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225 Ovid's Metamorphoses. Translated by the most Eminent Hands. Also, Ovid's Art of Love, together with His Remedy of Love. Translated into English Verse by Dryden, Congreve, and others. To which are added, the Court of Love, A Tale from Chaucer, and the History of Love. Illustrated with many fine, curious and amatory copper-plates. Unexpurgated Edition. 3 vols. 12mo. New 3/4 maroon morocco levant inlays, gilt tops. London: Davies, Becket, Caslon, Cadel, Robinson, Evans, and J. & R. Tonson, 1764-1773. =$22.50=

An exceptionally neat little set with the scarce volume of Art of Love, Court of Love, and History of Love added. The many curious copper-plates are the earliest impressions.

226 Pugilism. Fistiana; or, The Oracle of the Ring. Comprising a Defence of British Boxing. A Brief History of Pugilism, from the earliest Ages to the Present Period. By the Editor of Bells Life in London. 16mo. original cloth gilt, gilt edges. London, 1841. Scarce. =$5.00=

Contains Chronological Tables of Prize Battles, from 1780 to 1840 inclusive, alphabetically arranged with the issue of each event. Also, scientific hints on sparring, etc. etc.

226A Pugilism. Boxiana; or, Sketches of Ancient and Modern Pugilism, from the Days of the Renowned Broughton and Slack--to the championship of Cribb. By Pierce Egan. Illustrated with numerous copper-plate portraits, boxing scenes (some folding plates), of which one is etched by George Cruikshank (very scarce). Also the New Series of Boxiana, being the only original and complete Lives of the Boxers, with many engraved portraits. Together 5 vols. 8vo. pictorial boards (3 vols. paper rebacked), uncut. London, 1823-29. =$65.00=

A very fine set of this the only complete and authentic work on Boxiana by the inimitable Pierce Egan.

227 Pepys (Samuel). Diary and Correspondence of Samuel Pepys, M.A., F.R.S., Clerk of the Acts and Secretary to the Admiralty. Transcribed from the Shorthand Manuscript in the Pepysian Library, Magdalene College, Cambridge, by the Rev. Mynors Bright. With a Life and Notes by Lord Braybrooke. Facsimiles. 10 vols. 8vo. 3/4 blue morocco, gilt tops and backs, uncut. New York: Dodd, Mead & Co., 1884. =$45.00=

Large Paper Edition limited to only 150 numbered and signed copies, finely printed on Holland paper.

From the library of Herbert Carleton Wright with his armorial book-plate in each volume.

228 Pope (Alexander). Works, with Memoir of the Author, Notes and Critical Notices on each poem by G. Croly. With fine steel portrait, frontispieces and vignette titles. 4 vols. 12mo. New 3/4 polished wine colored calf extra, gilt tooled backs, blue levant labels, gilt tops, uncut. London: Valpy, 1835. =$20.00=

This unexpurgated edition contains: Eloisa to Abelard; The Dunciad; Sappho to Phaon; January and May; The Wife of Bath, etc. etc.

229 Poe (Edgar Allan) Complete Works. With etched portrait and 24 quaint photogravure illustrations. 8 vols. 12mo. New 3/4 wine colored polished calf extra, full gilt tooled backs with blue and green levant labels, gilt tops, uncut. London and Philadelphia, 1895. =$40.00=

Edition de Luxe, limited to 100 numbered sets only.

230 Pickering's Aldine Poets. The Poetical Works of Thomas Parnell. Portrait. 16mo. full morocco gilt. London: Pickering, 1833. =$3.50=

First Issue of this series of Poets.

