A CATALOGUE OF Autograph Letters, Manuscripts, INCLUDING A Collection of Original Manuscripts of Thomas P. J. & A. E. DOBELL, 8, BRUTON STREET, NEW BOND STREET, And at 77, Charing Cross Road, W.C. 2. Telephone-MAYFAIR 5711. Telegraphic and Cable Address-"BIBLIA, WESTRAND, LONDON Cr. Svo., Cloth extra, pp. xxxiii. + 327. Price 7/6 net. Centuries of Meditations. By THOMAS TRAHERNE. With an Introduction by BERTRAM DOBELL. Sq. 12mo., Cloth neat. Price 3/- net. The City of Dreadful Night. By JAMES THOMSON ("B.V.") With an Introduction by BERTRAM DOBELL. This volume includes a selection of "B. V.'s" Shorter Poems, 'Sunday up the River," Sunday at Hampstead," "To our Ladies of Death," "In the Room," &c., &c. Cr. Svo., Cloth neat, 496 pp. Price 6/6 net. Biographical and Critical Studies. By JAMES THOMSON ("B. V.”)! Essays on Shelley, Browning, Rabelais, Saint-Amant, Ben Jonson, The Poems of William Blake, J. J. Garth Wilkinson, and others. Containing sundry pieces of Seventeenth Century Verse, with Illustrative Notes, by G. Thorn-Drury. With facsimile of a hitherto unknown broadside Elegy on the Death of Nell Gwynn. 4to., wrappers. Price 6/- net. The Life of Tomaso the Wanderer. Reprinted from the original of 1667, with Prefatory Note by G. Thorn-Drury. With a collotype facsimile of the very rare Portrait of Thomas Killigrew, engraved by Hollar. Sm. 4to, pp. 34, One Shilling net. The Close of Life: The Approach of Death. The Close of Life" is a poem of 23 stanzas. "The Approach of Death a series of 16 sonnets. Printed primarily for presentation to the author's friends this is a little volume of great personal interest, and has appealed strongly to all who have read it, both for its deep sincerity and for its calm facing of the inevitable. Sm. 4to, pp. 43, One Shilling net. This volume, uniform with written between 1903 and 1914. A few copies on handmade paper, Three Shillings net. By BERTRAM DOBELL. The Close of Life," contains the author's less serious pieces, Handsomely Printed at the Stratford Head Press. Price 2/6 net. By BERTRAM DOBELL. The Sonnets composing the above sequence were written at various times during the last four years of the author's life. They are intended to represent the incidents of a love-passion, not literally or realistically, but from a poetical or idealistic standpoint, and are without doubt the late Bertram Dobell's greatest poetical achievement. Ten of the Sonnets were printed in The Poetry Review in March, 1914, and attracted a good deal of attention. In the same year the Rowfant Club, of Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.A., printed the complete sequence in a private edition for circulation among its members. Square 16mo, One Shilling net. A Century of Sonnets. By BERTRAM DOBELL. There is a mellowness and quiet dignity, a spiritual sincerity and courage about these sonnets which win the reader's cordial sympathy. We feel ourselves in the presence of one who has truly lived and loved, and sought and suffered, who has tested many things in life and in life's philosophies; and who, though often baffled and perplexed, has never lost faith in himself nor in man, nor doubted the ultimate good." - Yorkshire Daily Observer. LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS USED. A.L.S.-Autograph letter signed; one entirely in the handwriting of the signer. L.S.-Letter signed; the signature only in the handwriting of the sender. Doc.s. J as above, reading document for letter. 1 ABERCROMBY (Sir Robert, Governor and Commander of Bombay; reduced Tippoo Sultan) SEVEN LONG AND INTERESTING A. LRS.S., 21 pp., 1794-98, addressed to Lord Melville, with reference to Indian affairs and to Tippoo Sultan's movements, £1 10s "There is every prospect of lasting tranquillity in this Country. The Captain of the Dutch Squadron at the Cape precludes a probability of our being materially disturbed by our European Enemies; whilst, at the same time, it deprives Tippoo of all hope of co-operation from that quarter, should he really have meditated Hostilities against us, of which I am doubt ful. The Return of Nasna to Poona, and the prospect of Baji Rou, the lawful Heir, being placed on the Musnud, promise a speedy settlement of the Government," &c. 2 AFRICA. Lalande (Jérôme Lefrançais de, Astronomer) REPORT 3 AINSWORTH (William Harrison, Novelist) Envelope, addressed in his handwriting to Leigh Hunt, with full signature, seal and postmarks, 4s 6d 4 AIRY (Sir George Biddell, Astronomer) A.L.s., 1 p., 8vo, March 20th, 1852, addressed to the Rev. Samuel Carr, enclosing a subscription for the new school house for the Colchester Grammar School, 3s 5 A.L.s., 1 p., 4to, 2s 6d Greenwich Observatory, '41 6 ALMA-TADEMA (Sir Laurence, Painter of Classical Subjects) Three A. Lrs.s., 3 pp., 8vo, and two A. Notes. s., on letter-cards, 1897-1905, all addressed to Karl Shelton, with reference to theatrical productions, 7s 6d 7 ALPINE.-Diary of a Walking Tour through part of Switzerland, including Schaffhausen, Zurich, Zug, Rüsch, Lucerne, Berne, Grindelwald, Rosenlain, &c., and with detailed accounts of the ascents of Mount Bragel, the Rigi, Grimsel and Faulhorn, clearly written manuscript, with three rough pencil sketches of Swiss costume, 62 pages, 8vo, bds., £2 28 CENT. XIX. LETTERS. &c., OF AMERICAN INTEREST. 8 BECKFORD (William, d. 1799, Historian) An Extremely Long and Interesting L.s. to Thomas Woodward, written from Jamaica and relating to Beckford's farm and properties, 64 pp., folio, Sept. 27th, 1776, 188 Besides going fully into the state of his own property, the writer refers at length to the political and commercial conditions in America, Canada and Jamaica. Referring to Jamaica.he says, As to this country, so little pains have been taken to preserve it from the incursions of the Americans, that they make capture within sight of our coasts, and seem to hold the naval strength we have at present for the defence of the Island in the utmost contempt. The ministry must have made a very erroneous provision for the safety of the colonies, or their intentions must have been grossly misconstructed by those who have been entrusted with the conduct of them, when an armament that is almost sufficient to bleach the seas from England to America should not be able to protect the trade of the former from a trifling number of cruising vessels belonging to the latter, which intimidate our ships, and throw disgrace on the British name," &c. 9 DALLAS (George Mifflin, American Minister to Great Britain) A.L. in the Third Person, 1 p., 4to, 18th July, 1859, addressed to the Marquis D'Azeglio, with reference to a request that a Mr. D. W. Pardee may have an interview with the Marquis, 12s 6d 10 A.L.s., 1 p., 4to, 10th Sept., 1845, addressed to the Honble. Wm. L. Marcy, Secretary at War, Washington, introducing a friend, Mr. William Gilpin, of Missouri, 4s 6d B |