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176. DAUDET (ALPHONSE). Novels. Novels. Comprising: Artists' Wives; Recollections of a Literary Man; Robert Helmont; Thirty Years of Paris; Sappho; Kings in Exile; Tartarin on the Alps; Tartarin of Tarascon; Jack, 2 vols. Translated by Laura Ensor. Illustrations, frontispieces in colors on Japan paper. 10 vols., half blue crushed levant morocco, gilt tops, uncut.

One of 25 copies.

London J. M. Dent & Co., 1896

177. DE RICCI (SEYMOUR). The Book Collector's Guide. A Practical Handbook of British and American Bibliography. 8vo, buckram. Philadelphia, 1921

Limited Edition.

178. DIBDIN (REV. T. F.). The Library Companion; or, The Young Man's Guide and the Old Man's Comfort in the Choice of a Library. 2nd edition, 8vo, newly bound in two-thirds morocco, gilt top. London, 1825

179. DICKENS (CHARLES). Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby. With illustrations by "Phiz". 8vo, half green morocco, gilt edges. London: Chapman and Hall, 1839

180.

FIRST EDITION. Fine Copy.

The Battle of Life. A Love Story. Illustrations by Stanfield, Doyle, Maclise and Leech. Second issue of the First Edition, in the original red cloth covers.

London, 1846

Has the advertisement referring to "Dombey and Son" and "Oliver Twist."'

181.

Dombey and Son. Illustrations by H. K. Browne. 8vo, half green morocco, gilt edges.

FIRST EDITION. Fine copy. London: Bradbury and Evans, 1848

182. The Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain. A Fancy for Christmas Time. Illustrated by John Leech and others. FIRST EDITION, in the original red cloth covers.

183.

184.

London, 1848

To be Read at Dusk. 8vo, sewn, uncut. London, 1852 SCARCE. Reprint of the First Edition.

Forster (John). The Life of Charles Dickens. Portraits, fac-similes, etc. 3 vols., 12mo, newly bound in three-quarter crimson morocco, gilt tops. Philadelphia, 1872

185. Is She His Wife? or, Something Singular. A Comic Burletta in one Act. 32mo, brown cloth.

186.

VERY SCARCE. No copies of the first edition are known.

brown cloth.

Boston, 1877

Mr. Nightingale's Diary. A Farce in one act. 32mo,
Boston, 1877

THE FIRST PUBLISHED EDITION.

187. Pailthorpe (F. W.). 21 Etchings, Proofs on India paper, to illustrate Great Expectations. Tall 8vo, in portfolio.

London, 1885

188. DU CANE (FLORENCE). The Flowers and Gardens of Japan, London, 1908; Along the Rivieras of France & Italy (Home), London, 1908; The Last Days of Pompeii (Bulwer), Boston, n. d.; Some Roads to Rome in America (Curtis), St. Louis, 1910. 5 vols., 8vo and 12mo.

189. DUNSANY (LORD). If. A Play in Four Acts. 12mo, cloth, uncut. London, [1921]

FIRST EDITION.

190. DOYLE (JAMES E.). A Chronicle of England. B. C. 55—A. D. 1485. Illustrations engraved and printed in colors by Edmund Evans. 4to, full red straight-grain morocco, gilt edges. London, 1864

Nice copy.

191. ECHARD (LAURENCE). A General Ecclesiastical History from the Nativity of our Blessed Saviour to the First Establishment of Christianity by Humane Laws, under the Emperour Constantine the Great. Map. Folio, old panelled calf, rebacked. London, 1702

192. EGAN (PIERCE). The Show Folks. With wood engravings by Theo. Lane. 16mo, original printed wrappers.

FIRST EDITION.

London, 1831

193. ELLISTON (ROBERT WM., Comedian). The Life and Enterprise of: By George Raymond. 12mo, three-quarter crushed green levant, gilt-top, uncut. London, 1857

Illustrated by Geo. Cruikshank and "Phiz'', and extra-illustrated by the addition of 65 rare and fine portraits, many of which are early stipple engraved. Laid in is an autograph note and a cancelled check of Elliston's for £250.

