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three Stanzas, in the autograph of the author, with an endorsement at foot of page, by his daughter Mrs. Ritchie, stating that it was written during his college career. At the back of the poem is a Caricature of a lady playing a piano-forte.

Upon the first fly leaf is "Purchased by Frederick Locker, and written by Wm. Thackeray," in the Author's autograph.

Red Mor., by Bedford, extra tooled back, top edge gilt.

THACKERAY, WILLIAM MAKEPEACE. The History of Henry Esmond, Esq., a Colonel in the service of Her Majesty Q. Anne. Written by himself. In Three volumes. London: Printed for Smith, Elder and Company, over against St. Peter's Church in Cornhill. 1852. 8vo. 3 vols.

In the first volume is inserted a characteristic letter of Thackeray to Mrs. Alexander, relative to his autograph.

Original cloth boards.

The Newcomes, Memoirs of a Most Respectable Family.

Edited by A. Pendennis, Esq.

bury & Evans, Whitefriars.

Illustrated by Richard Doyle. London, Brad1845. 2 vols, 8vo.

Portrait of Thackeray (engraved by J. C. Armitage after S. Laurence) inserted. and his published Poem, “ Dear Lucy you know what my wish is,” signed and in his autograph ; also Mr. Richard Doyle's visiting card.

THOMSON, JAMES. Winter. A Poem by James Thomson, A.M. [Quotations.] London: Printed for F. Millar, at Locke's-Head, in ShugLane, near the upper End of the Hay-market; and sold by F. Roberts, in Warwick Lane, and N. Blandford, at the London-Gazette, Charing-Cross. MDCCXXVI. (Price One Shilling.) Folio. pp. 16.

The Castle of Indolence: An Allegorical Poem. Written in Imitation of Spenser. By James Thomson. London: Printed for A. Millar, over against Catherine-street, in the Strand. MDCCXLVIII.

Calf, tooled back, edges uncut, with original blue paper cover.

4to. pp. 81.

TROLLOPE, ANTHONY. Small House of Allington. 1862.
The original MS. of this Novel is described in the autographs.

VICTORIA, Queen. Leaves from the Journal of Our Life in the Highlands, from 1848 to 1861. To which are prefixed and added, extracts from the same Journal, giving an account of earlier visits to Scotland, and tours in England and Ireland, and yachting excursions. Edited by Arthur Helps. Second edition. London: Smith Elder and Co., 1868. Demy 8vo. pp. xx, 315. Presentation inscription to Lady Charlotte Locker, in the autograph of the Queen on Original green cloth bds.

fly leaf.

WHITE, GILBERT. The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne, in the County of Southampton: with engravings, and an appendix. [Quotations.] London: Printed by T. Bensley; for B. White and Son, at Horace's Head, Fleet Street. M.DCC.LXXXIX. 4to.

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WOLLSTONECRAFT, MARY, afterwards GODWIN. Mary, a Fiction. "L'exercice des plus sublimes vertus éleve et nourrit le génie." Rousseau. London: Printed for F. Fohnson, St. Paul's Church-yard. MDCCLXXXVIII. 8vo. pp. 187.

Autograph note (1 page 8vo) inserted. also portrait by Heath, after Opie, and a view of Pancras Church, "the uninteresting place."

"An interesting woman, but not an interesting writer.—F. L.” Brown Calf, tooled back.

In Verse. Taken

WORDSWORTH, WILLIAM. Descriptive Sketches. during a Pedestrian Tour in the Italian, Grison, Swiss, and Savoyard Alps. By W. Wordsworth, B.A., Of St. John's, Cambridge. Loca pastorum deserta atque otia dia. Lucret. Castella in tumulis Et longe saltus lateque vacantes. Virgil. London: Printed for F. Johnson, St. Paul's Church-Yard. 1793. 4to.

Autograph Letter to "Francis Freeling, Esq., Post Office, London," (1} pages, 4to) Green Mor., tooled back, g.e.

inserted.

