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WOMEN WRITERS IV Women Writers - Novelists, Essayists & Poets - R-Z Catalogue: Joshua Clayton Production: Carol Murphy & Ed Lake All items are London-published and in at least good condition, unless otherwise stated; images are available on request. Prices are nett. Items on this catalogue marked with a dagger (†) incur VAT (current rate 20%) to customers within the EU. A charge for postage and insurance will be added to the invoice total. We accept payment by VISA or MASTERCARD. If payment is made by US cheque, please add $25.00 towards the costs of conversion. Email address for this catalogue is [email protected]. JARNDYCE CATALOGUES CURRENTLY AVAILABLE, (price £5.00 each unless otherwise stated) include: The Library of a Dickensian (£20.00); The Dickens Catalogue; Social Science Parts I & II: Politics & Philosophy and Economics & Social History. Women Writers II: A-I; & III: J-Q; George MacDonald; Books & Pamphlets of the 17th & 18th Centuries; 'Mischievous Literature': Bloods & Penny Dreadfuls; Street Literature: II Chapbooks & Tracts. JARNDYCE CATALOGUES IN PREPARATION include: Street Literature: III Songsters, Lottery Puffs, Street Literature Works of Reference; Catalogue 200; Dickens & His Circle; Language, Conduct & Education. PLEASE REMEMBER: If you have books to sell, please get in touch with Brian Lake at Jarndyce. Valuations for insurance or probate can be undertaken anywhere, by arrangement.

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RADCLIFFE, Ann, 1764-1823 ROMANCE OF THE FOREST A pioneer of the English gothic novel, Ann wrote six 6. The Romance of the Forest: interspersed with major works in the years following her marriage to some pieces of poetry. 6th edn. 3 vols. James lawyer-turned-journalist William Radcliffe, including Carpenter & Co. Contemp. full tree calf, spines The Romance of the Forest (1791) and her best-known with tan leather labels; spines rubbed & a little of all, The Mysteries of Udolpho (1794). worn, lacking labels. Each vol. signed 'Eliza Giffard, Nerquis Flintshire, 1807' on leading 1. The Novels of Mrs. Ann Radcliffe; viz. 1. The pastedown. Sicilian Romance, 2. Romance of the Forest, ¶First published in 1791. 3. The Mysteries of Udolpho, 4. The Italian, 1799 £120 5. Castles of Athlin and Dunbayne. To which is prefixed, A memoir of the Life of the Author. 7. The Romance of the Forest: ... 8th edn. 3 vols. Hurst, Robinson, & Co.; Edinburgh: printed by Longman, &c. Contemp. full calf, spines gilt in James Ballantyne & Co. Apart from the compartments, boards with triple-ruled gilt memoir, text in two columns. Contemp. full tan borders, dark green leather labels; sl. rubbing to calf, expertly rebacked with new spine strip, extremities, but generally v.g. maroon leather label. With owner's signature 1816 £160 on title, 1848. 8. The Romance of the Forest. Tall 8vo. T. Kelly. ¶Also issued as Vol. X of Ballantyne’s Novelists’ Front., additional engr. title (1823), 7 plates; Library. The Memoir is by Sir . some spotting. Orig. dark purple vertical- 1824 £180 grained cloth; cloth sl. faded with occasional damp-marking. A good-plus copy. 2. The Castles of Athlin and Dunbayne: a ¶Published in 24 parts. Highland story. 4th edn. Longman, &c. Half 1825 £65 title. Contemp. half tree calf, spine ruled in gilt, maroon leather label; spine sl. chipped at tail, 9. The Romance of the Forest. George Routledge sl. worn. Signed 'Eliza Giffard, Nerquis & Sons. (Half-forgotten books.) Prelims sl. Flintshire'. browned, inner hinges cracking. Orig. blue ¶Wolff 5679 is the 3rd edn. Radcliffe's first book, pictorial cloth; sl. faded. first published in 1789. 1904 £30 1811 £150 ______

3. Gaston de Blondeville, or, The Court of Henry ANGLO-INDIAN NOVEL III. Keeping Festival in Ardenne, a romance. 10. RAE, Mrs. Milne. A Bottle in the Smoke: a St. Alban’s Abbey, a metrical tale: with some tale of Anglo-Indian life. FIRST EDITION. poetical pieces ... To which is prefixed a Hodder & Stoughton. Half title. Orig. memoir of the author, with extracts from her olive green cloth, lettered in black & gilt; sl. journals. FIRST EDITION. 4 vols. Henry faded. v.g. Colburn. Contemp. half calf, gilt spines, [1912] £50 maroon leather labels; a bit rubbed, leading THE BIBLE SOCIETY hinge cracked vol. II. Marquess of Headfort 11. (RANYARD, Ellen) The Book and its Story: armorial bookplates. a narrative for the young. On occasion of the ¶Wolff 5680. Jubilee of the British and Foreign Bible Society. 1826 £450 By L.N.R. With an Introduction preface by T. Phillips. 10th edn, with additions. 54th MYSTERIES OF UDOLPHO thousand. W. Kent & Co. Front., illus., 4pp 4. The Mysteries of Udolpho. A romance; ads, ads. on e.ps. Orig. purple cloth; spine sl. interspersed with some pieces of poetry. 4th faded. Signed 'Miss Thompson, 1864'. v.g. edn. 4 vols. Printed for G.G. and J. Robinson, 1857 £35 Paternoster-Row. Plates. Contemp. full tree calf, black leather labels; hinges a little weak. RATHBONE, Hannah Mary, 1798-1878 Born in Shropshire, Rathbone produced several Each vol. signed 'Eliza Giffard - Nerquis volumes of sentimental verse as a young woman, but is Flintshire, 1807'. A good-plus clean copy. now chiefly remembered for The Diary of Lady ¶First published in 1794. One of the most Willoughby (1844), the imagined memoir of a important gothic novels. seventeenth century noblewoman. 1799 £380 DIARY OF LADY WILLOUGHBY 5. The Mysteries of Udolpho. ... With an introd. 12. So much of the Diary of Lady Willoughby as by D. Murray Rose. Routledge. (Half-forgotten relates to her Domestic History, & to the books.) Text in two columns. Orig. blue eventful period of the reign of Charles the First, pictorial cloth; a little dulled. the Protectorate, and the Restoration. 1903 £30 Longmans. Half title, illus. of coat of arms. RATHBONE ______

Orig. yellow sand-grained cloth, bevelled SIX MONTHS IN A CONVENT boards, blocked in black, lettered in gilt.; a little 18. REED, Rebecca Theresa. Narrative of Six dulled, sl. rubbed. Red edges. Months’ Residence in a Convent. By Rebecca ¶Not in Wolff: a work first published in 1844 Theresa Reed, late inmate of the Ursuline which inspired similar fiction by Anne Manning. convent, Mount Benedict, Charlestown, Here it is cased in an imitation 17th-century style Massachusetts. FIRST ENGLISH EDITION. by Charles Whittingham, the text printed within Hamilton, Adams, & Co. 72pp in orig. purple ruled borders. diced cloth, pink paper label on front; spine sl. 1873 £75 faded. Gift inscription, 1836. v.g. 13. So much of the Diary of Lady Willoughby as ¶'We earnestly hope and believe that this little work, will do more by its unaffected simplicity, in relates to her Domestic History, ... Longmans. deterring Protestant parents from educating their Half title. In antique-style maroon morocco daughters at nunneries, than could the most publisher’s binding, gilt ornaments on boards & learned and laboured discourses on the dangers of elab. gilt dentelles; spine sl. faded. a.e.g. v.g. popery.' This 1835 London edition not in BL. ¶The binding is by Harvey Pearse of Rochdale. 1835 £85 1873 £85 A GOTHIC STORY CHINTZ BINDING 19. (REEVE, Clara) The Old English Baron: a 14. Some Further Portions of the Diary of Lady gothic story. Embellished with 8 elegant Willoughby, which do relate to her domestic engravings. 9th edn. Printed for J. Mawman, history and to the stirring events of the latter &c. Front. & 7 plates, ad. on verso of final leaf. years of the reign of King Charles the First, the Contemp. half black morocco, drab boards; sl. protectorate and the restoration. FIRST rubbed. v.g. EDITION. Longman. In a sl. later full chintz ¶First published in 1777, under the title The Champion of Virtue, it then appeared as The Old binding with a floral design in red & yellow English Baron the following year. This was silk, scarlet morocco corners and spine label; sl. Reeve's most successful and sensational work, wear to spine. a.e.g. v.g. and is a major milestone in the history of the ¶A continuation of So much of the Diary of Lady gothic novel. Willoughby ... In 17th century style, ‘merely to 1811 £95 be in accordance with the Design of the Author, who in the Work personates a Lady of the 20. REYBAUD, Henriette. The Old Convents of Seventeenth Century’. Paris by Madame Charles Reybaud, and The 1848 £120 Haunted Marsh by George Sand. Simms & ______McIntyre. (Parlour library, no. VIII.) 3pp ads. WHITEHAVEN IMPRINT Contemp. half calf; sl. rubbing. A good-plus 15. REA, Alice. The Beckside Boggle, and other copy. stories. Whitehaven: R. Burlington. Orig. ¶‘La Mare au Diable’, 1846. ‘Les Anciens brown printed wrappers. v.g. Couvents de Paris’ first published, 1846? The first English translations of both these works. ¶Only a London T.Fisher Unwin, 1886 edition on Sadleir 3755a. Copac; only three other books published by Burlington are recorded: 1905, 1897?, 1932. 1847 £45 Seven other titles are advertised on inside back wrapper. The other stories are Lost on the Moor 21. REYNOLDS, Gertrude Baillie. The Cost of a and How Our Fathers went A-Burying. Promise: a novel in 3 parts. FIRST EDITION. [c.1890?] £25 Hodder & Stoughton. Half title. Orig. pale green cloth, lettered in dark green, small col. 16. READ, Mrs. R.H. Silver Mill: a tale of the port. onlay on front board; a bit dulled, cloth sl. Don Valley. FIRST EDITION. Blackie & Son. lifting on spine. A good sound copy. Half title, front., 5 plates, 40pp cata. Orig. ¶A murder mystery. blue/green cloth, dec. & lettered in maroon & 1914 £30 gilt; sm. mark on front board. Prize inscription, dated Dec. 1885. v.g. 22. RHODES, afterwards BALL, Hylda. The ¶Not in Wolff. Don Valley, Yorkshire. Secret Bond. FIRST EDITION. John Long. 1886 £40 Ad. preceding half title, 16pp cata. (Summer 1917) rather browned. Orig. pink cloth, lettered 17. READER, Emily E. The Three Giants, The in black; spine sl. faded. Owner’s inscription Stolen Jewels, The Ghost of Brackinshaw. on half title, 1918. A good-plus copy. FIRST EDITION. Longmans. Half title, front. 1917 £30 & 2 plates, final ad. leaf. Orig. blue pictorial cloth, lettered in black; a bit dulled, sl. rubbed. ANTI-POPERY - CONVENT LIFE Contemp. prize label. A good-plus copy. 23. RICHARDSON, Eliza, née Smith. The Veil ¶Juvenile tales. Lifted; or, The romance and reality of Convent 1887 £30 Life. FIRST EDITION. Morgan & Scott. 17 RICHARDSON ______

Front., 2pp ads; paper sl. browning. Orig. YELLOWBACK brown cloth, pictorially blocked in black, 30. George Geith of Fen Court. New edn. Frederick lettered in gilt. v.g. Warne & Co. (Companion library.) Half title. ¶Not in BL. 'Though feeling conscious that my Orig. printed boards, ads on e.ps; spine a little little work is an insignificant contribution to their chipped. A good-plus copy. weal, I nevertheless cherish the hope that some, ¶First published in 1864. See Topp vol. IV, no. who would be uninterested by more elaborate 217; first issued as a yellowback in 1868, and in descriptions of conventualism as it really is, and the Companion library in 1875. equally unmoved by personal narratives, which [1875] £85 they are too apt to regard as the testimony of apostates, may, by this unpretending appeal to their internal consciousness, be led to reflection, 31. Mortomley's Estate. A novel. New edn. and ultimately saved.' Hutchinson & Co. Orig. maroon cloth; sl. [1865] £38 rubbed. v.g. ¶See Wolff 5817 for the first edition of 1874. RIDDELL, Charlotte, Mrs J.H., 1832-1906 [c.1890] £60 Born in County Antrim, Charlotte moved to London in 1855 intending to make a living from writing. She published her first novel, Zuriel’s Grandchild, in 1856, 32. The Rich Husband. A novel. New edn. followed by almost fifty more during her prolific Hutchinson & Co. 16pp cata. partially career. Much of her fiction is set in London - she unopened; some light foxing. Orig. maroon became known as 'the novelist of the City'. cloth; inner hinges cracking, a little rubbed. A 24. Austin Friars. New edn. Hutchinson & Co. good sound copy. Half title, 8pp ads. Orig. maroon cloth; inner ¶See Wolff 5823; not a first edition, but the first hinges cracking, sl. rubbed. Owner's signature, 'New Edition', 1867. [c.1890?] £50 1894, on title A good-plus copy. ¶See Wolff 5795 for the first edition of 1870. ______[c.1890] £35 25. Berna Boyle: a love story of County Down. RITA, pseud. of Eliza, (Reprinted.) Macmillan. Half title, 4pp ads; sl. Mrs Desmond Humphreys, 1850-1938 browning, lacking leading f.e.p. Orig. light blue Born in , Eliza’s family emigrated to Australia cloth; spine faded. when she was five. Hugely prolofic, she became best ¶First published in 3 vols, 1884, see Sadleir 2043; known for her 'daring' novels of society life. not in Wolff. 1900 £40 33. "Half a Truth." Copyright edn. Leipzig: Bernhard Tauchnitz. (Collection of British 26. Daisies and Buttercups: a story of the upper authors, vol. 4270.) Half title, 32pp cata. (June Thames. R.E. King & Co. Lacks f.e.ps. Orig. 1911). Uncut in orig. buff printed wrappers; sl. blue cloth, blocked & lettered in black; inner dusted. A good-plus copy. hinges weak, a bit rubbed. A fair copy only. ¶Todd 4270; his only copy. Not in Wolff. ¶Wolff did not have a copy of this work. [c.1900?] £20 1911 £30 27. Far Above Rubies. A novel. FIRST A HUSBAND OF NO IMPORTANCE AMERICAN EDITION. Philadephia: J.B. 34. A Husband of No Importance. FIRST Lippincott & Co. 4pp ads; small ink mark at EDITION. T. Fisher Unwin. (Pseudonym head of first few leaves, one or two gatherings library, no. 42.) Uncut in orig. buff printed sl. proud. Orig. brown cloth; dulled, spine wrappers; spine dulled & sl. chipped with sl. chipped at head & tail, back board sl. marked. loss at head. A good sound copy. ¶See Sadleir 2049 for the first English edition of ¶Wolff 5852. Wilde's Ideal Husband appeared the same year. the year after; A Woman of No Importance had 1867 £65 appeared the year before. 1894 £65 28. Far Above Rubies. New edn. Frderick Warne & Co. Expertly rebound in half dark green 35. The Masqueraders. Copyright edn. 2 vols. cloth, marbled boards, black leather label. v.g. ¶Rebound yellowback. See Topp, vol. IV, no. 479. Leipzig: Bernhard Tauchnitz. (Collection of [1875] £75 British authors, vols 3799 & 3800.) Half titles, 32pp cata. vol. II (March 1905); occasional 29. George Geith of Fen Court. A novel. By F.G. careless opening. Uncut in orig. buff printed Trafford. FIRST EDITION. 3 vols. Tinsley wrappers; a little dusted & marked. A good- Brothers. Half titles. Expertly rebound in later plus copy. half purple watered cloth, marbled boards. v.g. ¶Todd 3799 & 3800; his only copies. ¶Wolff 5805. Not in Wolff. 1864 £280 1905 £35 45 47 RITA ______

36. Prince Charming: a fantastic episode in court in gilt; spine & corners a little rubbed, dress. Copyright edn. Leipzig: Bernhard inner hinges cracking. Gift inscription 'Feb. 28 Tauchnitz. (Collection of British authors, vol. 1889'; also gift label & small booklabel of 3872.) Half title. Contemp. half black calf, Henry Fane. black cloth boards, maroon leather label; spine ¶Wolff 5897 is the 'new edition', published by & hinges a little rubbed. Longman in 1891. A tale of the evil days of the ¶Todd 3872; his only issue. See Wolff 5867 for French Revolution. the first edition of 1901. 1886 £75 1906 £20 FULL VELLUM 37. Recollections of a Literary Life. With a 43. Mademoiselle Mori: a tale of modern Rome. 2 foreword by Sir Philip Gibbs. Andrew Melrose. vols. Copyright edn. Leipzig: Bernhard Half title, front., plates. Later dark blue library Tauchnitz. (Collection of British authors, vols cloth. Label of the Belfast Library and Society 616 & 617.) Contemp. full vellum, lettered & for Promoting Knowledge. v.g. finely dec. in gilt, patterned e.ps. A v.g. 1936 £25 handsome copy. ______¶Todd 616 & 617; bound without distinguishing half titles. See Wolff 5904 for the first edition of 38. RITTER, Frances Raymond. Woman as a 1860. Although extremely popular - this title Musician. An art-historical study. FIRST made her name - Roberts is omitted from most of EDITION. William Reeves. 15pp. Sewn as the main biographical reference sources. CBEL 3 lists only three juvenile titles, but Wolff had a issued in orig. pale blue printed wrappers; spine good collection of her adult fiction. sl. cracked at tail, otherwise v.g. 1862 £75 ¶An examination of the influential role of women in the musical arts, a topic which, 'art history has until now neglected to point out ...'. 44. Mademoiselle Mori: ... New edn. Longmans. [1877] £35 16pp cata. (March 1886). Orig. green-grey cloth, blocked in black, scarlet & gilt. ROBERTS, Margaret, 1833-1919 Sl. rubbing. Booklabel of Arthur H. Lancaster. Novelist and children's writer, Roberts was born in A good-plus copy. North Wales but spent much of her life in continental ¶See Wolff 5904 for the first edition of 1860. Europe, where many of her historical novels are set. 1886 £60

39. The Atelier du Lys, or An Art Student in the 45. Osé, or The Alpine Flower. By the Author of Reign of Terror. By the Author of “Mademoiselle Mori”, &c. FIRST EDITION(?) “Mademoiselle Mori”. Copyright edn. 2 vols. Frederick Warne & Co. Half title, front., Leipzig: Bernhard Tauchnitz. (Collection of 2 plates. Contemp. pink binder's cloth, black British authors, vols 1640 & 1641.) Sl. later leather label; sl. dulled. v.g. half dark brown morocco. Bookplates of ¶Not in BL or on Copac. See Topp, vol. IV, Dorothy Meynell. v.g. no. 606. ¶Todd 1640 & 1641; without distinguishing [1877?] £120 half title. 1877 £40 46. Tempest Tossed: the story of Seejungfer. By the Author of "Mademoiselle Mori". With illus. 40. The Atelier du Lys, ... Longmans. Half title, by Miriam Kerns. FIRST EDITION. 12pp cata. (Nov. 1883). Orig. green cloth, Routledge. Front., 3 plates. Contemp. half dark blocked in black, lettered in gilt; spine sl. darkened, otherwise a v.g. bright copy. blue morocco; spine sl. faded, corners sl. [1883] £40 rubbed. Owner's inscription, 1884. A good- plus copy. 41. The Atelier du Lys, ... Longmans. Half title, ¶Wolff 5908; his copy has a presentation 16pp cata. Orig. grey-green cloth, blocked in inscription dated October 1883. 1884[1883] £75 scarlet, black & gilt; sl. rubbing. Owner's signature, 1888. A good-plus copy. ______¶Allibone dates the first edition as 1876 as in BL, but Wolff 5895 thinks it may be as early as 1866. 47. ROBINSON, Clara. Her Shield. FIRST 1886 £35 EDITION. W. Nicholson & Sons. Half title, vignette title, additional printed title, 20pp cata. 42. A Child of the Revolution. By the author of Orig. dark blue cloth, bevelled boards, borders "The Atelier du Lys". ... FIRST EDITION. in black, lettered in gilt. v.g. Hatchards. Half title, front. & illus. by ¶Not in Wolff. Sole copy on Copac is in BL, C.J. Staniland; leading f.e.p. adhesing to dated c.1885. leading blank. Orig. dark green cloth, lettered [c.1885] £40 ROBINSON ______

48. ROBINSON, Edith. A Loyal Little Maid. 52. Memoirs of the late Mrs. Robinson, written by FIRST EDITION. Boston: Joseph Knight Co. herself. From the edition edited by her Half title, front. & illus. by Amy M. Sacker. daughter. Whittaker, Treacher, & Arnot. (Auto- Orig. pale green cloth, blocked in dark green & biography, vol. VII.) Front. port., collective pink, lettered in gilt. Owner’s inscription dated titlepage (Hunt & Clarke imprint). Orig. olive 1897. v.g. green cloth, paper label. v.g. ¶Not on Copac; in the Library of Congress. ¶Edited by her daughter, Mary Elizabeth. With 1897 £45 the autobiography of the actress Charlotte Charke, the youngest daughter of Colley Cibber. HOVENDEN V.C. Each part is paginated separately, and has its own 49. ROBINSON, Frances Mabel. Hovendon, titlepage with the Whittaker imprint. Charlotte Charke's autobiography is dated 1829. Hunt & V.C., the destiny of a man of action. A novel. Clarke began publishing the Autobiography FIRST ONE-VOLUME EDITION. Methuen series, with Whittaker and Treacher taking over. & Co. Half title, 24pp cata. (April 1894) 1830 £45 unopened; the odd spot. Orig. blue cloth, spine ______blocked & lettered in silver; spine sl. dulled. ¶Not in Wolff. First published in 1891 in 3 vols. 53. ROMER, Isabella. The Bird of Passage; or, This 1-volume edition not in BL. Set in the Zulu Flying Glimpses of Many Lands. FIRST wars. Frances Robinson, 1858-1956, was one of EDITION. 3 vols. Richard Bentley. Half title the first female students at the University of London, novelist, translator, & contributor & front. vol. I only. 3 vols in 2 in contemp. half articles to periodicals. She maintained an interest tan calf, spines with raised gilt bands, red & in Irish politics, and in 1886 published An Irish green leather labels; sl. splitting to tail of front History for English Readers. See Loeber p.1131. hinge vol. II. Armorial bookplates of A. 1894 £50 Lamont of Knockdow. v.g. ¶A series of short stories set in Eastern Europe & the Middle East. The bookplate is probably that ROBINSON, Mary “Perdita”, 1757-1800 of Alexander Lamont who was the father of Robinson was an actress, novelist and poet; James Lamont, the politician and arctic explorer. Walsingham (1797) was her most celebrated and 1849 £320 controversial work. She is chiefly remembered for her scandalous liaison with the future George IV; she signed herself "Perdita" after the character she was 54. ROOSEVELT, Blanche. The Copper Queen: playing in A Winter's Tale when she first caught his a romance of to-day and yesterday. 2nd edn. 3 eye. In a series of letters between the two, Robinson vols. Ward & Downey. Half titles; name cut was 'Perdita' to the Prince's 'Florizel'. from leading f.e.p. vol. I. Uncut in orig. blue cloth, lettered in gilt; sl. rubbing to heads & PERDITA ROBINSON tails of spines, corners a little knocked. Labels 50. Lyrical Tales. FIRST EDITION. T.N. of W.H. Smith's circulating library on leading Longman & O. Rees. Small repair to top pastedowns. A good-plus copy. inner margin of titlepage, not affecting ¶See Wolff 5954 for the first edition of 1886. text. Contemp. half red calf neatly rebacked Roosevelt, 1853-1898, was an American opera retaining orig. spine strip; sl. rubbed. A good- singer & author, friend of Wilkie Collins, mistress plus copy. of Guy de Maupassant. 1800 £450 1887 £120

WALSINGHAM 55. ROS, Amanda McKittrick. Irene Iddesleigh. 51. Walsingham; or, The Pupil of Nature. A FIRST EDITION. Belfast: printed by W. & G. domestic story. 2nd edn. 4 vols. Printed at the Baird. Half title, errata slip altered in ink by the Minerva Press for Lane, Newman, & Co. Half author to read ‘Printers’ errors’ and initialled titles. Contemp. half calf, spines lettered & with 'A.M.R.'. Orig. red cloth, lettered in gilt; spine simple horizontal rules in gilt; spines worn & sl. dulled. v.g. sl. cracked, small repairs to leading hinges. ¶Wolff 5958: Wolff 5958. An infamously poorly-written and ungrammatical novel, which Armorial bookplates of Sir Henry Hay Mac- subsequently reached the status of a minor classic. dougall. A good sound copy of a scarce title 1897 £125 ¶First published in 1797, this second edition recorded only in BL. In the first three volumes of 56. ROS, Amanda McKittrick. Irene Iddesleigh: Walsingham, the title character is shown to have a rival in Sir Sidney Aubrey, the ‘seducer’ of the a novel. Nonesuch Press. Half title, front., 2 woman he loves. In the fourth volume it is plates by W.M.R. Quick. Uncut in contemp. revealed that Sir Sidney is in fact a woman who half calf, patterned cloth sides. Michael uses the disguise of a rich male baronet to give Franklin booklabel. v.g. her freedoms denied to women in the late ¶See Loeber R266. No. 1137 of 1250 copies. eighteenth-century. First published in 1897. 1805 £3,500 1926 £45 50 51 ROSSETTI ______

ROSSETTI, Christina Georgina, 1830-1894 A PAGEANT Daughter of Frances & Gabriele Rossetti, sister to 63. A Pageant and other poems. FIRST EDITION. Maria, Dante Gabriele & William Michael. She wrote Macmillan. Half title. Uncut in orig. dark blue over 900 poems in English & 60 in Italian. Her first cloth, blocked & lettered in gilt. Small collection, Verses, was privately printed in 1847, but booklabel of M.A.D. A v.g. bright copy. it was not until 1862 and the publication of Goblin 1881 £150 Market and other poems that she received widespread acclaim. 64. Poems. New and enlarged edn. Macmillan. 57. Commonplace, and other short stories. FIRST Half title, front. & plate, final ad. leaf. Uncut in EDITION. F.S. Ellis. Half title, 5pp ads. orig. dark blue cloth, blocked & lettered in gilt. Uncut in orig. dark green cloth by Burn & Co., Ampleforth College library label. v.g. spine lettered in gilt; head & tail of spine v. sl. ¶The 'first complete edition' was published rubbed. Booklabel of Graham Pollard. v.g. in 1890. ¶Eight stories, the earliest of which was written 1894 £65 in 1852. 1870 £250 65. Poems. ... Macmillan. Half title, front. & plate, GOBLIN MARKET final ad. leaf. Uncut in orig. dark blue cloth, 58. Goblin Market, The Prince’s Market, and other blocked & lettered in gilt. v.g. poems. With two designs by D.G. Rossetti. 1899 £65 FIRST EDITION. Cambridge: Macmillan & PRINCE'S PROGRESS Co. Front., vignette title, printed title, 16pp 66. The Prince’s Progress; and other poems. With cata. Orig. dark blue horizontal-grained cloth two designs by D.G. Rossetti. FIRST by Burn & Kirby’s, blocked and lettered in gilt; EDITION. Macmillan. Half title, front., small scratch at foot of front board, spine a little vignette title, additional printed title. dulled & sl. rubbed at head & tail. Owner’s Untrimmed in orig. green glazed cloth by Burn signature on title dated Oct/62. & Kirby’s, decorated & lettered in gilt. John ¶Wolff 5975; the only work by Rossetti included in his collection. Sparrow’s small booklabel. A v.g. bright copy. 1862 £300 ¶SCARCE. 1866 £950 59. Goblin Market, ... 2nd edn. Macmillan. Front., ROSSETTI’S RHYMES: vignette title, printed title. Orig. blue glazed HUGHES’ ILLUSTRATIONS cloth, blocked and lettered in gilt; spine sl. 67. Sing-Song. A Nursery Rhyme book. With one dulled, small neat repairs to leading hinge. hundred and twenty illus. by Arthur Hughes. Owner's inscription on leading f.e.p., 1869. A Engraved by the brothers Dalziel. FIRST good-plus copy. EDITION. Routledge. Half title, front., 1865 £200 vignette title, illus., 2pp ads. Orig. red pictorial 60. Goblin Market, ... New edn. Macmillan. Half cloth, lettered in black & red; spine darkened, a title, front. & 3 plates. Orig. brown cloth, bit rubbed, inner hinges cracking. a.e.g. A blocked and lettered in gilt; spine sl. dulled. good sound copy. Small bookseller's ticket, Alexander Day, ¶Written in pencil on leading f.e.p: "6.3.74, . Heywood Hill, First Edition, Siegfried Sassoon's ¶Spine title: POEMS. copy". With a contemp. inscription on half title: 'For Mrs Dickers, Nursery Mass, /74'. 1875 £125 1872 £150 61. Maude: a story for girls. With an introduction ALICE IMITATION by William Michael Rossetti. FIRST EDITION. 68. Speaking Likenesses. With pictures thereof by James Bowden. Half title, front. port. of the Arthur Hughes. FIRST EDITION. Macmillan author by Dante G. Rossetti. Uncut in orig. blue & Co. Front., vignette title, plates, illus; sl. buckram, lettered in gilt; sl. dulled. v.g. foxing in prelims. Orig. blue glazed cloth by ¶One of 500 copies. The prefatory note states that Burn & Co., front boards pictorially blocked, Rossetti originally wrote this 'Tale for Girls' in or around 1850. ruled & lettered in gilt; spine sl. dulled. t.e.g. 1897 £60 v.g. ¶Rossetti’s child-like fantasy owes much to the 62. New Poems, hitherto unpublished or works of , and in particular Alice in uncollected; ed. by William Michael Rossetti. Wonderland, which had been published nine FIRST EDITION. Macmillan. Half title, front. years earlier: 'Never before had the yew walk led port., 2pp ads. Uncut in orig. dark blue cloth, to a door: but now at the further end stood a door with bell and knocker, and 'Ring also' printed in blocked in gilt with design by D.G. Rossetti; black letters on a brass plate; all as plain as sl. dulled. Bookplate of Matthew Ridley possible in the lamplight. Flora stretched up her Corbet. v.g. hand, and knocked and rang also. She was ¶The preface is dated August 1895. surprised to feel the knocker shake hands with 1896 £85 her, and to see the bell handle twist round and ROSSETTI ______

open the door. 'Dear me,' thought she, 'why could Uncut in orig. blue cloth, lettered & dec. in gilt; not the door open itself instead of troubling the following inner hinge strengthened. bell?' But she only said 'Thank you,' and walked 1898 £85 in.' The illustrations also owe much to the original illustrations in Alice in Wonderland by . 75. Christina Rossetti; ... 4th edn, completing two 1874 £350 thousand five hundred. Thomas Burleigh. Half title, front., plates, facsims. Uncut in orig. 69. Verses. Published under the direction of the maroon cloth, spine lettered in gilt; a little Tract Committee. SPCK. Printed on thick faded. paper, rubricated text. Uncut in orig. dark blue ¶Ownership inscription dated 1931, 'from the buckram, bevelled boards, lettered in gilt. library of the Very Rev. W.H. Hutton, Dean of Contemp. signature of Beatrice A.S. Black. Winchester'. t.e.g. v.g. 1898 £50 ¶Reprinted from Called to be Saints, Time Flies, _____ and The Face of the Deep. The author's birth and death dates have been added on titlepage in BIOGRAPHY OF CHRISTINA'S FATHER contemp. hand. 76. ROSSETTI, Gabriele. Gabriele Rossetti; a 1893 £50 versified autobiography. FIRST EDITION. Translated and supplemented by William INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR Michael Rossetti. Sands & Co. Half title, TO HER BIOGRAPHER front., title in red and black. Uncut in orig. 70. Verses. ... 6th edn. SPCK. Printed on thick dark blue buckram, bevelled boards, lettered in paper, rubricated text. Uncut in orig. dark blue gilt; spine dulled, a little rubbed. A good- buckram, bevelled boards, lettered in gilt. plus copy. t.e.g. v.g. ¶By Christina Rossetti's father. Edition limited to ¶INSCRIBED on the titlepage to 'Mackenzie Bell 1000; out of series. Esq. 1894'. At the foot of the titlepage, Rossetti has added a line in ms from her poem Hope is 1901 £45 Like a Harebell: ‘Faith is like a lily, lifted high and white, Christina G. Rossetti'. Henry 77. SANDARS, Mary F. The Life of Christina Mackenzie Bell was a friend of Christina Rossetti. FIRST EDITION. Hutchinson & Co. Rossetti, and wrote an autobiographical and Half title, front. port., plates; the odd spot. critical study of her, published in 1898, with his Orig. blue cloth; spine a little faded. With stamp on e.p. & date added to inscription in pencil publisher’s compliments stamp on title. A '2nd Aug.'. See items 73-75. good-plus copy. 1893 £850 ¶BL dates this as [1930]. 71. The Family Letters of Christina Georgina [1930] £30 Rossetti; with some supplementary letters and 78. STUART, Dorothy Margaret. Christina appendices, edited by William Michael Rossetti. FIRST EDITION. Macmillan. Rossetti. FIRST EDITION. Brown, Langham (English men of letters.) Half title. Uncut in & Co. Half title, front., 10 plates. Uncut in orig. green cloth. v.g. orig. maroon cloth. v.g. in sl. rubbed d.w. 1908 £45 1930 £20 ______72. The Family Letters of Christina Georgina Rossetti; ... FIRST EDITION. Brown, Langham 79. (ROSSETTI, Elizabeth Eleanor) HUNT, & Co. Half title, front., 10 plates; the odd spot. Violet. The Wife of Rossetti: her life and Uncut in orig. blue-green buckram,front board death. FIRST EDITION. John Lane, The Bodley Head. Half title, front., corrigenda & spine gilt-lettered; spine faded, boards marked. 1908 £40 slip, plates, 4pp ads. Orig. dark blue/green cloth. v.g. BELL, Henry Mackenzie ¶Biography of Lizzie Siddal, written to coincide with the centenary of Rossetti’s birth. 73. Christina Rossetti; a biographical and critical 1932 £30 study. FIRST EDITION. Hurst & Blackett. Half title, front., plates, facsims, 4pp ads. Uncut 80. ROWAN, Frederica. History of . in orig. grey-brown cloth, lettered in gilt. FIRST EDITION. Edinburgh: William & Bookplate of Laurence B. Diron. A v.g. copy. Robert Chambers. (Chambers's Library for 1898 £85 young people.) Series title, front; lacks leading f.e.p. Orig. royal blue wavy-grained cloth, 74. Christina Rossetti; ... FIRST AMERICAN blocked in gilt & blind; some sl. rubbing, but a EDITION. Boston: Roberts Brothers. Half v.g. attractive copy. title, front. port., plates, facsims, final ad. leaf. 1851 £30 59 62

63 66 68 ROWAN ______

81. ROWAN, Frederica. History of Scotland. 86. CARO, Elme Marie. George Sand. Translated FIRST EDITION. Edinburgh: William & by Gustave Masson. George Routledge & Sons. Robert Chambers. (Chambers's Library for (Great French Writers.) Half title, front. port. young people.) Series title, front. (Robert the (reproduction of the drawing by Couture); Bruce); lacks leading free e.p. Orig. royal blue some foxing to prelims. Orig. dark blue cloth; wavy-grained cloth, blocked in gilt & blind; sl. rubbed. Bookplate of Ernest H. Shackleton. front inner hinge weak, some sl. rubbing, but a ¶First published in French, 1887. First English v.g. attractive copy. edition. 1851 £30 1888 £35

82. (RUSSELL, Mary Russell, Countess) The 87. SANDARS, Mary F. George Sand. Robert Solitary Summer. By the Author of “Elizabeth Holden & Co. Half title, front. & 7 other ports. and her German garden”. Copyright edn. on plate paper; much of text remains unopened. Leipzig: Bernhard Tauchnitz. (Collection of Orig. red cloth; spine sl. sunned but a v.g. copy. British authors, vol. 3437.) Half title. Orig. ¶First edition. publisher’s pink cloth; spine v. sl. faded. v.g. 1927 £35 ¶Todd 3431c. 1900 £20 88. THOMAS, Bertha. George Sand. W.H. Allen & Co. (Eminent Women Series.) Orig. yellow UNRECORDED cloth, spine & front board lettered in black; 83. S., C. Scraps from Grandmamma’s Portfolio. spine darkened, a little dusted. A good By C.S. T. Cooper, Battersea. Half title. Orig. sound copy. blue cloth-covered limp boards, lettered in gilt; ¶First edition. some sl. rubbing. A good-plus copy. 1883 £25 ¶Not in BL or recorded on Copac. With ownership inscription dated August 1879 and a 89. THOMAS, Bertha. George Sand. W.H. Allen loosely inserted manuscript poem in the same hand, 'To Eva'. The author lived in Camberwell & Co. (Eminent Women Series.) 8pp cata. (n.d. and Stockwell, South London. but references to 1888). Orig. dark green cloth, 1879 £45 spine & front board lettered in gilt, front board with two dec. vertical gilt bands. v.g. Signed SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY Harriet Kendall. (SALAMAN, Rosa Emma) 84. Poems. By R.E.S. 1883 [1888] £20 FIRST EDITION. Edward Churton. Half title, ______front. (Morvern by M.A Cole). Orig. royal blue cloth, blocked in blind, front board with central 90. (SANDHAM, Elizabeth) The School-Fellows: vignette in gilt, spine lettered in gilt; spine sl. a moral tale. By the Author of “The Twin darkened & a little rubbed. a.e.g. A good- Sisters” ... FIRST EDITION. J. Souter. Engr. plus copy. front., final ad. leaf. Contemp. full tree sheep; ¶Copies at BL, Oxford, Cambridge & NLS are sl. rubbing, lacking free e.ps. entered under initials. This is an inscribed ¶BL & Oxford only on Copace. Dedicated to the presentation copy: 'To Mrs H. Brethell, with the children of her former school-fellows. kind love of the authoress, Rosa Emma Salaman, 1855'. Several of the poems have been dedicated 1818 £85 to members of the author's family in her own hand, for example The Last Night 'to my nephew 91. SANDHAM, Elizabeth. The Twin Sisters; or, Charlie'. Salaman was a Jewish writer. The Advantages of Religion. By Miss Sandham; 1853 £150 author of many approved works for young persons. 8th edn. Printed for J. Harris. Half SAND, George, pseud., Baroness Amandine title, engr. front. Contemp. publisher’s full Aurore Lucie Dudevant, 1804-1876 sheep binding, spine with simple gilt rules; Born in Paris, Sand, who took her name from a liaison spine a little rubbed with sl. wear at head & tail. with the writer Jules Sandeau, was one of the leading Owner's inscription on leading pastedown, figures of 19th century French literature. Her works typically followed the fortunes of strong and 1843. A good-plus copy. uncompromising women; a reflection of her own ¶Earliest edition recorded on Copac is the second vehement resentment of female subjugation. Her first of 1807. major work Rose et Blanche, was published in 1831. 1816 £45

85. The George Sand - Gustave Flaubert Letters. 92. SATGÉ SAINT JEAN, Caroline de, Translated by Aimee L. McKenzie with an Viscountess. The Cave of the Huguenots; a introduction by Stuart P. Sherman. Duckworth tale of the XVIIth century, and other poems. & Co. Half title. Orig. mustard cloth, spine Bath: Binns & Goodwin. Engr. front. port., list label; a little dulled but a good sound copy. of subscribers with 6 names added in ms. to the ¶First English edition, 1922. 'Additional Subscribers' list, 3 engr. plates, 10pp 1922 £35 cata. Handsomely bound in orig. dark green SATGÉ SAINT JEAN ______

diagonal-grained cloth, coloured to give ¶This novel of African life remained unfinished uniform pale green vertical stripes, elaborately when Schreiner died in 1920. Cronwright- blocked in gilt. Owner's inscription, August Schreiner provides a brief summary of the closing chapters, based on the author's 1866. a.e.g. A v.g bright copy in attractive projections. presentation binding. 1926 £25 ¶An epic account of the Second Huguenot Rebellion of 1625, during the reign of Louis XIII. 98. Stories, Dreams and Allegories. FIRST [1852?] £150 EDITION. T. Fisher Unwin. Half title, front. 93. SAUNDERS, Katherine (afterwards port., 4pp ads; sl. foxing in prelims. Orig. Cooper) The High Mills. FIRST EDITION. 3 purple cloth, bevelled boards, spine lettered in vols. Henry S. King. Half titles, 72pp cata. vol. gilt; some sl. rubbing. A good-plus copy. II; affected by damp at tail. Orig. green cloth; ¶Not in Wolff. dulled, inner hinges cracking; library labels 1923 £25 partially removed from leading pastedowns. A 99. The Story of an African Farm. A novel. New poor copy. edn. Chapman & Hall. Half title, 4pp ads. ¶Wolff 6176; BL only on Copac. Dedicated to Sir Arthur Helps. Orig. green cloth, lettered in black & gilt; spine 1875 £60 a little dulled. ¶See Wolff 6211 for the first edition of 1883. SCHREINER, Olive 1887 £35 (Ralph Iron, pseud.), 1855-1920 100. The Story of an African Farm. ... New edn. Born to missionary parents in South Africa, she wrote her first three novels Undine, (published post- Chapman & Hall. Half title, 8pp ads; some humously in 1929), The Story of an African Farm light foxing. Orig. green cloth; spine a little (1883), From Man to Man (never completed, partially rubbed and sl. damp-marked at head. Signed published in 1926) while governess to Boer farming ‘Emily Lancaster, Easter 1893’ on leading f.e.p. families. In England she became friends with A good-plus copy. Havelock Ellis & Edward Carpenter and many 1892 £20 feminist activists. The Story of an African Farm made Schreiner's name both as a celebrity and a notorious 101. Trooper Peter Halket of Mashonaland. FIRST 'free-thinker' and defender of 'immorality'. EDITION. T. Fisher Unwin. Ad. preceding half title, front. (a lynching scene ‘from a 94. Dream Life and Real Life: a little African story. photograph taken in Matabeleland’), title in red FIRST EDITION. T. Fisher Unwin. & black, 24pp cata. (1897); some browning. (Pseudonym library, no. 32.) Half title, initial Orig. green cloth, spine lettered in gilt. A good- ad. leaf, lacks leading free e.p. Uncut in orig. plus copy. buff cloth; blocked & lettered in dark blue; a ¶Wolff 6212. With the controversial frontispiece little dulled. Small bookseller's ticket, Boyveau depicting 3 men hanging from a tree, apparently & Chevillet, Paris. t.e.g. A good-plus copy. later suppressed. ¶Not in Wolff. 1897 £45 1893 £30 DREAMS 102. Trooper Peter Halket of Mashonaland. FIRST 95. Dreams. 2nd edn. T. Fisher Unwin. Half title, AMERICAN EDITION. Boston: Roberts front. port., 24pp cata. Orig. light brown cloth, Brothers. Half title, front. (a lynching scene bevelled boards, pictorically blocked in copper ‘from a photograph taken in Matabeleland’), & blue; a little darkened. t.e.g. A good- 6pp ads; light foxing throughout. Orig. light plus copy. green cloth, spine lettered in gilt; small stain on ¶Not in Sadleir or Wolff. The earliest edition in front board, spine dulled and sl. rubbed. BL is the third. A collection of feminist & 1897 £50 socialist allegories. 1891 £50 103. SCHREINER, S.C. Cronwright. The Life of Olive Schreiner. FIRST AMERICAN 96. Dreams. 4th edn. T. Fisher Unwin. Half title, EDITION. Boston: Little, Brown, & Co. Half front., 10pp cata. (1892) partially unopened. title, front. port., plates. Uncut in orig. olive Orig. light brown cloth, blocked in copper & green cloth, paper label; front inner hinge sl. blue, gilt lettered on spine. v.g. cracking, spine sl. dulled with library number. 1892 £50 Perforated stamp of Massachusetts State Library. v.g. 97. From Man to Man; or, Perhaps Only ... With ¶Released in Britain by T. Fisher Unwin an introduction by S.C. Cronwright-Schreiner. in 1924. FIRST EDITION. T. Fisher Unwin. Half title, 1924 £25 front. port. Orig. red cloth; a bit dulled. ______84 108 SCOTT ______