194. ELSTON PRESS. The Art and Craft of Printing. By William Morris. Woodcut vignette and borders. 8vo, boards, linen back, uncut. New Rochelle, 1902

One of 210 copies.

195. The Rape of the Lock. By Alexander Pope; Comus. By John Milton; Pandosta. By Robert Greene; Rosalynde. By Thomas Lodge. 4 vols., 8vo, uncut. New Rochelle, 1902

One of 160 copies.

196. ELZEVIR PRESS. M. T. Ciceronis de Officiis libri tres. Engraved title. Small 12mo, old calf (worn, and name on title). Amstelodami, 1677

ENGLISH HISTORY

The following numbers, 197 to 227, have leather labels on the back, stamped in gold, reading "English Historical Library"

197. AIKIN (LUCY). Memoirs of the Court of King James the First. FIRST EDITION. 1822; Memoirs of the Court of Queen

Elizabeth. 2 vols., 1826; Memoirs of the Court of King Charles the First. 2 vols., 1833. Portraits (foxed). 6 vols., 8vo, half calf. London, 1822-33

198. BURTON (THOMAS). Diary. Edited and illustrated with Notes Historical and Biographical, by John Towill Rutt. 3 frontispieces. 4 vols., 8vo, calf (bindings poor). London, 1828

FIRST EDITION.

199. [CARTE (THOMAS).] The Life of James Duke of Ormond: containing an account of the most remarkable affairs of his Time. 6 vols., 8vo, polished calf. Oxford, 1851

200. CATTERMOLE (RICHARD). The Great Civil War of Charles I. and the Parliament. 15 engravings, from drawings by George Cattermole (some foxed). 2 vols., 8vo, polished calf.

London, 1841

201. CLARENDON (EDWARD, EARL OF). The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England, together with an Historical View of the Affairs of Ireland. 7 vols., 1849; The Life of Edward, Earl of Clarendon. Written by Himself. 2 vols., 1857. 9 vols., 8vo, polished calf (slightly rubbed). Oxford, 1849-57

Best Library Edition.

202. D'ISRAELI (ISAAC). Commentaries on the Life and Reign of Charles the First, King of England. 5 vols., 8vo, half calf (rubbed). London, 1828-31

FIRST EDITION.

203. ELTON (CHARLES). Origins of English History. 8vo, polished calf. London, 1882

FIRST EDITION. Large Type Library Edition.

204. EVELYN (JOHN). Diary, to which are added a selection from his familiar Letters and the private Correspondence between King Charles I. and Sir Edward Nicholas. Edited from the original MSS. by Sir Edward Bray. With a Life of the Author, by Henry B. Wheatley. Numerous photographic portraits and views. 4 vols., 8vo, polished calf (slightly chipped). London, 1879 Bicker's fine Large Type Library Edition.

205. FREEMAN (EDWARD A.). The History of the Norman Conquest of England, its Causes and its Results; with Index. Maps. 6 vols., 8vo, polished calf. Oxford, 1877

Fine Library Edition, printed at the Clarendon Press.

206. FROUDE (JAMES ANTHONY). History of England from the Fall of Wolsey to the Death of Elizabeth. 12 vols., 8vo, polished calf. London, 1862-70

Fine set of the Large Type Library Edition.

207. GAIRDNER (JAMES). History of the Life and Reign of Richard the Third. Portrait. 12mo, polished calf.

London, 1879

208. GARDINER (SAMUEL RAWSON). A History of England under the Duke of Buckingham and Charles I. 1624-1628, 2 vols., 1875; The Personal Government of Charles I., 2 vols., 1877. 4 vols., 8vo, polished and panelled calf (2 hinges cracked, and bindings rubbed). London, 1875-7

FIRST EDITIONS. Large Type Library Editions.

209. GREEN (JOHN RICHARD). History of the English People. Maps. 4 vols., 8vo, polished calf.

Fine edition.

London, 1881

210. GREVILLE (CHARLES C. F.). The Greville Memoirs. A Journal of the Reigns of King George IV. and King William IV. Edited by Henry Reeve. 3 vols., 8vo, calf. London, 1874

FIRST EDITION.

