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CATALOGUE CCVIII SPRING 2014 THE ROMANTICS: PART II. D-R De Quincey, Hunt, Keats, Lamb, Rogers, &c.

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THE ROMANTICS: PART II. D-R ISBN: 978 1 900718 99 8 Price £5.00 Front cover: portrait of John Keats, see item 267; rear cover: item 326.

Brian Lake Janet Nassau DE QUINCEY

DE QUINCEY, Thomas, 1785-1859 Born in Manchester into a family of prosperous textile merchants, De Quincey absconded from school at the age of sixteen, and came close to starvation while living on the streets of, at first Manchester, and then London, where he had his first encounters with opium. He eventually returned to his family, but his experiences forged a lasting impression, and would inform much of Confessions of an English Opium-Eater which caused a sensation when first serialised in the London Magazine in 1821. He became a prolific essayist, and wrote one novel, Klosterheim, first published in 1832. See also items 174 & 353.

Individual Works

CONFESSIONS OF AN ENGLISH OPIUM-EATER

1. Confessions of an English Opium-Eater. FIRST EDITION. Printed for Taylor & Hessey. Bound without half title or final ad. leaf; the odd spot; early newspaper clipping with biographical detail pasted in at end of ‘notice to the reader’. Contemp. half green morocco, spine gilt in compartments; spine sl. faded. Contemp. owner’s monogram on titlepage. A v.g. attractive copy. ¶Confessions of an English Opium-Eater was first published anonymously in the London Magazine in the autumn of 1821. A candid account of an all-consuming addiction, it became an overnight sensation, and would eventually make De Quincey a household name. The first book edition appeared the following year, the fourth edition in 1826. It was revised by De Quincey for Hogg’s collected edition of 1856, but the author’s sprawling revisions (the work more than doubled in length) were not entirely successful, the rawness of the original text being lost in biographical detail. 1822 £680

2. Confessions of an English Opium-Eater. 2nd edn. Printed for Taylor & Hessey. One gathering sl. proud. Contemp. half calf, black leather label; at some time rebacked, rubbed, with some loss of marbled paper on following board, head of spine chipped, inner hinges repaired. Small bookseller’s ticket: I. Wilson, Hull. A sound copy only. ¶With an early owner’s inscription on verso of leading f.e.p., which references Edward Barnard’s The Protestant Beadsman (1822). 1823 £100

3. Confessions of an English Opium-Eater. 3rd edn. Printed for Taylor & Hessey. Contemp. half calf, black leather label; spine & corners rubbed, hinges splitting. Armorial bookplate of Sir Joseph Verdin, Bart. Internally v. clean. 1823 £120

REVISED 4. Confessions of an English Opium-Eater. Now first carefully revised by the author, and greatly enlarged. 2nd edn. Edinburgh: James Hogg. (Selections Grave and Gay, vol. 5.) Orig. black cloth; spine carefully replaced with plain black cloth. v.g. ¶With the original preface for the 1821 first edition, and a new prefatory notice by the author dated Nov. 1856, indicating ‘revision of the entire work’. This is the fifth volume of a 14 volume collection of De Quincey’s works, published by James Hogg between 1853 & 1860, under the title Selections Grave & Gay. 1856 £150

KLOSTERHEIM ORIGINAL BOARDS 5. Klosterheim: or, The Masque. By the English Opium-Eater. FIRST EDITION. Edinburgh: William Blackwood; London: T. Cadell. Half title, final ad. leaf. Uncut in orig. drab boards, purple cloth spine, paper label sl. chipped; spine sl. dulled. Booklabels of Rev. H.J. Vincent DE QUINCEY

& C.C. Geest. A good-plus copy in brown cloth & morocco double slipcase. ¶Wolff 1785; not in Sadleir. Set in 17th century Bavaria, Klosterheim was De Quincey’s only novel. A work rooted firmly in the gothic tradition, it follows the fortunes of a besieged city, attacked from without by hostile Swedish troops, and from within by a mysterious and vengeful masked murderer. 1832 £480

6. Klosterheim: or, The Masque. ... FIRST EDITION. Edinburgh: William Blackwood; London: T. Cadell. Half title with small tear in outer margin without loss. Contemp. half maroon calf, black leather label; hinges & corners a bit rubbed. Booklabel of Douglas Grant. 1832 £225

FIRST AMERICAN EDITION 7. Klosterheim; or, The Masque. With a biographical preface, by Shelton Mackenzie. Boston: Whittemore, Niles, & Hall. Some gatherings browned. Orig. dark blue cloth, blocked in blind; spine darkened, rubbed. ¶The first American edition. 1855 £40

AUTOBIOGRAPHIC SKETCHES FIRST SERIES 8. Autobiographic Sketches. FIRST EDITION. Edinburgh: James Hogg. (Selections Grave and Gay, vol. 1.) Half title, final errata leaf. Orig. black cloth, spine lettered in gilt; leading hinge splitting & carefully repaired. A good-plus copy. ¶The first volume; including essays on ‘the nation of London’, Dublin, the French invasion of Ireland, infant literature, &c. ‘...in part they are to be viewed as entirely new...’ (Preface). 1853 £75

SECOND SERIES: AUGUSTUS HARE’S COPY 9. Autobiographic Sketches. FIRST EDITION. Edinburgh: James Hogg. (Selections Grave and Gay, vol. 2). Half title, errata slip. Orig. black cloth; spine sl. marked & chipped at head & tail. Armorial bookplate & label of Augustus J. C. Hare. ¶The second volume; assembled and enlarged from periodical articles, including essays on Grasmere, Coleridge, Wordsworth and Southey. 1854 £65

LETTERS TO A YOUNG MAN

10. Letters to a Young Man, and other papers. FIRST SEPARATE EDITION. Boston: Ticknor & Fields. Damp staining to outer margin of initial blank & sl. affecting title. Orig. dark brown cloth, blocked in blind. v.g. ¶Published in England as volume 14 of Selections Grave and Gay, 1860. This American edition is the first separate publication of this collection. Includes chapters on French and English manners, and California and the gold mania. 1858 £75

SPECULATIONS LITERARY AND PHILOSOPHIC

11. Speculations Literary and Philosophic. Stereotype edn. Edinburgh: James Hogg. (Selections Grave and Gay vol. 13.) Orig. black cloth; spine rubbed at head, otherwise v.g. ¶Includes De Quincey’s essay on Goethe’s Wilhelm Meister, A Universal History, Herder, and Lessing. [1860?] £45 DE QUINCEY

RICHARD BENTLEY

12. Richard Bentley, and other writings. Edinburgh: Adam & Charles Black. Half title, front. port; sl. spotted, faint traces of damp staining to outer margin of last few leaves. Contemp. blue binders’ cloth; spine darkened, a little rubbed. ¶Volume VI of De Quincey’s Works. Includes essays on Judas Iscariot, Cicero, Secret Societies, & Milton. 1863 £20

Biography &c.

13. FINDLAY, John Ritchie. Personal Recollections of Thomas De Quincey. FIRST EDITION. Edinburgh: Adam & Charles Black. Half title, front., titlepage with miniature port. onlay, one other plate. Uncut in orig. grey cloth, gilt, lettered in gilt; corners sl. bumped. v.g. ¶Based on notes of conversations 1852-59. 1886 £35

14. PAGE, H.A., pseud. (Alexander Hay Japp) Thomas De Quincey: his life and writings ... With unpublished correspondence. FIRST EDITION. 2 vols. John Hogg. Half titles, front. & 2pp ads vol. I, 4pp ads vol. II. Orig. brown cloth by Simpson & Renshaw; sl. marked, otherwise a v.g. bright copy. 1877 £68

‘ALMOST A NEW BOOK’ 15. JAPP, Alexander Hay. Thomas De Quincey: his life and writings. With unpublished correspondence. New edn, thoroughly revised, and rearranged with additional matter. With portraits, &c. John Hogg. Half title, front., 7pp cata. Uncut in orig. red cloth, spine lettered in black & gilt; spine sl. faded. v.g. ¶Published under Japp’s own name. New Preface: ‘This edition is almost a new book. Much has been added, much retrenched, many excrescences due to the circumstances under which the first edition was written pruned away’. 1890 £40 ______

GODWIN, William, 1756-1836 Although successful as a novelist, essayist and dramatist, it is for his groundbreaking works of political philosophy that Godwin is chiefly remembered. His most influential work was An Enquiry Concerning Political Justice, 1793, which attacked existing political institutions, and presented a system of fairer governance based on principles of education and enlightenment. His politics were evident in his fiction too, in particular inThings as They Are; or, The Adventures of Caleb Williams, 1794, which in part constituted a critique of aristocratic privilege. See also items 55 & 699.

Autograph Letter

16. ALS to Mrs. Robinson. ‘Thursday Feb 6’. ‘... With great pleasure I will do myself the honour of waiting on Mr. Robinson & yourself & the graces on Wednesday six o’clock. devotedly yours ...’. 9 lines on 1p. 4to. ¶Dated in pencil 1834; Godwin is known to have visited Thomas (brother of Henry Crabb) & Mrs Robinson in that year. [1834] £280 † 18 20 24

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Individual Works

THE HISTORY OF THE LIFE OF WILLIAM PITT

17. The History of the Life of William Pitt, the Earl of Chatham. 2nd edn. Printed for the Author. Mostly unopened. Uncut in orig. light blue flush boards, excellently rebacked. .g.v ¶ESTC T111149; 3 copies in British Isles: BL, Bodleian & Birmingham University. Godwin’s first published work. 1783 £320

IMOGEN

18. Imogen: A pastoral romance. From the ancient British. FIRST EDITION. 2 vols. Printed for William Lane, Leadenhall-Street. Half title & front. vol. I., ad. on verso of final leaf vol. II; vol. II bound without half title, occasional browning. 2 vols in 1 in 19th century half red morocco, red cloth sides; a little dulled. Small booklabel of Robert H. Hay, and partially erased later signature. A good-plus copy. ¶ESTC: N61141; BL and Oxford only in UK. “The following performance, as the title imports, was originally composed in the Welch language. Its style is elegant and pure. And if the translator has not, as many of his brethren have done, suffered the spirit of the original totally to evaporate, he apprehends it will be found to contain much novelty of conception, much classical taste, and great spirit and beauty in the execution.” Imogen, as with all Godwin’s early novels, is exceptionally SCARCE. 1784 £2,800

ITALIAN LETTERS

19. Italian Letters; or, The History of Count de St. Julian. Edited and with an introduction by Burton R. Pollin. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press. Half title. Orig. brown cloth. v.g. in sl. creased d.w. ¶Reprinted from the 1784 edition. “Assumed to be lost for the last 150 years, its republication has been made possible by Burton R. Pollin’s discovery of a single copy in the Bristol University Library.” [1784] 1965 £25

ENQUIRY CONCERNING POLITICAL JUSTICE

POLITICAL JUSTICE 20. Enquiry Concerning Political Justice, and its influence on morals and happiness. The second edition corrected. 2 vols. Printed for G. G. & J. Robinson. Half titles, errata leaf vol. I; unobtrusive library blind stamps of Birkbeck Library College, minor spotting in text. Rebound in quarter mottled calf, vellum tips, marbled boards, green labels. A v.g. handsome copy. ¶ESTC T94278. Godwin’s influential work, attacking political institutions & promoting his vision of an anarchic state, was first published in 1793. With a new six page preface explaining the expansion and variations in this edition; “It will perhaps be asked by some persons perusing the present edition, how it has happened that the author has varied in so many points from the propositions advanced in the former ... it is reasoned in various particulars with more accuracy from the premises and fundamental positions than it was before ... he has in several instances detected error; and, so far is he from feeling mortified at the discovery, that he hopes yet ... to arrive at many truths, of which he has scarcely at present perhaps the slightest presentiment”. 1796 £750

21. Enquiry Concerning Political Justice, ... 2 vols. Printed for G. G. & J. Robinson. Half titles; half title in vol. I torn with some loss & strengthened on verso. Contemp. calf boards, plainly rebacked. 1796 £380 GODWIN

FOURTH EDITION 22. Enquiry Concerning Political Justice, ... 4th edn. 2 vols. J Watson. Contemp. half dark green calf, marbled boards, maroon labels; neat repair to hinges & head & tail vol. 1. Library labels on leading pastedowns. ¶With the prefaces to the first & second editions of 1793 & 1796, and the advertisements to the third edition indicating further revisions, 1797. 1842 £120

THE ENQUIRER 23. The Enquirer. Reflections on education, manners, and literature. In a series of essays. FIRST EDITION. G.G. & J. Robinson. Without half title. Contemp. full calf, spine with raised & gilt bands, gilt borders; head & tail of spine a little worn, hinges weakening ¶ESTC: T94276. Godwin’s collection of 28 essays, ‘... principally the result of conversations, some of them held many years ago ...’, are broad in their subject matter. They deal with issues of personal (Part I) and social (Part II) development, and tackle such areas as The Study of the Classics, Communication of Knowledge, Deception and Frankness, Beggars, Servants, Self-Denial, and The Obtaining of Frankness. 1797 £350

THINGS AS THEY ARE: CALEB WILLIAMS 24. Things as They Are; or, The Adventures of Caleb Williams. The second edition corrected. 3 vols. 12mo. Printed for G.G. & J. Robinson. Bound without half titles; v. sl. browning in places. Expertly rebound in later half speckled calf, marbled boards, vellum-tipped corners, maroon leather labels. Each vol. signed ‘Eliza Shirreff’ in contemp. hand on title. A v.g. copy. ¶With the Preface withdrawn from the first edition of 1794: ‘...Terror was the order of the day; and it was feared that even the humble novelist might be shown to be constructively a traitor.’ This was Godwin’s first major novel. 1796 £750

25. Caleb Williams. Henry Colburn & Richard Bentley. (Bentley’s Standard Novels, no. II.) Series title, engr. front. & title, initial ad. leaf & slip advertising the third volume in the series. Uncut. in orig. glazed plum cloth, dark green labels; sl. bubbled, spine faded & sl. worn at head, otherwise v.g. ¶Sadleir 3734a, binding A; Wolff 2590a. The first Standard Novels edition, with preliminary memoir, and ‘Criticism of Godwin’s novels’, 1816. 1831 £75

26. (Caleb Williams.) Aventures de Caleb Williams, ou Les choses comme elles sont. 4 vols. 12mo. Paris: chez Dauthereau. Half titles; some foxing in prelims. Uncut in orig. green glazed marbled boards, maroon leather labels; sl. rubbing, but overall a nice set as originally issued. ¶The first French edition appeared in 1795. With an introduction on the life and literature of Godwin by D.D.L.C., presumably also the translator. 1829 £45

27. (Caleb Williams.) Caleb Williams, ou Les choses comme elles sont. Traduction nouvelle par Amédée Pichot. 3 vols. 16mo. Paris: Paulin. Half titles; sl. foxing in some gatherings. 3 vols. in 1 in half red roan; spine sl. rubbed at head. Armorial bookplate & signatures of Le Proux. 1847/1846/1846 £40

ST. LEON 28. St. Leon: a tale of the sixteenth century. Henry Colburn & Richard Bentley. (Bentley’s Standard Novels, no. 5.) Engr. front. & title. Contemp. half maroon calf, black leather label; spine faded. Armorial bookplate of Frederick De Lisle. v.g. GODWIN

¶Sadleir 3734a; Wolff 2589a. New 2pp advertisement by the author. First published in 1799 in 4 vols. [1831] 1832 £50

29. St. Leon: ... Richard Bentley. (Bentley’s Standard Novels, no. 5.) Front. Orig. dark brown cloth, gilt spine; sl. marked, ads on e.ps. ¶Sadleir 3735a, binding D. 1841 £50

LIFE OF CHAUCER 30. Life of Geoffrey Chaucer, the early English poet: including memoirs of his near friend and kinsman, John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster: with sketches of the manners, opinions, arts and literature of England in the fourteenth century. FIRST EDITION. 2 vols. 4to. Printed by T. Davison; for Richard Phillips. Engr. fronts & 1 additional plate; bound without half titles. Contemp. drab paper covered sides, marbled edges, excellently rebacked & recornered in tan calf. v.g. ¶A handsome copy of Godwin’s celebrated life of Chaucer, the first extended appraisal of the Father of English Literature, written ‘to rescue for a moment the illustrious dead from the jaws of the grave’. Godwin was unequivocal in his praise: “No man in the history of human intellect ever did more, than was effected by the single mind of Chaucer.” 1803 £580

FLEETWOOD 31. Fleetwood: or, The New Man of Feeling. FIRST EDITION. 3 vols. Richard Phillips. Contemp. full tree calf, spines with horizontal bands, dark green leather labels; spines sl. rubbed, sl. wear to heads & tails of spines. A good-plus copy. ¶Wolff 2587. Godwin’s third major novel after Caleb Williams and St. Leon, Fleetwood challenges the theories espoused by Jean-Jacques Rousseau in his celebrated work of 1762, Émile, ou De l’éducation. Rather than complying with the theory of innate goodness in man, Godwin’s protagonist, Fleetwood, demonstrates that an ‘ideal’ upbringing and oneness with nature bring no guarantee of virtue or an untroubled passage through life. 1805 £850 32. Fleetwood: ... Revised, corrected, and illus. with a new preface, by the author. Richard Bentley. (Bentley’s Standard Novels, no. XXII.) Series title, engr. front. & title; sl. spotting. Orig. dark pink cloth, black paper labels; spine & edges faded. v.g. ¶Sadleir 3734a, binding A; Wolff 2587a. First published in 1805; this is the first printing in Bentley’s Standard Novels, with a new 14pp preface by the author. 1832 £60 33. Fleetwood: ... Richard Bentley. (Bentley’s Standard Novels, no. XXII.) Series title, engr. front. & title; sl. spotting. Orig. maroon vertical-grained cloth; spine faded. v.g. ¶Sadleir 3734a, binding B; Wolff 2587a. First published in 1805; this is the first printing in Bentley’s Standard Novels. 1832 £60

FABLES ANCIENT AND MODERN 34. Fables Ancient and Modern. Adapted for the use of children. By Edward Baldwin, esq. 10th edn. Printed for M.J. Godwin & Co., at the French & English Juvenile & School Library. Engr. title. Contemp. full tree calf, plainly rebacked with half black calf retaining orig. corners; sl. rubbing, small worn patch on following board. ¶’I have intended, so far as I was able, that this volume should surpass most others in forming the mind of the learner to habits of meditation and reflection.’ 1824 £120 GODWIN

THE PANTHEON

35. The Pantheon: or Ancient History of the Gods of Greece and Rome. For the use of schools, and young persons of both sexes. By Edward Baldwin, esq. 6th edn. Printed for M.J. Godwin & Co., at the French & English Juvenile & School Library. Front. Nicely rebacked with half black calf retaining orig. corners; boards & corners a little rubbed. Name erased from leading pastedown. 1824 £125

DRAMAS FOR CHILDREN

36. Dramas for Children. Imitated from the French of L.F. Jauffret, by the editor of Tabard’s Popular Stories. FIRST EDITION. Printed for M.J. Godwin, at the Juvenile Library. Front., 3pp ads; occasional browning. Orig. quarter green sheep, marbled boards; corners worn, some worming to spine. Inscription on leading pastedown, ‘To Mary Anna Penelope Heigham from Mr Hasted, August 1810’. A good sound copy of a SCARCE item. ¶One copy only on Copac, in BL, attributing this to E. Baldwin, i.e. Godwin. A second printing appeared in 1817. Eight tales, imitating the works of Louis François Jauffret. 1809 £350

ESSAY ON SEPULCHRES ORIGINAL BOARDS 37. Essay on Sepulchres: or, A proposal for erecting some memorial of the illustrious dead in all ages on the spot where their remains have been interred. FIRST EDITION. 16mo. Printed for W. Miller. Engr. front. Uncut in orig. drab boards, maroon cloth spine faded; v. sl. marked, hinges carefully repaired in places. v.g. ¶A scarce squib advocating wooden memorials for the great and the good, some contemporary, with a catalogue of them to be published ‘as a precious relic to the man of sentiment’. 1809 £450

38. Essay on Sepulchres: ... FIRST EDITION. 16mo. Printed for W. Miller. Engr. front., 12pp cata. for M.J. Godwin’s New Books for Children. Sl. later half black calf; a little rubbed. Booklabels of the Reniers & James Jacob Welsh. 1809 £250

MANDEVILLE

39. Mandeville. A tale of the seventeenth century in England. FIRST EDITION. 3 vols. 12mo. Edinburgh: printed for Archibald Constable & Co. & Longman, London. A few spots. Contemp. half red calf, spines gilt in compartments, dark green morocco labels. A v.g. handsome copy. ¶Wolff 2588. 1817 £520 40. Mandeville. ... FIRST EDITION. 3 vols. Edinburgh: printed for Archibald Constable & Co. & Longman, London. Half titles; a few internal marks, title vol. III neatly repaired. 3 vols in 1 in contemp. half calf by Lubbock of Newcastle; rubbed, corners bumped & a little worn, hinges weakening. Renier booklabel. ¶Wolff 2588. 1817 £250 ‘A GORGEOUS ROBE OF VERBOSITY’ 41. (Mandeville.) The British Review, and London Critical Journal. Vol. XXI, February 1818. (Review of Godwin’s Mandeville, pp.108-120.) Baldwin, Cradock, & Joy. 8pp initial cata., 36 GODWIN

14pp ads. Uncut in orig. brown printed wrappers; small ink mark on front wrapper, following wrapper stained. A good-plus copy as issued. ¶A scathing review of Mandeville, ‘the dullest of all Godwin’s novels’. ‘It has little incident, scarcely any plot, no catastrophe. ... The few actors who are brought near to us are little else than personifications of distempered passions; the extravagant ravings of which the author has adorned with a most gorgeous robe of verbosity.’ This volume also includes a review of Scott’s Rob Roy, as well as works by John Bowdler and Maria Edgeworth. 1818 £20

HISTORY OF THE COMMONWEALTH 42. History of the Commonwealth of England. From its commencement, to the restoration of Charles the Second. FIRST EDITION. 4 vols. Henry Colburn. Later brown binder’s cloth, brown leather labels. Gilt monogram of the Conservative Club on front boards, & booklabels. v.g. ¶Godwin’s history of the Republic and the English Civil War was originally intended to fill two volumes, but mindful of public interest in the period, the author was persuaded by publisher Colburn (who advanced Godwin £500 for the commission) to expand the work to four. This became Michael Foot’s copy, and bears his signature in pencil on the leading f.e.p. of volume I. He adds in volume I, ‘bought by me, not stolen’ from the Conservative Club. 1824-28 £350

CLOUDESLEY 43. Cloudesley: a tale. By the author of “Caleb Williams”. 2nd edn. 3 vols. Henry Colburn & Richard Bentley. Half titles, 2pp ads vols II & III. Uncut in orig. quarter maroon roan, drab boards with some water staining to boards & text vol. III, paper labels sl. chipped. Armorial bookplates of Glentruim House in vols I & II. ¶See Wolff 2586 for the first edition, also 1830. 1830 £280

THOUGHTS ON MAN 44. Thoughts on Man, his Nature, Productions and Discoveries. Interspersed with some particulars respecting the author. FIRST EDITION. Effingham Wilson. Pp. 7-10 torn & repaired with stitching; a few spots & underlinings, sl. damp marking in early pages. Contemp. half calf, spine gilt in compartments, brown label; sl. rubbed, gilt a little dulled. ¶Philosophical ‘Thoughts’ in XXIII essays. 1831 £280

Biography &c.

45. KEGAN PAUL, C. William Godwin: his friends and contemporaries. FIRST EDITION. 2 vols. Henry S. King. & Co. Half titles, fronts, facsims, illus., 32pp cata. vol. II; the odd spot. Partially unopened in orig. black cloth, spines lettered in gilt; minor expert repairs to heads & tails of spines. v.g. ¶With ‘C. Kegan Paul & Co.’ at tails of spines. 1876 £125 ANTI-GODWIN NOVEL 46. (BULLOCK, Mrs?) Dorothea; or, A ray of new light. 2 vols. FIRST DUBLIN EDITION. Dublin: Printed by Thomas Burnside, for P. Wogan, H. Colbert, ... Half titles; C3 (p31/32) vol. II is torn in half across the middle of the page; while both halves are still present, in a curious piece of mis-binding, the upper portion of the leaf is in the correct position, while the lower half is to be found between C4 & C5. P.149 vol. I, though legible, has some printing flaws. Contemp. full mottled calf, maroon & black leather labels; boards sl. bowing, v. sl. rubbing. SCARCE. ¶The London edition, also 1801, was in 3 volumes; this Dublin edition is in BL only on Copac. Dorothea was published in an anthology of anti-Jacobin novels in 2005, where, unlike the BL’s anonymous copy, it was attributed to ‘Mrs Bullock’. The work was 46 GODWIN

intended to counter the prevailing trends in late 18th and early 19th century literature for radicalism and social upheaval. It directly challenges the writing of William Godwin, quoting him in several places in an attempt to undermine his political philosophy. The main protagonist, Dorothea, is portrayed as naive, misguided and self-destructive for her devotion to modern thinking. The novel is an anti-radical polemic: “If you are a modern philosopher, the best which I can offer is, for your speedy deliverance from the energetic sublimity of your incomprehensible dogmas; but if you are ... a pupil of the old school, be contented, I beseech you, to thank Heaven for your ignorance, and ... shut your eyes against the delusions of that ignus fatuus the NEW LIGHT!” 1801 £850 BY GODWIN’S SON 47. GODWIN, William, the Younger. Transfusion: or, The Orphans of Unwalden. Stereotype edn. New York: Geo. Dearborn & Co. Prelims rather spotted. Orig. pale yellow printed wrappers; marked & a little worn. ¶Godwin’s son by his second wife, Mary Jane Clairmont, born 1803. He succumbed to cholera in 1832, leaving this finished novel, published in 1835 (by J. Macrone, in three volumes). This, probably the first American edition, is not on Copac, but is in the Library of Congress. 1837 £120 ______

HAZLITT, William, 1778-1830 The greatest essayist of his time, Hazlitt was acclaimed for his ‘mastery of English prose’, and was among the foremost social philosophers and art critics of the early 19th century. An unwavering radical, he had many friends in the literary community, among them Charles and Mary Lamb, Stendhal, Coleridge, and Wordsworth, although he was frequently lampooned in other quarters, especially by Lockhart, who dismissed him as a ‘mere quack’. He became isolated in later life as his peers gravitated to the political right, but is now acknowledged as one of the most important thinkers of the Romantic era. See also items 152, 153, 190, 199, 242, 349, 353 & 358. Collections THE EDITOR’S COPY, WITH HIS AMENDMENTS 48. The Complete Works. Centenary edn. 21 vols. J. M. Dent & Sons. Half titles, fronts (some col.). Orig. pink cloth, black labels, gilt; v. sl. wear or spotting in places. A v.g. set. ¶Limited to 1000 sets. The Centenary Edition of Hazlitt’s works was edited by Percival Presland Howe, after the 1902-06 edition of A.R. Waller and Arnold Glover. This set belonged to Howe, and contains numerous annotations in pencil throughout the 21 volumes. These notes and corrections have been meticulously recorded in an accompanying 20pp document by a later owner, the former editor of The Guardian newspaper and founder member of the Hazlitt Society, Ian Mayes. Mayes highlights every amendment, not overlooking a single question mark, note, or underlining. Typical of the editor’s corrections: ‘Vol 7, p390, A pencil note attributes an unidentified note to Coleridge’; ‘Vol 9, p143, A marginal ‘x’ and the word ‘cancel’ against the line ’Or what do you think of those in a modern play ...’’; ‘Vol 18, p111, ‘The date of Encycl. Britannica article amended from 1817 to 1818’. Mayes also records all the loose material inserted into the volumes, much of which relates personally to Howe. These include a postcard addressed to Howe at his home in Wimbledon; a British Museum Reader’s ticket signed P P Howe at seat C6; and a typescript letter (Feb. 1936) addressed to Howe’s friend Frank Swinnerton from the publisher Collins, regretting that there is no opening for employment for Howe. 1930 £2,000 FROM THE LIBRARY OF MICHAEL FOOT 49. The Complete Works. Centenary edn. 21 vols. J. M. Dent & Sons. Half titles, fronts (some col.). Orig. pink cloth, black labels, gilt. A v.g. set. ¶From the library of Michael Foot, with his signature, as well as those of several other members of the Hazlitt Society. 1930 £1,500 HAZLITT

Individual Works

ESSAY ON THE PRINCIPLES OF HUMAN ACTION HAZLITT’S FIRST BOOK 50. An Essay on the Principles of Human Action: being an argument in favour of the natural disinterestedness of the human mind. To which are added, Some Remarks on the Systems of Hartley and Helvetius. FIRST EDITION. Printed for J. Johnson. Contemp. half calf; with well executed hinge repairs, sl. rubbed. ¶Keynes 1. Hazlitt’s first book. The errata have been corrected in the text by an early owner, and the repeated line on B2 (not noted in the errata) has been inked through. D5 is a cancel, as usual. 1805 £750

51. Essays on the Principles of Human Action; on the systems of Hartley and Helvetius; and on abstract ideas. Edited by his Son. (2nd edn, with additions.) John Miller. Orig. plain dark green cloth, black paper label sl. chipped; sl. marked, spine a little faded & with v. sl. wear at head. ¶Keynes 101, ‘considerably improved from marginal corrections in the Author’s copy’. The essay ‘On Abstract Ideas’ is printed here for the first time. [1836] £125

ABRIDGMENT OF THE LIGHT OF NATURE PURSUED EDITED BY HAZLITT 52. An Abridgment of The Light of Nature Pursued, by Abraham Tucker. Originally published, in seven volumes, under the name of Edward Search. Printed for J. Johnson; by T. Bensley. Some spotting. Sl. later half dark green calf, spine gilt in compartments; a little rubbed, hinges & corners sl. worn, leading inner hinge sl. splitting. ¶Keynes 3: ‘very uncommon’. With some of the gatherings printed on inferior paper as issued. Coleridge commended Tucker, 1705-1774, to Godwin who suggested an abridgement of Tucker’s primary work of philosophical speculation to Johnson, the publisher. Hazlitt was engaged for the laborious task, with the work finally appearing anonymously in 1807. 1807 £750

REPLY TO THE ESSAY ON POPULATION REPLY TO MALTHUS 53. A Reply to the Essay on Population, by the Rev. T.R. Malthus. In a series of letters. To which are added, Extracts from the Essay; with notes. FIRST EDITION. Longman, &c. Name cut out from title and repaired, not affecting text. Contemp. half calf, gilt spine, later black labels; rubbed. Armorial bookplate on leading f.e.p. A good sound copy. ¶Keynes 4: ‘very uncommon’. Five extended letters forming a counterpoint to Malthus’s Essay on the Principle of Population which was first published in 1798; see following item for a copy of the third edition. 1807 £750

54. MALTHUS, Thomas Robert. An Essay on the Principle of Population; or, A view of its past and present effects on human happiness; with An Inquiry into our prospects respecting the future removal or mitigation of the evils which it occasions. 3rd edn. 2 vols. J. Johnson. Traces of library blind stamps on titles, ink pressmarks. Handsomely rebound in half calf, red labels. ¶Kress B.5067. 1806 £450

NEW AND IMPROVED GRAMMAR HAZLITT’S ENGLISH GRAMMAR 55. A New and Improved Grammar of the English Tongne (sic): for the use of schools ... To which is added, A New Guide to the English Tongue, ... By Edward Baldwin, Esq. (i.e. William Godwin). FIRST EDITION. 12mo. Printed for M. J. Godwin. 3pp cata. Later half 49 HAZLITT

black morocco, gilt spine & bands, blue cloth sides & doublures. Red leather booklabel of W. M. Burden. t.e.g. A v.g. handsome copy. ¶Keynes 8 indicates that Godwin’s guide had first been advertised, in 1809, as ‘Christ’s Hospital Dictionary of the English tongue’ by William Frederic Mulius, another of Godwin’s pseudonyms. The advertisement in Godwin’s Essay on Sepulchres indicates ‘10,000 copies have recently been sold’ but Keynes refers to a ‘unique’ copy in the possession of Roger Ingpen. See also Keynes 8A, Godwin’s Outlines of English Grammar partly abridged from Mr. Hazlitt’s New and Improved Grammar ... of 1810. Lamb considered Hazlitt’s the better work. 1810 £950

THE ROUND TABLE ORIGINAL BOARDS 56. The Round Table: a collection of essays on literature, men, and manners. FIRST EDITION. 2 vols. Edinburgh: Archibald Constable & Co. Half title vol. I. Uncut in orig. drab boards, paper labels partially defective; spines darkened & a little cracked. Douglas Grant booklabels. A good-plus copy. ¶Keynes 13; “The two volumes ... in their original state are very uncommon, and probably the edition consisted of a relatively small number of copies.” Twelve of the 52 essays are by Leigh Hunt, who is acknowledged in the Advertisement, but not on the titlepage. 1817 £320

57. The Round Table: a collection of essays on literature, men, and manners. FIRST EDITION. 2 vols. Archibald Constable & Co. Contemp. half maroon calf, spines gilt in compartments, maroon & green leather labels; sl. rubbing to marbled boards. A good-plus copy. 1817 £200

58. The Round Table: a collection of essays on literature, men, and manners. Edited by his son. 3rd edn. John Templeman. Half title. Handsomely bound in half tan calf by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, spine gilt in compartments. t.e.g. v.g. ¶Keynes 14; including the essays by Leigh Hunt, but omitting 12 by Hazlitt which had been included in other volumes published by Templeman. With three additional essays first published in The Liberal. 1841 £65

59. The Round Table. Northcote’s Conversations. Characteristics. Edited by W. Carew Hazlitt. Bell & Daldy. (Bohn’s Standard Library.) 31pp cata. divided between leading & following prelims. Orig. uniform dark green cloth; front board sl. affected by damp. ¶Keynes 16. 1871 £30

60. The Round Table. Northcote’s Conversations. Characteristics. Edited by W. Carew Hazlitt. George Bell & Sons. 23pp cata. (Bohn’s Libraries, Jan. 1884). Orig. maroon cloth, bevelled boards; spine sl. dulled. v.g. ¶A reissue of Keynes 16, first published in 1871. 1884 £25

CHARACTERS OF SHAKESPEAR’S PLAYS ORIGINAL BOARDS 61. Characters of Shakespear’s Plays. FIRST EDITION. Printed by C.H. Reynell, for R. Hunter, &c. Uncut in orig. blue boards, paper label; leading hinge split at head, spine a little worn with tail repaired, a little dusted. Douglas Grant booklabel. ¶Keynes 17: the first of Hazlitt’s books ‘to achieve immediate success’. With a dedication to Charles Lamb. 1817 £150 HAZLITT

62. Characters of Shakespear’s Plays. FIRST EDITION. Printed by C.H. Reynell, for R. Hunter, &c. Contemp. half tan calf, spine with raised gilt bands, red leather label; head of following hinge sl. rubbed, otherwise a v.g. bright copy. 1817 £180 63. Characters of Shakspear’s Plays. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. Boston: Wells & Lilly. Uncut in orig. blue boards, cream spine, paper label; spine a little rubbed with sl. wear at head & tail. Two bookplates on leading pastedown. ¶This first American edition appeared the year after the first British edition, not recorded by Keynes. 1818 £250

VIEW OF THE ENGLISH STAGE ORIGINAL BOARDS 64. A View of the English Stage; or, A Series of Dramatic Criticisms. FIRST EDITION, 1st issue. Printed for Robert Stodard, &c. Half title, 3pp ads. In orig. drab boards without label; v. sl. wear to head & tail of spine, corners sl. knocked. Bookseller’s ticket: W.F. Watson, Edinburgh. Douglas Grant booklabel. v.g. ¶Keynes 28: An ‘uncommon’ volume of criticism, originally published in The Morning Chronicle, The Examiner, The Champion, and The Times. 1818 £180 65. A View of the English Stage; or, A Series of Dramatic Criticisms. FIRST EDITION, 1st issue. Printed for Robert Stodard, &c. Half title, 3pp ads. Uncut in later half red/brown crushed morocco by Sangorski & Sutcliffe. Douglas Grant booklabel. v.g. ¶Keynes 28. 1818 £150 CRITICISMS AND DRAMATIC ESSAYS 66. Criticisms and Dramatic Essays of the English Stage. 2nd edn, edited by his son. G. Routledge & Co. Later half tan calf by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, spine gilt in compartments. t.e.g. v.g. ¶Keynes 30; containing a selection of the pieces in the first edition, Keynes 28. 1851 £60 67. Criticisms and Dramatic Essays of the English Stage. 2nd edn, edited by his son. Geo. Routledge & Co. 8pp cata. Orig. green cloth, blocked in blind; spine sl. faded. Small shelf label on leading pastedown. Signature of Douglas Grant. v.g. ¶See Keynes 30; a reissue of the 1851 2nd edition. 1854 £40

LECTURES ON THE ENGLISH POETS 68. Lectures on the English Poets. Delivered at the Surrey Institution. FIRST EDITION. Taylor & Hessey. Half title, 4pp ads (May 1818). Uncut in orig. blue boards, expertly rebacked with appro- priate drab spine, paper label; corners sl. knocked. Douglas Grant booklabel. A good-plus copy. ¶Keynes 33. Eight lectures: I, On Poetry in General; II, On Chaucer & Spenser; III, On Shakspeare [sic] & Milton; IV, On Dryden & Pope; V, On Thomson & Cowper; VI, On Swift, Young, Gray, Collins, &c.; VII, On Burns, & the old English ballads; VIII, On the living poets. 1818 £150 69. Lectures on the English Poets. ... FIRST EDITION. Taylor & Hessey. Bound without half title. Sl. later half tan calf, dark green morocco label; sl. rubbing to corners. Basil Field booklabel. A v.g. attractive copy. ¶Keynes 33. 1818 £150 HAZLITT

70. Lectures on the English Poets. ... 2nd edn. Taylor & Hessey. Half title, 4pp ads. Uncut in orig. drab boards, well rebacked with pale lilac linen retaining orig. rubbed paper label; corners sl. worn, but a good-plus copy. ¶Keynes 34; with the text completely reset. 1819 £85 71. Lectures on the English Poets; from Chaucer to Byron. New edn, with appendix, edited by W. Hazlitt ... J. & P. Templeman. Unopened in orig. green sand-grained cloth, spine lettered in gilt, boards blocked in blind. v.g. ¶Keynes 36: ‘The title-page is not dated, but this edition cannot have been issued before 1854, when the younger Hazlitt became Registrar in the Court of Bankruptcy.’ [c.1854] £40 72. Lectures on the English Poets. Routledge. (The New Universal Library.) Half title. Orig. green cloth, gilt spine. v.g. ¶Keynes 38. [1908] £10

LECTURES ON THE ENGLISH COMIC WRITERS ORIGINAL BOARDS 73. Lectures on the English Comic Writers. Delivered at the Surrey Institution. FIRST EDITION. Printed for Taylor & Hessey. 4pp ads; pp57-60 carelessly opened with sl. loss from upper corner, not affecting text. Uncut in orig. drab boards, paper label; v. sl. wear to head of spine, corners sl. knocked. Bookseller’s ticket: W.F. Watson, Edinburgh. Douglas Grant booklabel. v.g. ¶Keynes 44. Eight Lectures on Shakespeare, Jonson, Cowley, Butler etc., with one on Hogarth. 1819 £280 74. Lectures on the English Comic Writers. ... FIRST EDITION. Printed for Taylor & Hessey. Tiny hole in outer margin of title not affecting text. Sl. later half calf, dark green morocco label; sl. rubbing. Basil Field booklabel. ‘Metropolitan Literary Institution’ stamp on verso of title. A v.g. attractive copy. 1819 £140

POLITICAL ESSAYS 75. Political Essays, with Sketches of Public Characters. FIRST EDITION. William Hone. Sl. browning. Uncut in orig. drab boards, paper label chipped; a little damp marked, corners & spine a little worn, with paper lifting from hinges. A sound copy. ¶Keynes 49, in blue boards. On Southey, the Courier and Times newspapers, Mr Owens’ ‘New View of Society’, Wat Tyler, Burke, Buonaparte, Malthus & Population, etc. Dedicated to John Hunt. 1819 £225 ORIGINAL CLOTH 76. Political Essays, ... FIRST EDITION. William Hone. Title sl. browned. Unopened in orig. purple moiré cloth, paper label; spine faded, otherwise a v.g. copy in unusual binding. Douglas Grant booklabels. ¶Keynes 49; he does not mention a copy in cloth. 1819 £350

LECTURES ON THE DRAMATIC LITERATURE OF THE AGE OF ELIZABETH 77. Lectures on the Dramatic Literature of the Age of Elizabeth; delivered at the Surrey Institution. 2nd edn. John Warren. Contemp. full tan calf , spine gilt in compartments, brown HAZLITT

leather label; hinges a little rubbed & beginning to split in places. Armorial bookplate of Henry Monteith of Carstairs; signature of Douglas Grant. A good-plus copy. ¶Keynes 52. Published a year after the first edition. Shakespeare, Marlow, Heywood, Chapman, Beaumont & Fletcher, Jonson, Drayton, &c. 1821 £150 78. Lectures on the Dramatic Literature of the Age of Elizabeth. Edited by his son. 3rd edn. John Templeman. Half tan calf by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, spine gilt in compartments. t.e.g. v.g. ¶Keynes 53. 1840 £65 79. Lectures on the Literature of the Age of Elizabeth, and characters of Shakespear’s Plays. (Edited by William Carew Hazlitt.) George Bell & Sons. (Bohn’s Standard Library.) Half title, 32pp cata. (Nov. 1904); some spotting. Orig. maroon cloth. A v.g. bright copy. ¶See Keynes 55. An early re-issue, bound with a second titlepage, “Lectures on the Literature of the Age of Elizabeth, chiefly dramatic”, dated 1903, and giving William Carew Hazlitt as editor. 1905 £20 TABLE-TALK 80. Table-Talk; or, Original essays on men & manners. 2nd edn. 2 vols. Henry Colburn. Contemp. half calf, spines gilt in compartments; sl. rubbing to corner & edges. Booklabels of Douglas Grant & E.M.J. A good-plus copy. ¶Keynes 58: for the most part identical to the first edition, with the addition of a few leaves omitted from the first volume. 1824 £150 81. Table Talk: Original essays of men & manners. 3rd edn. Edited by his son. 2 vols. C. Temple- man. 16pp cata. vol. I. Orig. green cloth, blocked in blind, spines lettered in gilt; small split to head of leading hinge vol. I, spines sl. dulled. Signature of Douglas Grant. A good-plus copy. ¶Keynes 59. 1845-46 £50

82. Table Talk: ... 4th edn. Edited by his son. 2 vols. C. Templeman. Titles sl. browned. Unopened in orig. green cloth. v.g. ¶See Keynes 59 for the 3rd edn; this is the mentioned reprint. 1857-61 £40 THE FIGHT ON BOXING 83. The Fight: an essay. With an introduction by Robert H. Davis. FIRST EDITION. Woodstock, Vermont: The Elm Tree Press. Half title, colour engr. front., ‘The Prize Fight’, after a contemporary print. Orig. blue boards, paper label. v.g. in sl. worn d.w. ¶Keynes 137. No. 268 of 1000 copies, signed on the limitation leaf by the printer, Marjorie Barlow. Reprinted from Hazlitt’s essay on pugilism written in 1822. 1929 £30

