28 Anthropology. (Davenport, John). Curiositates Eroticæ Physiologiæ,
or, Tabooed subjects freely treated. Six Essays, vis.:
Generation; Chastity and Modesty; Marriage; Circumcision; Eunuchism;
Hermaphrodism, and followed by a closing essay on Death.
Small 4to. ½ morocco, gilt top, uncut. London: Privately printed,
1875. $15.00
Let it not be supposed that the author's intention has been that
of writing an obscene book, or even to employ obscene words. He
holds that the grand subject—the Reproduction of the Human Race—which
runs more or less through all the essays in this volume, is,
in itself, most pure, and that the words which are necessary, adequately,
and correctly to describe it in its various phases and ramifications,
have acquired the stigma of obscene only in modern times,
and, though an ultra-fastidiousness, which would hesitate to apply
the word breech to a man's small clothes, but would rather designate
them as unmentionables, indescribables, or femoral habiliments.
29 Anthropology. Aphrodisiacs and Anti-aphrodisiacs: Three Essays
on the Powers of Reproduction; with some account of the
Judicial "Congress" as practised in France during the Seventeenth
Century. By John Davenport. Illustrated. Small 4to. ½ levant
morocco extra, gilt tooled back, gilt top, uncut. London. Privately
printed, 1869. $15.00
The reproduction powers of nature were regarded by the nations
of remote antiquity with an awe and reverence so great as to form
an object of worship, under a symbol, of all others the most significant—the
Phallus; and this was founded a religion, of which the
traces exist to this day, not in Asia alone, but even in Europe itself.
30 Anthropology. Psychopathia Sexualis. With especial reference
to the Antipathic Sexual Instinct. A Medico-Forensic Study. By
Dr. R. V. Krafft-Ebing. Translated from the German by F. J. Rebman.
8vo. buckram. New York, 1910. $3.50
Few people are conscious of the deep influence exerted in sexual
life upon the sentiment, thought and action of man in his social
relations to others. Shiller, in his essay, Die Weltweisen, touches
upon this subject in these memorable words: "So long as philosophy
keeps together the structure of the Universe so long does it maintain
the world's machinery of hunger and love."
31 Anthropology. A Problem in Modern Ethics. Being an Inquiry
into the Phenomenon of Sexual Inversion. Addressed especially
to Medical Psychologists and Jurists. By John Addington
Symonds. 8vo. cloth. London, privately printed, 1896. $3.50
Limited to 100 numbered copies only.
Inverted sexuality, the sexual instinct diverted from its normal
channel, directed (in the case males) to males, forms the topic of this
volume. The study will be confined to modern times, and to those
nations which regard the phenomenon with religious detestation.
32 Anthropology. A Problem in Greek Ethics. Being an Inquiry
into the Phenomenon of Sexual Inversion. Addressed especially to
Medical Psychologists and Jurists. By John Addington Symonds.
8vo. cloth. London, privately printed, 1901. $3.50
Limited to 100 numbered copies only.
For the student of sexual inversion, ancient Greece offers a wide
field for observation and reflection. Its importance has hitherto
been underrated by medical and legal writers on the subject, who
do not seem to be aware that here alone in history have we the
example of a great and highly-developed race not only tolerating
homosexual passions, but deeming them of spiritual value, and attempting
to utilize them for the benefit of society.
33 Anthropology. The Sexual Life of Woman, in its Physiological
and Hygienic Aspect. By E. H. Kisch. Post 8vo. cloth. New
York, 1916. $3.00
From the earliest days of the medical art this sexual life of
woman has aroused in the leaders of medical thought the highest
interest, and for this reason great attention has been directed, not
only to the anatomy of the genital organs and to the diseases of the
reproductive system, but also to the individual manifestations of
sexual activity and to the influence exercised by these on the female
organism as a whole.
34 Anthropology. The Sexual Question. A Scientific, Psychological,
Hygienic and Sociological Study. By August Forel. English
adaptation, revised and enlarged, by C. F. Marshall. Illustrated.
8vo. cloth. New York, n. d. $3.50
In the domain with which we are concerned the French public
are too much afraid of crudities and of calling things by their proper
name. By veiled words and by indirect locution one may say anything,
but the author decided not to employ such subterfuges in
treating of such a vital social question with the seriousness it requires.
35 Anthropology. Histoire de la Prostitution, chez tous les
peuples du monde. Depuis l'antiquité la plus reculée jusqu'a nos
jours. Par Pierre Dufour. 6 vols. 8vo. ½ green morocco, gilt tops,
uncut. Paris, 1851. $50.00
This edition contains many engraved plates finely printed on
India paper, which were omitted from subsequent issues on account
of their free interpretation.
This is about the most extensive work on prostitution, no phase
of the subject having been omitted.
36 Anthropology. The History of Prostitution. Its Extent, Causes
and Effects Throughout the World. By William W. Sanger. With
numerous Editorial Notes and an Appendix. 8vo. cloth. New
York, 1913. $3.50
A vice which has been co-existent with the human race, which has
prayed upon the morals as well as the health of all peoples in all
ages, which in the past has defied the edicts of despotism no less
than at present it defies the mandates of repressive legislation—such
a vice should not in any spirit of prudery be put aside as unfit
for public consideration.
37 Sex Worship. The Masculine Cross and Ancient Sex Worship,
by Sha Rocco. Traces of Ancient Myths in Religions of To-day. A
Compendium of Sex Worship based on standard, rare and expensive
works. Long out of print. With 26 curious illustrations. 12mo.
cloth. New York. $1.00
38 Flagellation. History of Flagellation among different nations.
A narrative of the strange customs and cruelties of the Romans,
Greeks, Egyptians, etc., with an account of its practice among the
Early Christians, as a religious stimulant and corrector of morals.
Many illustrations. 8vo. cloth. New York, 1903. $1.50
Contains anecdotes of Remarkable Cases of Flogging, and of
Celebrated Flagellants. A most curious work on the subject.
39 Flagellation. The Rodiad. By George Coleman. 18mo. original
red boards, leather backs (new.) London, 1810 (reprinted.)
Scarce. $3.00
40 Antique Gems from the Greek and Latin, with original Text and
Translations. Embracing ANACREON, APULEIUS, APOLLONIUS
of RHODES, CATULLUS, HORACE, LONGUS,
LUCIAN, LUCIUS, MUSAEUS, OVID, PROPERTIUS, SAPPHO,
TATIUS, THEOCRITUS, and VIRGIL. Translated into English
by eminent scholar-poets, beginning with Sir Philip Sydney and including
Marlow, Dryden, and Milton, among earlier writers, and
Andrew Lang of the present day. Text is specially printed on Imperial
Japanese vellum. With over two hundred beautiful illustrations.
Limited edition de luxe, 12 volumes, top edges gilt. Printed
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Published at $180.00. $60.00
41 Arabian Nights. Burton (Sir R. F.). Unexpurgated Edition.
A Plain and Literal Translation of the Arabian Nights' Entertainments,
now entitled, The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night,
with introductions, explanatory notes on the Manners and Customs
of Moslem Men, and a Terminal Essay upon the History of the
Nights, by Richard F. Burton, 10 vols.; together with the Supplemental
Nights to the Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night,
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numerous plates on Japan vellum, which never appeared in the first
issue.
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42 Arabian Nights. Burton (Sir R. F.). Unexpurgated Edition.
