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Elegantly Bound — THREE Fore-Edge Paintings 
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir. The complete works...with an original memoir, and anecdotes of the author. In three volumes. London: Pr. by Howlett & Brimmer for Thomas M'Lean, 1824. 3 vols. 8vo (16.2 cm, 6.4"). I: xcvii, [1], 219, [1] pp. (lacking frontis.). II: iv, 303, [1] pp. III: [4], 272 pp.
The Fore-Edges: Each volume bears a different fore-edge painting with a hunting theme, the hunters in traditional "pink" coats, with a pack of brown-and-white hounds either gamboling around the horses' legs or coursing ahead in the gently rolling terrain.
These
proved particularly tricky to photograph, but here's the trio:
• Hinges cracked across silk, inside, but all holding; vol. I
frontispiece lacking. Some wear at heads, tails, and corners, nicely refurbished;
occasional light spots of foxing. 
Attractive.
Clarissa in the
Land of the Mohawk Richardson, Samuel. The paths of virtue delineated; or, The history in miniature of the celebrated Clarissa Harlowe, familiarised and adapted to the capacities of youth. With copperplate engravings. Cooperstown [N.Y.]: Pr. and sold by E. Phinney, 1795. 12mo (17 cm; 6.75"). 154, [2] pp.
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All three editions were adapted for children. (Notably, the novel's famed epistolary structure is abandoned for a narrative in “straight prose.”)
Phinney began the first press in Cooperstown in the very year this book was printed! Prior to this work, he had printed only a sermon and a few issues of a newspaper, making this 
the first book printed there. In 1795 Cooperstown was still essentially a frontier settlement, making this production all the more remarkable!
Clearly Phinney had ambition and the firm, with the help of the Erie Canal and the settlement of western New York, was able to see that ambition fulfilled. But at this early stage, a bit of learning was still required: Planning text to fit on the paper allocated was still troublesome for Phinney, for beginning on p. 147 he had to change to a smaller point size. (One wonders if this would have been necessary had he not devoted the entire last leaf to a self-promoting advertisement?)
The promise of “copperplate engravings” was another wrinkle not worked out, or a case of something's not going as planned, for all copies are barren of illustrative plates.
• ESTC W27586; Evans 29414; Rosenbach, Children’s, 199; Welch, American Children’s Books, 1102.3 . Contemporary mottled sheep, round spine, single gilt rules forming spine “compartments,” red leather title-label reading “Clarissa Harlowe.” Small piece of leather missing from rear cover at joint; rear joint starting at bottom and extending up about three inches, but binding sound. Stray occasional stains but overall a very, very good copy of a scarce early American children's book that is also an early-for-what-it-is imprint. (24337)
Scots Antiquarianism — ILLUSTRATED Ritson, Joseph, ed. The Caledonian muse: A chronological
selection of Scotish poetry from the earliest times. London: Robert Triphook, 1821. 8vo. Frontis., iv, 232 pp.
Click the images for enlargements. • NSTC 2R11677; Lowndes 2099; Hugo, The Bewick Collector, 434. Contemporary half dark green morocco with red marbled paper sides, spine with gilt-stamped title; some rubbing and with a bit of green discoloration to paper of front cover. Minor offsetting to frontispiece and title-page; mild to moderate foxing in first third of volume and to last few pages. (21934)
The Boy’s Book of
GoldRoquette,
José. Livro d'ouro dos meninos para servir d’introducção
ao thesouro da adolescencia e da juventude. Pariz: [Typ. A. Parent] Va. J.-P.
Aillaud, Guillard & Ca., [1867]. 18mo (15.3 cm, 6"). 288 pp.; 4 plts. 
four chromolithographed plates showing (1) the Livro d’ouro being read by a father to his family, (2) Abraham’s sacrifice, (3) Moses being found among the bulrushes, and (4) “The Turtledove” with Inez and her parents on the walls of their castle.
José-Ignacio Roquette (1801–70), a Franciscan friar and professor at the patriarchal seminary in Lisbon, also wrote a History of the Discovery of America and works on natural history and philology. First published in 1844, this is the fifth edition of this rare work: We were unable to trace any copies via NUC Pre-1956, OCLC, or RLIN.
