43 Arabian Nights. Payne (John). Unexpurgated Edition. The Book
of the Thousand Nights and One Night, now first completely done
into English Prose and Verse, from the original Arabic, by John
Payne, 9 vols.; The Tales from the Arabic; 3 vols.; Persian
Letters; Aladdin and the Enchanted Lamp, and other stories;
A Thousand and One Quarters of an Hour; Tartarian Tales ...
Altogether 15 volumes. Limited Edition de luxe, handsome 3/4
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44 Arabian Nights. Payne (John). Unexpurgated Edition de luxe,
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Privately printed for subscribers, 1884. Bindings worn,
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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. Newly and uniformly bound in a handsome 3/4
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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 3/4 red morocco, gilt
top and back, 2 vols. bound in one. Privately printed. =$5.00=
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47 Bibliophilist's Library of Immortal Literature. Illustrated
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paper, the other being a set of remarque proofs finely printed
on Whatman paper. 10 vols. 8vo.; 3/4 crushed maroon morocco
extra, elaborately gilt tooled backs with blue levant inlays,
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The following titles comprise the work in its entirety: The
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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
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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
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49 Casanova (Jacques). Memoirs de J. Casanova de Seingalt.
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50 Droll Stories. Balzac (H. de). Collected from the Abbeys of
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51 Another Copy of the same edition. Bound in original red
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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
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The neatest and daintiest set of this well known author's
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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
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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 3/4 dark green levant morocco extra,
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gilt tops, uncut. New York: George D. Sproul, 1899. Published
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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 3/4 crushed blue levant
morocco extra, gilt backs with raised bands, gilt tops, uncut.
New York: George D. Sproul, 1901.