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43 Arabian Nights. Payne (John). Unexpurgated Edition. The
Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, now first completely
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John Payne, 9 vols.; The Tales from the Arabic; 3 vols.; Persian
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44 Arabian Nights. Payne (John). Unexpurgated Edition de
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in good condition. $20.00
45 Burton (Richard F.). Translator of the Arabian Nights. Final
Writings of, consisting of: Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to
Al-Madinah and Meccah, 2 vols.; A Mission to Gelele, King of
Dahome, with Notices of the so-called "Amazons," The Grand Customs,
The Yearly Customs, The Human Sacrifices, The Present
State of the Slave Trade, The Negro's Place in Nature, 2 vols.;
First Footsteps in East Africa; or, An Exploration of Harar, 2 vols.;
Vikram and the Vampire or, Tales of Hindu Deviltry. In all 7 volumes.
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tops. London: Tylston & Edwards, 11893-4. Exceptionally fine
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These writings are most essential to the possessor of the "Arabian
Nights," as they are virtually a continuation of the author's many
travels and studies in Orientalism.
46 Boccaccio's Decameron. Translated from the Italian into
English. By John Payne. With 11 original etchings by Leopold
Flameng. Unexpurgated Edition. 8vo.; new ¾ red morocco, gilt
top and back, 2 vols. bound in one. Privately printed. $5.00
46A Another Copy of the same edition. Bound in original red cloth,
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47 Bibliophilist's Library of Immortal Literature.
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paper, the other being a set of remarque proofs finely printed on
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Rousseau, and Persian Letters, each title in two volumes.
The best edition of these remarkable classics ever written, and
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48 Casanova (Jacques). The Memoirs of. Written by himself, now
for the first time translated into English. 12 vols., 12mo. New
¾ maroon morocco extra, gilt tooled backs, gilt tops, uncut. Privately
printed, 1894. $250.00
An exceptionally fine and perfect copy in a most handsome
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A series of adventures wilder and more fantastic than the wildest
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These memoirs are almost impossible to obtain.
49 Casanova (Jacques). Memoirs de J. Casanova de Seingalt. Ecrits
par lui-meme. Nouvelle Edition. With numerous quaint text illustrations
by De Maillard. 8 vols.; ½ polished calf, gilt back with
leather labels, marbled edges. Paris: 1910. $35.00
A choice French edition of these intensely interesting memoirs.
50 Droll Stories. Balzac (H. de). Collected from the Abbeys
of Touraine. Unexpurgated Edition. With curious illustrations by
Doré. New ¾ red morocco, gilt top and back. 2 volumes bound
in one. Privately printed. $5.00
51 Another Copy of the same edition. Bound in original red cloth, white
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52 Austen (Jane). Complete Novels of. Comprising: Sense and
Sensibility, 2 vols.; Emma, 2 vols.; Pride and Prejudice, 2 vols.;
Mansfield Park, 2 vols.; Northanger Abbey, 1 vol.; Persuasion, 1
vol. Edited by R. Brinley Johnson. Finely illustrated in colors by
C. E. & H. M. Brock. Together 10 vols.; 12mo. New ¾ blue morocco
extra, floreated gilt backs with red levant inlays, gilt tops,
uncut. London: Dent, 1898. $40.00
The neatest and daintiest set of this well known author's novels
issued.
53 Birds of America. From drawings made in the United States
and their Territories, by John James Audubon. With numerous
full-page illustrations finely printed in colors true to nature. 8 vols.
Small 4to. new ¾ crushed blue morocco extra, emblematic gilt
tooled backs, gilt tops, uncut. New York: George R. Lockwood
& Son, 1870. $50.00
54 Browning (Robert). Complete Works of. Edited by Charlotte
Porter and Helen A. Clarke. With many quaint illustrations in two
states—i. e., one on Japan vellum, the other on India paper. 12 vols.
8vo.; new ¾ dark green levant morocco extra, floreated gilt backs
with red levant inlays, gilt raised bands, gilt tops, uncut. New York:
George D. Sproul, 1899. Published at $240.00. $80.00
Connoisseurs' Edition limited to only 45 numbered sets with
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subscribers only.
Contains a complete bibliography of all the writings of Browning.
55 Browning (Mrs. Elizabeth B.). Complete Works. Edited by
Charlotte Porter and Helen A. Clarke. With many quaint illustrations
in two states—i. e., one on Japan vellum, the other on India
paper. 6 vols. 8vo.; new ¾ crushed blue levant morocco extra,
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D. Sproul, 1901.
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Contains a Chronological Bibliography. This unique edition is
autographed by the editors.
56 Beaconsfield (Earl). Benjamin Disraeli. Complete Works.
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Japan vellum, and exquisite hand-colored frontispieces. 20 vols.
8vo.; ¾ maroon morocco extra, elaborately gilt tooled back, gilt
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The finely printed Chancellor's Edition, of which only a limited
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This Edition embraces Novels, Romances, Plays, Poems, Biography,
Short Stories, and Great Speeches, with a Critical Introduction
by Edmund Gosse, and a Biographical Preface by Robert Arnot.
57 Balzac (Honore de). Unexpurgated Royal Edition de Luxe. Edited
by Prof. Saintsbury and staff. Splendidly printed. Comprises one
hundred and fifty full-page plates, some of which are colored by
hand from three sources; the best etchings of the famous English
Edition; redrawings of well-known subjects in the best French Edition,
and many original subjects made by distinguished American
Artists, supplemented with two most satisfactory portraits of Balzac
and the latest portrait of Prof. Saintsbury. The important additions
to this set are: Five stories which are omitted from all other English
Editions, The Dramas, a Repertory, also The Droll Stories.
Handsome ¾ morocco, top edges gilt, richly gilt backs, uncut. 37
volumes. Published at $180.00. $45.00
Limited to 1,250 copies.
The best and most complete set of Balzac's works produced.
58 Balzac (Honore de). Unexpurgated Royal Edition de Luxe.
Same as above, Dark green buckram, Japanese vellum labels, top
edges gilt, uncut, 37 volumes.
Published at $112.00. $35.00
58A Bentzon (Th.). Jacqueline. Translated by Mrs. Elizabeth Wormeley
Latimer. With many exquisite photogravures by Goupil, after
designs by Albert Lynch, of which the full-page plates are finely
printed on India paper. 4to. ¾ red levant morocco, heavy raised
bands, gilt top, uncut. New York. (Paris printed), Boussod, Valadon
& Co. (1893).
Published at $25.00. $7.50
One of the exquisite Goupil publications known for their fine
printing, and their unsurpassed reproductions of illustrations in
photogravure.
An exceptionally fine copy in a new and handsome binding.
59 Bulwer-Lytton (Edward Lord). Complete Works. Illustrated
with numerous full-page photogravures on Japan vellum, and remarque
proof frontispiece etchings. 32 vols. New ¾ polished levant
morocco extra gilt bands with raised bands, gilt tops, uncut. Boston:
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This is the finest set of Bulwer issued, printed in large type on
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60 Another Copy of the same edition. Bound in maroon buckram. Japan
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61 Byron (Lord). Complete Works, with his Letters and Journals,
and Memoirs of his Life, by T. Moore. Illustrated with a fine portrait,
and exquisitely engraved vignette frontispieces and title-pages,
by Finden, after drawings by Turner, Clarkson, Stanfield and others.