Single-click the chromo, for an enlargement. • Contemporary mottled calf, spine handsomely gilt with floral devices and with a gilt-lettered red leather label; scratched and abraded with some loss on edges and corners. Marbled endpapers, a little rubbed. Light foxing and some spots of light soiling; a few tears in margins of pages and plates. A book apparently used by members of its intended audience, though not put through truly gruesome maltreatment.
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Hanafi School onMoslem Law ofRosenmüller, Ernest Friedrich Karl. Analecta arabica editit latine vertit et illustravit. Ern. Fried. Car. Rosenmüller. Lipsiae: sumtibus I. A. Barthii, 1825-1828. 8vo. 3 vols. in 1. I: xii, 44, 23, [1 (blank)] pp. II: xviii, 55, [1], 39, [1] pp., [1] f. III: viii, 56, 27, [1 (blank)] pp.
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seven
poems of considerable length in Arabic that predate the advent of Islam. Each
is by a different poet and is considered his best work.
Glosses are present and pp. ix–xvi reproduce Reiske's introduction
to his Taraphae Moallakah.
A very handsomely printed book in Arabic and Latin.
• Lambrecht 1129. 19th-century German boards covered with black mottled paper, boards and spine abraded; paper spine-label with hand-lettering. Institutional bookplate on front pastedown. Four-digit number in ink at base of first p. V. Housed in a modern quarter brown morocco tray case with raised bands on spine, each accented above and below with gilt beading (our last image shows the volume lying in its box). One spine compartment with title, another with publication place and dates, all others with gilt center device. A very acceptable copy of a scarce and important work for Arabic studies.
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Rousseau the Poet
Elegantly Published Rousseau,
Jean-Baptiste. Oeuvres poétiques
... avec un commentaire par M. Amar. Paris: Chez Lefèvre, 1824. 8vo (23.1 cm, 9.1"). 2 vols. in 1. Frontis., xxxv, [1], 419, [5], 363, [1 (blank)] pp. 
• Brunet, IV, 1421. Contemporary black half morocco over blue pebbled cloth, spine beautifully gilt extra, leather edges ruled in gilt; volume clean and virtually unworn. Front pastedown with private collector’s bookplate and with institutional rubber-stamp (no other markings); some soiling and offsetting to front pastedown and free endpaper. Many leaves lightly to moderately foxed, a few more heavily — the paper here was not as good as it might have been. One leaf with short tear from upper margin, touching page number but not text. An attractive production.
Sad Tales of
Orphans, Widows, & Mistreated Stepchildren Rush, Caroline E. Robert Morton, or the step-mother: A book founded on fact. Containing Edmund and Ione, Letters from the South, &c. &c. Philadelphia: Pub. for the author by Crissy & Markley, 1850. 12mo (19.4 cm, 7.6"). Frontis., vi, [2], 191, [1] pp.
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of Southern culture. The title piece and “Edmund and Ione” are moral tales encouraging (broadly speaking) kindness to children and the poor. In “Letters from the South,” the author describes her visits to Charleston and Savannah; she says of Charleston, “The blacks are very kindly treated, so far as I am able to judge. In no instance have I been a witness to the slightest cruelty . . . In the cities of Philadelphia and New York, I have been witness to misery and wretchedness far exceeding even what I have heard of the South” (p.
123).
The frontispiece lithograph was printed by P.S. Duval's firm after a design by W. Croome.
• Wright, I, 2260; Sabin 74247. Not in Clark, Travels in the Old South. Publisher's blind-stamped brown cloth, spine embossed, with gilt-stamped title; binding slightly cocked, cloth faded and discolored, extremities rubbed. Front free endpaper with two gift inscriptions, one inked and dated 1888, one pencilled and dated 1891. Frontispiece guard-leaf and title-page foxed; a few leaves spotted or stained (not many). Occasional traces of pencilled underlining. (24418)
Dun Emer for the
Busted BibliophileRussell, George William. By still waters: Lyrical poems old and new by A.E. Dundrum, [Ireland]: The Dun Emer Press, 1906. Small 8vo. 33 pp.