SCOTT, Caroline Lucy, Lady, 1784-1857 SEDGWICK, Anne Douglas, 1873-1935 Scott was the author of a number of pious pamphlets Sedgwick was born in New Jersey, but moved to in the early 1800s, and went on to write several highly England when she was eight years old. Her novels successful novels, the first of which, A Marriage in often betrayed her American roots, contrasting the High Life, was published in 1828. For her ‘drivelling values of the US with those of her adopted country. kind of dialogue, and equally drivelling narrative’, she had the dubious honour of being attacked by George 109. Adrienne Toner. FIRST EDITION. Edward Eliot in her essay of 1856, Silly Novels by Lady Arnold. Half title. Orig. black cloth, lettered in Novelists. yellow; a little dulled & sl. rubbed, front inner 104. A Marriage in High Life. Edited by the hinge sl. weak. Booklabel of Catherine E. Authoress of ‘Flirtation’ (Lady Charlotte Bury). Heywood. A good sound copy. FIRST EDITION. 2 vols. Henry Colburn. Half 1921 £25 title vol. II, following errata leaf + 3pp ads vol. I; a little foxed. Late 19th century half maroon 110. Autumn Crocuses. FIRST EDITION. Martin sheep, pink cloth corners; inner hinges Secker. Half title, 6pp ads + 8pp cata. (1910- cracking, spines a bit worn. Mary Herbert 1920). Orig. blue cloth; spine faded, a bit booklabels. A good sound copy. rubbed. A good sound copy. ¶Sadleir 3036, Wolff 6217. [1920] £20 1828 £75 111. The Confounding of Camelia. FIRST 105. Trevelyan. By the author of “A Marriage in EDITION. William Heinemann. Ad. leaf

High Life”. Paris: Baudry’s European Library. preceding half title, 32pp cata. Orig. pale green Some spotting throughout. Contemp. half calf, pictorial cloth, lettered in gilt; spine faded. A spine gilt in compartments, black leather label; good-plus copy. a little rubbed. James Watt booklabel. A good- 1899 £50 plus copy. ¶First published in 1833. 112. Dark Hester. FIRST EDITION. Constable & 1835 £40 Co. Half title, final ad. leaf. Orig. green cloth, 106. Trevelyan. .. Complete in one vol. Richard lettered in black. v.g. Bentley. (Bentley's Standard novels, no. LVIII.) ¶Her penultimate novel, and one of her most Half title, front. & engr. title sl. foxed, successful; this reached number three in the list additional printed titles. Binding A - glazed of American bestsellers for the year 1929. 1929 £20 plum-coloured linen, black labels; spine faded & worn, labels chipped with sl. loss. Armorial DULL MISS ARCHINARD bookplate of Andrew Arcedeckne, Glevering 113. The Dull Miss Archinard. FIRST EDITION. Hall. A good sound copy. William Heinemann. Half title, 32pp ¶See Wolff 6219. cata.; several leaves remain unopened; 1837 £60 following inner hinge repaired. Orig. pale green FIRST FRENCH EDITION. pictorial cloth, lettered in gilt; spine sl. dulled, 107. (Trevelyan.) Tryvelyan. Par l'auteur d'Élisa otherwise v.g. Riwers et du Marriage dans le Grand Monde. ¶Her first published novel. FIRST FRENCH EDITION. 3 vols. Paris: 1898 £50 Adolphe Guyot, Libraire-Éditeur. Half titles. 3 vols in 2 in contemp. flecked glazed boards, 114. The Old Countess. FIRST EDITION. green leather labels. Small library label of the Constable & Co. Half title, final ad. leaf. Orig. Chateau de la Fortelle. A v.g. copy in attractive green cloth, lettered in black. v.g. continental binding. ¶One of her most successful titles, reaching ¶Elisa Riwers is the French translation of the number nine in the American list of bestsellers for novel The Favourite of Nature, in fact written by the year 1927. Mary Ann Kelty and not Caroline Scott. 1927 £35 1834-35 £120 ______115. The Rescue. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. THE HEN-PECKED HUSBAND New York: The Century Co. Half title, col. 108. SCOTT, Harriet Anne. The Hen-Pecked front. Untrimmed in orig. pale blue cloth, Husband: a novel. G. Routledge & Co. blocked in cream & gilt, lettered in gilt; corners Rebound 'yellowback' in contemp. half green sl. knocked. A v.g. attractive copy. calf, maroon label sl. chipped; spine faded to 1902 £30 brown, sl. rubbed. Signed 'Bective, 1854'. A good-plus copy. 116. Tante. FIRST EDITION. Edward Arnold. ¶Topp, vol. I, p.29. Her second novel, first Half title, 8pp ads. Orig. brown cloth, lettered published in 1847 in three volumes. in black; spine dulled & sl. worn. 1853 £50 1911 £20 SEDGWICK ______

117. That Little French Girl. FIRST AMERICAN 124. SERGEANT, Adeline. Out of Due Season. A EDITION. Boston & New York: Houghton mezzotint. FIRST EDITION. William Heine- Mifflin Co. Half title. Orig. grey cloth, lettered mann. Half title, 16pp ads partially unopened. in blue; head & tail of spine worn. sl. dulled. Orig. maroon cloth, blocked & lettered in black Owner's inscription, 19.XII.24. & gilt. Owner inscription on half title 1895. v.g. ¶Her most successful title, reaching number ¶Not in Wolff, who had many of her novels. three in the American list of bestsellers for the 1895 £40 year 1924. 1924 £20 125. SERGEANT, Adeline. The Yellow Diamond. FIRST EDITION. Methuen & Co. Half title, 118. The Third Window. FIRST EDITION. Martin 38 pp cata. (July 1903). Orig. blue cloth, Secker. Half title, 8pp cata. (1910-1920). Orig. lettered in gilt; spine sl. creased. v.g. yellow cloth; spine sl. darkened. v.g. ¶Not in Wolff. 1920 £30 1904 £30

119. Valerie Upton. Thomas Nelson & Sons. Front., 126. SEWARD, Anna. Miss Seward's Monody on 4pp ads. Orig. red cloth; spine sl. dulled. Major André: and Elegy on Captain Cook. Also ¶First published in 1908. Mr Pratt's Sympathy. A poem. (Edition [c.1927] £10 statement erased.) FIRST EDITION. Longman. ______Half title; name cut from titlepage of 'Sympathy'. Marbled wrappers, paper label. v.g. SEDGWICK, Catharine Maria, 1789-1867 ¶Continuously paginated, but each of the three works with separate titlepage. A Monody on 120. Clarence: a tale of our own times. FIRST Major André was first published in Lichfield in ENGLISH EDITION. 3 vols. Henry Colburn 1781; An Elegy on Captain Cook was first & Richard Bentley. Contemp. half calf, spines published in 1780. Sympathy, a poem, by Samuel with raised bands & devices in blind, dark green Jackson Pratt, was first published in 1781. Anna leather labels; sl. rubbing, hinges a little worn. Seward, 1742-1809, dubbed 'The Swan of ¶Not in Sadleir or Wolff. This 'domestic novel' Lichfield', was a romantic poet and prolific letter was first published in America earlier in 1830, by writer. She was an associate of Erasmus Darwin, Carey & Lea of Philadelphia. and wrote a memoir of him after his death in 1830 £380 1802. Her poetic works were admired by Sir Walter Scott, and published by him in 1810. 121. Clarence; or, ... Belfast: Simms & M’Intyre. 1817 £45 Contemp. half calf, spine dec. in gilt, maroon leather label; v. sl. rubbing. v.g. SEWARD'S LETTERS ¶Sadleir 3754. This is the Parlour Novelist edition. 127. SEWARD, Anna. Letters of Anna Seward: 1846 £65 written between the years 1784 & 1807. FIRST EDITION. 6 vols. Archibald Constable & Co. 122. Letters from Abroad to Kindred at Home. By Half titles, engr. fronts vols I, II & III. the author of "Hope Leslie" .... FIRST Contemp. half scarlet roan, spines ruled & EDITION. 2 vols. New York: Harper & lettered in gilt; sl. rubbing, leading hinge sl. Brothers. 29pp cata. vol. I, final ad. leaf vol. II. worn vol. VI. Each vol. with the small armorial Orig. dark brown vertical-grained cloth, front bookstamp of M.A. on leading pastedown. v.g. boards handsomely blocked with ornate gilt 1811 £480 roundels, spines lettered in gilt; minor, expertly executed, repairs. Bookseller's ticket: SEWELL, Anna Mary, 1820-1878 Lockwood's, 411 Broadway. A v.g. copy. Sewell wrote a number of tales for the young, but will ¶Letters illustrative of a tour of Europe, by one of always be associated with her most famous work, America's leading proponents of the domestic Black Beauty, which was first published in 1877. novel. A nice association copy, with presentation Conceived to highlight the chronic mistreatment of inscription from Sedgwick's sister-in-law: 'Mr horses in the UK, the novel became one of the most Lacaita from his friend Mrs Robert Sedgwick'. successful animal stories ever written, selling over This was Elizabeth Dana Sedgwick, who was 100,000 copies in its first year of publication. married to Catharine's older brother Robert. 1841 £350 BLACK BEAUTY ______128. Black Beauty: the Autobiography of a Horse. 4th edn. Jarrold & Sons. Front. with name cut 123. SELBY, Angelica. In the Sunlight. 2nd edn. from upper margin with sl. loss of image, 2 vols. Frederick Warne. Half titles, 4pp ads carefully replaced with similar paper, 8pp ads, vol. II. Orig. dark blue cloth, lettered in gilt; sl. brown e.ps. Orig. dark blue diagonal fine- rubbed & dulled with sm. splits in following ribbed cloth, blocked & lettered in black & gilt, hinge vol. I. lettering reversed out of gilt; spine sl. dulled, ¶Not in Sadleir or Wolff. Selby wrote only one but generally a v.g. bright copy. other book: On Duty. A story for children. (1888). ¶See Wolff 6250 for first edition. 1890 £120 [1878] £420 127 128 SEWELL ______

129. Black Beauty: ... 8th edn. 24th thousand. 135. The Experience of Life. New edn. Longmans. Jarrold & Sons. Front., 8pp cata. Orig. cherry Half title, 4pp ads. Orig. pale blue pictorial red diagonal fine-ribbed cloth, blocked & cloth. v.g. lettered in black & gilt; a little dulled & sl. ¶See Wolff 6253 for the first edition of 1853. A rubbed. Gift inscription, Christmas 1879. A uniform edition (see item 131). good-plus copy. 1886 £30 [1879] £250 136. Gertrude. New edn. Longmans. Half title, 2pp 130. Black Beauty: ... 12th edn. 41st thousand. ads. Orig. pale blue pictorial cloth; sl. dulled, Jarrold & Sons. Front. & 1 plate, 6pp ads. Orig. back board sl. marked. v.g. dark blue diagonal fine-ribbed cloth, blocked & ¶Sadleir 3042 is the first edition, 1845; Wolff lettered in black & gilt, lettering reversed out of 6254 is a second edition. A uniform edition (see gilt; small unobtrusive nick to spine, sl. item 131). rubbing. School prize label, June 1880. v.g. 1886 £30 ¶The early editions of Sewell's celebrated work are notoriously difficult to date. There seems to 137. A Glimpse of the World. New edn. Longmans. be little consensus among libraries as to when the Half title, 16pp cata. (Aug. 1887). Orig. pale early editions were published. An 8th edition is blue pictorial cloth; sl. dulled. v.g. dated by the National Library of Scotland as ¶See Wolff 6256 for the first edition of 1863. A [1880?]. The 14th edition was probably uniform edition (seeitem 131). published as early as 1882, and a 27th edition was 1886 £30 published by the mid-1880s. This 12th edition is not on Copac. IMPRESSIONS OF ROME [1880?] £200 138. Impressions of Rome, Florence, and Turin. By ______the author of “Amy Herbert”. FIRST EDITION. Longmans. Half title, final ad. leaf. SEWELL, Elizabeth Missing, 1815-1906 Orig. dark purple cloth by Westley's & Co; Highly popular in both the UK & America, Sewell is spine sl. faded. Armorial bookplate of H.L. best known as a novelist of the Anglican revival and Barton. v.g. the Oxford Movement. A friend of Charlotte Yonge, 1862 £120 she contributed to The Monthly Packet (see items 919 & 920). A novelist and educationalist, she ran a school 139. Ivors. By the Author of “Amy Herbert”, ... on the Isle of Wight with her sister Ellen; their brother, FIRST EDITION. 2 vols. Longmans, &c. Half Henry Sewell, was the first Premier of New Zealand. titles, 24pp cata. vol. I, red e.ps; with 131. Amy Herbert. New edn. Longmans. Half occasional contemp. annotations in the text. title, 2pp ads. Orig. pale blue dec. cloth; sl. Uncut in orig. bright green cloth, boards dulled. v.g. blocked with ornamental borders in blind, ¶See Wolff 6251 for the first edition of 1844. A spines lettered in gilt; v. sl. dulled, small mark uniform edition, with 'Sewell's Novels and in lower margin of front board vol. II. v.g. Stories' on front board. ¶Wolff 6257; he describes the cloth as bright 1886 £35 ‘poison-green’, contrasting beautifully with bright maroon e.ps. 132. Cleve Hall. New edn. Longmans. Half title, 1856 £180 4pp ads + 16pp cata. (Aug. 1887). Orig. pale blue pictorial cloth; sl. dulled. v.g. 140. The Journal of a Home Life. FIRST EDITION. ¶See Wolff 6252 for the first edition of 1855. A Longmans. Half title unopened, final ad. leaf + uniform edition (see previous item). 32pp cata. (Nov. 1866); inner hinges cracking, 1886 £35 f.e.ps adhering to pastedowns in one or two places. Orig. purple cloth, spine lettered in gilt; 133. The Earl's Daughter. New edn. Longmans. spine faded and sl. rubbed at head & tail. A Half title; following inner hinge cracking. good-plus copy of a scarce item. Orig. pale blue pictorial cloth; sl. dulled. v.g. ¶Wolff 6258. With gift & ownerships ¶This title not in Wolff. A uniform edition (see inscriptions on initial blank, 1867 & 1909. item 131). 1867 £120 1886 £30 141. Katharine Ashton. By the Author of “Amy 134. The Experience of Life. By the Author of Herbert”, ... FIRST EDITION. 2 vols. “Amy Herbert”, &c., &c. New edn. Longman. Longmans. Final ad. leaf vol. I, half title, ad. 24pp cata. mostly unopened, ads on leaf + 24pp cata. vol. II, ads on e.ps; Orig. royal pastedowns; one gathering a little proud. Orig. blue cloth by Westleys, blocked in blind, spines red cloth, blocked in blind; sl. worn at head & lettered in gilt; spines dulled & rubbed, hinges tail of spine. Ownership inscription dated 1855. sl. splitting. Titles signed 'William Rees, 1854’. A good-plus copy. ¶Sadleir 3045; Not in Wolff. Encouraging work ¶See Wolff 6253 for the first edition of 1853. among the poor. 1855 £50 1854 £120 SEWELL ______

LANETON PARSONAGE COMPLETE 147. The Autobiography of Elizabeth M. Sewell. 142. Laneton Parsonage: a tale for children, on the Edited by her niece Eleanor L. Sewell. practical use of a portion of the church Longmans. Half title, front. port. Orig. blue catechism. By the Author of “Amy Herbert”, cloth; a little rubbed, sl. damp marking on spine etc. Edited by the Rev. W. Sewell. 2nd edn. and back board, otherwise a good-plus copy. (First Part.) WITH: Second Part. FIRST ¶This is a signed association copy: 'Eleanor L. EDITION, and Third Part. FIRST EDITION. Sewell, Ashcliff - Bonchurch, to be returned to 3 vols. Longmans. Half title vol. III, 32pp Gilbert H.C. Hawtrey, Concord, N.H., America. catalogue in all three vols (Oct. 1846 and 1847). July 21. 1912.' Ashcliff was the family home at Orig. pink-brown vertical fine-ribbed cloth, Bonchurch on the Isle of Wight. George blocked in blind, spines lettered in gilt; sl. Hawtrey's mother was Emily Sewell, niece of rubbing to heads & tails of spines, inner hinges Elizabeth. 1907 £35 cracking vol. II, vol. III carefully rebacked. Westley & Clark binder’s ticket vol I; Kelly ______and Son vol. III. Different contemp. owners' inscriptions in each vol. SEWELL, Mary, 1797-1884 ¶See Sadleir 3046, 3046a & b. Sadleir did not From a Suffolk Quaker background, Sewell began have first editions of any of the three parts, and writing ballads for young people late in life, achieving gives collations of parts I & II from the Bodleian immense success with the sentimental Mother’s Last copy of the third edition. Part I here is 240pp Words, first published in 1860. She was the mother of rather than 248. See also Wolff 6259 & 6259a - , see items 128-130. he only found later editions of parts I & II, erroneously assumed by him to be the complete MOTHER’S LAST WORDS text. Sewell was a staunch High Church Anglican 148. Mother’s Last Words. A ballad. 82nd edn. propagandist. 932nd thousand. Jarrold & Sons. (Jarrolds’ 1846/1848/1849 £280 Household Tract series, no. 28.) 32pp. Sewn as issued in printed paper wrappers, vignette on 143. Margaret Percival. By the Author of “Amy front wrapper. v.g. Herbert”, etc. Edited by the Rev. William ¶First published c.1861 as ‘a ballad for boys’. Sewell. FIRST EDITION. 2 vols. Longman. The most famous maudlin Victorian ballad. Half titles (preceded by 4pp ads vol. I), 32 pp [c.1870] £50 cata. vol. I (Oct. 1846). Orig. purple-brown vertical-grained cloth, blocked in blind, spines ILLUSTRATED EDITION lettered in gilt; hinges sl. worn, small repairs. 149. Mother’s Last Words. ... Illustrated. Jarrold & ¶See Sadleir 3047 for the first edition of 1847; Sons. Half title, front., plates and illus. Orig. Wolff 6260 is the third edition. With the preface maroon cloth, bevelled boards, front board to the second edition. Margaret Percival was blocked in blind & dec. with central vignette in written at the behest of Elizabeth’s brother to warn against Tractarianism, and the inroads being gilt & green, spine lettered in gilt; darkened & made into the Anglican Church by Catholics. a little rubbed. Ownership inscription on half 1847 £85 title, June 1874. [c.1874] £45 FOR THE NINETEENTH CENTURY 150. Mother’s Last Words. ... Jarrold & Sons. Half 144. Uncle Peter’s Fairy Tale for the Nineteenth title, front. & illus. by W. Cheshire. Orig. lilac Century. Ed. by Elizabeth M. Sewell ... cloth, bevelled boards; vignette on front board Longmans. Half title; sl. foxing. Contemp. half in gilt & red; v. sl. rubbing Gift inscription on green morocco; sl. dulled & worn. Armorial leading f.e.p., 1892. A nice bright copy. bookplates of Edmund and Frances Smyth and [c.1892] £40 the latter’s signature dated July 1871. ¶First published in 1867, 'written for the 151. Mother’s Last Words. ... Jarrold & Sons. Half amusement of private friends'. title, front. & plates by W. Cheshire on plate 1869 £85 paper, 16pp cata. Orig. pale blue cloth, bevelled 145. Ursula; a tale of country life. Longmans. boards; a bit dulled, sl. rubbed. Prize label on (Tales by the author of "Amy Herbert", vol. X.) leading pastedown, 1912. Half title; a little spotted. Contemp. half dark [c.1910] £25 green calf, black leather label; sl. rubbed. ¶See Wolff 6262 for the first edition of 1858. 152. BAYLY, Mary. The Life and Letters of Mrs. 1862 £35 Sewell. 3rd edn. James Nisbet & Co. Front. port., 2pp ads. Orig. brown cloth, lettered in 146. Ursula; ... New edn. Longmans. Half title, 4pp gilt; sl. wear to head of spine, label removed ads. Orig. pale blue pictorial cloth. from spine. ¶A uniform edition (see item 131). ¶BL has no earlier edition. 1886 £25 1889 £30 139 158 SEWELL ______

153. BAYLY, Mary. The Life and Letters of Mrs. (Bentley’s Standard novels, no. 9.) Engr. front. Sewell. 4th edn. James Nisbet & Co. Front., (dated 1831). Orig. brown cloth, blocked in 2pp ads; some foxing in prelims. Orig. brown blind, gilt spine; sl. rubbing. Molesworth, cloth, lettered in gilt; the odd small mark. Galdfredus armorial bookplate. v.g. 1889 £30 ¶See Sadleir 3745a. A reissue of the 1831 first ______one-volume edition of Frankenstein, with the long introduction by the Author. Bound as issued WOMEN'S VOICES with the first volume of Schiller’s The Ghost-Seer! 154. SHARP, Elizabeth Amelia, Mrs. William. 1849 £1,750 Women’s Voices: an anthology of the most FRANKENSTEIN AND THE SPANISH NUN characteristic poems by English, Scotch, and 159. Frankenstein; ... WITH: The Spanish Nun, by Irish Women; selected, arranged, and ed. by Thomas De Quincey. New York: R. Mrs. William Sharp. Walter Scott. Half title, Worthington. 1884 New York: R. Worthington. front. port. Orig. navy blue cloth, lettered in (Franklin edition.) Front. port. (Thomas De gilt. v.g. Quincey), final ad. leaf. Orig. green cloth, ¶From Lady Elizabeth Carew b.1594 to E. Nesbit and the Gillington sisters. blocked & lettered in black & gilt. Owner's [1887] £30 inscription dated 1886. v.g. ¶Each work with separate titlepages; both titles 155. SHAW, Catharine. In The Sunlight and Out named on binding. Of It. A year of my life story. New edn. John 1884 £85 F. Shaw & Co. Front., 16pp cata. Orig. mustard pictorial cloth. Prize inscription, 1895. v.g. 160. PEAKE, Richard Brinsley. Frankenstein. A ¶First published in 1880. romantic drama, in three acts. John Dicks. [c.1895] £30 (Dicks' Standard plays, no. 431.) Illus. Bound into attractive 20th century half calf, maroon SHELLEY, Mary Wollstonecraft, 1797-1851 cloth boards, maroon leather label. v.g. 16pp. Daughter of William Godwin & Mary Wollstonecraft, ¶First performed at the Lyceum Theatre in 1823, she eloped with Percy Shelley in 1814 and married him with Mr Wallack as Frankenstein. after the death of Harriet Shelley in 1816. [c.1875] £280 Frankenstein, her most important & influential novel, was first published in 1818. Six major novels appeared 161. TROPP, Martin. Mary Shelley’s Monster: the over the next twenty years, but none achieved the story of Frankenstein. FIRST EDITION. success of her gothic masterpiece. Boston: Houghton Mifflin. Half title, illus., bibliog. Orig. pictorial wraps. v.g. 156. The Fortunes of Perkin Warbeck. A romance. ¶With selected chronology of Frankenstein films. By the author of "Frankenstein". G. Routledge 1977 £10 & Co. (Routledge's Standard novels.) Front; f.e.ps removed. Orig. red cloth, blocked in THE LAST MAN blind, gilt spine; a little dulled, small hinge 162. The Last Man. By the Author of Frankenstein. repairs. 2nd edn. 3 vols. Henry Colburn. Contemp. ¶First published in 1830. half calf, spines gilt in compartments, maroon 1857 £85 leather labels; leading hinges and corners a FRANKENSTEIN little worn. Marquess of Headfort armorial 157. Frankenstein: or, The Modern Prometheus. bookplates. A good-plus copy. Revised, corrected, and illustrated with a new ¶As in Wolff 6281, p.327 in vol. I is misnumbered introduction by the author. Henry Colburn & 227. One of Shelley's most ambitious but least- Richard Bentley. (Bentley’s Standard novels, well received works. It presents an apocalyptic no. 9.) Front. & engr. title after Holst, additional picture of Britain, in the ruinous wake of a printed title. Contemp. full purple morocco, dreadful plague. The work has lately been blocked in blind, gilt dentelles, tan leather label; considered to be a lament for the demise of Romantic ideals, with some of the major edges & corners a bit rubbed, but a good-plus characters identifiable as prominent figures from copy. the Romantic circle. ¶A re-issue of the first one-volume edition of 1826 £1,500 Frankenstein, with a long introduction by the Author referring to ‘alterations ... principally LODORE those of style’ dated October 1831. Normally bound with the first part if Schiller's The Ghost- 163. Lodore. By the Author of "Frankenstein". Seer, but here bound separately, in contemporary Paris: A. & A. Galignani & Co. Contemp. half binding. dark blue roan, dark blue glazed boards; hinges 1832 £1,200 and corners a little rubbed. Signed 'Emmeline Raulet' in contemp. hand. A good-plus copy in 158. Frankenstein: ... Revised, corrected, and a typical continental binding. illustrated with a new introduction by the ¶Published the same year as the first edition. author. Henry Colburn & Richard Bentley. Shelley's penultimate novel is an examination of SHELLEY ______

woman's struggle against society's patriarchal 170. ROSSETTI, Lucy Maddox. Mrs Shelley. prejudices, as encountered by the women of the FIRST EDITION. W.H. Allen. (Eminent family following the death of Lord Lodore. women series.) Half title, 10pp ads. Orig. 1835 £480 green cloth, lettered & blocked in gilt; sl. rubbing to spine. A good-plus copy. 164. Rambles in Germany and Italy, in 1840, 1842, and 1843. FIRST EDITION. 2 vols. Edward 1890 £35 Moxon. Half titles. Uncut in fairly recent and ______rather functional half calf. Stamps of the Bibliothèque Guernesey. 171. SHEPHERD, Anne, Mrs. Savile, (formerly ¶Mary Shelley’s last published work, dedicated to Anne Houlditch). Ellen Seymour; or, ‘The Samuel Rogers, describing her emotional return Bud and the Flower’. 4th edn. Bath: Binns & to Italy some twenty years after the tragic events Goodwin. Front. & engr. title (by Birket Foster) that led to the death of her husband. spotted, additional printed title, 2pp ads. + 20pp 1844 £750 cata. Orig. red cloth, rubbed, spine worn & with 17 SHORT STORIES splits in hinges. Renier booklabel. A good 165. Tales and Stories. Now first collected. With an sound copy. introduction by Richard Garnett. William ¶Pencil inscription 1857. Part of Binns & Goodwin’s 4/6d series. Paterson & Co. Half title, front. port., 2pp ads; [c.1855?] £20 a few internal marks, small corner torn from e.p. Orig. dark blue cloth; sl. rubbed. 172. SHEPHERD, Anne, Mrs. Savile, (formerly ¶A collection of seventeen short stories. Anne Houlditch). Ellen Seymour; ... 6th edn. 1891 £120 Darton & Co; Bath: Binns & Goodwin. Front. 166. Letters of Mary W. Shelley (mostly unpub- & engr. title by Birket Foster, printed title. lished); with introduction and notes by Henry Handsomely bound in contemp. full green H. Harper. Boston: Bibliophile Society. Half morocco, gilt spine & borders. Small title, engr. limitation leaf, title in red and black. bookseller's ticket, Field’s of Regent Street. Uncut & partially unopened in orig buff Presentation inscription from Anne Mulliner to boards, vellum spine. t.e.g. v.g. in orig. repaired Jane Richardson 1859. a.e.g. v.g. slipcase. 1857 £45 ¶One of 448 copies. 1918 £85 CHARLES AUCHESTER 173. SHEPPARD, Elizabeth Sara. Charles 167. CHURCH, Richard. Mary Shelley. FIRST Auchester. A memorial. FIRST EDITION. 3 EDITION. Gerald Howe. (Representative vols. Hurst & Blackett. 8pp ads vols II & III. women series.) Half title, front. Uncut in orig. Uncut in orig. purple cloth, boards blocked in dark green cloth. v.g. blind, spines blocked in blind & lettered in gilt; 1928 £20 spines faded and a little worn at heads & tails. Each vol. signed Michael Carter on leading 168. GODWIN, William. The Elopement of Percy f.e.p. A good-plus copy of a scarce item. Bysshe Shelley and Mary Wollstonecraft ¶Sadleir 3050, Wolff 6282. Highly praised by Godwin; as narrated by William Godwin, with Disraeli, to whom the book is dedicated. Loosely commentary by H. Buxton Forman. Privately inserted, a type-written note with a quotation printed. Sl. foxing throughout. Uncut in orig. from 'the late Lord Beaconsfield’: 'No greater light brown buckram; with some marking. book will ever be written upon music'. Also with brief biographic details of the authoress, and a key ¶Copyright 1911, by the Bibliophile Society. to the characters. Two hundred copies printed for William K. Bixby, for private distribution; this copy out of 1853 £350 series. With an inscription on leading f.e.p. from Bixby to Sydney Griffith, Bolton N.Y., 1922. 174. SHEPPARD, Elizabeth Sara. Charles 1911 £65 Auchester. 2nd edn. Chapman & Hall. New e.ps at some point. Contemp. half maroon LIFE & LETTERS morocco; rubbed and a little dulled. A good 169. MARSHALL, Florence Ashton. The Life and sound copy. Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley. 2 vols. 1864 £50 FIRST EDITION. Richard Bentley. Half titles, fronts, titles in red and black, facsim. Orig. RUSSIA BY MOTORCYCLE half pale brown cloth, attractive glazed boards, 175. SHERIDAN, Clare. Across Europe with spines lettered in gilt; a little dulled. Labels of Satanella. With 45 illustrations. FIRST Norfolk & Norwich Library. A good-plus copy. EDITION. Duckworth. Half title, front., plates, 1889 £125 8pp ads. Orig. green cloth. v.g. 160 162 SHERIDAN ______

¶A journey across Europe in the pioneering days 180. The Lady of the Manor. (Vols. I, III, 5th edn.; of the motorcycle, illustrated with numerous vols. II, V-VII, 4th edn.; vol. IV, 3rd edn.) photographs. 7 vols. Houlston & Stoneman. 8pp cata. vol. I. 1925 £60 Orig. purple cloth in two sl. different shades, AFGHAN FRONTIER identically blocked; spines faded but a 176. SHERIDAN, Maud. Elaine's Story: a tale of v.g. copy. the Afghan Frontier. FIRST EDITION. 2 vols. ¶Not in Wolff.

Sampson Low, &c. Half titles. Orig. dark 1841-46 £150 green cloth. Rebacked retaining orig. spines; neatly repaired. Remains of library labels on 181. The Lady of the Manor. (Vol. I, 5th edn.; vols. front boards. A good sound copy of Sheridan's II -VI, 4th edn.; vol. VII, 3rd edn.) 7 vols. only novel. Houlston & Stoneman. Contemp. half tan calf, ¶Not in Wolff. spines gilt in compartments, marbled boards & 1879 £200 edges; spines a little rubbed, vol. IV worn at SHERWOOD, Mary Martha, 1775-1851 head; vols III & V are incorrectly numbered at Daughter of a Midlands vicar, Sherwood began base of spines. A good-plus attractive set. writing her books for children while in , where 1841-44 £140 her husband was a captain in the British army. Spectacularly prolific, her output is believed to 182. The Lady of the Manor. New edn. 5 vols. number 'at least' 400 titles. Houlston & Stoneman. Fronts, final ad. leaf vols II & III, 6pp ads vols IV & V. Orig. purple 177. The History of Henry Milner, a little boy, who pebble-grained cloth, front boards elaborately was not brought up according to the fashions of blocked in black with lettering reversed out of this world. Pts. I & II 5th edn., Pt. III FIRST gilt. v.g. EDITION. 3 pts. in 2 vols. J. Hatchard & Son. ¶A handsome reprint, but 'in a cheaper form' Half titles, 4pp ads. + smaller 8pp cata. vol. I, in five volumes with new advertisement. 2pp ads. & cata. vol. II. Uncut in orig. drab 1860 £120 boards, purple cloth spines sl. faded, paper labels sl. chipped. A good-plus copy as 'NEW & IMPROVED' originally issued. 183. The Monk. A new and improved edn. Ward & ¶See Wolff 6289, also a mixed set. Lock. The odd spot. Contemp. half black roan; 1835/1831 £120 a little worn at head of spine. Signed ‘Ailsie North, Thurland Castle’ on leading pastedown. FATAL CONSEQUENCES A good-plus copy. OF DISOBEDIENCE ¶A rebound yellowback. See Topp, vol. II, p.59. 178. The History of the Fairchild Family; or, The Originally entitled 'The Monk of Cimies'. Child’s Manual: being a collection of stories [1864] £50 calculated to shew the importance and effects of a religious education. 2nd edn. J. Hatchard. 184. Roxobel. FIRST EDITION. 3 vols. 12mo. Half title, front. Contemp. half calf, gilt spine, Houlston & Son. Half titles, fold. front. vol. I marbled boards; hinges sl. rubbed, but a good- with repair to one fold, fronts vols II & III, plus copy. 2pp ads. vol. III. Uncut in orig. green cloth, ¶Not in Wolff. Second edition of the first part, blocked in blind, spines lettered in gilt; spines later extended to three. This is Sherwood’s most faded & worn at head & tail, sl. buckling of fore- popular book, famous for its description of a edges with sm. split in cloth vol. I. Renier father taking his three children to see the body of a gardener and a corpse hanging from the gibbet booklabels. - as a warning against quarrelling. ¶Wolff’s imperfect ‘duty’ copy, 6291, was in 1818 £85 purple cloth. 1831 £60 179. The History of the Fairchild Family; or, The IN ORIGINAL PRINTED BOARDS Child’s Manual; being a collection of stories 185. Stories Explanatory of the Church and the calculated to show the importance and effects of Catechism. 6th edn. Wellington, Salop: a religious education. 22nd edn vol. I, 7th edn printed by and for F. Houlston and Son. Engr. vol. II, 3rd edn vol. III. 3 vols. T. Hatchard. front., 8pp cata. Uncut in orig. drab printed Half title vol. I, fronts (small damp stain vol. II), boards; spine a bit worn, but a generally well- final ad. leaf + 32pp cata. (Jan. 1862) vol. I, preserved copy of a title scarce in orig. binding. 10pp ads vol. II, 4pp ads + 32pp cata. (June ¶A collection of stories 'written for the use of the 1860) vol. III. Uncut in orig. olive-green cloth, children of His Majesty's Fifty-Third Regiment, borders in blind, spines lettered in gilt; spines at that time stationed at Cawnpore, in the East faded to brown. Signatures of Boulton. v.g. Indies'. All are set in India. With a two-page ¶Not in Wolff. explanation of the Indian words. 1858-61-54 £110 1819 £85 178 SHERWOOD ______

186. The Life of Mrs Sherwood, (chiefly 192. SHORTER, Dora Sigerson. The Country- autobiographical) with extracts from Mr House Party. FIRST EDITION. Hodder & Sherwood’s journal during his imprisonment in Stoughton. Half title; lacks leading f.e.p. France & residence in India. Edited by her Contemp. purple binder's cloth; sl. faded. v.g. daughter, Sophia Kelly. FIRST EDITION. ¶Loeber S136. By the Irish wife of Clement Darton & Co. Front. port., engr. title, additional K. Shorter, an ardent Irish nationalist. 1905 £50 printed title. Orig. brown remainder cloth; a bit dulled, spine worn at head & tail, inner hinges 193. SIDGWICK, Cecily. The Professor’s Legacy. cracking. A good sound copy. Edward Arnold. Half title; sl. spotting in 1854 £75 prelims. Orig. brown pictorial cloth. A v.g. bright copy. 187. SHERWOOD, Mary Martha & ¶BL edition is dated 1905. Cecily Sidgwick, née STREETEN, Sophia. The Golden Garland of Ullmann, 1852-1943, also published under the Inestimable Delights. FIRST EDITION. 12mo. pseudonym Mrs Andrew Dean. She was of J. Hatchard & Son. Front., 36pp cata. (March German Jewish descent, and her novels often 1853). Orig. orange-pink cloth; spine faded & betrayed her Germanic roots. with repaired split in following hinge, sl. wear 1906 £30 at head & tail. Renier booklabel. SIDGWICK, Ethel, 1877-1970 ¶Wolff 6288, with same description but in green cloth. SHOREDITCH 1849 £35 194. The Bells of Shoreditch. FIRST EDITION. Sidgwick & Jackson. Half title. Orig. dark blue 188. SHERWOOD, Mary Martha & cloth, lettered in gilt. v.g. STREETEN, Sophia. The Golden Garland of ¶This is American printed. BL states ‘A duplicate Inestimable Delights. FIRST EDITION. 12mo. of When I grow Rich, with a different titlepage’. J. Hatchard & Son. Front., 36pp cata. (Aug. When I Grow Rich was also published in 1928, by 1853); new e.ps. Half calf, later black & red Harper & Bros. This is Frank Sidgwick’s copy (Ethel's brother) and has had several corrections labels on spine; leading hinges a little rubbed. made in red ink by the author. A good-plus copy. 1928 £40 1849 £40 DOROTHY'S WEDDING 189. DARTON, F.J. Harvey, ed. The Life and 195. Dorothy’s Wedding. FIRST EDITION. Times of Mrs Sherwood (1775-1851), from Sidgwick & Jackson. Half title. Orig. dark blue the diaries of Captain and Mrs Sherwood. cloth, lettered in gilt; the odd small mark. A FIRST EDITION. Wells Gardner, Darton & good-plus copy. Co. Half title, front. port., title in red & black, 1931 £25 plates. Orig. maroon cloth, lettered in gilt; a bit 196. Jones: a sequel to "A Lady of Leisure". FIRST dulled, spine sl. worn along hinges and at head EDITION. Sidgwick & Jackson. Half title, 3pp & tail. ads; lacks leading f.e.p., half title repaired along 1910 £45 inner margin. Orig. dark green remainder cloth. ______[1914] £15

190. SHIPLEY, Mary E. Bernard Hamilton: 197. Jamesie. FIRST EDITION. Sidgwick & Curate of Stowe. S.P.C.K. Half title, front., Jackson. Half title; following f.e.p. torn in 4pp ads (coded 3-5-80). Orig. green cloth, outer margin without loss. Orig. dark blue blocked with floral design in black, lettered in cloth, lettered in gilt; spine faded. gilt. v.g. 1918 £15 ¶Not in Wolff. ______[1880] £40 198. (SIEVEKING, Amelia Wilhelmina) Life of Amelia Wilhelmina Sieveking. From the 191. SHIPTON, Helen. Crooked. FIRST EDITION. German. Edited, with the Author’s sanction, by S.P.C.K. Front. & 2 plates by R. Caton Catherine Winkworth. Longman, Green, Woodville. Orig. blue cloth, dec. with peacock Longman, Roberts, & Green. Half title, front. feather design in green & orange, lettered in gilt. (engraved port. after Adlard), & one other plate. With label on leading f.e.p. of the Alice Mary Orig. purple cloth; a little marked. Coleridge Library and signed by her. A v.g. ¶First published in German, 1859. First English bright copy. edition. Sieveking, teacher of the poor, founder ¶Not in Wolff, who records only one title by of the Association for the Relief of the Sick Shipton. & Poor. [1886] £45 1863 £50 SINCLAIR ______