231 Peerage. The Manual of Rank and Nobility; or, Key to the Peerage. Containing the origin and history of all the various Titles, Orders and Dignities, etc., etc., of the British Nobility; with the origin and history of the Royal Titles, Prerogatives, Ceremonies, Great Officers of State, and of His Majesty's Household, etc. 8vo. half brown polished calf, red and green leather labels. London, 1828. =$5.00=

232 Psyche, with Other Poems. With fine stipple portrait. New edition. 8vo. old mottled calf, rebacked. London, 1812. =$2.50=

233 Queens of England. Strickland (Agnes). Lives of the Queens of England, from the Norman Conquest. With an Introduction by John Foster Kirk. With numerous full-page plates (some in colors.) And with special frontispieces printed on Whatman paper, carefully colored by hand. 16 vols. finely bound in red silk cloth, white paper labels, gilt tops, uncut. Philadelphia. Printed for subscribers only. =$48.00=

Imperial Edition, of which only a limited number of sets with the hand-colored frontispieces were issued.

Attention is directed to the very complete index. This is an index for the whole sixteen volumes, and is issued with the last. By its use, immediate reference can be made to any person, place, or event, thus making the series, in addition to being the most delightful reading, valuable reference books.

234 Reynolds (George W. M.). The Mysteries of the Courts of London. Unexpurgated Edition. With numerous etchings on Japan vellum and a frontispiece on Whatman paper finely colored by hand. 20 vols. 8vo. New 3/4 crushed blue levant morocco extra, gilt tooled backs, with tulip designs inlaid in white levant, gilt tops, uncut. London. Privately printed for members of the Oxford Society.

Published at $300.00. =$160.00=

De Luxe Edition, limited to 1,000 numbered sets.

Contents: Pauline Clarendon; Rose Foster, 2 vols.; Mrs. Fitzherbert; Caroline Walters; Venetia Trelawney, 5 vols.; Lady Saxondale's Crimes, 5 vols.; The Fortunes of the Ashtons, 5 vols.

A very fine set of these startling and facetious narratives, and the complete writings of Reynolds, entirely unexpurgated, many pages and passages having been suppressed in other editions.

235 Reade (Charles) Complete Works. Illustrated with 64 photogravures on Japan vellum. 18 vols. 8vo. 3/4 morocco extra, gilt tooled backs, gilt tops, uncut. New York.

Published at $100.00. =$60.00=

An excellent edition, printed in clear type on hand-made paper.

236 Richardson (Samuel) Complete Works. With a Life of the Author, by William Lyon Phelps. Comprising: Pamela; Clarissa Harlowe, and The History of Sir Charles Grandison. Unexpurgated Edition. With numerous illustrations finely printed on Japan vellum. 18 vols. 8vo. cloth, Japan paper labels, gilt tops, uncut. New York: Croscup & Sterling, 1901.

Published at $95.00. =$30.00=

Edition de Luxe, limited to 1,230 numbered and registered sets for subscribers only. This is the best edition of Richardson's unexpurgated writings, splendidly printed on large paper, and finely illustrated.

237 Ruskin (John) Complete Works. With numerous illustrations on Japan vellum, some finely printed in colors. 26 vols. 8vo. New 3/4 dark blue levant morocco extra, gilt backs, with raised bands, gilt tops, uncut. New York: Bryan & Taylor, 1904. =$125.00=

Edition de Luxe, limited to 750 numbered sets, printed on Large Paper.

The best and most complete edition issued of the greatest writer on nature, art, and architecture that ever lived.

238 Riley (James Whitcomb) Complete Writings. With portrait and many photogravure illustrations finely printed on Japan vellum. 14 vols. Post 8vo. New 3/4 dark green morocco, gilt tops and backs, uncut. New York: Scribners & Sons, 1906. =$49.00=

Homestead Edition, of which only a limited number of sets were issued. These are the complete writings of Riley compiled and gathered by the author himself.

239 Scott (Sir Walter). Waverly Novels. With Introductory Essay and Essay, by Andrew Lang. With numerous exquisite etchings and photogravures finely printed on Japan vellum. 54 vols. 8vo. New 3/4 blue levant morocco extra, gilt tooled backs with raised bands, gilt tops, uncut. Boston: Dana Estes, 1900.