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• Miller 9. Publisher's quarter off-white linen with blue-green paper sides in the Kelmscott style. Ex-library with call number tag on front cover, library name blind-stamped into covers, perforation stamp of library in blank area of title-page and in blank area of lower margin of last leaf. Dust soiled binding; corners bumped; top of spine pulled. (2682)
Sentiment! Adventure! Philosophy!Saint-Pierre, Bernardin de. Paul and Virginia: Translated from the French of Bernardin St. Pierre, by Helen Maria Williams. Dayton [OH]: B.F. Ells, 1848. 16mo (14.1 cm, 5.5"). Frontis. (incl. in pagination), 112 pp.; illus.
The work is illustrated with a number of wood engravings done after designs by Westall. The front pastedown of this copy bears an early inked inscription reading “Presented to Mary Esther By Imogine.”
• Publisher’s textured cloth, front cover with gilt-stamped vignette, spine with gilt-stamped title and decorative motifs; cloth rubbed over edges and extremities. Light to moderate foxing throughout.
Remembrances ofIdyllic Youth Sassoon, Siegfried. Memoirs of a fox-hunting man. New York: Printed for the Members of The Limited Editions Club, 1981. Tall 8vo. Frontis., [8], 9–284 pp.; 8 plts.
Paul Hogarth illustrated the book with black-and-white vignettes which open and close each chapter, and eight full-page color wash drawings. John Lewis designed the book choosing a monotype Walbaum font. The binding is quarter red calf over light-brown buckram sides, gilt-lettered on the spine, and gilt-stamped on the front cover with a design of various fox-hunting implements; tucked away at the lower edge of the back cover is a gilt design of a sly-looking fox in full trot.
This edition is limited to 1600 copies and is signed by the artist on the colophon.
• Limited Editions Club, Bibliography of the Fine Books Published by The Limited Editions Club, 1929–1985, 506. Binding as above, in original glassine wrapper and slipcase; wrapper with tears at bottom edge. Slipcase with slight bumping at inner front edge. A fine copy, in a near fine slipcase. (22104)
The Face of Battle Sassoon, Siegfried. Memoirs of an infantry officer. New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1981. Small folio. xvii, 224, [4 (3 blank)] pp.; 8 plts.
Click the interior images for enlargements. Paul Hogarth's eight full-page watercolors and over a dozen black-and-white vignettes vividly illustrate the bomb-churned landscape of no-man's land, the explosions of rifle and gunfire, and the irony of well-fed generals enjoying life behind the lines. Dennis J. Grastorf designed the book using a 12-point Baskerville font with two points leading space in between the lines. The binding is a natural-tone rough linen, stamped in black on each cover with a bugle design. David Daiches wrote the introduction.
This edition is limited to 2,000 copies and this offering includes the monthly newsletter. The colophon is signed by the artist.
• Limited Editions Club, Bibliography of the Fine Books Published by The Limited Editions Club, 1929–1985, 519. Binding as above; slipcase with two short scratches on back. Fine, in a fine slipcase. (22078)
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On the
Beauties of Hertford on the Lee Scott, John. Amwell. A descriptive poem. Dublin: Pr. for S. Price, W. Watson, J. Potts, et al., 1776. 8vo (18.5 cm, 7.3"). 32 pp.
one of Izaak Walton's favored fishing sites. This is the first Irish edition,
printed in the same year as the London first.
Click the interior image for an enlargement. • ESTC T2712. Marbled paper wrappers. Half-title very lightly stamped by a now-defunct institution. Small ink blot touching outer page edges, otherwise very clean.
“Blue Lights” & “Bob Short” — Early American PoetryScott, Jonathan M. Blue lights, or the convention. A poem in four cantos. New York: Charles N. Baldwin, 1817. 12mo (13.5 cm, 5.25"). [2], 150, [2 (blank)] pp. [bound with] Scott, Walter. Vision of Don Roderick. Boston: T.B. Wait & Co., 1811. 12mo. 74, [2 (blank)] pp. [and] Longstreet, Augustus Baldwin. Patriotic effusions; by Bob Short. New York: L. & F. Lockwood (J. & J. Harper, prs.), 1819. 12mo. 46, [2] pp. [and] Scott, Walter. Field of Waterloo. New York: Van Winkle & Wiley, 1815. 12mo. 48 pp. [and] Pitt, William. Letters written by the late Earl of Chatham to his nephew Thomas Pitt, Esq. Boston: C. Williams (T.B. Wait & Co., prs.), 1811. 12mo. 64 pp. (pp. 49–56 bound in at end).
