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 1/2 polished light brown calf extra, gilt tooled backs,
with brown and blue levant labels, gilt tops, uncut. London:
Murray, 1829. =$20.00=
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 3/4 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 3/4
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., 1/2 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. Illustrated with a fine portrait and exquisitely
vignette engraved 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, Byron, etc., with illustrations by the same
engravers.
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 3/4 morocco extra, gilt tooled backs, gilt
tops, uncut. New York: 1893. =$22.00=
Edition limited to only 658 numbered copies. Exceptionally fine
impressions of these beautiful etchings.
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. (all
published) containing 6 clever etchings by Cruikshank, with
the 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=
Numerous curious plates.
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=
Exceptionally fine copy of this interesting history.
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
3/4 dark green morocco extra, Imperial silk sides, gilt tops.
Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1854. =$7.50=
A very neat little set.
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. 1/2 dark red calf,
marbled edges. Philadelphia: 1891. =$20.00=
A very fine set with admirable impressions of the numerous most
interesting plates.
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=
One of the most sensational trials of the period.
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, printed in two states, i. e.--one set on Japan
vellum, the other on Whatman paper, of which one set of the
frontispieces are finely colored by hand. 12 vols. 8vo. New
3/4 crushed green levant morocco extra, gilt paneled backs,
with emblematic design inlaid in red levant, gilt tops, uncut.
London: Grolier Society. Printed for subscribers only. =$65.00=
Connoisseur Edition. Unexpurgated, limited to 150 registered
and numbered sets only.
There is no other work extant that covers the history of
Prisons and their criminal inmates more extensively than these
volumes do.
Contents: England--Chronicles of Newgate, from the Eighteenth
Century to its Demolition; A Sketch of the Tower, 2 vols.;
Milbank Penitentiary, an Experiment in Reformation, 1 vol.;
German and 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 Grande and La Petite
Roguettes, Mazas, La Sante, 1 vol.; Russian Prisons--St. Peter
and St. Paul, The Schlusselberg, The Ostrog at Omsk, The
Story of Siberian Exile, Tiumen, Tomsk, Sachalien, 1 vol.;
Spanish Prisons--The Inquisition at Home and Abroad; Prisons
Past and Present, 1 vol.; Early Vincennes--The Bastile,
Loches, The Galleys, Revolutionary Prisons, 1 vol.; Italian
Prisons--St. Angelo, The Piombi, The Vicaria, Prisons of the
Roman Inquisition, 1 vol.; Non-Criminal Prisons--English
Debtors, Prisons and Prisoners of War, French War Prisons,
with Reference to those of Other Lands, 1 vol.; Prisons Over
Seas--Deportation and Colonization, British and American
Prisons of To-day, 1 vol.
85 Another Edition of the same work. Edition Nationale, limited
to 1,000 registered and numbered sets, 12 vols. 3/4 crushed
brown morocco, gilt paneled backs with emblematic tooling, gilt
tops, uncut. London: Grolier Society. Printed for subscribers
only.