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2546 De Quincey (T.) Confessions of an English Opium-Eater, first edition, original boards, uncut, 1822, small 8vo. (90) Shepherd, £5 105. 2547 Dickens (Charles). Nicholas Nickleby, first edition (portrait stained), original cloth, uncut, 1839, 8vo. (91)

Shepherd, 1 5s.

2548 Dictionary of National Biography. Index and Epitome (only), 1903, 8vo. (98) Harland, I IS.

2549 Eliot (George). Felix Holt, the Radical, first edition, 3 vol., original cloth, uncut, 1866, 8vo. (109) Edwards, 16s. 2550 English (The) Dialect Dictionary, edited by Joseph Wright, 6 vol., original cloth, 1898-1905, 4to. (114) Bain, £5 5s. 2551 Fielding (Henry). Works, edited by Saintsbury, illustrations, 12 vol., buckram, uncut, 1893, 8vo. (116) Quaritch, £2 155. 2552 Freeman (Edward A.) History of the Norman Conquest, second edition, maps, 4 vol., half calf, m.e., Oxford, 1870-79, 8vo. (121) Thin, £1 8s. 2553 Galt (John). Works, edited by Meldrum, portrait and illustrations, 8 vol., uncut, t. e. g., 1895, small 8vo. (125)

Thin, 11s. 2554 Gilchrist (Alexander). Life of Blake, 2 vol., ornamented cloth, uncut, 1880, 8vo. (128) Quaritch, £1 145. 2555 Gosse (Edmund). Catalogue of a portion of his Library, by R. J. Lister (65 copies), white buckrum, uncut, Privately printed, 1893, 4to. (130) Dobell, £4 4s.

2556 Kelmscott Press. News from Nowhere, limp vellum, uncut, Hammersmith, 1892, 8vo. (163)

Shepherd, £2 165.

2557 Kelmscott Press. The Nature of Gothic, vellum, uncut, Hammersmith, 1892, 8vo. (164) Shepherd, L 2558 Kelmscott Press. Maud, a Monodrama, by Alfred Lord Tennyson, limp vellum, uncut, Hammersmith, 1893, 8vo. (165) Mrs. Roberts, £2 125. 2559 Kelmscott Press. Of the Friendship of Amis and Amile, original boards, uncut, Hammersmith, 1894, small 8vo. (167)

18s. 2560 Kelmscott Press. Tale of the Emperor Coustans and of over Sea, original boards, uncut, Hammersmith, 1894, small 8vo. (168) 135. 2561 Kelmscott Press. Atalanta in Calydon, limp vellum, uncut, Hammersmith, 1894, 4to. (169) Shepherd, £2 10S. 2562 Kipling (Rudyard). Barrack Room Ballads and other Verses, first edition, Japanese paper (30 numbered and signed copies), half parchment, uncut, t. e. g., 1892, 8vo. (170) Bagguley, 14s. 2563 Kipling (Rudyard). The Seven Seas, first edition, Japanese paper (one of 30 copies), half parchment, uncut, t. e. g., 1896, 8vo. (171)

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18s. 2564 Kipling (Rudyard). Departmental Ditties and other Verses, ninth edition, Japanese paper (12 copies only), illustrations, half parchment, uncut, 1897, 8vo. (172)

5s. 2565 Lang (Andrew). A Collection of the Works of Mr. Andrew Lang (apparently complete), comprising his own Works,

Works edited by him and Works containing contributions by him, as well as Magazine and Newspaper Contributions, including first and other editions and large and small paper copies of most of his publications (180)

Trebinal, £150 [More than four closely printed pages of the Catalogue are devoted to the description of this collection, the title and other particulars of each work being set out.-ED.] 2566 Lecky (W. E. H.) History of European Morals, first edition, 2 vol., half calf, 1869, 8vo. (181)

2567 Leech (John). Pictures of Life and pictorial boards, n. d., oblong folio (184) 2568 Macaulay (Lord). Works, edited by portrait, 8 vol., calf gilt, m. e., by Rivière,

Edwards, £1 35. Character, 5 vol., Browne, £1 16s. Lady Trevelyan, 1866, 8vo. (198) Hunt, £3 17s. 6d.

