleasant parlees, and witty answers, to satisfie youth: profitable to both, and not offensive to any. By R. G. Small 4to, full levant morocco extra. London: Printed by George Purslowe, 1617. $150.00 *This play was licensed to John Wolfe on December 9, 1588, and was perhaps printed, but this edition of 1617 is the earliest now known. It is extremely rare. GREVILLE, FULKE (LORD BROOK]. Certain learned and elegant workes (consisting of Poems, Plays, Sonnets, and Letters) of the Right Honorourable Fulke Lord Brooke, written in his Youth, and familiar exercise with Sir Philip Sidney. Small folio, dark green morocco, the sides covered with a design of triple leaf inlaid in three colors of red, and three colors of brown, all of autumnal shades, the ground is sprinkled with large gilt dots, and the lettering is worked in between the leafy design, a very pleasing and effective binding, by R. Riviere and Son. London: Printed by E. P. for Henry Seyle, 1633. $130.00 THE FIRST EDITION, in a beautiful binding. GREVILLE, FOULK [Lord Brook]. The Five years of King James, or the Condition of the State of England, and the Relation it had to other Provinces. Small 4to, blue levant morocco, extra, entirely uncut, by Riviere. London: Printed for R. W. 1643. $60.00 NICHOLAS GRIMALDE'S TRANSLATION OF CICERO, 1558 GRIMALDE, NICHOLAS. Marcus Tullius Ciceroes, Thre Bokes of Duties, to Marcus his sonne, turned out of Latine into English by Nicholas Grimalde. (Colophon.) Imprinted at London in Fleet-streete within Temple barre at the sign of the Hand and Starre by Richard Tottel, 1558. BLACK LETTER. Printed in two columns, Latin and English. 12mo, purple black morocco, architecturally tooled with pillars in gilt and blind, lettered in centre, by Riviere. An extremely rare book; not in the Huth or Hoe collections. $180.00 266 267 268 269 270 GUY FAWKES AND THE GUNPOWDER PLOT [GUNPOWDER PLOT.] Anno iii. Jacobi Regis. An Act for a publique Thankesgiuing to Almighty God euery yeere on the fift day of Nouember. Small 4to, full black morocco, by Zaehnsdorf. London: Robert Barker. [1605.] $250.00 This Act established the popular "Guy Fawkes Day," still celebrated throughout England. The tract is excessively rare. HABINGTON'S "CASTARA", 1634 HABINGTON, WILLIAM. Castara, both parts complete: A Fine Copy of The First Edition. Preface; Congratulatory poems by G. T(albot), (6 pp.). This is the first issue of a collection of poems deservedly admired for their purity and grace. "Castara was Lucia, the daughter of Lord Powis, and she became Habington's wife. The year of their marriage is not known, but in one of his poems (as they appeared in this impression) Habington speaks of Lucia as Castara.” An exceedingly rare book, described by Dr. Bliss as the rarest volume of poems of the period, and it is enumerated by John Payne Collier in his "Rarest Books in the English Language." For its interest to the SHAKESPEARE collector, see p. 52. Of this wine should Prynne Drinke but a plenteous glasse, he would beginne, [HABINGTON, WILLIAM.] Castara The third Edition. Corrected and augmented. 12mo, full morocco, gilt, g. e., by Francis Bedford. London: Printed by T. Cotes, 1640. $75.00 THE FIRST COMPLETE EDITION, containing all three parts. [HADDINGTON, THE EARL OF.] Forty Select Poems on Several Occasions, to which is added The Duke of Argyle's Levee: A Poem, written by the late Lord Binning, and spoken by Colonel Chartres. 2 vols., green crushed levant morocco extra, gilt edge. London: J. H. Bell, 1769. $100.00 From the Fraser Library. Extremely rare and CURIOUS. ONE OF THE RAREST BOOKS IN ENGLISH LITERATURE HALL, JOSEPH, (Bishop). Virgidemiarum. Sixe Bookes. The first three Bookes of Toothlesse Satyrs. 1, Poetical; 2, Academicall; 3, Morall. London: Thos. Creede for Robert Dexter, 1597.-Virgidemiarum. The three last Bookes of Byting Satyres, corrected and amended with some additions, by I. H. Imprinted at London: Robert Dexter, 1599.-Certaine Worthye Manuscript Poems of great antiquitie reserved long in the studie of a Northfolke gentleman and now first published by J. S. (viz.) The Statly Tragedy of Guistard and Sismond. The Northern Mothers Blessing. The Way to Thrifte. (Dedicated "To the worthiest Poet Maister Ed. Spenser.) Imprinted at London for R. D., 1597. 