Part 2
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, with notes, Anthropological and Explanatory, by Richard F. Burton, 7 vols.; enlarged by the addition of all the characteristic illustrations by Lalauze, Letchford, Stanley Wood, and others. 17 volumes, Imp. 8vo. gray buckram, top edges gilt, uncut. Privately printed for members of The Burton Club only. Limited to 1,000 sets. Original cost to members $170.00. =$39.50=
This edition is the very scarce unexpurgated reprint of the Benares edition, (which is at present extremely rare) with the numerous plates on Japan vellum, which never appeared in the first issue.
A fine set in a substantial binding.
42 Arabian Nights. Burton (Sir R. F.). Unexpurgated Edition. With all the characteristic illustrations by Lalauze, Letchford, Stanley Wood, and others. 17 vols., Imp. 8vo.; newly and very handsomely bound in 3/4 dark green morocco, gilt tooled backs with Crescent inlays, gilt tops, uncut edges. Privately printed for members of the Burton Club only. Edition limited to 1,000 sets.
Published at $250.00. =$95.00=
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 red morocco, top edges gilt, gilt backs, uncut. Printed for subscribers only. London: 1884. Published at $150.00. =$57.50=
44 Arabian Nights. Payne (John). Unexpurgated Edition de luxe, limited to one thousand copies, 15 volumes, buckram, London: Privately printed for subscribers, 1884. Bindings worn, otherwise 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. Newly and uniformly bound in a handsome 3/4 levant morocco, buckram sides, with original cloth covers bound in, gilt extra, gilt tops. London: Tylston & Edwards, 11893-4. Exceptionally fine set. =$75.00=
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=
46A Another Copy of the same edition. Bound in original red cloth, white paper label. =$2.25=
47 Bibliophilist's Library of Immortal Literature. Illustrated with etchings in two states--i. e., one set on hand-made 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, raised bands in gilt, gilt tops, uncut. Privately printed for subscribers only. =$100.00=
A limited numbered edition printed on Holland hand-made paper, water-marked especially for this unique issue.
The following titles comprise the work in its entirety: The Heptameron; Decameron of Boccaccio, Rabelais, Confessions of Rousseau, and Persian Letters, each title in two volumes.
The best edition of these remarkable classics ever written, and with the complete series of these remarkable illustrations, omitted from most issues.
48 Casanova (Jacques). The Memoirs of. Written by himself, now for the first time translated into English. 12 vols., 12mo. New 3/4 maroon morocco extra, gilt tooled backs, gilt tops, uncut. Privately printed, 1894. =$250.00=
An exceptionally fine and perfect copy in a most handsome binding. Seldom found in such pristine condition.
A series of adventures wilder and more fantastic than the wildest of romances.
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.; 1/2 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 3/4 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 paper label. =$2.25=
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 3/4 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 3/4 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 3/4 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 double set of plates with title pages printed on Japan vellum, for 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 3/4 crushed blue levant morocco extra, gilt backs with raised bands, gilt tops, uncut. New York: George D. Sproul, 1901.
Published at $120.00. =$40.00=
Connoisseurs' Edition, limited to only 45 numbered sets with double set of plates with title pages printed on Japan vellum, for subscribers only.
Contains a Chronological Bibliography. This unique edition is autographed by the editors.
56 Beaconsfield (Earl). Benjamin Disraeli. Complete Works. Illustrated with numerous finely executed photogravures printed on Japan vellum, and exquisite hand-colored frontispieces. 20 vols. 8vo.; 3/4 maroon morocco extra, elaborately gilt tooled back, gilt tops, uncut. New York and London. =$97.50=
The finely printed Chancellor's Edition, of which only a limited number of sets have been issued to subscribers only.
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 3/4 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. 3/4 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 3/4 polished levant morocco extra gilt bands with raised bands, gilt tops, uncut. Boston: Dana, Estes & Co.
Published at $320.00. =$120.00=
Warwick Edition, of which only a limited number of sets were issued for subscribers only.
This is the finest set of Bulwer issued, printed in large type on hand-made paper, and bound in the best French leather.
60 Another Copy of the same edition. Bound in maroon buckram. Japan vellum labels, gilt tops, uncut. 32 vols.
Published at $112.00. =$65.00=
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 3/4 morocco extra, gilt tooled backs, gilt tops. London: Murray, 1832-33. =$65.00=
"The handiest, pleasantest and altogether the most distinguished edition of Byron the world has yet seen. The decorative and illustrative frontispiece and vignette titles were engraved after Turner, Stanfield and others at a time when English line engraving 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 3/4 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 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.
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 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."