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150.

The Letters of Charles Dickens. 3 vols., 8vo, crushed red levant morocco, line-tooled, inside dentelles, gilt tops, uncut, by Riviere. Original cloth covers bound in. London, 1880-82

151.

FIRST EDITION.

Leigh Hunt and Harold Skimpole. An Unpublished Letter. Facsimile. Small 4to, limp boards. N. p., n. d.

ONE OF 25 COPIES PRIVATELY PRINTED FOR DISTRIBUTION AMONG HIS FRIENDS, BY CLEMENT SHORTER, AND AUTOGRAPHED BY HIM.

152. DORAN (DR. JOHN). Collected Set of his Works in FIRST EDITIONS. 25 vols., 8vo, original bindings, mostly cloth. London, v. d.

These delightful historical and gossipy memoirs are now difficult to obtain.

153. DOVES PRESS. Winship (George P.). William Caxton, a Paper read at a Meeting of the Club of Odd Volumes. Small 4to, boards, uncut. Hammersmith, 1909

ONE OF THE RARER DOVES PRESS publications, printed for the Club of Odd Volumes. Presentation copy, with the author's initials on the fly. leaf, and an accompanying letter referring to the book: "You have perfectly good reasons for not caring for my literary style, but even you will agree that I put it across when the most self conscious press in England made a book out of an American's ideas concerning the first English Printer"; etc.

154. Keats. 8vo, limp vellum, uncut.

Hammersmith, 1914

A HANDSOME COPY BOUND BY THE DOVES BINDERY. One of 200 copies.

155. DRAYTON (MICHAEL). Poems Lyrick and pastorall. Odes, Eglogs, The Man in the Moone. Large woodcut device on title. Small 8vo, crushed blue levant morocco, gilt back, line borders, gilt edges, by Riviere.

[At London: Printed by R. B. for N. L. and I. Flasket [1606?] OF THE UTMOST RARITY, no copy being in the Hoe collection. The pres ent copy HAS THE PRELIMINARY BLANK LEAF "A". The Twelve Odes and the "Man in the Moone" ARE HERE PRINTED FOR THE FIRST TIME.

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156. Poems. Newly Corrected by the Author. Small 8vo, crushed brown levant morocco, gilt back, line borders, gilt edges, by Riviere.

A FINE COPY OF THIS VERY EARLY EDITION.

London, 1610

157. Poems. Newly Corrected and Augmented. Engraved title (trimmed into at top and bottom). Small 8vo, crushed maroon levant morocco, Jansen style, gilt edges, by Riviere.

London: Printed by Willi: Stanby for John Smethwick, n. d.

158. DRINKWATER (JOHN). Typewritten Poem "Immortality." Signed, with his address (4 lines). 1 p., 4to. Slight tear (repaired).

159. DRYDEN (JOHN). Annus Mirabilis: The Year of Wonders, 1666. An Historical Poem. Small 8vo, full crushed

crimson levant morocco, gilt-tooled back and inside and outside borders, gilt edges, by Riviere.

London: Printed for Henry Herringman, 1667 FIRST EDITION. Has the leaf containing Errata on recto and Imprimatur on verso, "Roger L'Estrange, Novem 22. 1666.'' VERY SCARCE.

160. The Wild Gallant. A Comedy. Small 4to, crushed olive levant morocco, Jansen style, gilt edges, by Riviere. In the Savoy: Printed by Tho. Newcomb, 1669 This was Dryden's first dramatic essay.

161.

FIRST EDITION. Fine copy.

An Evening's Love; or, the Mock Astrologer. Small 4to, crushed olive levant morocco, Jansen style, gilt edges, by Riviere.

In the Savoy: Printed by T. N. for Henry Herringman, 1671
FIRST EDITION. Fine copy.

162. The Conquest of Granada by the Spaniards. In Two Parts. Acted at the Theatre-Royall. Small 4to, full crimson levant morocco, gilt tooled back, gilt and blind tooled lines on panels and inside borders, gilt edges, by Riviere.

In the Savoy: T. N. for Henry Herringman, 1672 FIRST EDITION. Both parts, with title and prologue. Has the extra leaf in signature C. The prose essays attached to the play contain some very important Shakespeare references, a number of the latter's plays being mentioned. Very fine copy. SCARCE. With the Hagen bookplate. 163. Amboyna: A Tragedy. Small 4to, crushed olive levant morocco, Jansen style, gilt edges, by Riviere.

London: Printed by T. N. for Henry Herringman, 1673 FIRST EDITION. Fine copy, with the two (a) leaves, Prologue and Persons Represented. SCARCE.

164.

Marriage A-la-Mode. A Comedy. Small 4to, crushed olive levant morocco, Jansen style, gilt edges, by Riviere.

London: Printed by T. N. for Henry Herringman, 1673 FIRST EDITION. Fine copy.

165. The Tempest; or, The Enchanted Island. A Comedy. Small 4to, crushed olive levant morocco, Jansen style, gilt edges, by Riviere. London: Priented [sic] by J. Macock, 1676 SECOND EDITION. A few paginations have been trimmed into.

166. The Kind Keeper. A Comedy. Small 4to, crushed olive levant morocco, Jansen style, gilt edges, by Riviere.

167.

London: Printed for R. Bentley and M. Magnes, 1680

FIRST EDITION.

The Medall. A Satyre against Sedition. Small 4to, crushed olive levant morocco, Jansen style, gilt edges, by Riviere. London: Printed for Jacob Tonson, 1682

FIRST EDITION. Fine copy.

168. Religio Laici, or a Laymans Faith. A Poem. Small 4to, crushed olive levant morocco, Jansen style, gilt edges, by Riviere. London: Printed for Jacob Tonson, 1682 FIRST EDITION. Very scarce. Fine copy. According to Gosse, there

were two editions published in 1682; this edition was published from Dryden's MS., the other copies made from the original MS.