SINCLAIR, Catherine, 1800-1864 edges, inner hinges cracking. Orig. blue cloth Resident in Edinburgh for most of her life, Sinclair by Remnant & Edmonds; sl. rubbed, marked at undertook philanthropic work amongst the poor of the corners, inner hinges cracking. city. Holiday House, her most famous novel, 1851 £75 encouraged the development of individuality in children and argued against an education system intent on 'stuffing the brain like a cricket-ball'. 206. A Kaleidoscope of Anecdotes and Aphorisms. ... FIRST EDITION. Richard Bentley. Half 199. Amusing Hours: a book for the young. title; a number of passages underlined in pencil. Historical anecdotes of the Caesars, and the Orig. pale green cloth by Bone & Son, with good and bad choice. FIRST EDITION. borders in blind, spine lettered in gilt; sl. Edinburgh: James Wood. Half title, engr. front. splitting to inner hinges, faded. Armorial Orig. pink wavy-grained cloth, pictorially bookplate of Lord Farnham. blocked in gilt; spine faded, leading inner hinge ¶Probably a remainder binding. cracking. A good-plus copy. SCARCE. 1851 £75 ¶Not in Sadleir or Wolff; not in BL; not located on Copac. 207. Lord and Lady Harcourt, or, Country 1864 £180 hospitalities. FIRST EDITION. Richard Bentley. Ad. preceding half title, ads. on e.ps 200. Hill and Valley, or, Hours in England and for Bentley publications. Orig. pink cloth by Wales. ... Dedicated to the Travellers' Club. Remnants & Edmonds, blocked in blind, spine FIRST EDITION. Edinburgh: William Whyte lettered in gilt; spine sl. dulled. A good-plus & Co. Half title, engr. front. after Van Dyke sl. copy. browned, final ad. leaf. Contemp. half tan calf; ¶Sadleir 3058; Wolff 6344. Signature of the spine & edges a bit rubbed. A good sound copy. author laid into prelims. ¶Sadleir 3061b is the '4th thousand'; not in Wolff. 1850 £125 1838 £65 208. Lord and Lady Harcourt; ... FIRST EDITION. 201. Holiday House; a book for the young. 5th Richard Bentley. Half title, initial ad. leaf. thousand Simpkin, Marshall; Ipswich: J.M. Orig. pink cloth, blocked in blind; spine faded, Burton & Co. Col. front., author's announce- sl. dusted. Bookplate removed from pastedown. ment slip, final ad. leaf; lacks leading f.e.p., A good-plus copy. inner hinges cracking. Orig. pale blue cloth; ¶This copy does not have advertisements printed sl. rubbed. on the endpapers. ¶First published in 1839. 1850 £110 1849 £65 MODERN ACCOMPLISHMENTS 209. Modern Accomplishments; or The March of 202. Holiday House; ... Edinburgh: James Wood; Intellect. 10th thousand. Edinburgh: William London: Houlston & Wright. Half title with ad. Whyte & Co. 4pp ads. Contemp. full dark blue on verso, col. front. & title, 5 col. plates. Orig. calf, triple-ruled borders in gilt, spine gilt in purple cloth, blocked in blind & gilt; a bit compartments, maroon leather label; a little dulled and sl. rubbed, inner hinges replaced. rubbed. Gift inscription dated Sept. 1840. Prize inscription, 1883. a.e.g. A good-plus copy. [c.1880] £25 ¶First published in 1836. Sadleir 3061f, 8th thousand. An examination of female education. 203. Jane Bouverie; or, Prosperity and Adversity. 1838 £85 FIRST EDITION. Edinburgh: William Whyte & Co. Author's announcement slip. A little 210. Modern Flirtations; or, A Month at Harrowgate. dusted, several leaves sl. proud. Contemp. half Simpkin, Marshall & Co. Front., engr. title, dark brown calf; a bit rubbed. a.e.g. printed title. Contemp. half purple calf, spine ¶Sadleir 3061d (3rd thousand); not in Wolff. with raised gilt bands, black leather label; spine 1846 £45 faded to brown, sl. rubbing. ¶First published in 1841 in 3 vols, Sadleir 3059. 204. Jane Bouverie; ... 3rd thousand. Edinburgh: [1861] £50 William Whyte & Co. 4pp ads. Orig. blue cloth MODERN SOCIETY by John Gray, Edinburgh; sl. splitting to hinges. 211. Modern Society; or, The March of Intellect. Signed Mary Anne Dixon, Sept. 1849. v.g. The conclusion of Modern Accomplishments. ¶Sadleir 3061d is in white vellum presentation FIRST EDITION. James Nisbet & Co. Final binding. ad. leaf. Uncut in orig. olive green pebble- 1848 £75 grained cloth, spine lettered in gilt; spine sl. A KALEIDOSCOPE faded and with one or two small nicks at head & 205. A Kaleidoscope of Anecdotes and Aphorisms. tail. A good-plus copy. Collected by Catherine Sinclair. FIRST ¶Sadleir 3061g, '9th thousand'. EDITION. Richard Bentley. Sl. browning at 1837 £125 212 SINCLAIR ______

212. Scotland and the Scotch; or, The Western HYDROPATHY Circuit. FIRST EDITION. Edinburgh: 218. SMEDLEY, Caroline Anne. Ladies’ Manual William Whyte & Co. 3pp ads preceding half of Practical Hydropathy, (not the cold water title; one gathering sl. proud. Orig. pale blue system) ... 17th edn, 51st thousand. Much cloth, spine attractively blocked & lettered in enlarged with cuts. James Blackwood & Co. gilt; spine a little faded & sl. chipped at tail, Illus., 4pp ads Orig. blue cloth, blocked in otherwise v.g. black, lettered in gilt. v.g. ¶Sadleir 3061h, '2nd thousand'. ¶BL has a 15th edn dated 1873. 1840 £110 [c.1874] £40

213. Shetland and the Shetlanders; or, The Northern SMITH, Charlotte, 1749-1806 Circuit. With a map of the route. Dedicated to See also item 233. the Highland Society. FIRST EDITION. Edinburgh: William Whyte and Co. Fold-out 219. Beachy Head: with other poems. Now first map in following e.ps where inner hinge is published. Printed for the author. Previous repaired. Uncut in orig. blue cloth, blocked in owner's names erased from title. Contemp. Full blind, spine blocked & lettered in gilt; sl. dulled tan calf, floral borders in blind, double-ruled & marked. Owner’s inscription, May 1840. borders in gilt, embossed spine with raised Aberdeen bookseller’s ticket. bands, brown leather label; expertly recased. A 1840 £120 nice copy. ______¶A handsome volume of poetry, by one of the most influential female writers of the 214. SINCLAIR, May, pseud. (Mary Amelia St Romantic era. Clair) Tasker Jevons: the real story. Paris: 1807 £600 Louis Conard. (Standard collection of British 220. Montalbert. A novel. 'Three voumes in one.' and American authors, vol. 21.) Half title. Printed and sold by S. Fisher. Contemp. half Orig. orange linen wrappers, printed in black. maroon calf; spine and corners rubbed. Signed A good-plus copy. Frances Maria Dougan on leading f.e.p. A good ¶This edition, imitating Tauchnitz, published the same year as Macmillan's first edition. sound copy of a SCARCE item. 1916 £40 ¶First published in 1795. Smith’s celebrated gothic novel examines the institution of marriage in the late 18th century. Small format (16mo in 215. SITWELL, Isla (Sydney Mary Sitwell) A 4s). Only one copy of this edition found on Steadfast Purpose. FIRST EDITION. S.P.C.K. Copac, in the V&A collection. That copy has a Front. & illus. by F. Dadd, final ad. leaf. Orig. frontispiece and 7 engraved plates, but our copy dark green cloth, dec. with peacock feather has no indication of any plates ever having been design in green & orange, lettered in gilt. St. present. Mary’s School Stockport prize label, Xmas 1823 £120 1887. v.g. ¶Not in Wolff. THE OLD MANOR HOUSE [1887] £35 221. The Old Manor House. Milner & Co. (Printed in Halifax.) Half title, front., title in red & 216. (SKENE, Felicia Mary Frances) Use and black, printed title. Orig. dark blue cloth, Abuse, a tale. Francis & John Rivington. lettered in gilt, blocked in black; v. sl. rubbing, Contemp. full red morocco; front board otherwsie v.g. repaired. Owner inscription on titlepage, 1850. ¶“... a classic prototype of the condition-of- ¶Not in Wolff. BL does not attribute this to England novel, later perfected in the works of her Felicia Skene, but copies at Leeds and Cambridge admirer Jane Austen ...” (Antje Blank, University University Libraries give her as the author. of Glasgow, 2003). First published in 1793. Skene, 1821-1899, was Scottish by birth and a [c.1880] £35 friend of Florence Nightingale. She became an ______authority on prison reform. 1849 £120 222. SMITH, Constance. Love Hath Wings. FIRST EDITION. Isbister & Co. Half title. 217. (SKENE, Harriet) The Diary of Martha Uncut in orig. blue cloth, spine lettered in Bethune Baliol, from 1753 to 1754. FIRST gilt. v.g. EDITION. Chapman & Hall. Contemp. half ¶Not in Wolff , who owned one three-decker by dark blue calf, raised gilt bands; lacking label. Smith, The Riddle of Laurence Haviland, 1890. Armorial bookplate of Clarke, Knedlington, 1899 £35 Yorkshire. ¶Not in Wolff. A novel set in Scotland among 223. (SMITH, Elizabeth, of Burnhall) Fragments Jacobite sympathisers. in Prose and Verse: by a young lady, lately 1853 £125 deceased. With some account of her life and 219 226 SMITH ______

character, by the Author of “Sermons on the illus., 32pp cata. Orig. brown cloth, blocked & doctrines and duties of Christianity” (Henrietta lettered in black & gilt; a bit rubbed. A good- Maria Bowdler). FIRST EDITION. Bath: plus copy. printed by Richard Cruttwell; & sold by Cadell [1894?] £20 & Davies. Half title; the odd spot. Handsomely rebound in quarter calf, marbled 229. Nothing to Nobody. New edn. John F. Shaw. boards. v.g. Ad. preceding half title, front., 1 plate, 22pp ¶The scarce first edition of a very popular work, cata. Orig. brown cloth, pictorially blocked & frequently reprinted. lettered in black & gilt. 1808 £120 [c.1880] £20

224. SMITH, Evangeline. In a Vain Shadow. A 230. Uncle Steve's Locker. New edn. John F. Shaw. novel. 3 vols. Remington & Co. Some light (no. 620.) Col. front. Orig. red cloth, blocked foxing vol. I. Orig. brown cloth, front boards with floral design in black & gilt, lettered in gilt; blocked in black, spines blocked in black & leading inner hinge sl. cracked. v.g. lettered in gilt; a little dulled, tails of spines sl. [c.1910] £20 little worn. A good-plus copy. ______¶Not in Sadleir or Wolff. With a murder at the outset. 1883 £200 231. SMITH, Isabel. The Jewel House. FIRST EDITION. John Long. Half title, 2pp ads. SMITH, Georgina Castle, “Brenda”, Orig. red cloth, lettered in gilt. 1845-1933 1907 £30 Popular writer of juvenile fiction. COURAGE AND PRINCIPLE 232. SMYTH, Amelia Gillespie. Fit to be a 225. "Especially Those". A story on the prayer "For Duchess: with other stories of courage and All Conditions of Men". By Brenda ... With principle. With illus. by Corbould and Absolon. illus. by Caz. New edn. John F. Shaw. Ad. FIRST EDITION. James Hogg & Sons. Half preceding half title, front. + 2 plates, 18pp cata; title, front., engr. title, plates, 6pp ads. Orig. lacks leading f.e.p. Orig. dark blue cloth, mauve cloth, blocked in blind & gilt; spine & pictorially blocked in black, lettered in black & edges faded. a.e.g. A good-plus copy. reversed out of gilt; head & tail of spine v. sl. ¶Not in Wolff. rubbed. A good-plus copy. [1860] £65 [1875] £20 233. SMYTH, Ethel. Impressions that Remained: FROGGY'S LITTLE BROTHER memoirs. 2 vols. FIRST EDITION. 226. Froggy’s Little Brother. By Brenda, author of Longmans. Half titles, fronts, plates. Contemp. “Nothing to Nobody”. Illustrated edn. John F. library binding, half green sheep, green cloth Shaw & Co. Front., illus (some plates signed sides. Labels & stamps of Norfolk & Norwich M. Irwin, others SC). Orig. turquise cloth, Library. pictorially blocked in brown, black & gilt, ¶Composer and renowned suffragette, 1858-1944. lettered in black & gilt; spine v. sl. dulled. 1919 £25 London School Board prize label dated Feb. 1891. A v.g. bright copy. 234. SOMERS, Emma C., ed. Pretty Poems for my ¶A tale of poverty in London's East End, first Children. FIRST EDITION. 12mo. Thomas published in 1867, with an appeal to readers to Nelson. Text printed in blue, ad. preceding title, donate liberally to help provide street arabs with illus. with woodcuts. Orig. blue cloth, borders clothes and nourishment. in blind, front board lettered & with central [c.1890?] £45 vignette in gilt; spine sl. dulled. Signed ‘Blanche Michel from Mr Chichester’ on 227. More About Froggy: a sequel to Froggy's Little leading f.e.p. a.e.g. v.g. Brother. By Brenda, author of “Nothing ¶Not in BL. Including poems by Joanna Baillie, to Nobody”... R.T.S. Half title, col. front., Wordsworth, Charlotte Smith, Mrs Hemans, &c. plate, 10pp cata. Orig. olive green cloth, 1848 £75 pictorially blocked in pale blue, maroon, black & pink, lettered in red & ochre. A v.g. 235. SOMERVILLE, Doris. Green Chalk. FIRST bright copy. EDITION. John Lane, The Bodley Head. Half [1914] £20 dark green calf, green cloth sides, maroon leather labels; spine faded to brown, sl. rubbed. 228. Lotty's Visit to Grandmama. A story for the A good-plus copy. little ones. With 50 illustrations by H.W. ¶The only title by this author. Petherick. New edn. John F. Shaw. Front., 1913 £30 SOMERVILLE ______

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258. The Smile and the Tear; illus. by E.Œ. S. 266. SOUTHCOTT, Joanna. Letters on Various FIRST EDITION. 4to. Methuen. Half title, Subjects from Mrs. Joanna Southcott to Miss front., plates & illus. Orig. dark green cloth, Townley. Printed by S. Rousseau; & sold by cream label; spine sl. faded. v.g. E.J. Field. Drophead title; paper browned, a ¶Hudson p.54; Loeber S484. Twelve stories. few spots; some contemp. ink annotations. 1933 £35 Stabbed as issued; edges creased and sl. torn in places without loss. Renier signature. 48pp. AN IRISH R.M. ¶Letters of a predominantely pious bent from the 259. Some Experiences of an Irish R.M. With illus. Devonshire prophetess. BL has an 1804 by E.Œ. Somerville. 4th impression. Longmans. Stowbridge edition, edited by Ann Underwood. Half title, front. & illus., calculations on Joanna Southcott, 1750-1814, was leader of the following blank. Orig. olive green cloth, most popular millenarian movement of the early pictorially blocked in black, lettered in red & 19th century. In 1792, shortly after joining the Wesleyans in Exeter, she began to hear voices gilt; one corner a little knocked, sl. rubbing. A from the Spirit of God, and began to prophesy in good-plus copy. doggerel verse and prose. She filled a sealed box ¶See Hudson p.26 and Loeber S471 for the first with her prophecies which predicted bad harvests edition of 1899. & wars, until the clergy heeded her warnings. Her 1900 £25 messages were published between 1801 & her SOUTHCOTT ______

death in 1814. At the height of the Southcottian 273. The Changed Brides. 16mo. Milner & Co. (No. movement (popularly known as 'the Joannas') the 533.) Half title, front., vignette title, additional sect numbered 100,000. printed title, 32pp cata. Orig. pink cloth; faded 1804 £60 & dulled. Renier booklabel. [c.1880] £15 267. (SOUTHEY, Caroline Anne, née Bowles) Solitary Hours: by the authoress of Ellen 274. Fair Play. W. Nicholson & Sons. Half title. Fitzarthur, and the Widow's Tale. FIRST Orig. blue cloth, bevelled boards, blocked in EDITION. Edinburgh: William Blackwood; black, lettered in gilt. London: T. Cadell. Contemp. half maroon calf, [c.1890] £30 mostly faded to brown; a bit rubbed, small repaired chip at head of spine. 275. Hagar; or, The Deserted Wife. Milner & Co. ¶With a gift inscription to Jane Margaret Half title, front. Orig. green cloth, blocked in Vaughan Willams, 'from her mother', May, black, lettered in gilt; v. sl. rubbed. v.g. 1829. She was the wife of the eminent high court ¶A tale of early settlers in Maryland. One copy judge, the Rt Hon. Sir Edward Vaughan on Copac, at Birmingham. Willams. [1878?] £35 1826 £250 276. How He Won Her. A sequel to ‘Fair Play’. SOUTHWORTH, Emma D.E.N., 1819-1899 W. Nicholson & Sons. Half title, ad. on verso Born in Washington D.C, Southworth began writing of final leaf. Orig. green cloth, bevelled boards, after her husband abadoned her, becoming a prolific blocked in black, lettered in gilt; a little & much-read novelist. A friend of Harriet Beecher darkened. v.g. Stowe, Southworth also championed women’s rights [c.1890] £30 and social reform. POWER & PRINCIPLE 268. The Arrested Bride; or, The Lady of the Isle. 277. Mark Sutherland: or, Power and Principle. Milner & Co. Front., title in red & black, FIRST ENGLISH EDITION. John Cassell. additional printed title. Orig. dark green cloth, Front., final ad. leaf. Contemp. half dark purple bevelled boards, blocked in black, lettered in calf, spine with raised gilt bands, maroon gilt; sl. rubbing to corners, inner hinges a little leather label; sl. wear to following cornerpiece, cracked. v.g. otherwise v.g. Signed 'Bective, 1856'. A good- ¶Not in BL; York Minster library only on Copac. plus copy. First published in 1859, under the title The Lady ¶Rebound yellowback, probably the sole English of the Isle. edition. Topp, vol. VII, p89. [c.1890] £30 1853 £50

A STORY OF DISAPPOINTED LOVE 278. Self-raised: or, From the Depths. A sequel to 269. Beatrice: or, The Forsaken Daughter. A story ‘Ishmael, or, The Bride Elect’. Milner & Co. of disappointed love. Milner & Co. Half title. Some browning. Orig. maroon cloth. v.g. Orig. maroon cloth, blocked in black, lettered in ¶Not in BL; Cambridge University only on gilt; spine sl. dulled. v.g. Copac. The first edition was 1876. [c.1890] £35 [c.1890] £30 279. Unknown; or, The Nobleman's Bride. Milner 270. The Bride’s Fate. (A sequel to ‘The Changed & Co. Half title. Orig. maroon cloth, blocked Brides’.) W. Nicholson & Sons. Half title, in black, lettered in gilt; spine faded. front., vignette title, additional printed title, [c.1890] £30 illus. on e.ps. Orig. blue cloth, bevelled boards, ______blocked in black, lettered in gilt. v.g. YELLOWBACK. ¶First published in 1869. 280. SPENDER, Emily. Kingsford. John & Robert [c.1885] £35 Maxwell. (Emily Spender’s series.) 4pp ads, 271. The Bride’s Fate. ... 16mo. Milner & Co. (No. plain e.ps. Orig. printed boards; spine dulled & 535.) Half title, front., vignette title, additional cracked with small repairs. A good sound copy. ¶Topp, vol. VI, p292. Also contains No. 99 printed title, 32pp cata. Orig. red cloth; sl. Mortimer Street, Lady Kendall's Story, and dulled. Renier booklabel. Tremaine's Wife. Date coded at end: 1.86. [c.1890] £20 [1886] £45 272. The Changed Brides. Milner & Co. Half title, 281. SPENDER, Lily, Mrs. John Kent. A Waking. 6pp ads. Orig. maroon cloth, bevelled boards, FIRST EDITION. Hutchinson & Co. Half title, blocked in black, lettered in gilt; inner hinges front. Orig. brown buckram, lettered in gilt; cracking, otherwise v.g. sl. dulled. ¶First published in 1869. ¶Not in Wolff, who had 4 other titles by Spender. [1880?] £35 1892 £35 275 ST AUBYN ______

282. ST AUBYN, Alan, pseud. (Frances L. 287. Corinna, or Italy. Translated ... by Isabel Hill ... Marshall) To His Own Master: a novel. New Richard Bentley. Front., ads. on e.p. Orig. edn. Chatto & Windus. (Piccadilly novels.) brown cloth. v.g. Half title, initial ad. leaf, 32pp cata. (Feb. 1894). 1847 £35 Orig. dark blue cloth; spine a little dulled, inner DELPHINE hinges cracking. Bookseller's stamp, Charles 288. Delphine: a novel. Translated from the French. Joyce, Newport, Monmouthshire. A good- 4 vols. Lackington, Allen, & Co. Half titles plus copy. with ads. on versos; some sl. foxing. Contemp. ¶Not in Wolff. First published in 1893 in 3 calf; rubbed, some wear to leading hinges and volumes. This is not one of the author’s Cambridge University novels. heads & tails of spines. Bookplates of the 1894 £30 Duchess of St. Albans. ¶‘Delphine’, 1802. First English edition, 1803 MOVEMENT IS LIFE (this translation). This novel’s criticism of the 283. (STACK, Mary Meta Bagot) Napoleonic regime contributed to de Staël’s CRUICKSHANK, A.J., & STACK, Prunella. banishment from Paris. Movement is Life: the intimate history of the 1805 £280 founder of the Women’s League of Health and GERMANY Beauty and its origin, growth, achievements, 289. Germany; Translated from the French. 3 vols. and hopes for the future. FIRST EDITION. G. Printed for John Murray. Contemp. full calf, Bell & Sons. Half title, front. port., spines gilt in compartments, black labels; photographs. Orig. black cloth, spine lettered in spines & leading hinges a little rubbed. A good silver; sl. rubbing. v.g. sound copy. Armorial bookplates of Henry ¶'Graduated body training in health, grace and Sherbrooke. expression.' Mary Stack, 1883-1935, was the founder of the Women's League of Health and ¶‘De L’Allemagne’, 1810. Following its publi- Beauty in 1930. It was one of the first mass cation in France, the work was immediately keep-fit movements of the inter war period. banned by Napoleon’s regime and de Staël was 1937 £30 forced into exile. A German translation, ‘Über Deutschland’, appeared in 1814. First English STAËL HOLSTEIN, edition. Anne Louise Germaine de, 1766-1817 1813 £200 One of the most important French writers of her age, FRENCH EDITION much of her output was inspired by her vehement 290. (Germany) De L’Allemagne. Paris: Librairie anti-Bonapartism, a standpoint that often brought her de Firmin Didot Frères. Front. port. after into conflict with the French government, and Hopwood; bound without half title. Contemp. eventually forced her to flee her native country. Her full scarlet calf, gilt spine and borders; sl. most successful work was Corinne, ou l’Italie, first published in 1807. marked. a.e.g. A good-plus copy. ¶The work is divided into four principal parts: De 284. Corinna, or Italy. 3 vols. Printed for Samuel l’Allemagne et des Moeurs des Allemands; De la Tipper. Half title vol. III only. Contemp. half Littérature et des Arts; La Philosophie et la calf, chalk-blue paper-covered boards, labels; Morale; La Religion et l’Enthousiasme. Schiller, boards a little rubbed. A nice copy. Goethe, Schlegel and Kant feature prominently in ¶‘Corinne, ou l’Italie’, 1807. First English the arts and literature sections. BL & Oxford only edition, 1807. Two English translations appeared on Copac. in 1807, one by D. Lawler in 5 vols., and this 1850 £120 unattributed version. 1807 £380 291. The Influence of Literature upon Society. Translated from the French. The second FRENCH EDITION 285. Corinne, ou l’Italie. 5 vols. Small 8vo. Paris: edition. To which is prefixed, A memoir of the Dauthereau. Half titles. 5 vols in 2 in contemp. life and writings of the author. 2 vols. Printed green binder’s cloth, maroon labels. Armorial by Henry Colburn. 4pp cata. vol. II. Orig. bookplate of George D'Oyly, and his signature marbled boards, fairly recently rebacked, e.ps on titlepages. v.g. replaced; some rubbing to boards. Booklabel 1827 £120 of Mrs. Bertram, St Leonards. ¶‘De la littérature considérée dans ses rapports 286. Corinna, or Italy. Translated expressly for this avec les institutions sociales’, 1799. BL only has edition by Isabel Hill; with metrical versions of this second edition. the odes by L.E. Landon; and a memoir of the 1812 £125 authoress. Richard Bentley. (Successor to ZULMA Henry Colburn.) Front., vignette title; browned 292. Zulma, and other tales. To which is prefixed An & waterstained. Contemp. half purple roan; Essay on Fictions. Translated from the French. spine worn. Bookplate of Margaret Everilda. 2 vols. Printed for Henry Colburn. Half titles. ¶First edition of this translation. Contemp. calf; rubbed. Bookplates of the 1833 £20 Duchess of St. Albans. STAËL HOLSTEIN ______

¶‘Zulma, et trois nouvelles. Précédé d’un essai ¶Stanhope, 1776-1839, was hostess to Prime sur les fictions’, 1813. First English edition. Minister William Pitt the Younger, who, after his Prefaced by the 83pp Essay on Fictions. Zulma death, travelled extensively and lived in the had appeared separately in 1794, the Essay on Near and Middle East in the early part of the Fictions a year later. 19th century. 1813 £225 1913 £35

293. Madame De Staël and the Grand-Duchess 299. (STANHOPE, Lady Hester Lucy) Louise. A selection from the unpublished MERYON, Charles Lewis. Travels of Lady correspondence of Madame De Staël and the Hester Stanhope; forming the completion of her Grand-Duchess Louise of Saxe-Weimar, from Memoirs. Narrated by her physician. 3 vols. 1800 to 1817. Together with a letter to FIRST EDITION. Henry Colburn. Engr. Bonaparte, First Consul; and another to fronts, occasional illus. Sl. later. half dark pink Napoleon, Emperor. By the Author of calf, marbled boards, red & black leather labels; ‘Souvenirs of Madame Récamier’. Saunders, spines faded & sl. rubbed. Otley, & Co. Orig. pebble-grained green cloth; 1846 £125 spine sl. dulled but a v.g. copy. Bookplate of STARKE’S TRAVELS Edward Cheney. 300. STARKE, Mariana. Travels on the Continent: ¶With an unusual Saunders, Otley & Co. ‘For written for the use and particular information of Review’ stamp on title. travellers. FIRST EDITION. John Murray. 1862 £75 Contemp. full vellum, gilt spine, maroon leather label; a bit dusted. 294. DUFFY, Bella. Madame de Staël. W.H. Allen ¶With an advertisement preceding the text that & Co. (Eminent Women Series.) Series title, urges the reader to disregard alarming reports of 52pp cata. (Sept. 1887); sl. foxing to prelims. criminal gangs infesting the highways and by- Orig. dark green cloth, spine lettered in gilt, ways of continental Europe. Starke claims the front board lettered in gilt with two dec. vertical maligned areas have 'long been exempt from so serious an evil'. gilt bands. v.g. Bookplate of Clare Howard. 1820 £480 1887 £25 301. (STEBBING, afterwards BATTY, Beatrice) 295. HAGGARD, Andrew. Madame de Staël; her Mätzchen and His Mistresses. A true story. By trials and triumphs. Hutchinson & Co. Half the author of “Moravian Life in the Black title, front. + 3 plates; sl. foxing in prelims & to Forest” ... FIRST EDITION. James Nisbet. edges. Orig. purple cloth; spine sl. faded. v.g. Half title, front., illus. Orig. green cloth, front [1922] £20 board pictorially blocked in black & gilt, lettering reversed out of gilt; sl. dulled. NECKER'S LIFE OF STAEL HOLSTEIN Armorial bookplate. A good-plus copy. 296. NECKER DE SAUSSURE, Albertine. ¶The story of a little German sparrow. Sketch of the Life, Character, and Writings of 1881 £30 Baroness de Staël-Holstein. Translated from the French. Printed for Treuttel & Würtz. Half 302. STEBBING, Grace. Wild Kathleen; or, “Both title, front. (engraved by E. Scriven). Orig. Sides of the Channel”. Jarrold & Sons. Half boards, green patterned cloth, label sl. chipped; title, front., illus. 16pp cata. Orig. brown cloth, a little rubbed. A good-plus copy. pictorially blocked and lettered in black & gilt; ¶First English edition. following board sl. rubbed, otherwise a v.g. 1820 £85 bright copy. ¶BL's copy dated 1900. 297. NORRIS, Maria. Life and Times of Madame [1895] £30 de Staël. David Bogue. Front. port. Orig. green cloth, borders in blind, spine lettered in STEEL, Flora Annie, 1847-1929 gilt; sl. rubbing to leading hinges, a little dulled. Steel spent much of her life living in the , where ¶First edition. This is the first British biography her husband held a position in the civil service. Most of Madame de Staël. of her output had an Indian theme, including her 1853 £85 best-known work On The Face of the Waters (1896), ______set during the Indian Mutiny. 303. In the Permanent Way, and other stories. 298. (STANHOPE, Lady Hester Lucy) HAMEL, FIRST EDITION. William Heinemann. Half Frank. Lady Hester Lucy Stanhope: a new title, 16pp cata. (1897). Orig. green cloth, light on her life and love affairs. FIRST pictorially blocked & lettered in black & silver; EDITION. Cassell & Co. Half title, front., v. sl. rubbing. A good-plus copy. plates; sl. worming to inner margin of last few ¶Sadleir 3139; Wolff 6547. Tales of leaves. Orig. blue cloth; marked. Booklabel on Colonial India. leading pastedown. 1898 £40 297 STEEL ______

304. On the Face of the Waters. 11th thousand. 312. STEWART, Elizabeth M. Aubrey Conyers, William Heinemann. Half title, 32pp cata. the Lordship of Allerdale. FIRST EDITION. carelessly opened; a few spots. Orig. green Ingram, Cooke & Co. Engr. front. & title, cloth, pictorially blocked in black & grey; spine additional printed title, plates, 10pp cata. Orig. sl. dulled. Ownership inscription on leading grey-brown cloth, elaborately blocked in blind, f.e.p., 1896. v.g. spine blocked & lettered in gilt; spine a little ¶See Wolff 6551 for the first edition of 1896. A faded & sl. rubbed at head & tail. tale of the Indian Mutiny. ¶Wolff 6573; in a variant binding. 1896 £30 1853 £75 305. Tales of the Tides, and other stories. FIRST EDITION. William Heinemann. Half title. 313. STEWART, Elizabeth M. Lillias Davenant: Orig. green cloth, blocked & lettered in black; a novel. FIRST EDITION. G. Routledge. spine sl. faded, sl. marked. Labels of the Girls' Contemp. half black sheep; sl. rubbed. Signed Friendly Society Central Library. Mary Chaytor on titlepage. ¶See Wolff 6551 for the first edition of 1896. A ¶Not in Wolff. Allibone lists 11 of her titles, but tale of the Indian Mutiny. not this one. See Topp, vol. I, p.19. 1923 £25 1852 £45

306. Voices in the Night. FIRST EDITION. THREE SERIES COMPLETE William Heinemann. Half title; the odd spot. 314. STICKNEY, Sarah, afterwards Sarah Ellis. Orig. red cloth, lettered in black; spine sl. Pictures of Private Life. First, Second, and faded. Gift inscription partially erased from Third Series. 3rd edn, 2nd edn, FIRST leading pastedown. A good-plus copy. EDITION. 3 vols. Smith, Elder, & Co. Fronts, ¶Wolff 6556. 32pp cata. vol. II, 3pp ads + 30pp cata. (May 1904 £20 1837) vol. III. Contemp. purple pebble-grained binder’s cloth, faded spines lettered in gilt; 307. POWELL, Violet. ; novelist inner hinges cracking and crudely repaired vol. of India. FIRST EDITION. Heinemann. Half II, otherwise a good-plus set. title, plates. Orig. orange cloth. v.g. in d.w. 1834/1834/1837 £120 1981 £15 ______315. STIRLING, Fanny, Mrs. M.C. MacCallum. 308. STEELE, Anna C. Broken Toys. A novel. Fanny Hervey; or, The Mother’s Choice. Paris: New edn. Chapman & Hall. Half title. Sl. later A. & W. Galignani; Baudry’s European Library. half crimson morocco. Half title, 4pp ads. Uncut & unopened in orig. ¶Topp, vol. III, p.431: a rebound yellowback cream printed wraps; dusted. from the Select library of fiction. Wolff had none ¶Not in Wolff, Allibone supp. In BL, of her novels. anonymously, in 2 vols 1845. 1879 £25 1849 £65 MYSTERY OF THE PEARL NECKLACE SEX DIFFICULTIES 309. STEINHEIL, Marguerite. My Memoirs. 316. STOPES, Charlotte Carmichael. Married Eveleigh Nash. Half title, front. photo. port., Love: a new contribution to the solution of sex illus. with 19 plates, 16pp cata. Orig. light blue difficulties. With a preface by Dr. Jessie cloth; spine sl. faded. A good-plus copy. Murray and a letter from Professor E.H. 1912 £30 Starling. 7th edn, revised & enlarged. G.P. 310. STEVENSON, Mary Elizabeth, née Carter. Putnam’s Sons. Half title, final ad. leaf. Woodrup’s Dinah. A tale of Nidderdale. Orig. purple cloth, spine lettered in gilt; a little FIRST EDITION. Hutchinson & Co. Half title, faded. v.g. front., illus. Orig. red cloth, blocked in black & ¶First published in 1918. Charlotte Stopes, 1841- gilt, spine lettered in gilt; spine sl. faded, 1929, mother of Marie Stopes, the birth control otherwise v.g. pioneer (see item 318). ¶Not in Wolff. 1919 £20 1895 £40 317. STOPES, Charlotte Carmichael. The Sphere 311. STEWART, Agnes M. Justice & Mercy; or, of "Man", in relation to that of "Woman" in the A tale of All-Hallows E’en. C. Dolman. List of constitution. FIRST EDITION. T. Fisher subscribers. Orig. red cloth, blocked in blind, Unwin. 64pp. Sewn as isued in orig. pale blue spine lettered in gilt; a bit rubbed, fore-edges sl. printed wrappers. damp-marked. A good sound copy. ¶A consideration of the place of women in ¶Not on Copac. Also seen in blue cloth, similarly society, concluding that only through achieving blocked & lettered. the vote can women start to improve society. 1858 £75 1907 £35 STOPES ______

318. STOPES, Marie Carmichael. Our Ostriches: 322. Dred; ... Sampson Low. Sl. spotting in prelims. a play of modern life, in three acts. FIRST Contemp. half dark green calf. EDITION. G.P. Putnam’s Sons. Half title, ¶Topp, vol. IV, p270: a rebound yellowback. 13pp ads (mainly for books on child-rearing, 1856 £35 contraception, veneral disease, etc.). Orig. orange printed wrappers; a little dusted, 323. Lady Byron Vindicated: a history of the Byron following wrapper sl. damp-stained in outer controversy from its beginning in 1816 to the margin. A good-plus copy. present time. FIRST ENGLISH EDITION. ¶A vehement spokeswoman for increased use of Sampson Low. Half title. Orig. blue cloth on contraception and birth control, she transferred limp boards, front board lettered in gilt; plain her professional interests to the stage of the Royal spine sl. dulled. v.g. Court Theatre in November 1923. The play 1870 £35 targeted the inconsistent and socially corrupt practice of denying birth control to the poor and THE FIRST EDITION working classes. Evadne, the central protagonist, 324. Uncle Tom’s Cabin. FIRST EDITION. 2 vols. is the mouthpiece, and in a speech typical of Boston: John P. Jewett & Co. Engr. titles; Stopes’ polemic, states ‘Don’t you see, women occasional browning and staining; ends of lines want healthy children, they love them. But when affected by adhesion on final page vol. II. the mothers are ill, tired, poor, and overworked, Contemp. half dark blue roan, spines with thin they cannot bear them properly; and I cannot see gilt bands and thick raised bands; rubbed. what good to the State diseased, miserable, half- Contemp. gift inscriptions on leading f.e.ps. witted people can ever do; it’s waste, sheer waste’. ¶First published in 41 weekly instalments, 1851- 1923 £45 52, in The National Era, an abolitionist news- STOWE, Harriet Beecher, 1811-1896. paper published in Washington D.C. Without the Author of the phenomenally successful Uncle benefit of an international copyright law, the Tom's Cabin (1852) which sold 300,000 copies in work was very quickly pirated in the UK. The its first year of publication. first British book editions appeared in May 1852, the work being offered to the public by a 319. Agnes of Sorrento. FIRST ENGLISH multitude of eager publishers. EDITION. Smith, Elder & Co. Orig. wavy- 1852 £1,500 grained purple cloth, blocked in blind, spine ILLUSTRATED BY CRUIKSHANK lettered in gilt; spine sl. darkened, a little faded. 325. Uncle Tom’s Cabin. With 27 illustrations on A good-plus copy. wood by . John Cassell. ¶Published the same year as the first American Front. port., engr. title, plates, 3pp ads. Orig. edition. An historical novel, set in Italy. Alibone vertical-grained black cloth, borders in blind, notes an early review of the work in the spine lettered in gilt; carefully recased, inner Athenaeum: 'This tale will not advance the hinges strengthened with strips of yellow paper, reputation of its writer, which ... has been mildly fore-edges a little rubbed. a.e.g. but steadily sliding downward ever since the first days when she must have been startled by her ¶Cohn 777. easily won European fame'. But another reviewer 1852 £150 praises the 'many passages of graceful or picturesque description'. 326. Uncle Tom’s Cabin. ... John Cassell. Front. 1862 £65 port., engr. title, plates; mostly unopened. Gatherings sewn together, otherwise unbound. 320. A Dog's Mission; or, The Story of the Old 1852 £125 Avery House. And other stories. FIRST EDITION. New York: Fords, Howard & 327. Uncle Tom’s Cabin; or, Negro Life in the Slave Hulbert. Half title, illus., 2pp ads. Orig. bright States of America. G. Routledge & Co and C.H. green cloth, front board pictorially blocked and Clarke & Co. Initial ad. leaf, front. & 7 plates, lettered in black & gilt, spine lettered in gilt. 14pp cata. Orig. dark green cloth, borders in A FINE copy. blind, spine lettered in gilt; expertly recased. 1880 £85 Prize inscription on leading pastedown, GREAT DISMAL SWAMP 1852. v.g. 321. Dred; a tale of the Great Dismal Swamp. ¶On spine “Original Edition Illustrated”. With FIRST ENGLISH EDITION. Sampson Low. the publisher’s initial notice concerning Author’s 12pp cata. Orig. pale purple wavy-grained cloth Editions, indicating this to be the 30th thousand. 1852 £150 by Bone & Son; spine a bit dulled. Signed 'George Welsh, October 1856' on leading f.e.p. 328. Uncle Tom’s Cabin; a tale of life among the ¶The first one-volume edition, published the lowly. With a preface by the Earl of Carlisle. same year as the first American edition. A handwritten note has been added to the titlepage: G. Routledge & Co. Front. & engr. title by '"Agnes of Sorrento" by Mrs Beecher Stowe, is in Dalziel, additional printed title. Orig. wavy- the "Cornhill Magazine" vol. III'. grained purple cloth, borders in blind, spine 1856 £45 lettered in gilt; spine faded & v. sl. worn at 324 325

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head. French bookseller's ticket, Stassin & bevelled boards, front board & spine pictorially Xavier. A good-plus copy. blocked in gilt & black; sl. wear to corners & ¶This edition is the first to include George head & tail of spine. a.e.g. Howard's preface. ¶Women of the patriarchal ages, Women of the 1852 £85 national period, Women of the Christian era. First published in 1873 by Fords, Howard & 329. Uncle Tom’s Cabin: ... or, Pictures of slavery Hulbert of New York. in the United States of America. 2nd edn. Ingram, Cooke, & Co. Front., engr. title, 1874 £85 printed title, plates, 8pp ads. Orig. brown cloth; 335. STOWE, Harriet Beecher & MACINTOSH, spine a little dulled, small unobtrusive mark on Maria Jane. Tales and Sketches by American front board. A good-plus copy. ¶'Published with eight spirited engravings.' Authoresses. T. Nelson & Sons. Engr. front. sl. 1852 £85 browned, 8pp ads (1854). Orig. pale green cloth, gilt spine; spine a little worn at head 330. Uncle Tom’s Cabin; or, The History of a & tail. Christian Slave. Partridge & Oakley. Half title, ¶One copy only recorded by Copac at the front., engr. title, printed title, plates by Henry National Library of Wales. 14 short tales by Anelay, 12pp cata., publisher's ads on e.ps. Stowe and one long one by MacIntosh: Louise de Orig. olive green cloth, blocked in blind, la Valliere. The works of each author are separately paginated: 220pp + 183pp, but with lettered in gilt. Gift inscription on recto of one collective titlepage. front, 'To Miss Elizabeth Davies ... Decr 15th/ 1860 £120 52.'. A v.g. bright copy. 1852 £200 336. STOWE, Charles Edward & Lyman COLOUR ILLUSTRATIONS Beecher. Harriet Beecher Stowe. By her son 331. Uncle Tom’s Cabin. Collins' Clear-Type Press. and her grandson. FIRST ENGLISH Half title, col. front. & 7 col. plates by R.R. EDITION. James Nisbet. Half title, front. & Russell, 16pp + 15pp catas; sl. browning. Orig. plates. Uncut in orig. red cloth; spine sl. faded, olive-green dec. cloth, lettered in gilt. Gift library shelf mark. Gift inscription, 1924. v.g. inscription, 1906. A v.g. bright copy. 1911 £55 [c.1906] £35 ______THE KEY 332. The Key to Uncle Tom’s Cabin; presenting the EAST END LIFE original facts and documents upon which the 337. STREATFEILD, Henrietta S. The Conjurer’s story is founded. Together with corroborative Wand. Sm. 4to. S.W. Partridge & Co. 64pp. statements verifying the truth of the work. Front. & illus., 16pp ads; lacking leading f.e.p., FIRST EDITION. Clarke, Beeton & Co.; & text pages browned. Orig. red pict. cloth. Thomas Bosworth. Half title, publisher's ads on A nice bright copy. e.ps. Orig. green cloth; one or two mall marks, ¶A children’s story set in Whitechapel in 1881. sl. wear to head of spine. [1902] £25 ¶With an advertisement slip inserted into leading e.ps: 'Companion to this volume ... The 338. STREDDER, Eleanor. Jack and his Ostrich: American Slave Code, in theory and practice ...'. an African story. T. Nelson & Sons. Front. Orig. [c.1852] £85 light blue pictorial cloth; a little dulled. v.g. ¶Not in Wolff who has three of her novels. 333. We and Our Neighbors: or, The Records of an Earliest edition in BL is 1890. Unfashionable Street. (Sequel to “My Wife and 1893 £30 I”) A novel. FIRST EDITION. New York: J.B. Ford & Co. Front. & 7 plates, 10pp ads. INSCRIBED TO Orig. brown cloth, blocked & lettered in black THE AUTHOR'S FATHER & gilt; spine sl. dulled. 339. STRETTELL, Alma. Lullabies of Many 1875 £120 Lands; collected and renderered into English verse ... With 77 illustrations by Emily J. 334. Woman in Sacred History. A series of sketches Harding. FIRST EDITION. George Allen. drawn from scriptural, historical, and legendary Front., plates & illus., patterned parchment e.ps. sources. Illustrated with fifteen chromo- Orig. beige cloth, front board handsomely dec. lithographs, after paintings by Raphael, Batoni, in gilt with fairy scattering petals within floral Horace Vernet, Landelle, Koehler, Portaëls, border; some v. sl. rubbing. v.g. Vernet-Lecomte, Baader, Merle, and ¶A selection of translated ‘cradle-songs’ arranged Boulanger: printed by Monrocq, from stones alphabetically by European country. With executed by Jehenne, Paris. FIRST ENGLISH presentation inscription, ‘To my dear father, from EDITION. 4to. Sampson Low, &c. Half title, “Alma Strettell”. Dec. 1894’. col. front. & plates. Orig. dark blue cloth, 1894 £85 STRETTON ______