17 vols., new ¾ morocco extra, gilt tooled backs, gilt tops. London:
Murray, 1832-33. $65.00
"The handiest, pleasantest and altogether the most distinguished
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was at its best."—Athenaeum.
62 Byron (Lord). Complete Works, with his Letters and Journals,
and his Life, by Thomas Moore. Edited and with an Introduction
by Richard Henry Stoddard. With many beautiful illustrations,
some hand-colored. 16 vols., new ¾ dark green morocco extra,
with levant inlays, Imperial silk sides, gilt tops and backs. Boston:
Francis Nicolls, 1900.
Published at $160.00. $65.00
The well printed Newstead Edition, of which only a limited
number of sets were issued for subscribers only.
63 Byron (Lord) The Works of. Unexpurgated Edition. Finely engraved
portrait and frontispieces by Finden. 4 vols., 16mo. New
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An exceptionally fine set of an early edition, containing all the
suppressed passages omitted from later issues.
64 Another Set. With the vignette engraved frontispieces and titles
by Finden, and EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED by the insertion of 18
steel plates by Westall; 29 woodcuts by Cruikshank, and 39 exquisite
steel plates finely colored by hand. 17 vols., newly bound in
¾ dark green morocco extra, elaborately gilt tooled backs, gilt
tops by Morrell. London: Murray, 1833-34. $150.00
Most assuredly one of the finest Extra-Illustrated sets.
65 Butler (Samuel). Hudibras: with Notes by Treadway Russel Nash.
A new edition. With engraved portrait and views, and many
vignette text illustrations. 2 vols., post 8vo. New ¾ polished wine
colored calf extra, full gilt tooled backs, with green levant labels,
gilt tops, uncut. London: 1847. $12.50
Extra Illustrated by the insertion of 59 finely engraved portraits.
Little or no apology need be offered to the public for presenting
it with a new edition of Hudibras; the poem ranks too high in
English literature not to be welcomed if it appear in a correct text,
legible type, and on good paper. This edition has all those qualities,
and besides is finely illustrated.
66 Boswell's Johnson. Life of Johnson. By James Boswell.
Edited by Augustine Birrell. Portraits, 6 vols., 12mo., ½ crimson
levant morocco extra, gilt tooled backs; gilt tops, uncut. Westminster,
1896. $24.00
A neat little set.
67 Burke (Thomas). Nights in London. 8vo. cloth. New York.
1916. $1.50
68 Book Repair and Restoration. A Manual of Practical
Suggestions for Bibliophiles, including some selections translated
from A. Bonnardot. By Mitchell S. Buck. 17 illustrations. 12mo.
cloth, paper label. Philadelphia: 1908. $2.50
69 Bryant (William Cullen). Thirty Poems. 12mo. original cloth.
New York: 1864. $3.50
First Edition. Exceptionally fine, clean copy.
70 Burnand (F. C). Happy Thought Hall. With numerous illustrations
by the author. Sq. 12mo. original cloth. Boston: 1872. $2.50
First Edition. Scarce.
71 Bangs (John Kendrick). The Enchanted Typewriter. Illustrations
by Peter Newell. 12mo. cloth. New York and London: 1899. $1.50
First Edition.
72 Bangs (John Kendrick). The Dreamers, a Club. Being a more or
less faithful account of the literary exercises of the First Regular
Meeting of that Organization. Illustrated by Edward Penfield.
12mo. cloth. New York and London: 1899. $1.50
First Edition.
73 Burns (Robert) Complete Works. With his life by Allen Cunningham.
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frontispieces and title pages. 8 vols. 12mo. full brown levant
morocco extra, gilt tooled backs, inside gilt borders, solid gilt edges.
London: Cochrane & M'Crone, 1834. $35.00
A neat little edition in a handsome binding, uniform in size with
the pretty editions, of Cowper, Boswell's Johnson, Crabbe's Poems,
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73A Burns (Robert) Poetical Works. Finely engraved vignette portrait.
3 vols. 12mo. full brown levant morocco, elaborately blind tooled
sides and backs, solid gilt edges. London: Pickering, 1839. $20.00
The scarce 3-volume Pickering Aldine Poets series, in a new
and exquisite binding.
The original issue of Burns had been issued in two volumes, but
in this a third volume has been added, making it the complete poetical
works of Burns.
74 Cervantes (Miguel de) Don Quixote de la Mancha. A Translation
with Introduction and Notes by John Ormsby. With numerous
fine full-page etchings by Cruikshank and Lalauze. 4 vols. 8vo., new
¾ morocco extra, gilt tooled backs, gilt tops, uncut. New York:
1893. $22.00
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75 China. The Break-Up of China. With an Account of its Present
Commerce, Currency, Waterways, Armies, Railways, Politics and
Future Prospects. By Lord Charles Beresford. Portraits and maps.
8vo. cloth. New York and London: 1899. $1.50
76 Cruikshank's Illustrations of Popular Works. Part I.
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passages of letterpress illustrated. First Edition, Large Paper.
Large 8vo. full polished, light blue calf extra, gilt tooled back with
red leather label, inside gilt borders, by Zaehnsdorf. London; Published
for the artist, (1830). $12.50
For Burns collectors there is a very spirited etching to the short
poem, "The Deil Cam' Fiddling Thro' the Town," while Knickerbocker's
New York supplies two subjects.
An exceptionally fine clean copy in a neat binding.
77 Colored Plates. The Tour of Doctor Syntax, in Search of
the Picturesque. By William Combe. With 31 spirited full-page
colored plates by Thomas Rowlandson. 8vo. original cloth. London:
1865. $6.50
A fine copy of an early edition.
78 Caricature and Grotesque. A History of. In Literature
and Art. By Thomas Wright. With numerous illustrations from
various sources, drawn and engraved by F. W. Fairholt. Sq. 8vo.
original cloth. London, n. d. $3.00
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79 California. The Natural Wealth of California. Comprising Early
History, Geography, Topography and Scenery; Climate, Agriculture
and Commercial Products; Geology, Zoology and Botany; Mineralogy,
Mines and Mining Products, etc., etc. By Titus Fey Cronise.
Illustrated. Imp. 8vo. cloth. San Francisco: 1868. $3.50
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80 Criminal Trials. With an introduction by David Jardine. 2 vols.
12mo. original cloth, uncut. London: 1832. $5.00
An account of the most celebrated crimes in England.
Contains: The Trials of Sir Walter Raleigh, Dr. Wm. Parry,
Duke of Norfolk, etc., and Narrative of the Gunpowder Plot, etc.
81 Churchill (Charles) The Poetical Works of. With copious notes
and a Life of the Author, by W. Tooke. 3 vols. 16mo., new ¾
dark green morocco extra, Imperial silk sides, gilt tops. Boston:
Little, Brown & Co., 1854. $7.50
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82 Classic and the Beautiful from the Literature of Three
Thousand Years. By the authors and orators of All Countries.
Edited by Henry Coppée. With numerous finely engraved full-page
portraits and views. 6 vols. Small 4to. ½ dark red calf,
marbled edges. Philadelphia: 1891. $20.00
A very fine set with admirable impressions of the numerous
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83 Criminology. The Trial Between Mr. Henry Wright, and Mr.