LIBER AMORIS ORIGINAL BOARDS: ESHER COPY 84. Liber Amoris: or, The New Pygmalion. FIRST EDITION, primary binding. Esher: John Hunt. Engr. title. Uncut in orig. pink paper-covered boards, paper label (without Hazlitt’s name) sl. chipped; lacking leading f.e.p., v. sl. rubbing to hinges, but overall a v.g. copy in custom-made tan cloth box. Duff Cooper bookplate over Oliver Brett, 2nd Viscount Esher. ¶Keynes 67. The book forms a commentary on Hazlitt’s ‘fatal attachment’ to Sarah Walker, the daughter of his landlord, and the unhappy acceptance of his unreturned adoration. 1823 £1,500 83 84 HAZLITT

85. Liber Amoris: ... FIRST EDITION. John Hunt. Engr. title; name removed from title, rubbing away the letters ‘is’ from ‘Amoris’. Uncut in handsome dark blue morocco by Rivière & Son, gilt spine, borders & dentelles, green silk doublures. t.e.g. A v.g. attractive copy. 1823 £850

86. Liber Amoris: ... Printed for John Hunt. (Reprinted for Private Circulation, 1884?) Engr. title with vignette. Orig. green cloth, paper label sl. chipped; sl. rubbed. ¶Keynes 68. [1884?] £35

87. Liber Amoris: ...; with an introduction by Richard Le Galliene. (3rd edn) Elkin Mathews & John Lane. Engr. title, erratum slip. Uncut in orig. buff boards, cream paper spine, paper label; spine dulled and a little chipped at head & tail, sl. marked. Douglas Grant booklabel. ¶Keynes 69. 1893 £40

WITH ADDITIONAL MATTER FROM THE ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT 88. Liber Amoris: ... With additional matter now printed for the first time from the original manuscripts; with an introduction by Richard Le Galliene. 4to. Privately printed. Half title, front. port., plate, facsims; sl. spotted. Uncut & unopened in orig. olive brown buckram, bevelled boards; spine a little darkened, outer margins sl. affected by damp. ¶Keynes 70, in green buckram. 500 copies were printed on hand made paper. 1894 £45

SKETCHES OF THE PRINCIPAL PICTURE-GALLERIES IN ENGLAND ORIGINAL BOARDS 89. Sketches of the Principal Picture-Galleries in England. With a criticism of “Marriage a-la- Mode”. FIRST EDITION. Taylor and Hessey. Half title, 5pp ads. Uncut in orig. drab boards, later drab spine retaining orig. paper label; sl. rubbing, following board sl. marked. v.g. ¶Keynes 76. A series of essays originally published in the London Magazine. The first chapter is devoted to ‘Mr. Angerstein’s Collection’, which, as Hazlitt points out in the preface, has ‘been lately purchased for the commencement of a National Gallery’ (see also item 262.) Several guides to the art collections of England were published in 1824, all, designed to coincide with the founding of the national collection (see following item). 1824 £150

90. (PATMORE, Peter George) British Galleries of Art. FIRST EDITION. G. & W.B. Whittaker. Uncut and partially unopened in orig. drab boards, paper label; v. sl. rubbing. Bookseller’s ticket; W.F. Watson, Edinburgh. A near fine copy. ¶Patmore’s essays were first published in the New Monthly Magazine. Patmore acknowledges the other similarly titled works in the field that appeared around the same time, including that of his friend Hazlitt (see above), to whom this copy his been wrongly attributed in a contemp. hand on the leading f.e.p. Other galleries considered include those of Dulwich College, Windsor Castle, Fonthill, and Knowle Park. 1824 £280

SELECT POETS

91. Select Poets of Great Britain. To which are prefixed, critical notices of each author. Printed by Thomas Davison, for Thomas Tegg, &c. Half title, front. with some offsetting; a few spots. Contemp. half calf; spine rubbed, lacking label. Binders ticket: Egginton, Lichfield. ¶Keynes 78: the second edition of Select British Poets. The first edition of 1824 was suppressed because publication of ‘modern’ extracts infringed copyright. This edition was completely re-set. 1825 £75 HAZLITT

SPIRIT OF THE AGE 92. The Spirit of the Age; or, Contemporary Portraits. FIRST EDITION. Henry Colburn. Uncut in orig. pale blue boards, spine & label at some time replaced; corners a little worn, e.ps replaced. A good-plus copy. ¶Keynes 81, in brown boards. Jeremy Bentham, Coleridge, Sir Walter Scott, Lord Byron, Wordsworth, Southey, Leigh Hunt, & 14 others. 1825 £220

93. The Spirit of the Age; ... FIRST EDITION. Henry Colburn. Contemp. full tan calf, spine gilt in compartments, maroon leather label; neat early reback; a little rubbed. Signature of Douglas Grant. 1825 £220

ORIGINAL BOARDS NOT SEEN BY KEYNES 94. The Spirit of the Age; ... 2nd edn. Henry Colburn. 4pp ads for Burke’s History of the Landed Gentry inserted into leading e.ps. Uncut in orig. drab boards, paper label; tiny nicks in leading hinge, but overall a v.g. exceptionally well-preserved copy. Bookseller’s ticket: W. Watson, Edinburgh; Douglas Grant booklabel. ¶Keynes 82: ‘No copy in entirely original state has been met with. Presumably issued in boards ...’. The order of the contents has been altered from the first edition, and a sketch on Cobbett has been added. 1825 £420

THE PLAIN SPEAKER ORIGINAL BOARDS 95. The Plain Speaker: opinions on books, men, and things. FIRST EDITION. 2 vols. Henry Colburn. 6pp ads vol. I, 8pp cata. vol. II; sl. spotting. Uncut in orig. blue boards, drab spines, paper labels; corners a little worn, spines sl. cracking & chipped at heads. Douglas Grant booklabel. ¶Keynes 89. 1826 £220 ORIGINAL CLOTH 96. The Plain Speaker: ... FIRST EDITION. 2 vols. Henry Colburn. 6pp ads vol. I. Orig. blue cloth, paper labels; spines dulled & a little rubbed, following hinge splitting vol. I. A good sound copy. ¶Keynes 89 describes an issue in blue cloth, but descines black paper labels lettered in gilt; this copy has the same labels as above, i.e. black lettering on white paper. 1826 £180 97. The Plain Speaker: ... FIRST EDITION. 2 vols. Henry Colburn. Contemp. full tan calf, spines gilt in compartments, maroon leather labels; early neat rebacks; sl. rubbing. Booklabels of Thomas Mathieson. An attractive copy. ¶Keynes 89. 1826 £150 98. The Plain Speaker: ... Edited by his son. 2nd edn. 2 vols. Templeman. Title sl. browned vol. I. Mostly unopened in orig. green cloth. A v.g. bright copy. ¶Keynes 90, not noting that Vol. II is dated 1852. 1851-52 £55 99. The Plain Speaker: ... 2nd edn. 2 vols. Templeman. Half tan calf by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, spine gilt in compartments. t.e.g. v.g. ¶Keynes 90. 1851-52 £65 HAZLITT

NOTES OF A JOURNEY 100. Notes of a Journey through France and Italy. FIRST EDITION, 2nd issue. Hunt & Clarke. Pp67-70 torn in outer margin and neatly repaired, not affecting text. Later 19thC half brown crushed morocco; following board faded. Douglas Grant booklabel & signature. t.e.g. v.g. ¶Keynes 94. With Hazlitt’s name added to titlepage; Keynes notes that it was ‘stamped’ on to unsold copies, although it seems more likely to have been printed later onto the titlepage, sl. off-centre. 1826 £220 CONVERSATIONS OF JAMES NORTHCOTE 101. Conversations of James Northcote. FIRST EDITION. 12mo. Henry Colburn & Richard Bentley. Half title, front. port.; sl. spotting. Uncut in orig. drab boards, paper label; spine a little darkened, sl. worn at head & small split at tail. Douglas Grant booklabel. A good-plus copy. ¶Keynes 99: in his primary binding. This copy has cancels D 8-10, E 11, & L 4, 9. The titlepage differs sl. from that described by Keynes: the quotation from Armstrong is printed in one line, rather than two. 1830 £150 ORIGINAL CLOTH 102. Conversations of James Northcote. FIRST EDITION. Henry Colburn & Richard Bentley. Half title, front. port.; sl. spotting. Uncut in orig. green cloth, paper label. Bookseller’s ticket: W.F. Watson of Edinburgh. Douglas Grant booklabel. v.g. ¶Keynes 99: in his secondary binding, ‘rough green cloth’. With cancels D 8-10, E 11, & L 4, 9, quotation on title in two lines. 1830 £220

LITERARY REMAINS 103. Literary Remains. With a notice of his life, by his son, and thoughts on his genius and writings by E.L. Bulwer, and Mr. Sergeant Talfourd. FIRST EDITION. 2 vols. Saunders & Otley. Half titles, front. vol. I. Sl. later drab boards, purple cloth spines, paper labels; spines sl. faded. v.g. ¶Keynes 102. Loosely inserted is a cutting from the T.L.S., March 1924, printing for the first time Hazlitt’s review of the 3rd volume of Landor’s Imaginary Conversations of Literary Men. 1836 £180 104. Literary Remains. ... FIRST EDITION. 2 vols. Saunders & Otley. Contemp. full tan calf, spines gilt in compartments, maroon leather labels; well executed early rebacks; sl. rubbing to spines & edges. Booklabels of Thomas Mathieson. An attractive copy. ¶Keynes 102. 1836 £150

CRITICISMS ON ART 105. Criticisms on Art: and sketches of the picture galleries of England. With catalogues of the principle galleries, now first collected. 2nd edn. Edited by his son. C.Templeman. Unopened in orig. green cloth. A v.g. bright copy. ¶See Keynes 108 for the first edition of 1843. He notes that this second edition was only partially re-set. 1856 £40

ESSAYS ON THE FINE ARTS 106. Essays on the Fine Arts. New edn by W. Carew Hazlitt. Reeves & Turner. Half title, 16pp ads. Orig. dark green cloth. Bookplate of Horace Pym. v.g. ¶Keynes 110, adding three essays. Loosely inserted is an article by Michael Foot, “William Hazlitt, Man of Principle”, extracted from The Times, April 1978. 1873 £45 HAZLITT

107. Essays on the Fine Arts. ... Reeves & Turner. Half title, 16pp ads. Orig. dark green cloth; small nick in spine. Douglas Grant booklabel. ¶Keynes 110, adding three essays. This copy was owned by the eminent theologian Clement Rogers, with his signature on the titlepage. 1873 £45 WINTERSLOW BROWN CLOTH 108. Winterslow: essays and characters written there. Collected by his son. FIRST EDITION. David Bogue. 24pp cata. (Jan. 1850). Orig. dark brown cloth. Doug;as Grant booklabel. v.g. ¶Keynes 111, ‘issued in brown and maroon cloth’. 1850 £120 PINK CLOTH 109. Winterslow: ... FIRST EDITION. David Bogue. 24pp cata. (Jan. 1850). Orig. maroon cloth by Bone & Son; dulled & marked, head & tail of spine a little worn. ¶Keynes 111. 1850 £80 110. Winterslow: ... Henry Frowde; OUP. (The World’s Classics, no. XXV.) Half title, front. & title on plate paper, printed title, 6pp ads; name cut from leading f.e.p. Orig. olive green cloth. v.g. [1906] £10

Biography &c. FOUR GENERATIONS 111. HAZLITT , William Carew. Four Generations of a Literary Family: the Hazlitts in England, Ireland, and America: their friends and their fortunes, 1725-1896. With portraits reproduced from miniatures by John Hazlitt. FIRST EDITION. 2 vols. George Redway. Half titles, front. ports, plates, final ad. leaf vol. I. Orig. green cloth, lettered in gilt; spines sl. dulled. Bookplates of John Morgan, Aberdeen. 1897 £75 112. HAZLITT , William Carew. The Hazlitts: an account of their origin and descent, with autobiographical particulars of William Hazlitt (1778-1830), notices of his relatives and immediate posterity, and a series of illustrative letters (1772-1865). FIRST EDITION. 2 vols. Edinburgh: Ballantyne, Hanson & Co. (Privately Printed.) Half titles, fronts, facsims. Uncut in orig. pale blue cloth, spines lettered in gilt; v. sl. dulled. t.e.g. v.g. in sl. dulled d.ws. 1911-12 £68

HOWE’S LIFE 113. HOWE, Percival Presland. The Life of William Hazlitt; with an introduction by Frank Swinnerton. (New edn) Hamish Hamilton. Half title, front. & plates. Orig. purple cloth; spine a little faded. Signature of Victor Neuberg. A good-plus copy in sl. worn d.w. ¶First edition 1922, revised 1928. 1947 £30 114. HOWE, Percival Presland. The Life of William Hazlitt; ... Hamish Hamilton. Half title, front. & plates. Orig. purple cloth; spine faded. Renier booklabel. ¶First edition 1922, revised 1928. Loosely inserted is a series of 10 cuttings from the Times Literary Supplement ‘on the Text of Hazlitt’, 1953. 1947 £20

115. ROBINSON, Robert E. William Hazlitt’s Life of Napoleon Buonaparte, its sources and charac- teristics. Genève: Librairie E. Droz. Half title. Orig. pale blue printed wrappers; faded. v.g. 1959 £10 HAZLITT

MEMORIAL 116. KINDERSLEY , Lida. HAZLITT MEMORIAL INSCRIPTION. Here rests William Hazlitt... He lived to see his deepest wishes gratified... Who sacrificed profit and present fame to principle... Who was a burning wound to an aristocracy that could not answer before men... This stone is raised by one whose heart is with him in his grave. n.p. 41-line printed inscription, lettering reversed out of black. Image 22 x 46cm, within white mount & simple black frame, glazed. ¶A scale design produced in the Cardozo-Kindersley workshop, Cambridge, for the restored memorial inscription to William Hazlitt on his grave in St Anne’s churchyard, Soho, London, where it was unveiled in 2003 by Michael Foot. This print is inscribed by Lida Kindersley, March 28th 2003, to Ian Mayes, one of the principal organisers of the restoration. An attractive item. 2003 [1830] £750 † ______

HOGG, James, 1770-1835 Known as the ‘Ettrick Shepherd’, Hogg was a poet of the pastoral tradition, his works a reflection of the Borders farmland he worked as a young man. Largely self-educated, he became friends with many of the great writers of his day, including Sir Walter Scott, of whom he later wrote a hagiographic biography. Primarily a poet, he is now remembered for his experimental crime novel The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner, which was published anonymously in 1824. Of his large poetical output, his most enduring work is The Queen’s Wake, 1813, a legendary tale of Mary Queen of Scots. See also items 1, 533, 597, 627 & 641.

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117. The Poetical Works ... 4 vols. Edinburgh: Printed for Arch. Constable & Co. Half titles. Contemp. full tan calf, gilt spines & borders, black leather labels; sl. rubbing. An attractive set. ¶The first collected edition. 1822 £250

118. The Poetical Works of the Ettrick Shepherd, including The Queen’s Wake, Pilgrims of the Sun, Mador of the Moor, Mountain Bard, &c. &c. With a life of the author by Professor Wilson. 4 vols. Blackie & Son. Initial ad. leaf vols I & III, initial 8pp cata. vol. II, engr. fronts & titles, printed titles; sl. spotted, a few leaves roughly opened. Orig. purple cloth, mostly faded to brown; sl. rubbed, but overall a good-plus set. ¶A fifth volume was added in 1840. 1838-39 £85

119. The Poetical Works of the Ettrick Shepherd, ... With an autobiography, and illustrative engravings, from original drawings, by D.O. Hill. 5 vols. Glasgow, Edinburgh & London: Blackie & Son. Engr. fronts & titles, printed titles. Contemp. full calf by Carss & Co. of Glasgow, spines gilt in compartments, triple-ruled gilt borders, maroon & black morocco labels; boards a little rubbed & marked in places, expertly executed repairs to lower corner of front board vol. II. An attractive set. 1840 £220

120. The Works of The Ettrick Shepherd. Revised at the instance of the author’s family, by the Rev. Thomas Thomson. Centenary Edition. 2 vols. Large 8vo. Blackie & Son. Half titles, engr. & printed titles, plates & illus; leading f.e.p. creased vol. I. Contemp. half maroon calf, spines with raised gilt bands, black leather labels; sl. rubbing, but a good- plus copy. ¶Large format, in two columns. [1874] £85 HOGG

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121. Tales and Sketches by the Ettrick Shepherd. Including several pieces not before printed. With memoir of the author by Charles Rogers. 6 vols. Edinburgh: William P. Nimmo & Co. Front. port. vol. I; vols. IV & VI sl. browned. Contemp. half maroon morocco; a little rubbed. Stamps of W.V.S. Travelling Library on leading pastedowns. 1882-83 £85

122. The Tales. Library edn. 2 vols. Hamilton, Adams, & Co. Half titles. Contemp. half maroon morocco; sl. rubbed. v.g. ¶Includes a biographical sketch of the author by J.T.B. 1886 £60 THE MOUNTAIN BARD 123. The Mountain Bard; consisting of Ballads and Songs, founded on facts and legendary tales. FIRST EDITION. Edinburgh: printed by J. Ballantyne & Co. for Arch. Constable & Co. Some browning & spotting. Expertly bound in later half speckled calf, maroon leather label, vellum-tipped corners. Contemp. signature of D.K. Newall on dedication leaf. v.g. ¶Dedicated to Walter Scott. 1807 £225

GREATLY ENLARGED 124. The Mountain Bard; consisting of legendary ballads and tales. To which is prefaced a memoir of the author’s life, written by himself. 3rd edn, greatly enlarged. Edinburgh: Oliver & Boyd. Some foxing in prelims. Contemp. half olive green morocco, spine gilt in compartments; sl. rubbing. A good-plus copy. ¶In smaller format. 1821 £110

THE FOREST MINSTREL 125. The Forest Minstrel; a selection of songs, adapted to the most favourite Scottish airs. Few of them ever before published. By James Hogg ... and others. FIRST EDITION. Edinburgh: printed for the editor. Half title. Contemp. half speckled calf, spine with raised gilt bands, maroon leather label; marbled paper sl. lifting from front board, but overall a good-plus attractive copy. ¶Contains 83 poems; 57 by Hogg and 14 by Thomas Mounsey Cunningham, 1776– 1834. 12 others appear anonymously. 1810 £220 126. The Mountain Bard, and Forest Minstrel; consisting of legendary ballads and songs. 16mo. Charles Daly. Half title, engr. front. & title, printed title; some damp-staining in prelims. Orig. olive green cloth; spine darkened, leading inner hinge cracking. a.e.g. ¶BL only on Copac. With blind stamp of B.G. Glover, Book & Music Warehouse, Bury. 1839 £45

THE QUEEN’S WAKE 127. The Queen’s Wake: a legendary poem. FIRST EDITION. Edinburgh: Printed by Andrew Balfour, for George Goldie, &c. Contemp. full calf, gilt spine & borders, maroon leather label; rubbed, tail of spine a little chipped, leading hinge starting to split at head & tail. Contemp. ownership inscription on titlepage of Matthew Stevenson & ‘Another Stevenson’. 125 132

135 140 HOGG

¶Hogg’s first commercial and critical success,The Queen’s Wake, in a collection of ‘tales’, tells the story of the return from exile of Mary Queen of Scots in 1561, and considers the state of Scotland during the tumultuous years of the Scottish Reformation. 1813 £180 128. The Queen’s Wake: ... 3rd edn. Edinburgh: Printed by James Ballantyne & Co., for George Goldie, &c. Contemp. half black calf, gilt spine, yellow tinted edges. v.g. ¶Expanded from 353 to 362pp; also added is a 2pp publisher’s ‘advertisement’, reassuring readers that the author is indeed a ‘Scotch Shepherd’, and 4pp stanzas addressed to the Ettrick Shepherd on the publication of The Queen’s Wake by B(ernard) Barton. 1814 £110 129. The Queen’s Wake: ... 6th edn. Edinburgh: William Blackwood, &c. Expertly bound in later half calf, spine ruled & with devices in gilt, red morocco label. v.g. ¶Expanded to 384pp, but without the preliminary pages described above. 1819 £90

130. The Queen’s Wake, ... People’s edn. Edinburgh: William & Robert Chambers. Orig. printed wrappers; sl. dusted. ¶First published in 1813. 1841 £25

131. The Queen’s Wake: ... 32mo. Edinburgh: Thomas Nelson. Half title, front. & engr. title, printed title. Orig. red cloth, blocked in gilt & blind; a little darkened & rubbed. a.e.g. ¶BL and Birmingham only on Copac. 1844 £35

THE PILGRIMS OF THE SUN 132. The Pilgrims of the Sun; a poem. FIRST EDITION. John Murray. Some light spotting in first gathering. Expertly rebound in appropriate half calf, vellum-tipped corners, red leather label. v.g. ¶Pilgrims of the Sun in IV parts, followed by Superstition. Dedicated, in verse, to Byron. 1815 £250

133. The Pilgrims of the Sun; ... FIRST EDITION. John Murray. Lower outer corner of title, prelims & pp1-14 repaired, not affecting any text. Expertly bound in appropriate drab boards, paper label. v.g. 1815 £150

MADOR OF THE MOOR 134. Mador of the Moor; a poem. FIRST EDITION. Edinburgh: William Blackwood. Uncut in orig. drab boards; expertly rebacked with appropriate drab spine, corners carefully strengthened, small nick in upper margin of following board. A good-plus copy. ¶A poem in five cantos, with introduction and conclusion in verse, ‘founded on an incident recorded in the Scottish annals of the 14th century’. 1816 £220

135. Mador of the Moor; ... FIRST EDITION. Edinburgh: William Blackwood. Expertly bound in later half calf, vellum-tipped corners, gilt spine, red morocco label. v.g. 1816 £250

136. Mador of the Moor; ... FIRST EDITION. Edinburgh: William Blackwood. 1816. BOUND WITH: The Pilgrims of the Sun; a poem. John Murray. FIRST EDITION. 1815. Half title vol. II. 2 vols in 1 in contemp. half tan calf; spine sl. worn at head & tail. 1816/1815 £280 HOGG

WINTER EVENING TALES 137. W inter Evening Tales, collected among the cottagers in the South of Scotland. 2nd edn. 2 vols. Edinburgh: Oliver & Boyd. Some light spotting. Contemp. half calf, red & dark green leather labels; spine sl. darkened vol. I, sl. rubbing. Armorial bookplate of Robert Johnson Eden vol. I. A nice copy. ¶A collection of poetry and prose, first published in 1820. 1821 £180

MEMOIRS & CONFESSIONS OF A JUSTIFIED SINNER 138. The Suicide’s Grave: being the private memoirs & confessions of a justified sinner written by himself. With a detail of curious traditionary facts & other evidence by the editor. J. Shiells & Co. Half title, front. & 6 photogravure plates by R. Easton Stuart. Uncut in orig. pale green cloth, lettered in gilt & dark green; sl. marked. Booklabel of C.J. Peacock. ¶The text of the original edition, first published anonymously in 1824. 1895 £35 139. The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner. With an introduction by André Gide. Cresset Press. (Cresset Library.) Half title, front. facsim. Orig. dark blue cloth; spine sl. faded. v.g. 1947 £15

QUEEN HYNDE 140. Queen Hynde. A poem, in six books. FIRST EDITION. Longman, &c. Pp 167/8 torn without loss, neatly repaired. Contemp. half dark green calf, spine ruled in gilt, maroon leather label; neat early reback retaining orig. spine strip; a bit rubbed. Bookseller’s ticket: Hatton & Son, Manchester. ¶A legendary poem of early Scottish rule, sequel to The Queen’s Wake, dedicated to the ‘Daughters of Caledonia’. 1825 £160

A QUEER BOOK 141. A Queer Book. By the Ettrick Shepherd. FIRST EDITION. Edinburgh: William Blackwood, &c. Half title. Uncut in orig. dark blue cloth; edges sl. marked. Inverted bookplate of Norman & Janey Buchan on following f.e.p. ¶A ‘motley work, made up of all the fowls’ feathers that fly in the air, from the rook to the wild swan, and from the kitty wren to the peacock ...’. 1832 £120 ______

HOLCROFT, Thomas, 1745-1809 Born in London of humble stock, Holcroft received little formal education, and worked as a stablehand and cobbler, before finding work as a teacher, and then as a prompter in a Dublin theatre. He began writing for the stage, and in 1792 had his first major success with The Road to Ruin, the title of which foreshadowed his financial instability in later life. His Memoirs, 1816, edited by his friend William Hazlitt, provide an entertaining commentary on his many radical associates.

142. Duplicity: a comedy. As it is performed at the Theatre-Royal, Covent-Garden. 2nd edn. Printed for G. Robinson. Disbound. ¶ESTC N2214. 1781 £30 HOLCROFT

143. The Choleric Fathers. A comic opera. Performed at the Theatre-Royal in Covent-Garden. FIRST EDITION. Printed for G.G.J. & J. Robinson. A little dusted. Disbound. Signature of Michael Foot in pencil on title. ¶ESTC T30628. 1785 £35

144. The Life of Baron Frederic Trenck; containing his adventures; his cruel and excessive sufferings, during ten years imprisonment, at the fortress of Magdeburg, by command of the late King of Prussia; also, anecdotes, historical, political, and personal. Translated from the German by Thomas Holcroft. Scott, Webster & Geary. (English Classics Series.) Engr. front. & title sl. spotted, printed title. Orig. dark green cloth. Renier booklabel. v.g. ¶First published in 1788. 1835 £30

145. The School for Arrogance: a comedy. As it is acted at the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden. FIRST EDITION. Printed for G.G.J. & J. Robinson. Without half title. Disbound. Signature of Michael Foot in pencil on title. ¶ESTC T47161. 1791 £35

146. The School for Arrogance: ... 2nd edn. Printed for G.G.J. & J. Robinson. Half title; a little dusted. Disbound. ¶ESTC T45449 . 1791 £25

147. The Road to Ruin: a comedy. As it is acted at the Theatre Royal, Covent-Garden. 2nd edn. Printed for J. Debrett. Disbound. ¶ESTC T45454. A prose play in five acts. 1792 £30

148. The Road to Ruin: ... 4th edn. Printed for J. Debrett. Some minor spotting. Final leaf repaired & reinforced without affecting text. Disbound. ¶ESTC T45453. 1792 £20

149. The Road to Ruin: ... 6th edn. Printed for J. Debrett. Dusted & sl. marked. Disbound. ¶ESTC T45451. 1792 £20

150. The Road to Ruin: a comedy, in five acts. n.p. llus., text in two columns. Disbound. 20pp. ¶Part 14 of The London Theatre. [c.1825?] £10

151. Knave, or Not? A comedy: in five acts. As performed at the Theatre Royal, Drury-Lane. FIRST EDITION. Printed for G.G. & J. Robinson. Sl. dusted. Disbound. ¶ESTC T29491. 1798 £35

152. Memoirs of the late Thomas Holcroft, written by himself, and continued to the time of his death (by William Hazlitt), from his diary, notes, and other papers. FIRST EDITION. 3 vols. Longman, &c. Front. vol. I; sl. off-setting to titles. Sl. later half dark green calf, maroon leather labels; one label missing from both vols II & III, spines a little rubbed. Douglas Grant booklabels. A good-plus copy. ¶Keynes 9. Hazlitt & Holcroft were friends for some years before the latter’s death in 1809. 1816 £380 152 HOLCROFT

153. Memoirs of the late Thomas Holcroft, ... FIRST EDITION. 3 vols. Longman, &c. Vol. III with facsim. titlepage. Later 19thC half calf, red morocco boards; corners a little worn. ¶Written in a contemp. hand on initial blank, a quotation from Byron as printed in Moore’s Life of Byron: ‘Holcroft’s memoirs are valuable as shewing strength of endurance in the man which is worth more than all the talent in the world’. Vol. I with the signatures of Arthur Jones and J.S. Whiteside, as well as the small booklabel of James Eltoft. 1816 £350 ______

HOOD, Thomas, 1799-1845 The son of a London bookseller, Hood worked variously as an editor, publisher, poet, and satirist. Early successes included Whims and Oddities, 1826, and a collection of humorous stories, National Tales, which appeared in 1827. His most celebrated work appeared late in his career, the sentimental poem The Song of the Shirt, first published in Punch in 1843.

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154. Poems. FIRST COLLECTED EDITION. 2 vols. Edward Moxon. Half titles, initial 8pp cata. vol. I (Jan. 1846), final ad. leaf vol. II. Orig. dark green cloth (vol. II sl. darker cloth), paper labels rubbed & sl. chipped; spines a little dulled. 1846 £65

155. The Works. Comic and serious, in prose and verse. 7 vols. Edward Moxon. Half titles vols. IV, VI & VII, front. port. vol. VII. Orig. purple pebble-grained cloth, blocked in gilt & bind; spines v. sl. faded. Bookplates of Dennis H.N. Sellers. A v.g. attractive set. ¶Edited, with notes, by his son: ‘I have left nothing out that may interest the thoughtful and studious, while I have endeavoured not to weary the cursory reader with long annotations’. 1862-63 £120

156. The Serious Poems. With a preface by Thomas Hood the younger. New edn. E. Moxon & Co. (The Pocket Series.) Half title, front. port. Orig. purple cloth by Burn & Co., bevelled boards, gilt; spine faded. A nice copy. 1868 £20

157. The Poetical Works. George Routledge & Sons. Front., title in red & black, rubricated text, illus. Orig. royal blue cloth, gilt borders; one corner sl. knocked, otherwise v.g. [c.1890] £15

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158. Odes and Addresses to Great People. FIRST EDITION. Printed for Baldwin, Cradock, & Joy. Half title. Uncut in orig. drab boards, later drab spine; edges sl. worn, inner hinges sl. loose. ¶Hood’s first book: includes addresses to Mr. Graham, the Aëronaut (”Let us cast off the foolish ties / That bind us to earth, and rise / And take a bird’s-eye view!”); to The Great Unknown (i.e. Walter Scott); to The Steam Washing Company; to Captain Parry (the Arctic explorer); and eleven other odes. 1825 £200

159. The Plea of the Midsummer Fairies, Hero and Leander, Lycus the Centaur, and other poems. FIRST EDITION. Longman, Rees, &c. Half title, final ad. leaf. Uncut in orig. dark green cloth; somewhat damp-affected. HOOD

¶In his warm dedication to Charles Lamb, Hood acknowledges the inspiration for his poetical musings: ‘It is my design ... to celebrate ... that immortality which Shakspeare [sic] has conferred on the Fairy mythology by his Midsummer Night’s Dream’. 1827 £90

160. Whims and Oddities, in prose and verse. Small 4to. John Camden Hotten. Half title, illus. with 40 woodcuts by the author, 16pp cata. (1869); some spotting. Orig. green cloth, lettered in gilt; leading inner hinge sl. cracked, sl. rubbed. ¶The first series. [1869] £20

161. Whims and Oddities in prose and verse: and Poems of Wit and Humour. New edn. E. Moxon, Son, & Co. Text woodcuts by the author. Orig. dark green cloth; sl. rubbed, one small mark on front board. Renier signatures & booklabel. v.g. ¶The first and second series. 1869 £25

162. National Tales. FIRST EDITION. 2 vols. 12mo. William H. Ainsworth. Fronts & plates by T. Dighton, printed by Hullmandel; sl. off-setting, some light foxing. Contemp. half green calf, plain drab boards; spines a little rubbed & faded to brown, lacking labels. Signature of Stevenson Halliday on titlepage vol. I. Renier booklabels. ¶Not in Wolff, who confuses Hood with his son. 1827 £180

163. The Dream of Eugene Aram, the murderer. With designs by W. Harvey. Engraved on wood by Branston and Wright. FIRST EDITION. Charles Tilt. Half title, front. sl. browned, plates. Later half dark brown morocco by Tout. t.e.g. v.g. ¶First separate edition; the poem first appeared, without illustrations, in The Gem, 1829. Pages 7-17 contain Hood’s ‘Defence’. This was Sir Henry Irving’s recitation of choice. 1831 £90

164. The Dream of Eugene Aram, ... FIRST EDITION. Charles Tilt. Front., plates, illus; sl. spotted, trimmed. Disbound. 1831 £50

165. Miss Kilmansegg and Her Precious Leg; a golden legend. With 60 illustrations by Thomas S. Seccombe, engraved by F. Joubert. 4to. E. Moxon, Son & Co. Front., illus; occasional spotting. Orig. brick red cloth, bevelled boards; sl. wear to tail of spine. v.g. ¶The first separate edition, handsomely engraved throughout, with the text printed in a cursive typescript. The poem first appeared in theNew Monthly Magazine in 1841. 1870 £65

166. Memorials of Thomas Hood. Collected, arranged, and edited by his Daughter (F.F. Broderip). With a preface and notes by his son. FIRST EDITION. 2 vols. Edward Moxon & Co. Half titles, fold. front. & text vignettes, 8pp cata. (Nov. 1860) vol. I, front. vol. II. Uncut & vol. II mostly unopened in orig. purple cloth; spines sl. dulled. Bookplates of Samuel Morris Rich, & booksellers tickets: S. & T. Gilbert, Bank. v.g. 1860 £60

167. Thomas Hood. Portrait from a bust. Edward Moxon & Co. Uncoloured oval engraving of Hood, the image measuring approx. 9 x 8cm. A depiction of a bust of Hood. [c.1850?] £8 † ______HUNT

HUNT, Leigh, 1782-1859 Essayist, poet, dramatist, translator, editor, & critic, London-born Hunt was a pivotal figure in the Romantic movement. He was friends with Keats, Byron and Shelley, and was instrumental in championing their works in publications such as The Indicator and The Liberal. He achieved notable successes with The Story of Rimini, 1816, The Vision of Judgement, 1819, and Captain Sword and Captain Pen, 1835, though he never quite escaped the shadow of his more illustrious peers, and remained, to his chagrin, an outsider. See also items 56, 58, 92, 533 & 608.

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169. The Poetical Works. FIRST EDITION. Edward Moxon. Half title. Uncut in orig. brown cloth, blocked in blind, spine lettered in gilt; small split at tail of leading hinge, spine sl. faded. A good-plus copy. ¶A later binding, without slip, subscribers’ list, or ads bound in. 1832 £110 170. The Poetical Works. Containing many pieces now first collected. Edward Moxon. Orig. purple horizontal-grained cloth, maroon leather label; front board & spine fading to brown. v.g. ¶In smaller format but with expanded contents from the 1832 edition, with new preface. 1844 £50

171. Tales. Now first collected; with a prefatory memoir by William Knight. William Paterson & Co. (Treasure House of Tales by great authors.) Half title, front. port. Orig. blue boards, cream cloth spine & corners, dark blue label; spine darkened & sl. marked. Renier and E. Hulton booklabels. ¶Number 14 of 55 copies printed on Dutch handmade paper. 1891 £35

172. Tales. Now first collected; with a prefatory memoir by William Knight. William Paterson & Co. (Treasure House of Tales by great authors.) Half title. Orig. dark blue cloth; sl. damp marking in lower margin of following board. 1891 £25

173. Prefaces by Leigh Hunt, mainly to his Periodicals; edited by R. Brimley Johnson. FIRST EDITION. Frank Hollings. Half title. Uncut in orig. red cloth; spine faded, front board sl. warped. t.e.g. ¶Limited to 500 copies. 1927 £20 _____ THE FIRST PUBLISHED WORKS OF HUNT, PEACOCK AND DE QUINCEY 174. HUNT, Leigh; PEACOCK, Thomas Love; DE QUINCEY, Thomas; &c. The Juvenile Library, including a complete course of instruction on every useful subject: ... With prize productions of young students; ... Vols I & II (Lectures 1-12). T. Gillet for R. Phillips. Plates, some folding; leading f.e.p. laid down vol. I. Contemp. full tree calf, later functionally rebacked with plain calf, maroon leather labels; corners worn. 177 174 HUNT

¶The first two, of three, volumes ofThe Juvenile Library published 1800-01 (continued to 1803 in three further volumes as The Juvenile Encyclopedia), containing ‘Prize Essays’ and Translation competitions. Peacock’s poem ‘Is History or Biography the more improving study?’ appears in issue I, the winner of a special prize, ‘as an extraordinary effort of genius in a boy of this age’ (Peacock was 14). Leigh Hunt receives fourth prize (p.60), commendations (pp.135 & 208) before achieving first prize for a translation, printed on pp. 346-47, his first published work (Horace, Ode 22, Book I), printed with a letter from Hunt, and attestations from his brother Robert, and ex-headmaster Arthur William Trollope. Hunt has a further notice of second prize in English composition (p.414). De Quincey is noted (p.135) as seventh prize winner in a competition for the best translation of Tully (Cicero), and his third prize translation of Horace (behind Hunt) is printed on pp.349-350. Among other prize winners and commendees are the son of R. L. Edgeworth, Henry Kirk White, and Catherine Gore. The De Quincey and Peacock contributions are identified by CBEL3 as ‘first works’ but the Hunt contributions are not mentioned - even though of the three he seems to have been the most indefatigable competitor. This periodical is rare; ESTC (002846971) records a single set in BL. 1800-1801 £950

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JUVENILIA 175. Juvenilia; or, A collection of poems. Written between the ages of twelve & sixteen. ... Containing miscellanies translations sonnets pastorals elegies odes hymns, and anthems. FIRST EDITION. Printed by J. Whiting, Finsbury Place. Half title, engr. front. after Bartollozi, 13pp subscribers’ list. Contemp. half green roan, gilt spine; sl. rubbing. Booklabels of Simon & Judith Nowell-Smith. A good-plus copy. ¶Hunt’s first book, in xxiv, 209pp published when he was sixteen years of age. Privately printed, the book attracted an imposing list of subscribers, and largely favourable reviews. By 1803 it had already run to a 4th edition, and established the young poet’s reputation. 1801 £300 176. Juvenilia; ... 2nd edn. Printed by J. Whiting, Finsbury Place. Half title, engr. front. after Bartollozi, 21pp subscribers’ list. Uncut in orig. pale blue boards; lacking spine. Later Nowell- Smith booklabels. A good-plus copy of a SCARCE item, in custom-made red cloth box. ¶In a smaller format than the first edition, in xxxii (including subscribers to the second edition), 236pp (the last page misnumbered 136), with the front. folded to fit within the boards. 1801 £250 177. Juvenilia; ... (3rd edn) Printed by J. Whiting. Half title, front. port., one plate after Bartolozzi, 15pp subscribers’ list. Contemp. full speckled calf, gilt spine, borders & dentelles, red leather label; a little rubbed, one corner sl. knocked. Armorial bookplate of John, Duke of Bedford, and Nowell-Smith booklabels. An attractive copy. ¶This is in the same format as the first edition, but reset, with subscribers to the third edition and expanded errata, in xxiv, 215pp. 1802 £150 178. Juvenilia; ... 4th edn. Printed by J. Whiting. Half title, front. port., 16pp subscribers’ list. Contemp. full tree calf, gilt borders; rubbed & worn, hinges weakening. A fair copy only. ¶In the larger format, xxiv (subscribers to the fourth edition, without errata), 215pp. With a formal Presentation Inscription on initial blank, ‘S. Hunt, The gift of his father. Feby 21st 1815’. This may be a family copy, but is unlikely to be from the author; Swinburne Percy Leigh Hunt, his only son with the initial ‘S’, was not born until the following year. 1803 £120 HUNT

THE REFLECTOR 179. The Reflector, a quarterly magazine on subjects of philosophy, politics, and the liberal arts. Conducted by the editor of The Examiner. FIRST EDITION. 2 vols. Printed & published by John Hunt. Vol. I in II parts. Orig. drab wrappers laid on to later plain brown wrappers. A good-plus copy. ¶One volume, the first of the two published 1810-1812, divided into two numbers (I & II), October 1820 - March 1811. With contributions by Hunt & Lamb. 1810-11 £75

FEAST OF THE POETS ORIGINAL BOARDS 180. The Feast of the Poets, with notes, and other pieces in verse, by the Editor of the Examiner. FIRST ENGLISH EDITION, 1st issue. James Cawthorn. Initial 4pp inserted ads, half title, final ad. leaf. Uncut in orig. drab boards, paper label laid down off-centre; repairs to spine, sl. rubbing. Nowell-Smith booklabels. v.g. ¶The first issue, without Hunt’s name on the titlepage, the original imprint, and ms. correction from ‘Whisp’ring’ to ‘working’ in the fifth line of the final poem. 1814 £280

181. The Feast of the Poets, ... FIRST ENGLISH EDITION, 1st issue. James Cawthorn. Half title. Sl. later purple binder’s cloth (c.1835), spine lettered in gilt; sl. faded. v.g. ¶With the original Cawthorn imprint, and ms. correction from ‘Whisp’ring’ to ‘working’ in the fifth line of the final poem. 1814 £150

SECOND ISSUE 182. The Feast of the Poets, ... 2nd issue. Gale, Curtis, and Fenner. Contemp. half calf, black leather label; hinges & corners a little rubbed. Ownership inscription of Marjorie Russell, 1925, and Nowell-Smith booklabels. v.g. ¶The second issue, with a new titlepage, 1815, naming Hunt as the author, and with the Gale, Curtis, & Fenner imprint. 1815 £120

183. The Feast of the Poets, with other pieces in verse. 2nd edn, amended & enlarged. Gale & Fenner. Sl. later half maroon calf, spine gilt in compartments, black leather label; sl. darkened, corners & edges sl. rubbed. A decent copy, from the library of Douglas Grant. ¶Expanded from 158 to (170)pp, with a new 4pp preface and Gale & Fenner ads on last page. 1815 £120

DESCENT OF LIBERTY 184. The Descent of Liberty, a mask. FIRST EDITION. Gale, Curtis, & Fenner. Half title, final ad. leaf. Uncut in later 19thC half calf; pink cloth sides affected by damp but internally clean. ¶With the introductory essay on the ‘origin and nature of masks’. Written in Surrey Jail ‘partly to vary the hours of imprisonment and ill health’. 1815 £150 ORIGINAL BOARDS 185. The Descent of Liberty, a mask. New edn. Gale & Fenner. Final ad. leaf. Uncut in orig. drab boards, paper label sl. chipped, but v.g. ¶The second edition, with the introductory essay. 1816 £220 HUNT

STORY OF RIMINI

186. The Story of Rimini, a poem. 2nd edn. Printed by Bensley & Son ... for Taylor & Hessey, &c. Uncut in orig. blue boards, drab spine; spine lettered in ink, chipped at head, boards a little marked. Contemp. signature of Anna Clark & later booklabel of Percival F. Hinton. A good sound copy. ¶Dedicated to Lord Byron. 1817 £75

187. The Story of Rimini, a poem. 3rd edn. C. & J. Ollier. Half title, erratum leaf following title. Orig. blue boards, green cloth spine, paper label; spine a little dulled & v. sl. worn at tail. Early inscription & stamp of Geo. Piper, Ledbury. From Douglas Grant’s library, with some pencil notes by him. A good-plus copy. 1819 £120