211. HALLAM (HENRY). The Constitutional History of England. 3 vols., 8vo, polished calf. London, 1867 Murray's fine Library Edition.

212. HUME (DAVID) AND SMOLLETT (T.). History of England. 13 vols., 1792-1812; With Adolphus's History of England. 3 vols., 1810. 13 vols., 8vo, calf (bindings poor).

London, 1792-1812

213. JESSE (JOHN HENEAGE). Memoirs of the Court of England from the Revolution in 1688 to the Death of George the Second. Portraits (foxed). 3 vols., 8vo, calf (bindings poor).

FIRST EDITION.

London, 1843

214. A Collection of his Historical Works. Comprising: Memoirs of the Court of England during the Reign of the Stuarts. 4 vols., 1840; Memoirs of the Pretenders and their Adherents. 2 vols., 1845; Literary and Historical Memorials of London. 2 vols., 1847; London and its Celebrities. 2 vols., 1850; Memoirs of King Richard the Third. Presentation copy from the author. 1862; Memoirs of the Life and Reign of King George the Third. 3 vols., 1867; George Selwyn and his Contemporaries. 4 vols., 1882. Frontispieces. 18 vols., 8vo, polished calf (some vols. slightly rubbed). New York, 1840-82

FIRST EDITIONS, with the exception of the last two mentioned. Large Type Library Editions.

215. KEMBLE (JOHN MITCHELL). The Saxons in England. A History of the English Commonwealth till the period of the Norman Conquest. 2 vols., 8vo, polished calf.

Fine copy of the Large Type Library Edition.

London, 1876

216. LAPPENBERG (J. M.). A History of England under the Anglo-Saxons. 2 vols., 1845; A History of England under the Norman Kings, 1847. 3 vols., 8vo, polished calf.

London and Oxford, 1845-7

217. LINGARD (JOHN). A History of England, from the first Invasion by the Romans. 14 vols., 8vo; calf (some covers loose, a few backs chipped, and a number of labels missing).

218. MACAULAY (T. B.). Accession of James the Second. chipped).

Large Type Library Edition.

London, 1825-31

The History of England from the 5 vols., 8vo, polished calf (backs London, 1858-61

219. MAHON (LORD). History of England from the Peace of Utrecht to the Peace of Aix-la-Chapelle. 7 vols., 8vo, half calf (some foxings, and labels missing from back). London, 1836-54 First 6 vols. are FIRST EDITION. Large Type Library Edition.

220. MARTIN (THEODORE). The Life of his Royal Highness the Prince Consort. Portraits and views. 5 vols., 8vo, calf. London, 1877-80

221. MAY (THOMAS ERSKINE). The Constitutional History of England, since the Accession of George the Third, 17601860. 2 vols., 8vo, polished calf. London, 1861

FIRST EDITION. Large Type Library Edition.

222. MCCARTHY (JUSTIN). A History of Our Own Times. 4 vols., 8vo, calf. London, 1879-80

FIRST EDITION. Large Type Library Edition.

223. PALGRAVE (SIR FRANCIS). The History of Normandy and of England. 4 vols., 8vo, polished calf.

FIRST EDITION. Large Type Library Edition.

London, 1851-64

From

224. PEPYS (SAMUEL). Diary and Correspondence. his MS. cypher in the Pepysian Library, with a Life and Notes, by Richard Lord Braybrooke. Deciphered, with additional Notes, by Rev. Mynors Bright. Numerous photographic portraits. 6 vols., 8vo, polished calf. London, 1875-9

Bicker's fine Large Type Library Edition.

225. STUBBS (WILLIAM). The Constitutional History of England in its Origin and Development. 3 vols., 8vo, polished calf (slightly rubbed). Oxford, 1880

Library Edition.

226. TURNER (SHARON). History of the Anglo-Saxons from the Earliest Period to the Norman Conquest. Map. 3 vols., 8vo, polished calf. London, 1836

227. WALPOLE (HORACE). Letters. Edited by Peter Cunningham. Numerous portraits. 9 vols., 8vo, polished calf. London, 1880

Bicker's fine edition.

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