2569 Meredith (George). The Egoist, first edition, 3 vol., original cloth, uncut, 1879, 8vo. (203) W. Brown, £2 25.

2570 Meredith (George). Modern Love, first edition, original cloth, uncut, 1862-Reprint of the same, 1892, small 8vo. (204) Shepherd, £1 2571 Molière (M. de). Dramatic Works, by Henri van Laun, LARGE PAPER, portrait and illustrations by Lalauze (proofs), 6 vol., original cloth, uncut, 1875-76, super imperial 8vo. (211) Hill, £1 14s. 2572 Morley (John). Life of Gladstone, portraits and illustrations, 3 vol., uncut, 1903, 8vo. (212) Edwards, £ 25. 2573 Morris (William). The Roots of the Mountains, Whatman paper (limited issue), bound in chintz (from a design by the author), 1890, 4to. (213) Shepherd, 14s.

Hill, £2 25.

2574 Painter (William). The Palace of Pleasure, edited, for the fourth time, by Joseph Jacobs (limited issue), 3 vol., buckram, uncut, 1890, 4to. (222) 2575 Scott (Sir Walter). Guy Mannering, 3 vol., first edition, half bound, 1815, small 8vo. (251) Edwards, £2 12s. 2576 Sette of Odd Volumes, 5 (various), 1891, etc.-Bibliotheca Curiosa, edited by E. Goldsmid, 3 numbers, 1887-91Historical Reprints, 8 numbers, Privately printed, 1884, together 16 numbers, small 8vo. (255) Lewine, LIIS. 2577 Shakespeare (William). Works. The Cambridge Shakespeare, edited by W. A. Wright, 9 vol., original cloth, uncut, 1891-93, royal 8vo. (257) Askew, £2 175. 2578 Shakespeare (William). Facsimile of the First Folio, by Sidney Lee, signed, uncut, Oxford, 1902, folio (258) Edwards, £3 6s. 2579 Shakespeare (William). Venus and Adonis, by Sidney Lee, original boards, uncut, Oxford, 1905, 4to. (259) Dobell, 10s. 2580 Shorthouse (J. H.) John Inglesant, a Romance, 2 vol., first edition, half calf, uncut, t. e. g.. 1881–Iron (R.) The Story of an African Farm, 2 vol., half morocco, uncut, t. e. g., 1883-Cornhill Pictures, half bound, and 6 others, 8vo. (262) Clark, £2 3s. 2581 Stevenson (R. L.) A Child's Garden of Verses, first edition,

1885-New edition, illustrated by Charles Robinson, 1896, original cloth, uncut, 8vo. (270) Dobell, £3 35. 2582 Stevenson (R. L.) Familiar Studies of Men and Books, first edition, 1882-Memories and Portraits, first edition, 1887 -Virginibus Puerisque, 1887, together 3 vol., uncut, 8vo. (273) Dobell, 1125. 2583 Stevenson (R. L.) Treasure Island, 1883-Kidnapped, 1886 —Catriona, 1893, first editions, together 3 vol., uncut, 8vo. (274) W. Brown, £1 155. 2584 Stevenson (R. L.) Prince Otto, a Romance, 1885-The Black Arrow, 1888-The Master of Ballantrae, 1889, first editions, together 3 vol., uncut, 8vo. (276)

W. Brown, I 10s. 2585 Stevenson (R. L.) Across the Plains, 1892 Island Nights' Entertainments, 1893, and others by Stevenson, together 5 vol., uncut, 8vo. (281) W. Brown, 165. 2586 Stevenson (R. L.) Works, Edinburgh edition, with appendix of reprints of the Davos Platz pieces, together 28 vol., Edinburgh, 1894-98 - Life of Stevenson, by Graham Balfour, portrait, 2 vol., 1901-Letters to his Family and Friends, portrait, 2 vol., 1899 (the last named with the suppressed end papers), together 32 vol., buckram, uncut, t. e. g., uniform, 8vo. (284) Bain, £40 2587 Swinburne (Algernon Charles). Poems and Ballads, the three series, 3 vol., original cloth, uncut, Hotten and Chatto, 1866-89, 8vo. (288) 2588 Swinburne (Algernon Charles). The Heptalogia, first edition, original cloth, uncut, 1880, 8vo. (289)

Rimell, 195.