Braham, for Criminal Conversation with the Plaintiff's Wife, at the
Court of Common-Pleas, Guildhall, before Sir Vicary Gibbs, and a
Special Jury, on Tuesday, July 23, 1816. pp. 16, 8vo. boards, leather
back, uncut. London, n. d. $5.00
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84 Criminology. The World's Famous Prisons, and Romance of
Crime. An Account of the State of Prisons from the Earliest Times
to the Present Day, with the History of Celebrated Cases, by Major
Arthur Griffiths. Numerous full-page photogravure illustrations,
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Austrian Prisons; Prisons of Prussia, Bavaria, Saxony and Austria-Hungary;
The Fortresses of Magdeburg and Spielberg, 1 vol.; Oriental
Prisons—Prisons and Crime in India; The Adaman Islands;
Burmah, China, Japan, Egypt, Turkey, 1 vol.; Modern French Prisons—Bicétre,
St. Pelagie, St. Lazare, La Force, The Conciergerie, La
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Prisons—St. Peter and St. Paul, The Schlusselberg, The Ostrog at
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85 Another Edition of the same work. Edition Nationale, limited to
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Published at $90.00. $45.00
85A Criminology. Trials for Adultery; or, The History of Divorces.
Being Selected Trials at Doctors Commons, for Adultery, Cruelty
etc., etc., from the year 1760 to 1779-80. Together with the Letters,
etc., that have been intercepted between the amorous Parties. 2 vols.
8vo. contemporary calf (broken.) London: Printed for S. Bladon,
1729-30. $20.00
The scarce III and IV volumes of these celebrated crimes.
Forming a History of the Private Life, Intrigues, and Amours
of many Characters in the most elevated Sphere; every Scene and
Transaction, however ridiculous, whimsical, or extraordinary, being
fairly represented, as becomes a faithful Historian, who is fully
determined not to sacrifice Truth at the shrine of Guilt and Folly.
85B Criminology. Argot and Slang. A new French and English
Dictionary of the Cant Words, Quaint Expressions, Slang Terms and
Flash Phrases, used in the High and Low Life of Old and New Paris.
By A. Barrère. With a fine frontispiece etching by Godfroy Durand.
Sq. 8vo. New ¾ crushed morocco extra, full gilt back with raised
bands, gilt tops, uncut. London: Privately printed, 1887. $15.00
Very scarce, only a limited number of copies having been issued.
The language of the dangerous classes, which so often savours
of evil or bloody deeds, of human suffering, and also of the anguish
and fears of the ever-tracked and ever-watchful criminal, though
often disguised under a would-be humorous garb, cannot but be interesting
to the philosopher.
86 Cowper (William) Poems. With a Biographical and Critical Introduction
by Thomas Dale. With numerous quaint vignette engravings.
2 vols. Post 8vo. New ¾ red morocco, gilt tooled backs,
rippled silk sides, gilt tops, uncut. London: Tilt & Bogue, 1841. $7.50
A well printed edition, prettily illustrated.
87 Curiosa. The Attis of Caius Volerius Catullus. Translated into
English Verse, with Dissertations on the Myth of Attis, on the Origin
of Tree-Worship, and on the Galliambic Metre, by Grant Allen.
Royal 8vo. original half vellum, uncut. London: 1892. $7.50
One of only 50 numbered copies on Large Paper, signed by the
publisher.
The scarce Bibliotheque de Carabas edition.
87A Curiosa. Curll. Miscellaneous in Verse and Prose. [By Richardson
Pack.] Post 8vo. contemporary calf, with armorial crest in gilt
on sides (rubbed and back broken.) London: Printed for E. Curll,
1719. Very scarce. $7.50
This volume contains some curious memoirs of Wycherley, and
several translations from Ovid, which must have endeared the
author to the disgraceful old publisher.
88 Curiosa. The Rest of Don Juan. Inscribed to the Shade of
Byron. By Henry Morford. 8vo. half purple crushed levant morocco
extra. Morris paper sides, yellow edges. New York: 1846. $5.00
Scarce First Edition, with the original covers bound in. Very
fine copy.
88A Curiosa. The Royal, or Delicate Investigation into the Conduct
of Her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales, before Lords Erskine,
Spencer, Grenville, and Ellenborough, containing the Depositions of
all the Evidences, Copies of the various Letters, Statements, Narratives,
Reports, and Minutes of Council, etc., etc. Post 8vo. old
sprinkled boards, leather back. London, 1813. $5.00
A most notable and startling trial, which aroused the nobility
of entire Europe.
89 Curiosa. Doctor Antonio. 16mo. half red morocco, gilt back
(rubbed). Leipzig: 1861. $3.00
Contains: Little Occupations; Bits of Information; Lucy's
Scheme; Progress in the Sanctuary; The Idyl at a Close, etc.
89A Curiosa. The Genuine Poetical Works of Charles Cotton. Unexpurgated,
containing—I. Scarronides; or, Virgil Travestie; II.
Lucian Burlesqu'd; or, The Scoffer Scoff'd; III. The Wonders of the
Peake. Illustrated with a number of curious copper-plate engravings.
12mo. half green calf (rubbed.) London, 1731. $5.00
90 Curiosa. Flim-Flams; or, the Life and Errors of Uncle and His
Friends. With illustrations and obscurities by Messieurs Tag, Rag,
and Bobtail. A Literary Romance. With curious copper-plate engravings.
3 vols. 12mo. original half leather, gilt, board sides.
London: Murray, 1806. $17.50
A new edition, with material alterations and additions.
The illustrious author of Flim-Flams is no more! He died of
vexation—and laughter! The ingenuity of his critics and his own,
afforded him a plentiful source of both.
The illustrations represent the following: "Baking a Wronghead,"
"My Uncle," "A Scale of Genius," "Virtue in Danger," "Lemons!
Lemons!" "An Electrified Lover," "Greek Feeling," etc.
91 Curiosa. Bundling; its Origins, Progress and Decline in America.
By Henry R. Stiles. Post 8vo. original cloth. Albany: 1871. $4.50
First Edition. Scarce.
92 Curiosa. Cent per Cent. A story, written upon a Bill Stamp. By
Blanchard Jerrold. With 5 full-page, hand-colored plates. 12mo.
original cloth. London, n. d. $5.00
"For if she will, she will, you may depend on't.
"And if she won't, she won't, and there's an end on't."
93 Curiosa. An Account of the Trial of Thomas Muir, before the
High Court of Justiciary, at Edinburgh on the 30th and 31st days
of August, 1793, for sedition. Engraved frontispiece, 8vo. half tree
calf extra, gilt top and back, uncut. Edinburgh (1793). $7.50
94 Curiosa. The Poetical Decameron; or, Ten Conversations on
English Poets and Poetry, particularly of the Reigns of Elizabeth
and James I. By J. Payne Collier. 2 vols. Post 8vo. half crushed
brown morocco extra, gilt tooled backs, gilt tops, uncut. Edinburgh,
1820. $7.50
First Edition, scarce. Exceptionally fine uncut copy.
95 Curiosa. The Committee; or, The Faithful Irishman. A comedy.
By Sir Robert Howard. Engraved frontispiece by Vander Gucht.
12mo. half polished brown calf extra, gilt back with red and green
leather labels, gilt top. London: Tonson, 1735. $5.00
With a prologue by Samuel Tuke. Scarce. Fine, perfect copy.
96 Curiosa. The Hermit; or The Unparalleled Sufferings and Surprising
Adventures of Philip Quarll, an Englishman, who was lately
discovered upon an uninhabited island in the South Sea. Engraved
frontispiece. 12mo. old sprinkled calf extra, gilt tooled back. London,
1786. $12.50
Contains: I. His Conference with those who found him, etc.