3 vols. in 1,12mo, green morocco, Roger Payne blind tooling, crest in gold on each side. Park's copy, with his autograph on title-page, also old autograph of John Rogers, the celebrated Puritan Divine and author. $635.00 The extremely rare First Editions of these famous books. Mr. Hoe could only obtain the edition of 1606 and Mr. Huth was unable to secure the first edition. We can trace the sale of but one copy during the last fifty years. A portion has been reprinted in Capell's "School of Shakespeare." Hall's Satires is considered one of the most important works issued during the reign of Queen Elizabeth; IT WAS KNOWN TO SHAKESPEARE AND WAS RIGIDLY SUPPRESSED WHEN IT WAS ISSUED, WHICH ACCOUNTS FOR ITS EXCESSIVE RARITY, ONLY A FEW COPIES OF THE FIRST EDITION BEING KNOWN. 271 272 273 THE DOWNFALL OF MAY-GAMES HALL, THOMAS. Funebria Floræ, the Downfall of MayGames, wherein is set forth the Rudeness, Prophaneness, Stealing, Drinking, Fighting, Dancing, Whoring, Mis-Rule Mis-spence of Precious Time, occasioned by the Rudeness of People in this kinde. With the addition of some Verses for the Delight of the Ingenious Reader. 4to, morocco extra, gilt edges. London: Printed for Henry Mortlock, 1661. $45.00 A very rare piece, exhibiting the vices and follies attending the May-Day games, the May-pole, Morris dancing, Hobby Horse, &c. At the end are seven pages in verse, which together with the remainder of the work, severely satirize these amusements; in it will be found much information to those interested in the origin of these popular customs and sports. HALL, THOMAS. The Loathsomness of Long Haire, or a Treatise Wherein you have the Question stated, many Arguments against it produc'd and the most materiall Arguments for it refell'd and answer'd, with the concurrent judgement of Divines both old and new against it. 12mo, original calf. London: Nathanael Webb, 1654. $27.50 The First Edition; extremely rare. THE FIRST EDITION OF THE FEDERALIST HAMILTON, ALEXANDER. The Federalist. A collection of Essays written in favour of the new Constitution, as agreed upon by the Federal Convention, September 17, 1787. In two volumes, small 8vo, newly bound in peacock blue morocco, gilt edges, gilt tooled, by Bradstreet. New York: M'Lean, 1788. $175.00 A copy in fine condition of The First Edition, with an autograph letter inserted. 274 275 276 PRESENTATION COPY OF "LIFE'S LITTLE IRONIES" HARDY, THOMAS. Life's Little Ironies. A set of Tales with some Colloquial Sketches. 8vo, original cloth. London: Osgood, McIlvaine and Co., 1894. THE FIRST EDITION. $75.00 PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed: "To The Earl of Pembroke from Thomas Hardy, Feb., 1894." THE COPY OF WESSEX TALES PRESENTED TO ROBERT HARDY, THOMAS. Wessex Tales, Strange, Lively and THE FIRST EDITION, WITH AN AUTOGRAPH LETTER, SIGNED, OF THE AUTHOR, TO ROBERT BROWNING, accompanied with the original envelope. Dear Mr. Browning: May I ask you to do me the honour of accepting a copy of my "Wessex Tales.' I send this little collection in preference to a regulation novel, in the hope that the varied character of the stories may enable you to find one among them to your liking. etc. Yours very faithfully, THOMAS HARDY. THE ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT OF HARDY'S "SUNDAY HARDY, THOMAS. The Original Autograph Manuscript, This lengthy poem, from the hand of the most famous of living English authors, is a distinctive example of his work. It was published in the London Review and contains the original pencil notes to the printer. Hardy's manuscripts are exceedingly rare. The first four stanzas are as follows: "I bore a daughter, flower fair, I joyed to mother one so rare, But dead and gone I now would bc. "Men looked and loved her as she grew, And she was won, alas for me; She told me nothing, but I knew, And saw that sorrow was to be: "I knew that one had made her thrall, A thrall to him, alas for me; And then, at last, she told me all, And wondered what her end would be. "She owned that she had loved too well, Had loved too well, unhappy she, And bore a secret time would tell, Though in her grave she'd gladlier be." |