188. The Story of Rimini, a poem. 3rd edn. C. & J. Ollier. Uncut in later quarter speckled calf, drab boards, vellum-tipped corners. Occasional pencil notes, blind stamp of The Reform Club Library on title. v.g. 1819 £90

WITH: HERO AND LEANDER 189. The Story of Rimini, a poem. 3rd edn. C. & J. Ollier. BOUND WITH: Hero and Leander, and Bacchus and Ariadne. FIRST EDITION. C. & J. Ollier. 1819. Half titles; some light foxing. 2 vols in 1 in sl. later half dark blue roan; sl. rubbed. Small booklabel of Mrs Richard Jones. t.e.g. A good-plus copy. 1819 £225

FOLIAGE

190. Foliage; or, Poems original and translated. FIRST EDITION. C. & J. Ollier. The odd spot. Sl. later half dark green crushed morocco, spine gilt in compartments. a.e.g. v.g. ¶With epistles to Byron, Moore, Hazlitt, Lamb, and others. With Sonnets, on Keats, on Hampstead, to Haydon, to Reynolds, to Stothard, etc; with translations. 1818 £250

THE INDICATOR (THE COMPANION, THE SEER)

191. The Indicator. 2 vols. Joseph Appleyard. With a new titlepage (1822) & index; a little spotted in places. 2 vols in 1 in sl. later half dark green crushed morocco, spine gilt in compartments. a.e.g. v.g. ¶Nos 1-52 & 1-76, 13 October 1819 - 21 March 1821. Vol. I, no. I is a 4th edition, nos II-V are 3rd editions, nos VI-XXIV are 2nd editions, else FIRST EDITIONS. With contributions by Lamb, Keats, and others, and reviews of contemporary writers including Shelley and Coleridge. 1819-22 £380

192. The Indicator. 2 vols. Joseph Appleyard. First few leaves a little creased, p125/6 torn with sl. loss in bottom corner, not affecting text. 4pp index to vol. I (pp(411)-414) bound in at end. 2 vols in 1 in sl. later green binder’s cloth; sl. marked. With the library label of Taunton Castle, and contemp. owner’s signature ‘Elizabeth Atherstone’ on titlepage. A good-plus copy. ¶As previous item: Nos 1-52 & 1-76, 13 October 1819 - 21 March 1821. Vol. I, no. I is a 4th edition, nos II-V are 3rd editions, nos VI-XXIV are 2nd editions, else FIRST EDITIONS. 1819-21 £240 HUNT

SELECTIONS FROM THE INDICATOR & THE COMPANION 193. The Indicator, and The Companion; a miscellany for the fields and fire-side. FIRST EDITION. 2 vols. Henry Colburn. Half titles, 4pp ads vol. II. Uncut in orig. olive green cloth, fading to brown; following board sl. marked vol. II. Eric Quayle booklabel vol. I. A nice copy. ¶Hunt’s selections from the periodicals he edited. 1834 £125 194. The Indicator, and The Companion; ... 2 pts. Tall 8vo. Edward Moxon. 2 parts in 1 vol. in contemp. half calf, black leather label; worn & chipped, leading hinge splitting. Renier booklabel. A poor copy. ¶Text in two columns. 1840 £15 WITH THE SEER 195. The Indicator, and The Companion. 1865. WITH: The Seer, or, Common-places Refreshed. 1850. Tall 8vo. William Tegg. 2 works in 4 parts in orig. red publisher’s cloth; spine sl. dulled & with sl. wear at head & tail. ¶The Seer 1840-41. In orig. remainder binding, with the text in two columns. 1865/1850 £45 196. The Seer, or, Common-places Refreshed. 2 pts. William Tegg. Half title, text in two columns; final pages sl. worn. Orig. printed limp orange cloth; corners creased, a little marked & rubbed. 1864 £20 197. (The Indicator) The Old-Lady and the Maid-Servant. J. M. Dent & Sons. (The Elian Greeting-Booklets.) Illus. by Roberta F. C. Waudby. Sewn as issued in orig. green printed wrappers; spine sl. faded. v.g. 29pp. ¶’Characters’ from Leigh Hunt, first published inThe Indicator. 1929 £10

AMYNTAS

ORIGINAL BOARDS: SIGNED BY MARIANNE HUNT 198. Amyntas, a tale of the woods; from the Italian of Torquato Tasso. FIRST EDITION. Printed for T. & J. Allman. Engr. front. port. of Tasso; without half title. Uncut in orig. drab boards; spine a little rubbed & sl. chipped at head, leading hinge weak but holding. Signed on the title page by Marianne Hunt, wife of the author. Nowell-Smith booklabels. A nice copy of a SCARCE item. ¶As with all the copies recorded on Copac, this copy is without plates, excepting the engraved frontispiece. A list of ‘recently published’ works in The Eclectic Review, 1820, advertises Amyntas ‘with a portrait of Tasso and five wood-cuts’, and space for plates has been included in the pagination. However, it seems most unlikely that Hunt would have presented his wife with an imperfect copy, so it can be assumed that while plates were intended to embellish the work, most copies never had them. There is no evidence in this copy to show plates having been excised. 1820 £250

THE LIBERAL: FIRST APPEARANCE OF ‘VISION OF JUDGMENT’. 199. HUNT, Leigh & BYRON, George Noel Gordon, Baron. The Liberal. Verse and Prose from the South. FIRST EDITION. 2 vols. Printed by & for John Hunt. Contents leaf vol. I; some browning. Orig. brown vertical-grained cloth, paper labels sl. darkened; head of spine carefully repaired vol. I. From the library of Michael Foot with his signature on title vol. I. A good-plus copy in custom-made green cloth box. ¶See Randolph p76; with characteristics of both the first and second issues, but without HUNT

the new prefatory material that indicates the third. The magazine was compiled by Byron and Leigh Hunt from Pisa, following the death of Shelley who conceived of the project. Contains the first publication of Byron’s Vision of Judgment as well as original material by Shelley, Hunt, Hazlitt, Mary Shelley, &c. 1822 £550

LITERARY EXAMINER

200. The Literary Examiner: consisting of The Indicator, a review of books, and miscellaneous pieces in prose and verse. FIRST EDITION. Printed for H.L. Hunt. A little spotted. Sl. later half dark green crushed morocco, spine gilt in compartments. a.e.g. v.g. 1823 £225

LORD BYRON

201. Lord Byron and Some of His Contemporaries; with recollections of the author’s life, and of his visit to Italy. 2nd edn. 2 vols. Henry Colburn. Front. ports, half title vol. II, plates. Sl. later half dark green crushed morocco, spine gilt in compartments. a.e.g. v.g. ¶The first 8vo edition, with long new preface. 1828 £280

SIR RALPH ESHER

202. Sir Ralph Esher: or, Memoirs of a gentleman of the court of Charles the Second, including those of his friend Sir Philip Herne. With a preface to this edition. (3rd edn.) Richard Bentley. (Bentley’s Standard Novels, no. 118.) Front., ads on e.ps; sl. careless opening in one or two places. Orig. dark brown cloth, gilt spine. v.g. ¶Sadleir 3734a, binding D. First published anonymously in three volumes in 1832. This 1850 edition contains a new Dedication to Lord John Russell dated December 25 1849, and ‘Advertisement’ by the Author. 1850 £50

CAPTAIN SWORD & CAPTAIN PEN 203. Captain Sword and Captain Pen. A poem. With some remarks on war and military statesmen. FIRST EDITION. Charles Knight. Half title, front., plates, 4pp ads. Orig. green patterned cloth. Renier booklabel. v.g. ¶The poem was born out of Hunt’s vehement opposition to war & militarism. He notes in his postscript, ‘the object ... is to show the horror of war, the false ideas of power produced in the minds of its leaders, and, by inference, the unfitness of those leaders for the government of the world’. Priced 4/6d on spine. 1835 £125 WITH A NEW PREFACE 204. Captain Sword and Captain Pen. A poem. With a new preface, remarks on war, and notes detailing the horrors on which the poem is founded. 3rd edn. Charles Gilpin. Final ad. leaf & 8pp cata. Orig. dark pink cloth, lettered in gilt; spine & edges faded. a.e.g. v.g. 1849 £75

THE PALFREY 205. The Palfrey; a love story of old times. FIRST EDITION. How & Parsons. Half title, illus. by J. Franklin, Kenny Meadows, W.B. Scott and A. Clint; sl. spotting in prelims. Sl. later half dark green crushed morocco, spine gilt in compartments. a.e.g. v.g. ¶A story in verse based on the only known production of Houn Le Roi, possibly one of the “Kings of the Minstrels” and pre-dating Chaucer. A palfrey is a house of ‘gentle breeding’. 1842 £80 181 184

199 205 HUNT

DRAMATIC WORKS OF WYCHERLEY &C 206. The Dramatic Works of Wycherley, Congreve, Vanbrugh, and Farquhar. With biographical and critical notices by Leigh Hunt. New edn. Routledge, Warne, & Routledge. Half title, engr. front. & title, printed title. Contemp. full calf, bevelled boards, gilt spine & borders, dark brown leather label; hinges weak & repaired. sl. rubbed. 1860 £25

IMAGINATION & FANCY 207. Imagination and Fancy; or, Selections from the English poets, illustrative of those first requisites of the arts; with markings of the best passages, critical notices of the writers, and an essay in answer to the question “What is Poetry?”. 2nd edn. Smith, Elder, & Co. Orig. pale green cloth by Westleys & Clark, attractively blocked & lettered in gilt; spine a little darkened, one or two small splits in hinges. ¶First published in 1844. Shakespeare, Marlow, Jonson, Milton, & the Romantics. Uniform with Wit and Humour, 1846. 1845 £35

208. Imagination and Fancy; or, Selections from the English poets, ... 3rd edn. Smith, Elder, & Co. Sl. later half dark green crushed morocco, spine gilt in compartments. a.e.g. v.g. 1866 £85

WIT AND HUMOUR ORIGINAL BOARDS 209. W it and Humour, selected from the English Poets; with an illustrative essay, and critical comments. FIRST EDITION. Smith, Elder, & Co. Half title, final ad. leaf & 32pp cata. (July 1846). Uncut in orig. drab boards, paper label; spine a little darkened & chipped at head & tail, hinges a bit rubbed. The Esher copy, with armorial bookplate of Oliver Brett; booklabel of Eric Quayle. A good-plus copy as originally issued in custom-made beige cloth box. 1846 £85 ORIGINAL CLOTH 210. Wit and Humour, ... FIRST EDITION. Smith, Elder, & Co. Half title, final ad. leaf & 32pp cata. (July 1846). Orig. pink cloth by Westley’s & Clark, attractively blocked in gilt; sl. dulled. Eric Quayle booklabel. a.e.g. A good-plus copy. ¶Uniform with Imagination and Fancy, 1846. 1846 £65 211. Wit and Humour, ... 2nd edn. Smith, Elder, & Co. Bound without ads. Sl. later half dark green crushed morocco, spine gilt in compartments. a.e.g. v.g. 1846 £50 212. Wit and Humour, ... New edn. Smith, Elder, & Co. Orig. red cloth, parchment spine, red label & edges. 1878 £20

STORIES FROM THE ITALIAN POETS 213. Stories from the Italian Poets: with lives of the writers. FIRST EDITION. 2 vols. Chapman & Hall. Half titles; the odd spot. Orig. dark blue cloth; vol. I with sl. dent at head of front board, otherwise a v.g. bright copy. ¶Translations from Dante, Pulci, Boiardo, Ariosto, & Tasso. With a dedication to Sir Percy Shelley. Vertical-grained cloth, blind blocking to boards with double border, elaborate corner blocking & central ornaments. Gilt lettering on spines has full stops after volume numbers only. 1846 £85 HUNT

214. Stories from the Italian Poets: ... FIRST EDITION. 2 vols. Chapman & Hall. Half titles; a few spots & pencil marks in text. Orig. dark blue cloth; inner hinges expertly repaired. Contemp. ownership inscription on title vol. II (removed from vol. I); later owner’s signatures on leading f.e.ps. A nice bright copy. ¶Horizontal-grained cloth, blind blocking to boards with double borders, elaborate corner blocking & central ornaments. Gilt lettering on spines has full stops after volume numbers only. 1846 £65

215. Stories from the Italian Poets: ... FIRST EDITION. 2 vols. Chapman & Hall. Half titles; the odd spot. Orig. lighter blue cloth; sl. dulled, minor wear to head of following hinge vol. A good-plus copy. ¶Horizontal-grained cloth, blind blocking to boards with less elaborate corners pieces & no central devices; full stops after ‘Poets’, ‘Hunt’, & ‘Vol. I (II)’. 1846 £60

216. Stories from the Italian Poets: ... FIRST EDITION. 2 vols. Chapman & Hall. Bound without half titles; the odd spot. Sl. later half dark green crushed morocco, spines gilt in compartments. a.e.g. v.g. 1846 £65

MEN, WOMEN, AND BOOKS

217. Men, Women, and Books; a selection of sketches, essays, and critical memoirs, from his uncollected prose writings. FIRST EDITION. 2 vols. Smith, Elder. Front. port., 30pp cata. (Apr. 1847) vol. I, final ad. leaf vol. II. Orig. pink cloth by Westleys & Co.; spines sl. darkened, sl. rubbing. Small bookseller’s tickets: J.M. Jones, Bristol. ¶A selection of essays indicative of the broad scope of Hunt’s interests. Includes, among many others, The Inside of an Omnibus, A Visit to the Zoological Gardens, The World of Books, On Seeing a Pigeon Make Love, Criticism on Female Beauty, Deceased Statesmen Who have Written Verses, and the Life and African Visit of Pepys. 1847 £110

218. Men, Women, and Books; ... FIRST EDITION. 2 vols. Smith, Elder. Front. & 16pp cata. (May, 1858) vol. I, final ad. leaf. vol. II. Orig. orange cloth by Westleys; a little marked, spines very sl. faded. Booklabels of Irene Gosse. v.g. ¶A secondary binding, in orange cloth. 1847 £185

219. Men, Women, and Books; ... FIRST EDITION. 2 vols. Smith, Elder & Co. Front. port. vol. I. Sl. later half dark green crushed morocco, spines gilt in compartments. a.e.g. v.g. 1847 £85

A JAR OF HONEY

ORIGINAL PERIODICAL PUBLICATION 220. A Jar of Honey from Mount Hybla, &c. A collection of extracts from periodicals in later dark blue binder’s cloth. v.g. ¶From Maurice Buxton Forman’s collection with a long ink note by him on leading f.e.p. The volume comprises extracts from Ainsworth’s Magazine, vols V & VI containing the original serialised publication of A Jar of Honey from Mount Hybla, reviews of works by Hunt, B.R. Haydon & John Hamilton Reynolds, with a story by the last and also a poem by him from Bentley’s Miscellany, vol. XXI. 1844-47 £85 HUNT

ORIGINAL GLAZED BOARDS 221. A Jar of Honey from Mount Hybla. FIRST EDITION. Smith, Elder, & Co. Half title, engr. title & illus. by Richard Doyle, 16pp cata. (1847-48); sl. spotted. Orig. cream glazed paper boards, dec. in blue, green, black & gilt; sl. wear to head of spine & hinges. Eric Quayle booklabel. a.e.g. A nice bright copy. ¶The primary binding. Includes much material reprinted from Ainsworth’s Magazine, 1844. With an examination of the history, culture, & mythology of Sicily, English & Scottish pastoral, and a chapter on bees ‘and their elegance’. 1848 £250

FINE IN CLOTH 222. A Jar of Honey from Mount Hybla. FIRST EDITION. Smith, Elder, & Co. Half title, engr. title & illus. by Richard Doyle, 16pp cata. (1847-48). Orig. orange cloth, blocked in blind with double borders enclosing central urn design within floral border, spine lettered in gilt. A v.g. exceptionally bright copy. ¶Cloth-bound copies are rare. The advertisements promote this as a ‘Christmas Book’. 1848 £200

223. A Jar of Honey from Mount Hybla. FIRST EDITION. Smith, Elder, & Co. Half title, engr. title & illus. by Richard Doyle, 12pp cata. (1847-48). Orig. orange cloth; spine dulled & sl. worn at tail, small mark on following board, corners sl. bumped. ¶Spine lettering in small type size than previous item. 1848 £50

224. A Jar of Honey from Mount Hybla. FIRST EDITION. Smith, Elder, & Co. Half title, engr. title, illus. by Richard Doyle. Sl. later half dark green crushed morocco, spine gilt in compartments. a.e.g. v.g. 1848 £150

A BOOK FOR A CORNER

225. A Book for a Corner; or, Selections in prose and verse, from authors the best suited to that mode of enjoyment: with comments on each, and a general introduction, ... Illus. with 80 wood engravings, from designs by F.W. Hulme & J. Franklin. FIRST EDITION. 2 vols. Chapman & Hall. Half titles, illus. Uncut in orig. brown cloth, blocked in blind, spines lettered gilt; small repair to leading hinge vol. I, sl. rubbing. Eric Quayle booklabel. A good- plus copy. ¶Pope, Walpole, Mrs Radcliffe, Mrs Inchbald, De Foe, Marco Polo, et al. 1849 £85

THE TOWN

226. The Town; its memorable characters and events. St. Paul’s to St. James’s. FIRST EDITION. 2 vols. Smith, Elder, & Co. Half titles, fronts, illus., 4pp ads vol. I, 16pp cata. vol. II (Nov. 1848); the odd spot. Orig. orange cloth by Westleys & Co., spines lettered in gilt; spines a little darkened & sl. worn at head & tail. Eric Quayle booklabel. A good-plus copy. ¶’ ... an account of London, partly topographical and historical, but chiefly memoirs of remarkable characters and events associated with the streets between St. Paul’s and St. James’s. The principal portion of the work had appeared thirteen years before in ‘Leigh Hunt’s London Journal.’ (DNB) 1848 £85

227. The Town; ... FIRST EDITION. 2 vols. Smith, Elder & Co. Half title vol. I, front. vol. II, illus.; sl. spotting. Sl. later half dark green crushed morocco, spines gilt in compartments. a.e.g. v.g. 1848 £85 HUNT

228. The Town; its memorable characters and events. New edn. Smith, Elder, & Co. Front., illus., 2pp ads & ads on e.ps. Orig. light brown cloth; spine a little creased. ¶Dated 1860 on both front cover and title. 1860 £40

AUTOBIOGRAPHY ORIGINAL CLOTH 229. The Autobiography ... ; with reminiscences of friends and contemporaries. FIRST EDITION. 3 vols. Smith, Elder & Co. Half titles, front. ports, 12pp cata. (Feb. 1853) vol. I, final ad. leaf vol. II; small tear in outer margin p329/330 without loss vol. II. Orig. buff cloth, blocked with floral design in blind, spines lettered in gilt; spines sl. darkened & with tiny nick in cloth vol. III. Bookseller’s ticket: W. McGee, Dublin; Eric Quayle booklabel. v.g. 1850 £225

230. The Autobiography ... FIRST EDITION. 3 vols. Smith, Elder & Co. Half titles, front. ports; sl. spotting in prelims. Sl. later half dark green crushed morocco, spines gilt in compartments. a.e.g. v.g. 1850 £150

231. The Autobiography ... FIRST EDITION. 3 vols. Smith, Elder & Co. Half titles, front. ports; front. & title stained & dusted vol. I. Sl. later half purple cloth, marbled boards. Labels of the Norfolk & Norwich library. 1850 £85

EDITED BY INGPEN 232. The Autobiography. With reminiscenes of friends and contemporaries, and with Thornton Hunt’s introduction and postscript. Newly edited by Roger Ingpen. Illus. with portraits. 2 vols. New York: E.P. Dutton & Co. Half titles, fronts, plates; sl. foxing in prelims. Handsomely bound by Charles E. Lauriat in contemp. half dark green morocco, spines gilt in compartments, marbled boards; spines sl. faded. t.e.g. v.g. 1903 £85

TABLE-TALK

233. Table-Talk. To which are added Imaginary Conversations of Pope and Swift. FIRST EDITION. Smith, Elder, & Co. Half title, 16pp cata. (Dec. 1850) with first few leaves sl. worn in inner margin. Orig. dark blue cloth, blocked & lettered in gilt; a little dulled. Eric Quayle booklabel. A good-plus copy. 1851 £50 234. Table-Talk. ... Smith, Elder & Co. Half title; sl. browning. Sl. later half dark green crushed morocco, spine gilt in compartments. a.e.g. v.g. 1870 £50 235. Table-Talk. ... Smith, Elder, & Co. Half title. Contemp. red cloth, parchment spine, red label sl. rubbed, red edges; spine sl. dulled, one corner sl. knocked. 1878 £25

RELIGION OF THE HEART 236. The Religion of the Heart. A manual of faith & duty. FIRST EDITION. John Chapman. Half title. Orig. olive green wavy-grained cloth by Westley’s & Co., blocked in blind, spine lettered in gilt; minor wear at head & tail of hinges, spine a little faded. Name cut from leading f.e.p. Eric Quayle booklabel. A good-plus copy. 1853 £50 HUNT

BEAUMONT AND FLETCHER 237. Beaumont and Fletcher; or, The Finest Scenes, Lyrics, and Other Beauties of those two Poets, now first selected from the whole of their works, to the exclusion of whatever is morally objectionable: with opinions of distinguished critics, notes, explanatory and otherwise, and a general introductory preface, by Leigh Hunt. FIRST EDITION. Henry G. Bohn. (Bohn’s Standard Library.) 14pp ads, printed in blue, divided between leading & following e.ps, half title, 32pp cata; the odd spot. Orig. uniform dark green cloth. Eric Quayle booklabel. v.g. 1855 £40

OLD COURT SUBURB 238. The Old Court Suburb; or, Memorials of Kensington, regal, critical and anecdotical. FIRST EDITION. 2 vols. Hurst & Blackett. Vignette titles, 8pp ads vol. I, 24pp cata. (March 1855) & 16pp cata. vol. II, royal blue e.ps. Orig. orange cloth; spines sl. faded, sl. rubbed. Remains of library labels on pastedowns. Eric Quayle booklabel. A good-plus copy. 1855 £120 INSCRIBED FROM THE AUTHOR TO HIS SON 239. The Old Court Suburb; ... 2nd edn, revised and enlarged. 2 vols. Hurst & Blackett. Initial ad. leaf vol. I. SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed on vol. I title ‘To Shelley Leigh Hunt from his loving father. Hammersmith 2 June 1860’ with the signatures of Leigh Hunt and also of his fourth son, Henry Sylvan. Orig. orange cloth, gilt spines dulled; a little marked, corners a little bumped, leading inner hinge vol. I sl. splitting. ¶Published in the same year as the first edition. Tipped in to vol. I is a 3pp ALS, dated 24 Nov. 1897 and written to Col. S. Leigh Hunt, by H. Buxton Forman, who edited the works of Keats. The letter relates to this copy, Buxton Forman writing, “I am a collector in especial of inscribed books, of which I have a great number; and am of course not anxious to part with this one. Still, I cannot but feel that you have a good claim to have your wishes in the matter considered ...”. Tipped in to vol. II is another 3pp letter from Buxton Forman, dated 6th Dec. 1897; “ ... I send the copy of “The Old Court Suburb” - parting from it with some regret, but I think only rightly ... I wish I could help you to recover your other lost volumes”. Col. Shelley Leigh Hunt was the poet’s grandson, son of James Henry Sylvan, 1819-1876. 1855 £450 REVISED & ENLARGED 240. The Old Court Suburb with lives of the writers. 2nd edn, revised and enlarged. 2 vols. Hurst and Blackett. Sl. spotting. Sl. later half dark green crushed morocco, spines gilt in compartments. a.e.g. v.g. 1855 £110

STORIES IN VERSE 241. Stories in verse. Now first collected. FIRST EDITION. Geo. Routledge & Co. Ad. preceding half title, front., engr. title, printed title. Orig. blue morocco-grained cloth, blocked & lettered in gilt; sl. rubbing. Later booklabels of Eric Quayle & Percival Hinton. a.e.g. A good-plus copy. ¶‘With illustrations’ printed on titlepage, but only front. & engraved title, which depicts a scene from one of Hunt’s most celebrated poems, Abou Ben Adhem. 1855 £45

THE WEST END 242. A Saunter Through the West End. In one volume. FIRST EDITION. Hurst and Blackett. The odd spot. Sl. later half dark green crushed morocco, spine gilt in compartments. a.e.g. v.g. ¶With many literary references, among them Hazlitt, Lamb, Walpole, Lewis and Byron. 1861 £85 HUNT

CORRESPONDENCE

243. The Correspondence. Edited by his eldest son. FIRST EDITION. 2 vols. Smith, Elder, & Co. Front. port., 2pp ads, 16pp cata. (Feb. 1862) vol. I. Orig. brown cloth; sl. signs of label removal from upper boards & spines, corners sl. knocked, inner hinges sl. cracking. Booklabels & stamps of the Fleming Stevenson Memorial Library & the Library of the Presbyterian College, Dublin. ¶The primary binding. 1862 £120

244. The Correspondence. ... FIRST EDITION. 2 vols. Smith, Elder, & Co. Front. port. vol. I, 2pp ads vol. II. Orig. maroon cloth; spines faded & a little rubbed. ¶There is no imprint on spines; almost certainly a secondary binding. 1862 £100

245. The Correspondence. ... FIRST EDITION. 2 vols. Smith, Elder & Co. Front. port. vol. I. Sl. later half dark green crushed morocco, spines gilt in compartments. a.e.g. v.g. 1862 £120

BOOK OF THE SONNET

246. The Book of the Sonnet. Edited by Leigh Hunt and S.A. Lee. 2 vols. FIRST ENGLISH EDITION. Sampson Low, Son, & Marston. Titlepages printed in red & black. Orig. red cloth, paper labels sl. chipped; spines a little darkened & sl. rubbed at head & tail, sl. marked. ¶American and English sonnets. 1867 £40

247. The Book of the Sonnet. ... 2 vols. FIRST ENGLISH EDITION. Sampson Low, Son, & Marston. Titlepages printed in red & black. Purple binder’s cloth spines sl. faded. v.g. 1867 £35

A DAY BY THE FIRE 248. A Day by the Fire; and other papers, hitherto uncollected. FIRST EDITION. Sampson Low, &c. Half title; sl. spotting in prelims. Sl. later half dark green crushed morocco, spine gilt in compartments. a.e.g. v.g. ¶A collection of articles gathered from The Reflector, The Examiner, The Indicator, The London Journal, The Monthly Chronicle, and The New Monthly Magazine. 1870 £65

ESSAYS BROCK ILLUSTRATED 249. Essays. Edited by Arthur Symons with illustrations by H.M. Brock. J.M. Dent & Co. Half title, front., title printed in turquoise & brown, illus; the odd spot Orig. dark pink cloth, brown cloth spine, lettered in gilt; sl. faded. t.e.g. v.g. 1905 £20

Biography &c.

THE HOLOGRAPH LETTERS 250. BREWER, Luther A. My Leigh Hunt Library; the holograph letters. FIRST EDITION. Iowa: University of Iowa Press. Half title, facsims. Orig. blue cloth; sl. marked. v.g. ¶A collection of Hunt’s letters, with index. 1938 £35 241 HUNT

251. HANLIN, Frank S. & POPE, Willard B. “Leigh Hunt & His Companions”. With “The Brewer-Leigh Hunt Collection at the State University of Iowa”. A Reprint from the Keats-Shelley Journal. Vol. VIII, Autumn 1959. The Keats-Shelley Association of America. Stapled as issued in orig. light green wrappers; sl. faded. v.g. 6pp, numbered (89)-(94). ¶Inscribed: “Mrs. Doris Langley Moore from Willard B. Pope.” 1959 £10

252. MARSHALL, William H. Three New Leigh Hunt Letters. A Reprint from the Keats- Shelley Journal. Vol. IX, Part 2. Autumn 1960. The Keats-Shelley Association of America. Stapled as issued in orig. yellow printed wrappers; sl. marked. v.g. 10pp, numbered (115)- (124). ¶Inscribed: “For Doris Langley Moore, with my best regards, William H. Marshall”. 1960 £10

253. MONKHOUSE, Cosmo. Life of Leigh Hunt. FIRST EDITION. Walter Scott. (Great Writers.) Half title, select bibliog., 22pp ads; edges sl. dusted. Orig. maroon cloth; a little dulled, corners bumped, sl. rubbing to head & tail of spine. Mudie’s label on front board. t.e.g. 1893 £10

PRESENTED TO THORNTON LEIGH HUNT 254. DALBY, John Watson. Tales, Songs, and Sonnets. FIRST EDITION. Longman, &c. Orig. maroon sand-grained cloth, bevelled boards, lettered & dec. in gilt; a little dulled, spine sl. rubbed at head & tail. A good-plus copy. ¶With presentation inscription on verso of leading f.e.p.: ‘To Thornton Hunt Leigh [son of Leigh Hunt], with the author’s kind regards’. Dalby was a long-time friend and admirer of Leigh Hunt, to whose memory these verses are dedicated. 1866 £125

PREFACE BY LEIGH HUNT 255. HUNT, John. Report of the Cause of the King v. John Hunt, for a Libel on the House of Commons, in The Examiner; tried ... February 21st, 1821. The Defence verbatim. With a preface, being an Answer to the Attorney-General’s reply. By the son of the defendant. 4th edn. William Hone. Disbound. 40pp. ¶John Hunt, as ‘printer, publisher, and sole proprietor’ of the Examiner was held accused of ‘directing calumny’ on the House of Commons, through an article that appeared in his weekly paper. The editorial was unequivocal in its condemnation of the House and its members, providing plenty of ammunition for the prosecuting attack dogs: ‘... when that House, for the main part, is composed of venal boroughmongers, grasping placemen, greedy adventurers, and aspiring title-hunters, or the representatives of such worthies - a body, in short, containing a far greater portion of public criminals than public guardians - what can be expected from it but --- just what we have seen it so readily perform’. Hunt robustly defended himself, claiming that he was merely the proprietor of the newspaper, with no editorial input, but was nonetheless found guilty. The preface is signed H.L.H. (Henry Leigh Hunt). 1821 £85 ______

IRELAND, William Henry, 1775-1835 Born in London, Ireland was an accomplished poet, dramatist and writer of gothic novels, but it is as the forger of Shakespearean documents and plays that he is chiefly remembered. He ‘discovered’ Vortigern and Rowena in 1794, claiming it to be a long-lost tragedy by the Bard; but doubts were quickly raised, by among others Richard Sheridan, and the play was closed after a single performance. In 1805 Ireland published his Confessions. IRELAND

VORTIGERN 256. (SHAKESPEARE, William) Vortigern, an historical tragedy, in five acts; represented at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, on Saturday, April 2, 1796. And, Henry The Second, an historical drama. Supposed to be written by the author of Vortigern. FIRST EDITION. Printed for J. Barker. 2 vols in 1, with general titlepage as issued. Expertly bound in later half calf, vellum- tipped corners, maroon label. ¶Vortigern was laughed off the stage at its sole performance, an indication of Ireland’s limited abilities as a forger. 1799 £450 IRELAND’S SALACIOUS GOTHIC NOVEL 257. The Abbess. A romance. 2nd edn. 3 vols. A.K. Newman & Co. Occasional spotting, two small holes in leading f.e.p. vol. II. Contemp. half black calf; sl. rubbed. Armorial bookplates of Sir Benjamin Morris, Waterford. ¶Ireland’s notoriously salacious gothic novel was first published by Earle & Hemet in 1799. The author hoped to repeat the success of The Monk, published in 1796, and in the central character of Mother Vittoria Bracciano presented a female counterpart to Matthew Lewis’s eponymous hero. The work bears all the hallmarks of sales-chasing sensationalism, dwelling on the depraved and superstitious excesses of Catholicism, and adorned with copious measures of masochistic sex. However, unlike The Monk, the work struggled to sell in large numbers, the second edition not appearing until some 35 years after the first. This edition is very SCARCE; no copies recorded on Copac. 1834 £850 258. Mutius Scævola; or, The Roman Patriot. An historical drama. FIRST EDITION. J. Badcock. 90pp. Sl. dusted. Handsomely bound in later half tan calf, vellum-tipped corners, dark green leather label. v.g. ¶In five acts. 1801 £180 259. The Confessions of William Henry Ireland. Containing the particulars of his fabrication of the Shakspeare Manuscripts; together with anecdotes and opinions (hitherto unpublished) of many distinguished persons in the literary political, and theatrical world. FIRST EDITION. Printed by Ellerton & Byworth, for Thomas Goddard. Engr. front. & facsim. plate. Uncut in orig. blue boards, brown cloth spine, paper label; heads of hinges a little rubbed, but overall a v.g. copy. ¶With the facsimile plate highlighting the differences between Shakespeare’s hand and the Ireland forgeries. 1805 £200 260. All the Blocks! Or, An antidote to ‘All the Talents’. A satirical poem. In three dialogues. By Flagellum. FIRST EDITION. Printed by J. Smeeton, for Mathews & Leigh. Half title. Disbound. xix, 76pp. ¶With signature of Rich. Saml. White Junr 20th May 1807. Praising the government of All the Talents. 1807 £60 261. Chalcographimania; or, The Portait-Collector and Printseller’s Chronicle, with Infatuations of every Description. A humorous poem. In four books. With copious notes explanatory. By Satiricus Sculptur, Esq. FIRST EDITION. Printed for R. S. Kirby. Front., title printed in red & black; p.3/4 repaired in margin with archival tape, sl. spotting in prelims. Contemp. half calf, grey label; a little rubbed & corners sl. worn. v.g. ¶A satirical poem with many footnotes and an index to names mentioned; Thomas Coram and James Caulfield are sometimes suggested as co-contributors. “From the nature of this work, it may be very naturally inferred, that I have been a consultant attendant at print, and book sales ... I deem it most essentially necessary to assure the public, that upon the score of veracity my several statements are so strictly in unison with absolute matter of fact, that I would most willingly subject the reputation of my work on this head, to the decision of any unbiased individual long acquainted with Gentlemen Collectors and the Printselling Trade.” 1814 £150 257 259

262 263 IRELAND

DISTINGUISHED PERSONAGES 262. (DUDLEY, Sir Henry) Passages selected by distinguished personages, on the great literary trial of Vortigern and Rowena! A comi-tragedy. 4 vols. Vol. I: 3rd edn; vol. II: 2nd edn; vol. III: 4th edn; vol. IV: 2nd edn. Printed for J. Ridgway. Half titles. 4 vols in 2 in full contemp. tree calf (vol. I) & later appropriate calf (vol. II), spines gilt in compartments, black leather label; vol. I with sl. worming to head & tail of following hinge & two small holes in following board. Armorial bookplate of the Earl of Granard (’Fax mentis incendium gloriæ’) vol. I. ¶A popular satire on contemporary public figures purporting to be extracts from Ireland’s play, but in fact written by Sir Henry and Lady Dudley. Ireland was forced to warn readers that the extracts were not genuine. Vols III & IV have the identity of each public figure added in neat contemp. ms. One of those figures is John Julius Angerstein, 1732-1823, the London businessman and patron of the arts whose private collection was purchased at the foundation of the National Gallery. A slip of paper bearing the signature ‘J J Angerstein’, has been tipped into the volume. [1796-1798] £750

263. ANONYMOUS. The Tower. FIRST EDITION. Printed for Sherwood, Neely, & Jones. Half title. Handsomely bound in later half tan calf, vellum-tipped corners, maroon label. A v.g. copy of a SCARCE item. ¶Not in BL: only Birmingham, Manchester, Bishopsgate & Cambridge on Copac. A radical and angry poem dedicated to, and in support of, Sir Francis Burdett, ‘now a prisoner in the Tower of London, ... who dares to be honest in the worst of times ...’. Attributed to William Henry Ireland Esq. in contemp. hand on titlepage. Ireland, the infamous forger of Shakespeare’s works, was certainly no stranger to controversy, but we cannot make a direct connection with Burdett, or authorship of this poem. 1810 £500 ______

KEATS, John, 1795-1821 Alongside Byron and Shelley, Keats, a Londoner, occupied a central position in the second generation of Romantic poets. He trained as an apothecary, but preferred to pursue a literary career, being first published in 1816, courtesy of Leigh Hunt’s Examiner. His first volume of poetry appeared in 1817, followed the next year by Endymion, one of his most celebrated works. Exalted by his peers, Keats was nevertheless severely treated in the press, and was tormented by the harsh words of the critics. This did not stop him remarking to his brother George, ‘I think I shall be among the English poets after my death’. He died from tuberculosis aged 26. See also items 190 & 191.

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264. The Poetical Works. William Smith. Front. port. after William Hilton R.A., a little foxed. Uncut in orig. dark blue cloth, gilt spine, boards blocked in blind; v. sl. wear to head of spine, small unobtrusive damp mark on following board. Ownership inscription of Emilia Lloyd, Hall Green, 1846, on verso if title. A v.g. bright copy. ¶MacGillivray B12. The second English collected edition; the first, also published by Smith, appeared the previous year, ‘a cheap paper-covered edition’, with the text in double columns. Earlier collected editions, pirated in America and France, had been combined with the works of other Romantic authors. The first “official” collection edited, with a memoir by Richard Monckton Milnes, was not published until 1854. 1841 £1,250

265. The Poetical Works. New edn. 12mo. Edward Moxon. Contemp. full dark blue cloth, spine gilt in compartments, maroon leather label; sl. rubbing, but a nice attractive copy. ¶MacGillivray B15; the first collected edition to be published by Moxon. In 256pp 1846 £350 KEATS

266. The Poetical Works. New edn. Edward Moxon. Half title, front. port., final ad. leaf. Orig. olive green vertical-grained cloth, borders blocked in blind, spine lettered in gilt; spine sl. faded & with v. sl. rubbing to head. Contemp. signature of Mary Hamilton. Overall a v.g. copy. ¶MacGillivray B27. With the original preface to the 1818 edition of Endymion. Slightly expanded from the 1846 first Moxon edition of Keats’ Poetical Works; in 301pp, rather than 256pp. 1851 £350 267. The Poetical Works. With a memoir by Richard Monckton Milnes. New edn. Edward Moxon. Half title, front. port., initial 8pp unopened cata. (Oct. 1858). Untrimmed in orig. green cloth, blocked in blind. Armorial bookplate of H.S.P. Winterbotham. v.g. ¶MacGillivray B40. 1858 £200 268. The Poetical Works. Reprinted from the early editions, with memoir, explanatory notes, &c. Frederick Warne & Co. (The Lansdowne Poets.) Half title, front. port. sl. spotted, plates. Contemp. full dark blue morocco, bevelled boards, spine & borders in blind, gilt dentelles. a.e.g. A v.g. handsome copy. ¶MacGillivray B58. The re-issue in ix + 282pp. [c.1876?] £150 269. Poetical Works ..., reprinted from the original editions with notes by Francis T. Palgrave. Macmillan & Co. Half title, vignette title; the odd spot in prelims. Contemp. full dark blue calf, bevelled boards, spine gilt in compartments. Armorial monograms of Corpus Christi & Brasenose Colleges; Corpus Christi prize label on versp of leading f.e.p., partially removed only sl. affecting text. a.e.g. A v.g. bright copy. ¶MacGillivray B68; the large-paper edition, limited to 250 copies. 1885 £150 270. The Poetical Works. Edited by William T. Arnold. Kegan Paul, Tench, & Co. Half title, front. port. after Hilton, title printed in red & black. Contemp. full dark blue morocco, gilt dentelles; spine sl. faded. Eton School presentation label, 1888. a.e.g. A v.g. attractive copy. ¶See MacGillivray B65. 1888 £125 271. The Poems. Edited by G. Thorn Drury. With an introduction by Robert Bridges. 2 vols. Lawrence & Bullen. (The Muses’ Library.) Half titles, front. port vol. I, titles printed in red & black. Uncut in orig. light blue cloth, blocked & lettered in gilt; spines sl. dulled & v. sl rubbed at head & tail. Each vol. signed ‘Jack H. Alderson’ in contemp. hand. t.e.g. v.g. ¶MacGillivray B85. The first edition with Bridges’ introduction. 1896 £65 FLORENCE PRESS 272. The Poems, arranged in chronological order with a preface by Sidney Colvin. 2 vols. At the Florence Press; Chatto & Windus. Half titles. Contemp. full dark blue calf by Bickers & Son, spines gilt in compartments, double-ruled borders in gilt. Booklabels of W.W. Goodman and C.C. Geest. t.e.g. A v.g. handsome copy. ¶MacGillivray B119. The first Colvin edition. 1915 £380

Individual Works

ENDYMION 273. Endymion: a poetic romance. FIRST EDITION. Taylor & Hessey. Half title, erratum leaf. Expertly rebound in half tan calf, gilt spine, red leather label. A v.g. attractive copy. ¶MacGillivray A2. The first issue, without the five-line errata. 1818 £2,500 276 KEATS

274. Endymion: ... FIRST EDITION. Taylor & Hessey. Two-line erratum leaf following preface, six-line errata slip following text. Handsomely bound in later full tan textured calf, gilt spine & borders, dark green leather label. A v.g. bright copy. ¶MacGillivray A2. Bound without half title. The second issue, with the five-line errata slip added. 1818 £2,500

LAMIA

275. (Lamia) Poems published in 1820; edited with introduction & notes by M. Robertson. Oxford: Clarendon Press. Orig. green cloth. v.g. ¶A facsimile edition first published in 1909. [1820]1964 £20

ODE TO A NIGHTINGALE ONE OF FOUR COPIES 276. Ode to a Nightingale. Edited, with an introduction, by Thomas J. Wise. Printed for the editor for private distribution only. Limitation leaf printed in violet, half title. Orig. brown parchment wrappers, printed in violet; edges chipped in places, not affecting text. 20pp. ¶MacGillivray D13. An extremely rare piece of Keatsiana; one of only four copies printed on fine vellum (twenty-five were printed on paper).Ode to a Nightingale first appeared in Lamia, 1820. 1884 £1,250

LIFE, LETTERS, REMAINS

277. Life, Letters, & Literary Remains. Edited by Richard Monckton Milnes. FIRST EDITION. 2 vols. Edward Moxon. Half titles, front. vol. I, facsim. vol. II. Contemp. full dark blue morocco, bevelled boards, gilt dentelles; hinges sl. rubbed & spine lettering sl. worn vol. II. Inscribed to Archibald E. Joy from his mother, 1867. a.e.g. ¶MacGillivray O1. 1848 £320

LETTERS TO HIS FAMILY

278. Letters to his Family and Friends; edited by Sidney Colvin. Macmillan & Co. Half title, 2pp ads. Uncut in orig. maroon cloth; spine sl. faded, sl. marked. ¶MacGillivray F7. 1891 £20

THE LETTERS

279. The Letters. Edited by Maurice Buxton Forman. 2 vols. O.U.P. Humphrey Milford. Half titles, fronts. Orig. red cloth, paper labels & spares bound in at end. v.g. ¶MacGillivray E10. Continuously paginated. 1931 £65

Biography &c.