STRETTON, Hesba, pseud. of Sarah Smith, 346. Jessica’s First Prayer. R.T.S. (The Hesba 1832-1911 Stretton series.) Front. & illus. by W.J. Popular children’s author, by far her most popular Morgan. Orig. blue dec. cloth; spine dulled & title was Jessica's First Prayer (1867) which sold more sl. rubbed. than one & a half million copies. From 1859, Stretton ¶With ads. & ferns printed on e.ps. was a regular contributor to Dickens's Household [c.1890] £25 Words & All theYear Round. She was involved in the establishment of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children. 347. Max Krömer. The Story of the Siege of Strasbourg. R.T.S. Front., illus. Orig. light BEDE’S CHARITY brown pictorial cloth. Prize inscription, 1898. 340. Bede’s Charity. R.T.S. ( series.) A v.g. bright copy. Front. & illus., 16pp cata. sl. foxed at end. Orig. ¶Wolff 6462 is c.1873. royal blue pict. cloth, blocked in gilt, black, [c.1897] £25 brown & green; sl. rubbed. ¶This may be a later issue of the novel as there is ONLY A DOG an 1891 inscription. 348. Only a Dog; a story. By a humble friend. New [1882?] £30 edn. Seeley & Co. Half title, front. & plates, 16pp cata. + 16pp cata; some light foxing. 341. Carola. 2nd edn. R.T.S. Front., illus., 2pp ads. Orig. olive green cloth, blocked & lettered in Orig. light green cloth, lettered in gilt & light green, pink & gilt. v.g. blue. v.g. 1909 £20 ¶Wolff 6450 is a third edition. The relationship between an East End Jew & the heroine. PILGRIM STREET [1884] £45 349. Pilgrim Street: A Story of Manchester Life. FIRST EDITION(?) R.T.S. Front., vignette 342. Fern’s Hollow. By the Author of “Jessica’s title, illus, 3pp ads. Orig. orange cloth, blocked First Prayer” ... R.T.S. Front., plates, final ad. in black, lettered in gilt; one or two gatherings leaf; some browning. Orig. sand-grained green sl. proud, a little dulled and rubbed. Sunday cloth, blocked & lettered in gilt; a bit rubbed. School prize label dated 1877. Gift inscription, 1876. A good sound copy. ¶Wolff 6465 is in bright blue cloth, and has an ¶Her first book, published in 1864, set in a mining inscription dated 1879. community in the Welsh borders. An early [1877] £40 edition, in 196pp. See Wolff 6456. [1876] £25 350. ONE PENNY WEEKLY. ADVERTISE- 343. Fern’s Hollow. ... R.T.S. Initial ad. leaf with MENT SLIP. With the April magazines, the signature cut from upper margin, front. & illus., first quarterly volume, ..., contains, complete in 16pp cata. Orig. red cloth, dec. in black & gilt; XIX chapters, Hesba Stretton's new tale, "The spine sl. faded, otherwise v.g. Crew of the Dolphin", ... “Hand and Heart” ¶Her first book, published in 1864, set in a Publishing Offices. 18 x 11 cm. Ad. slip mining community in the Welsh borders. This printed on recto only of yellow slip. Laid on to later edition, in larger format, has 160pp. pink card. v.g. See Wolff 6456. [1876] £10 [1885] £35 ______JESSICA'S FIRST PRAYER 344. Jessica's First Prayer. FIRST EDITION(?) 351. (STRETTON, Julia) Mr and Mrs Asheton. R.T.S. Half title, front., plates, illus., 4pp ads. Chapman & Hall. Contemp. half calf, maroon Orig. purple cloth, front board lettered in gilt; a leather labe. A nice copy. little dulled, stain on front board, cloth a little ¶Not in Wolff, who had three of her novels. bubbled. Owner’s inscription dated Aug. 1867. First published in 3 vols. in 1860. A rebound yellowback; see Topp, vol. III, p314. A good sound copy. 1864 £35 ¶As Sadleir 3152, but in purple instead of red- brown cloth. The date of the first edition of this work has been difficult to establish, but the 352. (STRETTON, Julia) The Queen of the August 1867 inscription in this copy suggests that County. By the Author of “Margaret and her 1867 is correct. bridesmaids”, &c. FIRST EDITION. 3 vols. [1867] £50 Hurst & Blackett. Some spotting. Contemp. half black calf, brown leather labels; a bit 345. Jessica’s First Prayer. R.T.S. Half title, front., rubbed, leading hinge vol. I sl. splitting. A good illus., 4pp ads. Orig. brown dec. cloth, blocked sound copy. in black & gilt. v.g. ¶Not in Sadleir or Wolff. [c.1885] £35 1865 £110 STRICKLAND ______

STRICKLAND, Agnes, 1796-1874 357. Lives of the Bachelor Kings of England. 4th & Jane, 1800-1888 thousand. Simpkin, Marshall. Front., vignette Agnes & Jane Strickland were the eldest of six title, printed title, final ad. leaf, glazed pink e.ps; siblings, sisters Elizabeth, Catherine Traill (see prelims sl. foxed. Orig. purple cloth, front item 431) and Susanna Moodie were also writers. board blocked with vignette of William Rufus Agnes & Elizabeth collaborated in several in gilt; a little dulled, wear to tail of spine. biographical collections, many of them attributed 1861 £35 solely to Agnes. Jane was less well known: she wrote mainly for children and also published a history of Rome (1854). 358. The Lives of the Seven Bishops Committed to The Tower in 1688. Enriched and illustrated STRICKLAND, Agnes with personal letters, now first published, from the Bodleian Library. FIRST EDITION. Bell INSCRIBED & Daldy. Half title. Contemp. half black calf, 353. Alda, the British captive. FIRST EDITION. spine gilt in compartments, maroon leather Joseph Rickerby. Half title, engr. title (George label. v.g. Virtue imprint), printed title, 32pp cata. Orig. ¶The names of the seven bishops in question have helpfully been added in ms. on verso of leading purple-brown cloth by Westleys & Co., blocked pastedown: Sancroft, Archbishop of Canterbury; & lettered in gilt; spine & edges faded. Lake, Bishop of Chichester; White, Bishop of SIGNED from the author, to ‘Louisa Mary Peterborough; Turner, Bishop of Ely; Ken, Bowater from Miss A. Strickland’. a.e.g. A Bishop of Bath and Wells; Lloyd, Bishop of St good-plus copy. Asaph; Trelawny, Bishop of Bristol. ¶Wolff 6600. With 32pp Virtue cata., rather than 1866 £60 16pp as in Wolff’s copy. 1841 £120 359. STRICKLAND, Agnes & BARTON, Bernard. Fisher’s Juvenile Scrap-Book. Edited INSCRIBED by Agnes Strickland & Bernard Barton. Fisher, 354. Alda, ... FIRST EDITION. Joseph Rickerby. Son, & Co. Front., engr. title, illus. with 14 Half title, engr. title (George Virtue imprint), plates. Orig. pale blue silk, heavily embossed printed title, 32pp cata. Orig. green cloth by with peacock & floral design, spine attractively Westleys & Co., blocked & lettered in gilt; gilt blocked & lettered; sl. faded. a.e.g. v.g. spine sl. dulled & sl. worn at head & tail. a.e.g. ¶A selection of instructional poems and thoughts ¶Variant cloth. Inscribed on leading f.e.p. ‘To for the young. Fisher’s Juvenile Scrap-book ran the Marchioness of Bute. In remembrance of from 1836-1850, firstly under the editorship of Agnes Strickland, Mount Stuart, Rothesay Sept. Agnes Strickland and Bernard Barton, and 25th 1852’. subsequently edited by Agnes's younger sister 1841 £90 Jane. See item 361. 1839 £50

355. Historical Tales of Illustrious British Children. 360. STRICKLAND, Agnes & YOUNG, J., Rev. Nathaniel Hailes. Front; p.290 with orig. Christian Endurance, and the Changes of Life. publisher’s flaw, folded at bottom corner with With eight coloured plates. Thomas Dean & text complete; lacks leading f.e.p. Orig. red Son. Hand-coloured front. & title, six col. cloth, attractively blocked in gilt & blind; one plates, 3pp ads. Orig. blue cloth, blocked & or two small marks. a.e.g. A bright copy. lettered in silver; spine sl. dulled. Owner's ¶The BL has a copy which it dates as 1833. This inscription dated 1852. A good-plus copy. is undated, but appears to be the first edition ¶An account of Victorine de Bourke, who, when sheets of a collection of tales by Strickland shipwrecked off the Algerian coast, and subjected and her uncredited sister Elizabeth. Nathaniel to the ‘savagery’ of the natives, refused to reject Hailes ceased publishing in the mid-1840s. her Christian faith. Young’s The Changes of Life Later editions of this work were issued by is subtitled The Widow and Orphans and has other publishers. separate pagination. One copy only on Copac [1833?] £65 (Cambridge University), dated c.1848. [1848?] £120 356. Lives of the Bachelor Kings of England. FIRST _____ EDITION. Simpkin, Marshall, and Co. Front., vignette title, printed title, illus; front. loose, STRICKLAND, Jane lacks leading f.e.p. Contemp. half maroon calf, spine gilt in compartments, black leather 361. The Juvenile Scrap-book: a gage d’amour for label; corners & hinges sl. rubbed. A good- the young. Edited by Jane Strickland. Peter plus copy. Jackson, late Fisher, Son & Co. Front., engr. ¶William Rufus, Edward V and Edward VI, the title, printed title, plates; sl. spotting. Orig. “chasms” in the chain of lives of the Queens pink cloth; rubbed & dusted, hinges worn and of England. sl. chipped. 1861 £50 1849 £25 STRICKLAND ______

362. Rome, Regal and Republican. A family history 367. An American Woman. FIRST EDITION. of Rome. Ed. by Agnes Strickland. Arthur Hodder & Stoughton. Half title, front., plates & Hall, Virtue. Half title, front., engr. title, illus by D. Murray Smith. Orig. blue cloth, printed title, 24pp cata. (Jan. 1854). Orig. red blocked in black, lettered in gilt. A v.g. cloth (by Westleys), pictorially blocked in gilt; bright copy. sl. wear. A bright clean copy. ¶Wolff had only two of her titles: Aldersyde ¶The advertisements list this as the first series, and Sheila. and p.612 concludes ‘End of vol. I’, but no more [1900] £45 seems to have been published. 1854 £60 368. The Ayres of Studleigh, or “Kind hearts are ______more than coronets”. Tall 8vo. Edinburgh: Oliphant Anderson & Ferrier. (Prize and SULLIVAN, Arabella Jane, 1796-1839 Presentation series.) Half title, front. Orig. brown cloth, attractively blocked with coloured 'THE SINGLE WOMAN OF A CERTAIN AGE' pansies; sl. dulled. Sunday School prize label 363. Recollections of a Chaperon. Edited by Lady 1914. a.e.g. Dacre. FIRST EDITION. 3 vols. 12mo. [c.1905] £25 Richard Bentley. Contemp. half calf, black leather labels; rubbed, hinges worn. Fawsley 369. The Better Part. A story. 11th edn. S.W. armorial bookplates and Renier booklabels. Partridge & Co. Front., 16pp cata., publisher's Internally clean, but a fair copy only. ads on e.ps. Orig. grey pictorial cloth, lettered ¶Sadleir 3160; Wolff 1707, who lists this under in gilt & black; spine sl. dulled, otherwise a v.g. the author’s mother, Lady Dacre as author, rather than ‘editor’. attractive copy. 1833 £85 [c.1895] £30

364. Recollections of a Chaperon. ... Richard 370. The Bridge Builders. FIRST EDITION. Bentley. (Standard novels. no. 114.) Front., ads Hodder & Stoughton. Tinted front. & plates. on e.ps. Binding D - dark brown morocco- Orig. blue cloth, front board pictorially blocked grained cloth, spine blocked & lettered in in black and with tinted onlay, lettered in gilt. gilt. v.g. t.e.g. v.g. ¶Sadleir 3734a. [1913?] £35 1849 £35 371. Doris Cheyne: the story of a noble life. Tall TALES OF THE PEERAGE & PEASANTRY 8vo. Edinburgh: Oliphant Anderson & Ferrier. 365. Tales of the Peerage and the Peasantry. Edited Half title, front. Orig. olive green cloth, by Lady Dacre. 3 vols. FIRST EDITION. attractively blocked with coloured pansies; Richard Bentley. Contemp. half green calf, dulled. a.e.g. marbled boards, maroon leather labels; spines [c.1905] £20 sl. darkened, sl. rubbed. A good-plus copy. ¶Wolff 1708, who points out that this is the ‘silver 372. The Gates of Eden. Tall 8vo. Edinburgh: fork’ novel burlesqued by Thackeray as ‘Lords Oliphant, Anderson & Ferrier. Front. port., and Liveries’. 1835 £220 2pp ads. Orig. royal blue cloth, attractively blocked with coloured pansies; lacks leading 366. Tales of the Peerage and the Peasantry. ... free e.p. a.e.g. Richard Bentley. Engr. front. Contemp. half [c.1905] £25 maroon calf, spine with raised gilt bands, black A TALE OF leather label; spine faded & sl. rubbed. With MODERN GLASGOW inscription to Amelia Bective from her sister 373. The Guinea Stamp. 11th thousand. Edinburgh Olivia Taylor dated Christmas 1849. A good- & London: Oliphant, Anderson & Ferrier. Half plus copy. title. Orig. royal blue cloth, blocked in yellow, 1849 £50 maroon & gilt, lettered in gilt; spine a little ______dulled. A good-plus copy. 1895 £30 SWAN, Annie Shepherd, 1859-1943 Born in Edinburgh, Swan began writing at an early 374. The Guinea Stamp. 5th edn. Edinburgh & age, publishing her first work Ups and Downs in 1878. London: Oliphant, Anderson & Ferrier. Half Her success was based on producing, what she described as 'serious & innocuous fiction for the title, front. Orig. scarlet cloth, attractively delectation of babes’. Politically active, she was a blocked in blind, white & gilt, lettered in gilt; leading figure in the suffragette movement, and a spine sl. faded. Church prize label, 1909. v.g. co-founder, in 1934, of the Scottish Nationalist Party. 1904 £20 365 SWAN ______

375. Maitland of Laurieston. A family history. New cloth, boards blocked in blind, spine lettered in edn. Edinburgh & London: Oliphant, gilt; spine darkened & a little worn at head & Anderson & Ferrier. Half title, illus. Orig. tail, sl. splitting to inner hinges. brown cloth, blocked & lettered in gilt; sl. wear ¶BL dates this [1854]. With a brief memoir of the to inner hinges, a bit dulled. t.e.g. author, recording her pious upbringing in 1892 £20 Holborn, London, and her penchant for writing verse at a very young age. 376. Maitland of Laurieston. Tall 8vo. Edinburgh: [1854] £60 Oliphant, Anderson & Ferrier. Half title, front. Orig. red cloth, attractively blocked with TAUTPHŒUS, Jemima, Baroness von, coloured pansies; sl. dulled, sl. worm damage née Montgomery, 1807-1893 to front hinge. a.e.g. Born in Donegal, she married the Chamberlain to the [c.1905] £20 King of Bavaria in 1838 and lived most of her life there. She wrote four novels combining 'exotic 377. Sheila. New edn. Edinburgh & London: Bavarian scenery & its peasant inhabitants with familiar aristocratic leading characters’. Oliphant, Anderson & Ferrier. Half title, front., 4pp following ads unopened. Uncut in orig. 383. Cyrilla. A tale. FIRST EDITION. 3 vols. maroon cloth, blocked in gilt, lettered in black Richard Bentley. Half titles; a few spots. Orig. and gilt; a little dulled, some sl. rubbing. green boards, purple cloth spines sl. faded, Ownership inscription dated Xmas 1898. t.e.g. paper labels sl. chipped; mark on front board A good-plus copy. vol. I. [c.1898] £25 ¶Sadleir 3175; Wolff 6661. A tale of crime in high German places, supposedly founded on facts 378. My Life: an Autobiography. FIRST EDITION. suppressed in the reprinted text of 1872. Ivor Nicholson & Watson. Half title, front. & 1853 £225 plates. Orig. purple cloth, lettered in black; spine faded. A good-plus copy. 384. Cyrilla. ... Copyright edn. 2 vols. Leipzig: 1934 £20 Bernhard Tauchnitz. Bound without half titles; some spotting. First few leaves of vol. II SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR incorrectly bound but all present. 2 vols in 1 in 379. My Life: ... The 12th impression and first cheap contemp. half red calf by M. Ward, Belfast, edn. Ivor Nicholson & Watson. Half title, spine with raised gilt bands, brown leather label; front. port. Orig. red cloth, double-ruled borders a little rubbed. Owner’s signatures on titles. and lettering in black v.g. in sl. worn d.w. A good sound copy. ¶Signed presentation inscription, "Yours ¶Todd 282B & 283B. sincerely - Annie S. Swan". 1853 £50 1937 £30 ______385. The Initials. A novel. Copyright edn. 2 vols. Leipzig: Bernhard Tauchnitz. Contemp. brown CHILD OF THE MEWS binder’s cloth. v.g. 380. SYNGE, Margaret Bertha. A Child of the ¶Bound without distinguishing half title. Todd Mews. T. Nelson & Sons. Half title, front. & 288 & 289b. First published in 1850. The DNB engr. title by W.T. Smith, 10pp cata. Orig. blue states, “There is no novel in the language to which pictorial cloth. Huddersfield Education the epithet ‘charming’ could be applied with more Committee prize label, 1905. A v.g. bright strict propriety than to ‘The Initials’.” copy. 1854 £35 ¶First published in 1897. 1900 £20 386. The Initials. By the author of “Quits”. Richard Bentley & Son. Front., vignette title; some 381. (TABOR, Eliza) Eglantine. By the Author of spotting in prelims. Contemp. half plum calf, “St. Olave’s”. FIRST EDITION. 3 vols. Hurst plum cloth boards, dark green leather label, gilt & Blackett. Half titles, 16pp cata. vol. III with crown & 'T' at head of spine; spine faded to part of pp.13-14 torn out; some internal brown. A good-plus copy. staining. Ex-library copy, in orig. brown cloth 1875 £45 by Leighton, rubbed & marked, W.H. Smith labels mostly removed from pastedowns, inner 387. Quits; a novel. Copyright edn. 2 vols. Leipzig: hinges cracking. A fair copy only. Bernhard Tauchnitz. (Collection of British ¶Not in Sadleir or Wolff. authors. vol. CCCCXXVIII-IX.) Half title vol. 1875 £65 II only. Contemp. half dark green morocco; boards sl. rubbed. Each vol. signed Chas. T.H. 382. TATHAM, Emma. The Dream of Pythagoras, Barton in contemp. hand. and other poems. 2nd edn, revised and ¶Todd 428a, 429a. enlarged. Longman & Co. Orig. olive green 1858 £25 383 400 TAUTPHŒUS ______

388. Quits; ... Copyright edn. 2 vols. Leipzig: 394. Correspondence Between a Mother and Her Bernhard Tauchnitz. (Collection of British Daughter at School. 3rd edn. BOUND WITH: authors, vol. CCCCXXVIII-IX.) Half titles. The Present of a Mistress to a Young Servant: Red binder’s cloth, maroon leather labels; consisting of friendly advice and real histories. spines sl. faded. Armorial bookplates of Robert By Mrs Taylor. 5th edn. 1819. Taylor & Whitehead. v.g. Hessey. Engr. fronts. 2 vols in 1 in sl. later half ¶Todd 428b, 429b. green calf; chipped at head & tail. Contemp. 1858 £35 booklabel & signature of Mrs Burkhill. A good ______sound copy. 1818 / 1819 £75 LETTERS FROM ITALY 389. TAYLOR, Catharine. Letters from Italy, to a 395. Correspondence Between a Mother and Her younger sister. 2 vols. FIRST EDITION. John Daughter at School. 3rd edn. Taylor & Hessey. Murray. Final ad. leaves. Partially unopened in Engr. front. Contemp. half calf, maroon leather orig. green cloth; tails of spines sl rubbed. v.g. label; spine & corners a little rubbed. ¶Expanded to two volumes in 1841. Vol. II in a Ownership inscription in pencil occupying all of sl. lighter cloth. leading f.e.p. 1840-41 £180 1818 £50

390. TAYLOR, Emily, ed. Chronicles of an Old 396. Display. A tale. 4th edn. 12mo. Taylor & English Oak; or, Sketches of English Life and Hessey. Front. dated 1815; lacking final ad. History, as reported by those who listened to leaf. Contemp. full diced calf, spine gilt in them. Ed. by Emily Taylor. FIRST EDITION. compartments, gilt borders & dentelles, black 4to. Groombridge & Sons. Engr. title as front., leather label; sl. rubbing. Inscription on initial plates, illus. Orig. royal blue moiré cloth, blank July 22nd 1816. v.g. pictorially blocked & lettered in gilt; sl. ¶First published in 1815. rubbing, inner hinges cracking. a.e.g. v.g. 1816 £60 ¶Not in Wolff. 1860 £35 397. Display. ... 7th edn. 12mo. Taylor & Hessey. Engr. front. Contemp. full scarlet morocco, TAYLOR, Jane, 1723-1824 borders in gilt & blind; gilt spine; sl. rubbing. Primarily a poet, Taylor wrote one published novel, a.e.g. A nice copy. Display, which appeared in 1814 and was many times 1823 £50 reprinted. She is credited with writing Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, which appeared in a volume of 398. Display. ... 9th edn. 12mo. Taylor & Hessey. verse, Rhymes for the Nursery, in 1806. Half title, engr. front., 8pp ads; one or two THE AUTHORESS gatherings sl. proud. Contemp. half maroon 391. The Authoress. A tale. 2nd edn. Taylor & calf, gilt spine; sl. rubbing. Small bookseller’s Hessey. Half title, engr. front. Contemp. full ticket, Batcheller and Rigden of Dover. A very weave-patterned calf, spine with raised gilt attractive binding. bands, dark blue leather label; expertly 1820 £65 rebacked. v.g. Booklabel of John Henry Ellis, 399. Essays in Rhyme, on morals and manners. 5th Trinity College Cambridge. edn. Taylor & Hessey. Contemp. half black 1822 £180 calf, gilt spine chipped at tail; marbled 392. The Contributions of Q.Q. to a periodical work, boards worn. with some pieces not before published. 2 vols. 1825 £35 7th edn. WITH: Memoirs, Correspondence, 400. The Family Mansion. A tale. 3rd edn. 12mo. and Poetical Remains of Jane Taylor. New edn. Taylor & Hessey. Engr. front. Contemp. full 1831. Jackson & Walford; Holsworth & Ball. purple calf, gilt spine and borders; spine faded Engr. front. (silhouette port. of Taylor with to brown, sl. rubbing. A good-plus copy. inscription) vol. III. Uniformally bound in ¶First published in 1819. contemp. half black calf by David Condie of 1820 £85 Worcester, gilt spines; sl. rubbing. Samuel Southall’s inscription vol. I dated 1853. v.g. HINTS TO YOUNG FEMALES 1834/1831 £150 401. Practical Hints to Young Females, on the duties of a wife, a mother, and a mistress of a family. 393. The Contributions of Q.Q. ... New edn. 11th edn. Taylor & Hessey. Engr. front. Jackson & Walford. Engr. title sl. spotted, Contemp. full purple calf, gilt spine & borders, printed title, final ad. leaf. Contemp. full tan black leather labels; sl. rubbing. Armorial calf, green leather label; some wear to spine. bookplate of Thomas Heywood, surgeon. v.g. Contemp. owner's inscription. 1822 £65 1840 £35 ______TAYLOR ______

402. TAYLOR, Rachel Annand. Rose and Vine. TO ESTHER FIRST EDITION. Elkin Mathews. Half title. 407. To Esther and Other Sketches. FIRST Orig. olive green buckram, lettered in gilt. v.g. EDITION. Smith, Elder & Co. Half title, ¶The second book of verse. Long review from front., 2pp ads. Orig. brown sand-grained cloth, the Aberdeen Free Press loosely inserted by this bevelled boards, blocked & lettered in black & writer, one of the first women to study at gilt; leading e.ps a bit marked. v.g. Aberdeen University, and admired by Chesterton, ¶Not in Sadleir; Wolff 5886. Containing: To Belloc & D.H. Lawrence. Esther, Out of the World, Merry Making & 1909 £65 Moretti’s Campanula. 1869 £150 403. TEMPEST, Olive. Under Eastern Skies. FIRST EDITION. John Long. Half title; some 408. The Story of Elizabeth. Copyright edn. light foxing. Orig. scarlet cloth, lettered in gilt. Leipzig: Bernhard Tauchnitz. (Collection of Blank booklabel, obscuring previous owner’s British authors, vol. 677.) Half title. Contemp. inscription, on leading pastedown. v.g. half red calf, gilt spine; sl. rubbing. v.g. ¶Her sole novel; story of life in the Indian Army. ¶Todd 677a. Not in Wolff; first published in 1912 £20 1863. "This is the story of a foolish woman, who, through her own folly, learnt wisdom at last ..." 1863 £25 THACKERAY, Anne, afterwards Lady Ritchie, 1837-1919 409. The Story of Elizabeth, Two Hours, and From Novelist, biographer & essayist, eldest daughter of W.M. Thackeray. Despite living in the shadow of her an Island. Smith, Elder & Co. (The Works of illustrious father, Anne became a respected author in Miss Thackeray, vol. VI.) Half title, series title, her own right, and produced five well-received novels vignette title, 4pp ads, partially unopened; the illustrative of Victorian domestic life. odd spot. Orig. lilac cloth, blocked in black & gilt. v.g. 404. Keys, and other stories. John Murray. (The ¶Not in Wolff; first published in 1863. "This is Works of Miss Thackeray, vol. V.) Half title. the story of a foolish woman, who, through her Orig. lilac cloth, blocked in black & gilt; spine own folly, learnt wisdom at last ..." sl. darkened. v.g. 1900 £30 1908 £25 410. Thackeray's Daughter. Some recollections of AN APPEAL! Anne Thackeray Ritchie compiled by Hester 405. Miss Angel, and Fulham Lawn. Smith, Elder. Thackeray Fuller and Violet Hammersley. Half title, vignette title. Contemp. half dark FIRST EDITION. Dublin: Euphorion Books. blue crushed morocco, gilt spine; spine faded Half title, front. Orig. green cloth. & sl. rubbed. t.e.g. v.g. 1951 £12 ¶This copy was sold by the author and Kate Perugini (daughter of Charles Dickens) to raise THE VILLAGE ON THE CLIFF funds for the Great War effort. With an appeal 411. The Village on the Cliff. By the author of “The slip loosely inserted containing a six-line poem Story of Elizabeth”. FIRST EDITION. Smith, acknowledging the work of Dickens and Elder & Co. Front. & 5 plates by Frederick Thackeray, and encouraging conscientious Walker. Handsomely bound in sl. later half generosity from the purchaser: "Great Public! brown morocco-grained cloth, gilt spine. You who loved to read our fathers, / With Owners’ inscriptions on initial blank, one dated memory of whom our work to-day is done; / Be generous as they; and for our heroes / Give - as 1870. v.g. these writers gave their tears and fun ..." Also ¶Wolff 5887. inscribed on half title, "Written by Anne 1867 £120 Thackeray, sent by Anne Ritchie", and with a small printed ticket on leading pastedown stating 412. The Village on the Cliff. ... 3rd edn. Smith, "Sold by Lady Ritchie and Mrs Perugini, for the Elder & Co. Front. & 5 plates by Frederick Belgravia War Supply Depot, Nov. 22 1916, Walker, 4pp ads. Uncut in orig. dark green Hyde Park House". Miss Angel was first sand-grained cloth, pictorially blocked & published in 1875. 1884 £150 lettered in gilt; sl. dulled, sl. wear to head & tail of spine. A good-plus copy. 406. Old Kensington. 3rd edn. Smith, Elder & Co. 1867 £110 (The Works of Miss Thackeray, vol. I.) Series title, vignette title. Orig. lilac cloth, blocked in 413. Chapters from some Memoirs. FIRST black & gilt; sl. rubbing. Signed Mary E. EDITION. Macmillan & Co. Half title. Uncut Hobson, Penlea House. A good- plus copy. in orig. dark blue cloth, spine lettered in gilt. ¶See Sadleir 3184; Wolff 5885 for the first Small bookseller's ticket: S.B. Spaull, edition of 1873. Ealing. v.g. 1900 £65 1894 £40 THACKERAY ______

INSCRIBED BY THE THURSTON, Katherine Cecil, 1875-1911 AUTHOR’S DAUGHTER An Irish novelist, first wife of Ernest Temple Thurston, 414. Letters of Anne Thackeray Ritchie, with forty- she achieved fame on both sides of the Atlantic. She two additional letters from her father William does not appear in Loeber. Makepeace Thackeray; selected and ed. by her daughter Hester Ritchie. FIRST EDITION. 420. The Circle. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. John Murray. Half title, front. & plates, 4pp New York: Dodd, Mead & Co. Half title, front. ads. Orig. pale blue boards, grey cloth spine, & 5 plates by Reginald B. Birch. Orig. cream paper label; sl. marking. v.g. cloth, attractively blocked with floral design in ¶With presentation inscription from Anne orange, pink & green, lettered in green. t.e.g. Thackeray's daughter, to Annie Prinsep, 'my A v.g bright copy. mother's friend'. Signed from Hester Ritchie, 1903 £35 July 1924. 1924 £40 421. The Circle. 3rd impression. New York: Dodd, Mead & Co. Half title, 32pp cata. (coded 415. Letters of Anne Thackeray Ritchie, ... (2nd 11/02). Orig. light brown cloth, pictori- imp.) John Murray. Half title, front. & plates, ally blocked & lettered in black; spine sl. 4pp ads. Orig. pale blue boards, grey cloth dulled. v.g. spine, paper label. v.g. 1903 £25 1924 £30 THE GAMBLER ______422. The Gambler. A novel. FIRST EDITION. Hutchinson & Co. Half title, front. & 7 plates by John Cameron, final ad. leaf; sl. foxing in 416. THACKERAY, Rose E. Social Sketches, in prelims. Orig. dark blue cloth, lettered in gilt; verse. FIRST EDITION. T. Cautley Newby. spine sl. dulled v.g. Orig. sand-grained purple cloth, lettered in gilt; 1906 £85 sl. rubbed, spine dulled. ______¶INSCRIBED, 'With the authoress's best regards and thanks'. 423. THURTLE, afterwards JAMIESON, 1868 £25 Frances. Ashford Rectory; or, The Spoiled Child Reformed. Containing a short 417. THOMAS, Annie. Played Out. A novel. introduction to the sciences of architecture and Copyright edn. 2 vols. Leipzig: Bernhard heraldry; with a particular account of Grecian Tauchnitz. 2 vols in 1 in contemp. half dark and Roman games, etc. etc. 3rd edn, corrected green morocco; a little rubbed. A good- and enlarged. G. and W.B. Whittaker. Engr. plus copy. front. & 1 plate. Contemp. full tree calf, maroon ¶Todd 884 & 885. Bound without distinguishing leather label; corners sl. knocked, a little half titles. 1867 £35 rubbed. Owner's inscription, 1825. A good- plus copy. 1820 £65 418. (THOMSON, Zoe) RICKARDS, Edith C. Zoe Thomson of Bishopthorpe and Her Friends. PSYCHE TIGHE, Mary, Mrs Henry, neé Blatchford. With a preface by Basil Thomson. With 424. portraits and illustrations. FIRST EDITION. Psyche, with other poems. 3rd edn. Longman,

John Murray. Half title, front. & 9 plates, 8pp &c. Front. port. Contemp. full tan calf, gilt spine & borders, black leather label; spine sl. ads; sl. spotting. Orig. grey cloth, front board faded and v. sl. rubbed. Title signed 'George blocked & lettered in red, spine blocked in red Blunt' in contemp. hand. v.g. and lettered in gilt. t.e.g. v.g. ¶Privately printed in 1805 ‘Psyche’ was ¶Blind stamped ‘with Mr Murray’s compliments’. circulated in manuscript before its publication in Zoe Thomson was the wife of Dr William 1811. It received wide praise and prompted Thomson, Archbishop of York from 1862 until Thomas Moore to write the poem 'To Mrs. Henry his death in 1890. Tighe on reading her “Psyche”'. Mrs Hemans and 1916 £20 Leigh Hunt were also touched by the verses, and Hemans wrote two poems on Mrs Tighe after 419. THORNE, Eglanton. Aunt Patty's Paying her death. Guests. FIRST EDITION. R.T.S. Half title, 1811 £75 front. & 4 plates by W. Rainey, final ad. leaf. CRIMEAN WAR Orig. pale blue cloth, pictorially blocked in 425. TILT, Julia. Lays of Alma, and other poems. brown & green, lettered in gilt; spine sl. faded. FIRST EDITION. L. Booth. Orig. red Owner's inscription, 1907. v.g. morocco-grained cloth, attractively blocked & ¶Two copies only on Copac: Cambridge and lettered in gilt. a.e.g. A v.g. bright copy. National Library of Scotland. ¶A poetic account of the Crimean War, 'addressed [1907] £30 to the guards on their departure for Constanti- TILT ______

nople'. Wolff had one of her novels, Millicent Lacerunners. This reprinted edition, in two Neville, and refers to three others. Not in BL or volumes, uses two of the part titles for its on Copac. titlepages. Vol. I has The Forsaken Home on half 1856 £120 and full title, while vol. II has The Little Pin- headers. There are no separate titlepages for 426. TINDAL, Henrietta Acton. Rhymes and Milliners and Dressmakers or The Legends. With a prefatory memoir. FIRST Lacerunners,but both parts are present, with all four parts remaining separately paginated. The EDITION. Richard Bentley & Son. Half title; work describes the abominable living and largely unopened. Orig. beige cloth, bevelled working conditions of women workers in London. boards, borders & lettered in gilt; a bit marked, Charlotte Elizabeth, an acquaintance of Hannah spine marked. Bryan Hall booklabel and More, was a well-known author of religious and inscription. moral tales, especially for children. 1879 £35 1846 £150 ______TONNA, Charlotte Elizabeth, 1790-1846 CANADA Born in Norwich, Tonna married an army officer, 431. (TRAILL, Catherine) The Backwoods of George Phelan, in 1813, and moved to Ireland. Canada: being letters from the wife of an During an unhappy marriage, she crusaded for the emigrant officer, illustrative of the domestic rights of factory workers - the basis for her first novel economy of British America. New edn. Helen Fleetwood (1841). It has been credited with influencing the passing of the Factory Bill of 1844 Charles Knight & Co. (Knight's Weekly which limited the working day for women to 12 hours. volume for all readers.) Front. & 11 plates. She was also passionately anti-Catholic. Orig. cream cloth, blocked in blind, spine lettered in gilt; spine sl. dulled, otherwise v.g. 427. Conformity. A tale. By Charlotte Elizabeth. ¶First published in 1836. An uncompromising W.H. Dalton. Contemp. half blue calf, gilt examination of life in the New World. The author spine, maroon leather label; spine & corners a was particularly unimpressed with Montreal: 'I little rubbed. A good-plus copy. was greatly disappointed in my first acquaintance with the interior of Montreal; a place of which ¶See Wolff 6735 for first edition of 1841. travellers had said so much. I could compare it 1852 £50 only to the fruits of the Dead Sea, which are said DERRY to be fair and tempting to look upon, but yield 428. Derry; a tale of the Revolution. By Charlotte only ashes and bitterness when tasted by the Elizabeth. 11th edn. James Nisbet & Co. thirsty traveller'. Front. (1841), engr. title, printed title. Orig. 1846 £85 green cloth, gilt spine; leading inner hinge repaired. Contemp. inscription mostly erased 432. TRAIN, Elizabeth Phipps. Madam of the from leading f.e.p. v.g. Ivies. FIRST EDITION. Philadelphia & ¶Not in Wolff. An anti-Catholic novel based on London: J.B. Lippincott Company. 6pp ads; the Siege of Derry, that took place following the two short newspaper clippings pasted into Glorious Revolution in 1688. "May Popery prelims. Uncut in orig. cream buckram, blocked unmasked be the prelude to Popery destroyed..." with ivy design & lettered in black; sl. rubbed. 1851 £35 A good-plus copy. ¶A novel of domestic service. 429. Helen Fleetwood. FIRST EDITION. By 1898 £40 Charlotte Elizabeth. R.B. Seeley & W. Burnside. Half title, engr. title. Orig. dark blue 433. TRAIN, Elizabeth Phipps. A Marital cloth, blocked in blind; spine v. sl. rubbed at Liability. Illustrated by Violet Oakley. FIRST head & tail. Brighton bookseller’s ticket. Prize EDITION. Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincot. (The inscription, Dec. 1841. A good-plus copy. Lotos library.) Ad. preceding front., illus. with ¶Wolff 6738 is a second edition only, dated 1848. 3 plates. Uncut in orig. pale yellow buckram, He states the first had the subtitle ‘A Tale of the blocked & lettered in green. Extended owner’s Factories’ but not here, or on the 1841 editions inscription in prelims. v.g. listed in the BL and on Copac. ¶By the author of A Social Highwayman. 1841 £125 1897 £45 430. (The Wrongs of Women.) The Forsaken Home; NAVVIES and other tales. 2 vols. 12mo. By Charlotte 434. (TREGELLES, Anna R.) The Ways of the Elizabeth. W.H. Dalton. Half titles. Orig. red Line: a monograph on excavators. FIRST cloth, blocked in blind, gilt spines; v. sl. wear EDITION. Edinburgh: William Oliphant. Half to heads of spines. Ownership inscriptions on title, front., engr. title, 8pp cata. Orig. blue leading f.e.ps. t.e.g. v.g. pebble-grained cloth, front board illus. with ¶This was first published as The Wrongs of railway scene in gilt; spine dulled and sl. worn Woman in 1843/44. It originally contained four at head. v.g. named parts, Milliners and Dressmakers, The ¶Episodes from the lives of railway navvies. Forsaken Home, The Little Pin-headers, and The 1858 £60 436 TRIMMER ______

TRIMMER, Mrs Sarah, 1741-1810. port. vol. I with some offsetting. Neatly Trimmer started a Sunday School at Brentford in 1782 rebound in marbled boards, brown cloth spine, and wrote many popular religious works and aids to paper labels. v.g. teaching. She is best remembered for her Fabulous ¶Trimmer, 1741-1810, educationalist & writer for Histories (1786) - later retitled The History of the children, best remembered for her pioneering Robins. schools in Brentford. 1814 £125 435. Fabulous Histories. The History of the Robins. ______For the instruction of children on their treatment of animals. Grant & Griffith. (The Favourite TROLLOPE, Frances, 1779-1863 Library, no. 3.) Front., vignette title, final ad. Novelist, essayist & activist; the mother of Thomas leaf. Orig. glazed yellow boards, printed in Adolphus and Anthony Trollope. As a result of her green & black; expertly rebacked with new husband’s business failings, and his increasingly bad spine strip. v.g. temper, she travelled to America in 1827, taking her [c.1860] £50 children with her. After her American adventure, which included joining a Utopian commune in SACRED HISTORIES Tennessee, and a failed attempt to establish a literary 436. Sacred History, selected from the Scriptures; salon in Cincinnati, she returned to England, where with additions and reflections, particularly she commenced her writing career. Her first work was calculated to facilitate the study of the Holy Domestic Manners of the Americans (1832), a Scriptures in schools and families. 4th edn. 6 sometimes bitter account of life in the US. Her vols. 12mo. Printed for J. Johnson, &c. writings include travel books, 'society', industrial & Contemp. plain mottled calf, red labels & green evangelical fiction. numerals; occasional rubbing, but overall a THE ATTRACTIVE MAN v.g. set of a scarce work. 442. The Attractive Man. A novel. Copyright edn. ¶Signatures of Anne Howes 1801. Ward & Lock. Prelims sl. dusted. A rebound 1801 £225 yellowback in contemp. half black roan; sl. rubbing to head of spine. Signed ‘Ailsie North, 437. Sacred History, ... 5th edn. 6 vols. 12mo. J. Thurland Castle’ on leading pastedown. Johnson, F. & C. Rivington; & J. Hatchard. ¶Topp, vol. II, p.61. First published in 1843. Name cut from head of title vol. II. Sl. later half [1864] £120 calf, gilt spines, black & rusty red leather labels; sl. rubbing, head of spine vol. I sl. worn. A 443. The Barnabys in America, or Adventures of the good set. Widow Wedded. Paris: A. & W. Galignani & 1806 £180 Co. Half title. Contemp. half continental calf; rubbed. 438. A Series of Prints, designed to illustrate The ¶Published the same year as the first edition. Ancient History. By Mrs. Trimmer. Sq. 16mo. 1843 £125 Baldwin, Cradock, & Joy; &c. Half title, printed title & LXII engr. plates arranged in 444. Belgium and Western Germany in 1833; pairs. Orig. red roan; a bit rubbed. including visits to Baden Baden, Wiesbaden, ¶Half title 'Ancient history prints'. Assyrian Cassel, Hanover, the Harz Mountains, &c., &c. Monarchy: VIII plates; Persian Monarchy: VIII FIRST EDITION. 2 vols. John Murray Half plates; Grecian Monarchy: VIII plates; Roman titles, final ad. leaf vol. I; sl. damp staining in Monarchy: XXXII plates. lower inner margins of prelims. Uncut in orig. 1821 £35 drab boards, paper labels browned; vol. I 439. A Series of Prints, ... Baldwin & Cradock, &c. chipped at head & tail of spine, but overall a Half title, printed title & LXIV engr. plates good-plus, well-preserved copy. arranged in pairs. Orig. red roan; spine chipped ¶Sadleir 3215; not in Wolff. with loss at head & tail. 1834 £280 ¶Half title 'English history prints'. 445. Belgium and Western Germany in 1833; ... 1821 £35 FIRST EDITION. 2 vols. John Murray Half 440. A Series of Prints, ... Baldwin & Cradock. Half titles; some light foxing in prelims. Contemp. title, printed title & LXIV engr. plates arranged half calf, spines with raised bands & devices in in pairs. Orig. red roan, spine a little faded. v.g. gilt, maroon leather labels; a bit rubbed. ¶Half title 'Roman history prints'. Remains of old library labels on pastedowns. A 1829 £45 good-plus copy. LIFE, LETTERS & JOURNAL 1834 £150 441. Some Account of the Life and Writings of Mrs MANNERS OF THE AMERICANS Trimmer, with original letters, and meditations 446. Domestic Manners of the Americans. FIRST and prayers, selected from her journal. 2 vols. EDITION. 2 vols. Whittaker, Treacher & Co. Printed for F.C. & J. Rivington, & J. Johnson & Half titles, front. vol. I, plates after A. Herrieu; Co.; and J. Hatchard by Law & Gilbert. Front. leading f.e.ps removed, one leaf sl. proud vol. I, 443 448

