209 Browne (Sir T.) Religio Medici, Urn Burial, Christian, Moral and other Essays, boards, linen back, 1902, small folio (210) Holmes, 118s. 210 Flaubert (G.) La Légende de St. Julien l'Hospitalier, woodcut frontispiece, boards, linen back, 1900, 12mo. (211) Holmes, 15s. 211 Flaubert (G.) Herodias, woodcut frontispiece, boards, linen back, 1901, 12mo. (212) F. Murray, 138. 212 Flaubert (G.) Un Cœur Simple, woodcut frontispiece, boards, linen back, 1901, 12mo. (213) Shepherd, 13s. 213 Emile Verhaeren. Les Petits Vieux, coloured frontispiece, boards, 1901, 8vo. (214) Holmes, 15s. 214 Bacon (F.) Of Gardens, an Essay, frontispiece, boards, 1902, 8vo. (215) 215 Varthema. Shepherd, 1 25. Itinerario de Ludovico de Varthema Bolognese ne lo Egypto, ne la Suria, ne la Arabia deserta, ne la India, etc., title in red and black, with woodcut of a man writing on a globe, and a ship in the background (first few leaves misplaced), morocco, Venetia, per Zorzi di Rusconi, 1520, 12mo. J.J Leighton, £3 15s. 216 Villon Society. The Poems of Master Francois Villon of Paris, now first done into English Verse, by John Payne, LARGE PAPER, with original drawing by C. Conder on the half-title, vellum boards, gilt top, uncut, Privately printed for the Villon Society, 1892, 8vo. (94) £2 25. 217 Wilde (O.) Poems, second edition, vellum, gilt top, uncut, 1881, 8vo. (96) Palmes, £2 218 Wilde (O.) Lady Windermere's Fan, first edition, cloth, uncut, 1893 (97) Breslauer, £5 J. Bumpus, £2 19s. 219 Wilde (O.) A Woman of No Importance, first edition, cloth, uncut, 1894 (98) 220 Wilde (O.) Salomé, translated from the French, illustrations by Aubrey Beardsley (500 printed), art cloth, uncut, 1894, small 4to. (100) Breslauer, £2 IIS. 221 Wilde (O.) The Happy Prince, illustrations by Walter Crane, etc., LARGE PAPER, with duplicate set of plates (65 issued for sale), vellum, boards, uncut, 1888, 8vo. (781) Maggs, £1 19s. 222 Wordsworth (W.) Miscellaneous Poems, frontispieces, 4 vol., calf, m. 1., London, 1820, 12mo. (407) Rule, £20 XVII. [The above copy was of exceptional interest. The fly-leaf of the first volume bore the following inscriptions-each written in the handwriting of the donors-which explain themselves: "D. Wordsworth from her affectionate Father." "This copy of my Father's Works, the first that was my own, is given to Lady Monteagle in memorial of an inherited and life-long friendship, Dora Quillinan, Rydal Mount, May 29th, 1847." "To Laura Cecilia Marshall as the representative of her Mother, the dear friend and contemporary of Dora Quillinan, from M. Monteagle, Jan. 1, 1863." The first inscription was repeated on the fly-leaves 2 of the three other volumes. At the end of vol. 3 were 11 MS. lines in pencil, "Imitated from the Persian,” signed "R. S., Oct., 1826."-Catalogue.] 223 World in Miniature, The, edited by Frederic Shoberl, numerous coloured engravings, 37 vol., original boards, Ackermann, 1822, etc., 8vo. (36) G. H. Brown, £10 5s. During the month of October Messrs. Hodgson sold a considerable number of other books, some of importance. The most noticeable of these are mentioned below, with an intimation of the date on which the sale took place and the number of the lot, for reference purposes. 224 Arundel Society. Maynard (F. W.) Twenty-five Years of the Arundel Society, photographic illustrations, 2 vol., cloth, g.e., 1869-73, folio (259) Hierseman, £2 10s. [Slightly foxed. Sold on October 29th.-ED.] 225 Beaumont and Fletcher. Comedies and Tragedies, never printed before, portrait by Marshall (slightly faulty, also title, one page and last leaf defective), London, H. Robinson for H. Moseley, 1647, folio (270( Dobell, £85s. [Sold on October 29th. The first collective edition.-ED.] 226 British Novelists, with Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, by Mrs. Barbauld, 50 vol., old russia gilt, gilt edges, 1810, 8vo. (203) Bumpus, £6 12s. 6d. [A sound and clean set. Sold on October 29th.-ED.] 227 Century Dictionary, an Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language, prepared under the superintendence of W. D. Whitney, illustrations, 8 vol., half morocco, m.l., 1899, 4to. (945) Sotheran, £8 15s. [Sold on October 31st.-ED.] 228 Cutler. Reports of Patent, Design and Trade Mark Cases, vol. 1 to 9 (vol. 9 wanted title and Digest), first 6 vol. half calf, remainder in numbers, 1884-92, 8vo. (128) [Sold on October 28th.