280. ADAMI, Marie. Fanny Keats. FIRST EDITION. John Murray. Half title, front., plates; fore-edges sl. spotted. Orig. blue cloth; spine a little dulled. ¶MacGillivray V39. A warm biography of John’s younger sister, who was seventeen when he died. 1937 £20 KEATS

281. BA TE, Walter Jackson. John Keats. FIRST EDITION. Camb., Mass.: Harvard Univ. Press. Half title, front., plates, illus. on e.ps. Orig. pale green cloth, maroon cloth spine. v.g. in rather worn & dusted d.w. ¶732pp. 1963 £25

282. BLUNDEN, Edmund. Keats’s Publisher: a memoir of John Taylor. (2nd edn.) Jonathan Cape. (Life & Letters Series, no. 97.) Half title, front., plates. Orig. dark green cloth; spine a little dulled. ¶MacGillivray V36. First published in 1936. 1940 £20

283. BRAWNE, Fanny. Letters of Fanny Brawne to Fanny Keats [1820-1824]. Edited with a biographical introduction by Fred Edgcumbe. With a foreword by Maurice Buxton Forman. Oxford University Press. Half title, front., plates. Orig. pink cloth; sl. dulled, label removed from front board and following pastedown. ¶MacGillivray V35. 1936 £20

284. COL VIN, Sidney. Keats. FIRST EDITION. Macmillan. (English Men of Letters.) Half title, 2pp ads. Orig. red cloth; spine a little darkened. Booklabel of Bruce Maxwell Seton. ¶MacGillivray O5. 1887 £15

285. FORD, George H. Keats and the Victorians: a study of his influence and rise to fame, 1821-1895. 2nd printing. New Haven: Yale Univ. Press. (Yale Studies in English, vol. 101.) Plate. Orig. dark blue cloth. v.g. ¶Geoffrey Tillotson’s copy, with his signature, 1946, and numerous marginal notes. 1945 £20

286. GITTINGS, Robert. John Keats: the living year, 21 September 1818 to 21 September 1819. FIRST EDITION. William Heinemann. Half title, front., & plates. Orig. blue cloth; lightly marked, spine sl. faded. 1954 £10

287. GITTINGS, Robert. The Mask of Keats: a study of problems. FIRST EDITION. William Heinemann. Half title, front., & plates. Orig. red cloth. v.g. in sl. torn d.w. 1956 £15

288. JACK, Ian. Keats and the Mirror of Art. FIRST EDITION. Oxford: Clarendon Press. Half title, front., corrigenda slip, plates. Orig. dark blue cloth. Initials of Geoffrey Tillotson. v.g. in sl. rubbed d.w. ¶With author’s compliments slip; Geoffrey Tillotson’s copy (’G.T.’). 1967 £25

289. KEA TS-SHELLEY MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION. Keats - Shelley Memorial Bulletin. No. III. Edited by Dorothy Hewlett. Surrey: Keats-Shelley Memorial Assoc. Front., plates, 10pp ads. Orig. brown wrappers in sl. rubbed pictorial d.w. ¶Articles on Keats & Shelley by M. Buxton Forman, J. Middleton Murry, Iris Origo (on Byron), &c. 1952 £10

290. MURCHIE, Guy. The Spirit of Place in Keats: sketches of persons and places known by him, and his reaction to them. FIRST EDITION. Newman Neale Ltd. Half title, front., plates, bibliog. Orig. cream cloth. v.g. in sl. marked price-clipped d.w. 1955 £10 KEATS

291. MURR Y, John Middleton. Keats and Shakespeare: a study of Keats’ poetic life from 1816 to 1820. 2nd impression. Oxford University Press. Half title, front.; e.ps browned. Uncut in orig. red buckram, paper label; faded. School prize inscription, 1928. ¶See MacGillivray P18 for the first impression of 1925. 1926 £20 292. MURRY, John Middleton. Studies in Keats. FIRST EDITION. Oxford University Press. Half title; e.ps browned. Orig. red buckram; sl. faded, paper label chipped, replacement at end. ¶MacGillivray P25. 1930 £20 293. RICHARDSON, Joanna. Keats and His Circle: an album of portraits. FIRST EDITION. Cassell. Half title, plates. Orig. maroon cloth. v.g. in d.w. ¶With many portraits not previously published, including the first known likeness of Fanny Brawne. 1980 £15 294. RIDLEY, Matthew Roy. Keats’ Craftsmanship: a study in poetic development. Oxford: Clarendon Press. Half title, facsims. Orig. dark blue cloth. v.g. ¶MacGillivray P28. 1933 £20

295. ROGERS, Neville. Keats, Shelley & Rome. FIRST EDITION. Christopher Johnson. Half title, plates. Orig. brown cloth. v.g. in sl. torn d.w. ¶A series of essays published for the Keats-Shelley Memorial Association; contributors include Edmund Blunden, Maurice Buxton Forman, Dorothy Hewlett, Rainer Maria Rilke, A.C. Sedgwick, &c. 1949 £10 296. (TAYLOR, John) CHILCOTT, Tim. A Publisher and His Circle: the life and work of John Taylor, Keats’ publisher. FIRST EDITION. Routledge & Kegan Paul. Half title. Orig. blue cloth. MINT in d.w. 1972 £10 ______

LAMB, Charles, 1775-1834 Essayist and poet, best known for Essays of Elia, 1823 (followed by Last Essays of Elia, 1833). Much of his early output was written for children, including the exceptionally successful Tales from Shakespeare, 1807, and Mrs Leicester’s School, 1810 (on which he collaborated with his sister Mary, 1764–1847). See also items 61, 159, 179, 190, 191, 242, 481 & 705.

Autograph Letter 297. COPY of an ALS to Mrs Kenney, London. 10 Sep. 22. 57 lines in black ink over two sides of tall 8vo sheet. Written on headed paper, 15 Clifton Gardens, Folkstone, with the monogram MJE. ¶A later 19thC copy, in an attractive hand, of a letter from Charles Lamb to his friend Mrs James Kenney, Boulevard de la Reine, Versailles, written after a trip to the continent in 1822 in the company of his sister Mary, who was evidently taken ill towards the end of the vacation. He informs Mrs Kenney, ‘Mary got home safe on Friday night. She has suffered only a common fatigue, but as she is weakly, begs me to thank you in both our names for all the trouble she has been to you’. Lamb regrets that a waistcoat, leant to Mary Lamb for the journey, did not make it back to England: ‘They [presumably the customs officials] could not comprehend how a waistcoat marked Henry Robinson could be a part of Miss Lamb’s wearing apparel, so they seized it for the King who will probably appear in it at the next Levée’. The lively and affectionate letter continues with messages for Mrs Kenney’s twin daughters, LAMB

who Lamb refers to as his ‘dear wives’. Ellen is given praise for the lines of verse she ‘slipped into’ Lamb’s pocket: ‘I think the verses very pretty’; while Sophy is informed, ‘The few short days of connubial felicity, which I passed with you among the pears and apricots of Versailles were some of the happiest of my life ...’. 1822 [c.1890?] £50 †

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ORIGINAL CLOTH 298. The Works. FIRST EDITION. 2 vols. Printed for C. & J. Ollier. Half title vol. I, 2pp ads vol. II (June, 1818). Uncut in orig. dark green moiré cloth, paper spine labels defective; spines a little darkened & sl. worn in places, sl. damp marking. Overall a good-plus copy as originally issued, in green cloth slipcase. ¶Dedicated to Coleridge, with six poems by Mary. Includes John Woodvil and Rosamund Gray; the second volume is essays and letters. 1818 £500

299. The Poetical Works. New edn. Edward Moxon. Half title, 2pp ads. Orig. purple cloth, paper label sl. rubbed; spine faded & sl. rubbed at head & tail. ¶This was Kathleen Tillotson’s copy. With a long ms. note on the verso of the leading f.e.p. in an early hand about the tragedy ‘John Woodvil’, the work of a poet ‘full of love for the Elizabethan writers, and without any knowledge of the requirements of the stage’. 1836 £85

300. The Prose Works. 3 vols. Edward Moxon. Half titles, 4pp ads vol. I; some marginal staining in prelims vol. I. Orig. purple cloth, carefully rebacked retaining orig. spine strips, replaced e.ps; faded. ¶The Prose Works first published in 3 vols, 1835. 1836 £85

301. The Prose Works. 3 vols. Edward Moxon. Half titles, 4pp ads vol. I. Orig. dark green cloth, blocked in blind; sl. rubbed, corners vols. I & II a little bumped. Renier booklabels. ¶In a smaller format. 1838 £65

302. The Works. New edn. Tall 8vo. Paris: A. & W. Galignani & Co. Half title, front. port., engr. title with Moxon imprint (1840). Mostly unopened in orig. purple cloth; faded. Armorial bookplate of Alfred Charles Tufton. A v.g. copy. ¶An unusual collaborative edition; sheets of the Moxon edition with Galignani title, printed in England. With ‘Paris’ at base of spine. 1841 £65

303. The Works. (Edited, and with a sketch of his life, by Thomas Noon Talfourd.) New edn. Tall 8vo. Edward Moxon. Half title, front. port. & engr. title (dated 1840) sl. spotted, initial 4pp ads. Orig. black ribbed cloth; neatly repaired at head & tail of spine, sl. rubbing to leading hinge. A nice copy. 1846 £50

304. Rosamund Gray: recollections of Christ’s hospital, etc. etc. Edward Moxon. Half title. Orig. dark brown vertical-grained cloth, spine lettered in gilt; small spilt in head of leading hinge. Armorial bookplate of F.W. Tetley. Bookseller’s ticket: Slocombe & Simms, Leeds. v.g. ¶Rosamund Gray was first published in 1798. With Essays on Shakespeare and his Contemporaries, Hogarth, and George Wither; and Letters, ‘under assumes signatures’, on The Londoner, on the danger of confounding Moral and Personal Deformity, on the Melancholy of Tailors, &c. 1838 £65 LAMB

305. Rosamund Gray, Essays, Poems, etc. Edward Moxon. Half title. Orig. dark green cloth; sl. marked. v.g. 1849 £35

306. The Works. New edn. Tall 8vo. Edward Moxon & Co. Half title, front. port., engr. title (1840). Contemp. half green calf, spine gilt in compartments, maroon label; some rubbing, one hinge well repaired. ¶Doris Langley Moore’s copy. Text in two columns. 1859 £50

307. The Works. Comprising his most interesting letters. Essays on Elia. The Last Essays of Elia. Rosamund Gray. Poems. Sonnets Translations, and Final Memorials. Collected and edited, with a sketch of his life, by Sir Thomas Noon Talfourd. New edn. Bell & Daldy. Half title, engr. front & title (1867), printed title, text in two columns. Uncut in orig. purple cloth, bevelled boards, spine lettered in gilt; spine sl. rubbed. A good-plus copy. 1869 £50

308. LAMB, Charles & Mary. Poems, Letters, and Remains: now first collected, with reminiscences and notes. By W. Carew Hazlitt. FIRST EDITION. 4to. Chatto & Windus. Front., plates, facsims. Orig. purple cloth; spine faded & with sm. split at head. Signature & armorial bookplate of Chichester Fortescue, Lord Carlingford. v.g. ¶Large paper edition. Charles Lamb’s notes to Thomas Allsop follow the main body of the text, separately paginated. A variant cloth. 1874 £65

309. LAMB, Charles & Mary. Poems, Letters, and Remains: ... FIRST EDITION. Chatto & Windus. Front., plates, 48pp cata. (May 1874). Orig. dark blue pictorial cloth, bevelled boards; spine dulled & sl. worn at head & tail, inner hinges sl. cracked. Renier booklabel & signature of Annie Louisa Knight, December 1874. 1874 £35

310. LAMB, Charles & Mary. Poems, Letters, and Remains: ... FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. New York: Scribner, Welford, & Armstrong. Front., plates. Orig. dark blue pictorial cloth, bevelled boards; sl. rubbing to corners & head & tail of spine, leading inner hinge sl. cracked. 1874 £35

‘ONLY COMPLETE EDITION’ 311. The Life, Letters and Writings. 6 vols. E. Moxon & Co. Half titles, front. port. vol. I, 2pp ads vols I & II. Orig. brick red cloth, bevelled boards, blocked in black, lettered in gilt. A FINE attractive set. ¶Edited by Percy Fitzgerald. This edition was published by Edward Moxon, who, in 1833, had married Emma Isola, the adopted daughter of Charles and his sister Mary. 1876 £160

312. Plays and Dramatic Essays. With an introduction by Rudolf Dircks. Walter Scott. (The Scott library.) Half title, 20pp cata. Uncut in orig. olive green cloth; spine sl. dulled, corners sl. knocked. [c.1893] £10

313. The Works. Edited by Percy Fitzgerald. With portraits. Gibbings & Co. (Temple Edition.) Half titles, fronts, engr. titles by F.D. Bedford, plates. Untrimmed in orig. ight blue cloth, lettered & blocked in gilt; spines a little dulled. t.e.g. A good-plus set. ¶Printed from the stereotype plates of the Moxon edition, first published in 1876. 1897 £65 316 LAMB

314. The Works. Edited by William Macdonald. 12 vols. J.M. Dent & Co. Half titles, fronts, illus. by Charles Brock. Some internal marks in vols VII & VIII, short tear to leading f.e.p. vol. VIII, sl. spotting vol. X. Uncut in orig. dark cream cloth, blue cloth spines, gilt; occasional rubbing or marking. Signature of F.A. Sharpe, 1908 on leading f.e.ps. t.e.g. ¶Vols III, IV - X, XII 1st editions; vols I, II, XI 2nd editions. 1903-07 £65 315. LAMB, Charles & Mary. Poems and Plays. Edited by E.V. Lucas. Methuen & Co. Half title, front. Orig. red cloth; spine v. sl. faded. v.g. ¶Vol. IV in ‘The Works of Charles Lamb’. The first edition in this format. 1912 £10

Individual Works RANKS & DIGNITIES 316. A Book Explaining the Ranks and Dignities of British Society. Intended chiefly for the instruction of young persons. Printed for Tabart & Co. Col. front. & 24 col. plates, 2pp ads; sl. offsetting from plates. Contemp. drab boards, excellently rebacked in red sheep. v.g. Booklabel of Roswell Field and note by him (Cambridge 1901) on the leading blank, “I purchased this little book at a church fair in Boston for a dollar, and I have never missed the dollar”. ¶A scarce work, attributed to Lamb on the basis of his letter to Thomas Manning in 1810. The first edition appeared in 1805. 1809 £450 317. The Book of the Ranks and Dignities of British Society, lately attributed in the press and elsewhere to Charles Lamb; including an introduction note by Clement Shorter. Jonathan Cape. Orig. green boards, mottled green cloth spine, paper label & pink label on front board; front board creased, otherwise v.g. ¶Facsimile reprint of the first edition of 1805; 8 of the 24 plates are coloured. Not ascribed to Lamb by NCBEL. [1805] 1924 £20

TALES FROM SHAKESPEAR ORIGINAL BOARDS 318. LAMB, Charles & Mary. Tales from Shakespear, designed for the use of young persons. 2nd edn. 2 vols. M.J. Godwin. Fronts with sl. offsetting, plates, 3pp ads vol. II; minor internal worming in inner margin at end of vol. I. Uncut in orig. blue boards; drab paper spines, vol. numbers stamped in black; spines worn with loss to head of vol. I & tail of vol. II, corners sl. bumped. ¶Signatures of Ann Caroline Greatheed (possibly the grand-daughter of Bertie Greatheed, the Della Cruscan, who married Lord Charles Percy). The plates are unsigned, but attributed to William Mulready by the BL. Bentley, vol. II, p279, lists Tales from Shakespear among books ‘alleged to have Blake engravings’, noting ‘the 20 unsigned plates ... have been attributed to Blake by various authorities, but ... [I] can find no basis for such an attribution’. 1809 £750 319. LAMB, Charles & Mary. Tales from Shakespear, ... 3rd edn. 2 vols. M.J. Godwin. Fronts & plates, 3pp ads vol. II. Contemp. half dark green calf, gilt spines. v.g. 1816 £480 ADVENTURES OF ULYSSES 320. The Adventures of Ulysses. FIRST EDITION. Printed by T. Davison, Whitefriars, for the Juvenile Library. Front. & engr. title carefully strengthened along inner margin. Soundly bound in late 19thC half calf, drab boards. Ownership inscription of Charles Busby, 1831. A decent copy of a SCARCE title. 1808 £250 LAMB

SPECIMENS OF THE POETS

321. Specimens of English Dramatic Poets, who lived about the time of Shakspeare: with notes. FIRST EDITION. Longman, Hurst, &c. Faint stain to title, some foxing. Attractively rebound in half speckled calf, dark green leather label. Signature on title of H.K. Reynolds, 1820, sl. trimmed. 1808 £225

MRS LEICESTER’S SCHOOL

322. LAMB, Charles & Mary. Mrs Leicester’s School: or, The history of several young ladies, related by themselves. 3rd edn. 12mo. M.J. Godwin, at the Juvenile Library. Front. & title a little browned & spotted. Small ink stain on p38/9. Nicely rebound in half dark brown calf, marbled boards. ¶Commissioned by William Godwin, first published towards the end of 1808, though dated 1809. Re-set text (pp (1) - 176) printed by R. & A. Taylor, as first edition, though Mercier and Chervet’s imprint appears on verso of title. 1810 £120

323. LAMB, Charles & Mary. Mrs Leicester’s School: or The history of several young ladies. George Routledge & Sons. Col. front., vignette title, illus. Orig. mustard cloth, blocked with floral design in black, lettered in black & gilt. A v.g. attractive copy. ¶Dated 1881 in BL. [c.1881?] £20

324. LAMB, Charles & Mary. Mrs Leicester’s School and other writings in prose and verse. With introduction and notes by Alfred Ainger. Macmillan & Co. Half title, 4pp ads; fore- edge sl. spotted. Partially unopened in orig. maroon cloth. v.g. 1908 £15

POETRY FOR CHILDREN

325. LAMB, Charles & Mary. Poetry for Children. 2 vols. The Leadenhall Press. Limitation leaf, fronts. Untrimmed in full tree calf by Zaehnsdorf, gilt spine, borders & dentelles, brown leather labels. t.e.g. Bookplates of Sir John Nicholson Barran. A v.g. handsome copy. ¶Number nine of an edition limited to 112 copies, signed on limitation leaf by the publisher Andrew W. Tuer, who also wrote the preface. With a facsimile titlepage of the original 1809 edition. 1892 £250

BEAUTY AND THE BEAST ORIGINAL PRINTED BOARDS 326. Beauty and The Beast. Or, A rough outside with a gentle heart. A poetical version of an ancient tale. Illustrated with a series of elegant engravings, and Beauty’s song at her spinning wheel, set to music by Mr. Whitaker. FIRST EDITION, ‘surprize’ issue. Printed for M.J. Godwin, at the Juvenile Library. Engr. front. & seven full-page engr. plates, with the single folded sheet of music (often missing). Orig. pale drab printed boards, title printed on front board, Homeric vignette on following board. Sl. dusting to boards, corners sl. rubbed, expertly re-spined using appropriate paper. Ownership inscription on leading f.e.p., ‘Jane Caroline Lee, the gift of her Aunt Bunyon, Aug. 1812’. A v.g copy in custom-made brown cloth box. 32pp. ¶Two copies only on Copac: BL (lacking music) and Oxford (dated 1813). Not in Tinker. The ‘surprize’ issue, (page 7, line 11), WITH THE FOLDED SHEET OF ENGRAVED MUSIC. The paper on the leading pastedown watermarked 1811. The authorship of this work remains uncertain, and Charles Lamb cannot be definitively credited with this adaptation. It is not in the Osborne collection of children’s literature, but a note LAMB

accompanying the facsimile reprint of 1886 states, ‘... this version is only attributed to Lamb, for the evidence is inconclusive. E.V. Lucas, in his biography of Lamb gives the opinion: “possibly, but I think most improbably”’. However, Kennedy, Smith & Johnson, in their Dictionary of Anonymous Literature, give Lamb as the author, and the publication date as 1811. Renée Roff, in A Bibliography of the writings of Charles and Mary Lamb, surmises, ‘... [as] we know that Lamb ... had written successful books for Godwin, and was not above such work, there seems ground for believing that Lamb was the actual author’. Whatever the true identity of the author, this remains an extremely SCARCE piece of Lambiana, and no copies appear in recent auction records. [1811] £8,500

PRINCE DORUS

327. Prince Dorus. With nine illustrations in facsimile (hand-coloured). Field & Tuer, The Leadenhall Press. Illus. Orig. half vellum, pale blue boards, lettered in gilt; boards sl. marked. ¶No. 1 of 500 proof copies, signed by the publishers on limitation leaf. Prince Dorus was first published in 1811 at 1s. plain, 1s.6d. coloured. This edition with the bibliographical introduction by Andrew Tuer. 1889 £50

328. Prince Dorus. ... The Leadenhall Press. Colour plates & illus. Untrimmed in orig. brown limp wrappers. ¶In a smaller format. 1890-91 £35

ELIA FIRST SERIES 329. Elia. Essays which have appeared under that signature in the London Magazine. FIRST EDITION. Taylor & Hessey. Sl. spotting in prelims. Contemp. half olive green calf, spine gilt in compartments; title label missing, a little rubbed. A good sound copy. 1823 £225

330. Essays of Elia. Paris: Baudry. Contents leaf repaired in one corner, some foxing. Contemp. half calf, black label sl. chipped; a bit rubbed. ¶In 364pp. First & second series, with additional pieces, including Rosamund Gray. With unusual imprint on titlepage; simply ‘Paris. Baudry’. [c.1835] £30

331. The Essays of Elia and Eliana. George Bell & Sons. Front. Orig. ‘Bohn’s Libraries’ maroon cloth; spine sl. faded & v. sl. rubbed at head & tail. North London Collegiate School for Girls prize label 1899. 1899 £15

332. The Essays of Elia. With introduction and notes by Alfred Ainger. Macmillan & Co. Half title, 2pp ads; fore-edge sl. spotted. Orig. maroon cloth. v.g. ¶First & second series. 1906 £15

PRAISE OF CHIMNEY-SWEEPERS

333. The Praise of Chimney-Sweepers. Illustrated by Roberta F.C. Waudby. London & Toronto: J.M. Dent & Sons. Half title, front., illus. Sewn as issued in orig. green printed wrappers; sl. rubbed at fore-edge, otherwise v.g. ¶First published in The London Magazine, May 1822, then in Elia. 1929 £15 326 LAMB

DISSERTATION UPON ROAST PIG LAMB ON PORK 334. A Dissertation Upon Roast Pig. With illustrations by C.O. Murray ‘engraved in colours’ by R. Paterson. 4to. Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Front. & col. illus. throughout, final ad. leaf. Orig. turquoise cloth, bevelled boards, front board pictorially blocked in gilt, spine lettered in gilt. a.e.g. A v.g. attractive copy. ¶Lamb’s essay was first published in The London Magazine in September 1822, and then as one of the Elia essays in 1823. Lamb humorously considers the serendipitous origins of his favourite dish, accidentally created in a house fire in ancient China, and reflects upon the gastronomic pleasures it brings: ‘There is no flavour comparable ...’. [1895] £40

ALBUM VERSES ORIGINAL BOARDS 335. Album Verses, with a few others. FIRST EDITION. Edward Moxon. Some foxing. Uncut in orig. drab boards, brown cloth spine expertly recased, paper label chipped; a little marked & rubbed, corners worn. ¶The first book published by Edward Moxon, and dedicated to him by the author. Including the dramatic poem ‘The Wife’s Trial; or The Intruding Widow’. 1830 £380

336. Album Verses, ... FIRST EDITION. Edward Moxon. Sl. spotted. Contemp. half green roan; corners rubbed, sl. worn at head & tail of spine. Renier booklabel, signature of H.J. Skinner. 1830 £250

THE CHILD ANGEL

337. The Child Angel: a dream. London. (At the Sign of the Reed Pale.) Half title, limitation leaf, printed in red & black. Loosely bound as issued in orig. pink silk double slipcase, pink morocco spine. v.g. ¶This is one of forty copies on hand-made paper. First published in Last Essays of Elia, 1833. 1928 £45 338. The Child Angel: ... (At the Sign of the Reed Pale.) Half title, limitation leaf, printed in red & black. Loosely bound as issued in orig. pale blue silk double slipcase, pale blue morocco spine. v.g. ¶One of 160 copies. 1928 £30 ELIANA UNCOLLECTED WRITINGS 339. Eliana: being the hitherto uncollected writings. FIRST EDITION. Edward Moxon. Half title. Orig. dark green cloth, bevelled boards; spine sl. darkened, sl. marked. A good- plus copy. ¶Edited, & with a preface by, J.E. Babson. 1864 £45 340. Eliana: ... FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. New York: Hurd & Houghton. Half title. Orig. maroon cloth; hinges & tail of spine rubbed, spine neatly repaired at head. Bookseller’s ticket of James McKenzie, Glasgow. 1864 £35 341. Eliana: ... Edward Moxon & Co. Orig. dark blue cloth; sl. rubbed, front board creased & with damp marked at one corner, leading f.e.p. laid down. 1867 £10 LAMB

THE LETTERS 342. The Letters, with a sketch of his life. By Thomas Noon Talfourd. FIRST EDITION. 2 vols. Edward Moxon. Half titles, fronts. Uncut in later half green morocco, gilt spines, front boards blocked with armorial design in gilt; spines faded to brown. Booklabels & signatures of Sir Alfred Scott-Gatty. v.g. 1837 £110 343. The Letters, with a sketch of his life. By Thomas Noon Talfourd. New edn. Edward Moxon. Half title, front., initial 8pp cata. (Nov. 1849), final ad leaf. Orig. dark green cloth; sl. rubbed at head & tail of spine. v.g. 1849 £35 344. Final Memorials of Charles Lamb; consisting chiefly of his Letters not before published, with sketches of some of his contemporaries. Edited by Thomas Noon Talfourd. FIRST EDITION. 2 vols. Edward Moxon. Half titles, 8pp initial ads (Oct. 1848) vol. I. Orig. purple cloth by Joseph Sanders; spines & following boards a little faded. Evidence of label removal from leading pastedown vol. I. v.g. ¶Dedicated to Wordsworth. 1848 £65 345. Final Memorials of Charles Lamb; ... New edn. Edward Moxon. 8pp cata. (Jan. 1851) preceding half title. Orig. dark green cloth; spine a little dulled & sl. rubbed at tail. ¶Second, and first one-volume, edition. 1850 £35 346. The Letters; newly arranged, with additions. Edited, with introduction and notes, by Alfred Ainger. 2 vols. Macmillan & Co. Half titles, front. port. vol. I, 6pp ads vol. II. Orig. maroon cloth; spines sl. faded, otherwise v.g. 1891 £15 347. The Letters; ... 2 vols. Macmillan & Co. Half titles, front. vol. I, 4pp ads in both vols; some light spotting. Mostly unopened in orig. maroon cloth. v.g. ¶’This new issue ... includes ... about twenty (letters), addressed to John Rikman, of the House of Commons, and now printed for the first time.’ (Preface) 1904 £25 348. Charles Lamb and the Lloyds. Edited by E.V. Lucas. FIRST EDITION. Smith, Elder, & Co. Half title, front. port., plates, facsim., 6pp ads. Orig. maroon cloth; spine sl. faded. v.g. ¶’This book grew from the discovery, in 1894, of two masses of correspondence relating to the family of Charles Lloyd (1748-1828), the Quaker philanthropist and banker of Birmingham. [They] ... contain upwards of twenty new letters of Charles Lamb, some of them worthy to rank with his best, and others ... of Samuel Taylor Coleridge, William Wordsworth, Thomas Manning, Robert Southey ... [&c., &c.].’ 1898 £20 349. Lamb and Hazlitt: further Letters and Records hitherto unpublished. Edited by William Carew Hazlitt. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. New York: Dodd, Mead, & Co. Half title. Uncut in orig. drab buckram, paper label sl. marked; a little dusted. Renier booklabel. ¶BL lists the first London edition only. 1899 £25 FACSIMILES 350. Seven Letters from Charles Lamb, to Charles Ryle of the East India House 1828-1832. 4to. Oxford Univ. Press. Half title, facsims. Orig. marbled boards, pale blue cloth spine, paper label on front board; corners sl. rubbed. ¶One of 250 copies. 1931 £30 LAMB

COMPLETE LETTERS 351. The Letters of Charles Lamb, to which are added those of his sister Mary Lamb. Edited by E.V. Lucas. 3 vols. J.M. Dent & Sons. Half titles, fronts. Orig. brown cloth; inner hinges cracking in places. Occasional pencil notes. t.e.g. v.g. ¶The ‘first complete edition’. Vol. III with the signature of Geoffrey Tillotson, and some insertions. 1935 £65

Biography &c.

352. AINGER, Alfred. Charles Lamb. FIRST EDITION. Macmillan. (English Men of Letters.) Half title, 4pp ads. Orig. red cloth. Armorial bookplate of Laurence Robertson. v.g. 1882 £10

353. CHARLES LAMB SOCIETY. The Charles Lamb Bulletin: Numbers 18, 32-35, 39-52, 58 & 63. Printed by Stanhope Press. Orig. printed grey wrappers; some marks, sl. fading, overall v.g. ¶20 issues, including the double-issue ‘Special Sesquicentennial Number (1834-1984)’, and the ‘Golden Jubilee Number (1935-1985)’. With reviews & articles on Thomas Massa Alsager, S.T. Coleridge, Thomas De Quincey, William Hazlitt, Charles Lamb, Thomas Manning, William Wordsworth, &c. 1977 - 88 £20

354. DOBELL, Bertram. Sidelights on Charles Lamb. FIRST EDITION. Published by the Author. Half title, facsim. front., 4pp ads. Largely unopened in orig. dark green cloth, gilt portrait of Lamb on front board. A FINE copy. 1903 £25

355. LUCAS, Edward Verrall. The Life of Charles Lamb. FIRST EDITION. 2 vols. Methuen. Half titles, fronts, plates; spotted. Orig. red cloth, lettered in gilt; spines faded. t.e.g. ¶With fifty illustrations. 1905 £30

356. LUCAS, Edward Verrall. The Life of Charles Lamb. With 50 illustrations. 3rd edn. 2 vols. Methuen & Co. Half titles, fronts, titles printed in red & black, plates; the odd spot. Orig. red cloth, lettered in gilt; spines faded. Later booklabels of John H. Barnes. t.e.g. v.g. 1906 £25 PLATES BY HERBERT RAILTON 357. MARTIN, Benjamin Ellis. In the Footprints of Charles Lamb. Illustrated by Herbert Railton and John Fulleylove. FIRST EDITION. Richard Bentley & Son. (N. Y. printed.) Half title, front., plates, 43pp bibliog. Orig. dark maroon cloth, blocked in gilt & blue; spine sl. faded & v. sl. rubbed at head & tail. Newspaper cutting tipped in. v.g. 1891 £30

358. (STODDARD, Richard Henry, ed.) Personal Recollections of Lamb, Hazlitt, and Others. Edited by Richard Henry Stoddard. New York: Scribner, Armstrong, & Co. (Bric-a-brac series. no. IX). Half title, front. Orig. red cloth boards, parchment spine; spine a little dulled. 1875 £25

359. TREGASKIS, James. An Important Collection of some of the Rarer Works of Charles Lamb, together with some ‘Lambiana’. [being the 932nd Caxton Head catalogue.] James Tregaskis & Son. Front., illus. Sewn as issued in orig. marbled wrappers, paper label. Gift inscription on initial blank. v.g. 21pp. ¶No. 170 of 250 printed. 1927 £20 _____ 357 LAMB

360. (LAMB, Mary) GILCHRIST, Anne. Mary Lamb. FIRST EDITION. W.H. Allen & Co. (Eminent Women series.) Half title, 4pp ads. Orig. dark green cloth, spine & front board lettered in gilt; sl. rubbed. Owner’s signature on leading f.e.p. ¶On heavy paper. ‘Mary Lamb’ on front board in serif type & ‘Mrs. Alex. Gilchrist’ on spine. 1883 £20 361. (LAMB, Mary) GILCHRIST, Anne. Mary Lamb. New edn. W.H. Allen & Co. (Eminent Women series.) Half titles; e.ps and half title a little browned. Orig. dark green cloth, spine & front board lettered in gilt. v.g. ¶On thinner paper ‘Mary Lamb’ on front board in sans-serif type & ‘Anne Gilchrist’ on spine. 1889 £20 ______

LANDOR, Walter Savage, 1775-1864 An essayist and poet, Landor is chiefly remembered for hisImaginary Conversations, 1824, a series of fictitious conversations between figures from antiquity, interspersed with original poetry. He was well respected by his peers, but this did not translate to popular success, and Landor remained a marginal figure in the Romantic movement. He continued to write well into old age, publishing The Last Fruits off an Old Tree in 1853. See also item 103.

Autograph Letters WITH THREE STANZA POEM 362. ALS, with HOLOGRAPH POEM, to Mrs Fairlie, Wakehurst Park, Hardingly, Sussex, postmarked from London 20 June 1838. ‘... You will perceive how expeditious I have been in obeying your wishes. At first I doubted whether I really could accomplish anything of the kind; and, if Lady Blessington had not assured me that I could, never should I have attempted it. Luckily the child is Lord Leicester’s of whom a great deal more and better can be said than of nearly anybody else in the Peerage. I doubt indeed whether any persuasion would have induced me to undertake any other ...’ Landor concludes with wishes that the Fairlies be in London - ‘... above both of you (this you will pardon) Little Bella ... You do not give me her love, but I hope I have it, although I might partake (of) it with so many.’ 29 lines on 2pp 4to with integral address leaf (which is somewhat stained). On verso of the address is a THREE STANZA HOLOGRAPH POEM, SIGNED, presumably addressed to Bella: ‘Many are prompt, my little maid / To praise thy pretty face / And many vainly have display’d / The lustre of thy face ...’. ¶Written while Landor was staying with Lady Blessington at Gore House for the Coronation of Queen Victoria which took place on the 28th June at Westminster Abbey. 1838 £380 † 363. ALS to ‘My dear Rio’, 5 Princes Buildings, Clifton, (Bristol) stamped from Harley St. Bath, postmarked Ja. 22 1844. ‘... will you allow me to defer my visit one single day? I find I was engaged to Lady Smith on Monday which I was reminded of only this night, at the Wrights, by Miss Arundel. I will write a note to Elton ...’ 11 lines on 1p 4to, with integral address leaf and penny red stamp. 1844 £75 †

Collections & Selections

364. Works: Imaginary Conversations. 6 vols; Poems, Dialogues in Verse & Epigrams. 2 vols; The Longer Prose Works. 2 vols. (10 vols). J.M. Dent & Co. Half titles, limitation leaves, fronts, titles in red & black. Uncut in orig. beige buckram, bevelled boards, spines lettered & elaborately blocked in gilt. v.g. ¶No. 59 of 150 handsomely produced large-paper editions. See Wise & Wheeler, collected editions, No. 3. 1891-92 £280 LANDOR

365. The Works. 2 vols. 4to. Gibbings & Co. Half titles, front. vol. I, text in two columns. Orig. maroon cloth; spines sl. dulled. t.e.g. ¶’The First Volume of this Edition contains the First and Second Series of the Imaginary Conversations, much enlarged. The greater part of the Conversations, the Hellenics, and many of the Poems and Dramatic Scenes, in the Second Volume, are now printed for the first time.’ This is the last edition in this format, first published in 1846. 1895 £35

366. Selections. Arranged and edited by Sidney Colvin. Macmillan & Co. (The Golden Treasury series.) Vignette title, 4pp cata. Untrimmed in orig. dark blue cloth, gilt; a little rubbed, inner hinges sl. weak. Paper library shelf label on spine. 1882 £15 LANDOR’S FIRST PUBLISHED WORK 367. Gebir; a poem, in seven books. FIRST EDITION. Sold by Rivingtons, St. Paul’s Church- Yard. Errata leaf bound after p(ii). Sl. later full tan calf, gilt spine, borders & dentelles, maroon leather label; one corner sl. knocked. Armorial bookplate of Freke Guy Rashleigh Duke. a.e.g. A v.g. handsome copy. ¶ESTC T122413. The corrections, as indicated in the errata leaf, have been made in the text in a contemp. neat hand. Gebir, a tragic poem of forbidden love between sworn enemies, was Landor’s first published work. It received high praise from his contemporaries, with Southey declaring it ‘some of the most exquisite poetry in the language’. 1798 £1,250 368. Count Julian: a tragedy. FIRST EDITION. James Murray. Half title. Contemp. full calf, gilt borders & dentelles; a little rubbed, sl. marked. An attractive volume. ¶A loosely inserted card identifies the binding as Scottish. 1812 £450 369. Imaginary Conversations of Literary Men and Statesmen. 5 vols. Boston: Roberts Brothers. Half titles, front. vol. I; fore-edges sl. spotted. Orig. dark brown cloth, paper labels sl. chipped; sl. rubbed. A good sound set. ¶’Avoid the mistake in attributing to the writer any opinions in this book but what are spoken under his own name ... A few public men of small ability are introduced, to show better the proportion of the great; as a painter would situate a beggar under a triumphal arch, or a camel against a pyramid.’ 1888 £65

370. Citation and Examination of William Shakspeare, Euseby Treen Joseph Carnaby and Silas Gough clerk, before the worshipful Sir Thomas Lucy Knight touching deer-stealing on the 19th day of September in the year of grace 1582, now first published from original papers. To which is added A conference of master Edmund Spenser, a gentleman of note with the Earl of Essex touching the state of Ireland A.D. 1595. FIRST EDITION. Saunders & Otley. Half title, final ad. leaf & 4pp inserted ads; e.ps a little spotted. Uncut in orig. drab boards, carefully rebacked with maroon cloth, replacement paper label. Contemp. ownership inscription on leading f.e.p. v.g. ¶Dialogues and imaginary conversations, illustrative of the careers of Shakespeare and others. 1834 £120

371. Pericles and Aspasia. FIRST EDITION. 2 vols. Saunders & Otley. Half titles with ads on versos. Contemp. full calf, spines gilt in compartments, brown leather labels; sl. rubbed. Contemp. signatures of R. Ferguson. ¶One of Landor’s most important works, Pericles and Aspasia is formed of a series of imagined letters and original poetry, inspired by the famed lovers of Greek antiquity. 1836 £150 LANDOR

372. The Hellenics. Enlarged and completed. FIRST EDITION. Edward Moxon. Ad. leaf preceding half title, 8pp cata. (Nov., 1847). Orig. green cloth, floral borders in blind; spine sl. dulled, small split at tail of following hinge. A good-plus copy. 1847 £45

373. The Hellenics. Comprising Heroic Idyls, &c. New edn, enlarged. Edinburgh: James Nichol. Title sl. browned. Orig. dark green cloth, bevelled boards. Armorial bookplate of Lord Carlingford. a.e.g. v.g. ¶With numerous additional poems. 1859 £50

374. The Last Fruit off an Old Tree. FIRST EDITION. Edward Moxon. 8pp cata. (Feb. 1850) preceding half title. Untrimmed in orig. purple cloth, blocked in blind, lettered in gilt; sl. wear to corners & head & tail of spine, following board sl. marked, fading to brown. A good-plus copy. ¶Conversations, poetry, letters, histories, & essays. With gift inscription on half title, ‘Sarah Winnington, from her affectionate daughters, London 1854.’ 1853 £40

375. Dry Sticks Fagoted. FIRST EDITION. Edinburgh: James Nichol. Half title; a few light internal marks. Orig. green cloth; a little dulled & marked, spine faded, signs of label removal from front board. Signatures and armorial booklabel of Lord Carlingford. ¶Landor was sued for libel by Mrs Yescombe as a result of publishing three poems in Dry Sticks accusing her of theft. £1,000 damages were awarded against Landor who retreated to Italy at the age of 83. The poems in question are ‘To Caina’ (p38), ‘The Pilfered to the Pilferer’ (pp70-71) and ‘Canidia and Caina’ (p168). 1858 £30

LETTERS 376. Letters & Other Unpublished Writings. Edited by Stephen Wheeler. FIRST EDITION. Richard Bentley. Half title, 4 portraits. Unopened in orig. dark green cloth. v.g. 1897 £20

Biography &c.

377. FORSTER, John. Walter Savage Landor. A biography. Chapman & Hall. Half title. Orig. dark green cloth, blocked in black, spine lettered in gilt; generally a bit worn. H.B. Ritman booklabel, titlepage with perforated stamp of Iowa State University Library. 1879 £30

378. SUPER, Robert Henry. The Publication of Landor’s Works. Supplement to the Bibliographical Society’s Transactions No. 18. The Bibliographical Society. Half title. Orig. grey printed wrappers; sl. faded. Renier booklabel. 1954 £20

379. WISE, Thomas James. A Landor Library: a catalogue of printed books, manuscripts and autograph letters by Walter Savage Landor. 4to. Printed for private circulation only. Half title, front., plates. Orig. red cloth, bevelled boards; spine sl. faded. t.e.g. v.g. ¶One of 170 copies. 1928 £50 ______367 LEWIS

LEWIS, Matthew Gregory “Monk”, 1775-1818 A novelist and playwright, Lewis took his nickname from his first novel,The Monk, which met with phenomenal success when first published in 1796. His gothic dramaCastle Spectre, 1796, and The Bravo of Venice, 1805 were enthusiastically received by the public. See also items 242 & 257.