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small tear in bottom corner with sl. loss but not printed wrappers with initial 8pp cata. on green affecting text H1 vol. I. Contemp. half brown paper; dusted & sl. creased, with sl. chipping morocco, spines gilt in compartments; sl. split at head & tail of spine. A good-plus copy in following hinge vol. I. Each vol. signed as issued. Charles Rudd, 1866, on half title. a.e.g. v.g. 1840 £120 ¶Sadleir 3218; Wolff 6809. NEWCASTLE IMPRINT 1832 £580 454. Life and Adventures of Michael Armstrong, ... 447. Domestic Manners of the Americans. 2nd edn. 7th thousand. Newcastle-on-Tyne: John 2 vols. Whittaker, Treacher & Co. Half titles, Christie. Front. & plates by Hervieu. Orig. fronts. & plates after A. Herrieu; the odd spot. green cloth by Seton of Edinburgh, lettered in Contemp. half calf, spines attractively blocked gilt; spine a little darkened & sl. rubbed at head in gilt, dark green labels; head of leading hinge & tail. A good-plus copy. splitting vol. I. A good-plus copy. ¶This edition recorded on Copac at BL & London Library only. 1832 £380 1876 £90 MAN OF FASHION 448. Hargrave; or, The Adventures of a Man of LYNCH LAW: THE FIRST ANTI-SLAVERY NOVEL Fashion. FIRST EDITION. 3 vols. Henry 455. Lynch Law; or, The Life and Adventures of Colburn. Contemp. half red calf, spines dec. in Jonathan Jefferson Whitlaw. New edn. Ward gilt, dark green leather labels; spines a little & Lock. A yellowback rebound in 20th century dulled. Vol II signed Mrs Alcock on titlepage black cloth, paper label. Owner’s signature on in contemp. hand. A good-plus set. ¶Sadleir 3222; Wolff 6813. title dated 1857. v.g. 1843 £850 ¶Topp vol. II, p20. See Sadleir 3224 & Wolff 6817 for the first edition of 1836, published in 3 449. Jessie Phillips. A tale of the present day. vols under the title The Life and Adventures of Jonathan Jefferson Whitlaw. FIRST ONE-VOLUME EDITION. Henry [1857] £85 Colburn. Front. port., plates; sl. browned. Contemp. half maroon calf, brown leather label; MATRIMONIAL ECONOMY: spine faded, corners a little rubbed. A good- COLOUR PLATES 456. The Mother's Manual; or, Illustrations of plus copy. ¶Wolff 6814a; Sadleir 3223b. matrimonial economy. An essay in verse. 1844 £225 FIRST EDITION. Treuttel & Würtz & Richter. Front., vignette title & 18 plates, all attractively A CLEVER WOMAN 450. The Life and Adventures of a Clever Woman. hand-coloured. Sl. later full scarlet morocco by 2nd edn. Chapman & Hall. Contemp. half tan Bayntun of Bath, gilt spine, borders & dentelles. calf, spine gilt in compartments, dark green a.e.g. A v.g. attractive copy in custom-made leather label. v.g. fold-over box. Scarce. ¶First published in 1854, in 3 vols, by Hurst & ¶Sadleir 3229a; Wolff 6819. 'The Mother's Blackett. This scarce second edition was issued Manual, it is hoped, will prove / A useful treatise as a yellowback in November 1863, dated 1864 in the school of love. / Not by dull precept could (Topp, vol. III, p.310). it e'er obtain / That deep attention it deserves to 1864 £180 gain: / Familiar illustration here is made, / The young to flatter, and the old persuade: / Till THE FACTORY BOY mothers see what watchful care can do, / And 451. Life and Adventures of Michael Armstrong, the daughters learn what men are fit to woo.' factory boy. FIRST BOOK EDITION. 3 vols. 1833 £2,250 Henry Colburn. Fronts. & plates by A. Hervieu, Buss & Onwhyn; plates browned & sl. fragile. 457. Mrs Mathews; or, Family Mysteries. Chapman Uncut in later full marbled boards, paper labels. & Hall. Leading f.e.p. cut down to remove ¶Sadleir 3228a; Wolff 6818a. previous ownership details. A rebound 1840 £220 yellowback in contemp. half calf, black leather label; sl. rubbed. Signature of W.L. Adley, 452. Life and Adventures of Michael Armstrong, ... 1869, and later booklabel of Editha Taylor. FIRST ONE-VOLUME EDITION. Henry ¶Topp, vol. III, p314. First published in 1851. Colburn. Front. & plates sl. browned. Contemp. 1864 £85 half black calf, spine with raised bands & devices in gilt, red leather label. a.e.g. v.g. ORIGINAL BOARDS ¶Sadleir 3228b; Wolff 6818b. 458. The Refugee in America: a novel. FIRST 1840 £320 EDITION. 3 vols. Whittaker, Treacher, and Co. Half titles, final ad. leaf vol. III. Uncut in 453. Life and Adventures of Michael Armstrong, ... contemp. drab boards, paper labels; vols II & Paris: A. & W. Galignani & Co. Half title; sl. III chipped at tail with sl. loss. Contemp. spotting. Uncut & unopened in orig. buff owner’s signatures on titlepages. A well- TROLLOPE ______

preserved copy of Trollope's first novel in 465. The Ward of Thorpe-Combe. Paris: Baudry's original binding. European Library. Contemp. half maroon ¶Sadleir 3235; Wolff 6825. Trollope's first morocco, raised gilt bands; sl. rubbed. v.g. novel: the adventures of young Lord Darcy, who ¶Published the same year as the first ediiton. flees to America after fatally wounding the 1842 £225 roguish poacher Richard Dally, killer of his beloved pet spaniel. THE WIDOW BARNABY 1832 £850 466. The Widow Barnaby. FIRST EDITION. 3 vols. Richard Bentley. Contemp. half brown calf, 459. The Refugee in America: ... FIRST EDITION. olive green leather labels; spines sl. rubbed. 3 vols. Whittaker, Treacher, & Co. Leading Armorial bookplates of G.P. Gunell. v.g. f.e.p. torn without loss, initial & following ¶Sadleir 3250; Wolff 6839. blank removed from vol. III. Contemp. brown 1839 £750 calf, spine gilt in compartments & with raised gilt bands, black leather labels; top edge of 467. The Widow Barnaby. New edn. Ward & Lock. front board vol. I sl. knocked, sl. rubbed. A rebound yellowback in contemp. half maroon Armorial bookplates of Hugh Beaver. A good- calf, spine with raised gilt bands, brown leather plus copy of a scarce item. label; spine sl. rubbed. Signed 'Bective, 1857'. 1832 £850 A good-plus copy. ¶Topp, vol. II, p10. 460. The Vicar of Wrexhill. FIRST EDITION. 3 1856 £120 vols. Richard Bentley. Fronts. and plates by A. 468. The Widow Married. A sequel to “The Widow Hervieu; name cut from title vol. I, the odd Barnaby”. Paris: Baudry's European Library. spot. Uncut in contemp. drab boards, paper (Collection of Ancient and Modern British labels; carefully rebacked retaining most of authors, vol. CCLXVI.) Series title; tiny hole orig. spine strips, labels sl. darkened & chipped. ¶Sadleir 3246; Wolff 6835. in titlepage not affecting text. Contemp. half 1837 £580 green roan; repaired split to head of front hinge, sl. rubbed. A good-plus internally clean copy. 461. The Vicar of Wrexhill. New edn, revised. ¶Published the same year as the first edition. Richard Bentley. (Standard novels. no. 1840 £125 LXXVIII.) Half title, front., engr. title, YOUNG HEIRESS additional printed title. Binding B - maroon 469. The Young Heiress. FIRST EDITION. 3 vols. fine ribbed cloth, spine lettered in gilt; spine Hurst & Blackett. Contemp. half maroon faded to brown, sl. rubbing. Armorial morocco, marbled boards; sl. rubbing. bookplate of Andrew A.G. Hall. v.g. Titlepage vol. I signed 'Anne Mary Pemberton, ¶Sadleir 3734a. Castle Gate House, York' in contemp. hand. A 1840 £85 good-plus copy. ¶Sadleir 3253; not in Wolff. 462. The Vicar of Wrexhill. New edn, revised. 1842 £650 Ward & Lock. Rebound yellowback in later maroon binder’s cloth, yellow label. Signed 470. TROLLOPE, Thomas Adolphus. A Summer ‘Mrs E.P. Townhead’ on leading paste- in Brittany. Edited by Frances Trollope, author down. v.g. of ‘Domestic Manners of the Americans’. ¶Topp, vol. II, p12. 2 vols. FIRST EDITION. Henry Colburn. 1856 £35 Hand-coloured engr. front. in vol. I only, engr. ORIGINAL WRAPPERS titles, plates drawn & etched by A. Hervieu, 463. Vienne et les Autrichiens; traduit par Achille final ad. leaf in both vols. Uncut in orig. pale M... 3 vols. Bruxelles: Meline, Cans & Co. blue cloth, blocked in blind, faded spines Half titles. Uncut in orig. cream printed lettered in gilt. Armorial bookplates of T.E. wrappers; marking in prelims vol. III, otherwise Manning, obscuring remains of old label in a v.g. clean copy. vol. I. ¶Same year as the first edition. ¶Sadleir 3239; Wolff 6865. Blind cornerpieces 1838 £110 & centre pieces to boards; spines with two panels with blind blocking. 464. A Visit to Italy. 2 vols. FIRST EDITION. 1840 £80 Richard Bentley. Half titles; prelims in vol. I sl. chipped & trimmed because of fragile paper. 471. TROLLOPE, Thomas Adolphus. A Summer 20thC library binding, plain dark green cloth in Brittany. ... 2 vols. FIRST EDITION. imitating leather. Blind stamps throughout of Henry Colburn. Hand-coloured engr. fronts, Salford Borough Museum and Library. engr. titles, plates drawn & etched by A. ¶Sadleir 3248; Wolff 6837. Hervieu, final ad. leaf in both vols. Uncut in 1842 £85 orig. pale blue cloth, blocked in blind, faded TROLLOPE ______

spines lettered in gilt; front board sl. marked at TUCKER, Charlotte Maria, centre vol. I, otherwise v.g. ‘A Lady of England’, 1821-1893 ¶Sadleir 3239; Wolff 6865. Elaborate blind Born in London, Tucker, who wrote as A Lady of borders to boards; spines with four panels with England, was one of the most successful authors of blind blocking. juvenile fiction in the late Victorian era. In later years 1840 £280 she embarked on missionary work in India, and her last few works borrowed heavily from her experiences of the sub-continent. 472. BIGLAND, Eileen. The Indomitable Mrs Trollope. FIRST EDITION. James 477. Triumph over Midian. By A.L.O.E. Thomas Barrie. Half title, front.; lacks leading f.e.p. Nelson & Sons. Front., illus; some spotting. Orig. cream cloth; a little dulled. A good Orig. blue cloth, bevelled boards, blocked in sound copy. black, lettered in gilt. v.g. 1953 £12 1878 £30 478. A Wreath of Smoke. By A.L.O.E. FIRST TROLLOPE, Frances Eleanor. 473. Frances EDITION. Gall & Inglis. Front., plates. Orig. Trollope; her life and literary works, from bright green cloth, bevelled boards, blocked in George III to Victoria. By her daughter-in-law black & gilt. Gift inscription on leading f.e.p., ... 2 vols. FIRST EDITION. Richard Bentley 1881. A v.g. exceptionally bright copy. & Son. Half titles, fronts. Uncut in orig. dark ¶Not in Wolff. blue cloth; sl. wear to heads & tails of spines, [1871] £55 corners knocked, string marks. A good sound copy. 479. GIBERNE, Agnes. A Lady of England: the 1895 £120 life and letters of . Hodder & Stoughton. Front. port; sl. foxing in PORTRAIT prelims. Orig. green cloth, lettered in gilt; spine 474. Portrait, believed to be of Frances Trollope; faded. t.e.g. A good-plus copy. attributed to Sir George Hayter. Head and neck, ¶A substantial biography, with a bibliography facing slightly left, in pastel & wash. Framed & including Indian publications. glazed in an oval cloth mount. Image approx. 1895 £75 20cm. tall. Frame 38 x 31cm. 480. GIBERNE, Agnes. A Lady of England: ... 4th ¶Although unsigned, this is thought to be the novelist Frances Trollope, by George Hayter, thousand. Hodder & Stoughton. Front. port. R.A. He was a friend of Frances's husband Orig. green cloth, lettered in gilt; spine Thomas, and was known to be a frequent visitor faded. t.e.g. to Julians, the family's home. 1896 £60 [c.1820] £1,800 † ______481. (TUTHILL, Cornelia Louisa) Our Little Comfort. By the author of "Wreaths and PURITAN NOVEL Branches of the Church"; "Consecrated 475. TRUMBULL, Annie Eliot. Mistress Content Talents"; &c. New York: General Protestant Craddock. FIRST EDITION. New York: A.S. Episcopal S.S. Union, and Church Book Barnes & Co. Half title, front. & 7 plates by Society. Front., engr. title, printed title; some Charles Copeland, 6pp ads. Untrimmed in orig. browning. Orig. purple cloth, blocked in blind; grey cloth, front board pictorially blocked in rebacked retaining orig. spine strip; dulled & black, lettered in gilt. Label of the Ladies' rubbed. Owner's inscription, 1854. A good Library Association, Port Huron. t.e.g. v.g. sound copy. ¶A novel about the early settlers of New ¶No copy on Copac. England. 1853 £20 1899 £40 482. TWEEDALE, Violet. The Heart of a Woman THE TELL-TALE FIRST EDITION. Hurst & Blackett. Half 476. TRUSTA, H., pseud. (Elizabeth Stuart title, 16pp cata. (Jan. 1917). Orig. pink cloth; Phelps) and GREENWOOD, Grace, pseud. spine faded. (Sara Jane Clarke). The Tell-Tale; or, ¶A romance set during the Great War. SIGNED: Sketches of Domestic Life in the United States. ‘To Mrs Lawson from Violet Tweedale 1917’. FIRST EDITION. Clarke, Beeton & Co. 1917 £35 Contemp. half green calf, marbled boards, maroon leather label; spine chipped at tail & sl. 483. TWEEDALE, Violet. The Honeycomb of Life darkened. Signed Bective 1854. FIRST EDITION. Hutchinson & Co. Some ¶Eleven short stories. The Boston edition is light foxing. Orig. scarlet cloth, lettered in gilt; dated 1853. spine sulled, sl. marked. [1852] £120 1902 £30 TWEEDIE ______

WOMEN THE WORLD OVER 491. Mary and Florence; ... 10th edn. T. Hatchard. 484. TWEEDIE, Ethel Brilliana (Mrs. Alec). Half title, front., final ad. leaf, 36pp cata. (April Women the World Over: a sketch both light 1854). Orig. olive green cloth; spine sl. faded, and gay, perchance both dull and stupid. FIRST but near FINE. EDITION. Hutchinson. Half title, front., plates 1852 £30 & illus., 4pp ads. Orig. red cloth, lettered in gilt, ______front board blocked in white with an image of the Venus de Milo; v. sl. faded. Park Close TYTLER, Sarah (Henrietta Keddie), bookplate. t.e.g. v.g. 1827-1914 ¶A light-hearted consideration of the position and Born in Fife, Keddie began writing in the 1850s, some expectations of women in society. of her earliest pieces appearing in Blackwood’s 1914 £30 Magazine. She moved to London in 1870, where she wrote educational works, and numerous novels which 485. TWINING, Louisa. Recollections of Life and proved popular with teenage girls. Work; being the autobiography of Louisa Twining. FIRST EDITION. Edward Arnold. 492. A Crazy Moment. 2nd edn. Digby, Long. Half Half title, front., plates. Orig. dark blue cloth, title. Orig. dark blue/green cloth. v.g. spine lettered in gilt. Chester Colonial ¶Not in Wolff. 1899 £35 Exhibition prize label, 1909. v.g. ¶Poor Law reformer, granddaughter of Richard 493. A Garden of Women. 2nd edn. Smith, Elder. Twining, the tea and coffee merchant. Half title, 2pp ads; partially unopened. Orig. 1893 £60 royal blue cloth; sl. rubbing to hinges, e.ps TYTLER, Ann Fraser damp-marked, but a v.g. bright copy. Although hugely popular in her day, remarkably little ¶Not in Wolff. Short stories reprinted from is know about Tytler's life, for which we can find no periodicals. definitive dates. 1875 £35 486. Leila; or, The Island. 2nd edn. J. Hatchard & 494. The Machinations of Janet. John Long. Son. Front., final ad. leaf. Orig. dark green (Haymarket novels.) Half title. Orig. red cloth, cloth; spine faded & worn at head & tail; inner blocked and lettered in gilt & blind. A v.g. hinges splitting. bright copy. ¶Block p.242. Written for children by the sister ¶See Wolff 6907 for the first edition of 1903. of Patrick Fraser Tytler, the Scottish historian, to [c.1905?] £25 whom the work is dedicated. With the signature OLD MASTERS of Caroline Jekyll, May 1842. 495. The Old Masters and their pictures for the use of 1841 £25 schools and learners in art. 3rd edn. Wm. 487. Leila in England. A continuation of Leila, or Isbister. Half title, 4pp ads; sl. spotting in The Island. 2nd edn. J. Hatchard & Son. Half prelims. Orig. royal blue cloth. v.g. title, front., title sl. marked, final ad. leaf. Orig. ¶Not in Wolff, who had many of her titles. In an unusual binding, with pretend ribbon ties on the green cloth, gilt spine sl. faded. v.g. boards, in black on the front and blind on the back. 1844 £35 1880 £35 488. Leila at Home. A continuation of Leila in MILLAIS ILLUSTRATIONS England. 2nd edn. T. Hatchard. Front.; name 496. Papers for Thoughtful Girls, with sketches of cut from leading f.e.p. Orig. olive green cloth; some girls’ lives. 7th edn. Alexander Strahan. small mark on following board, otherwise v.g. Half title, front. & plates by John E. Millais, 1852 £30 16pp cata. (Jan. 1866); paper sl. browning. Orig. purple cloth, bevelled boards, blocked & 489. Leila, or The Island; In England and At Home. lettered in gilt; spine faded & sl. worn, inner George Routledge. Half title, front. + 8 plates. hinges cracking. Owner's signature, 1866. a.e.g. Orig. blue cloth, bevelled boards, blocked in ¶Wolff 6914 is an 1875 edn. black & gilt; spine dulled & a little rubbed at 1866 £45 head & tail, sl. marked. a.e.g. ¶All three titles in one volume. 497. Sweet Counsel: a book for girls. By the author [c.1875] £20 of ‘Papers for Thoughtful Girls’. FIRST EDITION. Frederick Warne & Co. Half title, 490. Mary and Florence; or, Grave and Gay. 6th engr. front., 4pp ads. Orig. purple sand-grained edn. J. Hatchard & Son. Half title, front., final cloth, bevelled boards, blocked & lettered in ad. leaf; sl. spotting in prelims. Orig. purple gilt; a little rubbed, inner hinges cracking. cloth; sl. faded. Small bookseller's ticket, Ownership inscription 1874 on leading Jullien frères, Genève. v.g. pastedown. t.e.g. ¶First published anonymously in 1835. 1866 £45 1841 £35 ______487 UPCHER ______

498. UPCHER, Frances. Lays of the Boudoir. DEDICATED TO THE QUEEN FIRST EDITION. Saunders & Otley. Orig. 504. (VICTORIA, Queen of Great Britain) pale green vertical-grained cloth by Westleys & PROCTER, Adelaide Anne. The Victoria Clark, handsomely blocked in blind & gilt, Regia: a volume of original contributions in spine lettered in gilt; one small mark on front Poetry and Prose. Edited by Adelaide A. board. Signed ‘Elizabeth Dewsnap, May 7th Procter. FIRST EDITION. Tall 8vo. Printed 1847’ on initial blank. a.e.g. v.g. & published by Emily Faithfull & Co. Plate. ¶A collection of poems 'written for friends, and Contemp. half green calf, spine with raised gilt on particular occasions'. With list of subscribers. bands, maroon leather label with small nick; [1847] £110 otherwise a v.g. copy. A HOUSEFUL OF GIRLS. ¶With contributions by Tennyson, Theodosia & 499. VAIZEY, Mrs. George De Horne Jessie Bell. Anthony Trollope, Lady Fullerton, Thackeray, A Houseful of Girls. 12th impression. R.T.S. George MacDonald, Matthew Arnold, Harriet Martineau, Julia Kavanagh, Mary Howitt, Half title, col. front; some browning. Orig. Caroline Norton, &c. The work was designed to green pictorial cloth; a little dulled. Owner's provide new employment prospects for women at inscription, Dec. 1924. A good-plus copy. Emily Faithfull’s Victoria Press by removing the ¶314pp. Earlier editions were in 255pp. barriers in a male-dominated profession: a [c.1920?] £45 scheme which was never completely successful. 1861 £350 PREFACE BY LESLIE STEPHEN MEXICAN WAR 500. VELEY, Margaret. A Marriage of Shadows 505. VIELÉ, Teresa. Following the Drum: a and other poems; with biographical preface by glimpse of frontier life. FIRST EDITION. New Leslie Stephen. FIRST EDITION. Smith, York: Rudd & Carleton. Half title, 7pp ads. + Elder. Half title. Orig. dark blue cloth, 4pp cata. Orig. grey-green pebble-grained cloth attractively blocked with floral design in gilt, by Geo. W. Alexander, New York; sl. worming bevelled boards. A v.g. bright copy. in prelims only. v.g. ¶The novelist, who had contributed to The ¶The Mexican War as seen in Texas by an Cornhill under Stephen’s editorship, died in officer’s wife. 1887, aged 44. 1858 £80 1888 £60 VOYNICH, Ethel Lilian, 1864-1960 501. VENTUM, Harriet. The Holiday Reward; or, Born Ethel Boole in County Cork, in 1893 she married Tales to instruct and amuse good children, Wilfrid Voynich, the Polish revolutionary and during the Christmas and midsummer bibliophile. Her political idealism can be seen in her vacations. FIRST EDITION. J. Harris. Engr. most famous work, The Gadfly, a tale of revolutionary front., 8pp ads. Contemp. half maroon roan, awakening which first appeared in 1897. marbled boards; spine rubbed and chipped 506. The Gadfly. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. at head. New York: Henry Holt & Co. Half title, 4pp 1814 £45 ads. Orig. olive brown cloth, blocked in black & gilt, lettered in gilt; sl. rubbing to head of 502. VESEY, Annie, Mrs F. Gerald. My Own spine, small nick in cloth at tail, otherwise v.g. People. A family chronicle. FIRST EDITION. ¶Loeber V9; not in Wolff. Published the same Daldy Isbister & Co. Half title, front., 7pp ads. year as the first English edition. Orig. brick red cloth, blocked in black, lettered 1897 £60 in gilt; following inner hinge cracking, back INSCRIBED COPY board a little marked. Contemp. prize 507. The Gadfly. Early edn. William Heinemann. inscription. A good-plus copy. Half title, 36pp cata. Orig. pink cloth, blocked ¶Not in Wolff. in black & white, lettered in gilt; spine faded & 1875 £60 a bit worn, sl. dulled. A good sound copy. ¶Inscribed on titlepage 'From the Author, 503. (VICTORIA, Queen of Great Britain) 27.1.1901', and with 'Mrs' added in the same hand (FARNINGHAM, Marianne) The Life and to precede the author's byline. Times of Victoria; Queen of Great Britain and 1899 £45 Ireland, Empress of India, etc. By the author of "Grace Darling". FIRST EDITION. Walter 508. An Interrupted Friendship. FIRST AMERICAN Scott. Front. port., plates, 16pp cata. rather EDITION. New York: Macmillan. Half title, browned. Orig. olive green cloth, bevelled 4pp ads. Orig. pale yellow-green cloth, blocked boards, attractively blocked in maroon, black & in blue, lettered in white; spine a little dulled & gilt. Church prize inscription, 1901. a.e.g. v.g. sl. rubbed. ¶A revised version of an earlier memoir, ¶Loeber V12. Published the same year as the first published immediately after Victoria's death English edition. in 1901. 1910 £30 [1901] £40 ______498 504 VYNNE ______

509. VYNNE, Nora. Honey of Aloes, and other 6pp cata; lacks leading f.e.p. Orig. green cloth, stories. FIRST EDITION. Ward, Lock & bevelled boards, blocked in black, lettered in Bowden. Half title sl. torn in upper margin, 8pp gilt; sl. rubbing. a.e.g. A good-plus copy. ads unopened. Uncut in orig. cream fine-weave ¶See Wolff 6998 & Loeber W17. Wolff’s copy glazed buckram, green cloth spine lettered in had the titlepage imprint of the Religious Tract gilt; a little dulled. Society only, and is undated. He conjectures that ¶Not in Wolff. the date of publication is c.1879 rather than 1894 £50 c.1865 as suggested by Brown in 'Ireland in Fiction'. The BL, NLS & Trinity College, all RTS 510. VYNNE, Nora. The Story of a Fool and his copies, are dated [1866]. As the story first appeared in the ‘Leisure Hour’, this copy with the Folly. FIRST EDITION. Hutchinson & Co. Leisure House Office imprint, probably pre-dates (Leisure library of complete novels.) Half title, the R.T.S. issue. front. & engr. title, final ad. leaf. Uncut in orig. [c.1865?] £85 dark blue cloth, blocked & lettered in gilt. ¶Not in Wolff. WALTON, Amy Catherine, Mrs O.F., [1896] £60 1849-1939 SCARBOROUGH ROMANCE Author of numerous children’s books, the most 511. WALDY, Frances Helen. Frolic: a Scar- popular of which was Christie’s Old Organ (1874), the borough romance. A sequel to “Bonnie Editha sentimental tale of an orphan and an organ grinder. Copplestone”. FIRST EDITION. Simpkin Marshall & Co. Half title. Orig. purple-blue CHRISTIE'S OLD ORGAN. 517. Christie's Old Organ: or, 'Home Sweet Home'. cloth, blocked in black, spine lettered in gilt. ¶Wolff 6970, variant binding. Wolff’s copy in R.T.S. Front., illus. 16pp cata. Orig. red crimson cloth. pictorial cloth; spine sl. faded. Owner's 1887 £40 inscription on leading pastedown, 1884. v.g. ¶First published in 1874. 512. WALDY, Frances Helen. Frolic: ... FIRST [c.1883] £35 EDITION. Simpkin, Marshall. Half title. Orig. dark turquoise cloth, blocked in black, lettered 518. Christie's Old Organ: ... R.T.S. Front., 14pp in gilt; v. sl. rubbing, but a v.g. copy. cata. Orig. brown pictorial cloth; a little dulled ¶Dedicated to Sir George Sitwell. & marked, spine rubbed. Presentation 1887 £30 inscription on recto of front., 1890. [c.1890] £20 WALFORD, Lucy Bethia, 1845-1915 519. Elisha the Man of Abel-Meholah. FIRST 513. Dick Netherby. FIRST EDITION. Edinburgh: EDITION. R.T.S. Front., plates. Orig. red William Blackwood & Sons. Half title, 24pp pictorial cloth; sl. dulled. v.g. cata. Uncut in orig. brown cloth, lettered in [1897] £25 black & gilt. Owner's signature, 1882. v.g. ¶Not in Wolff, who had several other 520. Nobody Loves Me. R.T.S. Front., plates; lacks Walford titles. leading f.e.p. Orig. pink pictorial cloth; one 1881 £60 small mark on front board, otherwise v.g. 514. Troublesome Daughters. Copyright edn. 2 vols. [c.1895] £25 Leipzig: Bernhard Tauchnitz. (Collection of 521. Poppy's Presents. R.T.S. Front., 8pp ads; lacks British authors, vols 2014 & 2015.) Half titles. leading f.e.p., edges spotted. Orig. blue Light green flecked binder’s cloth; vol. I sl. pictorial cloth; a bit dulled. marked. Brown leather labels. Armorial [c.1895] £20 bookplates of Robert Whitehead. ¶Todd 2014A, 2015A. ______1881 £25 522. WARD, Catherine. The Eve of St Agnes. W. 515. Recollections of a Scottish Novelist. FIRST Nicholson & Sons. Half title, vignette title, EDITION. Williams & Norgate. Half title, final ad. leaf. Orig. blue cloth, bevelled boards, front. (photo port. of Walford laid on to brown blocked in black, lettered in gilt. v.g. paper), plates. Orig. pale green cloth; spine ¶First edition published in 1831 in four volumes. dulled, the odd mark. A good-plus copy. [c.1885] £30 1910 £40 ______523. WARD, Harriet. Helen Charteris. A novel. 11th thousand. Geo. Routledge & Co. Rebound IRISH REBELLION yellowback in contemp. half green calf, maroon 516. (WALSHE, Elizabeth Hely) The Foster- leather label sl. chipped. Signed 'Bective, 1854'. Brothers of Doon. A tale of the Irish Rebellion A good-plus copy. of 1798. By the Author of 'Golden Hills.' ¶See Topp, vol. I, p.24. First published in 1848. Published at the Leisure Hour Office. Front. , 1852 £50 510 WARD ______

A TALE OF KAFIRLAND MARRIAGE A LA MODE 524. WARD, Harriet. Jasper Lyle: a tale of 529. Daphne, or 'Marriage à la Mode'. Cassell & Co. Kafirland. FIRST EDITION. 2 vols. George Half title, col. front. & 9 b/w plates by Fred Routledge & Co. 2 vols in 1 in contemp. half Pegram, 16pp. cata., col. illus. on e.ps. Orig. green calf, gilt spine, maroon leather sage green cloth, lettered in black & gilt. v.g. label; spine rubbed & a little rubbed at head ¶Sadleir 3283; Wolff 7011 is a second edition. & tail. 1909 £35 ¶Not in Wolff. Continuous pagination. 1851 £150 530. Delia Blanchflower. FIRST EDITION. Ward, Lock & Co. Half title, front., 12pp ads; some foxing in prelims. Orig. deep maroon cloth, WARD, Mary Augusta, lettered in black & gilt; spine dulled & sl. worn Mrs Humphry, 1851-1920 Born in Tasmania, Ward was the granddaughter of at head & tail. Thomas Arnold, & niece of Matthew Arnold. Her first ¶Wolff 7012. novel, Miss Bretherton, was published in 1884, but 1915 £35 was poorly received, and threatened to end her writing 531. Eleanor. FIRST EDITION. Smith, Elder & career before it had even started. She persevered Co. Half title, front. & plates, 4pp ads. Orig. however, and in 1888, published Robert Elsmere, which would become, according to Sutherland sage green cloth, lettered in black; sl. faded 'probably the most popular novel of the century'. & marked. She went on to write dozens of well-received novels, ¶Wolff 7013. With slip naming Albert Sterner as and also found time in later life to head the Anti- illustrator tipped in opposite the frontispiece. Suffrage League. 1900 £35

SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR 532. Eltham House. FIRST EDITION. Cassell and 525. Works. The Writings of Mrs Humphry Ward, Co. Half title. Orig. blue cloth, lettered in blind with introductions by the author. & gilt; dulled. Owner's inscription, Xmas 1915. Westmoreland Edition. 16 vols. Smith, Elder ¶Wolff 7014. & Co. Limitation leaf vol. I (29/250), half titles, 1915 £20 fronts, plates. Uncut in orig. brown buckram, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR white paper labels on spines; some labels sl. 533. Fenwick’s Career. 2 vols. Smith, Elder & Co. browned. t.e.g. A nice set. Half titles, front. vol. I, titles printed in red, 6 ¶Signed Mary A. Ward on limitation leaf. plates by Albert Sterner. Uncut in orig. beige Thirteen titles in total: Robert Elsmere, The printed wrappers; front wrappers sl. browned History of David Grieve, Marcella, Sir George but a v.g. copy. Tressady, Helen of Bannisdale, Eleanor, Lady ¶No. 239 of 250 copies printed on handmade Rose's Daughter, The Marriage of William Ashe, paper. Signed 'Mary A. Ward' on limitation Fenwick's Career, The Testing of Diana Mallory, leaf vol. I. Daphne, Canadian Born, The Case of Richard 1906 £85 Meynell. 1911-12 £280 534. Fenwick’s Career. Copyright edn. 2 vols. Leipzig: Bernhard Tauchnitz. (Collection of 526. Canadian Born. With a front. by Albert Sterner British authors, vols 3893-94.) Contemp. half and two landscape illustrations. FIRST black calf, maroon leather labels; corners & EDITION. Smith, Elder & Co. Half title, hinges rubbed. front., plates, 8pp ads. Orig. blue cloth, lettered ¶Todd 3893 & 3894. Bound without half titles. in white; spine a little dulled and sl. rubbed at 1906 £20 head & tail. A good-plus copy. 1910 £35 535. A Great Success. FIRST EDITION. Smith, Elder & Co. Half title, 14pp cata; sl. spotted. 527. The Case of Richard Meynell. FIRST Orig. red cloth, lettered in black; a little EDITION. Smith, Elder, & Co. Half title, darkened. A good-plus copy. front. & 2 plates after C.E. Brock, 6pp ads; a ¶Not in Wolff. 1916 £20 little spotted. Orig. blue cloth, lettered in black FROM HUMPHRY WARD & gilt; spine a little faded. A good-plus copy. 536. Helbeck of Bannisdale. FIRST EDITION. ¶Sadleir 3282; Wolff 7009. Smith, Elder & Co. Half title, 8pp. cata; 1911 £40 partially unopened. Orig. dark green cloth, lettered in gilt; inner hinges sl. cracking. v.g. 528. The Coryston Family. FIRST EDITION. ¶Wolff 7016. With INSCRIPTION from the Smith, Elder & Co. Half title, 16pp ads. Orig. author's husband 'To Mrs Forbes-Robertson from orange-brown cloth, lettered in black & gilt; Humphry Ward'. Johnston Forbes-Robertson did head of spine sl. worn. not marry the actress Gertrude Elliott until 1900 ¶Wolff 7010. so this inscription is after this date. 1913 £30 1898 £85 WARD ______

537. Helbeck of Bannisdale. FIRST EDITION. 545. Marcella. FIRST EDITION. 3 vols. Smith, Smith, Elder & Co. Half title, 8pp. cata. Orig. Elder & Co. Half titles, floral e.ps. Neatly dark green cloth, lettered in gilt; inner hinges sl. rebound in early 20th century light green cracking. Owner’s inscription on half title, cloth, brown leather labels; spines sl. Aug. 1898. v.g. faded. Signatures of Constance Sutton, 1898 £50 1895. v.g. ¶Wolff 7019. 538. The History of David Grieve. 3 vols. FIRST 1894 £110 EDITION. Smith, Elder. Half titles. Orig. maroon fine diaper cloth, lettered in blind & 546. Marcella. 2nd edn, 2nd edn, FIRST EDITION. gilt; spines uniformly faded to brown, 3 vols. Smith, Elder & Co. Half titles. otherwise v.g. Contemp. half red crushed morocco, spines with ¶Sadleir 3288; Wolff 7017. The story of two devices & raised bands in gilt. Earl of Radnor's Derbyshire orphans, a concealed legacy, unhappy armorial bookplates. t.e.g. v.g. lives and a theme of suicide running through the 1894 £150 book. 1892 £150 547. Marcella. 5th edn, 3rd edn, 3rd edn. 3 vols. HALF RED MOROCCO Smith, Elder , & Co. Half titles. Partially 539. The History of David Grieve. 3 vols. FIRST unopened in orig. pale green cloth, lettered in EDITION. Smith, Elder & Co. Half titles. black & gilt; marked, mouse damage to top Contemp. half red crushed morocco, spines edges of boards vol. I. Each vol. signed ‘Nelly with gilt devices & raised gilt bands. Armorial O’Brien, 1895’. Evidence of label removal bookplates of the Earl of Radnor. t.e.g. v.g. from front boards. 1892 £250 1894 £50

540. The History of David Grieve. 3 vols. 3rd edn. 548. Marcella. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. Smith, Elder & Co. Half titles. Orig. maroon 2 vols. New York: Macmillan. Half titles, fine diaper cloth, lettered in blind & gilt; one front. port. vol. I sl. browned. Orig. beige small mark on front board vol. II. W.H. Smith's buckram, lettered in blue & gilt; a little Subscription Library labels on leading browned & sl. marked. pastedowns. v.g. 1894 £35 1892 £125 549. Marcella. 2 vols. Smith, Elder & Co. 541. The History of David Grieve. 6th edn. Smith, (Westmoreland edition, vols V & VI.) Half Elder & Co. Half title, final ad. leaf. Orig. dark titles, fronts, plates. Uncut in orig. brown green cloth, lettered in blind & gilt. A v.g. buckram, white paper labels; spines v. sl. bright copy. darkened. Small library label on leading 1892 £40 pastedown. t.e.g. v.g. 1911 £20 542. Lady Rose’s Daughter. FIRST EDITION. Smith, Elder, & Co. Half title, front. & 5 plates 550. The Marriage of William Ashe. FIRST by Howard Chandler Christy. Orig. pink EDITION. Smith, Elder & Co. Half title, front. flecked cloth, lettered in black; sl. rubbing. & plates by Albert Sterner, 2pp ads; some light Owner’s inscription on leading pastedown, spotting. Orig. pale green cloth, lettered in Nov. 1903. black; spine sl. dulled, sl. marking. ¶Sadleir 3289; Wolff 7018. Arguing that women ¶Sadleir 3290; Wolff 7020. Lady Caroline Lamb should exercise political power indirectly, transposed to Edwardian England as the flighty through the salon rather than the vote. wife of an ambitious politician. Chew, p. 156, 1903 £50 notes “Geoffrey Cliffe, a poet, traveller and adventurer ... is described as ‘a kind of modern Byron’ ... ‘a great ruffling Byronic fellow’ ... 543. Lady Rose’s Daughter. FIRST EDITION. Throughout the book there are many allusions Smith, Elder, & Co. Half title, front. & 5 plates to Byron.” by Howard Chandler Christy, 6pp ads. Orig. 1905 £40 smooth pink cloth, spine lettered in gilt. v.g. 1903 £50 551. The Mating of Lydia. FIRST EDITION. Smith, Elder & Co. Half title, front. & plates; 544. Lady Rose’s Daughter. FIRST AMERICAN tear in last leaf of text repaired, 6pp ads. Orig. EDITION. 2 vols. Harper & Brothers. Fronts brown cloth; small repaired tear to head of & 14 plates by Howard Chandler Christy, titles spine, following inner hinge sl. splitting. in red & black. Uncut in orig. blue cloth, Contemp. signature of B. Amery. lettered in gilt; spines dulled. t.e.g. ¶Wolff 7021. 1903 £40 1913 £25 530 538 542