II. His leaving his Master and being taken up with a notorious
house-breaker, marrying a famous prostitute, etc. III. His being
pardoned by the King, etc., etc.
97 Curiosa. The Case of the Unfortunate Bosavern Penlez. Post 8vo.
boards, green leather back. London, 1749. $5.00
Scarce. An extremely curious case.
98 Curiosa. The Trial of Francis Ravaillac, for the Murder of King
Henry the Great. Edited by Edmund Goldsmid. Post 8vo. original
cloth, uncut. Edinburgh. Privately printed, 1885. Scarce. $3.50
Edition limited to 275 copies only. Contains also an account
of Ravaillac's torture and execution, extracted and translated from
the Registers of the Parliament of Paris, 1610.
99 Curiosa. (Oscar Wilde). Oscariana Epigrams. Small 4to. pp. 88,
original paper wrappers, uncut. London: Privately printed, 1895.
Scarce. $5.00
A very limited number of copies only printed.
"Life imitates Art far more than Art imitates Life.... The
Greeks with their quick artistic instinct understood this, and set in
the bride's chamber the statue of Hermes and Apollo, that she
might bear children as lovely as the works of art that she looked at
in her rapture or her pain."
100 Curiosa. Oscar Wilde. His Life and Confessions. By Frank
Harris. Illustrated. 2 vols. 8vo. cloth. New York: Privately
printed, 1918. $5.00
"I was advised on all hands not to write this book, and some
English friends who have read it urged me not to publish it.
"You will be accused of selecting the subject," they say, "because
sexual viciousness appeals to you, and your method of treatment
lays you open to attack."—The Author.
Bernard Shaw writes: "This biography wipes out all other
biographies ... Wilde's memory will have to stand or fall by it."
101 Curiosa. The Strange Voyage and Adventures of Domingo Gonzales,
to the World in the Moon. Curious frontispiece depicting a
flying-machine with birds used as power. 8vo. ¾ polished brown
calf extra, gilt tooled back. London, 1768. $7.50
Narrates of his being set down in China by his Birds, and his
being taken for a magician by the Country People, and preserved
from their fury by a Chinese Mandarin, etc., etc.
102 Curiosa. The Wonderful, Surprising and Uncommon Voyages and
Adventures of Captain Jones, to Patagonia. Curious engraved
frontispiece. 8vo. New ¾ polished brown calf extra, gilt tooled
back. London, 1766. $7.50
Contains among, his other adventures "His Loves with the Queen
of No-land," etc.
103 Curiosa. Thomas Deloney: His Thomas of Reading and Three
Ballads on the Spanish Armada. Edited with Notes and Introduction,
by C. R. Aldrich and Lucian S. Virtland. Woodcuts. Small
4to. ½ vellum, board sides, uncut. New York, 1903. $7.50
Edition limited to only 50 numbered copies, printed at the
Westminster Press, entirely on Japan vellum.
104 Curiosa. The Muses' Library; or, a Series of English Poetry, from
the Saxons to the Reign of King Charles II. Containing the Lives
of Characters of all the known writers in that interval, the names of
their patrons; complete episodes, by way of specimen of the larger
pieces; very near the entire works of some, and large quotations
from others. 8vo. new ¾ polished brown calf extra, full gilt tooled
back, with blue levant labels, gilt tops, uncut. London, 1738. $7.50
First and scarcest volume of the series. A general collection of
almost all the old valuable Poetry extant, now so industriously enquir'd
after, tho' rarely to be found, but in the Studies of the Curious,
and affording entertainment on all subjects, Philosophical, Historical,
Moral, Satyrical, Allegorial, Critical, Heroick, Pastoral, Gallant,
Amorous, Courtly and Sublime.
105 Crabbe (George) Poetical Works. With His Letters and Journals,
and His Life, by his son. With exquisite vignette engraved frontispieces
and title-pages by Finden, 8 vols. 12mo. New ¾ straight-grained
green morocco extra, gilt tooled backs, gilt tops, uncut.
London: John Murray, 1834. $40.00
An extremely fine set of these choice poetical writings, prettily
illustrated, and placed in a handsome binding.
106 Drama. The Drama of All Nations. Its History, Literature and
Influence on Civilization. Editor-in-Chief, Alfred Bates. With fine
photogravures on Japan vellum, and finely hand-colored frontispieces.
Unexpurgated Edition. 20 vols. 8vo. buckram, gilt tops,
Japan vellum labels, uncut. London and New York, 1906.
Published at $60.00. $40.00
The most extensive work on the subject ever issued. A limited
number of sets only printed.
107 Doré's Illustrations. The Holy Bible, containing the Old
and New Testaments according to the Authorized Version. With
several hundred illustrations by Gustave Doré. 2 vols. 4to. full blind
stamped brown morocco, raised bands, solid gilt edges. London and
New York. $50.00
Considered Doré's best work. Very fine copy.
108 Defoe (Daniel). Complete Works. With beautiful illustrations,
some hand-colored, in 2 states. The text is finely printed on Holland
hand-made paper. Unexpurgated Edition. 16 vols., new ¾
levant morocco, gilt tooled backs with levant inlays, gilt tops, uncut.
New York: George D. Sproul, 1905.
Published at $300.00. $150.00
Hand-made Edition, limited to 150 numbered and registered
sets, issued to subscribers only.
The finest edition yet published.
109 Dumas (Alexander) Complete Works. Illustrated with 253 photogravures
and etchings, also 24 finely hand-colored frontispieces.
47 vols. New ¾ levant morocco extra, gilt tooled backs, gilt tops.
Unexpurgated Edition. Boston: Dana Estes.
Published at $470.00. $235.00
Edition de Medicis, of which only a limited number of sets
were printed for subscribers only.
These are the complete writings of Dumas, containing The
Celebrated Crimes, and stories usually lacking in other editions.
110 Dickens (Charles) Complete Works. Illustrated with 900 etchings,
photogravures and woodcuts, all finely printed on Japan vellum.
Inserted are 24 exquisite hand-colored frontispieces on Whatman
paper. 48 vols. 8vo. New ¾ levant morocco extra, gilt tooled
backs, gilt tops, uncut. Boston: Dana Estes.
Published at $480.00. $260.00
New Century Edition printed on Large Paper in bold and clear
type, limited to 1,000 numbered sets only.
111 Another Set of the same edition. 48 vols. 8vo. light brown heavy buckram,
gilt tops, Japan paper labels, uncut. Boston: Dana Estes.
Published at $168.00. $110.00
112 Dryden (John) Complete Works. Edited with Notes, historical,
critical and explanatory, and a Life of the Author by Sir Walter
Scott. With a fine portrait on copper by Fittler, and a large folding
view of the Solemn Mock Procession of the Pope, Cardinals, etc.,
through the City of London, 1679. Revised and corrected by George
Saintsbury. Unexpurgated Edition. 18 vols. New ¾ brown morocco
extra, full gilt backs, gilt tops, uncut. Edinburgh, 1882. $75.00
An exceptionally fine set in a handsome binding.
113 Dryden (John) Complete Works. Edited with notes, historical,
critical and explanatory, and a Life of the Author, by Sir Walter
Scott. Illustrated with a portrait by Fittler and a large folding view
of the Solemn Mock Procession of the Pope, Cardinals, etc., through
the City of London, 1679. 18 vols. 8vo. half calf, bindings rubbed,
gilt backs, marbled edges. London, 1808. $40.00
Scarce.