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• Blue Lights: Wegelin 1132; Shaw & Shoemaker 42070. Vision: Shaw & Shoemaker 23893. Patriotic Effusions: Wegelin 1045; Shaw & Shoemaker 48509. Waterloo: Shaw & Shoemaker 35871. Letters: Shaw & Shoemaker 23699. Contemporary sheep, covers framed in single gilt roll, spine with gilt-stamped leather title-label and gilt-stamped decorative bands; binding a little rubbed at joints and extremities. Front pastedown with early inked ownership inscription; free endpapers excised. Trimmed closely, in occasional instances just touching outermost letters. Some age-toning and spotting; one leaf with ink stain not obscuring text, two leaves with tears from outer margins extending into text. Intermittent pencilled underlining and small marks. Pp. 49–56 of Letters bound in at end.
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Conduct,
1748
Scott, Thomas. A father’s instructions to his
son. London: Pr. for R. Dodsley, 1748. 4to. 27, [1 (blank)] pp.
• Foxon S147. Recent marbled paper wrappers; lacking half-title.
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Cambridge / Riverside — Half MoroccoScott, Walter. Complete poetical works of Sir Walter Scott. Boston & New York: Houghton, Mifflin & Co. (pr. by the Riverside Press, Cambridge), (copyright 1900). 8vo (21.1 cm, 8.3"). Frontis., xxiii, [1], 582 pp. 
Binding: Contemporary half red morocco with rose cloth–covered sides, spine with gilt-stamped title, raised bands with dotted gilt rules, spine compartments framed in triple gilt fillets with gilt dots in each corner. Top edge gilt; silk ribbon place marker.
• Binding as above, front cover with one small spot of discoloration, leather showing minor scuffing. Front pastedown with private collector’s armorial bookplate. Pages clean.
IVANHOEScott,
Walter. Ivanhoe. New York: Limited Editions Club, 1951. 8vo. 2 vols. I: xxvi, 232 pp.; illus. II: [4], 233-471, [3] pp.; illus . 
• Bibliography of the Fine Books Published by the Limited Editions Club 1929–1985, 211. Bindings as above; printed spine labels a bit rubbed, otherwise clean and unworn in the original slipcase, with inner edges of slipcase showing minor wear only.
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Collected
— With a Life
Scott, Walter.
The poetical works...with life, by William Chambers. New York: Hurst & Co.,
[ca. 1880]. 8vo. Frontis., viii, 536 pp.; 4 plts. 
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Scots-LiteraryAntiquarianism Semple, Robert; et al. The Lyfe and death of the famous pyper of Kilbarchan, or, the epitaph of Habbie Simpson. / Paisley Repository. No. II. [Paisley, Scotland]: J. Neilson, Printer, [early 19th century]. 12mo. 8 pp.
Click the image for an enlargement. • Very good. Original self wrappers [unbound; removed]. (17559)
Sentimental Scots Songs Seven sentimental songs. Glasgow: Pr. for the booksellers, [ca. 1840?]. 12mo.
8 pp. 
• Not in NSTC. Removed from a nonce volume. Upper corners nicked; pages slightly age-toned but otherwise clean. (16761)
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Swan’sLouisaSeward, Anna. Louisa, a poetical novel, in four epistles...the second edition. Lichfield: J.
Jackson & G. Robinson, 1784. 4to (27.2 cm, 10.7"). vi, 95, [1 (blank)] pp.
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on the text-page, for an enlargement.• ESTC T95509; NCBEL, II, 682. Old-style marbled paper–covered boards, spine with gilt-stamped leather title and date labels. Light waterstaining to upper and lower margins of first and last few leaves; title-page and a few others stamped by a now-defunct institution. Author’s name inscribed in an early hand at the end of the poem.
ILLUSTRATED Shakespeare — 15 Volumes — A Handy Size 
Shakespeare, William. Plays and poems of Shakspeare, with a life, glossarial notes, and one hundred and seventy illustrations from the plates in Boydell's edition. London: A.J. Valpy, 1832. 8vo. 15 vols. Illus.