MANUSCRIPT INDENTURE FOR THE SALE OF COPYRIGHTS 380. Manuscript Indenture, 1806, whereby, as part of an agreement between the publishers Joseph Bell, Robert Faulder and Richard Lea, Lewis purchases the copyright to eight of his works for the sum of £200. The document is signed & sealed by Bell, Faulder and Lea, and signed again as receipt for the payment from Lewis. 2pp folio, with integral blank, some tears at folds, docket titled in ms: 2nd Augst. 1806, Mesrs. Bell & others to M.G. ¶A rare publishers’ document. The titles named: Ambrosio or the Monk, Love of Gain, Tales of Wonder, East Indian, Minister Rolla, Castle Spectre, Adelmorn, and Alphonso. The agreement does not include Tales of Terror, which was first published by Bell in 1801, and republished by Faulder in 1808. A faded pencil note indicates that this was Bell’s copy of the Indenture. 1806 £850 †

THE MONK: UNEXPURGATED 381. The Monk, a romance. 3rd edn, FIRST ISSUE. 3 vols. Printed for J. Bell. Ad. on verso of final leaf vol. III; two gatherings sl. proud vol. I. Contemp. full scarlet horizontal-grained calf; spines sl. darkened, corners sl. rubbed. Armorial bookplates of Roger Underhill. a.e.g. v.g. ¶ESTC T108214. The unexpurgated text. BL, Harvard, Yale & Auckland only; with the advertisements for Henry Somerville and A History of Inventions and Discoveries on p(316) of vol. III. This is the first issue of the third edition, few copies of which have survived because of its swift withdrawal from sale following a highly critical review by Thomas J. Mathias in The Pursuits of Literature, Part IV, 1797. The Monk, infamous from its very first printing for its sensational and scandalous content, was considered by many to be morally reprehensible. The disclosure, on the titlepages of the second edition, that the work was by a Member of Parliament was too much for some commentators, with Mathias in particular declaring, ‘... there is nothing with which it may be compared. A legislator in our own parliament, a member of the House of Commons of Great Britain, an elected guardian and defender of the laws, the religion, and the good manners of the country, has neither scrupled nor blushed to depict and to publish to the world the arts of lewd and systematic seduction, and to thrust upon the nation the most open and unqualified blasphemy against the very code and volume of our religion’. With such indignation directed at Lewis and his publisher J. Bell, the third edition was hastily withdrawn, and Lewis was compelled to excise the most ‘offensive’ passages for the fourth edition. Some copies of the suppressed third edition did resurface, Bell quietly passing them off as first editions (which was not subject to the banning order), by doctoring the titlepages, or issuing them with cancel titlepages remaindered from the first edition. 1797 £850

“UNABRIDGED REPRINT” 382. The Monk, a romance. Unabridged reprint of the first edition. 2 vols. London: n.p. Uncut in orig. drab boards, cream spines darkened & sl. worn in places. ¶Dated from the remains of an offset inscription. [c.1898?] £30

FIRST FULL FRENCH TRANSLATION 383. Le Moine. Traduction nouvelle, et entièrement conforme au texte de la première édition originale, par Léon De Wailly. 2 vols. Paris: H.L. Delloye. Half titles, fronts. Two vols in one in contemp. quarter maroon calf, gilt spine. v.g. ¶The first full French translation. 1840 £180 LEWIS

THE MONK, DRAMATISED 384. (The Monk) Raymond and Agnes. New and complete edition. John Dicks. (Dicks’ Standard plays no. 268.) Illus. Orig. green pictorial wrappers. v.g. ¶Lewis’s play, adapted from his novel The Monk, was first staged in Norwich in 1809. It was not printed until c.1830 in Cumberland’s British Theatre; this copy dated from the ad. on following wrapper. [c.1884] £35

385. The Castle Spectre. A dramatic romance, in five acts. Printed from the acting copy, with remarks, biographical and critical, by D.-- G. To which are added, a description of the costume, cast of the characters, entrances and exits, relative positions of the performers on the stage, and the whole of the stage business. As performed at the Theatres Royal, London. John Cumberland & Son. (Cumberland’s British theatre.) Front. after R. Cruikshank. Disbound. ¶First published in 1797. [c.1830] £20

386. The East Indian: a comedy. In 5 acts. As performed at the Theatre-Royal, Drury-Lane. 2nd edn. J. Davis. Title a little browned. Disbound. ¶The final 4pp (pp73-76) of another work, identified as G.D. Harley’s Biographical Sketch of the Life of ... Young Roscius (1804), have been bound in after A4. 1800 £30

DUBLIN EDITION 387. T ales of Wonder; written and collected by M.G. Lewis. 2 vols. Dublin: William Porter. Some internal marks. Contemp. full calf, red & green labels sl. chipped; rubbed, corners bumped, vol. I lacking leading f.e.p., vol. II sl. chipped at head of spine. Stamp of Jane Corbett on titles, booklabels vol. II. A good-plus copy. ¶Todd & Bowden 7Ab. Published in the same year as the first (London) edition. Included in this collection of works celebrating the fantastic, the supernatural, and the unusual are three original poems by Sir Walter Scott; ‘The Fire-King’, ‘Glenfinlas, or Lord Ronald’s Coronach’ and ‘The Eve of St. John’ (Todd & Bowden 6A). There are also two Scott translations from the German, ‘Frederick and Alice’ privately printed in Kelso 1799/1800 (being “... a free translation of Goethe’s ‘Claudina von Villa Bella’” but, as Scott observes, “with such alterations and additions, that it may almost be called original”) and ‘The Wild Huntsman’ (See Todd & Bowden 1A; translated from ‘Die Wilde Jäeger’). Robert Southey contributes seven poems; ‘The Old Woman of Berkeley’, ‘Bishop Bruno’, ‘Lord William’, ‘The Painter of Florence’, ‘Donica’, ‘Cornelius Agrippa’s Bloody Book’ and ‘Rudiger’. Other contributions include Robert Burns’ ‘Tam O’Shanter,’ and poems by John Dryden, Ben Jonson, George Colman the Younger, &c. There are many poems and translations by Lewis himself including ‘The Erl-King,’ Goethe’s ‘goblin story’ which Scott had translated from the German in 1797 observing “there is no small impudence in attempting a version of that ballad, as it has been translated by Lewis”. In 1798 Scott, then an unknown, was approached by William Erskine, a friend of both Scott and Lewis, to contribute to the Tales of Wonder (originally titled Tales of Terror). According to Lewis, this was to be a collection of “... all the marvellous ballads which I can lay my hands on. Ancient as well as modern will be comprised in my design ... a ghost or a witch is a sine qua non ingredient in all the dishes of which I mean to compose my hobgoblin repast ...”. Lewis had seen and been especially impressed with Scott’s translation of ‘The Wild Huntsman,’ and upon learning that Scott had “other specimens of the German diablerie in his portfolio ...” was especially keen to have Scott’s input. As a relative newcomer to the Scottish literary scene, a flattered Scott - who had at the time his own plans to collect old Border ballads - immediately leapt at the chance. By 1799 Scott was becoming disillusioned at the delay in publication of Tales of Wonder, and a passing comment to his friend and later founder of the Ballantyne Press, John Ballantyne, resulted in the publication of Scott’s An Apology for The Tales of Terror. This was published in an edition of only 12 copies, and the title was a direct swipe at the long delay of Lewis’s work; only six Scott poems were printed in this little pamphlet, all reprints. A year later, in mid-1800, Scott wrote to Ballantyne: “Dear Sir, I have your favour, since the receipt of which some things have occurred which induce me to postpone my intention of publishing 381 387

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my ballads, particularly a letter from a friend, assuring me that ‘The Tales of Wonder’ are actually in the printer’s hand. In this situation I endeavour to strengthen my small stock of patience, which has been nearly exhausted by the delay of this work (though for that reason alone) I almost regret having promised assistance.” The Tales of Wonder finally appeared in 1801, to a cold reception from the public. 1801 £380

TALES OF TERROR 388. ANONYMOUS. Tales of Terror; with an introductory dialogue. FIRST EDITION. Printed by W. Bulmer & Co. & sold by J. Bell. Hand-coloured front., engr. & printed titles, 2 further hand-coloured plates signed ‘WP’, final ad. leaf. Later full tan calf by Morrell, London, triple ruled gilt borders, raised bands, gilt compartments & dentelles, maroon morocco labels. a.e.g. A v.g. attractive copy, in beige cloth slip-case. ¶20 macabre poems, with equally macabre hand-coloured illustrations. Copac records only four copies of the first edition, with the BL (2 copies) not mentioning the plates. Although commonly attributed to Lewis, Tales of Terror is actually a parody of Tales of Wonder, both titles being first published in 1801. Louis Peck, in A Life of Matthew G. Lewis, suggests the ‘bibliographical hazard’ arose from the fact that Tales of Wonder was originally intended to be called Tales of Terror, and that contributor Walter Scott, irritated by the slow process of getting the original work published, issued An Apology for Tales of Terror in 1799. To add to the confusion, both Wonder and Terror were published in a similar format by Lewis’s publisher J. Bell, and were even advertised as good ‘companion volumes’. The assumption that Lewis was the author gathered momentum, and by the time his biography appeared in 1839, Terror was erroneously listed among the ‘works published by M.G. Lewis’; a mistake that persists to this day. 1801 £1,500

389. ANONYMOUS. Tales of Terror; ... 2nd edn. Printed for R. Faulder, &c., &c. Hand- coloured folding engr. front., engr. & printed titles, 2 further hand-coloured folding plates. Sl. later half calf, spine with raised bands & small sinister faces in blind; head & tail of spine v. sl. rubbed. A v.g. copy. ¶The second edition includes an extra poem, ‘The Abbot of Leiston’. The plates are signed B. Å Esq., delt. and W.P. sculp. 1808 £600

390. Tales of Terror and Wonder. Collected by Matthew Gregory Lewis. With an introduction by Henry Morley. George Routledge & Sons. (Morley’s Universal Library.) 4pp following ads, ads on e.ps. Untrimmed in orig. olive green cloth; small paper spine label; boards marked, spine sl. darkened. 1887 £25

391. Rugantino; or, The bravo of Venice: a grand romantic melo-drame, in two acts, ... FIRST EDITION. J.F. Hughes. Sl. spotted, fore-edge of final leaf repaired with archival tape. Bound into later marbled wrappers. 1805 £45

392. Adelgitha; or, The Fruits of a Single Error. A tragedy in five acts. 2nd edn. J.F. Hughes. Disbound. Sl. spotted, leading edge of title strengthened, corners rounded. ¶First performed in 1807. 1806 £25

393. Adelgitha; ... Now first published as acted at the Theatre-Royal, Covent Garden. W. Simpkin & R. Marshall. Bound into later marbled wrappers. ¶This edition has ‘undergone the ordeal of compression’. The version as acted at the Theatre-Royal, Covent-Garden, with Macready in the lead role. 1817 £35 LEWIS

394. Romantic Tales, ... FIRST EDITION. 4 vols. Longman, Hurst, Rees, & Orme. Half titles vol. II-IV; occasional spotting, small ink mark on titlepage vol. II. Contemp. half green calf, spines dec. in gilt & blind, maroon leather labels; spines a little darkened. Armorial bookplates & signatures of Harry S. Hodge. A v.g. set. ¶A scarce collection of prose and poetry, formed of free translations from predominately gothic German, French and Spanish sources. Vol. I: Mistrust, or Blanche & Osbright; The Admiral Guarino; King Rodrigo’s Fall; Bertrand & Mary-Belle; The Lord of Falkenstein; Sir Guy, the Seeker. Vol. II: The Anaconda; The Dying Bride; The Four Facardins, part I. Vol. III: The Four Facardins, part II; Oberon’s Henchman, or The Legend of the Three Sisters. Vol. IV: My Uncle’s Garret-Window; Bill Jones; Amorassan, or The Spirit of the Frozen Oceans. 1808 £850

395. Venoni, or, The Novice of St. Mark’s: a drama, in three acts. FIRST EDITION. Longman, Hurst, Rees, & Orme. Ad. on verso of final leaf; some occasional spotting. Bound in 20thC marbled boards, brown cloth spine. v.g. ¶’This drama is in a great measure translated from a French Play in four acts, called “Les Victimes Cloitrées” [by Jacques Marie Boutet, 1745-1812].’ 1809 £65

396. One O’Clock! Or, The Knight and the Wood Daemon. A grand musical romance, in three acts. First performed at the English Opera, Theatre Royal, Lyceum, on Thursday, August 1, 1811. ... FIRST EDITION. Sherwood, Nealey & Jones. Disbound. [1811] £40

397. Timour the Tartar. A grand romantic melo-drama in two acts, first performed at the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden, May 1, 1811. FIRST EDITION. Lowndes & Hobbs. Half title. Disbound. ¶’This trifle was written merely to oblige Mr Harris, who prest me very earnestly to give him a spectacle, in which Horses might be introduced ...’ [1811] £50

398. The Isle of Devils. A historical tale, founded on an anecdote in the Annals of Portugal. George T. Juckes. Untrimmed in orig. purple moiré cloth with printed paper label on front board. Later booklabel. v.g. ¶Reprinting the poem written in 1816 and privately printed in Jamaica in 1827. No. 129 of 250 copies 1912 £30

NEGROES IN THE WEST INDIES 399. Journal of a Residence Among the Negroes in the West Indies. John Murray. Half title. Nicely bound in 20thC half calf, maroon & dark green labels. v.g. ¶Written between November 1815 and May 1818, this was first published in 1834 as the ‘Journal of a West India Proprietor’. It covers two extended periods in Jamaica, where Lewis owned two estates. His observations cover all aspects of life on the plantation, from ‘Plans for teaching the negroes’, ‘Happiness of the negro’, and ‘Capture of a alligator’, to ‘Impatience of the negro to be free’, ‘Insubordination’ and ‘Code of penalties’. Although much of the content might be viewed as unreconstructed from a 21st century perspective, Lewis betrays a fondness for his estate workers, who he insisted were his ‘negroes’ and not his ‘slaves’. In his last entry he states, ‘What other negroes may be, I will not pretend to guess; but I’m certain that there cannot be more tractable or better disposed persons ... than my negroes of Cornwall. I only wish, that in my future dealings with white persons, whether in Jamaica or out of it, I could not meet with half so much gratitude, affection, and good will.’. 1845 £220 LEWIS

Biography &c.

400. BARON-WILSON, Margaret, ed. The Life and Correspondence of M.G. Lewis, ... With many pieces in prose and verse, never before published. FIRST EDITION. 2 vols. Henry Colburn. Front. port. vol. I, folding facsim. vol. II. Contemp. half calf, black & dark green leather labels; a little rubbed. Armorial bookplate of Sir Robert Johnson Eden. 1839 £150

401. PECK, Louis F. A Life of Matthew G. Lewis. Camb., Mass: Harvard Universty Press. Half title, plates. Orig. pale green/yellow cloth, black cloth spine. v.g. ¶With selected letters. 1961 £15 ______

MOORE, Thomas, 1779-1852 Dublin-born Moore was the son of a grocer, but enjoyed a privileged education, becoming Ireland’s pre-eminent poet of the Romantic era. His patriotic Irish Melodies, which ran to many editions, established him as the national Bard of Ireland, while Lalla Rookh, 1817, is among his most enduring works. He was a man of political conviction, and wrote several essays relating to British rule in Ireland. A close friend of Lord Byron - and his biographer - he was responsible, with John Murray, for burning Byron’s memoirs after his death. See also items 153 & 190. Autograph Letter

402. ALS from Sloperton, June 17 1834, to William Pickering, Esq. ... I have deferred writing under the idea that I shall be most probably called up to town before now, but as there appears no chance of my coming, at present, I shall not delay any longer sending you a few names that I have collected here for Miss Costello’s list. Had I been in London, I would have done much more for her, and have still hopes, indeed, of being able to enlist a few titles in her service ... 19 lines on first side of folded 8vo leaf, integral blanks, addressed toWilliam Pickering Esq, Bookseller & Publisher, Chancery Lane; sl. offsetting on to first four lines of text from a carelessly placed auctioneer’s printed slip. 2 old folds and remains of wax seal. ¶The letter, written to Moore’s publisher in London, refers to Louisa Stuart Costello, writer of travel books and historian of France and its literature. Pickering published Costello’s Specimens of the Early Poetry of France in 1835, and had evidently asked Moore if he could recommend anyone who might wish to subscribe to the work. Moore suggests four names - Colonel Houlton, Captain Fielding, Thomas Scott, and James Corry - all of whom appear on the list of subscribers in the published volume. 1834 £280 †

Collections & Selections

403. The Works. Accurately printed from the last original editions. Complete in one volume. Leipsic: Ernest Fleischer. Half title; contents leaf carefully repaired in upper margin with archival tape. Sl. later green binder’s cloth; sl. rubbed. Early stamps of the Lehrer- Bibliothek, Steglitz. A good-plus copy. ¶This is the first one-volume edition. 1826 £60

404. The Poetical Works, including his melodies, ballads, etc. Complete in one volume. Tall 8vo. Paris: A. & W. Galignani. 5pp cata. preceding half title, front. port., text in two columns; some light foxing. Orig. blue boards, paper label sl. chipped; some marks, corners a little worn, spine chipped with some loss. ¶The second Paris edition in 408pp. 1829 £30 MOORE

405. The Works ... Complete in two volumes. 5th edn. Philadelphia: published at the Washington Press. Uncut in orig. pale green glazed boards, grey cloth spines, paper labels; spines sl. darkened, & with sl. wear to heads & tails. Maurice Headlam booklabels. A v.g. copy as originally issued. ¶The first Philadelphia edition. ‘Price Three Dollars’ on labels. 1829 £120

406. The Poetical Works, A new edition, collected and arranged by himself. Complete in one volume. Tall 8vo. Paris: A. & W. Galignani. Half title, front. port., text in two columns. Contemp. half brown morocco; corners a little worn. ¶In 639pp. 1842 £35

407. The Poetical Works. Complete in one volume. Tall 8vo. Longmans, &c. Front., engr. title (1846) sl. spotted, printed title, 32pp cata. (Oct. 1847). Orig. olive-green cloth, blocked in blind & gilt; spine & edges faded to brown, sl. wear to corners & head & tail of spine. Armorial bookplate of RRC (probably Rice Richard Clayton, 1797-1879, one time High Sheriff of Buckinghamshire and MP for Aylesbury). ¶The first English one-volume edition was published in 1844; in 691pp. 1848 £50

408. The Poetical Works. Complete in one volume. Tall 8vo. Longmans, &c. Engr. front. & title, printed title, text in two columns, ads on e.ps. Untrimmed in orig. green cloth, floral borders blocked in blind, front board with gilt vignette; spine sl. faded, but a nice bright copy. 1852 £50

409. Poetical Works. Simpkin Marshall; Halifax: Milner & Sowerby. Half title, engr. front. & title, printed title, plates, 18pp cata. Orig. dark green cloth. v.g. 1867 £20

410. The Poetical Works. Reprinted from the early editions, with explanatory notes, &c. Frederick Warne & Co. (“Chandos Classics”.) Ads. on e.ps. Orig. mustard yellow cloth, attractively blocked in blind, gilt, green & black; following board sl. creased, but a nice bright copy. [c.1875] £20

411. Poetical Works. Edinburgh: W.P. Nimmo, Hay & Mitchell. Front. port., vignette title; leading e.ps at some time replaced. Orig. red pictorial cloth; sl. marked. [c.1885] £10

Individual Works

ODES OF ANACREON

412. Odes of Anacreon, translated into English verse, with notes. FIRST EDITION. 4to. John Stockdale. Engr. front. & 2 plates. Contemp. full tree calf, spine gilt in compartments, maroon leather label; hinges sl. worn, boards sl. rubbed. Marquess of Headfort armorial bookplate. A good-plus copy. ¶With 16pp subscribers’ list. 1800 £175

413. The Odes of Anacreon, and Little’s Poems. 12mo. Paris: A. & W. Galignani. Half title. Contemp. continental half green calf, gilt spine, red labels. A v.g. attractive copy. 1823 £50 MOORE

GIRODET ILLUSTRATIONS 414. The Odes of Anacreon. Translated by Thomas Moore. With fifty-four illustrative designs by Girodet de Roussey. Oblong 8vo. John Camden Hotten. Half title, front. & illus. Orig. blue cloth, bevelled boards, blocked in black & gilt. a.e.g. A near FINE, bright copy. ¶The preface, dated October 1869, notes that Girodet de Roussey (Anne-Louis Girodet, 1767-1824) created the illustrations for a French translation of Anacreon, ‘made by the painter himself’, which was first published in 1822. “Seldom has a modern artist so happily caught the spirit of an ancient poet. We seem to be transported ... to the vines, and orange-groves, and cloudless skies of Greece, and the wearied spirit abandons itself for a while to the soft influences of the azure heaven, the countless luxuriance of roses, and the undulating forms of the fair girls dancing in the shade ...” [1871] £50

415. The Odes of Anacreon. ... Oblong 8vo. John Camden Hotten. Half title, front. & illus., final ad. leaf. Orig. blue cloth, bevelled boards, blocked in red & gilt; a little rubbing, inner hinges cracking. Armorial bookplate of Bourne. a.e.g. ¶Preface dated October 1869. In a variant binding with different blocking and lettering; Greek borders in black & red. [1871] £40

POETICAL WORKS OF THE LATE THOMAS LITTLE

416. The Poetical Works of the late Thomas Little, Esq. 4th edn. James Carpenter. Lacking half title & leading blank. Contemp. full scarlet morocco, gilt spine, borders & dentelles; spine a little dulled. Contemp. gift inscription on title; armorial bookplates of James Favell & Arthur Headlam. a.e.g. ¶First published in 1801. 1803 £35

417. The Poetical Works of the late Thomas Little, Esq. 10th edn. James Carpenter. Half title. Contemp. half green morocco, gilt spine; sl. dulled, marbled paper sl. torn. Booklabels and Gerald Ponsonby & the Reniers. A nice copy. 1810 £20

418. The Poetical Works of the late Thomas Little, Esq. 15th edn. James Carpenter. Half title, 4pp ads. Contemp. full dark blue calf, spine gilt in compartments, borders in blind & gilt. A v.g. attractive copy. 1822 £20

EPISTLES, ODES

419. Epistles, Odes, and other poems. 6th edn. 2 vols. James Carpenter. Engr. fronts, engr. title vol. I, printed titles. Contemp. full calf, gilt spines & borders, green leather labels; v. sl. rubbing. Armorial bookplates of William F. Burnley. A v.g. copy. ¶First published in 1806. 1822 £40

CORRUPTION & INTOLERANCE

420. Corruption and Intolerance: Two poems. With notes. Addressed to and Englishman by an Irishman. 2nd edn. J. Carpenter. Half title. Disbound. 64pp. ¶First published in 1808. This edition not in BL. Corruption and Intolerance consists of two polemic poems, that rail against the injustices wrought upon Ireland by the English, and call for greater Liberty, while at the same time warning against the ‘slavery’ that comes from a French-style Revolution. Both the first and second editions are SCARCE. 1809 £125 MOORE

THE SCEPTIC

421. The Sceptic: a philosophical satire. By the author of Corruption and Intolerance. FIRST EDITION. J. Carpenter. Disbound. 26pp. ¶The sole edition. Five copies on Copac: BL, Cambridge, Trinity College Dublin, Exeter, National Trust. “There’s no deformity so vile, so base, - / That’t is not somewhere thought a charm, a grace.” 1809 £150

LETTER TO THE ROMAN CATHOLICS OF DUBLIN

422. A Letter to the Roman Catholics of Dublin. FIRST EDITION. J. Carpenter. Disbound. 37pp. ¶Moore’s letter constitutes a call to the Catholics of Ireland to be less subservient to the Pope in Rome, suggesting that this would encourage the British to extend greater autonomy to Ireland. Moore argues that slavish devotion to Popish doctrine promotes suspicion and hostility from the British towards the Irish, and by extension greater repression. 1810 £125

INTERCEPTED LETTERS 423. Intercepted Letters; or, The Twopenny Post-Bag. To which are added, Trifles Reprinted. By Thomas Brown, the Younger. With a new preface and several additional poems. 14th edn. J. Carr. Half title, ad. on verso of final leaf. Contemp. full dark purple grained morocco, spine & borders blocked in blind; sl. rubbing. Marquess of Headfort armorial bookplate. a.e.g. v.g. ¶First published in 1811 (11 editions in the first year). With a new preface to this edition. 1814 £50

424. Intercepted Letters; ... 16th edn. J. Carpenter & Son Half title. Later blue binder’s cloth; sl. marked. A good-plus copy. 1818 £30

LALLA ROOKH

425. Lalla Rookh, an oriental romance. FIRST EDITION. 4to. Longman, &c. Sl. spotting in prelims. Contemp. full tree calf, gilt spine & borders, black leather label; v. sl. rubbing to hinges. Armorial bookplate of W. Burnett. Bookseller’s ticket: A. Brown & Co., Aberdeen. v.g. ¶Dedicated to Samuel Rogers; the first edition of Moore’s most popular poem. 1817 £450

426. Lalla Rookh, ... 10th edn. Longman, &c. Front. & engr. title, printed title, plates. Contemp. full maroon calf, spine gilt in compartments, boards with floral gilt borders & heavily embossed at centres with star design; sl. marked, spine a little faded. A handsome copy from the Invercauld library. ¶William Westall’s fine engravings, dated 1817. 1820 £110

427. Lalla Rookh, ... New edn. Longman. Engr. title, printed title, plates by Richard Westall spotted & sl. browned, 16pp cata. (March, 1840). Orig. dark blue cloth; spine sl. dulled. v.g. 1840 £30

MINIATURE EDITION 428. Lalla Rookh, ... 16mo. Longman, &c. Front. by Kenny Meadows. Orig. dark pink cloth. v.g. ¶Gift inscription on leading f.e.p: ‘Agnes Martin from Robert Rogers. June 19, 1866’. 1859 £20 426 MOORE

429. Lalla Rookh, and Irish Melodies. Halifax: Milner & Sowerby. (The Cottage Library.) Engr. front. & title, printed title. Orig. dark green cloth, blocked in blind, spine lettered in gilt & blind; sl. rubbing. Contemp. presentation inscription on leading f.e.p. ¶Glasgow University only on Copac. 1859 £30

THE FUDGE FAMILY IN PARIS

430. The Fudge Family in Paris. Edited by Thomas Brown, the Younger. 3rd edn. Longman, &c. Half title. Contemp. full straight-grained morocco, gilt borders; spine & hinges rubbed, sm. split at tail of leading hinge. Renier booklabel. ¶Published the same year as the first edition. 1818 £30 ORIGINAL BOARDS 431. The Fudge Family in Paris. ... 4th edn. Longman, &c. Half title. Uncut in orig. drab boards, paper label; sl. wear. A good-plus copy. 1818 £65

432. The Fudge Family in Paris. ... 6th edn. Longman, &c. Half title. Contemp. full speckled calf, gilt spine & borders, maroon & black leather labels; sl. rubbing to hinges & corners. Marquess of Headfort armorial bookplate. A nice copy. 1818 £45

REPLIES 433. ANONYMOUS. Replies to the Letters of the Fudge Family in Paris. Edited by Thomas Brown ... FIRST EDITION. Pinnock & Maunder. Contemp. half calf, drak green leather label; sl. worming in head of following hinge, else v.g. ¶Not in BL. Attributed to Moore by two libraries on Copac, but not in CBEL3. 1818 £50

NATIONAL AIRS

434. National Airs; and other songs, now first collected. 4to. Longman, &c. Half title. Orig. green wavy-grained cloth, gilt, by Westleys & Co. v.g. ¶First published in 6 nos, 1818-27. Engraved music, containing upwards of 80 national songs from across the globe, including French, German, Cashmerian, Venetian, Hungarian, Maltese, Welsh, Hindoostanee, and many others. Originally published in parts 1818-1827. 1858 £50

IRISH MELODIES

ORIGINAL BOARDS 435. Irish Melodies. With an appendix, containing the original advertisements, and the prefatory letters on music. J. Power & Longman. Half title, illus. Uncut in orig. drab boards, paper label; sl. marked, spine cracking & sl. defective. A good-plus copy as originally issued. ¶The first authorised edition in book form. Roger Stenhouse’s copy, with his pencil notes on e.p. Early ownership inscription of Elizabeth June-Yates with Senhouse’s comment ‘friend of Harriet Martineau?’. 1821 £60

436. Irish Melodies, illustrated by D. Maclise. New edn. Longmans, &. Half title, text & illus. engraved throughout, 6pp ads. Orig. dark green cloth, blocked & lettered in gilt; v. sl. dulled. a.e.g. v.g. 1873 £35 MOORE

437. Melodies ... FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. Philadelphia: Printed & sold by T. Jekyll. Contemp. full purple calf, gilt spine & borders; spine sl. dulled, sl. rubbing. ¶Contains the whole of the Irish and National Melodies. 1821 £65

LOVES OF THE ANGELS

ORIGINAL BOARDS 438. The Loves of the Angels, a poem. FIRST EDITION. Longman. Initial ad. leaf, half title, 4pp ads (Dec. 1822). Uncut in orig. drab boards, paper label; spine expertly repaired, sl. rubbed. Armorial booklabel of J.R. Hutchinson. A good-plus copy in custom-made turquoise cloth slipcase. 1823 £150

439. The Loves of the Angels, a poem. FIRST EDITION. Longman, &c. Half title. Uncut in 19thC half calf by R.S. Buffery, dark brown label; spine sl. faded, otherwise v.g. Armorial bookplate of Conon Williams. 1823 £65

FABLES FOR THE HOLY ALLIANCE

440. Fables for the Holy Alliance, Rhymes on the Road, &c. &c. By Thomas Brown, the Younger, secretary of the Poco-Curante Society, ... New edn. Longman, &c. Half title; the odd spot. Untrimmed in orig. red embossed cloth, spine lettered in gilt; spine a little dulled & sl. worn at head & tail. ¶Published in the same year as the first edition. Subtitled ‘Moore’s Miscellaneous Works’ on spine: probably an 1830s remainder binding. Dedicated to Lord Byron. 1823 £30

MEMOIRS OF CAPTAIN ROCK

441. Memoirs of Captain Rock, the celebrated Irish chieftain, with some account of his ancestors. Written by himself. 2nd edn. Longman, &c. Contemp. full tan calf, gilt spine, maroon & black leather labels; spine darkened & a little rubbed, hinges & corners sl. worn. Marquess of Headfort armorial bookplate. A good sound copy. ¶See Loeber M530. Published the same year as the first edition. 1824 £75

LIFE OF SHERIDAN

442. Memoirs of the Life of Richard Brinsley Sheridan. FIRST EDITION. 4to. Longman, &c. Half title, front. sl. spotted. Later 19thC half calf, maroon cloth sides, spine with raised gilt bands & maroon leather label; a little dulled & rubbed, corners repaired at some time. With the signature of Michael Foot on initial blank. A good-plus copy. ¶A&R 3499. 1825 £150

443. Memoirs of the Life of Richard Brinsley Sheridan. 5th edn. 2 vols. Longman, &c. Half titles, front. with sl. off-setting on to title vol. I, folding facsim. vol. II. Uncut in orig. drab boards, paper labels; spines a little darkened, hinges rubbed, vol. I chipped at head with sl. loss. ¶A&R 3503, giving the date of the fifth edition as 1827. The spine label on vol. I reads ‘fourth edition’. Each volume with gift inscription, ‘Mary D. Sheridan, presented by the students of St Gabriel’s Hall, Manchester, June 1932’. 1826 £75 MOORE

THE EPICUREAN

444. The Epicurean, a tale. FIRST EDITION. Longman. Contemp. full blue straight-grained morocco, black label, gilt borders; a little faded & sl. rubbed. Monogram booklabel. A good- plus copy. ¶Loeber M531. Set during the reign of Roman emperor Valerian, in the third century A.D. 1827 £65 WITH ALCIPHRON: ILLUSTRATED BY TURNER 445. The Epicurean, a tale. With vignette illus. by J.M.W. Turner. And Alciphron, a poem. John Macrone. Half title, engr. front., title & plates; sl. spotted. Orig. green cloth by Remnant & Edmonds; spine sl. faded & sl. rubbed at head & tail. Armorial bookplate of Frances Custance, school library stamp & ink shelf number. v.g. ¶The first edition with Alciphron & the Turner plates. With Macrone’s imprint at tail of spine. 1839 £45

446. The Epicurean, a tale. ... John Macrone. Half title, engr. front. & title, printed title, plates; sl. spotted. Orig. red cloth by Remnant & Edmonds, spine pictorially blocked in gilt; spine sl. faded, but a good-plus copy. ¶Red cloth, with ‘Turner’s Illustrated Edition’ at base of spine. 1839 £40

ODES UPON CASH, CORN, CATHOLICS

447. Odes Upon Cash, Corn, Catholics and other matters. Selected from the columns of The Times journal. FIRST EDITION. Longman, &c. Half title. Uncut in orig. drab boards, paper label; spine sl. dulled, leading hinge split at head. Armorial bookplate of Esher; bookseller’s ticket: A. Playter, Amsterdam. A good-plus copy in custom-made tan cloth box. ¶More than fifty humorous ‘trifles’, including Speech on the Umbrella Question, Tout pour la Tripe, All in the Family Way, and Dialogue between a Sovereign and a One Pound Note. 1828 £85

LIFE & DEATH OF LORD EDWARD FITZGERALD

448. The Life and Death of Lord Edward Fitzgerald. FIRST EDITION. 2 vols. Longman, &c. Front. port. vol. I, half title & folding map vol. II; some worming in last few leaves & following board vol. I not affecting text. Contemp. half calf, spines gilt in compartments, brown leather labels; sl. rubbed, some wear to corners & hinges. Armorial bookplates of the Marquess of Headfort. A good sound copy. ¶A relatively sympathetic account of the life and times of the Irish peer Lord Fitzgerald, 1763-1798, soldier, explorer, and Irish revolutionary. 1831 £150 ORIGINAL BOARDS 449. The Life and Death of Lord Edward Fitzgerald. 2nd edn. 2 vols. Longman, &c. Half title, front. port. vol. I, folding map vol. II, initial 12pp cata. vol. I (Dec. 1831). Uncut in orig. drab boards, paper labels; some rubbing & corners knocked, otherwise a v.g. copy. 1831 £180

HISTORY OF IRELAND

450. The History of Ireland. From the earliest kings of that realm, down to its last chief. (New edn.) 4 vols. Longman, &c. (Lardner’s Cabinet Cyclopædia.) Engr. titles, 16pp cata. (1846) vol. I; titles sl. browned. Uniformly bound in orig. blue/green cloth, blocked in blind, spines lettered in gilt. A v.g. well-preserved set. ¶Vol. I dated from the ads; vols II & III with ‘new edition’ on titlepage. [1846/1846?/1845/1846] £150 MOORE

MEMOIRS, JOURNALS & CORRESPONDENCE

451. Memoirs, Journal and Correspondence; edited by Lord John Russell. 8 vols. Longmans. Half titles, fronts, engr. titles. Orig. dark green cloth; sl. dulled. Booklabels of John Sparrow & pencil note from him: ‘To my executors - for my friend John Gere.’ ¶In a slightly later cloth binding. 1853-56 £200

NOTES FROM THE LETTERS SUPPRESSED LETTERS 452. Notes from the Letters of Thomas Moore, to his music publisher, James Power (the publication of which was suppressed in London). With an introductory letter from Thomas Crofton Croker. FIRST EDITION. New York: Redfield. Plates & illus. Uncut in orig. olive green cloth, spine lettered in gilt; v. sl. faded, but a v.g. copy. ¶Moore’s letters to James Power were written over the period of a quarter century, during which time Power oversaw the publication of Moore’s Irish Melodies. Croker’s introductory letter shows that Moore became increasingly difficult towards the end of his life, and that the he and Power fell out over financial matters. [1854] £85

PERSONAL REMINISCENCES

453. MOORE, Thomas & JERDAN, William. Personal Reminiscences by Moore and Jerdan. Edited by Richard Henry Stoddard. New York: Scribner, Armstrong, & Co. (Bric-a-brac series. no. VI). Half title, front., illus. Orig. red cloth boards, parchment spine; spine a little dulled. A good-plus copy. ¶Anecdotes and stories inspired by meetings with contemporary literary and cultural figures. 1875 £20 ENGRAVED PORTRAITS 454. Six portraits of Thomas Moore. Dean & Munday; John Limbird; &c. One image a little dusted, otherwise light marginal spotting, not affecting images. ¶A collection of six engraved portraits of Thomas Moore, the smallest image measuring approx. 9 x 8.5cm, the largest 21 x 16cm, extracted from various publications, 1827- c.1885. Reproduced from paintings by Shee and Sicurec, a relief sculpture by William Wyon, and a full-length statue by Irish sculptor Christopher Moore; engraved by Roffe, Woolnoth, Adcock and Wedgwood. 1827-1885 £25 † ______

PEACOCK, Thomas Love, 1785-1866 Born in Dorset, Peacock managed to combine a successful career as a writer, while working as an official for the East India Company. His earliest literary offerings were poetic, but commercial success came with the publication of his first novel Headlong Hall, in 1816, and the gothic mystery Nightmare Abbey, which appeared in 1818. A friend of Percy Bysshe Shelley, whom he met in 1812; the two strongly influenced each other’s works. See also item 174.

Collections & Selections

FOUR NOVELS, REVISED 455. Headlong Hall. Nightmare Abbey. Maid Marian. Crotchet Castle. With corrections, and a preface by the Author. Richard Bentley. (Standard novels, no. 57.) Series title, engr. front. & title sl. spotted, printed title. Orig. purple cloth, black paper labels sl. chipped; spine fading to brown. Armorial booklabel of Andrew Arcedeckne. A good-plus copy. PEACOCK

¶Sadleir 3734a; The first Bentley edition, in Sadleir’s binding A. All the novels were to some extent revised for this edition; with a new preface, by the author: ‘... the classes of tastes, feelings and opinions, which were successively brought into play in these little tales, remain substantially the same ... The great principle of the Right of Man is as flourishing now as in the days of Maid Marian: the array of false pretensions, moral, political, and literary, is as imposing as ever: the rulers of the world still feel things in their effects, and never forsee them in their causes; and political mountebanks continue, and will continue, to puff nostrums and practise legerdemain under the eyes of the multitude ...’. 1837 £225 456. Headlong Hall. Nightmare Abbey. Maid Marian. Crotchet Castle. ... Richard Bentley. (Standard novels, no. 57, bound without series title.) Engr. front. & title spotted, ads on e.ps. Orig. brown cloth, gilt spine; spine chipped at head & tail. ¶Sadleir 3734a, binding D, used 1849-55. 1837 £85 457. Headlong Hall. Nightmare Abbey. Maid Marian. Crotchet Castle. ... Richard Bentley. (Standard novels, no. 57.) Series title, engr. front. & title, printed title. 19thC dark green calf by Seargeant’s of Abergavenny. Armorial bookplate of Edward Mardon. v.g. ¶Sadleir 3734a. 1837 £120

458. Headlong Hall. Nightmare Abbey. Maid Marian. Crotchet Castle. ... Richard Bentley. (Standard novels, no. 57, bound without series title.) Engr. front. & title sl. browned, printed title. Contemp. half maroon morocco, gilt spine, maroon leather label. Monogram bookplate of W.B. Clark. v.g. ¶Sadleir 3734a. 1837 £150 459. Headlong Hall. Nightmare Abbey. Maid Marian. Crotchet Castle. ... Richard Bentley. (Standard novels, no. 57, bound without series title.) Series title, engr. front. & title browned, printed title. Later red binder’s cloth, leather label; spine dulled, sl. rubbed. A good sound copy. ¶Sadleir 3734a. 1837 £85 460. Novels. Headlong Hall, Melincourt, Nightmare Abbey, Maid Marian (vol. I); Crotchet Castle, The Misfortunes of Elphin, Gryll Grange (vol. II). 2 vols. Routledge. (The New Universal Library.) Half titles, 4pp ads vol. I, 8pp ads vol. II; e.ps browned. Orig. olive green cloth, gilt spine. v.g. ¶Kathleen Constable’s (Tillotson) copy [1905/1906] £20 461. The Plays ... Published for the first time. Edited byA.B. Young. FIRST EDITION. David Nutt. Half title. Uncut in orig. red cloth, lettered in gilt; spine a little faded. Label removed from leading pastedown. t.e.g. v.g. ¶The Dilettanti, The Circle of Loda, and The Three Doctors. Printed from manuscripts purchased by the British Museum in 1903. 1910 £65 HALLIFORD EDITION 462. The Works ... The Halliford edition, edited by H.F.B. Brett-Smith & C.E. Jones. 10 vols. Constable & Co. Half titles, fronts (some colour). Untrimmed in orig. purple cloth, black leather labels. A FINE set in d.ws. ¶As well as Peacock’s major writings, this impressive collected edition brings together for the first time his review articles, his plays (original and translated), his operatic criticism, his unfinished novels, his letters, and his poems. Limited to 675 copies. 1924-34 £1,450 462 464 PEACOCK

463. The Novels. Edited with an introduction and notes by David Garnett. Rupert Hart-Davis. Half title; fore-edge sl. spotted. Orig. red cloth. v.g. in sl. worn & repaired d.w. ¶The dust wrapper designed by Joan Hassall. 1948 £35

Individual Works GENIUS OF THE THAMES, PALMYRA 464. The Genius of the Thames, Palmyra, and other poems. 2nd edn. T. Hookham Jun. & E.T. Hookham, &c. Engr. front. by Westall. Contemp. full brown calf, gilt spine, borders & dentelles; sl. wear to front board & tail of following hinge. A good-plus copy. ¶Palmyra first published in 1805 (but dated 1806); The Genius of the Thames, 1810. Revised. 1812 £250

PHILOSOPHY OF MELANCHOLY 465. The Philosophy of Melancholy; a poem in four parts with a mythological ode. FIRST EDITION. 4to. T. Hookham, jun., &c. Title & edges sl. spotted. Contemp. half calf, gilt spine; corners & hinges carefully repaired. Carlingford bookplate. 1812 £850

HEADLONG HALL 466. Headlong Hall. 2nd edn. 12mo. T. Hookham, jun. & Co. Half title. Contemp. half calf, gilt spine, maroon leather label; expertly executed minor repairs to hinges. Small booklabels of James Blackman & R.W. Chapman. A good-plus copy. ¶Revised from the first edition. 1816 £250 467. Headlong Hall. 3rd edn. 12mo. T. Hookham. Contemp. half maroon calf fading to brown, maroon leather label; v. sl. rubbing to head of spine. v.g. ¶The third edition was further revised by the author. 1822 £220

NIGHTMARE ABBEY 468. Nightmare Abbey. FIRST EDITION. T. Hookham, Jun., and Baldwin, Cradock, & Joy. Text a little marked in places, small repair to pp 55/56 without loss. Later 19thC full black morocco, gilt borders, spine & dentelles. 1818 £1,650

RHODODAPHNE ORIGINAL BOARDS 469. Rhododaphne: or The Thessalian Spell. A poem. FIRST EDITION. Printed for T. Hookham, Jun., &c. Half title; some spotting & internal marks. Uncut in orig. blue boards, drab spine, paper label; spine & hinges a little worn. A good-plus copy in brown cloth double slipcase. 1818 £400

MAID MARIAN 470. Maid Marian. FIRST EDITION. Printed for T. Hookham & Longman. With the final ad. leaf, often missing. Contemp. full calf, gilt spine & simple borders, maroon leather label; new e.ps at some point, hinges & corners with expertly executed minor repairs. Armorial bookplate of Nathaniel V. Lenehan. v.g. ¶Sadleir 1957h; not in Wolff. 1822 £750 PEACOCK

MISFORTUNES OF ELPHIN

471. The Misfortunes of Elphin. By the Author of Headlong Hall. FIRST EDITION. Thomas Hookham. Half title. Uncut in orig. blue boards, later grey paper spine with replacement label; sl. rubbing. A good-plus copy. ¶Sadleir 1957i; Wolff 5481. 1829 £380 472. The Misfortunes of Elphin. ... FIRST EDITION. Thomas Hookham. Half title. Handsomely bound in contemp. full tan calf, boards blocked with geometric design in dark brown & gilt, gilt spine, maroon leather label; spine a little darkened & with sl. rubbed at tail. A v.g. copy. ¶Sadleir 1957i; Wolff 5481. 1829 £380 473. The Misfortunes of Elphin and Rhododaphne. Illustrated by F.H. Townsend, with an intoduction by George Saintsbury. Macmillan & Co. Half title, front., illus., 2pp ads & 56pp cata. (July 1896). Uncut in orig. maroon patterned cloth, lettered in gilt; spine faded. 1897 £15 CROTCHET CASTLE 474. Crotchet Castle. By the author of Headlong Hall. FIRST EDITION. T. Hookham. Ad. leaf preceding title. Contemp. half calf, expertly rebacked retaining orig. maroon leather label. A nice copy. 1831 £680

PAPER MONEY LYRICS 475. Paper Money Lyrics, and other poems. [Only 100 copies printed: not for sale.] FIRST EDITION. C. & W. Reynell. Contemp. half dark brown calf, marbled boards; hinges & corners a little rubbed, but still a good-plus copy of an EXTREMELY SCARCE title. ¶Peacock’s last collection of poetry, and by far his scarcest title. The poems centre on one of Peacock’s pet concerns; the fragility of a paper-based economy, and the false impression of wealth it can create. “The Country banks are breaking: / The London banks are shaking: / Suspicion is awaking: / E’en quakers are now quaking: / Experience seems to settle: / That paper is not metal, / And the promises of payment / Are neither food nor raiment ...” 1837 £3,800 GRYLL GRANGE 476. Gryll Grange. By the Author of ‘Headlong Hall’. FIRST EDITION. Parker, Son, & Bourn. 4pp ads. Orig. green morocco grained cloth, spine lettered in gilt; a little dulled & sl. rubbed. Contemp. owner’s signature. A good-plus copy. ¶Sadleir 1957k; Wolff 5479. Publisher’s imprint at foot of spine. 1861 £200 477. Gryll Grange. ... FIRST EDITION. Parker, Son, & Bourn. A few internal marks. Contemp. half calf, dark green leather label; rubbed, string mark to lower edge of boards. ¶Sadleir 1957k; Wolff 5749. 1861 £180

SONGS FROM THE NOVELS 478. Songs from the Novels, by Thomas L. Peacock. FIRST EDITION. Brimley Johnson & Ince. Half title, front. port. with sl. off-setting to title. Uncut in orig. blue printed wrappers; spine sl. darkened, edges sl. worn. A good-plus copy. ¶Dated 1904 by BL. Ballads & songs extracted from Peacock’s prose works. [1904] £30 465 470

474 475 PEACOCK

Biography

479. PRIESTLEY, John Boynton. Thomas Love Peacock. FIRST EDITION. Macmillan & Co. (English Men of Letters.) Untrimmed in orig. maroon cloth; sl. marked. v.g. 1927 £20 ______

ROGERS, Samuel, 1763-1855 One of the most celebrated of the Romantic poets during his early years. His earliest notable success came with The Pleasures of Memory, 1792, a collection of verse focusing on idyllic childhood. Italy would prove the major success of his later years, though this was largely due to the illustrations by Turner and Stothard that he shrewdly commissioned to accompany the work. Rogers, like his father, enjoyed a successful banking career, and was also a knowledgeable and voracious art and book collector. See also items 425, 597 & 598.