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552. Robert Elsmere. FIRST EDITION. 3 vols. 560. A Writer’s Recollections. FIRST EDITION. Smith, Elder & Co. Half titles, final ad. leaf vol. W. Collins Sons & Co. Half title, 2pp ads. II. Orig. dark green cloth, spine lettered in gilt, Orig. dark blue cloth, lettered in blind & gilt; front boards lettered in black; excellently spine knocked at head. Ownership inscription recased. Signed 'Huxley' on initial blank 'S.H. Ritchie'. vol. II. v.g. [1918] £35 ¶See Sadleir 3293; Wolff 7024. "I AM SO SORRY ..." 1888 £150 561. ALS to Lady Elcho, on headed paper, Jan 13/89. 553. Robert Elsmere. 6th edn / FIRST EDITION / 37 lines in black ink over 3pp, 8vo. 2nd edn. 3 vols. Smith, Elder & Co. Half titles. ¶The letter is written in response to newspaper reports of a fire at the home of the honourable Contemp. half red crushed morocco, spines Percy Wyndham, Lady Elcho's father. Mrs Ward lettered & finely tooled in gilt. Armorial was an acquaintance of the unfortunate family, bookplates. t.e.g. A v.g. handsome copy. and keen to express her condolences. 'My dear ¶The bookplates have the Latin inscription 'patria Lady Elcho, I am afraid you must be flooded with cara carior libertas', meaning 'My country is dear, letters, & that they may very likely be a burden to liberty dearer'. This was the motto of George you. But let me - on the understanding that you Henry Errington of Cotton Hall, Staffordshire. take no notice! send you a few lines of very real 1888 £125 sympathy & rejoicing in your children's escape. From the Times account it must have been a 554. Robert Elsmere. 19th edn. Smith, Elder & Co. terrible moment for you all ... Let me put out a Half title, final ad. leaf; one leaf missing from hand to you, as it were, and say how glad I am for following e.ps. Orig. maroon cloth, lettered in you & the children & Lord Elcho that, bad as it gilt & blind; sl. dulled. was, it was no worse ...' 1889 £20 1889 £85 † SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR REQUEST FOR RECOMMENDATION 555. Robert Elsmere. 2 vols. Smith, Elder & Co. 562. AL to Miss Hope, on the headed paper of (Westmoreland Edition, vols I & II.) Limitation Stocks, Tring, August 3. 94. 20 lines in black leaf vol. I (19/250), half titles, fronts, plates. ink over 2pp, 8vo. Uncut in orig. brown buckram, white paper ¶Mrs Ward is keen to confirm the credentials of a labels on spines; spines sl. darkened. t.e.g. v.g. potential employee: 'Mrs Humphry Ward ¶Signed Mary A. Ward on limitation leaf. presents her compliments to Miss Hope, & wld be 1911 £25 much obliged if she wld tell her whether she found Kate Oakes, who says she lived with Miss 556. Sir George Tressady. FIRST ORDINARY Hope for 16 months as laundrymaid & left of her EDITION. Smith, Elder & Co. Half title, 4pp own accord, satisfactory in every way. Is she ads. Orig. bright green cloth, lettered in black trustworthy, & respectable? ...'. The request for a & gilt; sl. marking, otherwise v.g. reference is unsigned, but is in the unmistakable ¶Sadleir 3294a; Wolff 7025a. First published in hand of the prolific novelist. 1896 in a 2-vol. "private edition", of which only 1894 £60 † six copies were printed. 1896 £25 563. ALS to G.S. Layard, Esq., on headed paper, Feb 20. 1904. 9 lines in black ink on one page with 557. Sir George Tressady. 2nd edn. Smith, Elder, & integral blank. Co. Half title, 4pp ads. Orig. pale green cloth, ¶Mrs Ward writes in response to an offer from the lettered in black & gilt; inner hinges cracking, writer and critic George Somes Layard to send spine faded & sl. rubbed. her a pamphlet she might find of interest. 'I would 1896 £15 very much like to see Mrs Dall's pamphlet, & will return it to you at once.' The Mrs Dall in question 558. The Story of Bessie Costrell. FIRST EDITION. is probably Caroline Dall, the well-known writer Smith Elder & Co. (The Novel series.) Half and champion of women's rights. Mrs Ward was title, 2pp ads. Orig. blue cloth, lettered in black co-founder, in 1908, of the Women's National & gilt; v. sl. rubbing. Owner’s inscription, Anti-Suffrage League, and would have been 1895, and blind stamp of Edwin Dobbin, interested in the writings of her political rival. bookseller. v.g. With a three-quarter length photograph of Mrs Ward, taken when she was about thirty. ¶Sadleir 3295; Wolff 7026. 1895 £45 1904 £75 † 559. Towards the Goal; with an introduction by 564. SUTHERLAND, John. Mrs. Humphrey Theodore Roosevelt. FIRST EDITION. John Ward: Eminent Victorian, Pre-Eminent Murray. Half title, 2pp ads. Orig. red cloth, Edwardian. FIRST EDITION. Oxford: paper labels; a little faded. Clarendon Press. Half title, illus. d.w. v.g. ¶On England’s war effort. Thesing & ¶A comprehensive study with a useful Pulsford 272. chronology of Ward's life. 1917 £25 1990 £12 WARD ______

565. TREVELYAN, Janet Penrose. The Life of black & gilt; spine sl. faded. Ownership Mrs. Humphrey Ward, by her daughter. FIRST inscription on leading f.e.p., Christmas 1883. EDITION. Constable & Co. Half title, front. & Bookseller's ticket: S.J. Browett, Ulverston. plates. Orig. maroon cloth; v. sl. marked. Good-plus copy. 1923 £35 ¶Not in Wolff. ______1881 £25

WARDEN, Florence, pseud. (Florence Alice 572. The Old Helmet. By the Author of “The Wide, Price, afterwards James), 1857-1929 Wide World”. George Routledge & Sons. Half title, front., 6pp ads. Orig. blue cloth, blocked 566. The Colonel's Past. FIRST EDITION. John with leaf design in black & brown; spine sl. Long. Half title, front. , plates, 16pp cata; dulled. Gift inscription, 1883. v.g. sealing wax on e.ps. Orig. green cloth, lettered [c.1883] £20 in gilt. v.g. ¶Not in Wolff. 573. Queechy. G. Routledge & Co. Front., engr. & 1910 £35 printed titles. Contemp. half calf, green leather label; sl. rubbed. 567. An Impossible Husband. FIRST EDITION. ¶See Wolff 7063 for first 2-vol. edition of 1853. John Long. Half title; sl. spotted. Orig. red With the Preface to the English edition dated N.Y. cloth, lettered in gilt. v.g. March 24 1852. ¶Not in Wolff. 1853 £35 1904 £45 574. Queechy. Author’s edn. 2 vols. Leipzig: A SENSATIONAL CASE 568. A Sensational Case. FIRST EDITION. Ward, Bernhard Tauchnitz. Half titles a little Lock & Co. Half title, front. & plates by St. browned. Contemp. half dark green morocco; Clair Simmons. Orig. beige pictorial cloth; sl. spines rubbed & a little worn, inner hinges dulled, small split to head of leading hinge. A splitting vol. I. good-plus copy. ¶Todd 311c & 312a. ¶Wolff 7051, with different pictorial blocking. 1854 £20 1898 £85 575. Say and Seal. By the author of “Wide Wide ______World”, ... Copyright edn. 2 vols. Leipzig: Bernhard Tauchnitz. Half titles. Contemp. half WARNER, Susan Bogert, 'Elizabeth dark green morocco; spines rubbed & sl. worn. Wetherell', 1819-1865 ¶Todd 498a & 499a. New York-born author whose 1850 work The Wide 1860 £20 Wide World was one of one the most popular 19th century novels. 'Her novels deal with powerless young people, usually girls, who, through Christian faith, 576. WARNER, Susan Bogert & Anna. The Gold overcome a harsh masculine world'. of Chickaree. James Nisbet & Co. Half title sl. browned, front., 8pp cata; lacks leading f.e.p. 569. The Golden Ladder: stories illustrative of the Orig. brown pictorial cloth, lettered in gold; eight beatitudes. New edn. James Nisbet & Co. spine sl. dulled. A good-plus copy. (Golden Ladder series.) Half title, front., 8pp ¶Written in collaboration with her younger sister. ads (numbered 3-8 + 31/32). Orig. scarlet cloth, [c.1890] £20 bevelled boards, pictorially blocked & lettered in black & gilt; spine sl. faded. Owner’s 577. WARNER, Susan Bogert & Anna. Wych signature on verso of half title. a.e.g. A good- Hazel. James Nisbet & Co. Half title, front., plus copy. final ad. leaf; following e.ps browned. ¶Pious tales for the young. Orig. brick brown pictorial cloth, lettered in [c.1880?] £25 gold. v.g. [c.1890] £20 570. The Hills of Shatemuc. Author’s edn. 2 vols. ______Leipzig: Bernhard Tauchnitz. Half titles a little browned. Contemp. half dark green morocco; spines rubbed. 578. WARREN, Mary Bowers. Little Journeys ¶Todd 351a & 312. Abroad. With orig. illustrations by George 1856 £30 Broughton, E.K. Johnson, Irving Wilkes, J.A. Holzer, Will H. Drake. FIRST EDITION. 571. The Letter of Credit. By the author of "The Boston: Joseph Knight Co. Half title, front., Wife, Wide World", etc. FIRST EDITION. plates & illus. Orig. dark green cloth, James Nisbet & Co. (Golden Ladder Series.) attractively blocked & lettered in gilt. a.e.g. A Front., plates, 16pp cata.; several gatherings v.g. bright copy. proud, some foxing. Orig. red cloth, bevelled ¶Warren travelled in Western Europe and Algeria. boards, pictorially blocked & lettered in in 1895 £45 569 WAYLAND ______

A BELOVED SISTER rubbing. Ownership signatures of Elizabeth 579. WAYLAND, Mrs. Recollections of a Beloved field(?) on e.ps. Later small booklabels of Mari Sister, interspersed with reflections addressed Bicknell. v.g. to her own children. By Mrs Wayland, author ¶Wolff 7112. Armorial bookplates, dated 1853, of of Little Sophie. 2nd edn. Derby: Henry General Viscount Hardinge, 1785-1858, who Mozley & Son. Half title, engr. front. served as Governor-General of India, 1844-48, Contemp. drab boards, green cloth spine, paper and in 1852 succeeded the Duke of Wellington as Commander-in-Chief of the British Army. The label worn. Contemp. bookplate of Eliza Tate. novel is set during the English Civil War. A good sound copy. 1812 £580 ¶BL only on Copac, also a second edition. 1830 £50 585. The Mother: a poem, in five books. FIRST EDITION. Longman, Hurst, Rees, & Orme. 580. WEBB, Annie, afterwards Webb-Peploe. Half title, final ad. leaf. Uncut in sl. later green Helen Mordaunt: or, The Standard of Life. binder’s cloth, hand-written paper label. FIRST EDITION. Routledge, Warne & Booklabel and signature of M.F. Montgomery, Routledge. Front., final ad. leaf; pp. 379/380 Convoy. A good-plus copy. repaired with archival tape, without affecting ¶Infancy; Religious Instruction; Education; text. Orig. royal blue cloth by Burn, blocked in Separation from Children; Maternal Sorrows. blind, spine blocked & lettered in gilt. Gift 1809 £280 inscription on leading f.e.p., Feb. 1861. v.g. bright copy. 586. The Refusal. By the author of “Tale of the ¶Not in Wolff; BL, Oxford & Cambridge only Times”, “Infidel Father”, &c. FIRST on Copac. EDITION. 3 vols. Longman, &c., &c. Half 1860 £75 titles; one or two leaves with tiny holes from paper flaws. Contemp. full speckled calf, spines 581. WEBB, Annie, afterwards Webb-Peploe. ruled & with devices in gilt, black leather labels; Naomi; or, the last days of Jerusalem. W. leading hinge sl. weak vol. I, small neat repairs. Nicholson & Sons. Half title, front. & vignette ¶Not in Sadleir or Wolff. title on plate paper, final ad. leaf. Orig. dark 1810 £580 green cloth, bevelled boards, blocked in black, ______lettered in gilt; front board sl. marked. v.g. [c.1890] £25 WHARTON, Edith, 1862-1937 Novelist, short-story writer, poet, essayist & WEST, Jane, 1758-1852 translator. Born in New York, she travelled widely in London-born novelist, poet & playwright, West was Europe. Her first volume, Verses, was published in supporter of education for women, but renowned for 1878. For her wit, perspicacity and insight she her social conservatism. received great acclaim, and her gently critical LETTERS TO A YOUNG MAN portrayals of American high society proved immensely 582. Letters addressed to a Young Man, on his first popular. Her most enduring work is The Age of Innocence, which earned Wharton the Pulitzer Prize in entrance into life, and adapted to the peculiar 1921; she was the first woman to receive the award. circumstances of the present time. 2nd edn. 3 vols. Printed by A. Strahan, for T.N. Longman 587. The Age of Innocence. Introduction by Michael & O. Rees. Half titles vols II & III, 2pp ads. vol. Millgate. Constable. (The Constable Edith II, 4pp vol. III. Full contemp. tree calf, red Wharton.) Orig. black cloth. Lumsden’s leather labels; hinges a little weak. Each vol. armorial bookplate. v.g. in d.w. signed 'Miss Middle' in contemp. hand. ¶First published in 1920. 1802 £180 1966 £15

583. Letters addressed to a Young Man, ... 3rd edn. 588. Artemis to Actæon, and other verse. FIRST 3 vols. Printed by A. Strahan, for T.N. ENGLISH EDITION. Macmillan & Co. Half Longman & O. Rees. Half title and 4pp ads vol. title. Orig. blue cloth, lettered in gilt; faded and III, final ad. leaf vol. IIl. Contemp. full tree calf, a little rubbed, front board sl. affected by damp. gilt spine, borders & dentelles, black leather Ownership inscription on verso of leading f.e.p. labels. Marquess of Headfort armorial dated April 1909. bookplates. A nice copy. ¶This was Wharton's first volume of poetry to be 1803 £250 published. A volume of poems, Verses, had been published as early as 1878, selected by the THE LOYALISTS author's mother for private circulation. 584. The Loyalists: an historical novel. By the 1909 £120 author of “Letters to a Young Man” &c. 3 vols. FIRST EDITION. Longman, &c., &c. Sl. later 589. The Buccaneers. FIRST EDITION. New York half maroon morocco, spines gilt in & London: D. Appleton - Century Co. Half compartments, marbled boards & e.ps; v. sl. title. Orig. brown cloth, lettered in gilt; spine 585 586 WHARTON ______

sl. dulled. Small booklabel on leading f.e.p. 597. The Fruit of the Tree. FIRST ENGLISH A good-plus copy. EDITION. Macmillan & Co. Half title, 10pp ¶One of Wharton’s last works. Unfinished, it was ads. Orig. blue cloth, lettered in gilt; hinges a published posthumously, with notes by Gaillard little rubbed. Armorial bookplate of Carol Lapsley. Waldstein. t.e.g. 1938 £60 1907 £80 590. Certain People. FIRST EDITION. D. Apple- 598. Ghosts. FIRST EDITION. New York & ton and Co. Half title. Orig. brown cloth, London: D. Appleton-Century. Half title. lettered in gilt; small repaired tear in cloth on Orig. brown cloth, lettered in gilt. Bookseller's front board. stamp, The Divan, Aberdeen. v.g. ¶A collection of six short stories. 1930 £50 ¶A collection of eleven supernatural stories, published between 1910 & 1931. 1937 £35 591. The Custom of the Country. FIRST ENGLISH

EDITION. Macmillan. Half title, 2pp ads. + 599. The Glimpses of the Moon. FIRST EDITION. 8pp cata. (1913); occasional spotting. Orig. D. Appleton and Co. Half title, 4pp ads. Orig. maroon cloth, lettered in gilt; sl. rubbing. orange cloth, lettered in black; small light stain 1913 £50 in lower margin of front board, spine a little 592. The Custom of the Country. Introduction by faded and with small nick at head. A good- Michael Millgate. Constable. (Constable Edith plus copy. Wharton.) Orig. black cloth. v.g. in d.w. 1922 £35 1965 £15 THE HERMIT & THE WILD WOMAN ETHAN FROME 600. The Hermit and the Wild Woman. FIRST 593. Ethan Frome. FIRST ENGLISH EDITION. ENGLISH EDITION. Macmillan & Co. Half Macmillan & Co. Half title, title in red & black, 32pp cata. (coded 20.2.11). Orig. pink cloth, title, 10pp cata. (10.8.08). Orig. blue cloth, lettered in gilt; spine a little faded, one or attractively blocked in blind & gilt, lettered in two small marks on front board; remains of gilt. t.e.g. A v.g. exceptionally bright copy. library label on leading pastedown. Owner- Stamps on e.ps of L. Ball, Grampound. ¶The first and only English edition, published the ship inscription of J. Wyndham. A good- same year as the first American edition. plus copy. Containing: The Hermit and the Wild Woman, ¶One of Wharton's most successful works. The The Last Asset, In Trust, The Pretext, The Verdict, bleak history of Ethan Frome, and the stifling life The Pot-Boiler, and The Best Man. he leads in Starkfield, Massachusetts. 1908 £200 1911 £50 601. The House of Mirth. FIRST EDITION. New 594. Ethan Frome and Summer. Introduction by York: Charles Scribner's Sons. Half title, front. Michael Millgate. Constable. (The Constable & plates by A.B. Wenzell, 4pp ads. Printed on Edith Wharton.) Orig. black cloth. v.g. smooth paper. Orig. maroon cloth, lettered in ¶Summer first appeared in 1917 (see also item 612). gilt; spine sl. dull. Contemp. gift inscription on 1965 £10 leading f.e.p. t.e.g. A good-plus copy. ¶This was Wharton's first major work of fiction, THE GREAT WAR and cemented her reputation on the American 595. Fighting France; from Dunkerque to Belfort. literary scene. It criticises the practices and FIRST ENGLISH EDITION. Macmillan & Co. expectations of New York high society, through Half title, front., errata slip, plates. Orig. the sorry story of Lily Bart, an attractive and maroon cloth, lettered in gilt; sl. darkened. v.g. well-connected young heiress, who shuns the ¶An account, horrifically detailed in parts, of the social obligations that her contemporaries expect earliest days of the First World War. Illustrated of her, pursuing contentment of the heart, rather with photographs, mainly showing war damage than position and wealth. Her unconventional in the French regions. America entered the war path places her at odds with those around her, and in 1917. her position of esteem is gradually eroded. A 1915 £150 succession of mishaps and falsely attributed scandals prompt an inexorable decline down the 596. French Ways and Their Meaning. FIRST social ladder, and to her eventual pitiful demise. EDITION. New York & London: D. Appleton 1905 £75 and Co. Half title. Orig. olive green cloth, pictorially blocked in red, white & gilt, lettered 602. The House of Mirth. Introduction by Michael in gilt; a little dulled. Millgate. Constable. (The Constable Edith ¶An attempt to demystify France and the Wharton.) Orig. black cloth. Sumsden’s character of the French. armorial bookplate. v.g. in d.w. 1919 £35 1966 £15 598 599

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603. Hudson River Bracketed. London & New spines. A v.g. set, all in orig. sl. worn d.ws, in York: D. Appleton and Co. Half title, final ad. orig. dec. slipcase. unopened. Uncut in orig. brown cloth, lettered ¶The e.ps and front cover labels illustrated with in gilt; spine dulled, rubbed. designs by Edward Caswell. Comprising four ¶First published in 1928 by Butterick. stand-alone novellas, spanning four decades of 1930[1929] £20 upper-class life in New York. A number of characters from The Age of Innocence reappear in Old New York 604. In Morocco. Jonathan Cape. (The Travellers’ . 1924 £350 Library.) Half title. Orig. beige cloth, spine lettered in blue; colour drawing of Moroccan SANCTUARY market pasted on to leading pastedown, 611. Sanctuary. FIRST EDITION. New York: fragment of colour map, showing Morocco, Charles Scribner’s Sons. Half title, front., 10 pasted on to following pastedown; spine sl. plates by Walter Appleton Clark. Orig. olive dulled. A good-plus copy. green cloth, lettered in gilt, blocked in dark ¶First published in 1920. An account of travels in green; spine dulled. Armorial bookplate of Morocco in 1917, & a sketch of Moroccan history. Carol Waldstein. [1927] £15 1903 £40

605. Italian Backgrounds. FIRST ENGLISH 612. Sanctuary. New York: Charles Scribner’s EDITION. Macmillan & Co. Half title, front., Sons. Half title, front., title in red & black, 10 illus. by E.C. Peixotto 4pp ads. Orig. blue cloth, plates by Walter Appleton Clark. Orig. red lettered in gilt; a little dulled, leading inner cloth, lettered in gilt; dulled, sl. wear at head of hinge cracking, label removed from front board. spine. t.e.g. A good sound copy. a.e.g. George Lindsay Bury bookplate & family 1906 £25 inscription, 1905. A good sound copy. 1905 £20 A SON AT THE FRONT 613. A Son at the Front. FIRST EDITION. New 606. Italian Backgrounds. Jonathan Cape. (Saint York: Charles Scribner’s Sons. Half title. Giles Library, no. 32.) Half title, errata slip, 4pp Orig. maroon cloth, lettered in gilt & black; ads. Orig. beige cloth, spine lettered in maroon; spine a little faded. sl. dulled & marked. ¶A novel of the Great War. 1940 £10 1923 £45 THE MARNE 614. Summer. Reprinted. Macmillan & Co. Half 607. The Marne; a tale of the war. FIRST title, 4pp ads; sl. foxing in prelims. Orig. pale ENGLISH EDITION. Macmillan & Co. Half blue cloth, lettered in gilt; marked. title, final ad. leaf. Orig. orange cloth, lettered ¶First published in the same year. Subtitled 'a in gilt; some v. sl. rubbing to tail of spine. A story of New England' in the following ads. v.g copy in sl. worn d.w. 1917 £15 ¶An anti-war novel, told through the experiences of Troy Belknap, a young American living in TALES OF MEN & GHOSTS Paris during the hostilities. 615. Tales of Men and Ghosts. FIRST ENGLISH 1918 £60 EDITION. Macmillan & Co. Half title, 8pp ads; sl. browning to e.ps. Orig. blue cloth, 608. The Mother’s Recompense. FIRST EDITION. blocked in blind, lettered in gilt; spine v. sl. New York & London: D. Appleton and Co. dulled, one corner sl. knocked. Blind stamped Half title; lacks leading f.e.p. Orig. olive green ‘Presentation copy’ on title. v.g. cloth, spine lettered in dark green; sl. rubbing. ¶A collection of ten short stories. 1925 £35 1910 £125

609. A Motor-Flight through France. FIRST 616. Twilight Sleep. FIRST EDITION. New York ENGLISH EDITION. Macmillan & Co. Half & London: D. Appleton and Co. Half title, 3pp title, front., illus. with numerous photographs. ads, illus. on e.ps. Orig. purple cloth, lettered in Orig. red cloth, lettered in gilt; spine faded and gilt; spine faded & sl. rubbed at head. with small mark at tail. t.e.g. A good-plus copy. 1927 £85 ¶First published in America the previous year. VALLEY OF DECISION 1909 £120 617. The Valley of Decision. A novel. 2 vols. OLD NEW YORK FIRST EDITION. New York: Charles 610. Old New York: False Dawn; The Old Maid; Scribner's Sons. Half titles, titles in red & black. The Spark; New Year’s Day. FIRST Untrimmed in orig. maroon cloth, spines EDITION. 4 vols. New York & London: D. lettered in gilt; v. sl. rubbing to heads & tails of Appleton & Co. Half titles, illus. on e.ps. Orig. spines. v.g. blue cloth, paper labels on front boards and 1902 £125 WHARTON ______

SIGNED WHARTON & HENRY JAMES 618. The Valley of Decision. ... 6th impression. 626. BELL, Millicent. Edith Wharton and Henry New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. Half title, James; the story of their friendship. FIRST title in red & black 4pp ads. Orig. red cloth, EDITION. New York: George Braziller. 46pp. lettered in black; inner hinges cracking, spine Half title. Newspaper reviews pasted on to faded, a little rubbed. titlepage & into following e.ps. Orig. crimson ¶Initialled 'E.W.' and signed ‘Edith Wharton’ on cloth. Armorial bookplate of J.S.R. Byers. v.g. leading f.e.p. in price-clipped d.w. 1902 £500 1965 £15

619. The Valley of Decision. ... FIRST ENGLISH 627. LAWSON, Richard H. Edith Wharton and EDITION. John Murray. Half title, title in red German Literature. FIRST EDITION. Bonn: & black; light foxing to e.ps. Orig. olive green Bouvier Verlag Herbert Grundmann. Orig. cloth, lettered & with borders in paler green; turquoise printed wrappers. v.g. spine very dulled. 1974 £10 1902 £40 628. LEWIS, R.W.B. Edith Wharton: a biography. ESSAYS ON WRITING FICTION FIRST ENGLISH EDITION. Constable. 620. The Writing of Fiction. FIRST EDITION. Half title, plates, index. Orig. purple cloth. Charles Scribner’s Sons. Half title, title in red v.g. in d.w. & black; initial blank removed, owner's name ¶A comprehensive and informative biography, torn from top corner of titlepage. Orig. blue published the same year as the first cloth, lettered in gilt. Newspaper articles laid American edition. on to leading pastedown. Nice copy. 1975 £20 ¶Essays on writing fiction. Chapter V is on Marcel Proust. 629. WALTON, Geoffrey. Edith Wharton: a 1925 £25 critical interpretation. FIRST EDITION. Rutherford: Fairleigh Dickinson Univ. Press. 621. Xingu, and other tales. FIRST EDITION. Half title. Orig. pale blue cloth. v.g. in price- Macmillan & Co. Half title, title in red & black. clipped d.w. Orig. maroon cloth, lettered in gilt; spine dulled 1970 £15 and with cloth sl. lifting, one or two small stains ______on following board. Signed 'Frances Meade A JEWISH STORY Haig, 1918' on leading f.e.p. 630. WHEELER, Elizabeth. The Great Beyond. A 1916 £60 Jewish story. FIRST EDITION. Manchester & London: John Heywood. Illus. Orig. red cloth, AUTOBIOGRAPHY 622. A Backward Glance. FIRST EDITION. New dec. in black, lettered in black & gilt; spine sl. York & London: D. Appleton - Century Co. faded but a bright copy. ¶Not in Wolff. Half title, front., plates; lacks leading f.e.p. [1899] £65 Orig. blue cloth. v.g. ¶Edith Wharton’s autobiography. CHINESE STORIES 1934 [1933] £45 631. WHERRY, Edith. The Red Lantern. 3rd edn. John Lane. Half title, 12pp cata. Orig. black 623. A Backward Glance. Introduction by Michael cloth, lettered & blocked with lantern in red; sl. Millgate. Constable. Half title, plates, illus. on rubbed, inner hinge cracking. e.ps. Orig. brown cloth. v.g. in d.w. 1911 £25 1972 £15 WHITAKER, Evelyn, 1844-1929 624. AUCHINLOSS, Louis. Edith Wharton. Popular writer for children and young adults, Whitaker achieved major success with her first books, Minneapolis: Univ.of Minnesota Press. (Pam- Laddie (1879) and Tip-Cat (1884) which were many phlets on American writers, no. 12.) Stapled as times reprinted. issued in orig. brown printed wrappers. 1961 £8 632. Baby Bob. FIRST EDITION. W. & R. Chambers. Half title, front. & 5 plates by 625. AUCHINLOSS, Louis. Edith Wharton: a W.H.C. Groome. Orig. blue cloth, front board woman in her own time. FIRST ENGLISH & spine pictorially blocked in brown, black & EDITION. Michael Joseph. Half title, front. white, lettered in black & gilt; one or two v. port., illus., inc. one col. plate. Orig. cream small marks on spine. Temperance Society cloth. v.g. in sl. worn d.w. prize label dated 1922, on leading pastedown. ¶Illustrated with more than 100 photographs. A v.g. copy. 1972 £15 1908 £30 WHITAKER ______

633. Baby John. W. & R. Chambers. Front. Orig. Sunday School prize label, Christmas 1899, on pale blue cloth, spine and front board pictorially leading pastedown. blocked in brown & yellow, lettered in gilt; a ¶First published in 1891. little dulled & rubbed. Undated Sunday School [1898?] £25 prize label on leading f.e.p. Ownership TIP-CAT inscription on leading f.e.p. A good-plus copy. 642. Tip-Cat. Ward, Lock & Co. Half title, front. + ¶BL dates the first edition 1892. 3 plates carefully hand-coloured by previous [c.1900] £25 owner, 8pp ads; p19/20 with repaired tear in outer margin. Orig. maroon cloth, attractively 634. Don. By the author of 'Tip-Cat', &c. W. & R. blocked in blind & gilt. Gift inscription on Chambers. Half title, front. & 7 plates by J. leading f.e.p.,1918. Finnemore. Orig. light brown cloth, pictorially ¶First published in 1884. blocked & lettered in maroon; sl. dulled. [c.1917] £25 A good-plus copy. ZOE ¶First published in 1895. 643. Zoe. W. & R. Chambers. Front., illus. Orig. [c.1900] £25 pink cloth, spine and front board pictorially 635. Gay. FIRST EDITION. W. & R. Chambers. blocked in black, white & yellow, lettered in Half title, front. & 5 plates by Percy Tarrant, gilt; v. sl. dulled. Sunday School prize label, 32pp cata. Orig. olive green cloth, spine and dated 1901, on leading f.e.p. A good-plus copy. front board pictorially blocked & lettered in ¶BL dates the first edition 1890. black, white & gilt; a little dulled. [c.1900] £25 1903 £35 ______

636. Laddie, and other stories. By the author of 644. WHITBY, Beatrice. Mary Fenwick's "Tip-Cat", &c. Ward, Lock & Co. Half title, Daughter. 2nd edn. 3 vols. Hurst & Blackett. front., plates and illus. Orig. red cloth, blocked Half titles 16pp cata. vol. III. Uncut in orig. with floral design in white & pale green, lettered olive green cloth, lettered in black & gilt; inner in gilt; spine faded. hinges weakening, a bit dulled & sl. rubbed. ¶Whitaker's first book. First published in 1879. W.H. Smith subscription library labels, partially [c.1910?] £20 removed vol. I. A good sound set. ¶See Wolff 7169 for the first edition the same year. 637. My Honey. By the author of "Tip-Cat", &c. 1894 £85 Ward, Lock & Co. Half title, front., plates. Orig. maroon cloth, blocked in blind & gilt. 645. WHITNEY, Adeline Dutton Train. A Gift inscription on half title, 1920. v.g. Summer in Leslie Goldthwaite’s Life. FIRST ¶First published in 1895. ENGLISH EDITION. Sampson Low, Son & [c.1919] £20 Marston. Half title, front., plates; one or two gatherings sl. proud. Orig. brown dec. cloth; 638. Our Little Anne. By the author of "Tip-Cat", small mark on upper margin of front board. &c. Ward, Lock & Co. Front., plates; some Prize inscription, 1877, on leading paste- light foxing. Orig. blue cloth, attractively down. a.e.g. blocked in blind & gilt. A v.g. bright copy. ¶Wolff 7202, in red cloth. ¶First published in 1885. 1867 £60 1910 £20 REBECCA OF SUNNYBROOK FARM 639. Pen. By the Author of “Tip Cat”. A.D. Innes & 646. WIGGIN, Kate Douglas. Rebecca of Co. Half title, front; the odd spot. Orig. light Sunnybrook Farm. 3rd imp. Boston & New green cloth, blocked in red & blue, lettered in York: Houghton, Mifflin & Co. Half title, gilt. A v.g. bright copy. initial ad. leaf. Orig. dark green pict. cloth; v. ¶Not in Wolff; first published in 1888. sl. rubbing. Owner's inscription, 1906. A nice 1891 £30 copy of this children’s classic tale. 1903 £85 640. Pen. ... Ward, Lock & Co. Half title, front. plates. Orig. blue cloth, blocked with floral 647. WIGGIN, Kate Douglas. Timothy's Quest: A design in white & pale green, lettered in gilt; sl. story for anybody, young or old, who cares to dulled. School prize label, 1911, on leading read it. Gay & Bird. Half title, front. port., illus. pastedown. A good-plus copy. by Oliver Herford. Ownership inscription ruled [c.1910] £70 through on e.p. Orig. orange-brpwm cloth, lettered & pictorially blocked in black & gilt; 641. Rose and Lavender. By the author of "Laddie", sl. dulled. &c. W. & R. Chambers. Half title, front. & 3 ¶An early edition, with the author's prefatory note plates by Herbert A. Bone, 32pp cata. Orig. red to the 2nd English edition, dated September 1892. cloth, blocked & lettered in black & gilt. 1895 £40 WILCOX ______

WILCOX, Ella Wheeler, 1850-1919 cloth, bevelled boards, lettered in gilt; spine American poet. She announced her presence on the faded & worn. Sl. marked prize label on leading literary circuit with Poems of Passion, published in pastedown, 1899. 1883. The collection contains her best-known poem, ¶An examination of folklore, remedies, Solitude, which opens with the line ‘Laugh, and the superstitions, festivals, proverbs, &c. Printed by world laughs with you’. Charles Dickens & Evans, Crystal Palace. 648. Maurine and other poems. Popular edn, many 1890 £125

new poems. Gay & Hancock. Half title; e.ps 655. Poems by Speranza. 4th edn. Glasgow: browned. Orig. white cloth, blocked & lettered Cameron & Ferguson. Initial & final ad. leaves. in green; sl. marked. Orig. pale purple printed glazed wrappers; 1909 £20 spine chipped. A fair copy of a scarce item. 649. Maurine and other poems. Only complete and [c.1875] £30 authorised edn, containing many new poems. 656. Poems by Speranza. New edn. Dublin: M.H. Gay & Hancock. Half title. Orig. white cloth, Gill & Son. Orig. blue-green cloth; spine faded. blocked & lettered in green; small split to head [c.1910] £20 of leading hinge, a little dulled. Gift inscription, Christmas 1916, on leading f.e.p. 657. Social Studies. FIRST EDITION. Ward & ¶Reprinting the 1909 edition in 175pp. Downey. 4pp ads. Orig. purple cloth, lettered 1916 £10 in gilt; spine dulled. Label removed from leading pastedown. 650. Poems. Gay & Hancock. Half title, front. port., ¶Beginning with ‘The Bondage of Woman’. index, final ad. leaf. Uncut in orig. pale blue 1893 £65 cloth, lettered in gilt; a bit dulled & sl. marked. ______Owner's inscription, 1919. A good-plus copy. JEROME ¶First edition of the collected poems: 'passional, sentimental, cheerful, philosophical'. 658. WILKINS, Mary Eleanor. Jerome, a Poor [1919] £35 Man. FIRST EDITION. Harper & Bros. Half title; 2pp ads; a little spotting. Uncut in orig. 651. Poems of Passion. FIRST ENGLISH sand coloured cloth, blocked in silver; sl. EDITION. Henry J. Drane. Half title. dulled. Contemp. full turquoise calf, gilt spine, borders ¶Popular New England novelist. & dentelles, maroon leather label; spine faded 1898 [1897] £25 & sl. rubbed. Armorial bookplate, Gwendolen. [1883] £45 659. WILKINS, Mary Eleanor. Understudies: short stories. FIRST EDITION. Harper & 652. Poems of Progress, and New Thought Pastels. Bros. Front., title in red & black, plates, final FIRST EDITION. Gay & Hancock. Half title. ad. leaf. Uncut in orig. dark green cloth, lettered Orig. white cloth, blocked & lettered in in gilt. t.e.g. v.g. green. v.g. ¶Twelve short stories, mostly relating to animals. 1909 £30 1901 £30 ______SIEGE OF PARIS 660. (WILLARD, F.J., Mrs) Pictures from Paris, in 653. (WILCOX, Marion) Senora Villena, and war and in siege. By an American lady. FIRST Gray: an Oldhavenromance. Two vols in one. EDITION. Richard Bentley. Engr. front. Orig. By the author of "Real People". FIRST sand-grained royal blue cloth, blocked & ENGLISH EDITION. Sampson Low. Initial lettered in gilt; sl. rubbing. Chesterfield School ad. leaf. Orig. maroon cloth, lettered in gilt; Board prize label, 1878. a.e.g. v.g. spine sl. faded. v.g. ¶ and Oxford only on Copac. ¶2 vols in 1, as published, separately paginated. Library of Congress gives the author as Mrs F.J. 1888 £60 Willard. A bystander's account of the Franco- Prussian War, which began in the summer of WILDE, Jane Francesca Speranza, 1870, and the subsequent Siege of Paris. Lady, 1821-1896 1871 £65 Radical Irish poet, translator & essayist, mother of WILLIAMS' POEMS Oscar Wilde, active Women's Rights campaigner. 661. WILLIAMS, Helen Maria. Poems, 2 vols. She was renowned for her eccentricity & FIRST EDITION. Printed by A. Rivington & J. epigrammatic powers: 'nothing in the world is worth living for except sin'. Marshall for T. Cadell. Engr. front. vol. I. Contemp. full tree calf, gilt spines, green leather WILDE ON IRELAND labels; hinges expertly repaired. A v.g. copy. 654. Ancient Cures, Charms, and Usages of Ireland. ¶Includes the celebrated poem Ode to Peace, a Contributions to Irish Lore. FIRST EDITION. critique of war and conflict. Ward & Downey. Half title. Orig. maroon 1786 £580 WILLIAMSON ______

662. WILLIAMSON, Alice Muriel. Queen WILSON, Augusta Jane, née Evans, Sweetheart. FIRST EDITION. F.V. White & 1835-1909 Co. Half title, 5pp ads; the odd spot. Uncut in Born in Georgia and brought up in Texas and orig. pink cloth, front board pictorially blocked Alabama, Wilson was a staunch Southern patriot. She in yellow & black, lettered in black & gilt; front became active in the Civil War as a propagandist; she broke off her engagement to New York journalist board sl. affected by damp, a little dulled. James Reed Spalding because he supported Lincoln. A good sound copy. In 1868 she married Confederate veteran Colonel ¶Not in Wolff. Lorenzo Madison Wilson. 1901 £25 667. Inez, a tale of the Alamo. W. Nicholson & STRANGE ADVENTURES Co. Half title, 18pp ads. Orig. dark green OF A MOTOR-CAR cloth, bevelled boards, blocked in black, 663. WILLIAMSON, Charles Norris & Alice lettered in gilt. Nottingham bookseller’s Muriel. The Lightning Conductor: the strange ticket. v.g. adventures of a motor-car. Copyright edn. [c.1885] £30 Leipzig: Bernhard Tauchnitz. (Collection of British authors, vol. 3980.) Half title, 32pp. 668. Macaria; or, Altars of Sacrifice. William cata. (Nov. 1907). Uncut in orig. cream printed Nicholson & Sons. Half title, front., vignette wrappers; sl. dusted. Bookseller's ticket on title, additional printed title, 6pp ads. Orig. front wrapper, Brentano’s, Paris. v.g. purple cloth, bevelled boards, blocked ¶Todd 3980a: dedicated to “the real Montie”. & lettered in black & gilt; spine faded, Williamson’s most successful novel: ‘part travelogue, part romance’. sl. rubbed. 1907 £20 ¶American Civil War novel. One of the books found in 'Cold Comfort Farm'. [c.1890] £35 664. (WILLIS, Sarah Payson) FERN, Fanny, pseud. Fern Leaves from Fanny's Portfolio. 669. St. Elmo. Or, Saved at Last. W. Nicholson & First and second series complete, including Sons. Series title, 17pp cata; e.ps sl. browned. "Shadows and Sunbeams". New edn, Orig. blue cloth, bevelled boards, blocked in illustrated. Ward & Lock. Front., engr. title; black, lettered in gilt; spine & edges a tear in following f.e.p. with old tape repair. bit dulled. Orig. purple cloth, dec. & lettered in gilt; spine [c.1890] £30 a little darkened. Owner's inscription, Feb. 1869. a.e.g. 670. Vashti; or, "Until Death Us Do Part". William 1860 £25 Nicholson & Sons. Half title, front., vignette title, additional printed title, 24pp cata. Orig. VICTOR HUGO TRANSLATION dark purple cloth, bevelled boards, blocked in 665. WILLOUGHBY, Eliza Mary, Baroness black, lettered in gilt. v.g. Middleton. Ballads. FIRST EDITION. C. ¶Topp states the first edition was published in Kegan Paul. Half title; the odd spot. Orig. dark New York in 1869. green cloth, bevelled boards, blocked in black, [c.1886] £35 lettered in gilt. v.g. ______¶With two translations: Hans Euler, from the German of T.C. Seidl and one of the “Songs THE MISTRESS OF LORD CRAVEN of Gloaming” from the French of Victor Hugo. 671. WILSON, Harriette. The Memoirs, written by 1878 £40 herself. 2 vols. Eveleigh Nash. Half titles, col. fronts. & plates. Orig. maroon cloth; spines sl. NOT PUBLISHED faded. booklabels. v.g. PRESENTATION COPY ¶The text of the 1825 edition. 666. WILMOT, afterwards BRAND, Barbarina, 1909 £50 Baroness Dacre. Dramas, Translations, and Occasional Poems, by Barbarina Lady Dacre. 672. WILSON, Harriette. Paris Lions and London FIRST EDITION. 2 vols. John Murray: Not Tigers. Reprinted from the edition of 1825, Published. Half titles; some light foxing. with the original twelve plates, and an introd. by Uncut in contemp. drab green boards, maroon Heywood Hill. Privately printed for the leather labels; spines a little darkened, hinges Navarre Society. Orig. green cloth; head of sl. rubbed. Panshanger bookplates. spine faded. A good copy in torn d.w. ¶With presentation inscription, ‘To the Countess ¶Heywood Hill states that it is uncertain Cowper with Lady Dacre’s compliments’. how much of this Harriette wrote: the editor Panshanger, near Hertford, home to the Cowper “Thomas Little” may be John Stockdale family until demolition in 1953. the publisher. 1821 £320 [1935] £20 680 WILSON ______