Published at $405.00. =$250.00=

New Abbotsford Edition, limited to 1,000 numbered sets, printed on laid deckle-edged paper for subscribers only.

An exceptionally well printed set in a most appropriate binding.

240 Scott (Sir Walter). Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border; consisting of Historical and Romantic Ballads, collected in the Southern Countries of Scotland; with a few of modern date, 8vo. half contemporary calf, gilt. Edinburgh, 1806. =$7.50=

Very fine copy of the third and best edition. From the library of Robert Tindal with his book-plate.

241 Sumner (Charles) Complete Works. Edited by George F. Hoar. Illustrated with 21 photogravures and steel engraved portraits, finely printed on Japan vellum. 20 vols. 8vo. red buckram, Japan paper labels, gilt tops, uncut. Boston: Lee & Shepard, 1900.

Published at $70.00. =$30.00=

Statesman Edition, printed on water-marked deckle-edged paper, and limited to 1,000 numbered sets only.

A fine large type edition.

242 Smollett (Tobias) Complete Works. With the Author's Preface, and an Introduction by G.H. Maynadier. Unexpurgated Edition. Illustrated with many fine etchings in two states--one set on Japan vellum, the other on India paper, with one set of frontispieces finely colored by hand. 12 vols. 8vo. New 3/4 crushed levant morocco extra, gilt tooled backs with red levant inlays, gilt tops, uncut. New York: George D. Sproul, 1902. =$110.00=

Edition limited to 150 numbered and registered sets, finely printed on Holland paper for subscribers only.

An exceptionally well printed edition on large paper and with early impressions of the beautiful illustrations.

243 Smollett (Tobias) Complete Works. Edited by George Saintsbury. Unexpurgated Edition. Illustrated with portrait and many fine photogravures printed on Japan vellum. 12 vols. 12mo. New 3/4 polished light brown calf extra, gilt tooled backs, with purple and green levant labels, gilt tops, uncut. London: Gibbings & Co., 1895. =$39.50=

An exceptionally well printed handy volume edition, in a neat binding.

244 Smollett (Tobias) Complete Works. With the Author's preface, and an Introduction by W. E. Henley. With photogravure illustrations on Japan vellum, of which the frontispieces are colored by hand. 12 vols. 8vo. half red leather, gilt tops and backs, uncut. New York: Jenson Society, 1907. =$35.00=

Unexpurgated Edition, limited to 1,000 numbered and registered sets.

245 Secret Memoirs of the Courts of Europe, from the 16th to the 19th Century. Contains: Two Kaisers: William II. of Germany, Francis Joseph of Austria-Hungary. By the Marquise de Fontenoy, 2 vols.; The Secret Memoirs of the Court of St. Petersburg, particularly toward the end of the reign of Catharine II. and the commencement of that of Paul I., 1 vol.; Memoirs of the Court of Marie Antoinette, Queen of France. By Madame Campan, 2 vols.; Original Memoirs of the Sovereigns of Sweden and Denmark. By John Brown. 2 vols.; Memoirs of Madame la Marquise de Montespan, 2 vols.; Memoirs of Margaret de Valois, Queen of Navarre, containing the Secret History of the Court of France for seventeen years, viz.: from 1565 to 1582, during the Reigns of Charles IX. and Henry III., 1 vol. With many photogravure illustrations after nature, designs, paintings, and portraits. 10 vols. 8vo. watered silk finish cloth, gilt tops, uncut. Philadelphia: Barrie & Sons. Privately printed for subscribers only.

Published Price $150.00. =Our Special Price $45.00=

This is an unexpurgated edition of the only authentic Memoirs of the Courts of Europe published--many of the most startling and facetious passages having been omitted from all other editions.

246 Sue (Eugene) The Works of. Illustrated with original full-page etchings printed on Japan vellum. Unexpurgated Edition. 20 vols. 8vo. 3/4 maroon levant morocco extra, cloth sides, finely gilt tooled backs with red levant inlays, gilt tops, uncut. London and New York. =$95.00=

Annecy Edition, of which only a limited number of sets were issued with remarque proofs of the beautiful etchings.