-ED.] Sweet & Maxwell, £7 229 Dickens (C.) A Tale of Two Cities, first edition, illustrations by “Phiz,” cloth, uncut, 1859, 8vo. (890) W. Brown, £2 12s. [Sold on October 31st. Originally issued in 8 parts, June to December, 1859. The complete work was published at the close of the same year at 9s., and contains pages viii., 254, and 16 illustrations (inclusive of frontispiece and vignette) by H. K. Browne.—ED.] 230 English Reports (The). Complete re-issue of all the Decisions prior to 1866, noted with reference to later decisions, edited by Renton and Robertson, Second Series-Privy Council (including East Indian Appeals to 1873), 9 vol., half bound, 1901-2, 8vo. (123) Stuart, £9 155. [Sold on October 28th.-ED.] 231 Erasmi Roterodami Paraphrasis in Evangelium Joannis, title within woodcut border and woodcut capitals, gothic letter, old stamped leather, Apud Michaelem Hillenium, 1523, 8vo. (115) Pickering, £3 12s. 6d. [Sold on October 29th.-ED.] 232 James (G. P. R.) Works, revised and corrected by the Author, with an Introductory Notice, frontispieces, 21 vol., cloth, 1844-49, 8vo. (239) £11 [Sold on October 7th. This was a clean set.-ED.] 233 Jesse (J. H.) Historical Memoirs, New Illustrated Edition, nearly 200 etchings and photogravures on Japan paper, 30 vol., cloth gilt, gilt tops, uncut, 1901, 8vo. (496) [Last season £9 15s. was realised for a similar set. The above was sold on October 8th.-ED.] 234 Law Journal Reports, with Magistrates' Cases, Probate Cases, Statutes, etc. from 1842 to 1883 inclusive, in 104 vol., half calf (a sound set), 12 vol., boards, and one sewed, small 4to. (125) Bartlett, £11 [Sold on October 28th.-ED.] 235 Law Reports in all the Courts, with Statutes, from the commencement in 1865-6 to 1902 inclusive, with Digest to 1901, and Thirteenth Table of Statutes, in 296 vol., calf, 6 vol., cloth, and 51 parts, sewed, 8vo. (121) Mossop, £80 [The purchaser of the above set was to receive the remainder of the current year's issue when published. Another set, with the numbers to be published during the year, realised £67. It was noted up, with Digest, to 1901, Thirteenth Table of Statutes and Pulling's Index to the London Gazette, together 164 vol. in half calf, 139 vol. in cloth and 51 parts sewed. Sold on October 28th.-ED.] 236 Law Times Reports, New Series, from September, 1869 to February, 1902, being vol. 21 to 85 inclusive, 60 vol., cloth, remainder in numbers (vol. 68 and about 4 numbers missing), 4to. (259) Sweet & Maxwell, £15 [Sold on October 28th.-ED.] £5 15s. On Dutch hand-made paper; 237 Malory (Sir T.) Le Morte D'Arthur, with an Introduction by Professor Rhys, illustrations by Beardsley, 3 vol., vellum gilt, gilt tops, uncut, 1893, small 4to. (368) [Sold on October 8th. limited to 300 copies.-ED.] 238 Meredith (George). Works, Edition de Luxe, portrait on Japanese vellum, 32 vol., half buckram, gilt tops, 1896-8, 8vo. (365) £15 5s. [Sold on October 8th. Published by Constable in art cloth. Last season a set in the original cloth realised £11 10s.-ED.] 239 Mews (J.) Digest of English Case Law, containing the Decisions of the Superior Courts and a Selection from the Irish Courts, to 1897 inclusive, 16 vol., cloth, 1898-with Annual Continuation for 1898-9, 2 vol., together 18 vol., cloth, 8vo. (129) Wildy, £12 10S. [Sold on October 28th.-ED.] 240 Meyrick (Sir S.) Critical Enquiry into Ancient Arms and Armour, 80 coloured plates, with Descriptive Text, 3 vol., half bound, uncut, 1824, folio (626) J. Rimell, £5 5s. [Sold on October 30th.-ED.] 241 Milton (J.) A Brief History of Moscovia, and of other less known Countries lying eastward of Russia as far as Cathay, [Sold on October 29th.— ED.] 242 Milton (J.) Le Paradis Perdu. Poeme, 12 coloured engravings after M. Schall, proofs before letters, the Text in English and French (one page of Text defective), 2 vol., mottled calf, gilt edges, Paris, chez Defer de Maisonneuvre, 1792, royal 4to. (563) Edwards, £3 [Sold on October 30th. The plates are by Clément, Colibert, Demouchy and Gauthier. Only a few copies were printed on vellum paper with unlettered proofs ut supra.ED.] 243 Oxford and Cambridge Magazine, conducted by Members of the two Universities, calf, 1856, 8vo. (792) Shepherd, £15 [Sold on October 31st. The magazine, which was shortlived, contains Rossetti's "Blessed Damozel" and notable pieces by W. Morris, Sir E. Burne-Jones and others. It also has a medallion portrait of Tennyson. The above was an unusually high price.