CHRONICLES OF LIFE WOLLSTONECRAFT, Mary, later Godwin, 673. WILSON, Margaret, Mrs Cornwell Baron. 1759-1797 Chronicles of Life. 3 vols. A.K. Newman & Co. Pioneer feminist writer & novelist, mother of Mary Half title & final ad. leaf in vol. I only. Shelley, author of A Vindication of the Rights of Contemp. half maroon roan; a bit rubbed. Woman (1792). She was the author of two novels, A good sound copy. Mary: a fiction (1788), and the posthumously published Maria: or, The Wrongs of Women (1798). ¶Not in Wolff; this is a re-issue of the 1840 first Both attacked the prevailing patriarchal system, and edition, with cancel titles, not recorded on Copac. the injustice of female subservience. 1843 £125 UNRECORDED ITALIAN EDITION OF MARIA WINTER, John Strange 680. (Maria: or the Wrongs of Women) Elisa, ossia (Henrietta Stannard), 1856-1911 é una disgrazia l'esser donna. Traduzione dal Born in York, her father was an ex-army officer and Tedesco. Milano: Gio Gius. Destefanis. Series Winter's novels & tales are mainly of military life. title ('Raccolta di Romanzi'), engr. front.; leading f.e.p. torn along outer margin with some 674. A Born Soldier. 2nd edn. F.V. White. Half loss. Contemp. continental half leather, title, 8pp ads. Orig. red cloth, lettered in black marbled boards; sl. rubbing. Small bookstamp & gilt; spine a little dulled ¶See Wolff 6510 for the first edition of 1894. on titlepage, 'A Monfroni, Genova'. v.g. ¶Not in Windle; no copy located in the BL, 1896 £25 National Library of Italy, Library of Congress, or on Copac. This is an uncredited, and apparently 675. Heart and Sword. 7th edn. F.V. White & Co. unrecorded, Italian translation of Mary Half title, 10pp cata; f.e.ps browned. Orig. Wollstonecraft's Maria, or the Wrongs of Women, crimson cloth, lettered in gilt & black; spine first published in 1798 in Posthumous Works of faded, but a good-plus copy. the Author of A Vindication of the Rights of ¶Not in Wolff. First published in 1898. Women. This Italian version is supposedly 1900 £25 translated from the German, as stated on the titlepage, but it seems more likely that it was translated from the 1798 French edition, 'Maria, SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY ou Le malheur d’être femme' (Windle A8e). 676. Lumley the Painter. A novel. FIRST Windle does not identify an early German EDITION. F.V. White. Initial ad. leaf, 10pp translation, and Jarndyce has been unable to ads. Orig. red cloth, lettered in black & gilt; locate one. No separate English edition appeared spine faded. A good-plus copy. until a Philadelphia publication in 1799. This is ¶Not in Wolff. Inscribed on titlepage: ‘The Rev. the second work ('Num.° II.' on the titlepage) in A. Pownall from John Strange Winter’, and Destefani's 'Raccolta di Romanzi (Collection of on the dedication leaf 'A.M. Pownall from Her Romances) series. The only other title from the Aff. Father 18.3.1893'. The volume contains series that we have been able to locate is the loosely inserted notes and cuttings perhaps two-volume Il Curato de Wakefield, also 1809, in relating to a sermon. the Bibliotheque Nationale de France. 1891 £65 Wollstonecraft’s last work, the unfinished novel Maria, also appeared in Godwin’s Memoirs of the 677. Private Tinker and other stories. (Some love Author of the Vindications of the Right of Women (1798). Confined (unjustly) to a mental stories.) FIRST EDITION. F.V. White & Co. institution by her husband, Maria falls in love Illus. Initial & final 5pp ads. Orig. col. pict. with another ‘inmate’ and eventually escapes with front wrapper; back wrapper missing, but him. In the process, she must fight legal injustices nevertheless a nice bright copy of a fragile item. against women regarding child custody, sexual ¶Not in Wolff. freedom, property rights, illegal incarceration, 1895 £40 and ultimately divorce. 1809 £2,250 678. A Siege Baby, and other stories. F.V. White. Half title, 8pp ads. Orig. red cloth, lettered in 681. Letters Written During a Short Residence in black & gilt; spine faded & sl. marked. A Sweden, Norway, and . 2nd edn. good-plus copy. Printed for J. Johnson. Occasional unobtrusive ¶Not in Wolff. First published in 1887. pencil markings. Contemp. full calf, horizontal 1888 £30 spine bands & devices in gilt; sl. rubbed. Later owner's signature on title. A good-plus copy. 679. The Strange Story of My Life: a novel. 4th edn. ¶First published in 1796. Gilbert Imlay, who had F.V. White. Half title, 6pp ads. Label removed business in Norway, asked Mary to go to Scandinavia and conduct some confidential from leading pastedown. Orig. red cloth, business on his behalf. She left England early lettered in black & gilt; sl. marked. v.g. in April 1795 and returned in October of the ¶Not in Wolff. NCBEL3 does not list her adult same year. She and Imlay separated permanently novels. BL has only the 2nd edn., 1896. soon after her return to London. This 2nd edn 1897 £25 not in BL. ______1802 £320 688 WOLLSTONECRAFT ______

682. Letters Written During a Short Residence ... TAUCHNITZ COLLECTION Introduction by Sylva Norman. Woking, 688. A Collection of Tauchnitz Editions from the Surrey: Centaur Press. Black cloth. v.g. in d.w. library of Mrs Wood’s son Harry, nearly all ¶A facsimile reprint of the work first published in INSCRIBED by the author to him. Copyright 1796. Gilbert Imlay, who had business in edns. 23 titles in 38 vols. Leipzig: Bernhard Norway, asked Mary to go to Scandinavia and Tauchnitz. Half titles. Bound in royal blue conduct some confidential business on his behalf. cloth, probably specifically for the author, She left England early in April 1795 and returned in October. She and Imlay separated permanently spines lettered in gilt, boards blocked in blind. soon after her return to London. Four distinct designs have been used for the 1970 £20 blocking, each with slightly different ornamental borders. Occasional rubbing & 683. Collected letters of Mary Wollstonecraft. some spines a little darkened, one or two vols Edited by Ralph M. Wardle. FIRST EDITION. with sl. damp marking, but overall a nice Ithica & London: Cornell. Half title, front., collection of association copies. illus. Orig. purple cloth. v.g. in sl. rubbed d.w. ¶Trevlyn Hold, 1864, 2 vols; vol. I INSCRIBED 1979 £30 'Henry Wood with all love. E.W.'. Todd 713a & 714. 684. PENNELL, Elizabeth Robins. Mary Woll- Lord Oakburn's Daughter, 1864, 2 vols; vol. I stonecraft Godwin. FIRST EDITION. W.H. INSCRIBED 'For Harry with much love. E.W.'. Allen. (Eminent women series.) Half title, final Todd 743a & 744. ad. leaf. Orig. green cloth, lettered & blocked Mildred Arkell, 1865, 2 vols; vol. I INSCRIBED in gilt; sl. rubbing to head & tail of spine. v.g. 'Henry Wood'. Todd 783a & 784. 1885 £25 St Martin's Eve, 1866, 2 vols; vol. I INSCRIBED 'Henry Wood'. Todd 818a & 819. 685. TIMS, Margaret. Mary Wollstonecraft: a Lady Adelaide's Oath, 1867, 2 vols; vol. I social pioneer. FIRST EDITION. Millington. INSCRIBED 'Harry Wood'. Todd 879b & 880. Half title, port. Orig. blue cloth. d.w. Orville College, 1867; INSCRIBED 'Harry 1976 £10 Wood with love'. Todd 916b. A Life's Secret, 1867; leading f.e.p. removed: no 686. TOMALIN, Claire. The Life and Death of inscription. Todd 930a. Anne Hereford, 1869, 2 vols; vol. I INSCRIBED Mary Wollstonecraft. FIRST EDITION. New 'Harry Wood'. Todd 998a & 999. York & London: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich. Roland Yorke, 1869, 2 vols; vol. I INSCRIBED Half title, plates. v.g. in d.w. 'Harry Wood. With love'. Todd 1050a & 1051a. ¶With a family tree of the Wollstonecrafts on e.ps. George Canterbury's Will, 1870, 2 vols; vol. I 1974 £15 INSCRIBED 'Harry Wood'. Todd 1084a & 1085. ______Bessy Rane, 1870, 2 vols; vol. I INSCRIBED 'Henry Wood'. Todd 1125a & 1126. 687. WOOD, Dorothy. Withered Flowers of The Foggy Night at Offord, 1872; INSCRIBED Yesterday. FIRST EDITION. Rio de Janeiro: 'Henry Wood'. Todd 1217a. Borsoi. sl. foxed. Unopened in orig. printed Within the Maze, 1872, 2 vols; vol. I card wrappers; sl. faded. INSCRIBED 'Harry Wood'. Todd 1270a & 1271. ¶Poems. Not recorded on Copac. The Master of Greylands, 1873, 2 vols; vol. I 1948 £40 INSCRIBED 'Harry Wood'. Todd 1361a & 1362. William Allair, 1874; INSCRIBED 'For Harry from Mamma'. Todd B22 (Series for the Young). WOOD, Ellen, Mrs. Henry, née Price, Johnny Ludlow (first series), 1874, 2 vols; vol. I 1814-1887 INSCRIBED 'For Harry from Mamma'. Todd Mrs Wood’s fertile writing career was the result of her 1411a & 1412a. husband’s unsound financial dealings. When Henry Told in the Twilight, 1875, 2 vols; vol. I contrived to lose the family fortune, Ellen was INSCRIBED 'For Harry from Mamma'. 1518a compelled to write in order to replenish the coffers, & 1519. resulting in the publication of Danesbury House in Adam Grainger, 1876; INSCRIBED 'For Harry 1860. Positively received, this was soon followed by from Mamma'. Todd 1586a. Wood's second novel, East Lynne (1861) which proved Edina, 1876, 2 vols; vol. I INSCRIBED 'For an enormous success, and sealed the author’s Harry from Mamma'. Todd 1629b & 1630. popularity. Feverishly busy, Wood published fifteen Pomeroy Abbey, 1878, 2 vols; vol. I more novels by 1868. Politically and socially INSCRIBED 'For Harry from Mamma'. Todd conservative, her works were purchased in great 1786a & 1787. numbers, and were many times reprinted: East Lynne Johnny Ludlow (second series), 1881, 3 vols: had already sold 400,000 copies by 1895. Sadleir's vol. 1: Lost in the Post and Other Tales, collection includes 'a brilliant series of copies INSCRIBED 'For Harry from Mamma'. Todd presented to Mrs Wood's daughter Ellen'. As well as 1947a; the Tauchnitz collection (the following item), we are vol. 2: A tale of Sin and Other Tales. Todd 1986; pleased to include here many individual titles inscribed by the author to her oldest son, Henry, who vol. 3: Anne and Other Tales. Todd 1999. is more often affectionately referred to as Harry. 1864-1881 £2,250 691 696

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689. About Ourselves. A novel. 165th thousand. 697. Bessy Rane. ... 65th thousand. Macmillan & James Nisbet & Co. Half title, 10pp ads, pale Co. Half title. Orig. olive green cloth, lettered yellow e.ps. Orig. blue cloth, blocked in black, in black & gilt; inner hinges cracking, spine sl. lettering reversed out of gilt; spine sl. dulled. damp-marked. H. Massey booklabel. A good C.W. Clarke’s bookseller’s ticket. v.g. sound copy. See Sadleir 3324, Wolff 7264. 1909 £20 1883 £45 698. The Channings. Copyright edn. 2 vols. Leipzig: 690. Adam Grainger and other stories. New edn. Bernhard Tauchnitz. (Collection of British Macmillan & Co. Half title, final ad. leaf. Orig. authors, vols 599 & 600.) Half titles; sl. olive green cloth, lettered in black & gilt; tiny browning & a few marginal notes. Contemp. hole in leading hinge, otherwise v.g. half purple cloth; a crisp copy. 1899 £25 ¶Todd 599a, 600c. INSCRIBED 1862 £35 691. Anne Hereford. A novel. FIRST EDITION. 3 vols. Tinsley Brothers. Half titles, final ad. leaf 699. The Channings. New edn. Richard Bentley & vol. III. Orig. purple moiré cloth, boards Son. (Favourite novels.) Front., engr. title. blocked in blind, gilt spines; spines uniformly Orig. dark green cloth, boards blocked in blind, faded to brown & v. sl. worn at head & tail, one spine lettered in gilt; v. sl. wear to head & tail corner sl. knocked. of spine. Poltimore Hogg's signature on first ¶Wolff 7265; Sadleir 3326, in his first order of page of text, July 1880. scarcity. With presentation inscription by the [c.1880] £30 author, 'Harry Wood. From Mamma'. 1868 £1,200 700. The Channings. 80th thousand. Richard Bentley & Son. Half title, final ad. leaf. Orig. red cloth, 692. Anne Hereford. ... Copyright edn. 2 vols. lettered in gilt. Signed 'A. Rowell' in contemp. Leipzig: Bernhard Tauchnitz. (Collection of hand. v.g. British authors, vols 998 & 999.) Contemp. 1888 £20 dark brown boards, brown cloth spines. ¶Todd 998 & 999 without distinguishing 701. The Channings. A story. 140th thousand. half titles. Richard Bentley & Son. Half title, final ad. leaf. 1869 £30 Orig. light green cloth, lettered in black & gilt; sl. dulled. 693. Anne Hereford. ... Richard Bentley & Son. 1895 £20 (Favourite novels.) Orig. dark green cloth; inner hinges cracking, a bit rubbed. FRENCH TRANSLATION 1877 £25 702. (The Channings.) Les Channing. Traduit de l'Anglais par Mme Abric-Encontre. FIRST 694. Anne Hereford. ... 73rd thousand. Macmillan FRENCH EDITION. 2 vols. Paris: Grassart. & Co. Half title. Orig. olive green cloth, Half titles. Uncut in orig. pale blue printed lettered in black & gilt; sl. dulled. wrappers. Library shelf labels. v.g. H. Massey booklabel. A good-plus copy. 1864 £50 1909 £20 703. Court Netherleigh. A novel. FIRST EDITION. 695. The Argosy. Edited by Mrs. Henry Wood. Vol. 3 vols. Richard Bentley & Sons. Orig. blue XI. Jan. - June 1871. Office: 34, Southampton fine-weave diagonal-grained cloth, attractively Street. Plates. Contemp. half red morocco; blocked with floral design in black & silver, rubbed with repaired split in leading hinge. lettered in black & gilt; sl. rubbing to corners ¶Containing Dene Hollow and some of the Johnny Ludlow stories, with poetry and fiction by and heads & tails of spines, inner hinges Alice King and others. repaired vols I & II; a good-plus copy. 1871 £30 ¶Wolff 7267, Sadleir 3330, the 'regular' binding. 1881 £420 INSCRIBED 696. Bessy Rane. A novel. FIRST EDITION. 3 INSCRIBED vols. Richard Bentley. Orig. royal blue sand- 704. Court Netherleigh. ... 2nd edn. 3 vols. Richard grained cloth, blocked in black, spines lettered Bentley & Sons. Orig. blue cloth, attractively in gilt; spines sl. darkened, vol. II a little blocked with floral design in gilt; spine sl. marked, expertly executed minor repairs to marked vol. II, otherwise v.g. heads & tails of spines. ¶Sadleir 3330a: Presentation Binding entirely in ¶Not in Wolff; Sadleir 3327, in his third order of gilt; Wolff 7267. With presentation inscription scarcity. With presentation inscription from the from the author, 'For Harry - With Mamma's love. author, 'For Harry - from Mamma'. March 1882'. 1870 £850 1881 £850 WOOD ______

705. Danesbury House. FIRST EDITION. Glasgow: 712. Dene Hollow. ... Richard Bentley & Son. Scottish Temperance League. Text a little (Favourite novels.) Front.; the odd spot. Orig. yellowed. Contemp. half black calf, brown dark green cloth; sl. rubbing. cloth boards, raised gilt bands on spine. Ex- 1879 £40 library copy, rubbed and worn, lacks following 713. Dene Hollow. ... Richard Bentley & Son. f.e.p. A fair copy only. (Favourite novels.) Front. Half dark green calf ¶Sadleir 3331; Wolff 7268. Text on thin paper. The novel was the unanimous winner of a £100 by Angus & Robertson, Sydney, spine gilt in prize from the Scottish Temperance League in compartments, red & brown labels. v.g. 1860, to further the progress of the temperance 1883 £35 cause, and kindred movements. Loosely inserted, EAST LYNNE the signature of Ellen Wood, torn from an ALS 714. East Lynne. 3 vols. Copyright edn. Leipzig: and laid on to a folded piece of paper. Bernhard Tauchnitz. (Collection of British 1860 £40 authors, vols 574, 575 & 576.) Without half titles. Contemp. half brown morocco, brown 706. Danesbury House. Glasgow: Scottish Temper- cloth boards, spines with raised gilt bands, ance League. A few spots. Contemp. half maroon leather labels. A v.g. attractive copy. maroon calf. v.g. ¶Todd 574, 575 & 576. The first continental ¶Printed on heavier paper. edition, published the same year as the first edition. 1861 £60 1861 £150 INSCRIBED 707. Danesbury House. 80th thousand. Glasgow: 715. East Lynne. 3 vols. 4th edn. Richard Bentley. Scottish Temperance League. 8pp ads. Orig. Orig. purple morocco-grained cloth, borders royal blue cloth by Adam Gowans, Glasgow; blocked in blind, spines lettered in gilt; spines sl. rubbing. v.g. a little darkened & with sl. wear at heads & tails ¶In the original format on thicker paper. ¶See Sadleir 3333 & Wolff 7269 for the first 1863 £35 edition of 1861. This copy has the same binding as Sadleir's first edition. Presentation inscription 708. Danesbury House. 186th thousand. Glasgow: from the author, 'For Harry. From Mamma'. Each vol. also signed 'H.M. Wood, Greylands'. Scottish Temperance League. 16pp cata. Uncut 1862 £2,500 in orig. green cloth-covered stiff wrappers, lettered in gilt. Nice copy. 716. East Lynne. 95th thousand. Richard Bentley & 1877 £30 Son. Half title, front. Orig. dark green cloth, blocked in blind, lettered in gilt. Signed 'Ellen 709. Danesbury House. New edn. Ward, Lock Simons' in contemp. hand. A v.g. bright copy. & Co. Half title, front., 2pp ads; sl. browning 1879 £45 in prelims. Orig. scarlet cloth, blocked & lettered in gilt; spine sl. faded, otherwise a v.g. 717. East Lynne. W. Nicholson & Sons. Half title, bright copy. front., 16pp cata. Orig. dark green cloth, ¶In larger format. blocked in black, lettered in gilt. A v.g. 1899 £20 bright copy. [c.1890] £25 INSCRIBED 710. Dene Hollow. A novel. FIRST EDITION. 3 718. East Lynne. 275th thousand. Richard Bentley vols. Richard Bentley & Son. Orig. brick & Son. Ad. preceding half title; lacks leading brown cloth, front boards blocked & lettered in f.e.p. Orig. red cloth, lettered in gilt; sl.dulled. black, spines lettered in gilt; sl. wear to head of 1892 £20 spine vol. II, otherwise v.g. 719. East Lynne. 780th thousand. Macmillan & Co. ¶Sadleir 3332, the primary binding; not in Wolff. With presentation inscription from the author, Half title, final ad leaf. Orig. olive green cloth, 'Henry Wood. From Mamma. 1871'. lettered in black & gilt; sl. dulled. 1871 £750 1903 £25 720. East Lynne. Milner & Co. Orig. blue cloth, 711. Dene Hollow. ... Copyright edn. 2 vols. blocked in black, lettered in gilt; dulled. Leipzig: Bernhard Tauchnitz. (Collection of [c.1910] £15 British authors, vols 1181 & 1182.) Bound without half titles; sl. foxing. 2 vols in 1 in 721. Edina. A novel. 25th thousand. Richard contemp. half dark green morocco, spine ruled Bentley & Sons. Half title; occasional careless and with devices in gilt; sl. rubbing. A good- opening. Orig. red cloth, lettered in gilt; spine plus copy. sl. dulled. Signed M. Rowell in contemp. hand. ¶Todd 1181 & 1182. A good-plus copy. 1871 £35 1889 £35 680 747 758

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722. Edina. ... 60th thousand. Macmillan & Co. 730. The House of Halliwell: a novel. 123rd Half title, following ad. leaf removed. Orig. thousand. The only authorized & complete edn. olive green cloth, lettered in black & gilt. H. Macmillan. Half title, final ad. leaf. Orig. olive Massey booklabel. v.g. green cloth, lettered in black & gilt. Owner’s 1905 £30 inscription on leading f.e.p., Xmas 1915. v.g. 1914 £30 INSCRIBED 723. Elster’s Folly. A novel. 2nd edn. 3 vols. JOHNNY LUDLOW - 1ST SERIES Tinsley Brothers. Half title vol. I only as issued. 731. Johnny Ludlow. First series. 25th thousand. Orig. royal blue cloth, gilt spines. A v.g. Richard Bentley. Half title, 10pp ads. Orig. red bright copy. cloth, lettered in gilt; spine sl. dulled. Signed ¶Sadleir 3335 is a mixed set presented to her 'A. Rowell', 1888. v.g. daughter Ellen; not in Wolff. With presentation 1888 £25 inscription from the author, 'For Harry. With Mamma's love'. 732. Johnny Ludlow. First series. 61st thousand. 1866 £1,500 Macmillan & Co. 10pp cata. Orig. olive green cloth, lettered in black & gilt; a little dulled, 724. Elster’s Folly. ... New edn. Tinsley Bros. small split at head of leading hinge. A good- Contemp. half blue calf, spine gilt in plus copy. compartments, red label. A v.g. bright copy. 1907 £20 ¶First one-volume edition. 1867 £85 JOHNNY LUDLOW - 2ND SERIES 733. Johnny Ludlow. Second series. 20th thousand. 725. Elster’s Folly. ... 50th thousand. Richard Richard Bentley. Half title, 2pp ads; lacks Bentley & Son. Half title, final ad. leaf. Orig. leading f.e.p. Orig. red cloth, lettered in gilt; light green cloth, lettered in black & gilt; sl. spine sl. dulled. dulled. Signed W. Gibbs, 1896. v.g. 1889 £20 1896 £25 JOHNNY LUDLOW - 3RD SERIES 734. Johnny Ludlow. Third series. New edn. 726. Featherston's Story. A tale. By Johnny Ludlow Richard Bentley. Half title. Orig. red cloth, (Mrs Henry Wood). FIRST EDITION. lettered in gilt; spine dulled with sm. split at Richard Bentley & Son. Orig. cream pictorial head of following hinge. cloth, bevelled boards, blocked in blue-green & 1890 £25 gilt; spine sl. dulled. A good-plus copy of a scarce Wood title. JOHNNY LUDLOW - 6TH SERIES ¶Sadleir 3336 in pale grey cloth, pictorially 735. Johnny Ludlow. Sixth series. FIRST blocked & lettered in blue & brown; not in Wolff. EDITION. Macmillan & Co. Half title, 10pp 1889 £280 cata. Orig. olive green cloth, lettered in black & gilt; pressure damage through front board, INSCRIBED affecting first few pages. 727. George Canterbury’s Will. A novel. FIRST 1899 £35 EDITION. 3 vols. Tinsley Brothers. Half titles, final ad. leaf vol. III. Orig. royal blue INSCRIBED cloth cloth, blocked in black, spines lettered in 736. Lady Adelaide’s Oath. FIRST EDITION. 3 gilt; spines sl. darkened & sl. rubbed at heads vols. Richard Bentley. Orig. purple cloth, & tails. v.g. blocked in blind, spines lettered in gilt; sl. ¶Sadleir 3338a, the Presentation Binding, in his faded, small expert repairs to heads & tails. v.g. third group for rarity; not in Wolff. With ¶Wolff 7277; Sadleir 3346, copy I, in his fourth presentation inscription from the author, 'For group for rarity . With Presentation Inscription Harry. From Mamma'. from the Author, 'For Harry - from Mamma. 1870 £850 January 1867'. 1867 £1,100 728. George Canterbury’s Will. A novel. 35th thousand. Richard Bentley & Son. Half title, 737. (Lady Adelaide's Oath.) Lady Adelaide. A 10pp ads. Orig. red cloth, lettered in gilt. v.g. novel. 163rd thousand. Macmillan & Co. Orig. 1888 £30 olive green cloth, lettered in black & gilt; sl. dulled. H. Massey booklabel. A good-plus copy. 729. George Canterbury’s Will. ... 95th thousand. 1906 £30 Macmillan & Co. Half title, 10pp cata. Orig. olive green cloth, lettered in black & gilt; inner 738. Lady Grace. A novel. 36th thousand. Mac- hinges cracking, following board sl. affected by millan & Co. Half title. Orig. olive green cloth, damp, a little dulled & rubbed. H. Massey lettered in black & gilt; back board sl. marked. booklabel. A good sound copy. H. Massey booklabel. A good-plus copy. 1905 £20 1904 £30 WOOD ______

739. A Life’s Secret. Copyright edn. Leipzig: 747. Mildred Arkell. A novel. FIRST EDITION. 3 Bernhard Tauchnitz. (Collection of British vols. Tinsley Brothers. Half titles, final ad. leaf authors, vol. 930.) Half title. Contemp. half vol. I. Orig. sand-grained purple cloth, boards dark green morocco, dark green cloth boards; blocked in blind, gilt spines; spines sl. dulled & spines rubbed & a little worn. rubbed, front board vol. II with compression ¶Todd 930: this edition lists no titles on verso of marks. A good-plus copy. half title, a variation not recorded by Todd. ¶Sadleir 3351, in his fourth group for rarity; 1867 £35 Wolff 7282. Presentation Inscription from the Author, 'For Harry - With Mamma's love. E.W.'. 740. A Life’s Secret. Copyright edn. Leipzig: 1865 £850 Bernhard Tauchnitz. (Collection of British authors, vol. 930.) Half title. Contemp. half 748. Mildred Arkell. ... FIRST EDITION. 3 vols. dark blue morocco, spine gilt in compartments. Tinsley Brothers. Contemp. half calf, spines Haut-Buisson booklabel. v.g. ruled in gilt at heads & tails, red leather labels; ¶Todd 930a. spines & corners a little rubbed. Armorial 1867 £25 bookplates of Miss Rigden. A good-plus copy. ¶Sadleir 7282; Wolff 3351. 741. A Life’s Secret. A story. 181st thousand. 1865 £250 Macmillan & Co. Half title; sl. spotting. Orig. olive green cloth, lettered in black & gilt; 749. Mildred Arkell. ... Richard Bentley & Son. leading inner hinge splitting, front board sl. Contemp. half dark green calf by Angus & marked. H. Massey booklabel. Robertson, Sydney, spine gilt in compartments, 1908 £25 red & brown leather labels; front board chipped at tail, a bit rubbed. INSCRIBED 1882 £25 742. Lord Oakburn’s Daughters. FIRST EDITION. 3 vols. Bradbury & Evans. Orig. sand-grained 750. Mildred Arkell. 36th thousand. Richard Bentley purple cloth, borders in blind, spines lettered in & Son. Half title. Orig. red cloth, lettered in gilt; spines sl. faded and with expertly executed gilt; spine a little dulled, small stain in lower neat repairs to heads & tails, sl. compression inner margin of front board. A good-plus copy. marks on boards vol. I. 1888 £20 ¶Wolff 7280. With Ppresentation Inscription from the Author, 'For Harry - from Mamma'. 1864 £850 751. Mildred Arkell. 95th thousand. Macmillan & Co. Half title. Orig. olive green cloth, lettered 743. Lord Oakburn’s Daughters. Copyright edn. 2 in black & gilt; v. sl. dulled. v.g. vols. Leipzig: Bernhard Tauchnitz. (Collection 1904 £25 of British authors, vols 743 & 744.) Half titles. Contemp. half dark blue morocco, spines gilt in 752. Mrs. Halliburton’s Troubles. 21st edn. Richard compartments; spines sl. faded. v.g. Bentley. Front., engr. title. Contemp. half dark ¶Todd 743b & 744. green calf by Angus & Robertson, Sydney, 1864 £35 spine gilt in compartments, red & brown leather labels; sl. rubbing on front board. 744. Lord Oakburn’s Daughters. A novel. 263rd [c.1883] £40 thousand. Macmillan & Co. Half title, 10pp ads. Orig. olive green cloth, lettered in black & 753. Mrs. Halliburton’s Troubles. 120th thousand. gilt; sl.dulled, small split in head of following Richard Bentley & Son. Half title, final ad. leaf. hinge. H. Massey booklabel. Good sound copy. Orig. olive green cloth, lettered in black & gilt; 1909 £25 sl. marked, traces of paper labels on pastedowns. 745. The Master of Greylands. A novel. Richard 1895 £20 Bentley. Front. Contemp. half dark green calf by Angus & Robertson, Sydney, spine gilt in 754. Mrs. Halliburton’s Troubles. 235th thousand. compartments, red & brown leather label; sl. Macmillan & Co. Half title. Orig. olive green rubbing. cloth, lettered in black & gilt; a bit dulled. H. 1882 £40 Massey booklabel. 1906 £20 746. The Master of Greylands. ... 71st thousand. Macmillan & Co. Half title. Orig. olive green INSCRIBED TO HER SON ARTHUR cloth, lettered in black & gilt; inner hinges 755. Orville College. A story. FIRST EDITION. 2 cracking, sl. marked. H. Massey booklabel. A vols. Tinsley Brothers. Ads preceding half good-plus copy. title, 16pp cata. in each vol. Orig. purple sand- 1910 £25 grained cloth, blocked in blind, spines lettered WOOD ______

in gilt; spines v. sl. darkened, otherwise a v.g. 764. Pomeroy Abbey. ... 124th thousand. Macmillan bright copy. & Co. Half title. Orig. olive green cloth, ¶Sadleir 3353; Wolff 7284. With Presentation lettered in black & gilt. H. Massey booklabel. Inscription from the Author, 'For Arthur. From 1905 £20 Mamma. June 1867'. 1867 £750 765. The Red Court Farm. A novel. FIRST EDITION. 3 vols. Tinsley Brothers. Contemp. 756. Orville College. ... New edn. Richard Bentley half tan calf, marbled boards, maroon leather & Son. (Favourite novels.) Half title, front. labels. A nice copy. Contemp. half dark green calf by Angus & ¶Sadleir 3357. Wolff 7289. Robertson, Sydney, spine gilt in compartments, 1868 £250 red & brown leather labels for. v.g. 1883 £45 766. The Red Court Farm. ... 9th edn. Richard Bent- ley. Half title. Half dark green calf by Angus & 757. Orville College. A tale. 87th thousand. Robertson, Sydney, spine gilt in compartments, Macmillan & Co. Half title. Orig. olive green red & brown labels; sl. rubbing. v.g. cloth, lettered in black & gilt; small damp mark 1882 £35 at head of spine, following inner hinge cracking. H. Massey booklabel. 767. The Red Court Farm. W. Nicholson & Sons. 1909 £30 Half title; sl. browning. Orig. dark blue cloth, bevelled boards, blocked in black, lettered in INSCRIBED 758. Oswald Cray. A novel. FIRST EDITION. gilt; inner hinges cracking. Name on leading 3 vols. Edinburgh: Adam & Charles Black. pastedown, 1911. v.g. Half titles. Orig. dark green morocco-grained [c.1900] £20 cloth, boards attractively blocked in blind, gilt 768. The Red Court Farm. ... 167th thousand. spines. v.g. Macmillan. Half title, 10pp cata. Orig. olive ¶Wolff 7285; Sadleir 3354. Presentation Inscrip- green cloth, lettered in black & gilt; sl. worn. tion from the Author, 'For Harry. From Mamma'. 1864 £1,200 1907 £20 INSCRIBED 759. Oswald Cray. ... 8th edn. Richard Bentley. 769. Roland Yorke. A novel. FIRST EDITION. 3 Half title, front. Half dark green calf by Angus vols. Richard Bentley. Orig. purple sand- & Robertson, Sydney, spine gilt in grained cloth, borders in blind, spines lettered in compartments, red & brown labels; sl. rubbed. gilt; spines faded to brown, otherwise v.g. 1882 £35 ¶Wolff 7290; Sadleir 3358, in his fourth group for rarity. With Presentation Inscription from the 760. Oswald Cray. ... 70th thousand. Macmillan & Author, 'For Harry. From Mamma'. Co. Half title. Orig. olive green cloth, lettered 1869 £750 in black & gilt. H. Massey booklabel; sl. rubbed & marked. A good-plus copy. 770. Roland Yorke. A sequel to “The Channings”. 1904 £25 8th edn. Richard Bentley & Son. (Favourite novels.) Front. Orig. dark green cloth, blocked 761. Our Children. FIRST EDITION. Daldy, in blind, spine lettered in gilt; back board sl. Isbister & Co. Half title, 4pp ads. Orig. dark marked, inner hinges sl. cracking. green cloth, blocked in black, lettered in gilt; 1877 £35 spine v. sl. rubbed at head & tail, inner hinges sl. cracked. 88pp. 771. Roland Yorke. 11th edn. Richard Bentley & ¶Sadleir 3355; Wolff 7286. 'Train up a child in Son. Front. Contemp. half dark green calf by the way he should go: and when he is old, he will Angus & Robertson, Sydney, spine gilt in not depart from it.' compartments, red & brown leather labels; a 1876 £65 little rubbed. 1882 £30 762. Pomeroy Abbey. A romance. 3rd edn. Richard Bentley. (Favourite novels.) Half title, front., 772. Roland Yorke. 130th thousand. Richard engr. title. Orig. dark green cloth; sl. rubbed, Bentley & Son. Half title, final ad. leaf. Uncut inner hinges cracking. in orig. green cloth, lettered in black & gilt. v.g. 1879 £40 1897 £25

763. Pomeroy Abbey. ... 30th thousand. Richard 773. Roland Yorke. 170th thousand. Macmillan & Bentley & Son. Half title. Orig. light green Co. Half title & title unopened; light foxing in cloth, lettered in black & gilt; small spot on prelims. Orig. olive green cloth, lettered in spine. Owner’s inscription, 1899, on leading black & gilt; sl. dulled. Owner’s inscription on f.e.p. v.g. leading f.e.p., June 1906. v.g. 1893 £25 1904 £20 WOOD ______

PRESENTATION BINDING - INSCRIBED dulled. Small bookseller's ticket: H.J. Goulden, 774. The Shadow of Ashlydyat. FIRST EDITION. Canterbury. A good-plus copy. 3 vols. Richard Bentley. Orig. purple pebble- 1906 £20 grained cloth, blocked & lettered in gilt; spines sl. faded, small expert repairs. a.e.g. v.g. 782. Verner’s Pride. Richard Bentley & Son. ¶Wolff 7292a: the presentation binding. With (Favourite novels.) Front., engr. title. Presentation Inscription from the Author, 'Harry - Contemp. half dark green calf by Angus & from Mamma'. Robertson, Sydney, spine gilt in compartments, 1863 £1,200 red & brown leather labels; sl. rubbing. v.g. 1882 £35 775. The Shadow of Ashlydyat. 8th edn. Richard Bentley & Son. Half title, front., vignette title. 783. Verner’s Pride. Richard Bentley. (Favourite Orig. dark green cloth, blocked in blind, lettered novels.) Front., engr. title. Orig. dark blue in gilt; inner hinges sl. cracking. Owner’s cloth, blocked in blind, spine lettered in gilt; inscription on leading f.e.p., 1879. inner hinges cracking. A good-plus copy. 1878 £40 1888 £35 776. The Shadow of Ashlydyat. 115th thousand. 784. Verner’s Pride. 100th thousand. Macmillan. Macmillan. Half title, 4pp. ads. Orig. olive Half title, 6pp ads. Orig. olive green cloth, green cloth, lettered in black & gilt; sl. dulled. lettered in black & gilt. v.g. A good-plus copy. 1902 £20 1902 £25 INSCRIBED ‘FOR JANE’ 785. Verner’s Pride. W. Nicholson & Sons. Half 777. St Martin’s Eve. A novel. FIRST EDITION. title, front, vignette title, 5pp ads; text sl. 3 vols. Tinsley Brothers. Half titles. Orig. browned, child's scribble in following e.ps. purple diagonal-grained cloth, boards blocked Orig. purple cloth, bevelled boards, blocked in in blind, gilt spines; spines sl. darkened, black, lettered in gilt. Sunday School prize otherwise a v.g. bright copy. label, 1908. v.g. ¶Sadleir 3359; Wolff 7291. With Presentation [c.1908] £20 Inscription in the Author's distinctive hand 'For INSCRIBED Jane - with kind love'. 786. Within the Maze. A novel. FIRST EDITION. 1866 £1,200 3 vols. Richard Bentley & Son. Orig. dark purple cloth, front boards blocked & lettered in 778. St Martin’s Eve. ... 174th thousand. black, spines blocked & lettered in black & gilt; Macmillan & Co. Half title, 10pp ads. Orig. spines a little faded, sl. cracking to front inner olive green cloth, lettered in black & gilt; sl. hinge vol. I. dulled. H. Massey booklabel. ¶Sadleir 3367, in his first group for rarity; Wolff 1909 £30 7298. With Presentation Inscription from the Author, 'Henry Wood. From Mamma. 1872'. 779. A Tale of Sin, and other tales. By Johnny 1872 £950 Ludlow. Copyright edn. Leipzig: Bernhard Tauchnitz. (Collection of British authors, vol. 787. Within the Maze. ... 31st thousand. Richard 1986.) Bound without half title. Contemp. Bentley & Son. Half title, 6pp ads. Orig. red brown cloth; small mark on front board, cloth, lettered in gilt. Signed 'A. Rowell' in otherwise v.g. contemp. hand. v.g. ¶Todd 1986. 1889 £30 1881 £35 788. Within the Maze. ... 170th thousand. Macmillan 780. Trevlyn Hold; or, Squire Trevlyn’s Heir. & Co. Half title, 6pp ads. Orig. olive green FIRST EDITION. 3 vols. Tinsley Bros. Half cloth, lettered in black & gilt; v. sl. faded. H. titles, final ad. leaf vol. I. Orig. purple pebble- Massey booklabel. v.g. grained cloth, borders in blind, spines lettered in 1906 £25 gilt; carefully recased, small neat repairs to heads & tails of spines and leading hinges. 789. Within the Maze. ... 209th thousand. The only Front boards with yellow labels of Mudie’s authorized and complete edn. Macmillan & Library, partially removed from vol. I. Overall Co. Half title; a little browned Orig. blue a good-plus set. cloth. v.g. ¶Sadleir 3363, mentionig three bindings in 1919 £10 maroon, brown & green; Wolff 7295. ______1864 £320 BELOW THE SALT 781. Trevlyn Hold. A novel. 130th thousand. 790. WOOD (Emma Caroline) Lady. Below the Macmillan & Co. Half title, final ad. leaf. Orig. Salt. A Novel. FIRST EDITION. 3 vols. olive green cloth, lettered in black & gilt; sl. Chapman & Hall. Orig. red-brown cloth, front 770 797 798

799 800 WOOD ______

boards blocked in black, back boards in blind, 796. Kingsdown Lodge. or, Lights and shades of gilt spines. Some marking & rubbing, signs of Christian life. FIRST EDITION. Bath: Binns label removal from pastedowns in vols. I & II. & Goodwin. Front., added engr. title; sl. A good-plus copy. foxing in prelims, top outer corner of ¶Not in Sadleir, who had none of her 13 titles (‘... initial blank cut out. Contemp. full scarlet calf, and he would have liked her!’ Wolff); not in spine gilt in compartments, black leather Wolff, who bought 7 in August 1970 ‘all in poor label; sl. rubbed. Front board stamped in gilt condition’ and ex-library, plus one other title with monogram of Townshend House later. ‘Until 1970, I had often heard this novelist admired, but had never seen a single copy.’ School, Kidderminster. School Prize label, 1876 £480 1865. a.e.g. ¶Not in Wolff. 791. WOOD, Sara. The Town of Toys and other [1858] £35 stories. Groombridge & Sons. Fronts. & illus., 2pp initial & 6pp final ads. Orig. orange cloth, OVERCOMING THE WORLD blocked in blind & gilt; ads. on e.ps torn at front 797. Oliver Westwood, or, Overcoming the World. from bookplate removal, rubbed & sl. marked. FIRST EDITION. James Clarke & Co. One ¶A combined edition of Magnet stories no. 11, 19 gathering sl. proud. Orig. blue cloth, bevelled & 41; including 'Hope deferred' and 'The boards, blocked in black & gilt. v.g. Merivales'. ¶Not in Wolff. [1863] £20 1876 £35

792. (WOODROOFFE, Anne) Michael the THE STORY OF A PERVERT Married Man; or, the sequel to the History of 798. Overdale; or, The Story of a Pervert. 13th edn. Michael Kemp. By the author of “Shades of James Clarke & Co. Half title, 6pp ads; sl. Character”, &c. FIRST EDITION. John loose, e.ps browned. Orig. green cloth, bevelled Hatchard & Son. Engr. front. Orig. olive green boards, blocked in black, lettered in gilt. v.g. cloth, blocked in blind, spine lettered in gilt; ¶Not in Wolff. minor repairs to heads of hinges, leading inner 1884 £40 hinge cracking. Robert Hayhurst booklabel. Bookseller's ticket: W. Nash, Tunbridge Wells. 799. Singlehurst Manor: or, A Story of Country Life. A good-plus copy. 3rd edn. James Clarke & Co. Half title. Orig. ¶Wolff 7303 is in 2 vols. 2 parts, each with royal blue cloth, bevelled boards, blocked in separate titlepage, but continuously paginated. black, lettered in gilt. A v.g. bright copy. 1827 £125 ¶Not in Wolff. 1877 £35 793. WOODS, Margaret Louisa. The King's Revoke: an episode in the life of Patrick Dillon. 800. Sir Julian’s Wife. Charles Burnet & Co. Front. FIRST EDITION. Smith, Elder & Co. Half Orig. green cloth, lettered in gilt; following title, 10pp ads. Orig. blue cloth, lettered in inner hinge cracking and with signs of old black; spine sl. faded, otherwise v.g. repair. A good sound copy. ¶Wolff 7398. A novel set in Spain during the ¶Not in Wolff, who had four of Worboise’s many Peninsular War, 1808. novels in his collection. This was first published 1905 £20 in 1866. 1888 £30 794. WOODS, Margaret Louisa. Weeping Ferry, and Other Stories. FIRST EDITION. THE STORY OF A PERVERT Longmans. Half title, 4pp ads. Orig. pale 801. Thornycroft Hall: its owners and its heirs. 2nd olive-green cloth, lettered in brown & gilt. v.g. thousand. “Christian World” office, Fleet Street. ¶Not in Wolff. Contains four stories: Weeping Half title, front. port. Orig. green cloth, Ferry, An Episode, Prison Bars, Bright-Eyes and bevelled boards, lettered in gilt; sl. dulled, Mr Queer. small tear in tail of spine. Frank Spicer 1898 £35 booklabel. v.g. ¶Not in Wolff. An evangelical novel, noted for its WORBOISE, Emma Jane, 1825-1887 similarities to Jane Eyre. Birmingham-born Worboise was a devout Christian, 1864 £45 and her piety found its way into the majority of her more than fifty novels. From 1866 until her death she edited Christian World. 802. Thornycroft Hall: ... New edn. James Clarke & Co. Half title, 32pp cata; a little browned, 795. Husbands and Wives. 15th thousand. James inner hinges cracking. Orig. red cloth, Clarke & Co. Orig. red cloth, lettered in gilt & blocked in black, lettered in black & gilt; a brown; inner hinges cracking, sl. dulled. little dulled. ¶Not in Wolff. [c.1896] £20 [c.1880] £20 ______WORTLEY ______