247 Symonds (John Addington). Wine, Woman and Song: Medieval Latin Students' Songs, now first translated into English Verse with an Essay. Woodcut illustrations. Post 8vo. cloth, uncut. New York and London, 1907. =$3.00=

Second Edition, with an appendix. Fine copy.

248 Smith (Albert). The Struggles and Adventures of Christopher Tadpole. With 26 full-page etchings by John Leech. 8vo. cloth, uncut. London, 1897. =$5.00=

First Edition. Contains a biographical sketch of the author by Edmund Yates.

249 Stockton (Frank R.) Stories of New Jersey. 12mo. original cloth. New York, etc. =$1.50=

First Edition.

250 Songster. Grigg's Southern and Western Songster. Being a Choice Collection of the most Fashionable Songs, many of which are original. 16mo. old sprinkled calf. Philadelphia, 1829. =$3.50=

New Edition, greatly enlarged.

251 Spenser (Edmund) Poetical Works. With Memoir and Critical Dissertations, by George Gilfillan, 5 vols. 8vo. New 3/4 red levant morocco extra, gilt backs, with raised bands, gilt tops, Edinburgh: James Nichol, 1859. =$15.00=

A very neat set of Spenser's complete Poetical Works.

252 Tatler, The. Edited with Introduction and notes by George A. Aitkin. Contains fine portraits from contemporary prints of Addison, Steele, and Swift. 8vo. New 3/4 red levant morocco, gilt tooled backs, Morris paper sides, gilt tops, uncut. New York and London, 1899. 4 vols. =$18.00=

Large type and large paper edition in a handsome binding. Limited number of sets only have been printed.

253 Tennyson (Alfred, Lord) Works. With a Preface by Elizabeth L. Cary. Illustrated in photogravure from original designs by F.S. Coburn and Gustave Doré. 8 vol. 8vo. blue buckram, gilt backs, tops gilt, uncut. New York and London: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1909. =$20.00=

Centenary Edition, limited to 1,000 signed and numbered sets, printed in large type on hand-made paper.

254 Thackeray (W. M.) Complete Works. Many illustrations by the author and others. 24 vols. 3/4 crushed blue levant morocco extra, gilt tooled backs, floreated designs with red levant inlays, gilt tops, uncut. London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1869. =$150.00=

This edition has originally been issued in 22 vols., but 2 vols. of the Life of Thackeray have been subsequently added--making this the most complete set in existence. A splendid copy of the best edition.

255 Tennyson (Alfred). Gareth and Lynette. Illustrated. 12mo. original cloth. Boston, 1872. =$4.00=

First Edition. Scarce.

256 Tennyson (Alfred). The Song of the Brook. With 15 full-page photogravures, after original drawings by William J. Mozart. 4to. cloth. Troy, N.Y. (1886). =$2.00=

257 Timbs (John). The Romance of London. Historic Sketches, Remarkable Duels, Notorious Highwaymen, Rogueries, Crimes, Punishments, and Love and Marriage. 12mo. half calf. London, n. d. =$2.50=

258 Tomson (Graham R.). The Bird-Bride. A Volume of Ballads and Sonnets. Post 8vo. original cloth, uncut. London, 1889. =$3.50=

First Edition, of which only a limited number were printed on Holland paper.

259 Thackerayana. Notes and Anecdotes. Illustrated by hundreds of sketches (many full-page colored plates) by William Makepeace Thackeray. Depicting humorous incidents in his school life, etc. 8vo. half red levant morocco extra, gilt paneled back, gilt top. London, 1875. =$7.50=

The rare first edition (which was suppressed on account of the copyright matter it contained.) A rare Thackeray item.

260 Taine (H. A.). History of English Literature. Translated from the French by H. Van Laun. With preface by R.H. Stoddard. Illustrated with fine steel engravings. 4 vols. New 3/4 maroon morocco extra, linen sides, gilt tops and backs, uncut. New York: Worthington Co., 1891. =$12.00=

Fine large type edition.