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Gentleman Johnny Burgoyne — Caesar & Cleo Shaw, George Bernard. Two plays for Puritans. New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1966. Folio. Frontis., [4], vii–xxxiv,
illus. page, [1 (blank)], 3–215, [4 (3 blank)] pp.; 12 plts.
George Him both illustrated and designed the book, and also signed the colophon. The book is heavily illustrated with 
a considerable number of black-and-white line-and-wash drawings and 14 full-page color illustrations which were hand-colored by the pochoir process at the studio of Walter Fischer. These drawings are both beautiful and witty. In one color plate, for example, we see a line of picketing Egyptian soldiers carrying placards reading, “Egypt for the Egyptians,” and “Caesar Go Home,” the latter appearing in “Egyptian Hieroglyphs”; in another plate, we are treated to a breathtaking scene of the library at Alexandria being consumed by fire; in yet another drawing,
we see an amusing little rendering of Belzanor's description of a seven-armed wife-eating Roman soldier!
Him chose a monotype Plantin font for the text which was printed in Bloomfield, Connecticut, at the Sign of the Stone Book. The binding is full bright red “vellum book-cloth” stamped on the front with a double-eagle (one American, one Roman) design in gold, and stamped on the spine in black and gold leaf with a design of a Roman legionary standard bearing the title and the author's initials. The endpapers are “nugget-gold” Tweedweave.
This offering does not include the monthly newsletter or the mailing notice.
• Limited Editions Club, Bibliography of the Fine Books Published by The Limited Editions Club, 1929–1985, 381. A fine copy with the slipcase, which is covered in “nugget-gold” paper and stamped in black and gold. Slipcase showing traces of rubbing at top and bottom.
A great treat for a Shaw-lover! (21756)
Nero Lives! Sienkiewicz, Henryk. Quo vadis? Verona: Printed for the members of The Limited Editions Club, 1959. Small folio (27.3 cm, 10.75"). [4], v–xiii, [1], 3–595, [3] pp.; 35 plts.
Click the images for enlargements. Harold Lamb wrote the introduction. Of the author's attention to the minutiae of daily life in the Rome of A.D. 63–66 he writes, “The city itself appears in exact historical detail. Praetorians idling at their posts pass the time with their favorite dice games; girl attendants at Petronius' bath finish their duties punctiliously and break away to their own diversions as soon as the door curtain falls behind the master. Sienkiewicz knows how the dishes, including blackbirds, were prepared for a nobleman's feast; he knows what the oriental dancers wore on their heads and what the priests of Cybele carried in their hands, and what you see when you round a corner of the Vicus Sceleratus.”
Salvatore Fiume created the 35 drawings which were reproduced in three-tone process and mounted by hand. Giovanni Madersteig designed this edition, which is limited to 1500 copies, choosing a monotype Old Face font; the composition and printing of the text and illustrations was done by Madersteing at the Officina Bodoni in Verona.
The binding is full natural linen printed, in grey-blue, with an overall pattern derived from an old wood engraving. The signatures of Salvatore Fiume and Giovanni Madersteig appear on the colophon.
• Limited Editions Club, Bibliography of the Fine Books Published by The Limited Editions Club, 1929–1985, 302. In the original slipcase, spine sunned with a long closed crack to paper and paper cracked/chipped; case good overall. Book with spine lightly faded and rear pastedown with small gold bookseller's label; volume in the original dust jacket (spine sunned to darker than sides are); near fine. (22293)
First
& Limited
Edition
Sitwell, Osbert. Three-quarter length portrait of Michael Arlen. With a preface: The history of a portrait by the author. London: William Heinemann; New York: Doubleday, Doran, [1931]. 4to.
• Publisher's cloth with marbled cloth sides; without the dust jacket. Top edge gilt.
Eleven Short StoriesSmith, Francis Hopkinson. The other fellow. Boston & New York: Houghton, Mifflin & Co. (pr. by the Riverside Press), 1899. 8vo. Frontis., [10], 218, [2] pp.; 7 plts. 