An Evening Walk. An Epistle; In Verse. Addressed to a Young Lady, from the Lakes of the North of England. By W. Wordsworth, B.A. Of St. John's Cambridge. London: Printed for F. Fohnson, St.

Paul's Church-Yard. 1793. 4to. pp. 27.

Autograph Letter addressed by Wordsworth in the third person to Miss Williams.
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An Evening Walk [etc.].

1793. 4to.

A similar copy to the above, but not in so fine a state.

Bound with "Descriptive Sketches."

Lyrical Ballads, with a few other Poems. London. Printed

for F. & A. Arch, Gracechurch-Street. 1798. 8vo. pp. 210.

Formerly in the possession of Lord Tennyson.

Inserted on the 1st fly leaf is an Autograph Letter to Mr. Moxon (1 page, 12mo) signed "Wm. Wordsworth."

Yellow Mor., by Bedford, tooled back, t.e.g., others uncut.

Lyrical Ballads, with other Poems, in two volumes. By W. Wordsworth. Quam nihil ad genium, Papiniane, tuum ! Vol II. London : Printed for T. N. Longman and O. Rees, Paternoster Row, By Biggs and Co., Bristol. 1800. 8vo. pp. 228.

Inserted is an autograph slip bearing the words "faithfully yours Wm. Wordsworth." Original paper boards.

Poems, in Two Volumes, By William Wordsworth, Author of The Lyrical Ballads. [Quotation.] London: Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, Paternoster Row 1807. 12mo.

With numerous MS. alterations, additions and notes in the autograph of the Poet. It would appear from the directions for the insertion of other poems in various parts of the

WORDSWORTH.

volumes, that this copy was used in preparing the next edition of his poems in 1815. Green Mor., tooled back, g.e., the two volumes in one.

Fate of the Nortons. A Poem.

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WORDSWORTH, WILLIAM. The White Doe of Rylstone; or The By William Wordsworth. London: Printed pp. 162.

for Longman, [etc.] 1815. 4to.

Cloth boards.

A Letter to a friend of Robert Burns: occasioned by an intended republication of The Account of the Life of Burns by Dr. Currie. By William Wordsworth. London, Printed for Longman & Co. 1816. 8vo. PP. 37.

Calf, with 'Poems ascribed to Robert Burns,' 1801.

Peter Bell, A Tale in Verse, By William Wordsworth. London: Printed by Strahan and Spottiswoode, Printers-street; For Longman, [etc.], Paternoster Row. 1819. 8vo. pp. v, 88.

In addition to Peter Bell, there are 4 Sonnets, suggested by Mr. W. Westall's Views of the Caves, &c., in Yorkshire.

Paper Cover.

The Waggoner, A Poem. To which are added, Sonnets. By William Wordsworth. [Quotation.] London, Printed by Strahan and Spottiswoode, Printers-Street, for Longman, [etc.] 1819. 8vo. pp. iv, 68. Paper Cover, uncut.

The River Duddon, a series of Sonnets: Vaudracour and Julia and other poems. To which is annexed A Topographical Description of the Country of the Lakes, in the north of England. By William Wordsworth. London: Printed for Longman, [etc.] 1820. 8vo. pp. viii, 321. Original paper bds.

Memorials of a Tour on the Continent, 1820. By William Wordsworth. London: Printed for Longman, [etc.] 1822. 8vo. pp. viii,

103.

Sketch of Wordsworth, by A. Croquis [D. Maclise, R.A.] inserted.
Original paper boards.

AMERICAN AUTHORS.

AMERICAN POETRY.

Miscellaneous Poems selected from the United States Literary Gazette. Boston: Cummings, Hilliard and Company. 1826. Sm. 8vo. pp. iv, 172.

This is one of the rarest volumes of American Poetry. It contains many early poems by Bryant and Longfellow. The latter's contributions to the Literary Gazette preceded any collected edition of his Poems.