-ED.] 244 Pater (Walter). Works, with Essays from The Guardian, Edition de Luxe, portrait, 9 vol., art cloth, uncut, 1900-1, 8vo. (475) [Sold on October 8th.-ED.] £6 12s. 6d. 245 Pope (A.) Poetical Works. The Iliad and Odyssey of Homer, plates, 18 vol., LARGE PAPER, calf, 1804-6, 8vo. (514) [Sold on October 30th.-ED.] Roche, £5 10s. 246 Propert (J. L.) History of Miniature Art, with Notes on Collectors and Collections, illustrations, vellum gilt, uncut, 1887, 4to. (627) £21 [Sold on October 8th. Price very steady.--ED.] 247 Pyne (W. H.) History of the Royal Residences, with 100 coloured engravings, LARGE PAPER, 3 vol., 1819, folio (290) £12 10s. [A late issue, the colouring of the plates being inferior to and different from the earliest one. This copy, moreover, was defective. One plate was missing, two of the leaves in the second volume were inlaid, the titles of vol. 2 and 3 misplaced and the list of plates missing. Sold on October 7th.-ED.] 248 Scott (Sir W.) Waverley, or 'Tis Sixty Years Since, first edition, 3 vol., 1814, 8vo. (208) 249 Scotland. £14 55. [Inferior copy. The half-titles were missing, as is often the case; some of the leaves were foxed and the binding was defective, also cut down. Sold on October 7th.—ED.] The Confessione of the Fayth and Doctrine beleved and professed by the Protestantes of the Realm of Scotland, black letter (some of the headlines cut into), Edinburgh, 1561-and 2 other Scottish Tracts (important) relating to John Knox (1 black letter), in 1 vol., 1563-72, 8vo. (887) Pearson & Co., £12 [Sold on October 31st. All the tracts in this volume were printed at Edinburgh.-ED.] 250 Shakespeare's Library, with Introductions and Notes by Hazlitt, 6 vol., boards, 1875, 8vo. (515) Hill & Son, £3 4s. [Sold on October 30th. This set belonged to the second edition. Some copies were printed on large paper.-ED.] 251 Tennyson (Lord). Demeter and other Poems, first edition, 1889, 8vo. (388) £5 2s. 6d. [A file copy, with MS. corrections. Autograph letter from the author inserted relating to misprints in the above and in another volume, dated " Aldworth, Haslemere, Aug. 17, 1890," and signed "T." Sold on October 8th.-ED.] 252 Thackeray (W. M.) Vanity Fair, first edition, in the original 20 numbers, with all the wrappers and advertisements, 1847-48, 8vo. (136) £62 105. [Sold on October 15th. The parts were published in yellow wrappers between January, 1847 and July, 1848, and contain 40 full-page plates and numerous woodcuts. The first issue (ut supra) has the short title, "Vanity Fair," on page 1 in small rustic type, and a woodcut of the "Marquess of Steyne" on page 336. Some of the plates were foxed. Record price to date.-ED.] 253 Tooke and Newmarch. History of Prices, vol. 5 and 6 (1848-56), 2 vol. (cloth torn and vol. 5 stained), 1857, 8vo. (687) [Sold on October 31st.-ED.] £6 2s. 6d. 254 Viollet-Le-Duc. Dictionnaire Raisonné de l'Architecture Francaise du XIe au XVIe Siecle, illustrations, 10 vol., sewed, Paris, 1854-68, 8vo. (175) [Sold on October 31st.-ED.] George, £7 255 Walton, Cotton and Venables. The Compleat Angler, two engraved titles and cuts, first edition of Cotton, fifth edition of Walton, and fourth edition of Venables, original calf, London, R. Marriot, 1676, 8vo. (207) Pickering, £31 [Sold on October 29th. This was the last edition published during the life of Walton. It is in three parts each by the author named. They invariably belong to different editions.-ED.] 256 Walton and Cotton. The Complete Angler, Major's second edition, plates on India paper, LARGE PAPER, boards, uncut, 1824, 8vo. (124) Walford, £2 15s. [Sold on October 29th. Major's second edition on large paper, containing 14 copperplates and 77 cuts.-ED.] On April 30th, 1902, Messrs. Hodgson sold the following, which were inadvertently omitted from the last volume of BOOK-PRICES CURRENT: 257 Tennyson (A. and C.) Poems by Two Brothers, first edition, uncut, 1827, 8vo. (111) £36 258 Tennyson (Lord). Poems, chiefly Lyrical, first edition, 1830, £20 12s. original boards, uncut, 8vo. (112) 259 Tennyson (Charles). Sonnets and Fugitive Pieces, 1830, original boards, 8vo. (113) Robson, £300 |