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 3/4 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 3/4 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. 3/4
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 3/4 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. 1/2 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 3/4
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 3/4 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 3/4 levant morocco, gilt tooled backs
with levant inlays, gilt tops, uncut. New York: George D.
Sproul, 1905.