• BAL 18229, state A, binding A; Wright, III, 5016. Publisher's red cloth, front cover stamped in black, green, and gilt; spine sunned, with binding otherwise clean and attractive, lacking dust jacket. Top edges gilt. Front pastedown with early inked owner's name, back pastedown with small Connecticut bookseller's ticket. One plate with short edge tear, not touching image. (16717)
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An Elegant BookSmith, Francis Hopkinson. The tides of Barnegat. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1906. 8vo. vi, [2], 422 pp.; 12 plts.
• First edition, with twelve engraved plates by George Wright and a signed binding stamped "BS" on the front cover (this is the A state binding, per BAL).
• BAL 18242. Publisher's cloth, front cover and spine stamped in white and gilt; stamping and extremities showing just a touch of rubbing, with a small bump to one edge, otherwise clean and fresh. Front free endpaper with ownership stamp. (13676)
Romantic Reading, 1800
Southey, Robert, ed. The annual anthology. Volume II (only {of two}). 1800. Bristol: T.N. Longman & O. Rees (pr. by Biggs & Co.), [1800]. 8vo (17 cm, 6.75"). [6], 299, [1 (blank)] pp.
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• ESTC
T91378; NCBEL, III, 255. 19th-century library half sheep over paper
sides, worn and rubbed; covers pressure-stamped by a now-defunct institution.
Title-page and a few others stamped; back free endpaper with pocket. The pair
of annuals constitutes a rare and expensive set; this volume is rare enough
and interesting enough to be offered for itself, on its own.
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His
Lyrics
Spenser,
Edmund. Lyric poems of Edmund Spenser. Edited by Ernest Rhys. London:
J.M. Dent & Co., [ca. 1900]. 16mo. Frontis., xviii, 245, [1] pp.
• Very good. Green publisher's cloth, spine and front cover amply gilt in the art nouveau style. Edges and joints rubbed, small abrasion to front cover. Pages untrimmed and partially uncut. Top edge gilt. (3142)
Spenser inPickering's Aldine Edition Spenser, Edmund. The poetical works of Edmund Spenser. London: William Pickering, 1839. 8vo (16.5 cm, 6.5"). 5 vols. I: Frontis., viii, lxxvi, 282 pp. II: vi, 295, [1] pp. III: iv, 296 pp. IV: vi, 305, [1] pp. V: vi, 317, [1] pp.
Binding: Brown embossed morocco ca. 1850–60, spines with gilt-stamped title and blind-tooled decorations; all edges gilt and gauffered; binding signed by Field.
Provenance: Armorial bookplates of Robert H. Menzies, early inked ownership inscriptions of Caroline Syers.
• NSTC 2M31627; Lowndes 2477. On Pickering, see: Oxford Dictionary of National Biography online. Bindings as above, extremities showing only minimal wear. Bookplates on front pastedowns and ownership inscriptions on front fly-leaves, as above. A very handsome production, a very nice set. (24404)
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“Minerva
Started when She Heard theNOISE .
. .”[Sprat, Thomas]. The plague of Athens, which hapned [sic] in the second year of the Peloponnesian War. First described in Greek by Thucydides; then in Latin by Lucretius.... London: Charles Brome, 1703. 8vo (18.3 cm, 7.2"). A–B8C4; [3] ff., 34 pp.
plague’s
symptoms are poetically described in all their horrific agony.
This is a later edition, with the first having been printed in 1659; several
issues appeared over the years under various Brome imprints (including Henry
Brome and Joanna Brome). Sprat, bishop of Rochester and dean of Westminster,
now retains more of a reputation for his prose than for his poetry, but Dryden
thought enough of the present piece to include it in his miscellany.
• ESTC N11495; Foxon S663; NCBEL, II, 485. On Sprat, see: The Dictionary of National Biography, LIII, 419–23. Uncut copy. Removed from a nonce volume, with sewing mostly gone, now in a Mylar folder. Some age-toning and spotting ranging from mild to moderate.
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On Renaissance Dictionaries — Association Copy Starnes, DeWitt T. Renaissance dictionaries. Austin: University of Texas Press, 1954. 8vo. Frontis., xii, 427, [1] pp.