261 Tolstóy (Leo N.). The Living Corpse. A Drama in Six Acts and Twelve Tableaux. Translated from the Russian by Anna M. Evarts. 12mo. cloth. New York, 1919. =$1.00=

It is Tolstóy's protest against the absurdity of certain marriage and divorce laws which he shows up with masterly satire.

261A Tolstóy (Leo N.). Complete writings. Translated from the original Russian and edited by Leo Wiener. With numerous illustrations finely printed on Japan vellum. 28 vols, 8vo., red cloth, Japan paper labels, gilt tops, uncut. Boston: Dana Estes (1904). =$75.00=

Edition de Luxe, limited 1,000 numbered sets. This is the most complete edition issued, printed in large type on special hand-made paper for subscribers only.

261B Another copy. Bound in new three-quarter levant morocco, extra, gilt tooled backs, gilt tops, uncut. Boston: Dana Estes (1904). Published at $240.00. =$145.00=

Edition de Luxe, limited to 1,000 numbered sets, issued to subscribers only.

A magnificent set in a most sumptuous binding.

262 Valpy's Shakespeare. The Plays and Poems of Shakespeare, according to the Imperial Text of Edmund Malone, including the latest revisions, with a Life, Glossarial Notes, and Index. Edited by A. J. Valpy. With 170 exquisite outline illustrations from designs by England's best artists. 15 vols. 12mo. full crushed blue levant morocco extra, gilt paneled backs, with raised bands, inside gilt borders, original marbled edges. London: Bohn, 1857. =$65.00=

This edition, edited by Valpy and improved by Malone, is the best of the handy volume edition published. The illustrations are magnificent and drawn with great skill and exactness.

263 Verne (Jules) Complete Works. Edited by Charles F. Horne. With many full-page illustrations printed on laid paper, and five of the photogravures are finely colored by hand. 15 vols. 8vo. New 3/4 light blue levant morocco extra, full gilt tooled backs, gilt tops, uncut. New York and London: Vincent Parke & Co., 1911. =$90.00=

Limited Edition de Luxe, printed in large type on water-marked paper especially for this edition.

These are the complete unexpurgated writings of Jules Verne.

264 Another Copy of this work. Prince of Wales Edition. With very fine illustrations, some hand-colored. Original red buckram, gilt stamped backs, gilt tops, uncut. New York and London: Vincent Parke & Co.

Published at $60.00. =$30.00=

265 Voltaire (Francois) Complete Works. Translated by Wm. Fleming, with Introduction by O. H. G. Leigh, and Notes by Tobias Smollet. Also, a critique and biography by John Morley. Finely illustrated with 132 colored and black and white drawings on plate paper. 22 vols. 8vo. red interlaken cloth, gilt tops, uncut.

Published at $64.00. =$24.00=

266 Walford (Edward). Tales of Our Great Families. 2 vols. Post 8vo. 1/2 blue levant morocco extra, gilt tooled backs, gilt tops. London, 1877. =$7.50=

First Edition, fine copy.

Contents: The Two Fair Gunnings; The Three Miss Walpoles; The Bad Lord Stourton; The Witty Duke of Wharton; An Eccentric Lady, etc., etc.

267 Walford (Edward). Chapters from Family Chests. 2 vols. Post 8vo. 1/2 red levant morocco extra, raised bands, gilt tops, uncut. London, 1887. =$7.50=

First Edition. Very fine uncut copy.

Contents: The Bad Lord Byron; The Escape of Lady Ogilvy; A Romance of the House of Audley; An Incident in the House of Montgomery; Bess of Hardwicke; Three Very Fair Seymours, etc.