Autograph Letters

480. 3 ALsS to ‘My Dear Bishop of Durham’, from Endsleigh, June 29, 1849. 3 ALsS, each on a single folded 8vo sheet; some old folds, but all in v.g. condition. With a single envelope, addressed in Rogers’ hand, ‘The Bishop of Durham’. ¶Three warm letters from Rogers to his friend Edward Maltby, Bishop of Durham, one dated June 1849, and the others undated but from a similar time. In the firstALS, 14 lines, Rogers laments that he will not be able to accept an invitation to dine with the Bishop and his wife, as he is ‘just now in a remote corner of the world, passing a day or two with the D. of Bedford on the banks of the Tamar’. He adds, ‘I shall return immediately at the rate of a mile a minute ...’, apparently a reference to Brunel’s new railway, which reached as far as Plymouth in April 1849. The next letter, 17 lines, refers to an undefined ‘commission’, which Rogers indicates he will ‘execute immediately’. It appears to relate to a writer or artist, with Rogers stating, ‘Carmichael’s story interests me much & though I am unacquainted with any of his works, I have no doubt of his merit’. Carmichael might possibly be the artist James Wilson Carmichael, 1799-1868, who certainly knew the Bishop of Durham as, in 1840, he had painted Bamburgh Castle, property of the diocese until it was bequeathed to Durham university in the late 19th century. The third letter, 22 lines, pleads ill health as an excuse for leaving a request unfulfilled: ‘I am just now in bondage & with no chance of a release for some time; being under the influence of a violent cold ...’. 1849, n.d., n.d. £220 †

Collections

481. The Poetical Works of Rogers, Campbell, J. Montgomery, Lamb, and Kirke White. Tall 8vo. Paris: A. & W. Galignani. Ad. leaf & 4pp cata. preceding half title, front., text in two columns; occasional damp staining & spotting. Uncut in orig. drab boards, paper label; edges & spine chipped, spine darkened. Booklabel of Blackie and Son, the publishers. ¶Rogers’ first collected edition. Each part separately paginated. 1829 £45

THE PLEASURES OF MEMORY

482. The Pleasures of Memory, with other poems. New edn. Printed for Thomas Bensley. Half title, illus. by T. Stothard. Contemp. full red morocco, gilt devices, borders & dentelles; spine & corners a little rubbed. a.e.g. ¶In 187pp. First published in 1792. 1801 £50 ROGERS

DUBLIN EDITION 483. The Pleasures of Memory. In two parts. Dublin: William Porter, Grafton-Street. Engr. front. & plate; pastedowns replaced. Uncut in orig. blue boards; spine defective. Signature of Mary Lucas, Brampton, 1816, on leading f.e.p. 62pp. ¶This is the second Dublin edition. 1804 £65

484. The Pleasures of Memory, with other poems. New edn. Large paper copy. Printed for T. Cadell & W. Davies. Contemp. full purple calf largely faded to brown, gilt spine, borders & dentelles; spine sl. rubbed. A nice copy. ¶In 167pp. The first edition with engravings on wood by L. Clennell after drawings by T. Stothard. 1810 £125

485. The Pleasures of Memory. Sampson Low. (The Choice Series.) Half title, vignette title, illus. Orig. red cloth, bevelled boards, attractively blocked in black & gilt; spine a little faded, inner hinge sl. cracked. a.e.g. v.g. ¶In 56pp, with notes. [1875] £20

EPISTLE TO A FRIEND 486. An Epistle to a Friend, with other poems. By the author “Pleasures of Memory”. FIRST EDITION. 4to. Printed by R. Noble, for T. Cadell, jun. Expertly rebound in appropriate half calf, marbled boards, vellum-tipped corners, scarlet leather label. v.g. ¶ESTC T111724. With pp 43 & 46 misnumbered 44 & 47. 1798 £450

POEMS 487. Poems. Printed for T. Cadell & W. Davies by T. Bensley. Illus. by T. Stothard. Contemp. half black calf, spine with raised & gilt bands, maroon leather label; sl. rubbed, but a good- plus copy. ¶In 268pp. Including ‘Pleasures of Memory’, ‘Epistles to a Friend’, ‘Ode to Superstition’, ‘Written in Westminster Abbey’, and ‘The Voyage of Columbus’, previously separately published with additional verses. There were three 1812 editions, in 184pp, 268pp & 276pp. 1812 £110

488. Poems. Printed for T. Cadell & W. Davies by T. Bensley & Son. Illus. by T. Stothard. Contemp. full calf, borders in gilt & blind, spine with raised bands & devices in gilt, black leather label; hinges sl. rubbed. Nowell-Smith booklabel. A nice copy. ¶In 276pp. With loosely inserted note by Nowell-Smith on the three 1812 editions. 1812 £125

489. Poems. Printed for T. Cadell & W. Davies by T. Bensley. Illus. by T. Stothard. Uncut in orig. drab boards, paper spine at some time replaced with hand-written label, sl. worn. ¶In 239pp. With the contemp. signature of John Clayton, Bamber Bridge, on titlepage, and in the same neat hand a transcription of Byron’s poem to Rogers on leading f.e.p. 1814 £65

490. Poems. Printed for T. Cadell & W. Davies by T. Bensley & Son. Illus. by T. Stothard. Contemp. full (Scottish?) mottled calf, gilt spine, borders & dentelles, black leather label; spine sl. rubbed, otherwise a v.g. copy. ¶In 246pp. 1816 £65 ROGERS

491. Poems. New edn. Printed for T. Cadell by T. Bensley. Illus. by T. Stothard; occasional damp-marking & spotting. Contemp. full olive green morocco, gilt spine & borders; spine sl. rubbed. Contemp. gift inscription on initial blank. ¶In 320pp. 1822 £50 WITH TURNER’S PLATES 492. Poems. T. Cadell; & E. Moxon. Half title, illus. by Stothard & Turner; the odd spot. Contemp. full vellum, gilt spine, borders & dentelles, maroon leather label; a little dulled with some marks. Armorial bookplate of William Ferrand. a.e.g. ¶In 296pp. The first edition with illustrations by Turner & Stothard. 1834 £75

493. Poems. Edward Moxon. Half title, illus. by T. Stothard, final ad. leaf. Orig. purple vertical- grained cloth; sl. fading. Later signature on leading f.e.p. v.g. ¶In 309pp. 1839 £30 WITH TURNER’S PLATES 494. Poems. Edward Moxon. Half title, front. port, illus. by Stothard & Turner; sl. spotted. Orig. red patterned cloth, gilt spine; sl. dulled, leading inner hinge sl. cracking ¶In 306pp. 1852 £45

495. Poems. Edward Moxon. 8pp cata. (Oct. 1855) in leading e.ps, half title, front. port, illus. by T. Stothard. Largely unopened in orig. olive green wavy-grained cloth, blocked in blind, spine lettered in gilt. v.g. ¶In 320pp. 1853 £50

JACQUELINE 496. Jacqueline, a tale. New edn. Printed for J. Murray, by T. Davison. 4pp ads. Sewn as issued in orig. pale blue wrappers, paper label on front; spine defective, front wrapper chipped at corners and with one or two small holes. Later booklabel of Dr. H. Boyd Graham. A fragile, but generally well-preserved copy, in custom-made red cloth box. ¶This edition, in 36pp, not in BL. Jacqueline was published with Byron’s Lara earlier in the same year, having first appeared in a separate edition printed for private circulation. Another separate edition, published by Cadell & Davies, in 23pp, also appeared in 1814. 1814 £120 ‘TO KNOW HER WAS TO LOVE HER’ 497. (Jacqueline.) AUTOGRAPH FRAGMENT. Oh! she was good as she was fair. / None - none on earth above her! / As pure in thoughts as angels are, / To know her was to love her. n.p. 6 lines, including signature and date June 2 1828, on one side of a single leaf. v.g. ¶The four lines of verse, written in Rogers’ distinctive neat hand, form lines 68-71 of his celebrated poem Jacqueline, first published in 1814. 1828 £85 †

HUMAN LIFE QUARTO: WITH AUTOGRAPH LETTER 498. Human Life, a poem. FIRST EDITION. 4to. John Murray. Half title; sl. spotted. Uncut in orig. drab boards; spine & paper label partly defective, inner front hinge reinforced with paper. Armorial bookplate of Sarah Frances Bell. Bookseller’s ticket: C. & J. Ollier. A good-plus copy. ¶Loosely inserted is a 13-line ALS from Rogers to Jos. Snow, Esq. of the Literary Fund Society, dated March 28, 1830. Rogers assures Snow he would be happy to render ‘any services in [his] power’ to the fund, but that he has ‘long ceased to attend at public dinners’. 13 lines on 1p, with integral address leaf. 1819 £110 ROGERS

499. Human Life, a poem. FIRST EDITION. 4to. John Murray. Half title. Contemp. full brown morocco, gilt spine, borders & dentelles, armorial gilt stamp of George Agar Ellis at centre of boards. a.e.g. A v.g. handsome copy. 1819 £85

OCTAVO EDITION - PRESENTATION COPY 500. Human Life, a poem. FIRST EDITION. 8vo. John Murray. Bound without half title. Contemp. full purple morocco, gilt spine & borders. a.e.g. A v.g. handsome copy. ¶The first 8vo edition. With presentation inscription on initial blank, ‘To The Honble Mrs Fox from her obliged & affect Friend & Servt The Author’. This is probably Elizabeth Fox (née Amistead), 1750-1842, the courtesan and actress who became wife of the prominent politician and friend of Rogers, Charles James Fox. 1819 £125

ORIGINAL BOARDS 501. Human Life, a poem. FIRST EDITION. 8vo. John Murray. Half title. Uncut in orig. drab boards, paper label; v. sl. knocked at corners. With the contemp. signature of Agnes Stephen on titlepage, and Douglas Grant’s signature on leading f.e.p. v.g. 1819 £110

‘FROM THE AUTHOR, WITH GREAT REGARD’ 502. Human Life, a poem. (2nd edn) John Murray. Half title. Uncut in orig. drab boards, at some point carefully recased; paper label a little darkened, head & tail of spine worn. John Drinkwater & Nowell-Smith booklabels, and earlier armorial roundel. Inscribed by Rogers on verso of leading f.e.p: “From the Author with great regards”. Signed ‘B Jarrett, 1823’ on recto of leading f.e.p., and by Drinkwater, 1920, on half title. A nice association copy in fold- over green cloth slipcase. ¶Expanded from 100pp to 112pp. 1820 £110

ITALY ‘FROM THE AUTHOR’ 503. Italy, a poem. Part the first. (2nd edn) John Murray. Half title. Uncut in orig. drab boards; rubbed, spine defective, stitching weakening. Bookplate: ‘R.H.E.’ A poor copy. ¶Inscribed on half title, ‘From the Author’. 1823 £40 ‘FROM THE AUTHOR’ 504. Italy , a poem. Part the first. (2nd edn) John Murray. Half title. Contemp. half dark green calf, spine with gilt bands, maroon leather label; spine & corners with expertly executed minor repairs. A good-plus copy. ¶Inscribed on half title, ‘From the Author’. Also signed ‘Cherlow(?) Ashburnham, 1823’ on title. Published, with corrections and additions, a year after the anonymous first edition. 1823 £85

WITH ALS FROM ROGERS 505. Italy , a poem. T. Cadell; Jennings & Chaplin; & E. Moxon. Illus. by Turner & Stothard; some foxing. Contemp. full green calf, gilt spine, border & dentelles, maroon leather label. a.e.g. v.g.. ¶Inserted in the prelims is an undated 10-line ALS from Rogers to the actor John Bannister, addressed to him at Gower Street. Rogers invites Bannister to dine on Tuesday next, ‘if by any chance [he is] disengaged ...’. Rogers assures Bannister he ‘will meet an artist or two’. 1830 £120 ROGERS

506. Italy , a poem. 1830. WITH: Poems. 1834. 2 vols. T. Cadell; Jennings & Chaplin; & E. Moxon. Half title & front. to ‘Poems’, illus. throughout by Turner, Prout & Stothard. Uniformly bound in full tan calf by Riviere & Son, gilt spines, borders, & dentelles, dark green morocco labels; following boards unevenly faded. a.e.g. Armorial bookplates of Jacob Tabor. A v.g. attractive copy. ¶With a long gift inscription, 1918, in the prelims of ‘Italy’, noting that Rogers’ poetry is not ‘particularly interesting’, but that the engravings are ‘quite good’. The engravings are in fact extremely well executed, and are judged by Layard in Suppressed Plates, 1907, as ‘extraordinarily delicate’ and ‘of the utmost brilliancy’. 1830/1834 £150 IN PUBLISHER’S MOROCCO 507. Italy, a poem. 1830. WITH: Poems. 1834. 2 vols. T. Cadell; Jennings & Chaplin; & E. Moxon. Half title to ‘Poems’, illus. by Turner & Stothard; some spotting, both vols bound without final ad. leaf. Orig. full dark green straight-grained morocco; sl. marked, bookplates of F.W. Kuhlicke. a.e.g. v.g. ¶With the plates on pp 88 & 91 printed without transposition, indicating a slightly later impression. Inscribed on leading blank of ‘Italy’: ‘Martha Aspinall from her affectionate friend Mary Dawson April 8th 1834’. 1830/1834 £200

508. Italy, a poem. T. Cadell; & E. Moxon. Illus. throughout by Stothard & Turner; sl. spotted. Contemp. full red morocco by J. Wright, Noel Street, gilt spine, borders & dentelles. a.e.g. A v.g. handsome copy in presentation binding ¶Gift inscription on initial blank: ‘To her dear cousin Mrs Clark with affectionate reagrds from Elizabeth L. Bohn, Nov. 24th 1842.’ 1836 £110

509. Italy, a poem. 12mo. Paris: Baudry’s European Library. Half title, front., illus. Contemp. half blue calf, spine gilt in compartments, red label. Lord Carlingford bookplate. An attractive edition of the complete poem. ¶Apparently the first Paris edition. One of the woodcuts is signed ‘Marville’. 1840 £30

510. Italy, a poem. Edward Moxon. Illus. throughout by Stothard & Turner. Sl. later full green calf by J. Wright, gilt spine, borders & dentelles, maroon leather label; small mark on front board. Contemp. gift inscription, and later booklabel of John E.B. Shoreham. a.e.g. A v.g. bright copy. 1842 £75

511. Italy, a poem. New edn. Edward Moxon. Front. port., illus. by Stothard & Turner; sl. foxed. Orig. pale blue cloth, dec. in blind & gilt; small mark on front board, spine v. sl. faded. Monogram bookplate & owner’s blind stamp. A v.g. bright copy. 1852 £65

TABLE-TALK

512. Recollections of the Table-Talk of Samuel Rogers. To which is added Porsoniana. 3rd edn. Edward Moxon. Half title. Orig. dark green cloth by Westleys & Co. v.g. ¶The same year as the first edition; with a new preface. 1856 £60

513. Recollections of the Table-Talk of Samuel Rogers, ... Edited by the late Rev. Alexander Dyce. New Southgate: H.A. Rogers, 2, Bounds Green Road. Half title, front. port., plates. Untrimmed in contemp. half royal blue calf, spine gilt in compartments, maroon leather label. t.e.g. A v.g. bright copy. ¶Handsomely illustrated with numerous full-page engravings. 1887 £45 ROGERS

RECOLLECTIONS 514. Recollections. FIRST EDITION. Longman, &c. Half title, final ad. leaf. Orig. plain red cloth, paper label sl. chipped; a little dulled & marked, spine darkened & sl. worn at head & tail. Small booklabel of Roger Senhouse, with a loosely inserted page of his pencil notes. ¶Posthumously edited by William Sharpe. 1859 £25 515. Recollections. FIRST EDITION. Longmans. Half title. Sl. later full tan calf by Zaehnsdorf, gilt spine, borders & dentelles, maroon label; spine sl. marked, but still a v.g. attractive copy. 1859 £40

516. Recollections. 2nd edn. Longman, &c. Half title, final ad. leaf; occasional pencil notes. Orig. plain red cloth by Fisher & Son, paper label rubbed; spine sl. dulled. ¶In 230pp rather than 229pp. 1859 £25 REMINISCENCES 517. Reminiscences and Table-Talk of Samuel Rogers, banker, poet, & patron of the arts 1763- 1855; collected from the original memoirs of Dyce and Sharpe, with introduction and index by G.H. Powell. R. Brimley Johnson. Half title, front., 2pp ads. Orig. blue cloth. v.g. 1903 £25

Biography &c.

518. BARBIER, Carl Paul. Samuel Rogers and William Gilpin: their friendship and correspondence. Glasgow: Oxford Univ. Press. Half title, front. port., illus., plates; name cut from corner of leading f.e.p. Orig. dark blue cloth. v.g. 1959 £25

CLAYDEN, Peter William 519. The Early Life of Samuel Rogers. FIRST EDITION. Smith, Elder, & Co. Half title, 6pp ads. Orig. green cloth, dec. & lettered in black. v.g. 1887 £25

520. The Early Life of Samuel Rogers. FIRST EDITION. Smith, Elder, & Co. Half title, 6pp ads. Orig. blue cloth, spine lettered in gilt. Later owner’s inscription. v.g. 1887 £30

521. Rogers and his Contemporaries. FIRST EDITION. 2 vols. Smith, Elder, & Co. Half titles, 6pp ads vol. II. Orig. dark green cloth; inner hinges both vols. cracking. Library stamps, labels of the Guille-Allès Library on front boards, and partially removed from leading pastedowns. 1889 £25 _____

522. HALE, John Rigby. The Italian Journal of Samuel Rogers. Edited with an account of Rogers’ life and of travel in Italy in 1814-1821. FIRST EDITION. Faber & Faber. Half title, plates. Orig. red cloth. v.g. in sl. faded d.w. 1956 £10 ‘THE PROPERTY OF THE LATE SAMUEL ROGERS’ 523. Catalogue of the Celebrated Collection of Works of Art and Vertû, comprising ancient and modern pictures, drawings and engravings, Egyptian, Greek and Roman antiquities, vases, marbles, bronzes, terra-cottas, Greek and Roman coins; the extensive library, service of plate, and furniture; the property of the late Samuel Rogers, Esq. Sold at auction by Messrs ROGERS

Christie and Manson, with the purchasers’ names and prices. FIRST EDITION. J.H. Burn. Half title; sl. worming in inner margin, evident through first 60pp. Orig. red half calf, gilt bands, brown leather labels; sl. rubbing to corners & hinges. Stamp of Fitzwilliam Museum Library. A good-plus copy of a fascinating auction record. ¶The celebrated sale of Rogers’ possessions was conducted over 28 days, beginning on the 28th of April, 1856, four months after the writer’s death. The scale of the auction was immense, and included items from the first rank of the arts (including paintings by Rembrandt, Titian, Rubens, Velasquez and Sir Joshua Reynolds), to items of a more prosaic quality (a three-burner oil lamp, a mahogany bidet, four tin fish kettles, ten iron saucepans). Among the purchasers were: Miss Budett-Coutts, who paid £819 for Reynolds’ painting The Mob-Cap; The National Gallery, which bought Bassano’s The Good Samaritan for £241; Sir Robert Peel, who paid £6.6.0 for ‘a fine bust ofTrajan’; and the British Museum, which bought a ‘very fine amphora, with Poseidon and Aphrodite’, for £22.1.0. The four tin fish kettles went to J. Cohen, for £0.7.0. The total value of the sale amounted to £45,188.14.3. 1856 £580 FROM THE LIBRARY OF SAMUEL ROGERS, WITH ALS FROM D’ISRAELI 524. D’ISRAELI, Isaac. The Literary Character; or, The history of men of genius, drawn from their own feelings and confessions. 2 vols: 4th edn, revised and 3rd edn, considerably enlarged & improved. Henry Colburn. Half titles. 2 vols in 1 in contemp. full brown calf, spine gilt in compartments, maroon leather label; a little dulled & sl. rubbed, one or two small marks. A good-plus copy. ¶With the armorial bookplate of Samuel Rogers, and inscription on half title: ‘Samuel Rogers Esq, with the author’s best regards’. Also, pasted into prelims, a 16-line ALS from the author to Rogers, dated 7th May, 1828. ‘My dear Sir, I never can reprint “The Literary Character” without savouring in my mind, among its early associations the charm I felt in having known the poet of “Memory” ...’ 1828/1822 £380 ______

OTHER AUTHORS D-R DEATH’S DOINGS: ORIGINAL PRINTED BOARDS 525. DAGLEY, Richard. Death’s Doings: consisting of numerous original compositions, in verse and prose, the friendly contributions of various writers; principally intended as illustrations of thirty copper-plates, designed and etched by R. Dagley, author of “select gems from the antique”, &c. 2nd edn, with considerable additions. 2 vols. J. Andrews. Half titles, fronts & engr. titles, printed titles, plates, initial 6pp cata. (March 1827) vol. I. Uncut in orig. pale purple printed boards, expertly rebacked; corners a little worn. A good-plus copy. ¶With gift inscription on leading f.e.p. vol. I: ‘The Rev. Wm Allen, with Saml Maunder’s kind respects, Oct. 1, 1827’. Samuel Maunder was a publisher and writer, and one of the contributors to this macabre and humorous work. Other contributors include H.A. Driver, H. Stebbing, W. Jerdan, B. Cornwall, W.J. Forbes & W.H. Watts. Dagley’s fine illustrations depict the spectral figure of Death hastening the demise of an unsuspecting victim. 1827 £185 DALLAS, Robert Charles, 1754-1824 Miscellaneous writer and lawyer.

526. The Miscellaneous Works and Novels. New edn. 7 vols. Longman, &c. Two tiny holes in first leaf of preface. Contemp. half calf by Jacques of Chichester, spines with gilt bands & black leather labels; some rubbing to hinges and heads & tails of spines, but overall a nice set. ¶With a dedication to Lord Byron. Vol. I: Essays, poems and songs; vols II & III: Percival; vols IV & V: Aubrey; vols VI & VII: Morland. Described as ‘New Edition’ on the basis that Miscellaneous Writings had been published in 1797, but most of the contents of this collection were originally published after that date. 1813 £750 524 OTHER AUTHORS D-R

DALLAS, Robert Charles continued 527. Aubrey: a novel. 4 vols. FIRST EDITION. T.N. Longman & O. Rees. Half titles vols III & IV, 5pp ads vol. III, final ad. lead vol. IV; p123/124 vol. I torn & carefully repaired with archival tape; v. small hole in text p275/276 vol. IV. Contemp. half red roan, marbled boards; some expertly executed minor repairs. A good-plus copy of a scarce title. ¶Oxford only on Copac. Dedicated to Bertand de Moleville, French statesman and confidant of Louis XVI. 1804 £850 _____ DANIEL, George, 1789-1864 Miscellaneous writer and book collector AUTOGRAPH LETTER 528. ALS to John Yonge Akerman Esq., from no. 2 Hopkins Buildings, Islington, 19 June 1837. n.p. 28 lines in black ink over two sides of a single sheet. Small chip to one corner. ¶An interesting letter from George Daniel, 1789-1864, the playwright and poet, and noted book collector, to John Akerman, 1806-1873, numismatist and fellow of the Society of Antiquaries. Daniel had obtained some unspecified sketches from Akerman, ‘with which [he was] so well pleased that [he was] desirous of putting a handsome morocco covering upon them’. He inquires, ‘if you should have any by you that you do not particularly require, & would be kind enough to let me have them, I will inlay them to a quarto size, & bind them up with those I now possess’. Daniel is evidently putting a library together, which, he informs Akerman ‘as a collection, I may without vanity say, [is] unique’. 1837 £120 † 529. Miscellaneous Poems. FIRST EDITION. Effingham Wilson; & sold by Sharpe & Hailes. Half title, front. by Henry Corbould sl. foxed. Uncut in orig. purple boards, marbled paper spine, paper label; sl. worn. Renier booklabel. A nice copy. ¶BL, Oxford and Cambridge only on Copac. Poems originally published in Ackermann’s Poetical Magazine, including ‘Woman’. 1812 £85 530. Virgil in London; or, Town eclogues. To which are added, Imitations of Horace. FIRST EDITION. Printed for Effingham Wilson. Occasional spotting. Contemp. half maroon calf; a little rubbed. 1814 £80 531. The Modern Dunciad, a satire; with notes, biographical and critical. 2nd edn. Effingham Wilson. 1815. WITH: The Times; or, The prophecy. With other poems. 2nd edn. 1813. WITH: Miscellaneous Poems. FIRST EDITION. 1812. The Modern Dunciad with corner torn from pp105/06 just touching page numbers. Name cut from title of Miscellaneous Poems not affecting text. Three works in 1 vol., uncut in later 19thC half dark blue calf, leather label titled ‘Daniel’s Poems 1812-15’; rubbed, head of spine sl. worn. ¶The Times (BL only on Copac) with half title & ad. leaf, enlarged with a new preface; Miscellaneous Poems with frontispiece. Attached to the leading blank is a manuscript note on Daniel’s early works and his death, as well as a manuscript copy of a letter Daniel wrote explaining the first edition of the Collected Poems: “‘Woman’, ‘Alibeg’ and all the smaller poems were published in ‘Ackermans Poetical Magazine’ in 1808-1809, & 1810, & 1811. ‘Immortality’ (written in 1811) is published for the first time.”. In The Modern Dunciad (this edition not in BL) Daniel satirises, with some venom, “the poetasters and petty journalists of the day” while praising Byron, Crabbe, Cowper & Southey. Included among his many literary friends were his neighbours Robert Bloomfield and Charles Lamb. He wrote several plays and introductions to plays in Cumberland’s British theatre. Daniel also had a reputation as a keen book collector. Among his many rarities were the first four folio editions of Shakespeare’s works, the first folio being bought by Baroness Burdett Coutts for the sum of £716.2s. on Daniel’s death in 1864. 1815/1813/1812 £275 _____ OTHER AUTHORS D-R

532. DARLEY , George. Sylvia; or, The May Queen. A lyrical drama. J.M. Dent. (The Lover’s Library.) Limitation leaf preceding half title, engr. title; e.ps browned. Uncut in orig. brown buckram; sl. rubbed, spine darkened. ¶First published in 1827, this is number 22 of 100 large paper copies; with a new introduction by John H. Ingram. 1892 £25 PARODIES 533. (DEACON, William Frederick) Warreniana; with notes, critical and explanatory, by the editor of a Quarterly Review. FIRST EDITION. 12mo. Longman, Hurst, Rees, &c. Contemp. full calf, gilt spine & borders; a little rubbed, rebacked retaining orig. spine, inner hinges strengthened with marbled paper. Armorial bookplate with Latin inscription. Early ownership inscriptions on initial blank. ¶Parodies of Coleridge (The Dream - a psychological curiosity), Hogg (Warren in Fairyland), Hunt (A Nursery Ode), Scott (Battle of Brentford Green), &c. With The Childe’s Pilgrimage by Lord B---, pp81-92. 1824 £50 534. DISRAELI, Benjamin. The Revolutionary Epick. The work of Disraeli the Younger. FIRST EDITION. 4to. Edward Moxon. Half title, final ad. leaf. Uncut in orig. drab boards, paper label on front board; spine worn. Armorial bookplate of Sylvain Van De Weyer. ¶This is the first part, one of fifty copies; the second,The Plea of Lyridon, is advertised at the end of the volume. A work ‘conceived on the Plains of Troy ... Is the Revolution of France a less important event than the Siege of Troy?’. 1834 £350 MARYPORT PRINTING 535. DOUGLAS, Jonathan Percy. Miscellaneous Poems. FIRST EDITION. Maryport: Printed by Robert Adair, and sold by Whittaker & Co. Uncut in orig. purple pebble-grained cloth, paper label largely defective; mostly faded to brown. Name struck through in ink on pastedown. A good-plus copy. ¶BL, Oxford, NLW, and Leeds only on Copac. Contains, among many others, On the Death of a Canary Bird, and On Emigrants Sailing to America. 1836 £120

536. DOWDEN, Edward. The French Revolution and English Literature. Lectures delivered in connection with the sesquicentennial celebration of Princeton University. FIRST EDITION. Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co. Half title, 96pp cata. (Dec. 1896); the odd minor pencil notes. Largely unopened in orig. black cloth, bevelled boards, lettered in gilt. A v.g. exceptionally bright copy. ¶’To present some important figures on a background of history - history of ideas rather than events - has been my aim.’ 1897 £30 537. DOWNES, Joseph, ed. The Proud Shepherd’s Tragedy. A scenic poem, in 18 scenes. To which are added, fragments of a correspondence, and poems. Edinburgh: Archibald Constable & Co; London: Hurst, Robinson, & Co. Half title. Uncut in orig. drab boards, blue paper spine, paper label darkened; sl. rubbing to hinges & head & tail of spine. Armorial bookplate of Edward Dalton, & later signature of Geoffrey Tillotson. ¶Three copies only on Copac: BL, Oxford, Aberdeen. 1823 £120 EXETER PRINTING, INSCRIBED 538. DOWNMAN, Hugh. Poems to Thespia. 8vo. Exeter: Trewman & Son. Front. port. engr. by John Downman after Landseer with sl. foxed tissue guard. Largely unopened in orig. beige boards, cream paper spine a little darkened & cracked. Unusual Galignani bookseller’s ticket. ¶First published in 1781; this edition not recorded on Copac. With presentation inscription on titlepage: ‘Hon. T.J. Tucker Esq. - from his friend - H. Downman’. 1805 £150 527 OTHER AUTHORS D-R

BATTLE OF TRAFALGAR: BEWICK ENGRAVINGS 539. DRUMMOND, William Hamilton. The Battle of Trafalgar, a heroic poem. FIRST EDITION. Belfast: Printed by J. Smyth & D. Lyons, sold by Archer & Ward. 1806. BOUND WITH: The Poetical Works of Oliver Goldsmith, complete in 1 vol. The vignettes designed, & engraved on wood, by T. Bewick. Hereford: D. Walker. 1794. Hand-coloured folding front. (the British and the Enemy frigates) vol. I; second work illus. with Bewick’s woodcuts. 2 works in 1 vol. in contemp. full tree calf, spine with gilt bands but lacking title label; a little rubbed. Bookseller’s ticket: B. Powie, Ross. A v.g. copy containing two SCARCE works. ¶The Battle of Trafalgar: six copies only on Copac. The Poetical Works of Oliver Goldsmith: ESTC N47931; Tattersfield 2.498. The first edition to carry Bewick’s engravings. 1806/1794 £280

540. (ELLIOTT , Ebenezer) Night, a descriptive poem, in four books. FIRST EDITION. Baldwin, Cradock, & Joy. Half title; occasional spotting. Uncut in later pale purple boards, vellum spine. v.g. ¶Possibly a family copy: Signed ‘B.G. Elliott’ in contemp. hand on leading f.e.p. An early work by the ‘Corn Law Rhymer’. 1818 £180 CORN LAW RHYMES 541. (ELLIOTT , Ebenezer) Corn Law Rhymes. 3rd edn. B. Steill. Uncut in orig. drab boards, dark green cloth spine, maroon leather label. With the signature of Geoffrey Tillotson, 1942. v.g. ¶Enlarged from the 1830 first edition with new preface. A volume of verse devoted to the abolition of the despised ‘bread tax’. The poems’ titles reflect the author’s uncompromising position: Caged Rates; Oh Lord, How Long; Rogues v. Reason; &c. Elliott, 1781-1849, maintained a deep resentment towards the corn laws believing them to have been the ruin of his father, the cause of his own financial problems, and damaging to the country as a whole. The corn law reform act was eventually passed in 1846, three years before Elliott’s death. 1831 £85 HUMBUG!!! 542. ELLIOTT , William. Humbug!!! A poem. Printed and published for the Author, by Rowe & Waller. Erratum leaf with ad. on verso. Uncut in orig. drab boards, paper label; spine rubbed. A good-plus copy. ¶BL & Oxford only on Copac. The military Author dedicates his poem ‘to Common Sense’. A satire on contemporary fashions and celebrities in rhyming couplets influenced by Byron, with extensive notes. 1826 £125

543. ELTON, Charles A. Tales of Romance, with other poems, including Selections from Propertius. ... FIRST EDITION. Printed for John Murray, Fleet-Street; W. Gutch, Bristol; A. Constable & Co., Edinburgh; ad M.N. Mahon, Dublin; by W. Bulmer & Co. Half title, front. port. & 2 plates after E. Bird. Contemp. full tree calf, gilt spine, borders & dentelles. A little rubbed. Contemp. gift inscription on leading blank. ¶’These tales are grounded on the Gesta Romanorum... which in the guise of Roman story, presents us with the manners of chivalry, with monkish legends, and Arabian apologues.’ 1810 £120 ARMATA: A FRAGMENT 544. (ERSKINE, Thomas, 1st Baron Erskine) Armata: A fragment. 6th edn. John Murray. Uncut in later half dark green crushed morocco; spine faded to brown. t.e.g. v.g. ¶Birmingham only on Copac for this edition. Erskine, 1750-1823, was Lord Chancellor in W.W. Grenville’s Ministry of All The Talents, 1806-07. This fantastical work, which borrows heavily from More’s Utopia and Swift’s Gulliver’s Travels, was first published anonymously in 1814, and ran to several editions. 1818 £160 OTHER AUTHORS D-R

FIRST PART 545. (ET ONIAN) The Etonian. No. 1, October 1820. Windsor: Knight & Dredge. 4-line errata slip. Uncut, sewn as issued in orig. drab printed wrappers; spine partially defective, edges a little chipped & creased. A fragile but good-plus copy. 82pp. ¶The first issue of this short-lived (10 issues, Oct. 1820 - Aug. 1821) Eton College journal. Edited by Walter Blunt and Winthrop Praed. 1820 £50

ROWLANDSON FRONTISPIECE 546. FARQUHAR, Ferdinand, (pseud?) The Relicks of a Saint. A right merry tale. FIRST EDITION. 12mo. Thomas Tegg. Col. front. by Rowlandson; some internal marks. Uncut in orig. blue boards, early brown cloth spine darkened & sl. marked by tape repairs; hinges splitting. Renier booklabel. ¶The frontispiece depicts the discovery of trousers in a wife’s bed. The bawdy take in verse is preceded by an acknowledgement of ‘certain debts of honour’ to Boccaccio & Casti, Colman & Wolcott & Eugenius (John Hall Stevenson), Prince Talleyrand & General Buonaparte. 1816 £45

‘THE COSMOPOLITAN RAMBLER’ 547. (FINCH, Robert) NITCHIE, Elizabeth. The Reverend Colonel Finch. FIRST EDITION. New York: Columbia Univ. Press. Half title, plates. Orig. brown cloth. v.g. ¶An account of the antiquary encountered by Byron, Clare and the Shelleys, who notified John Gisborne of Keats’ death. He is buried near Shelley in the English cemetery at Rome. 1940 £20

THE BATTLE OF ALGIERS 548. FITZADAM, Ismael, pseud. (John Macker). The Harp of the Desert; containing The Battle of Algiers, with other pieces in verse. By Ismael Fitzadam, formerly able seaman on board the ---- frigate. FIRST EDITION. Whitmore & Fenn. Largely unopened in orig. blue boards, expertly repaired with appropriate paper spine, retaining orig. paper label; boards v. sl. marked. Early bookseller’s ticket on front board: Duffy of Eniskillen. v.g. ¶Not on Copac; and only one copy of the 1821 second edition in BL. There are however two copies on OCLC, at the University of Kansas & the National Library of Ireland. An account of the ‘habitual and brilliant successes, during the late war, of our armies and navy ...’, and the ‘memorable chastisement inflicted on theAlgerines...’. 1818 £380

FOSTER, John, 1770-1843 Prolific essayist, champion of universal education. ‘ON THE EPITHET ROMANTIC’ 549. Essays in a Series of Letters, on the following subjects: I. On a man’s writing memoirs of himself. II. On decision of character. III. On the application of the epithet Romantic. IV. On some of the causes by which evangelical religion has been rendered less acceptable to persons of cultivated taste. FIRST EDITION. 2 vols. Longman, Hurst, Rees, & Orme. Half titles, errata leaf both vols, 6pp. ads vol. I; the odd pencil mark. Contemp. full tree calf, maroon label vol. II only; some rubbing, leading hinges sl. worn. ¶The scarce first edition of essays, much reprinted, which originated from conversations Foster had with Maria Snooke, who became his wife in 1808. The essay ‘On the application of the epithet Romantic’ was one of the earliest considerations in print of the Romantic genre. Foster contributed many articles to the Eclectic Review, and was also a Baptist minister. Unorthodox in his beliefs, he declared ‘churches are useless and mischievous institutions, and the sooner they are dissolved the better’ and appears never once to have administered a baptism. 1805 £75 OTHER AUTHORS D-R

FOSTER, John continued

550. Essays in a Series of Letters, on the following subjects: ... 6th edn. Printed for Ogle, Duncan, & Co. Sl. foxing in prelims, occasional pencil marks. Contemp. half black roan; sl. rubbed, corners sl. knocked. Armorial bookplate of Robert William Chambers. A good-plus copy. 1819 £45

551. Essays in a Series of Letters. George Bell & Sons. Half title, 24pp cata. (July 1884). Orig. black cloth; marked, sl. wear to head & tail of spine. 1882 £20 _____

FRERE, John Hookham, 1769-1846 Diplomat, author and translator. INSPIRATION FOR LORD BYRON 552. Prospectus and Specimen of an Intended National Work, by William and Robert Whistlecraft, of Stow-Market, in Suffolk, harness and collar-makers. Intended to comprise the most interesting particulars relating to King Arthur and His Round Table. 2nd edn. John Murray. WITH: Prospectus and Specimen of an Intended National Work ... Cantos III & IV. FIRST EDITION. 2 vols in 1 in contemp. full tan calf, gilt spine, borders & dentelles, maroon leather label; sl. rubbing. Armorial bookplate. Late owner’s signature pasted over previous ownership inscription on verso of leading f.e.p. a.e.g. v.g. ¶Frere’s mock-heroic Arthurian verse, utilising the ottava rima rhyming structure, would prove the inspiration for Lord Byron, who adopted the format in his own writings, firstly in Beppo, and then, more famously in Don Juan. 1818 £380 MALTA IMPRINT 553. Theognis Restitutus. The personal history of the poet Theognis, deduced from an analysis of his existing fragments. FIRST EDITION. 4to. Malta. 1842. WITH: Psalms, &c. (By John Hookham Frere). Printed by William Nicol, Shakspeare Press. n.d. (c.1840). Foxing in prelims. 2 vols in 1 in contemp. full calf, gilt spine, olive green leather labels; sl. rubbing. Library label of Hertford College, Oxford. v.g. ¶Theognis of Megara, who lived during the sixth century BC, was a classical Greek poet in the Homeric tradition. “A hundred of these Fragments translated, or paraphrased in English metre, are arranged in their proper biographical order, with an accompanying commentary. With a preface in which the suggestion of Mr. Clinton, as to the true date of the Poet’s birth (viz. in Olymph. 59) is confirmed by internal evidence.” 1842/1840? £280 TRAVELS IN MALTA 554. SULTANA, Donald. The Journey of William Frere to Malta in 1832, preceded by a sketch of his life and of the Frere family, with particular reference to John Hookham Frere. A monograph in two parts. FIRST EDITION. Malta: Progress Press. Half title, front., plates. Paperback. v.g. ¶Presentation inscription ‘for Ken, with best wished from Donald’ on half title. [1988] £8 _____

555. GIFFARD, James. Thornton Abbey, in the reign of Richard II. A poem. J.G. & F. Rivington. Half title. Contemp. full dark green morocco, gilt spine, decorative borders & dentelles; hinges sl. rubbed. a.e.g. v.g. ¶First published in Louth in 1823. Includes The Abbot of Thornton, a continuation of ... “Thornton Abbey”, by the vicar of Wootton. The monastery at Thornton was founded in 1139. 1838 £120 OTHER AUTHORS D-R

AQUATINT PLATES 556. GILPIN, William. Observations on the River Wye, and several parts of South Wales, &c. relative chielfy to picturesque beauty; made in the summer of the year 1770, ... FIRST EDITION. Printed for R. Blamire in The Strand. Half title, aquatint plates. Expertly rebound in appropriate half calf, red leather label, vellum-tipped corners. v.g. ¶ESTC T98997. The fifteen plates, etched by the artist’s nephew William Sawrey Gilpin, foreshadow the Romantic era, with views of rugged landscape, ruined castles, and windswept valleys. 1782 £320

557. (GOOCH, Richard, ed.) The Cambridge Tart: epigrammatic and satiric-poetical effusions; &c. &c. Dainty morsels, served up to Cantabs, on various occasions ... By Socius. James Smith, & J. Anderson. Half title, front. bound as engr. title (the literary alma mater of Cambridge), 3pp ads. Uncut in early pink boards over the original blue, neatly rebacked in deep pink cloth, paper label. Armorial bookplate of J. Hornsby Wright. v.g. ¶The first and only edition, not in BL according to Copac. By Cambridge poets of all periods, including a version of Chaucer’s Miller’s Tale, and Granta. A Medley, 1806, and an epigram to allay Party Spirit by Lord Byron. 1823 £60

558. GOWER, Francis Leveson, Lord. Translations from the German; and original poems. FIRST EDITION. John Murray. Sl. later half tan calf, spine with raised gilt bands, maroon leather label; sl. rubbing to corners & hinges. Carlingford armorial bookplate. A good-plus copy. ¶BL only on Copac. Translations from Schiller, Goëthe, Bürger, Salis & Körner. 1824 £85

559. GRAHAM, Henry. The Abbey; with other poems. By Henry Graham, of Downpatrick. FIRST EDITION. Downpatrick: printed by J. Graham. List of subscribers following contents leaf; pp 3/4 & 5/6 carefully repaired in top corner with archival tape. Partially unopened in orig. drab boards, paper label; spine sl. darkened & cracked along follwowing hinge. Overall a good-plus copy. ¶Two copies only on Copac: National Trust & Trinity College Dublin. Not in BL. 1833 £120

560. GRAVES, Richard. The Triflers. To which are added The Rout, or A Sketch of Modern Manners; and The Farmer’s Son, a moral tale. Lackington, Allen & Co. Uncut in orig. pale blue boards, traces of paper label; head & tale of spine sl. chipped, hinges sl. worn. A good- plus copy. ¶BL and Oxford only on Copac. First published in 1805, Graves’ light-hearted collection of essays and verse examines the abundant human compulsion to spend one’s time engaged in idle pursuits. 1806 £120

561. HACKETT, Mr. Poems, Elegiac and Miscellaneous. FIRST EDITION. J.Carpenter. Contemp. half calf, gilt spine, black leather label; rubbed, corners neatly strengthened. Fasque booklabel. A good sound copy. ¶BL and Oxford only on Copac; neither give any further information on the author’s identity. 1804 £75

HAYDON, Benjamin Robert, 1786-1846 Painter, friend of Keats, Wordsworht, Hazlitt, &c. ‘I CRINGE TO NOBODY ...’ 562. Correspondence and Table-Talk. With a memoir by his son, Frederic Wordsworth Haydon. FIRST EDITION. 2 vols. Chatto & Windus. Half titles, fronts, plates damp-stained. Orig. pale brown cloth, blocked in black, spines lettered in gilt; a little dulled, spines rubbed worn, chipped at heads & tails. 556 OTHER AUTHORS D-R

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¶WITH: A brief ALS from Haydon, to ‘My dear Sir’. Fifteen lines on verso only of single 8vo sheet, July 27, 1837; corners sl. worn. “I have received your pamphlet - a man who perseveres so feverishly[?], must have justice on his side. ... If I can be of service I will - but do not depend on my influence ... because I care for nobody - cringe to nobody & I do speak as I will.” Signed ‘B.R. Haydon’. The identity of the recipient, and the matter in which he was so feverishly engaged, remain unknown. Also, loosely inserted, are several later newspaper clippings and ms. notes relating to Haydon and his works. 1876 £125 THE DIARIES 563. The Diaries. Edited by Willard Bissell Pope. FIRST EDITION. 5 vols. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. Half titles, fronts, illus. Orig. grey-brown cloth. v.g. in sl. rubbed d.ws. ¶Covering the years 1808-1846. 1960-63 £225

564. GEORGE, Eric. The Life and Death of Benjamin Robert Haydon; historical painter, 1786- 1846. 2nd edn, with additions by Dorothy George. Oxford: Clarendon Press. Half title, front. port., plates. Orig. red cloth. v.g. in price-clipped d.w. ¶First published in 1948. 1967 £20

565. PASTON,George. B.R. Haydon and His Friends. FIRST EDITION. James Nisbet & Co. Half title, front. port., plates. Untrimmed in orig. olive green cloth, lettered in gilt; sl. rubbed. t.e.g. v.g. 1905 £25

566. TAYLOR, Tom. Life of Benjamin Robert Haydon, historical painter, from his auto- biography and journals. Edited and compiled by Tom Taylor. 2nd edn. 3 vols. Longman, &c. Half titles. Orig. brown cloth; v. sl. rubbing. Armorial bookplates of James O’Byrne. A v.g bright copy. ¶With a new short preface to this edition, indicating additions. Spine lettered: ‘Life/ of/B.R. Haydon’. 1853 £125

567. TAYLOR, Tom. Life of Benjamin Robert Haydon, ... 2nd edn. 3 vols. Longman, &c. Half title vols. II & III, 32pp cata. (March 1853) vol. III. Orig. dark pink cloth; sl. rubbing, spines uniformly faded, but still a nice copy. Bookseller’s ticket: Lea of Gloucester. ¶Spine lettered ‘Auto-biography / of / B.R. Haydon’. 1853 £125 INTRODUCTION BY HUXLEY 568. TAYLOR, Tom. The Autobiography and Memoirs (1786 - 1846). Edited from his Journals by Tom Taylor. A new edition with an introduction by Aldous Huxley. 2 vols. Peter Davies. Half titles, front. ports., plates, appendices; a few annotations. 2 vols in 1 in orig. grey-green cloth; a bit faded & worn. ¶Continously paginated; taken from the text of the second edition, with some additions. 1926 £20 _____

CHASING THE DRAGON 569. HAYTER, Alethea. Opium and the Romantic Imagination. (Reprinted) Faber & Faber. Half title, front. Orig. pink cloth. v.g. in d.w. ¶First published in 1968. Examines the role opium has played in shaping the output of some of Romanticism’s best-known writers. 1969 £15 OTHER AUTHORS D-R

HEBER, Reginald, 1773-1833 Poet, from 1822 Bishop of Calcutta.