Click the images for enlargements. Provenance: This copy has a laid-in typed letter from Paul Bennett (the typophile) describing having received his copy of this book from Van Courtright Walton (book and type designer) of the University of Texas Press, plus two slips “with the compliments of the University of Texas Press,” one signed by Frank Wardlaw and the other by Van Courtright Walton.
• Publisher's cloth in original dust jacket, jacket slightly sunned with minor offsetting to interior from red spine label. (24485)
THIS
Led to HisExpulsion
from Commons
Steele, Richard. The crisis: or a discourse
representing...the just causes of the late happy revolution. And the several
settlements of the crowns of England and Scotland....With some seasonable remarks
on the danger of a Popish successor. London: Pr. by Sam Buckley; Sold by Ferd.
Burleigh, 1714. 4to. [1] f., vii, [1 (blank)], 37, [1 (ads)] pp.
The crux of this major political tract is Steele's polemical charge that "The Protestant Succession in the House of Hanover is in danger under Her Majesty's administration." Needless to say Queen Anne was not pleased, nor were her loyal Tories, who came to her defense. Swift, for example, wrote an important reply—The Publick Spirit of the Whigs. Eventually, the ascension of the House of Hanover to the throne saw Steele's return to a position of economic and social well-being.
• ESTC T34402; Rothschild 1950; Kress 2931. Modern marbled wrappers.
With Introduction byBalzac(Stendhal). Beyle, Marie-Henri. The charterhouse of Parma. New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1955. Small folio (26.6 cm, 10.438"). [3], frontis., [2], vii–xx, 392, [2] pp.; 9 plts. 
Written for an audience which did not know the works of this then obscure novelist, this introduction is one of the most celebrated literary homages of one great writer by another.
Illustrator Rafaello Busoni created the book’s numerous in-text and nine full-page lithographs in two colors, and signed the colophon. Designer George Macy chose a monotype Cochin font to be used at the Printing House of Leo Hart, and decreed a binding of imported cream linen stamped in brown, with French handmade marbled paper sides in various hues of brown.
• Limited Editions Club, Bibliography of the Fine Books Published by The Limited Editions Club, 1929–1985, 261. In original slipcase with a very faint crack to spine paper; exposed parts darkened and some soiling and spots generally, with shelf-scrape marks; still, sturdy and on shelf satisfactory. Of the well-protected book, a near-fine copy.
Designed
by Eric Gill —
Etchings by
Tegetmeier — Signed
by BothSterne,
Laurence. A sentimental journey
through France and Italy. New York: Pr. for the Limited Editions Club, 1936. 4to
(29.7cm, 11.7"). [4], vi, [5], 135, [1] pp.; illus.
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A
Lot of“STORYS”
for the Money! Storys of the bewitched fiddler, perilous situation, and John Hetherington's dream. Glasgow [Scotland]: Printed for the Booksellers, [18--]. 12mo. 24 pp.
• Not located in RLIN. Very good. Original self wrappers (unbound; removed). (17584)
Wharton as TranslatorSudermann, Hermann; Edith Wharton, trans. The joy of living (Es Lebe das Leben) a play in five acts. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1902. 8vo (19 cm, 7.7"). vii, [1], 185, [1 (blank)] pp.
• Garrison A7.1.a. Publisher’s olive paper–covered boards, front cover and spine stamped in gold; lacking the now seldom-seen dustwrapper, spine very slightly darkened, extremities showing touches of wear. Top edge gilt. Front free endpaper with inked ownership inscription dated 1903. Pages clean. A good-looking copy.
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“A
Swift” with SUPER!
ProvenanceSwift,
Jonathan. The history of the four last years of the queen.
London: Pr. for A. Millar; Dublin: Reprinted for George & Alexander Ewing,
1758. 8vo (22.5 cm, 8.9"). xiv, [3]–249, [1 (blank)] pp.
Provenance: Front pastedown with the bookplate of journalist, editor, and book collector Clement K. Shorter; front free endpaper and fly-leaf bearing bookplates of Geoffrey Ecroyd, Mary Priscilla Smith, Austin Smith, and Walter Hirst; title-page with inked inscription of Robert Smyth.