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BRYANT, WILLIAM CULLEN. Poems by William Cullen Bryant. Cambridge: Printed by Hilliard and Metcalf. 1821. Demy 12mo.

PP. 44.

Poems by William Cullen Bryant. New York: Published by E. Bliss, 111, Broadway, and sold by the principal booksellers, M.DCCC.XXXII. Demy 12m0. pp. 240.

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CHANNING, WILLIAM ELLERY. Slavery. By William E. Channing. Boston: Fames Munroe and Company. MDCCCXXXV. 8vo. pp. 165.

Cloth boards.

EMERSON, RALPH WALDO. Poems.

By R. W. Emerson. Boston:

Fames Munroe and Company. 1847. 8vo. pp. 251.

Inserted on a fly leaf is Emerson's poem on "Brahma," from The Atlantic Monthly. Original enamelled boards.

HARTE, FRANCIS BRET. The Heathen Chinee by Bret Harte. With illustrations by S. Eytinge, Jr. Boston: Fames R. Osgood and Company, Late Ticknor & Fields, and Fields, Osgood & Co. 1871. Sm. 4to. 12 leaves. Autograph letter to Mr. Locker, dated from Mr. Froude's, inserted.

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HOLMES, OLIVER WENDELL. Poems. By Oliver Wendell Holmes. Boston: Otis, Broaders, and Company, New York: George Dearborn and Company. MDCCCXXXVI. 12mo. pp. xv, 163.

Original Black Cloth.

HOLMES-LONGFELLOW.

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HOLMES, Oliver WendelL.

The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table.

Every man his own Boswell. Boston: Phillips, Sampson and Company.

MDCCCLIX. pp. viii, 373.

The first edition is dated 1858.

Presentation copy, with author's inscription. Engraved portrait by W. G. Jackman

inserted.

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Elsie Venner: A romance of destiny. By Oliver Wendell Holmes, author of "The Autocrat of the Breakfast table," etc. In two volumes. Boston: Ticknor and Fields. MDCCCLKI 8vo. 2 vols.

Elsie Venner first appeared in the Atlantic Monthly' under the title 'The Professor's Story.'

Presentation copy with author's inscription.
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The Poet at The Breakfast-Table. His talks with his fellowboarders and the reader. Boston: Fames R. Osgood and Company. 1872. 8vo. pp. 418.

Presentation copy with author's inscription. A Photographic portrait with the Poet's signature inserted.

Original red cloth.

Songs of Many Seasons. 1862-1874. By Oliver Wendell Holmes. Boston: Osgood and Company [etc.] 1875. 8vo. pp. xii, 216. Presentation copy, with author's inscription, Beneath which is written :

"Some books are writ to sell. . & don't!

And some are read-such heavy tomes !

But all should buy (tho' many won't)

And read the books of Doctor Holmes.-F. L."

Autograph letter relative to the gift of this copy inserted.
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Italienne.

LONGFELLOW, HENRY WADSWORTH. Syllabus de la Grammaire Par H. W. Longfellow, Professeur de Langues Modernes à Bowdoin-College. À l'usage de ceux qui possèdent la langue française. Boston: Gray et Bowen: 1832. 8vo. pp. 104.

A presentation copy, with autograph inscription to the author's brother the Rev. Samuel Longfellow.

This copy was presented to Mr. Locker by Mr. R. H. Stoddard, of New York.
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Coplas de Don Jorge Manrique, translated from the Spanish with an introductory essay on the moral and devotional poetry of Spain. By Henry W. Longfellow, Professor of Mod. Lang. and Lit. in Bowdoin College. Boston: Allen and Ticknor. 1833. 8vo. pp. 89.

Cloth boards.

Voices of the Night by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Cambridge: Published by Fohn Owen. MDCCCXXXIX. 8vo. pp. 144.

Original paper boards.