570. Palestine. A poem. Recited in the Theatre, Oxford, MDCCCIII. To which is added, The Passage of the Red Sea. A fragment. Large 4to. Longman, &c. Half title. Uncut in orig. drab boards, neatly rebacked; edges a little rubbed. Inscription to Harriet Towers, from Charles John Ridley, 1811, on leading f.e.p. A good-plus copy. ¶Palestine was privately printed in 1803 in a very small edition, and first published in 1807. It was upon the suggestion of Sir Walter Scott that Heber added the lines about the Temple which end ‘Like some tall palm the noiseless fabric sprung’. 1809 £85 COLOUR-PRINTED SILK BINDING 571. Palestine, Europe, Minor poems and Translations. 16mo. Henry Brooks. (The Ladies’ Library.) Orig. silk-covered boards, printed in red, blue & gilt; spine a little darkened, hinges sl. rubbed. a.e.g. ¶An attractive miniature edition not in BL or on Copac. [c.1843?] £50

572. Hymns, written and adapted to the Weekly Church Service of the year. By ..., late Lord Bishop of Calcutta. FIRST EDITION. John Murray. Half title. Uncut in orig. blue boards, drab spine, paper label; spine darkened & worn with several minor repairs, hinges a little worn. Contemp. signatures of Robert Lampen & later booklabel. A good-plus copy in custom-made blue morocco & cloth box. ¶Published the year after Heber’s death, this volume contains many well-known hymns, some original and some adapted. A version of Wesley’s Hark! The Herald Angels Sing appears on p15, while Heber’s own rousing hymn From Greenland’s Icy Mountain is on p139. 1827 £75 _____

HEMANS, Felicia, 1793-1835. Poet, born in Dublin. COMPLETE 573. The Complete Works. Reprinted entire from the last English edition. Edited by her sister. 2 vols. New York: D. Appleton & Co.; Philadelphia: Geo. S. Appleton. Engr. fronts, plates; some spotting & minor internal marks. Orig. dark blue cloth, blocked in blind, gilt spines. Bookplates of Westminster College Cambridge, sm. library stamps on titles. t.e.g. A v.g. attractive copy. ¶Several American collected editions appeared before the first British edition, 7 vols, 1837-57. 1850 £65 574. The Poetical Works. Reprinted from the early editions, with memoir, explanatory notes, &c. Frederick Warne & Co. (Lansdowne Poets.) Half title, front. port. & plates, rubricated text, 36pp cata. sl. spotted. Orig. dark green cloth, attractively blocked & lettered in black & gilt, bevelled boards. a.e.g. A v.g. bright copy. ¶Text coded 14.3.84. School prize inscription 1885. [1884] £25 575. The Poetical Works. ... Frederick Warne. (The ‘Albion edition’.) Half title. Lacks following f.e.p. Contemp. half green calf, spine gilt with bands, maroon label. v.g. ¶Signature of William Black, Hillend, 1st Nov. 1893 on initial blank. 1891 £30

576. Poems, ... FIRST EDITION. 4to. Liverpool: printed by G.F. Harris, for T. Cadell & W. Davies, Strand. Half title, occasional woodcuts in text; prelims sl. damp-marked. Uncut in orig. pale blue boards OTHER AUTHORS D-R

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¶This was Dublin-born Hemans’ first published work; she appears on the titlepage under her maiden name, Felicia Dorothea Browne. Listed among the subscribers are the Rt. Hon. R.B. Sheridan, the Rt. Hon. Lady Spencer Perceval, and the celebrated Liverpudlian historian and abolitionist William Roscoe. 1808 £380

577. The Forest Sanctuary. De Chatillon; or, The Crusaders. With other poems. Edinburgh: William Blackwood. Half title, engr. title. Contemp. dark purple morocco by B. West. a.e.g. v.g. 1840 £30

578. The Sceptic. A Tale of the Secret Tribunal. The Siege of Valencia. And other poems. Edinburgh: William Blackwood & Sons; London: Thomas Cadell. Half title, engr. title spotted, printed title. Orig. dark brown cloth; sl. rubbed, sm. split at tail of leading hinge, inner hinges sl. cracking. Label of the English & American Library. ¶Spine is lettered: ‘Siege of Valencia’. 1840 £25

579. Songs of the Affections. National Lyrics. Miscellaneous poems. Edinburgh: William Blackwood. Half title, engr. title, printed title. Contemp. full dark purple morocco by B. West. a.e.g. v.g. 1840 £25

580. Songs of the Affections, and other poems. 16mo. Halifax: Milner & Sowerby. Half title, front. printed in red, blue, green & gold with some offsetting on to title. Orig. red cloth, gilt spine; sl. rubbing to corners & head of spine. Contemp. gift inscription on half title; small stamp of St. Mary’s College library on f.e.ps. v.g. 1857 £20

581. Tales and Historic Scenes. Edinburgh: William Blackwood. Half title. Orig. dark blue cloth, boards blocked in blind, spine blocked & lettered in gilt. a.e.g. v.g. 1851 £25

582. CHORLEY, Henry Fothergill. Memorials of Mrs. Hemans, with illustrations of her literary character from her private correspondence. 2 vols. Saunders and Otley. Half title vol. I, fronts, final ad. leavees; some foxing in prelims. Uncut in orig. drab boards, backed with blue cloth, white paper labels; spines and labels sl. faded. Ownership inscriptions on front boards (1850); bookplates of Eric Quayle. A good-plus copy. 1836 £220 _____

583. HERBERT, William, Dean of Manchester. Helga. A poem. In seven cantos. FIRST EDITION. John Murray. Errata leaf. Contemp. full dark green morocco, gilt spine, borders & dentelles. A v.g. handsome copy. ¶Herbert’s first extended poem, reflecting his interests in Norse sagas & mythology. With inscription on initial blank, ‘Hungerford Hoskyns, the gift of his friend Viscount Frederick, Eton Coll., April 1822’. Also with later inscription, and armorial bookplate, of Sir John Leigh Hoskyns. 1815 £180

584. HERBERT, William, Dean of Manchester. Hedin; or, the Spectre of the Tomb. A tale. From the Danish History. FIRST EDITION. John Murray. Half title, final ad. leaf. Disbound. 1820 £85 OTHER AUTHORS D-R

WITH NINE POEMS BY BYRON 585. HOBHOUSE, John Cam. (BYRON, George Noel Gordon, Baron.) Imitations and Translations from the Ancient and Modern Classics, together with original poems never before published. FIRST EDITION. Longman, &c. Half title. Uncut & partially unopened in early green cloth; rebacked retaining part of orig. spine strip & paper label; corners sl. worn. Nowell-Smith booklabels. ¶Wise I.49-50. SCARCE. Byron writing to Henry Drury when aboard the Salsette in the Dardanelles: “And so Hobby’s boke is out, with some sentimental singsong of mine own to fill up, and how does it take? eh!” With nine poems by Byron making their first appearance in this volume, signed with the initials ‘L.B.’ 1809 £350

586. (HOBHOUSE, John Cam) JOYCE, Michael. My Friend H: John Cam Hobhouse, Baron Broughton of Broughton de Gyfford. FIRST EDITION. John Murray. Half title, front., & plates. Orig. grey cloth; sl. dulled. A good-plus copy in sl. worn d.w. ¶A detailed account of the friend of Lord Byron. 1948 £20

587. HOGG, Thomas Jefferson. Two Hundred and Nine Days; or, the journal of a traveller on the continent. FIRST EDITION. 2 vols. Hurst & Clarke. Half titles. Contemp. half purple calf, marbled boards, spines ruled & lettered in gilt; sl. rubbed. Library stamps: Bibliothèque de Suisnes. A good-plus copy in continental binding. ¶A vivid account of the ‘Grand Tour’ excursion taken by the friend and biographer of Shelley. He was encouraged to make the trip by Jane Williams, widow of Edward Ellerker Williams, who perished alongside Shelley when their schooner sank off the coast of Livorno. Hogg and Jane Williams would later become a couple, and had two children together, though they never married. 1827 £280

588. HOLLOWAY, William. The Peasants Fate: a rural poem. With miscellaneous poems. FIRST EDITION. Printed for Vernor & Hood, Poultry, by James Swan & Co. Half title, engr. front. after Corbould & 3 plates by E.W. Thomson, 4pp ads; sl. off-setting from plates. Uncut in orig. pale blue boards, cream paper spine, paper label a little worn. A good-plus copy. ¶’The character of this Poem is purely English; the good sense of the present age having prevailed over ancient prepossession ... shepherds and shepherdesses, in a state of perfect happiness ... if pastoral cannot exist without them, let us cease to compose it!’ 1802 £120

589. HOPPNER, John. Oriental Tales, translated into English Verse. 2nd edn. J. Murray. Front. (after Lascelles Hoppner). Contemp. full tree calf, gilt spine, borders & dentelles, black label. Signature of Wm. Artley Junr. on initial blank & title. v.g. ¶First published in 1805, this edition has a new preface. In verse form, with prose versions of two of the tales, ‘The Cowkeeper and the Barber’s Wife’ and ‘The Princess and the Musician’. 1806 £60 SEYMOUR FRONTISPIECE 590. (HORNE, Richard Hengist) Spirit of Peers and People. A national tragi-comedy. By the author of “The Exposition of the False Medium”, &c. FIRST EDITION. Effingham Wilson. Half title, engr. front. Orig. drab boards, paper label; a little rubbed, following board damp- stained at lower edge. Armorial bookplate of William Arthur, 6th Duke of Portland. ¶Set on the island of Tempestorn, Horne’s play is a parody of the British nobility and class system. Through characters such as King Anchorbroke, Queen Sinister, Earl Oldenvice and Earl Trampleneck, Horne lampoons the hypocrisy of government and the invidious position of the lower classes. Seymour’s frontispiece, depicting a privileged elite feeding at a fountain flowing with tax gold while the masses look on hungrily, sets the tone of the work. 1834 £150 588 OTHER AUTHORS D-R

LORD BYRON’S GUARDIAN 591. HOW ARD, Frederick, 5th Earl of Carlisle. The Tragedies and Poems. FIRST EDITION. W. Bulmer & Co. Sl. damp stain in upper margin of title. Contemp. full speckled calf, gilt spine, black leather label; hinges a little worn, leading hinge with small splits at head & tail. Armorial bookplate of Charles Wright. A good-plus, internally v. clean copy. ¶Includes a translation from Dante, and lines dedicated to Sir Joshua Reynolds on the occasion of his resignation from the President’s chair of the Royal Academy. Howard, 1748-1825, was related to the Byron family, and in 1799 accepted the role of guardian to the young Lord George Byron. Their relationship was distant but cordial, and in 1807 Byron noted in his first publication,Hours of Idleness, that Earl Carlisle’s works ‘have long received the meed of public applause, to which by their intrinsic worth, they were well entitled’. However, Byron’s respect for his guardian was to subside, due mainly to a perceived slight which stalled Byron’s admittance into the House of Lords. Though Howard appears to have been blameless in the matter, Byron mocked his guardian in English Bards and Scotch Reviewers, with the stinging lines, ‘No muse will cheer with renovating smile / The paralytic puling of Carlisle’. (DNB) 1801 £120

592. HOW ARD, H.L., pseud. (Charles Jeremiah Wells) Joseph and His Brethren, a scriptural drama; in two acts. FIRST EDITION. G. & W.B. Whittaker. Orig. full purple morocco, spine gilt in compartments, boards with triple-ruled borders & central vignette in gilt; spine sl. rubbed, hinges a little worn & carefully repaired in places. Francis H. Moxsy booklabel. A good-plus copy. ¶Inscribed on titlepage, ‘A.M.H. from the Author, and on first leaf of preface: ‘A.M.W. Hill. from the author’. Wells was a close friend of Hazlitt and Keats until he thoughtlessly played a cruel practical joke on Keats’ invalid brother Tom. 1824 £150

593. (IRIAR TE, Tomás de) Literary Fables, from the Spanish of Yriarte. By Richard Andrews. FIRST EDITION. Smith, Elder & Co. Half title, engr. front. after R. Westall. Orig. horizontal-grained dark green cloth, blocked in blind, lettered in gilt; sl. wear to tail of spine, following board sl. marked in lower corner. A good-plus copy. ¶Born in Tenerife, Tomás de Iriarte, 1750-1791, was a poet who began his career as a court translator. 1835 £110

THE BATTLE OF CAPE ST VINCENT 594. JANER, Salvadore P. A Carlo Napier, ammiraglio di portogallo visconte del Capo san Vicenzo per la vittoria navale dei 5 luglio 1833. Canzone di S.P. Janer, Toscano. Londra: P. Rolandi. Half title “Canzone e Sonetti”. Contemp. full purple calf, single-ruled borders in gilt; edges & spine a little rubbed. a.e.g. A good-plus copy, scarce. ¶BL & Oxford only on Copac. With a presentation inscription from the author to the Conte Lecchio. A poetic account, in Italian, of the Battle of Cape St Vincent, a celebrated and decisive naval encounter in the Portuguese Civil War (1828-34). With two sonnets, also in Italian, and explanatory notes. 1833 £65

595. JANES, Thomas, Rev. (ANTHOLOGY) The Beauties of the Poets: being a collection of moral and sacred poetry, from the most eminent authors. Compiled by the late Rev. Thomas Janes of Bristol. Printed by C. Whittingham for Scatcherd & Whitaker. Contemp. full speckled calf, gilt spine, green leather label; sl. marked, sl. wear to tails of spines. Marquess of Headfort armorial bookplate. A good-plus copy. ¶ESTC N29557. Milton, Goldsmith, Watts, Dyer, &c. With owner’s inscription on leading f.e.p: ‘Bective. Given him by Doctor Dury the 2nd of November 1802 for having three exercises sent up in the head remove of the fourth form’. 1800 £85 OTHER AUTHORS D-R

596. (JEFFREY , Francis, Lord Jeffrey) COCKBURN, Henry Thomas, Lord Cockburn. Life of Lord Jeffrey. With a selection of his correspondence. FIRST EDITION. 2 vols. Edinburgh: Adam & Charles Black. Half titles, front. port. & initial 11pp cata. (March 1852) with 4pp sm. format cata. inserted vol. I; sl. offsetting. Orig. purple-brown cloth by John Gray; spines faded, ads on pastedowns. A good-plus copy. ¶Jeffrey was a critic for the Edinburgh Review, and reviewed many of Byron’s early works. His fairness and impartiality was paid the following tribute by Byron: ‘I do not know you, and may never know / Your face - but you have acted on the whole, / Most nobly; and I own it from my soul’. Thomas Moore, on the other hand, took extreme exception to Jeffrey’s review of his Epistles, Odes, and other Poems. Jeffrey had condemned their ‘immoral tendency’ with such vehemence that Moore took it as a personal insult, and challenged him to a duel at Chalk Farm on August 11, 1806. The police arrived at the critical moment, and the two authors were bound over to keep the peace. It was later found that Jeffrey’s pistols were not loaded. There followed a complete reconciliation between the two men, and a long friendship was established. Another close friend of Jeffrey’s was Charles Dickens, “the old ‘Edinburgh’ reviewer melting into tears over the most sentimental passages of his friend’s novels”. (DNB) In 1850 Jeffrey was buried in Dean Cemetery, Edinburgh, and four years later Lord Cockburn was buried beside him. 1852 £110

597. JERDAN, William. Men I Have Known. Illustrated with facsimile autographs. FIRST EDITION. George Routledge & Sons. Half title, facsims, final ad. leaf. Orig. purple cloth by Westleys & Co., bevelled boards, spine lettered in gilt; spine a little faded, sl. rubbed. Bookseller’s ticket: Greene & Co., Dublin. A good-plus copy. ¶Upwards of 50 reminiscences, including Thomas Campbell, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Charles Dibdin, John Galt, James Hogg, Samuel Rogers, Sir Walter Scott, Robert Southey, & William Wordsworth. 1866 £58 LONDON: A POEM 598. JESSE, John Heneage. London: a fragmentary poem. FIRST EDITION. Saunders & Otley. Half title browned; p81/82 torn in lower corner without loss of text. Later green boards, dark green cloth spine. v.g. ¶Jesse, a minor literary figure, held a clerkship in the Admiralty and enjoyed the patronage of William IV, a friend of his father. This poem is dedicated to Samuel Rogers, ‘as a token of admiration and esteem’. 1847 £70

599. JOHNSON, Reginald Brimley. Poetry and the Poets; selected and edited by R. Brimley Johnson. FIRST EDITION. Faber & Gwyer. Half title. Orig. blue cloth; spine faded. A good-plus copy in torn d.w. ¶Essays by poets on poetry, including Wordsworth’s prefaces to The Lyrical Ballads and Poems 1815, Coleridge on ‘The Origin and Elements of Metre’ and Shelley’s ‘A Defence of Poetry’. 1926 £10 ‘IN EASY VERSE’ 600. JOHNSON, William Robert. The History of Rome. In easy verse. From the earliest period to the extinction of the Western Empire. Written for the purpose of being committed to memory by young persons of both sexes. ... Illustrated with a map. 12mo. FIRST EDITION. Printed for B. Tabart, Juvenile Library. Half title, folding map front., 4pp ads. Orig. quarter olive green sheep, marbled boards; sl. rubbing. Signature of ‘Miss Penn, 1809’ on leading f.e.p. v.g. ¶Two copies only on Copac: BL & London University. ‘The Romans once proud sov’reigns of the world, / Now to the dust from boasted empire hurl’d, / Were wont their pompous pedigree to trace, / From Gods - to hide the meanness of their race.’ 1808 £120 OTHER AUTHORS D-R

601. JOHNST ON, Charles. Sonnets, original and translated. FIRST EDITION. John Murray. Half title, front. port. on India paper; sl. spotted. Full dark green crushed morocco by Holloway, gilt spine, borders & dentelles; hinges weakening. Booklabel of Sophia Wingfield. a.e.g. ¶Parallel Italian & English texts, by Johnston of Danson, Kent. Includes ‘Sonnets addressed to W. Wordsworth, Esq.’. 1823 £85

POEMS OF SENSATION 602. JONES, Ebenezer. Studies of Sensation and Event; poems. Charles Fox. Half title, errata slip. Uncut in orig. blue boards, sl. later brown paper spine; corners and head & tail of spine a little worn, ms. label sl. chipped. ¶The scarce first edition, which ‘met with the fate to be expected for anything so crude, so eccentric ...’. The book was forgotten until after Jones’ death; in 1870, Dante Rossetti wrote of the ‘vivid disorderly power’ of his poetry and he was praised by William Bell Scott & Theodore Watts. In 1879 R.H. Shepherd published an edition of the work for a new and more appreciative audience. 1843 £225

603. JORDAN, John. Welcombe Hills, near Stratford-upon-Avon, a poem, historical and descriptive, by John Jordan, of Stratford, wheelwright, 1777. (Reprinted.) Stratford-upon- Avon: reprinted & published by John Bacon. Sewn as issued in orig. plain grey wrappers. v.g. ¶Reprinted from the first edition of 1777; this 1827 edition in BL only. 1827 £75 INSCRIBED 604. KENYON, John. Poems: for the most part occasional. FIRST EDITION. Edward Moxon. Half title, printed on thick paper; occasional spotting. Orig. pale yellow glazed boards, maroon leather label; sl. marked, but still a good-plus copy. ¶Not in BL. Kenyon, 1785-1856, was born into a family of wealthy landowners, and enjoyed a prominent position in artistic circles. A distant relative of Elizabeth Barrett, in 1845 he was responsible for introducing her to the admiring Robert Browning. Barrett Browning went on to dedicate Aurora Leigh to him. With a signed presentation inscription: ‘John Kenyon. To Athanase Coquerel - with his kind regards and respects. Paris, October 25. 1838.’ Coquerel was a French theologian, and after the revolution of 1848, member of the French Assembly. He has initialled the verso of the leading f.e.p. 1838 £110 INSCRIBED 605. KITCHINER, W. Brown. Fancy’s First, or Tender trifles. FIRST EDITION. Printed by J. Moyes. Half title; small tear in p.83/84 through text, but without loss. Contemp. full dark purple morocco, a presentation binding, gilt spine, borders & dentelles, red silk e.ps; a little rubbed, sm. split at head of spine. a.e.g. ¶BL only on Copac, where it is listed as ‘Fanny’s First’. Presentation inscription on verso of leading f.e.p.: ‘To Mrs. Varnham, Accompanied with the most sincere regards and best wishes from The Author’. 1829 £85 ANTHOLOGY 606. (KNIGHT , Anne, ed.) Poetic Gleanings, from modern writers; with some original pieces. By a governess. 2nd edn. Darton & Harvey. Engr. front. (1827). Orig. sand-grained dark blue cloth, spine lettered in gilt; front board sl. marked. Signed ‘Miss M Peak, July 1839’, and with the later booklabel of Phyllis Davies. v.g. ¶This second edition BL only on Copac. With poetry by Bloomfield, Scott, Hemans, Montgomery, Shakespeare, &c. The preface is signed A.K; Oxford University identifies the editor. 1834 £35 OTHER AUTHORS D-R

607. (KNIGHT , Henry Gally) Ilderim: A Syrian tale. In four cantos. FIRST EDITION. John Murray. Half title. Disbound. 74pp. ¶With presentation inscription, ‘From ye Author’, on titlepage. Signed ‘Jersey’ on half title: from a volume in the Earl of Jersey’s Middleton Park collection. 1816 £65

FIVE PLAYS 608. KNOWLES, James Sheridan. The Wife: a tale of Mantua. A play in five acts. 7th edn. Edward Moxon. 1836. WITH: The Daughter. A play in five acts. 2nd edn. 1837. AND: Woman’s Wit, or Love’s Disguises. A play, in 5 acts. 3rd edn. 1838. AND: Love: a play. In 5 acts. FIRST EDITION. 1840. AND: HUNT, Leigh. A Legend of Florence. A Play. In 5 acts. 2nd edn. 1840. 5 plays bound into contemp. half maroon morocco; a little rubbed. 1836-40 £125

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609. BANKS, William. Views of the English Lakes. Drawn & engraved by W. Banks, Edinburgh. Oblong 8vo. Windermere: J. Garnet. Engr. title, 29 plates, 4pp ads. Orig. maroon morocco cloth, lettered in gilt on front board; spine & edges a little darkened & sl. rubbed. Leading f.e.p. signed ‘Mr E. Archer, 1870’. a.e.g. ¶Some of the engravings after T.L. Aspland. [c.1870?] £45

610. BANKS, William. Views of the English Lakes. ... Oblong 8vo. Windermere: J. Garnet. Engr. title, 26 plates, final ad. leaf. Orig. purple sand-grained cloth, lettered in gilt on front board as ‘Views in the English Lake District’, bevelled boards; faded & a little dulled. a.e.g. [c.1880?] £45 LAKELAND & RIBBLESDALE 611. BOGG, Edmund. A Thousand Miles of Wandering along the Roman Wall, the old border region, Lakeland, and Ribblesdale. Leeds: Edmund Bogg. Engr. title, illus. throughout. Orig. purple pebble-grained cloth by Smith & Senior of Leeds, lettered in gilt; sl fading. Ownership inscription of A.M.J. Cleland on leading f.e.p., 1900. v.g. ¶With 180 illustrations. A self-contained reissue of part II of Two Thousand Miles of Wandering in the Border Country (1898). 1898 £50

THE FIRST ACCOUNT OF A WALKING TOUR IN THE LAKE DISTRICT 612. (BUDWORTH, Joseph) A Fortnight’s Ramble to the Lakes in Westmoreland, Lancashire, and Cumberland. By a Rambler. The second edition. Printed for J. Nichols, Red-Lion- Passage, Fleet-Street. Engr. port. front. Sl. foxing to frontispiece, otherwise a v.g. clean copy. Excellently rebound in half sprinkled calf, double gilt ruled spine, red gilt morocco label, marbled boards, fresh contemporary e.ps. Recent ownership name on recto of frontispiece. ¶ESTC T112740, with the rare frontispiece. Bicknell 26.2. The first published account of a Lake District walking tour, covering ‘upward of 240 miles besides boat and chaise conveyance’ (Preface). Joseph Budworth, 1756-1815, was a Captain in the Royal Manchester Volunteers, and wrote extensively for the Gentleman’s Magazine as ‘A Rambler’. In 1811 he changed his name to that of his wife, Palmer. His account was first published in 1792, and again in 1795, although 500 copies were destroyed by fire, necessitating a third edition, limited to 250 copies, in 1810. All editions are extremely scarce. 1795 £950 612 OTHER AUTHORS D-R

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SEVEN MAPS 613. CROSTHW AITE, Peter. [Seven Maps of the Lakes. An Accurate Map of the Matchless Lake of Derwent [&c.] ... surveyed by P. Crosthwaite ... (4th edn, with additions).] Keswick: Published & sold by ... the author at his museum ... 7 fold-out maps, engr. by S. Neele. Contemp. marbled boards, rebacked in calf. A good-plus copy. ¶Bicknell 17; ‘the sets of maps were frequently sold bound without text or titlepage’. The first edition was 1783. Seven fine engraved maps, with vignette illustrations of geographical features and buildings of interest: Derwent Water, Broadwater, Buttermere, Windermere, Coniston, Ullswater and Pocklington’s Island. 1800 £450

614. HORNE, David. The Lakeland Poets: a short study of the lives, principles, and influence of the Lake School. Ilfracombe: Arthur H. Stockwell. Half title, front., illus. by the author. Orig. blue cloth. v.g. in sl. chipped d.w. ¶The author died at seventeen in a mountaineering accident from the Pillar Rock, Ennerdale; “Royalties on this book will be devoted to endow a cot in Dr. Barnardo’s Homes in memory of the Author”. [c.1940] £12

615. KESWICK. Keswick on Derwentwater; 10 “colour-snaps” and a map. Keswick: G.P. Abraham. (Series 3.) 9 x 7cms. 10 colour photographs, and a hand-drawn map, printed on stiff card. Bound as issued in pictorial card wrappers, with a wire coil spine. v.g. ¶Not in BL, or on Copac. A nice souvenir booklet from the Lake Country, with miniature postcard scenes of Keswick and the surrounding area. Judging from the photograph of cars parked in front of Keswick Town Hall, the booklet was published some time in the early 1930s. [c.1930] £15

LINTON’S LAKE COUNTRY 616. LINTON, Eliza Lynn. The Lake Country. FIRST EDITION. Smith, Elder & Co. Front., vignette title, illus. ‘with a map and 100 illustrations drawn and engraved by W.J. Linton’. Orig. green morocco cloth by Leighton, son, & Hodge, bevelled boards, pictorially blocked & lettered in gilt; lacks leading f.e.p., sl. rubbed. Bookseller’s ticket: H.O. Mawson, Bradford. a.e.g. v.g. ¶Wolff 4139. 1864 £150

MARTINEAU’S COMPLETE GUIDE 617. MARTINEAU, Harriet. A Complete Guide to the English Lakes, ... illustrated from drawings by T.L. Aspland and W. Banks, and a map coloured geologically by John Ruthven. ... 2nd edn. Windermere: John Garnett. Half title, col. front. & engr. title, printed title, plates, col. folding map, 16pp ads. Orig. morocco-grained blue cloth by Westleys & Co., blocked in blind, lettered in gilt; v. sl. rubbed. A nice v.g. bright copy. ¶Bicknell, 155.2b; actually the true 3rd edn. This copy was evidently used by a visitor to the Lake Country; tucked into the pouch in the following e.ps (where the folding map is housed) are three pamphlets, dated 1862 & 1863, with details of excursions, carriage, ferry & train times, and hotel & catering facilities in the area. Also enclosed, a hand-written itinerary, on headed notepaper, giving details of a three-day excursion taken in the month of May. The writer (possibly H.A. Smith, whose signature is found on the leading f.e.p.) states that the best hotel in Windermere is the Crown near the ferry, not the one at the railway station. The excursion took in Windermere, Keswick, Coniston & Ullswater, and included ‘various drives & walks’. [1855] £120 OTHER AUTHORS D-R

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MURRAY’S GUIDE 618. (MURRA Y, John) Handbook for Westmorland, Cumberland, and The Lakes. With map. 2nd edn, revised. John Murray. Folding map, 72pp cata. (Murray’s Handbook Adervtiser, 1875), ads on e.ps. (March 1875). Orig. red cloth, lettered in gilt; sl. dulled, inner hinges sl. cracked. A good-plus copy. ¶With the preface to the first edition. The original folding map is housed in a pocket in the following pastedown. 1869 £58 PYNE’S LAKE SCENERY 619. PYNE, James Baker. The Lake Scenery of England. Drawn on stone by T. Picken. FIRST EDITION. 4to. Day & Son. Half title, engr. title & 24 full-page colour plates, illus; sl. marginal ink staining in last few leaves. Orig. dark green embossed cloth, bevelled boards, spine & front board lettered & attractively blocked with floral design in gilt. Leading f.e.p. signed by Geoffrey Tillotson. a.e.g. v.g. ¶Bicknell 154c. 25 superbly executed chromolithographic plates, each accompanied by a page of text, conceived so that ‘the chamber tourist may travel, in imagination, by his own fireside, throughout the land of “mountain and flood”.’ The plates are all dated 1859. [1859] £300 620. WINDERMERE HYDROPATHIC ESTABLISHMENT Walks and Carriage Drives from the Windermere Hydropathic Establishment. Bowness. (Kendal: Printed by T. Wilson) 2 fold-out maps & 8pp sewn as issued into orig. printed wrappers, illus. with 2 views of the lake on inside wrappers and a view of the hotel on back wrapper. v.g. ¶the Windermere Hydropathic Establishment operated as a water cure resort in the latter part of the 19th century. It remains open as hotel. [c.1881] £40 WORDSWORTH’S GUIDE 621. WORDSWOR TH, William. A Complete Guide to the English Lakes, with minute directions for tourists; and Mr. Wordsworth’s description of the scenery of the country, etc.; also, five letters on the geology of the Lake District, by the Rev. Professor Sedgwick. Edited by John Hudson. 5th edn. Kendal: Thomas B. Hudson; London: Longman, &c. Front., plates, folding map pasted into following e.ps as issued. Orig. olive green cloth, blocked & lettered in blind & gilt. A nice copy. ¶Bicknell, 122.5. Wordsworth wrote his descriptive notes for artist Joseph Wilkinson’s Select Views of Cumberland, Westmoreland and Lancashire, which was published by R. Ackermann in 1810. Wordsworth thought that Wilkinson’s illustrations did not meet expectations, so requested his name be removed from the published work. The notes appeared again, with amendments, in 1820, in vol. III of Poems by William Wordsworth, before being reprinted by Hudson in 1842 for the first edition of the present work. 1859 £120 _____

LAMB, Lady Caroline, 1725-1828 Novelist and socialite, best remembered for her relationship with Lord Byron. ADA REIS 622. Ada Reis, a tale. FIRST EDITION. 3 vols. John Murray. Half title vol. III; prelims a little browned. Contemp. half sheep; sl. rubbing to heads of spines, small split at head of following hinge vol. I. Contemp. signatures & armorial stamps of James Panton. A good-plus copy. ¶Not in Wolff, who records two of Lamb’s other novels; Ada Reis is her last. The eponymous hero is born in Georgia and sold into bondage. After murdering the captain of a privateer, he declares himself a Muslim, which does not stop a life of womanising and murder. Much of the story is set in Lima, Peru, where a prophecy is fulfilled that Ada ‘shall be a King in another land’, before descending into Hell. 1823 £850 OTHER AUTHORS D-R

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GLENARVON 623. Glenarvon. FIRST EDITION. 3 vols. Henry Colburn. Half titles vols. I & III; a few spots, pencil note of inconsistency in vol. III p.104. Rebound in quarter calf, marbled boards. v.g. ¶Wolff 3938; like his copy bound without half titles. With an early handwritten key loosely inserted in vol. I. A highly coloured novel arising from Caroline Lamb’s infatuation with Byron. 1816 £950

624. Glenarvon. FIRST EDITION. 3 vols. Henry Colburn. 2pp ads. vol. III; sl. spotted. Contemp. quarter calf, marbled boards; sl. rubbed, head of spine vol. II repaired. ¶Wolff 3938, like his copy, bound without half titles. 1816 £980 _____ SEVEN TITLES: FAMILY COPIES 625. LEATHAM, William Henry. Poems. (A collection of seven titles.) Longman, &c. Half title. 7 vols in 1 in contemp. half olive green calf, spine gilt in compartments. maroon leather label; sl. rubbed. Armorial bookplate of William Fowler. v.g. ¶Seven separately published works bound together, and with a new common titlepage, dated 1842. This collection not in BL & not recorded on Copac. Contains: A Traveller’s Thoughts. New edition. 1841. The Victim. New edition. 1841. Not in BL. Sandal in the Olden Time. New edition. 1841. Not in BL. Henrie Clifforde and Margaret Percy, a ballad. FIRST EDITION. 1841. The Siege of Granada. FIRST EDITION. 1841. Not in BL. No copy recorded on Copac. Emilia Monteiro. FIRST EDITION. 1841. Not in BL. Earliest copy recorded on Copac, 1843. Strafford. FIRST EDITION. 1842. William Leatham, 1815-1889, was born into a Yorkshire Quaker family. A banker by trade, he also served as Whig Member of Parliament for Wakefield, and had several poems published in the late 1830s With a presentation inscription on initial blank, ‘Charles Albert Leatham, with his brother Will’s dear love, and in remembrance of [Oct. 19th] 1842’. 1842 £225

626. LEIGH, Chandos, 1st Baron Leigh. Minor Poems. FIRST EDITION. Leamington: Taylor, Glover & Co. Half title, final 20pp blank. Orig. blue cloth by Westleys & Co., dec. in blind, spine lettered in gilt; sl. marked in lower margin of front board. Armorial roundel of Arthur Francis Gregory. v.g. ¶Two copies only on Copac: BL and Oxford. With presentation inscription on half title, ‘Arthur Francis Gregory, June 17th 1850, with the Author’s best regards’. Baron Leigh, 1791-1850, was a landowner and poet, who issued many volumes of verse as a young man, and although relatively little known, was ‘much prized by the scholarly few’ (DNB). He was a schoolfellow of Byron at Harrow, and the two remained friends until Byron’s death. 1850 £85

627. LEYDEN, John, Dr. The Poetical Remains ..., with memoirs of his life, by the Rev. James Morton. FIRST EDITION. Longman, &c. Final errata slip. Contemp. half green calf, spine dec. in gilt & blind, maroon leather label; a little rubbed. Armorial bookplate of Henry Jackson. A good-plus copy. ¶Leyden, b.1775, poet and Orientalist, was a friend of Heber and Scott. He travelled to India and throughout Asia, and died at Cornelis of a fever in 1811. He was eulogised by William Erskine who claimed of Leyden ‘that in eight years he had done almost as much for Asia as the combined scholarship of centuries had done for Europe’. Other 619 622 OTHER AUTHORS D-R

literary mentions of Leyden are included by Scott in the Lord of the Isles, by Hogg who mourned the loss of Leyden’s ‘glowing measure’, and by Lord Cockburn who declared there was ‘no walk in life, depending on ability, where Leyden could not have shone’. 1819 £150 628. LISTER, Thomas. The Rustic Wreath. Poems, moral, descriptive, & miscellaneous. FIRST EDITION. Leeds: printed for the Author by Anthony Pickard. 8pp cata. (April 1, 1834) pp.6-7 of the cata. stuck together. Contemp. purple cloth, black label sl. chipped; a little rubbed. Contemp. signature of William Squire Payne, 1831 on dedication leaf, and later ownership inscription on leading f.e.p. A good-plus copy. ¶Lister’s first volume of poetry, The Rustic Wreath quickly sold three thousand copies. A well executed pencil sketch of Lister’s birthplace, Old Mill, near Barnsley (1880) has been inserted into the prelims, and a cutting of a later Lister poem (1871) pasted on to following blank; also, an ms. note on following f.e.p. relating to Lister’s poem The Wreck of the Rothesay Castle. Lister became postmaster of Barnsley. 1834 £65 629. LLOYD, Charles. Nugae Canorae. Poems. 3rd edn, with additions. J. & A. Arch. Uncut in orig. drab boards, at some time rebacked; with new leading f.e.ps heavily annotated in pencil, without following f.e.p. Leading pastedown signed ‘B. Dockray Decr. 7 1859’; Renier booklabel. A good sound copy. ¶A collection of poems by the friend of Coleridge & Lamb; although the designated ‘third edition’, it is the first under this title and two thirds of the poems are first printed here. With a new 11pp preface, with some contemp. marginal notes in pencil. 1819 £150