114 Dryden (John) Fables, from Boccaccio and Chaucer. Many quaint
woodcuts in the text. 12mo. New ¾ crushed maroon morocco
extra, gilt tooled back with green levant inlays, gilt top. Chiswick:
C. Whittingham, 1822. $5.00
115 Dodgson (L. C.) [Lewis Carroll]. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.
With the original illustrations by John Tenniel. 8vo. decorated
boards, cloth back, gilt top, uncut. London, 1914. $5.00
Limited to 1,000 numbered copies, printed in the Riccardi Fount
on hand-made Riccardi Paper.
116 Dramatic. Colley Cibber. Written by Himself. Duplicate frontispieces,
printed on Japan vellum, and on Whatman paper, finely
colored by hand, and other full-page illustrations. 2 vols. 8vo. ¾
French levant morocco extra, gilt tops and backs with raised bands,
uncut. London: Privately printed by the Grolier Society. $10.00
One of the Amatory "Days of the Dandies" series. "Edition de
Luxe" of which only a limited number of sets have been printed.
117 Dramatic. The Works of Thomas Otway, consisting of his Plays,
Poems and Letters. 3 vols. 12mo. contemporary polished calf, raised
bands. London, 1768. $10.00
Very fine copy, now scarce. Contents: Alcibiades, Don Carlos,
Titus and Berenice. With the Charts of Scapin, Friendship in
Fashion, Soldier's Fortune, Atheist, Orphan, Poems and Letters, etc.
118 Dramatic. Songs from the Dramatists. Edited by Robert Bell.
First Edition. 12mo. original cloth. New York, 1882. $1.50
119 Dramatic. The Virtuoso. A comedy, acted at the Duke's Theatre.
Written by Thomas Shadwell. Small 4to. half red leather. London:
Printed by T. W. for Henry Herringman, 1676. Title page neatly
mended. $7.50
A scarce play by Shadwell.
120 Dramatic. Crosby's Pocket Companion to the Playhouses. Being
the Lives of all the principal London Performers, who may hereafter
be engaged in the Theatres of Drury Lane, Covent Garden, and the
Haymarket. To which are subjoined, Particulars of the Life of Mr.
Dibdin. Dedicated to Richard Brinsley Sheridan. Fine stipple
portrait of Sheridan. 16mo. new half polished brown calf extra,
gilt tooled back, gilt top, uncut. London, 1796. $3.50
120A Dramatic. Annals of the English Stage, from Thomas Betterton
to Edmund Kean. Actors—Authors—Audiences. By Dr. Doran. 2
volumes. Small 4to. original cloth, uncut. New York: W. J. Widdleton,
1865. $10.00
Edition limited to 161 numbered copies only, printed on Large
Paper. An exceptionally fine, tall copy for extra-illustrating.
121 Edgeworth (Maria). Complete Novels. With finely vignette
engraved frontispieces and title-pages, and quaint etchings, all printed
on India paper, 12 vols. Post 8vo. New ¾ polished light brown
calf extra, full gilt tooled backs, with red and blue levant labels,
gilt tops. London: J. M. Dent & Co., 1893. $60.00
Only 250 numbered copies of this edition have been printed on
Holland hand-made paper. The daintiest edition of these well
known novels yet issued.
122 English Literature, in the Reign of Victoria. With a Glance
at the Post. By Henry Morley. Portrait, 12mo. ½ brown morocco,
gilt top and back, uncut. Leipzig, 1881. $2.75
A most interesting volume depicting the history of Queen Victoria's
reign.
123 France (Anatole). First Complete Edition of the Authorized English
Translation of the Novels, and Short Stories. Unexpurgated
Edition. Illustrated with special drawings and reproductions on
French plate paper, text printed on genuine Spartan deckle-edged
paper. 19 vols. Newly and very handsomely bound in ¾ levant
morocco extra, gilt tooled backs with inlays, gilt tops, uncut.
Published at $250.00. $180.00
This Edition is limited to only 600 sets for subscribers only.
124 Another Set of the same edition, 19 vols. Bound in full wine colored
morocco extra, gilt tooled backs, gilt tops. New York, 1916.
Published at $149.50. $110.00
125 Another Set of the same edition, 19 vols. Bound in original lavender
cloth, gilt tops, Japan vellum labels. New York: 1916.
Published at $90.00. $60.00
126 Flaubert (Gustave). Complete Works. Embracing Romances,
Travels, Comedies, Sketches and Correspondence. With a Critical
Introduction by Ferdinand Brunetiere of the French Academy, and
a Biographical Preface by Robert Arnot. With numerous interesting
illustrations on Japan vellum, and the frontispieces finely colored
by hand. 10 vols. 8vo. new ¾ crushed green levant morocco extra,
full gilt tooled backs, with red levant inlays, gilt tops, uncut. New
York and London, 1904.
Published at $150.00. $50.00
Only a limited number of this Unexpurgated Edition were
issued for subscribers only.
127 Flaubert (Gustave). Complete Works. Illustrated. Unexpurgated
Edition. 10 vols. 8vo. buckram, uncut. Akron and New York: M.
Walter Dunn, 1904.
Published at $40.00. $20.00
128 Fielding (Henry). Complete Works. With Author's Preface and
Introduction by G. H. Maynadier. Unexpurgated Edition. Illustrated
with numerous photogravures in two states, of which one
set of the frontispieces are finely colored by hand. Text printed on
Holland paper. 12 vols. 8vo. ¾ crushed blue morocco extra, gilt
tooled backs with red levant inlays, gilt tops, uncut. New York:
George D. Sproul, 1903.
Published at $240.00. $110.00
Edition limited to 150 numbered and registered sets for subscribers
only.
An unusually fine large type edition, finely illustrated and handsomely
bound.
129 Field (Eugene). The Writings in Prose and Verse. Finely illustrated.
Scribner's subscription edition. 12 vols. Handsomely bound
in ¾ polished dark calf extra, richly gilt tooled backs, with purple
and red levant labels, gilt tops, uncut. New York, 1903. $42.00
A very handsome set, both as to illustrations and binding.
130 Family Devotion A Guide to. Containing a Hymn, a Portion
of Scripture with Reflections, and a Prayer, for the Morning and
Evening of Every Day in the Year. With an Appendix of Prayers
and Hymns on Various Subjects. By Alex. Fletcher. With numerous
fine full-page steel engravings. 4to. half brown morocco extra,
gilt centres, raised bands, solid gilt edges. New York. $7.50
Fine copy with splendid impressions of the numerous plates.
131 Fairbairn's Crests of the Leading Families in Great Britain and
Ireland, and their kindred in other lands. Compiled from the best
authorities by James Fairbairn. Revised by L. Butters, and edited
by J. MacLaren. Illustrated with colored frontispiece and 137 plates
containing several thousand designs of crests, etc. 2 vols. in one.
4to. ½ dark brown leather, marbled edges. New York, 1911. $7.50
The best and most complete work on the subject yet issued.