• ESTC T154477; NCBEL, II, 1065; Teerink 812. Later half
morocco and cloth sides, spine with raised bands and gilt-stamped title; minor
wear only to edges and spine extremities, some slight discoloration to small
patches of leather. Bookplates as described above. Page edges untrimmed. A
scattering of light spots throughout, otherwise clean. Nice.
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Jerusalem Delivered & IllustratedTasso, Torquato. Godfrey of Bulloigne, or, Jerusalem delivered ... translated by Edward Fairfax. London & New York: George Routledge & Co., 1858. 8vo (16.5 cm, 6.5"). Frontis., xlviii, 445, [1] pp.; 7 plts.
Click the interior image for an enlargement. • Contemporary half calf over marbled paper–covered sides, gilt spine extra; sides and edges of paper showing light scuffing, spine leather a bit darkened; attractive. Marbled endpapers; all edges marbled to match endpapers and sides of covers. Front pastedown with small paper adhesions. One signature separated. An attractive edition, a pretty copy.
WithExtensive Book Advertising at the End — “New BooksTennyson, Alfred Tennyson, Baron. Maud, and other poems. Boston: Ticknor & Fields, 1856. 8vo (18.7 cm, 7.4"). 160, [2 (blank)], 12 (adv.) pp.
• Publisher’s cloth, covers blind-stamped, spine with gilt-stamped title; binding lightly scuffed overall, spine with extremities worn and one compartment gently faded, back joint with small ink blotch and corner of front cover with traces of old adhesion, as a sticker. Front pastedown with private collector’s bookplate and institutional bookplate, front free endpaper with inked ownership inscription dated 1859, title-page verso stamped (no other markings). Pages slightly age-toned.
English/Latin Edition — Roman Comedy Terentius, Publius. Terence in English. Fabulae comici facetissimi et elegantissimi poetae Terentii omnes anglicae factae & hac noua forma editae. Londini: Iohannes Legatt celeberrimae Academiae Cantabrigiensis typographi, 1614. Small 4to (8.5", 21 cm). [4] ff., 332, 335–428 pp. (mispaginated, but complete).
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Thackeray, William Makepeace. The Newcomes. Cambridge, England: Printed for the members of The Limited Editions Club at the University Press, 1954. Small folio. 2 vols. I: [1 (blank)] p., [1 (blank)] f., [3 (2 blank)], frontis., [6 (1 blank)], ix–xxii, 352 pp., [1 (blank)] p.; 8 plts. II: [4 (3 blank)], frontis., [6 (1 blank)], 353–742, [3 (2 blank)] pp.; 11 plts.
• Limited Editions Club, Bibliography of the Fine Books Published by The Limited Editions Club, 1929–1985, 252. The plate leaves (only) are a bit cockled (which seems to be usual); a very good set. Slipcase included, label with a spot or two.
Up & DownPocklington Gardens StreetThackeray, William Makepeace. Our street. London: Chapman & Hall, 1848. 8vo (18.7 cm, 7.4"). 54, [2 (adv.)] pp.; 16 plts.
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• NSTC 2T6768. Binding as above, spine sunned to a rosy color, extremities lightly rubbed. Old cataloguing affixed to front free endpaper verso (i.e., to paper, not silk). Small line of staining to upper margins of most leaves, pages and plates otherwise clean save for three instances of offsetting from plates. A pretty little book — a nice thing in 1848 and a nice thing now. (24381)
Becky! Comes to AmericaThackeray, William Makepeace. Vanity
Fair. A novel without a hero. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1848. 8vo (23.8 cm, 9.3"). Add. engr. t.-p., 332 pp.; 31 plts.
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Joseph. A poetical descant on the primeval and present state of mankind;
or, the pilgrim’s muse. Winchester, Va.: A. Foster, pr., 1816. 12mo (13
cm; 5.25"). 219, [1 (errata)] pp.
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• Wegelin, American Poetry, 1168; Shaw & Shoemaker 39076. Recent quarter cloth with blue-green paper sides, in the style of early 19th-centry American books. Ex–mercantile library with a few stamps, including on title-page. Two letters of title abraded and mostly invisible, yet, still, a clean copy.
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Private & Limited Printing Thompson, Lawrence. Emerson and Frost, critics of their times. Philadelphia: The Philobiblon Club, 1940. Small 8vo. 44 pp.