LOCKHART, John Gibson, 1794-1854 Scottish writer and editor, cheif contributor ot Blackwood’s Magazine, scourge of the liberal elite, son-in-law and biographer of Walter Scott AUTOGRAPH LETTER 630. ALS from 50, Albemarle St. March 22. 1827 to (John Abraham) Heraud. ‘I have the pleasure of enclosing Mr. Murray’s drafts in acknowledgement of your two contributions to the Quarterly Review. I only received them this morning and remain ...’ with calculation of amount paid: £31.10 and £7.5 totalling £38.15. 10 lines on 1p. 4to. ¶John Abraham Heraud, poet, dramatist and critic, and regular contributor to the Quarterly. Murray offered Lockhart the editorship of the magazine in 1825, a post he held until 1853, when failing eyesight forced his retirement. 1827 £50 † ORIGINAL BOARDS 631. Peter ’s Letters to his Kinsfolk. 2nd edn. [i.e. FIRST EDITION] 3 vols. Edinburgh: printed for William Blackwood; London: T. Cadell & T. Davies; Glasgow: John Smith & Son. Half titles, front. port. vol. I, plates a little spotted, final ad. leaf vol. III. Uncut in orig. blue boards, drab paper spines a little chipped & worn, paper labels partially defective. ¶Seventy-seven ‘letters’ illustrative of Edinburgh society, supposedly written by itinerant Welshman Peter Morris M.D., but in fact from the mischievous pen of John Gibson Lockhart, with the assistance of John Wilson. Despite the statement on the titlepage, this is the first edition - a deliberate act of misdirection from Lockhart and the publisher, designed to heighten the satirical nature of the work and obscure the author’s true identity. The Letters quickly became essential reading, not least for their unequivocal mockery of some of the leading writers of the day, most notably the members of the ‘Cockney School’, many of whom he had earlier lambasted in the pages of Blackwood’s Magazine. From behind his mask of anonymity Lockhart directed particular opprobrium towards Leigh Hunt and William Hazlitt, declaring them to be ‘by far the vilest vermin that ever dared to creep upon the hem of the majestic garment of the English muse’. According to Walter Scott, whose Paul’s Letters to His Kinfolk had been published in 1816, the work offended some ‘by its truth’. Lockhart was married to Scott’s eldest daughter Sophia. 1819 £140 OTHER AUTHORS D-R

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632. Peter ’s Letters to his Kinsfolk. 2nd edn. [i.e. FIRST EDITION] 3 vols. Edinburgh: printed for William Blackwood; London: T. Cadell & T. Davies; Glasgow: John Smith & Son. Half titles, front. port. vol. I, plates a little spotted; some minor spotting & light pencil marks, bound without the final ad. leaf vol. III. Contemp. full dark brown morocco by Zaehnsdorf, gilt spine, borders, & dentelles; spines sl. rubbed. Armorial bookplates of John Theodore Merz. a.e.g. A handsome copy. 1819 £280

633. Peter ’s Letters to his Kinsfolk. 3rd edn. 3 vols. Edinburgh: printed for William Blackwood; London: T. Cadell & T. Davies. Half title vol. II, vignette titles. Contemp. olive green half calf, spines dec. in gilt & blind, maroon leather labels; spines uniformly faded to tan, v. sl. rubbed. Signatures of Margaret & Emily Stanfield, 1860. v.g. ¶With a new postscript, addressed to Samuel Taylor Coleridge, who was highly critical of the work when it first appeared. ‘The more I consider the present state of England ... the more am I confirmed in my belief that those opinions are just ... [and] that both my opinions, and my mode of expressing them, are justified ... ‘. 1819 £200

634. Reginald Dalton. FIRST EDITION. 3 vols. Edinburgh: William Blackwood. Contemp. royal blue half calf by Carss & Co., raised gilt bands, compartments blocked in blind, green & maroon morocco labels. A FINE & attractive copy. ¶Sadleir 1446; Wolff 471. 1823 £320

635. The History of Matthew Wald. FIRST EDITION. Edinburgh: William Blackwood. Contemp. half calf, spine with raised & gilt bands, black leather label. v.g. ¶Not in Sadleir; Wolff 4171. 1824 £120

A CASE FOR THE DEFENCE 636. LANG, Andrew. The Life and Letters of John Gibson Lockhart. From Abbotsford and Milton Lockhart mss. and other original sources. FIRST EDITION. 2 vols. John C. Nimmo. Half titles, front. ports, plates (some colour). Orig. maroon cloth, sl. darker maroon spines, lettered in gilt; heads & tails of spines a little worn, corners bumped. Booklabel of Paul Lemperly. t.e.g. ¶’I am aware that, in several passages, this biography may seem to resemble a speech for the defence. But Mr. Lockhart has been so vehemently attacked, and often so unjustly misrepresented, that a defensive attitude was sometimes unavoidable.’ 1897 £60 _____

‘THE FIRST UNWRITTEN BOOK’ 637. LORDAN, Christopher Legge. Colloquies, desultory, but chiefly upon Poetry and Poets; between an Elder, enthusiastic, and an Apostle of the Law. FIRST PUBLISHED EDITION. Orr & Co., &c. Romsey: Lordan. Half title, col. front. of Romsey Abbey. Unopened in orig. dark blue cloth; a little damp-marked. Romsey Church booklabel. A good-plus copy. ¶This is the commercial edition; preceded by a privately-printed edition of 60 copies, 1843. Discussions on Wordsworth, Shakespeare, Milton, &c. The prefatory note reveals that the book was composed directly into type and printed by its author without written copy. Dedicated to Professor John Wilson. 1844 £85 OTHER AUTHORS D-R

LUTTRELL, Henry, 1765-1851 Politician and satirist. 638. Lines written at Ampthill Park, in the Autumn of 1818. FIRST EDITION. 4to. John Murray. Half title. Contemp. quarter dark green calf, vellum-tips; spine a little rubbed. A good-plus copy. ¶Luttrell’s first published work; on Ampthill Park in Bedfordshire. 1819 £120

639. Letters to Julia, in rhyme. To which are added Lines written at Ampthill Park. 3rd edn John Murray. Sl. spotting in prelims. Sl. later half crushed blue morocco, spine gilt in compartments; sl. rubbed. Ian Jack booklabel. a.e.g. v.g. ¶First published in 1820. A satirical account of fashionable life by the Irish poet and wit. 1822 £58 A RHAPSODY TO CROCKFORD’S 640. Crockford-House, a rhapsody. In two cantos. A Rhymer in Rome. FIRST EDITION. John Murray. Uncut in orig. green cloth, paper label darkened & sl. chipped; a little marked. ¶A satirical poem. Gift inscription on titlepage: ‘To John Ramsbottom for whom the author had a sincere regard - Robert Gwyn’. Crockford House, a social and gambling club, was built in 1827. 1827 £60 _____ ANTHOLOGY 641. MACDIARMID, John. The Scrap Book; a collection of amusing and striking pieces in prose and verse, with an introduction, and occasional remarks and contributions. 2nd edn, improved and enlarged. Edinburgh: Oliver & Boyd. Contemp. half black calf by E. Wilson of Kelso; spine & hinges a little worn. Text block sl. cut down with partial loss of owner’s signature from title. A good sound copy. ¶First published in 1821; this second edition BL only on Copac. New ‘advertisement’ to this edition. With contributions from Scott, Hogg, Byron, Campbell, Southey, Wordsworth, Cornwall, &c. 1822 £58 ORIGINAL BOARDS 642. (MACDONALD, William Russell) The Dublin Mail; or, Intercepted correspondence. To which is added, A packet of poems. FIRST EDITION. J. Johnston. Half title. Uncut in orig. drab boards, paper label; sl. rubbing to spine & corners. With the contemp. signature of William A. Adamson on titlepage, and several ms notes in the same hand identifying some of the unnamed characters. v.g. ¶Three copies only on Copac: BL, Oxford, NLS. A satirical account of King George IV’s visit to Ireland, 1821, as told through a number of poetic letters, ‘found by an old gentleman in Dublin’. 1821 £180 643. MACNEILL, Hector. The Pastoral, or Lyric Muse of Scotland; in three cantos. FIRST EDITION. 4to. Edinburgh: Archibald Constable & Co. Half title. Uncut in orig. pale blue boards, pale pink spine a little chipped at head & tail. Wax remains on leading pastedown indicating removal of large label. Bookseller’s ticket: Wright & Cruickshank of Liverpool. Signed ‘M. Ashton, 1809’. Overall a v.g. copy of a SCARCE item. ¶Scottish-born Macneill, 1746-1818, was the son of an impoverished army captain. During the 1780s he spent several years working in the West Indies as a merchant’s clerk. 1808 £350 ‘WEEL! ANCE MAIR, NEIBOURS WE ARE MET ...’ 644. MACNEILL, Hector. Bygane Times, and Late Come Changes; or, A Bridge Street dialogue, in Scottish verse. By the author of Will and Jean. 2nd edn. Edinburgh: William Blackwood. Half title, final ad. leaf unopened. Uncut in orig. drab boards, blue paper spine, paper label sl. chipped. A nice copy. OTHER AUTHORS D-R

¶Poems in the Scottish dialect. The author notes in his preface, ‘in spite of prevailing Fashion ... there is still a zest in our ancient doric dialect which seldom fails to produce interest ...’. Published the same year as the first edition. 1811 £220 ‘FOR THE AUTHOR’: ORIGINAL BOARDS 645. MANNING, George Theodore. Rural Rhymes, illustrative of rustic customs and superstitions, with an introductory essay. FIRST EDITION. Printed for the Author. Orig. drab boards, purple cloth spine a little faded, paper label; sl. rubbed. v.g. 1837 £125 ORIGINAL WRAPPERS 646. (MATTHEWS, John) Eloisa in deshabillé: a satirical poem. By the late Professor Porson. To which are added The Modern Fine Gentleman. Modern Fine Lady. Curtain Lectures, and The Squire and the Parson. (3rd edn.) J.J. Stockdale. Col. front. & 5 col. plates, 3pp ads. Uncut in orig. dull purple paper wrappers; sl. dusted marked, spine strip defective. Renier booklabel. ¶A ‘Sixth Edition’, 1819, is the only one recorded on Copac (BL). “Let dull married dames boast of honor and riches - I care not a fig for such phlegmatic b_____;” 1819 £85

MATURIN, Charles Robert, 1782-1824 Gothic novelist and playwright. BERTRAM 647. Bertram; or, The Castle of St. Aldobrand; a tragedy, in five acts. 3rd edn. John Murray. Disbound. ¶Betrtam was Maturin’s first and most successful play, although it was condemned by Coleridge who saw it as “melancholy proof of the depravation of the public mind”. 1816 £30

648. Bertram; or, The Castle of St. Aldobrand; a tragedy, in five acts. 7th edn. John Murray. Disbound. Final leaf sl. spotted. ¶Contemp. signature, ‘Anna Hogg’, on title. 1816 £25

649. Bertram. A tragedy, in five acts. Printed from the acting copy, with remarks, biographical and critical, by D. - G. To which are added, a description of the costume, cast of the characters, entrances and exits, ... As performed at the Theatre Royal, London. 8vo. John Cumberland. Front. after R. Cruikshank. Disbound. [c.1830?] £15 MANUEL 650. Manuel; a tragedy, in five acts: as performed at the Theatre Royal, Drury-Lane. By the author of Bertram. FIRST EDITION. John Murray. Later marbled wrappers. ¶Set during the aftermath of the Battle of Tolosa (1212), which hastened the demise of Moorish rule in Spain. Dedicated to Scott. 1817 £45

651. Manuel; ... 2nd edn. John Murray. Sl. dusted. Disbound. ¶Contemp. signature, ‘Anna Hogg’, on list of dramatis personae. 1817 £40

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653. Women; or, Pour et Contre. A tale. By the author of “Bertram”, &c. FIRST EDITION. 3 vols. Edinburgh: Printed by James Ballantyne & Co., for Archibald Constable & Co., &c. Half titles. Contemp. half olive green calf, gilt spines, maroon leather labels; a little rubbed. Armorial bookplate of Samuel Raymond vol. I; neatly removed from vols II & III. A good-plus copy. ¶Sadleir 1670; Wolff 4653. Women was Maturin’s fourth novel, but like those that preceded it, struggled to achieve broad recognition when first published. Set in Dublin in 1813, it is in many ways a conventional love story, centring on the relationships of Charles De Courcy with two women who are rivals for his affections; Eva and Zaira. It has since been considered in a more critical light, gaining particular praise for its insightful portrayal of Dublin society, and for its ‘biting and perceptive analysis of Evangelicalism’ and the ‘hypocrisy it engendered’. (R.E. Lougy, Maturin.) 1818 £1,100 MELMOTH THE WANDERER 654. Melmoth the Wanderer: A tale. By the author of “Bertram”, &c. FIRST EDITION. 4 vols. Edinburgh: Printed for Archibald Constable & Co. Final ad. leaf vol. IV. Contemp. half tan calf, spines ruled & with heraldic monograms in gilt, green morocco labels; v. sl. rubbing to corners. Armorial bookplates of Joseph Neeld. A v.g. copy. ¶Sadleir 1667; Wolff 4650. One of the most celebrated of all Gothic novels, Melmoth ‘rushes energetically through every kind of horror and iniquity, and has moments of genuine power’ (Oxford Companion to English Literature). The novel follows the fortunes of John Melmoth, an itinerant chancer, who, appalled by the sight of his dying uncle, forms a Faustian pact with Satan, in which he sells his soul for the promise of 150 more years of life. He comes to regret his bargain, and in attempt to extricate himself from the Devilish agreement, seeks others who are in dire straits and offers to swap their burden for his. The novel went largely unheralded by Maturin’s contemporaries, but has since been recognised as one of the most important works of the Gothic genre. Balzac considered it ‘one of the supreme icons of modern European literature’, and it has later been described as ‘the crowning achievement of the Gothic Romance’ (The Penguin Encyclopaedia of Horror and the Supernatural). This is a very nice example, only one copy of which has appeared at auction over the last ten years. With the bookplates of Joseph Neeld, 1789-1856, at one time M.P. for the rotten borough of Gatton, Surrey, which despite only having six houses, returned two M.Ps to parliament. 1820 £3,500 655. The Albigenses, a romance. By the author of “Bertram”, ... FIRST EDITION. 4 vols. Printed for Hurst, Robinson, & Co. Final ad. leaf vol. II; final ad. leaf removed from vol. III. Contemp. half black calf, gilt spines; vol. I sl. rubbed, but overall a v.g. copy ¶Sadleir 1662; not in Wolff. An historical romance set in 13th century southern France during the reign of King Philip Augustus. It follows the campaign against the Albigenses of Languedoc, a quasi-Christian sect who were condemned by the Catholic church as heretics. 1824 £1,250 _____

656. MAYNE, John. The Siller Gun, a poem in five cantos. Thomas Cadell; Edinburgh: William Blackwood & Sons. 6pp subscribers list. Orig. dark green cloth; spine rubbed at head with small split in leading hinge. ¶The poem describes a ‘Dumfries wapinschaw’ in which members of corporations competed for a silver canon-shaped tube given as a prize for marksmanship by James VI. First appearing in twelve stanzas in 1777, Mayne enlarged the poem over the years until it took its final shape in this edition. Dedicated to William IV. 1836 £35 657. MEDWIN, Thomas. The Angler in Wales: or, Days and nights of sportsmen. FIRST EDITION. 2 vols. Richard Bentley. Fronts, vignette titles & woodcut vignette illus.; corner tear to final leaf vol. I affecting page numbers. Later 19thC half green morocco. A good sound copy. 1834 £125 OTHER AUTHORS D-R

‘WRITTEN AFTER THE DEATH OF A FRIEND’ 658. MELMOTH, Henry. Sorrows of Memory, and other poems. FIRST EDITION. Printed for J.F. Hughes. Half title. Contemp. full tree calf, spine with devices in gilt; spine label missing, leading hinge sl. splitting but firm, sl. rubbed. Armorial bookplate of Richard Burnett. ¶Three copies only on Copac: BL, Cambridge, Glasgow. 1807 £70

659. MILLER, Thomas. Poems. FIRST EDITION. Thomas Miller. 6pp ‘opinions of the press’; e.ps sl. damp-stained in margins. Unopened in orig. dark green cloth, blocked in blind, spine lettered in gilt; sl. wear to head & tail of spine, but a good-plus copy. 1841 £38

MILMAN, Henry Hart, 1791-1868 Poet & dramatist, from 1849 Dean of St. Paul’s Cathedral.

660. The Fall of Jerusalem: a dramatic poem. FIRST EDITION. John Murray. Disbound. v.g. 1820 £35

661. The Fall of Jerusalem: ... New edn. John Murray. The odd spot. Recent pale blue wrappers, paper label. ¶The second edition, same year as the first. Gift inscription from the children’s author Mrs Gatty: ‘Fanny and Jane Bligh with Mary Gatty’s affectionate love Jan 31st 1824’. 1820 £35

662. The Belvidere Apollo, Fazio a tragedy, and other poems. John Murray. Half title. Disbound. 1821 £45

663. The Martyr of Antioch: a dramatic poem. FIRST EDITION. John Murray. Half title. Contemp. full diced purple calf, gilt spine, borders & dentelles; a little rubbed. A good-plus copy. ¶Founded on the history of Saint Margaret, ‘daughter of a heathen priest’. 1822 £50 _____

664. MILNES, Richard Monckton, 1st Baron Houghton. Poems, legendary and historical. New edn. Edward Moxon. Contemp. half dark green morocco, gilt spine; corners & hinges a little rubbed, sl. wear to head of spine. Unusual four-section armorial bookplate of Samuel Ralph Townshend & Gertrude Mary Mayer, and Mayer signature. A good-plus copy. ¶Lord Houghton, 1809-1885, was an enthusiastic writer of poetry, and at one time Conservative MP for Pontefract. He courted Florence Nightingale for a nine-year period, but she eventually rebuffed him to pursue her career in nursing. 1844 £45

665. MILNES, Richard Monckton, 1st Baron Houghton. Poems of Many Years. New edn. Edward Moxon. 8pp cata. (July 1, 1846) preceding half title. Orig. olive green cloth, paper label sl. darkened. Bookseller’s ticket: Grant & Bolton, Dublin; later owner’s inscription. v.g. 1844 £35

666. MITFORD, Mary Russell. Foscari: a tragedy. FIRST EDITION. G.B. Whittaker. Title a little dusted, stab marks as originally issued. Sl. later half dark blue morocco; a little rubbed. ¶Performed at Covent Garden on 4th November 1826, based on an interesting narrative in Dr. Moore’s Travels and presented to the theatre ‘before the publication of Lord Byron’s well-known drama; a fact which happily exculpates [Mitford] from any charge of a vain imitation of the great Poet, or of a still vainer rivalry’. 1826 £40 654 OTHER AUTHORS D-R

667. MOIR, David Macbeth. The Poetical Works. Edited by Thomas Aird. With a memoir of the author. FIRST EDITION. 2 vols. Edinburgh & London: William Blackwood & Sons. Front. port. vol. I sl. damp-stained. Contemp. full dark blue diced calf, spines gilt in compartments, gilt borders, maroon labels; vol. I sl. marked. v.g. ¶Moir, 1798-1851, was a Scottish physician and author, who used the pseudonymn ‘Delta’. 1852 £50

MONTGOMERY, James, 1771-1854 Scottish poet and hymnwriter, social reformer and abolitionist.

FINE LEIGHTON BINDING 668. Poems. Selected and edited by Robert Aris Willmott. Frederick Warne & Co. Front. port., illus. throughout; some minor spotting. Orig. green cloth by Leighton Son & Hodge, bevelled boards, elaborately blocked in blind & gilt. a.e.g. v.g. ¶With one hundred illustrations by the Dalziel brothers, Birket Foster, John Gilbert, J. Wolf, &c. 1865 £95

669. The Wanderer of Switzerland, and other poems. 3rd edn. 12mo. Longman, &c. Half title; sl. browning in places. Handsome contemp. tree calf, gilt spine & borders, black label; leading hinge beginning to split. Mylius & Renier booklabels. An attractive copy. ¶Published in the same year as the first edition; on the French conquest of Switzerland. 1806 £30

670. The Wanderer of Switzerland ... 6th edn. 12mo. Edinburgh: printed by James Ballantyne & Co. for Longman, London. A few internal marks, minor worming in lower margin, more extensive in last 20pp, not affecting text. Bound in an unusual contemp. full patterned calf with diagonal black stripes, gilt spine, borders & dentelles. v.g. 1813 £40

671. The Wanderer of Switzerland, ... 10th edn. 12mo. Longman, &c. Half title. Contemp. half dark blue calf. v.g. 1826 £30

672. The West Indies, and other poems. 6th edn. 12mo. Longman, &c. Half title. Contemp. half dark blue calf. v.g. 1823 £35

673. Lectures on Poetry and General Literature, delivered at the Royal Institution in 1830 and 1831. FIRST EDITION. Longman. Half title. Contemp. full calf, gilt spine & borders, black leather label. Armorial bookplate of John Proby, 2nd Earl of Carysfort, to whom the copy is inscribed by Charles Mayo, June 1838.. ¶Concludes with A View of Modern English Literature, from ‘The Tudors and the first Stuarts’ to ‘Modern English Poets’. 1833 £50 _____

MONTGOMERY, Robert, 1807-1855 Poet and clergyman, no relation of above.

674. A Universal Prayer; Death; A Vision of Heaven; and A Vision of Hell. 4th edn; with additions. Samuel Maunder. Half title, 4pp ads; occasional light spotting. Uncut & partly unopened in orig. drab boards; spine & paper label partly defective, but still a nice bright copy. ¶Dedicated to the historian Sharon Turner. 1829 £30 OTHER AUTHORS D-R

MONTGOMERY, Robert continued 675. Oxford. A poem ... FIRST EDITION. Oxford: S. Collingwood, printer to the university. Half title as ‘The Poetical Works of Robert Montgomery’. Uncut in orig. purple glazed cloth, mostly faded to light brown, paper label; v. sl. rubbing, but still a good-plus copy as originally issued. ¶A poetic homage to Oxford, ‘Majestic pile! which mental arts pervade / And glowing pages, for the world array’d’. 1831 £85 COLOUR ILLUSTRATIONS 676. The Sacred Annual: being The Messiah, a poem, in 6 books. 4th edn. John Turrill. Half title, col. front., illuminated vignette title in red, black & gold, illus. with ten colour plates tipped in, final ad. leaf. Later red binder’s cloth, paper label; sl. damp marked. a.e.g. A good-plus magnificently illustrated copy. ¶Illustrated with designs by John Martin, John Franklin, A.B. Clayton, Daniel Maclise, etc., coloured under the direction of Charles Simpson. 1834 £125 _____

MORE, Hannah, 1745-1833. Christian poet, playwright and educationalist. 677. The Poetical Works. Scott, Webster, & Geary. (English classics.) Front. & engr. title, initial 12pp cata. for English Classic Library. Orig. dark green cloth. v.g. ¶This edition not in BL. 1836 £30 678. The Poetical Works. With a memoir of the Author. 24mo. Scott, Webster, & Geary. (English classics.) Front. & engr. title, 24pp cata; lacks leading f.e.p. Orig. dark green cloth. ¶V&A library only on Copac. 1838 £30 679. The Miscellaneous Works. 2 vols. Tall 8vo. Thomas Tegg. Half titles, initial 8pp cata. (Dec. 1841) vol. I, final ad. leaf vol. II. Orig. black cloth. .g.v ¶BL, Cambridge & Glasgow only on Copac. 1840 £90 680. The Poetical Works. With a memoir of the author. Small 8vo. Halifax: printed & published by William Milner. Engr. front. & title, printed title. Orig. dark blue cloth , dec. & lettered in blind & gilt; spine v. sl. faded. a.e.g. v.g. ¶This edition not in BL. 1844 £30 _____ MINSTRELSY 681. MOTHER WELL, William. Minstrelsy: ancient and modern, with an historical introduction & notes. FIRST EDITION. Small 4to. Glasgow: John Wylie. Front., engr. title, printed title. Contemp. half green calf by J. Carss & Co. of Glasgow, spine with raised gilt bands, maroon leather label; sl. rubbing. v.g. ¶The ‘ancient romantick & historick ballads of Scotland’. 1827 £70 682. MOULTRIE, John. The Dream of Life, Lays of the English Church, and other poems. FIRST EDITION. William Pickering. Contemp. full grained calf, gilt spine, leather label sl. chipped; sl. rubbing to spine. A good-plus copy. ¶With presentation inscription on verso of initial blank: ‘Mrs Hall - with T. Arnold’s kind regards - Sept. 29th 1845’. Thomas, the younger brother of Matthew Arnold, became headmaster of Rugby school in 1828, where he became ‘firm friends’ with Moultrie, 1799-1874, the school’s rector. The inscription is possibly to Mrs Anna Maria Hall. 1843 £110 676 OTHER AUTHORS D-R

ORIGINAL EFFUSIONS: ORIGINAL WRAPPERS 683. MURRA Y, George. Original Effusions, consisting of dialogues, poems, and songs, on various subjects, in English and Gaelic; calculated to amuse and instruct the reader. By George Murray, at present on a tour throughout the three kingdoms. FIRST EDITION. Aberdeen: printed for and sold by the Author. Uncut & partially unopened. Sewn as issued in orig. pale blue plain wrappers; v. sl. wear to spine. v.g. 36pp. ¶Not recorded on Copac. Poems largely on Scottish themes: A contest between the tea and the whisky; A letter sent to a young girl in Dundee; New Year’s Day in Aberdeen; &c. 1826 £180 THE CAPTURE OF NAPOLEON 684. (NAPOLEON I, Emperor of the French) MAITLAND, Frederick Lewis. Narrative of the Surrender of Buonaparte, and of his residence on board H.M.S. Bellerophon; with a detail of the principal events that occurred in that ship, between the 24th of May and the 8th of August, 1815. FIRST EDITION. Henry Colburn. Fold-out map, 8pp cata. (May 1, 1826). Uncut in orig. drab boards, paper label; spine expertly repaired. A v.g. copy. ¶With a presentation inscription in pencil on the titlepage, ‘Eliza Maitland - from her affct. Brother - the Author’. The front board is signed ‘Eliza Maitland - Circus Place - Edinburgh’. Frederick Maitland was a distinguished naval officer, who enjoyed the notable achievement of intercepting Napoleon as he attempted to flee France following his escape from Elba. Maitland, anticipating that Napoleon would try to flee from Rochefort on the French Atlantic coast, positioned his ship,The Bellerophon, at the mouth of the harbour. Acknowledging his disadvantaged position, Napoleon surrendered to Maitland, who transported the deposed Emperor and his entourage to the South coast of England, before he was eventually exiled, this time for good, to the Island of St Helena. Also with the ownership inscription of Colonel A.G. Ross, Derah Garzy [now Ghazi] Khan (a city in modern-day Pakistan), 1891. Ross was commander of the 1st Sikh Infantry. 1826 £280

685. NEALE, Cornelius. Lyrical Dramas: with Domestic Hours, a miscellany of odes and songs. 2nd edn. J. Holdsworth. Occasional browning. Contemp. half black calf; corners & hinges rubbed, edges a little worn. A good sound copy. ¶Leeds the sole location on Copac. 1819 £65 PRESENTATION COPY 686. (NEALE, Erskine, Rev.) Scenes where the Tempter has Triumphed. By the author of “The Gaol Chaplain”. FIRST EDITION. Richard Bentley. Ads on e.ps (Bentley’s established works of general interest); inner hinges cracking & carefully repaired. Uncut in orig. brown cloth, blocked in blind, spine lettered in gilt; a little marked & worn, stitching loose. ¶Not in BL. With presentation inscription, ‘To the Rev. Richard Brudenell Exton ... as a slight mark of sincere regard, from the Author’. Added to the titlepage, in a different hand, ‘The Rev. Erskine Neale, Rector of Kirton, Suffolk’. Exton published a volume of sacred aphorisms in the 1820s, and corresponded with Charles Cuthbert Southey, son of Robert. 1849 £85 NEWMAN’S MEMORIALS 687. (NEWMAN, John Henry) Memorials of the Past. FIRST EDITION. Oxford: privately printed. Contemp. full dark green morocco, gilt spine & borders; spine darkened & a little rubbed. With a gift inscription on verso of leading f.e.p. within hand-drawn ornamental border: ‘S.E.W.R. - with our love - January 29 - 1832’. Also a later gift inscription, to J.R. Kettle from M.W. Cornish, 1890. a.e.g. A good-plus copy. ¶BL only on Copac. The dedication signed J.H.N., i.e. John Henry Newman. Newman’s first volume of poetry, St Bartholomew’s Eve, was published in 1821; this is his second. Many of the poems were subsequently included in Verses on Various Occasions, 1868. Newman, 1801-1890, was made a Cardinal in 1879 by Pope Leo XIII. 1832 £500 684 687 OTHER AUTHORS D-R

688. NOOTH, Charlotte. Original Poems, and a play [Clara; or, The Nuns of Charity: a tragic play, in five acts]. FIRST EDITION. Longman, &c. List of subscribers. Contemp. full diced calf, expertly rebacked, maroon leather label. v.g. ¶Little is known of this Irish poet, who was probably born in the North of Ireland, but lived for some time in London. She published two known works; the present volume, and Eglantine; or the Family of Fortescue, which appeared in 1816. Several of the poems were written during a residence in the counties of Down and Antrim (1807), and are ‘in the dialect spoken by the lower classes of people in the northern parts of Ireland’. 1815 £320

NORTHCOTE, James, 1746-1831 Painter, pupil of Sir Joshua Reynolds.

FIRST SERIES 689. One Hundred Fables, original and selected. Embellished with 280 engravings on wood. FIRST EDITION. Geo. Lawford, Saville Passage. Vignette title printed in red & black, illus. throughout, with index to the engravings. Orig. olive green cloth, spine lettered in gilt; spine sl. faded. Inscribed ‘Charles Robinson’s, 1833’, on leading pastedown. v.g. ¶With a newspaper clipping, giving details of Northcote’s will, pasted in at end, causing browning to last page. 1828 £125

FIRST SERIES: SECOND EDITION 690. One Hundred Fables, ... 2nd edn. Geo. Lawford, Saville Passage. Front. port., vignette title printed in red & black, illus. throughout, with index to the engravings. Uncut in orig. plain black glazed cloth carefully rebacked retaining most of orig. spine strip, black leather label; corners sl. rubbed. Contemp. ownership inscription on leading pastedown, and pencil signature of Michael Foot. 1829 £125

SECOND SERIES 691. Fables, original and selected. Second series. Illustrated by 280 engravings on wood. FIRST EDITION. John Murray. Half title, vignette title, illus. throughout, with index to the engravings. Orig. dark blue sand-grained cloth, borders in blind, spine lettered in gilt; spine a little dulled, corners sl. knocked. With the pencil signature of Michael Foot on leading f.e.p. A good-plus copy. 1833 £85 _____

692. OMOND, Thomas Stewart. The Romantic Triumph. FIRST EDITION. Edinburgh: William Blackwood & Sons. (Periods of European literature, vol. XI.) Half title. Orig. maroon cloth; minor damp stain at edge, spine sl. faded. ¶Britain, France and Germany at the height of the Romantic movement. 1900 £10

693. OVERTON, Charles. Ecclesia Anglicana: a poem; containing, an historic portraiture of the British church; with a more particular reference to York Minster: an apology for the National Reformed Church: and reflections upon the opinions and aspect of the present times. FIRST EDITION. Rivingtons. Orig. cream & black mottled cloth, paper label; front board with single vertical crease, spine darkened & with several small tears carefully repaired. A good- plus copy. ¶Not in BL. Four copies only on Copac: Cambridge, St Andrews, Glasgow, York Minster. Family copy, with the signature of Amelia Overton on leading pastedown & f.e.p. 1833 £75 OTHER AUTHORS D-R

BATH 694. P ALLET, Peter Paul, pseud. (i.e. Richard Warner) Bath characters: or Sketches from Life. 2nd edn, with many additions. Amongst which are a poetical pump-room conversation; a new preface; and an appendix, containing a defence of the work, and a castigation of its persecutors. Printed for G. Wilkie & J. Robinson. Title & final few leaves sl. spotted. Expertly rebound in later drab boards, paper label. v.g. ¶This second edition Leeds & Oxford only on Copac. Humorous descriptions of local characters, mostly identifiable as real persons. Many of the real names have been added alongside the text in a contemp. hand. “The plate of the frontispiece having been accidentally spoiled ... the Author has deemed it right to publish with that omission ...” 1808 £185

695. (PARKER, Frances, Countess of Morley) The Flying Burgomaster: A legend of the Black Forest. FIRST EDITION. F. Morley. Front. port., vignette title, plates; spotted throughout. Orig. green fine-weave cloth, paper label on front; sl. marked. .g.v ¶Leeds only on Copac. Written, illustrated & privately printed by the Countess of Morley. 1832 £150

696. PEARSON, Charles James. Italian Reminiscences and Scenes in North Wales. Dedicated to Mrs. E.L. Berthon and Mrs. J.F. Preston. FIRST EDITION. Llanrwst: printed by John Jones. Signature at head of title sl. cropped. Disbound. 32pp. ¶Three copies only on Copac: BL, Cambridge & Oxford. In verse. 1841 £75

697. (POOLE, Thomas) SANDFORD, Margaret Ellen. Thomas Poole and His Friends. FIRST EDITION. 2 vols. Macmillan & Co. Half titles, front. port vol. I, final ad. leaf vol. II; pencil notes in prelims vol. I. Uncut in orig. dark brown cloth, spines lettered in gilt. A v.g., close to FINE copy. ¶Poole, 1765-1837, was born in Nether Stowey, Somerset, the son of a tanner. Largely self-educated, his passion for learning and progressive politics brought him into contact with Samuel Taylor Coleridge, and a lasting friendship was formed. 1888 £150

698. PROWETT, John, Rev. Voluspa; or, Speech of the Prophetess; with other poems. FIRST EDITION. Payne & Foss. Half title. Contemp. full dark green morocco presentation binding, gilt spine, elaborate borders & dentelles; spine v. sl. darkened. A v.g. copy. ¶Not in BL or on Copac. Prowett family copy, with an inscription on leading f.e.p.: ‘Erskine William Holland - may ... triumphs welcome his return’. Also a further inscription on half title: ‘Caroline Anne Prowett, given her by Annie Holland, 1897’. Prowett was the Rector of Catfield, Norfolk. Voluspa was ‘extracted from the remains of the Runic Mythology, as preserved by Olaus Wormius, Bartholinus, and others’. 1816 £150 699. PUBLIC CHARACTERS. Public Characters of 1799-1800. To be continued annually. (3rd edn) Richard Phillips. Folding front. (‘Characteristic Sketches...’), final ad. leaf. Contemp. half blue calf, gilt bands, black leather label; sl. rubbing, but a good-plus copy. ¶48 eminent figures are here honoured with a brief biographical account, including Richard Sheridan, Robert Southey, William Godwin, William Cowper. 1807 £85

700. PURE, Simon, pseud. Hops! Hops!! Hops!!! or, The prince and the porter; a tale of the East. Dedicated to the Lord Mayor of London. FIRST EDITION. Printed by G. Larrance ... and published for the Author by Banks, Fetter Lane. Sl. dusted, final leaf torn in lower corner not affecting text. Disbound. 36pp. ¶Two copies only on Copac: BL and Cambridge. The targets of this humorous piece cannot be doubted, despite the carefully worded assurances in the dedication: ‘The 695 OTHER AUTHORS D-R

shameless profligacy of the court ofBagdad happily forms a striking contrast to that of London; and as to the Chief Cadi, the Hero of the Tale, it seems impossible to recognize in him any one of those features, which pre-eminently distinguish those exalted Personages, on whom the courtesy of our City so justly bestows the title of “Right Honourable!”.’ 1813 £85

HENRY QUICK OF ZENNOR 701. QUICK, Henry. The Life and Progress of Henry Quick, of Zennor, written by himself. FIRST EDITION. Penzance: T. Vigurs, printer. Illus. on front wrapper. Preserved in later cream wrappers. v.g. 8pp. ¶An extremely scarce work by the Cornish folk writer, 1792-1857; only modern reprints are recorded on Copac. This copy belonged to Eric Quayle (of Zennor), and comes with copies of correspondence between him and the curator of Penzance’s Penlee Museum, pertaining to an exhibition devoted to Quick to commemorate the 200th anniversary of his birth. The letters refer to this copy of Quick’s Life and Progress as ‘the only known copy of that edition’. Also included are several photocopied examples of other works by Quick, and a copy of his obituary in the Cornish Telegraph from October 1857. 1836 £450

LEE PRIORY PRESS 702. (QUILLINAN, Edward) Woodcuts and Verses. FIRST EDITION. 4to. Kent: printed at the private Press of Lee Priory by John Warwick. Engr. half title; sl. spotted, pp13-16 of ‘Notes’ duplicated, leaf 41 not bound in (‘Adieu, the pensive still retreat’). Uncut in orig. pink boards, paper label on front; a little marked, spine rubbed with small repair at tail. v.g. ¶Not in Jackson. Limited to 100 copies; printed on Chinese paper. Scarce. The Lee Priory Press was established in 1813 by Sir Egerton Brydges. Quillinan, Brydge’s son- in-law, wrote the Preface and also the poems which highlight the wood engravings used by the Press up to this time. His first wife, Jemima Brydges, died in 1822; in 1841 he would marry Wordsworth’s daughter, Dorothy. 1820 £250

WORDSWORTH’S SON-IN-LAW 703. QUILLINAN, Edward. Poems. With a memoir by William Johnston. FIRST EDITION. Edward Moxon. 8pp ads preceding orig. glazed leading f.e.p., half title, new e.ps. Rebound in 20thC half dark green calf, spine faded. 1853 £125

ROUGE ET NOIR: ‘ACCURSED GAME’ 704. (READ, Lt.-Col. William) Rouge et Noir, in six cantos ... Versailles and other poems. 2nd edn. C. & J. Ollier. Half title. Uncut & partially unopened in orig. blue boards, drab spine, paper label; spine a little dulled, sl. chipped at head & tail, otherwise v.g. Ownership inscription of Geoffrey Tillotson, 1841. ¶This second edition, published the same year as the first edition, TCD, Leeds & Cambridge on Copac. Previously ascribed to Sir John Dean Paul, but now known to be by the Irish poet William Read, c.1795-1866, lieutenant colonel in the Royal North Down Rifles. Set in France, Rouge et Noir is an anti-heroic poem on the evils of gambling: “Accursed game! thy blight is everywhere / Thy lawless fingers pilfer every purse.”. 1821 £125

705. REED, Henry. Lectures on the British Poets. 2 vols. Philadelphia: Parry & McMillan. 16pp cata. vol. II. Orig. dark brown cloth, blocked in blind. v.g. ¶Lectures on the history of British poetry, with specific chapters on Burns, Byron, Hartley and S.T. Coleridge, Dryden, Lamb, Milton, Southey, and Wordsworth. 1857 £40 701 711 OTHER AUTHORS D-R

706. (REYNOLDS, John Hamilton) JONES, Leonidas M. The Life of John Hamilton Reynolds. FIRST EDITION. Vermont: University Press of New England. Half title. Orig. green cloth. v.g. in d.w. ¶The first ‘full critical biography’ of Reynolds, 1794-1852, friend of Keats and writer of prose and poetry. 1984 £10 ‘... THE FAILURE OF MODERN POETS ...’ 707. RHODES, George Ambrose. Dion, a tragedy; a new edition: and The Naturalist, a comedy. With some additional preliminary remarks on modern poetry ... Baldwin, Cradock, & Joy. Half title with ad. on verso. Disbound. ¶In his preliminary essay, Rhodes considers the ‘total extinction of the poetical character in the present age’, highlighting the ‘deviations of the modern empiric from the constituted standard of poetical excellence’. In Byron’s Childe Harold he finds particular reason for dissatisfaction: “... if any person can read two pages of them without throwing down the book in critical disgust, whatever may be his merit in other respects as an erudite scholar, an acute casuist, a dextrous politician, a great or good man; he is entirely without poetical ear, taste, feeling, or judgment [sic]. Lord B.’s odes seem to me nothing more than a string of ingenious epigrams.” Rhodes is equally disdainful of the poetic efforts of Rogers, Campbell and Southey, among others, and decries the ‘confirmed idiotism of Mr Wordsworth’s Muse...’. Of his own work he declares, ‘This poem was intended more for the closet than the stage’; an echo of Byron’s own words regarding his play Marino Faliero. 1820 £110

708. (RHODES, William Barnes) Eccentric Tales. In verse. By Cornelius Crambo, Esq. FIRST EDITION. Printed for S. Tipper, by J. D. Dewick. Disbound. Contemp. ownership inscription on titlepage. ¶‘... Principally originals, interspersed with a few old friends with new faces ...’ The advertisement suggests the author is female, mentioning ‘her literary reputation’. 1808 £85

THE CENSUS TAKER 709. (RICKMAN, John) WILLIAMS, Orlo. Life and Letters of John Rickman: Lamb’s Friend the Census-Taker. Constable & Co. Half title, front. port., plates. Orig. green cloth; spine faded to brown. v.g. ¶Rickman, 1771-1840, was a high profile government statistician, who was responsible for drafting the Bill that became the Census Act of 1800. He was friends with Charles Lamb and Robert Southey. 1911 £25

710. (RICKMAN, John) WILLIAMS, Orlo. Life and Letters of John Rickman: ... (2nd edn.) Constable & Co. Half title, front. port., plates. Orig. green cloth, lettered in gilt. A v.g. bright copy in sl. worn d.w. ¶A variant binding, in sl. darker green cloth, and lettered on front board. 1912 £25

711. ROBINSON, Henry Crabb. Diary, Reminiscences, and Correspondence. Selected and edited by Thomas Sadler. 2nd edn. 3 vols. Macmillan & Co. Front. port. vol. I, half title vols II & III, final ad. leaf vols. I & III; blind stamp & contemp. signatures on titles. Orig. green cloth by Burn & Co.; neat repair at head of spine vol. III. Bookplates of the Middlesborough Free Library & Museum, and library labels at tail of spines. v.g. ¶Lawyer and diarist, Robinson was a close friend of Coleridge, Lamb, Southey, and Wordsworth. New Preface to this second edition indicating corrections and additions. 1869 £110 OTHER AUTHORS D-R

712. ROBINSON, Henry Crabb. Diary, Reminiscences, and Correspondence. ... 3rd edn, with corrections and additions. 2 vols. Macmillan & Co. Front. port. vol. I, half title & final ad. leaf vol. II; sl. browning at edges. Orig. green cloth; spines dulled & sl. rubbed at head & tail. Armorial bookplates of William Long. ¶With a new preface; in smaller format. 1872 £65

WATERLOO 713. ROCHE, Hamilton. Waterloo; a heroic poem. FIRST EDITION. Printed for the author by J. Brettell; and published by Mr. John Burkitt. Sewn as issued; a little dusted & chipped at edges, final leaf (which forms the back wrapper) torn with some old repairs. 32pp. A good sound copy. ¶BL only on Copac, where it is described as having one ‘colour leaf of plates’. Lord Byron, Robert Peel, and Henry Brougham are listed among the work’s many eminent subscribers. 1815 £85

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PUCKERIDGE HUNT LTD.

The Kennels, Date: ...... Brent Pelham, Buntingford, Holding No: 18/032/0080 Herts. SG9 0AT (01279) 777 241

Description: ......

Live Weight: ......

Ear Tag Number: ......

Category: 1 2 3 Material (tick one)

Weight for Feeding to Hounds: ......

Weight for Destruction: ......

Owner’s Name & Address: Holding No: ......

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This is not an invoice just a collection note.