132 Facetiae. Italian Novelists. The Facetious Nights of
Giovanni Francesco Straparola, in four volumes; The Pecorone of
Ser Giovanni, in three volumes. Illustrated with 44 fine plates
on special paper from originals by Jules Garnier, of Paris, and
E. R. Hughes, A.R.W.S., London. 7 volumes, 8vo., very handsomely
bound in ¾ morocco, gilt tooled back, top edges gilt. Edition
strictly limited to 1,000 numbered and registered copies. Privately
printed for Societe des Bibliophiles, a very fine, curious and facetious
work. $27.50
133 Another copy of the same edition. Limited Edition de Luxe. Unexpurgated.
Illustrated. 7 volumes, 8vo., in original green buckram,
gilt tops, uncut edges. Privately printed for Societe des
Bibliophiles. A very fine, curious and facetious work. $19.50
"The Nights" of Straparola consist of an exquisite and delightful
collection of humorous, witty and mirthful conversations, tales and
enigmas, including singing, music and dancing during the thirteen
nights of the Carnival at Venice, as related by ten charming and
accomplished damsels and several nobles, men of learning, illustrious
and honorable gentlemen of note at the entertainments of
merriment and pleasure given by the Princess Lucretia at her
beautiful Palace at Murano.
The masterpiece of Italian prose, The Pecorone of Ser Giovanni,
ranks in celebrity with Boccaccio's Decameron. The great popularity
of the Pecorone arose from the fact that the amorous
stories of love, intrigue and adventure therein contained cover
comparatively fresh ground. Shakespeare borrowed Falstaff from
Ser Giovanni, and The Merchant of Venice is founded on the first
novel of the Fourth Day.
134 Facetiae. The Amours and Adventures of the Chevalier de Faublas,
by John Baptiste—Louvet de Couvary. Founded on historical
facts, interspersed with most remarkable narratives. A faithful
reprint of the very rare, literal, unexpurgated translation of 1822,
from the Paris edition of 1821, choicely printed on antique deckle-edged
paper, and delightfully illustrated with numerous charming
plates, etched by Louis Monzies from drawings by Paul Avril,
printed on special paper. Complete in 4 vols. Newly bound in
¾ morocco extra, gilt tops and backs, uncut. Edition strictly limited
to 100 sets only. Privately printed for Societe des Bibliophiles,
1898. $40.00
A very fine set of this very curious and facetious work.
A most extraordinary work depicting the free and easy manners
and customs of the Eighteenth Century.
135 Facetiae. The Life of Marianne; or, the Adventures of the
Countess of * * * By M. de Marivaux. Translated from the
Original French. 12mo. New ½ polished brown calf extra, gilt
tooled back, with red levant inlays, gilt top, uncut. London,
1736. $20.00
Was this history a mere fiction, very likely the form of it would
have been different. Marianne's reflections would be neither so long
nor so frequent. It would contain more facts and less morality; in
short, the author would have indulged the universal inclination of
the present age, which, in books of this kind, does not relish abundance
of arguments and reflections.
136 Facetiae. The Secret History of Betty Ireland. Copper-plate
frontispiece. 8vo. New ¾ polished brown calf extra, gilt tooled
back, linen sides. London, n. d. Very scarce. $12.50
Read Flanders Moll, the German Princess scan,
Then match our Irish Betty, if you can;
In Wit and Vice she did 'em both excel,
And may be justly call'd a Nonpareil.
137 Facetiae. La Fontaine (J. de). Tales and Novels in Verse. Unexpurgated
Edition. With quaint illustrations. New ¾ red morocco,
gilt tops and backs. 2 volumes bound in one. Privately printed. $5.00
138 Another copy of the same edition. Bound in original red cloth, white
paper label. $2.25
139 Facetiae. The Heptameron. By Margaret, Queen of Navarre.
Illustrated with full-page etchings. New ¾ red morocco, gilt top
and back. Unexpurgated Edition. 2 volumes bound in one. Privately
printed. $5.00
140 Another copy of the same edition. Bound in original red cloth, white
paper label. $2.25
141 Facetiae. The Novellino of Masuccio. Now first translated into
English by W. G. Waters. With 11 full-page illustrations by Hughes.
Waters Edition. New ¾ red morocco, gilt top and back. Unexpurgated
Edition; two volumes bound in one. Privately printed. $5.00
142 Another copy of the same edition. Bound in original red cloth, white
paper label. $2.25
143 Facetiae. Rousseau (J. J.) Confession of. Unexpurgated Edition.
With portrait and 20 original etchings by Ed. Hedouin. New ¾ red
morocco, gilt top and back, 2 volumes bound in one. Privately
printed. $5.00
144 Another copy of the same edition. Bound in original red cloth, white
paper label. $2.25
145 Facetiae. Rabelais, the Works of. Unexpurgated Edition. With
10 full-page engravings by Chalon. ¾ red morocco, gilt top and
back. 2 volumes bound in one. Privately printed. $5.00
146 Another copy of the same edition. Bound in original red cloth, white
paper label. $2.25
147 Facetiae. Mademoiselle de Maupin, by Gautier. Unexpurgated
Edition. With full-page etchings by Toudouze. New ¾ red morocco,
gilt top and back, uncut. 2 volumes bound in one. Privately
printed. $5.00
148 Another copy of the same edition. Bound in original red cloth, white
paper label. $2.25
149 Facetiae. Plays written by Sir John Vanbrugh. Curious copper-plates.
2 vols. 12mo. full mottled calf extra, finely gilt tooled backs.
London, 1734. $10.00
Very fine copy. Scarce.
Contents: The Relapse, or Virtue in Danger; The Provok'd Wife,
Æsop, The Confederacy, The False Friend, The Mistake, A Journey
to London, The Provok'd Husband.
150 Facetiae. A New Description of Merryland. Containing a Topographical,
Geographical and Natural History of that Country. Post
8vo. ½ cloth, leather label. Bath (1741). $10.00
Of this scarce re-issue only 200 copies have been printed for
private subscription, each numbered.
151 Facetiae. The Monk. A Romance. By M. G. Lewis, 2 vols. 12mo.
new half blue morocco, gilt tops, uncut. London, n. d. $15.00
Unabridged reprint of the First Edition.
One of the most remarkable, powerful, and mystical novels ever
written.
152 Facetiae. Musarum Deliciae; or, The Muses' Recreation, containing
several pieces of poetic wit. By Sr. J. M. and Ja. S., 1656, and
Wit Restor'd, in several select poems, not formally published, 1658.
Also, Wits Recreations, selected from the finest fancies of modern
muses, with a thousand outlandish proverbs, 1640. With all the
wood engravings, plates, memoirs, and notes. 2 vols. 12mo. new
half brown levant morocco extra, gilt tooled backs, gilt tops. London,
n. d. $20.00
New Edition, with additional notes, Indexes, and a portrait of
Sir John Mennis. Scarce.
153 Facetiae. The Plays, Histories and Novels of the Ingenious Mrs.
Aphra Behn. With Life and Memoirs. Portrait. 6 vols. 8vo. ¾
crimson levant morocco extra, gilt backs with raised bands, gilt
tops, uncut. London, 1871. $45.00
The above Collection of Plays needs no other recommendation
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Contents: The Dutch Lover, The Rover; or, The Banish'd Cavaliers;
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She published three volumes of poems by Rochester, Etherege,
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plays, the heartless licentiousness of which was disgraceful
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154 Facetiae. Moore (Thomas). The Poetical Works of the late
Thomas Little. Post 8vo. boards, uncut. London, 1835. $5.00
Scarce. Very fine and facetious poems by Tom Moore, published
under a nom de plume.