Quaritch, £1 6s. 2589 Swinburne (Algernon Charles). Grace Darling (30 copies only), parchment, uncut, 1893, 4to. (290) Maggs, £3 7s. 6d. 2590 Thackeray (W. M.) The Adventures of Philip, first edition, 3 vol., original cloth, uncut, 1862, 8vo.(308) Groom, £1 25. 2591 Thackeray (W. M.) Thackerayana, first edition, illustrated by nearly 600 sketches, original cloth, t. e. g., 1875, 8vo. (309) Dobell, 111S. [Original issue of the first edition, containing 492 pages, and before the 5 coloured plates were added.-ED.]

2592 Tudor (The) Translations, edited by W. E. Henley (complete set), 40 vol., uncut, 1892-1905, 8vo. (318)

Edwards, £19

2593 Twain (Mark). Works, 15 vol., illustrations, original cloth, 1885, etc., 8vo. (323) Winter, £ Ss.

2594 Watson (William). Wordsworth's Grave and other Poems, Cameo series, frontispiece, half parchment, uncut, t. e. g., 1890, small 8vo. (325) Maggs, £I IS. and other Tales, first edition, LARGE PAPER (75 copies), numbered and signed, 1888-Another copy, small paper, 1888, together 2 vol., parchment, uncut, 4to. (333) Camden, £6 15s.

2595 Wilde (Oscar). The Happy Prince

2596 Wilde (Oscar). The Picture of Dorian Gray, first edition,

uncut (1891)-Lord Arthur Savile's Crime, and other Stories, uncut, 1891, together 2 vol., 8vo. (334)

J. Bumpus, £ 125. 2597 Yellow Book (The), illustrated by Sir F. Leighton, Aubrey Beardsley and others, 8 vol., buckram, uncut, 1894-96, small 4to. (337) Hunt, LIIS. 2598 Zaehnsdorf (J. W.) The Art of Bookbinding, calf gilt, g. e., by Zaehnsdorf, 1897 — Horne (H. P.) The Binding of Books, plates, uncut, 1894-Mathews (B.) Bookbindings, Old and New, illustrations, 1896, together 3 vol., 8vo. (338) Stewart, 18s.

[DECEMBER 12TH, 13TH AND 14TH, 1907.]

SOTHEBY, WILKINSON & HODGE.

VARIOUS PROPERTIES.

(No. of Lots, 624; amount realised, £3,276 10s.)
Reported in the order of the Catalogue.

(a) The property of Mr. John Cresswell, of Newcastle-on-Tyne. 2599 Byron (Lord). Hours of Idleness, first edition, calf extra, g. e., Newark, 1807, 8vo. (1) Hornstein, £2 10s. 2600 Byron (Lord). English Bards and Scotch Reviewers, first edition (water-mark 1805), (margin of half title cut), morocco gilt, g. e., James Cawthorn, n. d.

2601 Byron (Lord). The Giaour, first edition, g.e., 1813, 8vo. (3)

2602 Byron (Lord). The Corsair, a Tale, first title, wrapper, uncut, 1814, 8vo. (8)

(1809), 8vo. (2) Hornstein, 195. morocco extra, Spencer, 125. edition, name on Hornstein, 9s.

2603 Hunt (Leigh). The Town, first edition, 45 illustrations, 2 vol., half calf, 1848, 8vo. (10)

Power, 12s.