PORTUGAL & MADEIRA 809. Aunt Charlotte's Stories of Greek History, for 803. WORTLEY, Lady Emmeline Stuart. A Visit the little ones. FIRST EDITION. Marcus Ward to Portugal and Madeira. FIRST EDITION. & Co. Half title, attractive col. front. & illumi- Chapman & Hall. Front., final errata leaf; some nated title, additional printed title, b/w illus. foxing in prelims, lacks following f.e.p. Uncut Orig. brown cloth, bevelled boards, blocked & in orig. orange cloth, blocked in blind, spine lettered in black & gilt; spine sl. dulled. Gift lettered in gilt; spine a little dulled. Signed inscription on leading f.e.p., 1881. v.g. 'Henry Vardy, Funchal, Madeira, Nov. 1879'. ¶Wolff's first collection 5. 1854 £65 1876 £85 FLIRTATIONS 810. Beechcroft at Rockstone. 2 vols. FIRST 804. WYNMAN, Margaret, pseud. (Ella EDITION. Macmillan & Co. Half titles, 4pp Hepworth Dixon) My Flirtations. FIRST ads vol. II. Orig. green cloth, spines lettered in EDITION. Chatto & Windus. Front. & 12 gilt. A v.g. bright copy. illus. by J. Bernard Partridge, 32pp cata. (May ¶Wolff’s first collection 6. 1892). Orig. pink cloth, blocked & lettered in 1888 £180 silver & black. v.g. ¶Wolff 7334; variant binding. See Wolff’s note: 811. Beechcroft at Rockstone. 2 vols. FIRST 'A lively and catty series of sketches of her [the EDITION. Macmillan & Co. Half titles, final author’s] beaux, including the homosexuals, ad. leaf vol. II. Orig. green cloth, ...; rubbed & whom she virtually so identifies'. creased. W.H. Smith Library labels. 1892 £120 1888 £85 YONGE, Charlotte Mary, 1823-1901 812. Beechcroft at Rockstone. (Reprinted.) Novelist & children's writer, committed to the Macmillan & Co. Half title, 4pp ads. Orig. blue Anglican church & women's education. Her best- cloth, lettered in gilt; sl. rubbed. known work remains The Heir of Redclyffe (1853), a 1893 £25 romantic melodrama, constituting a classic instance of Tractarian piety in fiction. Yonge published over 200 813. A Book of Golden Deeds of all times and all works as well as editing several periodicals: she held lands; gathered and narrated by the Author of the helm at the Monthly Packet for 39 years. “The Heir of Redclyffe”. Copyright edn. 2 vols. 805. The Armourer’s Prentices. FIRST EDITION. Leipzig: Bernhard Tauchnitz. (Series for the 2 vols. Macmillan & Co. Half titles, final ad. young, vols 10 & 11.) Fronts., half titles. Uncut leaf vol. I. Orig. green cloth, spines lettered in in orig. buff printed wraps; sl. dulled & dusted, gilt; spines v. sl. darkened, but a v.g. copy. vol. II more so. ¶Wolff’s first collection 1. ¶Todd B10b, B11a. 1884 £150 1865 £30

806. The Armourer’s Prentices. (New edn.) 814. The Caged Lion. FIRST EDITION. Macmillan

Macmillan & Co. Half title, front., vignette & Co. Half title, front. & plates, 43pp cata. (Jan. title, 8pp ads. Orig. green pictorial cloth, 1870). Orig. bright green cloth, blocked in blind, spine lettered in gilt; sl. rubbed. Gift lettered in black, red & gilt; cloth marked. inscription on half title, May 1870. 1904 £25 ¶Wolff’s first collection 9. 1870 £65 807. The Armourer’s Prentices. Macmillan & Co. Half title, front., vignette title, 2 plates, 4pp ads; 815. (The Caged Lion.) Le Lion Captif. Par l’auteur leading f.e.p. laid down Orig. blue cloth, de l’Héritier de Redclyffe. Traduit de l’anglais blocked with floral design in green, lettering avec l’autorisation de l’auteur par Mlles N. d’O. within gilt panels; spine sl. dulled, front inner et M. M. FIRST FRENCH EDITION. 2 vols. hinge cracking. a.e.g. Paris: Grassart. Half titles. Uncut in orig. pale 1904 £20 yellow wrappers. v.g. BIBLE STORY 1875 £60 808. Aunt Charlotte's Stories of Bible History. 816. Cameos from English History. (1st), 2nd & 3rd FIRST EDITION. Marcus Ward & Co. Half series. 3 vols. Macmillan & Co. Half titles, title, attractive col. front. & illuminated title, 6pp ads + 39pp cata, (Dec. 1869) vol. I, 4pp ads b&w illus., 24pp cata. Orig. green cloth, vol. II. Orig. brown cloth, bevelled boards, blue bevelled boards, blocked & lettered in black & cameos on front, lettered in gilt. t.e.g. v.g. gilt; sl. rubbing. Gift inscription, June 1876. ¶Nine volumes were published 1868-99: here the Small bookseller's ticket: Jennett & Co., first series is 2nd edn; the 2nd & 3rd series Stockton on Tees. a.e.g. v.g. (originally 1871-76) are later edns, taking the ¶Wolff had other titles in the Aunt Charlotte's story to the end of the Wars of the Roses. In History series, but not this. neither of Wolff’s collections. 1875 £85 1869-83 £55 803 814 820

826 831 YONGE ______

817. Cameos from English History. Third series. 825. The Clever Woman of the Family. FIRST The War of the Roses. Macmillan & Co. Half EDITION. 2 vols. Macmillan & Co. Half title title, 2pp ads + 64pp cata. (Jan. 1883); large vol. I. 2 vols in 1 in half tan calf, black leather 1984 signature on half title. Orig. brown cloth, label; sl. rubbed. bevelled boards with blue cameos on front ¶Wolff’s first collection 12. boards, lettered in gilt. t.e.g. v.g. 1865 £85 ¶First published in 1876. 1881 £20 826. The Clever Woman of the Family. 3rd edn. Macmillan & Co. Half title, 2pp ads. Orig. 818. Cameos from English History. Fifth series. green cloth; sl. rubbed, following inner hinge England and Spain. FIRST EDITION. cracking. Trace of label on leading pastedown. Macmillan & Co. Half title, 4pp ads + 72pp 1871 £45 cata. (Educational books, Nov. 1886.) Orig. brown cloth, bevelled boards with blue cameos 827. The Cook and the Captive, or Attalus the on front boards, lettered in gilt. t.e.g. v.g. hostage. FIRST EDITION. National Society’s 1883 £30 Depository. Half title, front. & 4 plates by W.S. Stacey, 16pp cata; lacks leading f.e.p. Orig. 819. The Carbonels. FIRST EDITION. National light brown pictorial cloth, bevelled boards; Society’s Depository. Half title, front. & 4 spine dulled, damp mark on back board. plates by W.S. Stacey, 14pp cata. Orig. pink ¶Wolff 7358. BL dates this 1894. pictorial cloth, bevelled boards; sl. dulled. v.g. [1894] £50 ¶Not in Wolff. Frontispiece bound in to face p31. COUNTESS KATE [1896] £75 828. Countess Kate. By the author of ‘The Heir of 820. The Chaplet of Pearls; or, The White and Black Redclyffe’. FIRST EDITION. J. & C. Mozley. Ribaumont. FIRST EDITION. 2 vols. Mac- Half title, front. Orig. brown wavy-grained millan & Co. Half titles, final ad. leaf vol. I. cloth, blocked in blind, spine lettered in gilt; Orig. green cloth, spines lettered in gilt; spines spine a little dulled. Owner’s inscription, Dec. sl. darkened. Owner's inscription vol. I: ‘To 1863. A good-plus copy. Julia from Edwd. C. Rawstone, ... May 1869.’ ¶Wolff’s first collection 13. ¶In Wolff’s first collection 11. 1862 £120 1868 £120 829. Countess Kate. Copyright edn. Leipzig: Bern- 821. The Chaplet of Pearls; or, The White and Black hard Tauchnitz. (Series for the young, vol. 8.) Ribaumont. FIRST EDITION. 2 vols. Half title, front. Contemp. green library cloth, Macmillan & Co. Half titles, 2pp ads. vol. I; blocked in blind, gilt spine. Front board names cut from corners of leading f.e.ps. Orig. stamped E.v.T. in gilt. v.g. Attractive copy. green cloth, spines lettered in gilt; spine sl. ¶Todd B8. dulled & rubbed. 1864 £40 ¶Wolff's first collection 11. 830. The Cross Roads, or, A Choice in Life. A story 1868 £50 for young women and older girls. FIRST 822. The Chaplet of Pearls; ... Copyright edn. 2 EDITION. National Society’s Depository. vols. Leipzig: Bernhard Tauchnitz. (Collection Half title, front. & 4 plates by J.F. Weedon, of British authors, vols 1001 & 1002.) Without 16pp cata. Orig. blue pictorial cloth, bevelled the distinguishing half title. Some light boards; sl. dulled. Sunday school prize label, browning. 2 vols in 1 in contemp. half green 1896. v.g. calf, gilt spine; sl. rubbed. A good-plus copy. ¶Wolff 7359. ¶Todd 1001 & 1002. [1892] £60 1869 £30 831. The Daisy Chain; or, Aspirations. A family 823. The Chaplet of Pearls; ... New edn. Macmillan chronicle. FIRST EDITION. John W. Parker & Co. Half title. Orig. green cloth; sl. dulled, & Son. Half title; light foxing in prelims. front inner hinges cracking. Contemp. half olive green calf, spine with 1877 £25 raised gilt bands, maroon leather label. Owner's signature on half title, 1856. v.g. 824. The Chaplet of Pearls. Macmillan & Co. ¶Wolff 7360. (Novels and tales of Charlotte M. Yonge, vol. 1856 £125 XV.) Series title, printed title preceding front. & vignette title, 2 plates, final ad. leaf. Orig. 832. The Daisy Chain; ... FIRST EDITION. John olive green cloth, spine lettered in gilt; sl. W. Parker & Son. Without leading f.e.p. or half spotted. Owner’s inscription on leading f.e.p., title. Contemp. half maroon calf, black leather Xmas 1882. A good-plus copy. label; faded & a bit rubbed. 1881 £25 1856 £50 YONGE ______

833. The Daisy Chain; ... FIRST AMERICAN 841. The Dove in the Eagle’s Nest. FIRST EDITION. 2 vols. New York: D. Appleton & EDITION. 2 vols. Macmillan & Co. Half Company. 2pp ads. vol. I, 10pp ads. vol. II. titles; new e.ps at some point. Contemp. half Orig. dark brown, blocked in blind, spines dec. olive green morocco; spines sl. faded. & lettered in gilt; sl. faded. Bookseller's ticket: ¶Wolff’s first collection 15. A. Henderson, Frederick City, M.D. v.g. 1866 £65 1856 £120 842. The Dove in the Eagle’s Nest. Illus. by W.J. 834. The Daisy Chain; ... Copyright edn. 2 vols. Hennessy. (Reprinted.) Macmillan & Co. Half Leipzig: Bernhard Tauchnitz. (Collection of title, front. & plates, 2pp ads. Orig. pale blue British authors, vols 355 & 356.) Half titles. pictorial cloth; spine sl. faded. v.g. Contemp. half black morocco, dark blue cloth ¶See Wolff’s first collection 15; first published in boards; spines a little worn. 2 vols in 1866. ¶Todd 355Aa & 356Aa. 1927 £15 1856 £20 843. Dynevor Terrace: or, The Clue of Life. FIRST

835. The Daisy Chain; ... Macmillan & Co. Half EDITION. 2 vols. John W. Parker & Son. title, col. front., b/w plates, 4pp ads; some Contemp. half calf, spines gilt in compartments, pencil notes in following e.ps. Orig. green red & green leather labels; sl. rubbing. cloth, spine lettered in gilt; sl. rubbing. Armorial bookplate of the Priaulx Library, and Owner's signature on half title, 1896. A good- booklabels of William Wilfred Carey. A good- plus copy. plus copy. 1874 £30 ¶Wolff’s first collection 16. 836. (The Daisy Chain.) La Chaine de Marguerites. 1857 £75 Par l’auteur de l’Héritier de Redcliffe, de Violette, etc. Traduit de l’anglais par Mlle 844. Eighteen Centuries of Beginnings of Church Rilliet de Constant. 3e éd. 2 vols. Paris: History. Mozley & Smith. Orig. purple cloth, Grassart. Half titles. Uncut in orig. pale yellow spine lettered in gilt; spine sl. faded & sl. worn wrappers; v .sl. dusted but a v.g. copy. at head. v.g. ¶First French edition was published in 1857. ¶Not in Wolff. First published in 1876. 1866 £30 1879 £50 MORE LINKS OF THE DAISY CHAIN 845. Eighteen Centuries of Beginnings of Church 837. The Trial: more links of The Daisy Chain. History. A.D. Innes. Dark green e.ps. Orig. FIRST EDITION. 2 vols. London & dark blue cloth, lettered in gilt. Cambridge: Macmillan & Co. Half titles, final 1893 £25 ad. leaf vol. II. Orig. royal blue morocco- grained cloth, spines lettered in gilt. 846. English Church History; adapted for use in day ¶Wolff’s first collection 49. 1864 £120 and Sunday schools and for general family reading. National Society's Depository. Front., 838. The Trial: ... 2nd edn. Macmillan & Co. Half illus., 6pp ads. Orig. light green pictorial cloth, title, 4pp ads. Orig. royal blue cloth, blocked in bevelled boards. a.e.g. v.g. blind, spine lettered in gilt. Spine slightly ¶Not in Wolff. First published in 1883. dulled, otherwise v.g. [c.1890] £30 ¶First published in 2 vols. the same year: see Wolff’s first collection 49. 847. Founded on Paper, or, Uphill and Downhill 1864 £60 between the Two Jubilees. FIRST EDITION. National Society’s Depository. Half title, 839. The Trial: ... 2nd edn. Macmillan & Co. Half front. + 4 plates by W.S. Stacey, 16pp title. Contemp. half dark blue calf, blue cloth cata. Orig. brown pictorial cloth, bevelled boards, maroon leather label; sl. rubbing. boards. v.g. Contemp. owner’s details on title. ¶Not in Wolff. ¶See Wolff’s first collection 49 for the first edition, in 2 vols, of the same year. [1898] £50 1864 £60 848. The Girl’s Little Book. 9th edn. Skeffington & 840. The Danvers Papers: an invention. FIRST Son. Rubricated text. Orig. light blue cloth, EDITION. Macmillan & Co. Half title. Orig. front board lettered in red and pictorially brown cloth, bevelled boards, lettered in black; blocked in red, green & white. Owner’s sl. damp marks to fore-edge of front board. inscription on leading f.e.p. A v.g. copy in orig. Small booklabel of Owen J. Williams. a.e.g. glassine wraps. ¶Wolff 7361. ¶Not in Wolff. This first appeared in 1893. 1867 £85 [c.1910] £30 YONGE ______

849. Grisly Grisell, or The laidly lady of Whitburn. 857. The Heir of Redclyffe. Copyright edn. 2 vols. A tale of the Wars of the Roses. 2 vols. FIRST Leipzig: Bernhard Tauchnitz. (Collection of EDITION. Macmillan & Co. Half titles, British authors, vols 318 & 319.) Half titles; final ad. leaves. Orig. green cloth; worn. some spotting & damp marking at head vol. II. A poor copy. Contemp. half calf, gilt spines; small split at ¶Wolff 7364. head of leading hinge vol. I. 1893 £25 ¶Todd 318Ab & 319Aa. 1855 £25 850. Heartsease, or The Brother’s Wife. FIRST EDITION. 2 vols. John W. Parker and Son. 858. The Heir of Redclyffe. 21st edn. Macmillan & Contemp. half maroon calf, spines with raised Co. Half title, col. front., b/w plates. Orig. gilt bands, black leather labels; spines faded green cloth; sl. rubbing, following inner hinge and a little rubbed. A good-plus copy. cracking. A good-plus copy. ¶Wolff’s first collection 19. 1874 £25 1854 £65 859. The Herd Boy and his Hermit. FIRST 851. Heartsease, ... (The second edition.) 2 vols. EDITION. National Society’s Depository. John W. Parker and Son. Half titles, final ad. Half title, front. + 4 plates by W.S. Stacey, leaf vol. I, brick-red e.ps. Orig. light brown 23pp cata. Orig. grey-green pictorial cloth, morocco-grained cloth, boards blocked in blind, bevelled boards. Sunday school prize label, spines lettered in gilt. Geneva bookseller’s 1899. v.g. ticket: Librairie Desrogis. FINE. ¶Wolff 7367; variant cloth. BL gives the ¶In smaller format; edition statement on half title. first edition as 1900 but the booklabel here is 1854 £125 dated 1899. [1900] £65 852. Heartsease, ... Copyright edn. 2 vols. Leipzig: Bernhard Tauchnitz. (Collection of British 860. The Herd Boy and his Hermit. FIRST authors, vols 322 & 323.) Half titles. Contemp. EDITION. National Society’s Depository. green library cloth, blocked in blind, gilt spines. Half title, front. & 4 plates by W.S. Stacey, Front boards stamped 'E.v.T.' in gilt. v.g. 23pp cata. Orig. pink pictorial cloth, bevelled ¶Topp 322Ac & 323Aa. boards; spine sl. darkened, otherwise a good- 1855 £45 plus copy. [1900] £45 853. Heartsease, ... Copyright edn. 2 vols. Leipzig: Bernhard Tauchnitz. (Collection of British 861. History of France. Ed. by J.R. Green. authors, vols 322 & 323.) Half titles. 2 vols in Macmillan & Co. (History & Literature 1 in contemp. half dark purple morocco-grained Primers.) 2pp maps preceding title, final ad. cloth; sl. faded. A good-plus copy. leaf. Orig. mustard cloth, lettered in black; ¶Topp 322Aa & 323Aa. sl. darkened. 1855 £35 ¶122pp. Not in Wolff. First published in 1878. 1881 £20 854. (Heartsease.) Violette, (en Anglais) Heartsease. Par l’auteur de l’Héritier de 862. Hopes and Fears; or, Scenes from the life of a Redclyffe. Traduit de l’Anglais avec spinster. FIRST EDITION. 2 vols. John W. l’autorisation de l’auteur et des éditeurs. 2 vols. Parker & Son. Half titles, 8pp cata. vol. I, final 3e édition. Paris: Grassart. Half titles. Uncut ad. leaf vol. II, light brown e.ps. Orig. brick-red in orig. pale yellow wrappers. A little dusted morocco-grained cloth, boards blocked in blind, but a good-plus copy. spines lettered in gilt; spines a little dulled, sl. ¶The first French edition was published in 1856. rubbing, following inner hinges sl. cracking. 1874 £35 British and Foreign Library label on front board vol. I; Miland’s Public Library label on front REVISED board vol. II. 855. The Heir of Redclyffe. 2nd edn, revised. 2 vols. ¶Wolff’s first collection 21. John W. Parker & Son. Half titles, final ad. leaf 1860 £150 vol. II. Orig. maroon cloth, blocked in blind, spines lettered in gilt; carefully recased, spines 863. Hopes and Fears; ... FIRST EDITION. 2 vols. faded to brown. John W. Parker and Son. Half titles, 8pp cata. 1853 £60 vol. I, final ad. leaf vol. II. Uncut in orig. morocco-grained brown cloth, blocked in blind, 856. The Heir of Redclyffe. 4th edn. 2 vols. John spines lettered in gilt; spines darkened & a little W. Parker & Son. Contemp. half maroon calf, worn at heads & tails; one horizontal tear in black leather labels. spine vol. II. 1854 £45 1860 £85 866 YONGE ______

864. Hopes and Fears; ... Copyright edn. Leipzig: 872. The Little Duke: ... (Reprinted.) Macmillan & Bernhard Tauchnitz. (Collection of British Co. Half title, plates. Orig. blue cloth, lettered authors, vols 539 & 540.) Half titles. Contemp. in gilt. v.g. half dark purple calf, gilt spines; a bit rubbed. ¶Given to Julian Amery by his mother, 1929. ¶Todd 539 & 540a. 1927 £20 1861 £30 873. The Little Rick-Burners. FIRST EDITION. 865. Lady Hester, or Ursula’s Narrative. FIRST Skeffington & Son. Half title, 4pp ads; lacks EDITION. Macmillan & Co. Half title, 64pp leading f.e.p., the odd spot. Orig. pink cloth, cata. (May 1873). Uncut in orig. green cloth, pictorially blocked and lettered in brown, black & gilt bands; spine dulled & a little worn corners of front board dec. with flower garlands at head & tail, small hole in following hinge. in yellow; inner hinges cracking, spine a little ¶Wolff’s first collection 23. dulled. Inscription on following f.e.p. erased. 1874 £45 ¶Not in Wolff. 1886 £45 866. The Lances of Lynwood. By the Author of “The Little Duke”. With illus. by J.B. FIRST 874. The Long Vacation. FIRST EDITION. EDITION. 4to. John W. Parker & Son. Half Macmillan & Co. Half title, 52pp cata. (June title, front., plates. Orig. blue wavy-grained 1895). Orig. blue cloth, blocked & lettered in cloth, blocked in blind, spine lettered in gilt. gilt; spine a little faded, otherwise v.g. ¶Wolff’s first collection 24. ¶Wolff 7373. 1855 £75 1895 £50 867. The Lances of Lynwood; The Pigeon Pie. Copyright edn. Leipzig: Bernhard Tauchnitz. 875. The Long Vacation. (Reprinted.) Macmillan & (Series for the young, vol. 20.) Half title, front. Co. Half title, final ad. leaf. Orig. blue cloth, Contemp. half green cloth, marbled boards; a spine lettered in gilt; spine a little faded, back little dulled & rubbed. A good sound copy. board sl. marked. A good-plus copy. ¶Todd B20a. ¶See Wolff 7373 for the first edition of 1895. 1872 £20 1901 £25

868. The Lances of Lynwood. (Reprinted.) 876. Love and Life: ... FIRST EDITION. 2 vols. Macmillan & Co. Half title, front. & 7 plates by Macmillan & Co. Half titles, final ad. leaf vol. J.B., final ad. leaf. Orig. olive green cloth, II. Uncut in orig. green cloth, spines lettered in blocked with floral design in maroon, lettering gilt; sl. wear to head of spine vol. I. reversed out of gilt; inner hinges sl. cracking. ¶Wolff’s first collection 28. a.e.g. A good-plus copy. 1880 £150 1899 £25 877. Love and Life: an old story in eighteenth THE LITTLE DUKE 869. The Little Duke; or, Richard the Fearless. century costume. Illus. by W.J. Hennessy. FIRST EDITION. John W. Parker & Son. (Reprinted.) Macmillan & Co. Half title, front., Front., vignette title & six plates, final ad. leaf. title vignette & plates. Orig. blue cloth; spine Orig. royal blue cloth, borders in blind, spine sl. faded. v.g. lettered in gilt, gilt vignette at centre of front ¶See Wolff’s first collection 28; first published in 2 vols. in 1880. board; sl. rubbing. FINE. 1906 £20 ¶Wolff’s first collection 26. 1854 £150 MAGNUM BONUM 870. The Little Duke, ... Ben Sylvester’s Word. By 878. Magnum Bonum; or, Mother Carey’s Brood. the author of “The Heir of Redclyffe”. FIRST EDITION. 3 vols. Macmillan & Co. Copyright edn. Leipzig: Bernhard Tauchnitz. Half titles. Orig. green cloth, spines lettered in (Series for the young, vol. 5). Front. by B. gilt; inner hinges cracking vols I & III. A nice Plockhorst; prelims sl. browned. Contemp. bright copy. half green cloth; a little dulled & rubbed. A ¶Wolff's first collection 29. 1879 £150 good sound copy. ¶Todd B5. 879. Magnum Bonum; ... Macmillan & Co. (Novels 1861 £20 and tales of Charlotte M. Yonge, vol. XVII.) 871. The Little Duke: Richard the Fearless. Series title, printed title preceding front. (Reprinted.) Macmillan & Co. Half title, front. & vignette. Orig. olive green cloth, spine & plates, 4pp ads. Orig. blue cloth, lettered in lettered in gilt; back board sl. spotted. Owner’s gilt; sl. dulled. inscription on half title, Oct. 1885. A good- ¶First published in 1854. plus copy. 1898 £20 1883 £25 YONGE ______

880. The Making of a Missionary, or, Daydreams in addressed to Miss Price, Dosthill Lodge, Earnest. FIRST EDITION. National Society’s Tamworth. A fourth empty envelope is also Depository. Front. & 4 plates on plate paper by present. Not in Sadleir or Wolff. BL, London Library & Liverpool only on Copac. W.S. Stacey, 24pp cata; lacking half title. Orig. 1883 £850 orange pictorial cloth, bevelled boards; sl. rubbed, spine dulled. 882. More Bywords. FIRST EDITION. Macmillan ¶Wolff's first collection 30. & Co. Half title, 4pp ads. Orig. royal blue [1900] £45 cloth, lettered in gilt; spine sl. marked. A 881. The Miz Maze, or The Winkworth Puzzle. A good-plus copy. ¶Wolff's first collection 33. story in letters, by nine authors. FIRST 1890 £30 EDITION. Macmillan & Co. Half title; prelims sl. foxed. Sl. later green binder's cloth, 883. Musings over the "Christian Year" and "Lyra leather label. Innocentium", ... Together with a few gleanings ¶A scarce experimental novel, conveyed through of recollections of the Rev. John Keble, letters, with each character represented by a different author. The work was attempted 'so that gathered by several friends. FIRST EDITION. there may be the difference that real life might Oxford & London: James Parker & Co. Half produce in style and way of thinking'. title, final ad. leaf. Orig. red-brown cloth, The authors are listed: Frances Awdry, Mary bevelled boards, spine lettered in gilt. v.g. Bramston, Christabel Rose Coleridge, A.E. Mary ¶Wolff's first collection, 34. Anderson Morshead, , 1871 £75 Frances Mary Peard, Mary Susanna Lee, Eleanor L. Price, Florence Wilfords. 884. My Young Alcides: a faded photograph. In this copy are three ALsS from Charlotte Yonge Macmillan & Co. Half title, front. & vignette to Eleanor Price, concerning the writing of The title, final ad. leaf. Orig. olive green cloth, spine Miz Maze. In the first (52 lines), dated October 25th 1882, lettered in gilt; sl. spotted. Owner’s inscription Yonge, who conceived the idea of the novel, on half title, July 1885. outlines the structure of the work, and invites ¶See Wolff's first collection 35 for the first edition Price to take one of the parts: 'I am going to of 1875. In the Novels and tales of Charlotte M. propose a funny thing to you. Seven of us are Yonge series, but without series title. writing a novel in letters, each of us taking a part 1880 £30 and doing all the letters of that one ... There is one part much wanted to be filled ... namely that of the NUTTIE'S FATHER second hero ...'. Yonge goes on to describe the 885. Nuttie’s Father. FIRST EDITION. 2 vols. character of Edgar Fanshawe, and his role in the Macmillan & Co. Half titles, final ad. leaf vol. intrigue, adding 'If you will be so very kind as to II. Orig. green cloth, spines lettered in gilt; consider of Edgar Fanshawe I will send you the spines sl. dulled, outer edges v. sl. damp- present collection of letters, which first react to the coming on of the catastrophe'. marked vol. II. Inscriptions of contemp. and The second letter (53 lines), dated October 30th, later owners. A good-plus copy. is written in response to a query from Price, ¶Wolff’s first collection 36. chiefly concerning the amount of Italian detail 1885 £150 she is required to give for the scenes set on the continent. She is clearly not familiar with Italy, 886. An Old Woman's Outlook in a but Yonge reassures her that 'Edgar Fanshawe Village. FIRST EDITION. Macmillan & Co. has very little Italian past to do - what is important Half title, 4pp ads + 47pp cata. (Aug. 1893). is the past before he goes there and he would not Orig. blue cloth, lettered in gilt. v.g. be wanted to describe at all ... The only other ¶Not in Wolff. With a chapter for each month of person who has been thought of for him ... has not the year. been there either'. Yonge adds, 'the only one of 1892 £60 us who has been is Miss Peard who being the niece of Garibaldi's English man has the advantage of us all'. 887. An Old Woman's Outlook ... (Reprinted.) The third letter (42 lines), dated November 26th, Macmillan & Co. Half title, final ad. leaf + shows that progress is being made and the novel 32pp cata. (coded 20.2.11). Orig. blue cloth, is taking shape. Yonge informs Price, 'I am lettered in gilt. v.g. delighted with Edgar's letters. I am sure Zoe will 1896 £35 be charmed to have a tangible lover; and so brilliant a one'. She continues to outline her plans 888. Our New Mistress; or, Changes at Brookfield for the narrative: 'My notion is that Sir Walter Earl. FIRST EDITION. National Society’s should be helpless in Italy, and quite won to Edgar by his helpfulness and good sense there ...'. Depository. Half title, front. & 3 plates, 14pp All three letters are written in black ink on lilac cata. Orig. pale blue pictorial cloth, bevelled paper, headed Elderfield, Otterbourne, Win- boards; sl. dulled & rubbed. A good sound copy. chester, the author's Hampshire home. Each is ¶Wolff’s first collection 37. contained in its original stamped envelope, [1888] £45 881 YONGE ______

PATRIOTS OF PALESTINE 895. P’s and Q’s: ... Macmillan & Co. Half title, 889. The Patriots of Palestine: a story of the front., vignette title, plates, final ad. leaf; lacks Maccabees. FIRST EDITION. National leading f.e.p. Orig. pale blue pictoral cloth, Society’s Depository. Half title, front. & 4 lettered in black & gilt; spine faded. plates by W.S. Stacey, 19pp cata. Orig. pink 1899 £20 pictorial cloth, bevelled boards; spine dulled. ¶Not in Wolff. BL dates this 1899. 896. The Pupils of St. John the Divine. FIRST [1899] £40 EDITION. Macmillan & Co. Front., vignette title & 2 plates. Brown binder's cloth; a little 890. The Pillars of the House; or, Under Wode, dulled. Under Rode. FIRST EDITION. 4 vols. ¶Wolff's first collection 43.

Macmillan & Co. Half titles, final ad. leaf vol. [1868] £30 III & IV, 58pp cata. Vol. I (Nov. 1872). Orig. green cloth, spines lettered in gilt; sl. dulled, 897. The Release, or, Caroline’s French Kindred. inner hinges cracking & repaired in places; all Macmillan & Co. Half title, final ad. leaf; title vols a little cocked. sl. torn in upper margin due to careless opening. ¶Wolff's first collection 41. Orig. blue cloth, spine lettered in gilt; spine sl. 1873 £85 faded. v.g. 891. (The Pillars of the House.) Frères et Sœur, ou ¶See Wolff's first collection 44 for the first edition of 1896. Les Colonnes de la Maison. Traduit de 1902 £35 l’anglais par Mademoiselle Jacquinot, revu et édité par Mme De Witt, née Guizot. FIRST 898. A Reputed Changeling, or Three seventh years FRENCH EDITION. 2 vols. Paris: Grassart. two centuries ago. (New edn.) Macmillan & Half titles. Uncut in orig. pale yellow wrappers. Co. Half title, 2pp ads. Orig. blue cloth; sl. A v.g. bright copy. marked & rubbed. 1879 £45 ¶See Wolff 7382; published in 2 vols. in 1889. INSCRIBED 1890 £25 892. Pioneers and Founders. Or, Recent Workers in the Mission Field. FIRST EDITION. 899. A Reputed Changeling, ... Copyright edn. Macmillan & Co. Front., vignette title, final ad. 2 vols. Leipzig: Bernhard Tauchnitz. leaf. Orig. blue cloth, lettered in gilt; spine a (Collection of British authors, vols 2661 & little dulled, sl. rubbing. Front board & spine 2662.) Half titles. Contemp. half brown stamped in gilt with the monogram of The morocco; sl. rubbed. Sunday Library for Household Reading. ¶Todd 2661 & 2662. Armorial bookplate of H.E. Yonge, small label 1890 £30 of G. Walter, Otterbourne. Presentation Inscription from the Author: 'Gertrude Walter, 900. The Slaves of Sabinus, Jew and Gentile. FIRST April 26th 1871, from C.M. Yonge'. A good- EDITION. National Society’s Depository. plus copy. Front. & 4 plates by W.S. Stacey, 19pp cata; ¶Wolff 7277. H.E. Yonge is Helen Yonge, lacks leading f.e.p. Orig. lilac pictorial cloth, Charlotte's niece. Gertrude Walter was related by bevelled boards; spine a little darkened. marriage. ¶Wolff's first collection 45. BL dates this 1890. [1871] £125 [1890] £45

893. P’s and Q’s: or, The Question of Putting Upon. 901. The Stokesley Secret. By the author of ‘The FIRST EDITION. Macmillan & Co. Half title, Heir of Redclyffe’. Copyright edn. Leipzig: front., vignette title & 4 plates, 2pp ads + 59pp Bernhard Tauchnitz. (Series for the young, vol. cata. (June 1872); edges of two plates dusted. 6.) Half title, front. by B. Plockhorst. Uncut in Orig. green cloth, pictorially blocked & lettered orig. buff printed wrappers; small split at head in gilt; spine dulled and rather worn at head & of leading hinge, one corner sl. creased, tail; inner hinges cracking. Ownership inscrip- otherwise a v.g. clean copy. tion on verso of leading f.e.p., Christmas 1872. ¶Todd B6b. Stamp on front wrap: 'Temporarily ¶Wolff's first collection 38. A scarce title. raised price M3 sewed'. 1872 £65 1862 £35

894. P’s and Q’s: ..., and Little Lucy's Wonderful 902. The Stokesley Secret. ... J. and C. Mozley. Globe. Macmillan & Co. Half title, front., Half title, front; one gathering sl. proud. Orig. vignette title, plates & illus., 55pp cata. (Aug. dark blue cloth, blocked in blind, spine lettered 1891). Orig. blue cloth, lettered in black & gilt; in gilt; spine sl. rubbed. spine sl. dulled. Gift inscription, August 1900 ¶Not in Wolff. First published in 1861. A good-plus copy. Frontispiece signed J.B. 1891 £25 1867 £30 YONGE ______

STRAY PEARLS lettered in gilt; spines dulled & a little rubbed, 903. Stray Pearls: memoirs of Margaret de inner hinges cracking. Faint traces of labels on Ribaumont, Viscountess of Bellaise. FIRST front boards. EDITION. 2 vols. Macmillan & Co. Half 1885 £60 titles, final ad. leaves. Uncut in orig. purple sand-grained cloth, blocked in black, spines 911. Under the Storm, or, Steadfast's Charge. FIRST lettered in gilt; spines sl. faded, small mark on EDITION. National Society's Depository. front board vol. I. v.g. Front. & 5 plates, 16pp cata. Orig. light green ¶Wolff's first collection 46. pictorial cloth, bevelled boards; a little dulled. 1883 £250 School prize label, undated. INSCRIBED ¶Wolff's first collection 52. 904. That Stick: FIRST EDITION. 2 vols. [1887?] £50 Macmillan & Co. Half titles, final ad. leaf vol. MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS II. Orig. green cloth, spines lettered in gilt. 912. Unknown to History: a story of the captivity of ¶Wolff’s first collection 47. Signed Presentation Mary of Scotland. 2 vols. FIRST EDITION. Inscription, 'Gertrude Walker from C M Yonge'. Macmillan & Co. Half titles, final ad. leaf vol. Gertrude Walker was the sister of Frances Yonge, II. Orig. dark green cloth, spines lettered in gilt; née Walker, Charlotte's sister-in-law. spines a little darkened, sl. marked, small split 1892 £250 at head of leading hinge vol. I. Small 905. The Three Brides. FIRST EDITION. 2 vols. bookseller's ticket: D.B. Friend, Brighton. Macmillan & Co. Half titles, final ad. leaf vol. ¶Not in Sadleir or Wolff. 1882 £65 II. Orig. green cloth, spines lettered in gilt; v. sl. dulled. v.g. 913. Unknown to History: ... (2nd edn.) 2 vols. ¶Not in Sadleir or Wolff. Macmillan & Co. Half titles, final ad. leaf vol. 1876 £220 II. Orig. dark green cloth, spines lettered in gilt; 906. (The Three Brides.) Trois Nouvelles Mariées. spines sl. darkened & a little rubbed, some Par l’auteur de l’Héritier de Redclyffe. Traduit worm damage in following hinge vol. II. de l’anglais avec l’autorisation de l’auteur par Owner’s signatures on half titles, May 1883. Madame Dussaud-Roman. FIRST FRENCH 1883 £40 EDITION. 2 vols. Paris: Grassart, Libraire- 914. Unknown to History. Illus. by W. Hennessy. Éditeur. Half titles. Uncut in orig. pale yellow (Reprinted.) Macmillan. Half title, front., title wrappers. v.g. vignette & plates. Orig. light blue cloth, lettered [1879] £55 in gilt; spine sl. dulled. v.g. 907. Two Penniless Princesses. 2 vols. FIRST 1924 £15 EDITION. Macmillan & Co. Half titles, final 915. The Wardship of Steepcombe. FIRST ad. leaf vol. II. Orig. green cloth, spines lettered EDITION. National Society’s Depository. in gilt. Gift inscription on verso of initial blank, Half title, front. & 4 plates by W.S. Stacey, Sept., 1891. v.g. 16pp cata. Orig. orange pictorial cloth, bevelled ¶Wolff’s first collection 50. 1891 £180 boards; a little dulled & marked. ¶Wolff 7388. 908. Two Penniless Princesses. Macmillan & Co. [1896] £60 Half title, front., title vignette & plates, 4pp ads, BOOKS TO LEND & GIVE 47pp cata. (Aug. 1893). Orig. blue cloth; sl. 916. What Books to Lend and What to Give. FIRST rubbed & dulled. EDITION. National Society’s Depository. Ad. ¶In this edition the plate listed as facing p.14 is leaf preceding title, 20pp cata. Orig. blue cloth, printed as the frontispiece. lettered in gilt. v.g. 1891 £25 ¶Wolff 7389. Yonge’s favoured books on church history, the catechism, penny readings, history, 909. The Two Sides of the Shield. FIRST EDITION. science and invention, &c. 2 vols. Macmillan & Co. Half titles, final ad. [1887] £35 leaf vol. II. Uncut in orig. green cloth, spines lettered in gilt. Bookseller's blind stamp vol. II: 917. The Young Step-Mother; or, A chronicle of Hills & Co., Sunderland. v.g. Mistakes. Copyright edn. 2 vols. Leipzig: ¶Wolff’s first collection 51. Bernhard Tauchnitz. (Collection of British 1885 £150 authors, vols 578 & 579.) Half titles. Contemp. half purple cloth; sl. marked. A good- 910. The Two Sides of the Shield. FIRST EDITION. plus copy. 2 vols. Macmillan & Co. Half titles, final ad. ¶Todd 578a & 579c. leaf vol. II. Uncut in orig. green cloth, spines 1861 £30 YONGE ______

TRANSLATED BY YONGE 920. MONTHLY PACKET. The Christmas 918. BRUYSSEL, Ernest Jean van. The Number of The Monthly Packet. Ed. by Population of an old pear-tree; or, Stories of Charlotte M. Yonge. 1888-89. Walter Smith & Insect Life. From the French of E. van Innes, &c. Fronts, engr. titles; the odd spot. 2 Bruyssel. Ed. by the author of “The Heir of vols. in 1 in black half morocco; hinges a little Redclyffe”. With numerous illustrations by worn & with repaired splits at head. Becker. FIRST ENGLISH EDITION. ¶Stories for the young, for the most part by women writers. With contributions by Charlotte Macmillan & Co. Half title, front., illus., final Yonge, Christabel Coleridge, Anna H. Drury, &c. ad. leaf. Orig. green cloth, pictorially blocked 1888-89 £35 and lettered in gilt. Gift inscription on leading f.e.p., 1870. a.e.g. A v.g. bright copy. 921. COLERIDGE, Christabel. Charlotte Mary ¶Not in Wolff. First published under the title Les Yonge; her life and letters. FIRST EDITION. Clients d'un vieux poirier, 1865. An attractive Macmillan & Co. Half title, front. port., plates; edition, with a front cover illustration of insects some light foxing. Uncut in orig. blue cloth, dancing within a spider's web border. spine lettered in gilt; fore-edges of boards sl. 1870 £65 affected by damp, dulled. 1903 £30 EDITED BY YONGE 919. MONTHLY PACKET. The Monthly Packet 922. MARE, Margaret & PERCIVAL, Alicia C. of Evening Readings for Members of the Victorian Best-Seller. FIRST EDITION. English Church. Edited by the Author of George G. Harrap. Half title, col. front., plates. Orig. v. pale green cloth. v.g. in sl. worn d.w. the Heir of Redclyffe. New Series. Vols. I - 1947 £15 XXIV. January 1866 - December 1877. John & Charles Mozley; and Parker & Co., 923. ROMANES, Ethel. Charlotte Mary Yonge: an Oxford. (later Mozley & Smith). Contemp. appreciation. FIRST EDITION. A.R. half calf, spines gilt, red & blue labels; some sl. Mowbray & Co. Half title, front. port., plates; rubbing, otherwise a handsome set. some light foxing. Orig. green cloth, lettered in ¶An excellent run of a rare periodical. gilt; spine sl. faded. v.g. 1866-1877 £450 1908 £15

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