155 Facetiae. The Plays of Philip Massinger. From the text of William
Gifford. With the addition of the tragedy, "Believe As You
List." Edited by Lt.-Col. Francis Cunningham. 8vo. cloth. London,
n. d. $5.00
156 Facetiae. Memoirs of a Coxcomb. By the author of Memoirs of
a Lady of Pleasure. [John Cleland]. 12mo. pp. 251. Half calf,
gilt back. Dublin, 1751. $25.00
Very scarce. Fine copy of the First Issue of the First Edition.
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157 Facetiae. The Satyricon; or, Trebly Voluptuous. By Titus Petronius
Arbiter, Minister of Pleasure to the Emperor Nero. Unexpurgated.
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158 Facetiae. A Satyrical Dialogue; or, A Sharplye—Invective Conference
between Alexander the Great and that truly woman-hater,
Diogenes. [By Williams Goddard.] Edited by John S. Farmer.
Small 4to. half leather (broken.) London: Privately printed for
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(1615) being known (that in the British Museum). $12.50
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159 Facetiae. Boccaccio's Decameron. Faithfully translated by J. M.
Rigg. Exquisitely illustrated by Louis Chalon. 2 vols. Small 4to.
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160 Facetiae. The Comedies of Publius Terentius Afer. Translated
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vellum back, uncut. Privately printed for the Roman Society,
1900. $12.50
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161 Facetiae. Sophie Arnould: Actress and Wit. By Robert B. Douglas.
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162 Facetiae. My Uncle Barbassou. By Mario Uchard. Prettily
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First Issue. Scarce. Published by Vizetelly. Only a limited
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163 Facetiae. Fables from the Female Sex. By Edward Moore. 16mo.
boards. Philadelphia, 1812. $7.50
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The Farmer and the Colt, The Poet and His Patron, Hymen and
Death, etc.
164 Facetiae. Young Scarron. [By Thomas Mozeen.] 16mo. old calf
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165 Facetiae. The Works of Don Francisco de Quevedo. Translated
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166 Facetiae. Les Facéties de Pogge. Traduites en Français, avec le
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167 Facetiae (De Couvray, Louvet). Une Anée de la Vie de Faublas.
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168 Facetiae. The Dramatick Works of George Farquhar. Curious
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Contents: Beaux Stratagem, Love and a Bottle, Constant Couple,
Stage-Coach, Recruiting Officer, Sir Henry Wildair, Inconstant,
Twin Rivals.
169 Gautier (Theophile) Complete Works. Unexpurgated Edition.
Translated and Edited by Prof. F. C. de Sumichrast, Department of
French, Harvard University. With an Introduction by the Editor.
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hand. 24 vols. 8vo. New ¾ crushed morocco extra, floreated gilt
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170 Goldsmith (Oliver) Complete Works. Edited by Peter Cunningham.
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171 Goldsmith (Oliver) Works. Edited by Peter Cunningham. 4 vols.
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172 Goldsmith (Oliver). Miscellaneous Works. With stipple portrait
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173 Greek and Latin Authors. Works of one hundred and
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174 Another Set of the same edition. 15 vols. Bound in green cloth, gilt
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175 Great Operas, The. The Romantic Legends upon which the
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176 Gaskell (Mrs.) Ruth. A novel. By the Author of "Mary Barton."
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177 Gaskell (Mrs.) Mary Barton. A Tale of Manchester Life. 2 vols.
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178 Gay's Poems. Poems on Several Occasions. By John Gay. With
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with leather labels. London, 1767. $5.00
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178A Great West. The Early Empire Builders of the Great West. By
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179 Henry (O.) Complete Writings. Beautifully printed, exquisitely
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180 Henry (O.) Works. Comprising nearly 250 stories. 12 vols. 12mo.
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181 History. Great Events by Famous Historians. A
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the more important events, and presenting eminent historians.
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182 Harte (Bret) Complete Works. Illustrated with portrait, many full-page
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183 Another Copy of the same edition. 20 vols. 8vo. original green cloth.
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184 Hugo (Victor) Complete Works. Illustrated with 200 exquisite
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185 Hogarth (William) The Works of. In a series of 150 exquisite
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186 Heine (Heinrich) French Affairs. Translated by Charles Godfrey
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187 Hemans (Felicia). Songs of the Affections. Prettily illustrated
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188 Ingersoll (Robert G.) Complete Works. Illustrated with 13
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189 Ireland and the Irish, Character Sketches of. By Carleton,
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190 Ingoldsby Legends; or, Mirth and Marvels. By Thomas
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191 Johnson (Samuel) Complete Works. With 48 photogravure portraits,
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192 Kock (Charles Paul de) Complete Works. An unexpurgated and
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194 Kipling (Rudyard). From Sea to Sea. Letters of Travel. 2 vols.
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195 Lever (Charles). Complete Novels. With an Introduction by
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196 Lever (Charles). Maxims of Sir Morgan O'Doherty. Bart. 16mo.
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197 Love Tales. German Love Tales. 16mo. half olive morocco,
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202 London (Jack). White Fang. Illustrated. 12mo. original cloth,
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203 Longfellow (H. W.) Christmas: A Mystery. First Edition.
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204 Leech Illustrations. Smith (Albert). The Wassail-Bowl.
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207 Le Gallienne (Richard). The Book Bills of Narcissus. Frontispiece.
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This, the third edition, has been revised, and Chapter V. is
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208 Le Gallienne (Richard). Sleeping Beauty and Other Fancies.
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209 Macaulay (Lord) Complete Works. With fine full-page illustrations,
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210 Macaulay (Lord) Complete Works. Comprising History of England,
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211 Milton (John). Prose and Poems. Complete Works, with a Life
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213 Memoirs and Secret Chronicles. Comprising Marie Antoinette,
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214 Maupassant (Guy de) Complete Works. Embracing Romance,
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216 Moths and Butterflies of the United States; East of the
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217 Minor Poems. The Works of Celebrated Authors, of whose writings
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220 Napoleon. Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte. By De Bourrienne.
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222 New York City. Francis (John W.). Old New York; or, Reminiscences
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236 Richardson (Samuel) Complete Works. With a Life of the
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239 Scott (Sir Walter). Waverly Novels. With Introductory Essay
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240 Scott (Sir Walter). Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border; consisting
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241 Sumner (Charles) Complete Works. Edited by George F. Hoar.
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245 Secret Memoirs of the Courts of Europe, from the 16th to the
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246 Sue (Eugene) The Works of. Illustrated with original full-page
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247 Symonds (John Addington). Wine, Woman and Song: Medieval
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248 Smith (Albert). The Struggles and Adventures of Christopher Tadpole.
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253 Tennyson (Alfred, Lord) Works. With a Preface by Elizabeth
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255 Tennyson (Alfred). Gareth and Lynette. Illustrated. 12mo.
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256 Tennyson (Alfred). The Song of the Brook. With 15 full-page
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257 Timbs (John). The Romance of London. Historic Sketches, Remarkable
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258 Tomson (Graham R.). The Bird-Bride. A Volume of Ballads
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259 Thackerayana. Notes and Anecdotes. Illustrated by hundreds
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260 Taine (H. A.). History of English Literature. Translated from
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261 Tolstóy (Leo N.). The Living Corpse. A Drama in Six Acts and
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271 Apuleius, the Works of. Comprising the Metamorphoses, or
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