2604 Hunt (Leigh). A Jar of Honey from Mount Hybla, first edition, illustrated by Doyle, original pictorial boards (back defective), g. e., 1847, 8vo. (11) E. Parsons, 1IS. 2605 Hunt (Leigh). A Saunter through the West End, half morocco, uncut, t. e. g., 1861-Table-Talk, original cloth, g. e., 1850, both first editions, 8vo. (12)

Spencer, 8s.

2606 Hunt (Leigh). Autobiography, first edition, portraits, 3 vol., half calf, 1850, 8vo. (13) Hornstein, 175. 2607 Bunbury (H.) An Academy for Grown Horsemen, and Annals of Horsemanship, 29 coloured plates by Rowlandson, morocco gilt, uncut, t. e. g., 1809, 8vo. (14) Hornstein, £2 125.

2608 Apperley (C. J.) Life of Mytton, second edition, fine copy, calf extra, g. e., by Rivière and Son, R. Ackermann, 1837, 8vo. (15) Wight, £14 5s. 2609 Russell (Rev. John). Memoir, and of his Out-of-Door Life, first edition, portrait and illustrations, half calf gilt, m. e., 1879, 8vo. (16) E. Parsons, 135. 2610 Fielding (Henry). Tom Jones, first edition, 6 vol., calf gilt, g. e., A. Millar, 1749 (18) W. Brown, £4 5s. 2611 La Fontaine (J. de.) Contes et Nouvelles en Vers, portrait and 80 plates (cut and pieced), 2 vol., contemporary calf, Amsterdam, 1764, 8vo. (19) Vyt, £110s. 2612 Dickens (Charles). Memoirs of Grimaldi, first edition, portrait and illustrations, 2 vol. in 1, half calf, 1838, 8vo. (21) Hornstein, 135. 2613 Clarke (Mary Anne). The Rival Princes, a Narrative of Facts relating to Mrs. M. A. Clarke's political acquaintance with Colonel Wardle, etc., portrait with signature, 2 vol., half calf, 1810, 8vo. (22)

Hill, 6s.

2614 Wafer (Lionel). New Voyage and Description of the Isthmus of America, map and plates, original calf (Rockingham Arms on the sides), 1699, 8vo. (24) Horsley, £3 5s. 2615 Kirkman (Francis). The Unlucky Citizen experimentally described, portrait, frontispiece and plates (a few leaves mended), calf extra, g. e., by F. Bedford, 1673, 8vo. (25) Dobell, £2 2s. 2616 Virgilius. Bucolica, Georgica et Æneis, LARGE PAPER, 2 vol., morocco gilt, g. e., 1800, imperial 8vo. (26)

E. Parsons, £1 185.

2617 Virgilius. Opera, illustrations, 6 vol., morocco, g. e., Lipsia, 1800, 8vo. (27) E. Parsons, £2 18s. 2618 Jesse (J. H.) Memoirs of the Pretenders, first edition, 2 vol., portraits, original cloth, uncut, 1845, 8vo. (28)

2619 Montaigne (M. de). 1811, 8vo. (29)

Hornstein, £2 18s. Essays, portrait, 3 vol., calf extra, g. e., Rimell, £2 12s. Poems on several Occasions, first edition (title mended, some leaves stained), mottled calf, g. e., 1689, 8vo. (30) E. Parsons,

2620 Cotton (Charles).

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2621 Voltaire. La Pucelle d'Orléans, Poëme, 21 plates after Moreau and 4 portraits, calf, g. e., À Birmingham (Kehl, 1789), 8vo. (31) Rimell, LI 2622 Coryat (T.) Crudites, reprinted from the edition of 1611, plates, 3 vol., original calf, 1776, 8vo. (34) Barnard, £2 2623 Shelley (Percy B.) Queen Mab, first edition, without the title-page and imprint (torn out by Shelley himself?), the torn part at end repaired, morocco extra, uncut, by Rivière and Son (1813), 8vo. (36) Russell, £10

2624 Egan (Pierce). Life in London, first edition, 36 coloured illustrations, half calf gilt, 1821, 8vo. (37)

Sotheran, £4 10S. 2625 Adventures of a Post Captain, 25 engravings (coloured) by

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