268 Curiosa. The Case of the Unfortunate Bosavern Penlez. London. Printed for T. Clement, 1749. Bound in same volume. A True State of the Case of Bosavern Penlez, who suffered on account of the late Riot in the Strand, in which the Law regarding these Offences, and the Statute of George the First, commonly called the Riot Act, are fully considered. By Henry Fielding. First Edition. Post 8vo., boards, green leather back. London: printed for A. Miller, 1749. =$10.00=

A scarce Fielding item, in very fine condition.

269 Curiosa. Henry the Eighth, and George the Fourth; or, the Case Fairly Stated. By Thomas Harral. Second Edition, with additions. Frontispiece containing four finely engraved portraits. 12mo., old half calf, board sides. London, 1820. Scarce. =$7.50=

Contents: Strictures, historical and illustrative, on the English Law of Divorce; with a General View of the Modes of Adultery in the Ecclesiastical Courts, etc.; Historical Sketch of the Trials of Henry the Eighth's Queens--Catharine of Arragon, Anne Boleyn and Catharine Howard; Narrative of the Proceedings Against Her Majesty, Caroline Amelia Elizabeth, whilst Princess of Wales, etc., etc.

270 Johnson (Samuel). The Life of. Comprehending an Account of his Studies and Numerous Works. By James Boswell. Illustrated. 4 vols. Johnson's Lives of the British Poets. Compiled by William Hazlitt. Illustrated. 4 vols. The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides with Samuel Johnson. By James Boswell. Illustrated. Together 9 vols. Post 8vo., half blue polished calf, leather labels, gilt tops, uncut. London, n. d. =$20.00=

A well printed handy edition of the Life of Johnson, and his Lives of the British Poets, including his Tour to the Hebrides.

271 Apuleius, the Works of. Comprising the Metamorphoses, or Golden Ass, the God of Socrates, the Florida, and his Defence, or a Discourse on Magic. A new translation, to which are added a Metrical Version of Cupid and Psyche, and Mrs. Tighe's Psyche. Finely engraved frontispiece. 12mo. New three-quarter red levant morocco extra, gilt tooled back, gilt top. London, 1889. =$7.50=

An expurgated edition with additional notes.

272 A'Beckett (G. A.). The Comic History of England. With 20-full-page hand-colored etchings and 200 woodcuts, by John Leech. 2 vols. bound in one. 8vo., full polished claret calf extra, full gilt-back (slightly rubbed), marbled edges. London: Bradbury, Agnew & Co., n. d. =$10.00=

An exceptionally fine copy with early impressions of Leech's best work--finely colored by hand.

273 Carlyle (Thomas). A History of the First Forty Years of His Life, 1795-1835. 2 vols. Also, A History of his Life in London. 1834-1881. 2 vols. Portrait. By James Anthony Froude. Together 4 vols. 8vo., original cloth. New York: Scribners, 1882-84. =$7.50=

This is scarce First American Edition.

274 Homer. The Iliad of. Translated by Alexander Pope. With Observations on Homer and His Works, and Brief Notes, by J. S. Watson. With portrait and complete series of outline engravings by Flaxman. Thick 12mo. New three-quarter maroon morocco extra, gilt tooled back, gilt top, uncut. London, 1873. =$6.00=

A fine printed edition with clear impressions of Flaxman's designs.

275 London. Saunterings in and About London. By Max Schlesinger. With numerous illustrations by McCullough. Post 8vo. Half blue polished calf, leather labels, gilt tops, uncut. London, 1853. =$3.50=

276 London. Picturesque Sketches of London, Past and Present. By Thomas Miller. Numerous illustrations. Post 8vo. Half green polished calf, leather labels, gilt top, uncut. London, n. d. =$3.50=

277 Myths and Folk-tales, of the Russians, Western Slavs, and Magyars. By Jeremiah Curtin. 8vo., original cloth, uncut. Boston, 1890. =$3.00=

Fine copy of the First Edition.

278 Ruskin (John). Poems by. Collected and edited by James Osborne Wright. With finely etched frontispiece. Royal 8vo., original cloth, uncut. N. Y., 1882. =$5.00=

With Mr. Wright's inscription, "Only 50 copies printed."

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