169. The History of the League. Written in French by Monsieur Maimbourg. Translated into English by Dryden. Engraved frontispiece by Burghers. Thick small 8vo, full brown morocco, gilt edges, by The Club Bindery.

London: Printed by M. Flesher, 1684 VERY FINE COPY OF THE FIRST EDITION. An uncommon copy, containing at the end "The Postscript of the Translator," and the Table occupying 21 leaves, not in all copies. With the Chew bookplate.

170.

Amphitryon; or, The Two Sofia's. A Comedy. Small 4to, crushed olive levant morocco, Jansen style, gilt edges, by Riviere. London: Printed for J. Tonson, 1691 FIRST EDITION. Fine copy, with eight leaves of Music, the latter having separate title-page dated 1690.

171. Eleonora: A Panegyrical Poem: Dedicated to the Memory of the Late Countess of Abingdon. Small 4to, crushed olive levant morocco, Jansen style, gilt edges, by Riviere.

172.

FIRST EDITION.

London, 1692 Love Triumphant; or, Nature will Prevail. A TragiComedy. Small 4to, crushed olive levant morocco, Jansen style, gilt edges, by Riviere. London: Printed for Jacob Tonson, 1694 FIRST EDITION. A fine large copy, with the half-title.

173. [-] The Pilgrim. A Comedy. Written originally by Mr. Fletcher, and now very much Alter'd, with several Additions. Likewise a Prologue, Epilogue, Dialogue and Masque, Written by the late Great Poet Mr. Dryden just before his Death, being the Last of his Works. Small 4to, crushed olive levant morocco, Jansen style, gilt edges, by Riviere.

London: Printed for Benjamin Tooke, 1700 RARE. There were two editions issued in 1700. This has not the separate titles to the Dialogue and Masque, and is paged continuously.

174. DRYDEN AND LEE. The Duke of Guise. A Tragedy. Small 4to, crushed blue levant morocco, Jansen style, gilt edges, by De Sauty. London: Printed by T. H. for R. Bentley, 1683 FIRST EDITION. Fine copy, with the two unnumbered leaves of music at the end.

175. DU BARRY (COMTESSE). La Comtesse du Barry. Sa Vie Amoureuse, etc. Par Arsène Houssaye. With superb portraits of Madame Du Barry, in two proof states. 8vo, crushed crimson levant morocco, gilt backs, line borders, gilt edges, by Rousselle. Paris, 1878

ONE OF 25 COPIES ON CHINA PAPER. CHOICE COPY, with the Hoe bookplate.

176. DUMAS (ALEXANDRE, père). AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT, signed, on the Proclamation of the French Republic by M. de Lamartine. 6 pp., 4to, inlaid, and bound, with portrait, in crushed blue morocco, by Macdonald.

177. EGAN (PIERCE). Life in London; or, the Day and Night Scenes of Jerry Hawthorne, Esq. and his Elegant Friend Corinthian Tom, accompanied by Bob Logic, the Oxonian, in their Rambles and Sprees through the Metropolis. With 36 colored etchings by I. R. and George Cruikshank, and several vignette woodcuts, and engraved music. 8vo, full crimson crushed levant morocco, sides with double gilt fillet border, with sporting emblems in corners in gilt, front cover with prize ring and boxers in gilt; gilt panelled back with emblematical devices, scrollwork inside border, gilt top, by Root & Son.

London: Printed for Sherwood, Neely and Jones, 1821 LARGE AND FINE COPY, with the half-title, and the Advertisements, pp. 8, including the announcement of the publication of "The Annals of Sporting" in monthly numbers.

"Second Edition,"

With the footnote at page 9, which commences designated by Cohn as the Spurious First Edition.''

178. Life in London; or, The Day and Night Scenes of Jerry Hawthorne, Esq., and his elegant friend Corinthian Tom, accompanied by Bob Logic, the Oxonian, in their Rambles and Sprees through the Metropolis. Embellished with 36 scenes from real life, designed and etched by I. R. & G. Cruikshank; and with numerous original designs on wood, by the same artists. Large 8vo, original printed boards, skilfully rebacked, entirely uncut. In cloth slip case. London: Sherwood, Neely and Jones, 1822 With half-title, advertisements at end, and folding pages of engraved music.

179. ELIOT (GEORGE). Agatha. 12mo, sheets, uncut.

FIRST EDITION.

London, 1869 180. Writings. Illustrated with photogravure plates on heavy Japan paper. 22 vols.; Life, Letters and Journals, 3 vols. Together 25 vols., 8vo, cloth, uncut. Boston, 1908

LARGE PAPER EDITION, one of 750 copies.

181. ELYOT (THOMAS). The Boke named the Gouernor. Black Letter. Thick 12mo, purple morocco (title in facsimile, with woodcut border from 1534 edition mounted, small strip of margin cut from one leaf, 1 leaf slightly torn and a few small wormholes in one corner).

[London: Thomas Berthelet regius impressor, 1537] 182. ELZEVIR PRESS. Cicero. Cicero. Works. 10 vols. in nine, small 12mo, old red morocco, sumptuously gold-tooled, gilt edges. Lugd. Batavor: Ex Officina Elseviriana, 1642

A FINE SET OF THE ESTEEMED ELZEVIR EDITION, which Brunet says is 'très jolie et fort recherchée.''

EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED GEMS FROM THE COLLECTION OF DR. THOMAS ADDIS EMMET

NUMBERS 183-192

CARSON'S HISTORY OF THE SUPREME COURT

183. CARSON (HAMPTON L). The Supreme Court of the United States. Its History. Illustrated by etched portraits of all

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