[MARCH 19TH, 1900.]

SOTHEBY, WILKINSON & HODGE.

A PORTION OF THE LIBRARY OF MR. H. SIDNEY.
(No. of Lots, 235; amount realised, £519 17s. 6d.)

3547 Ainsworth (W. H.) Windsor Castle, an Historical Romance, illustrated by George Cruikshank and Tony Johannot, with designs on wood by W. A. Delamotte, original cloth, uncut, 1844, 8vo. (1) Hornstein, 1 6s.

[This edition, which must not be confounded with the "First demy 8vo. edition" of 1843, was originally issued in 11 parts, pictorial wrappers.-ED.]

3548 Ainsworth (W. H.) Crichton, third edition, with illustrations by H. K. Browne, original cloth, uncut, 1849, 8vo. (2)

Hornstein, £2 16s.

[This is known as the "First octavo edition." It contains 18 etched plates by "Phiz." The first edition of “Crichton" appeared without any illustrations, in 3 vol., post 8vo., 1837. -ED.] 3549 Arabian Nights. A Series of Seventy Original Illustrations to Captain Sir R. F. Burton's Arabian Nights, from paintings by A. Letchford-A Series of Twenty-one Etchings by A. Lalauze to illustrate the Arabian Nights, portrait, in I vol., original cloth, uncut, Nichols, n. d., 8vo. (4)

Parsons, £1 15s. 3550 Beardsley (A.) The Rape of the Lock, an Heroic-Comical Poem in Five Cantos, written by Alexander Pope, illustrations by Aubrey Beardsley, Japanese vellum, 25 copies printed, vellum extra, g. t., uncut, 1896, 4to. (6)

Maggs, £3 10s. 3551 Beardsley (A.) A Book of Fifty Drawings, with an Iconography by Aymer Vallance, portrait and 50 illustrations, Japanese vellum, 50 copies printed, vellum extra, g. t., uncut, 1897, 4to. (7) Bain, £6

3552 Beardsley (A.) The Pierrot of the Minute, a Dramatic Fantasy in one Act, written by Ernest Dowson, illustrations by Aubrey Beardsley, Japanese vellum, vellum extra, g. t., uncut, 1897, 4to. (8) Maggs, £2 25. 3553 Beardsley (A.) Ben Jonson his Volpone, a new edition, with a Critical Essay on the author by Vincent O'Sullivan, illustrations by Aubrey Beardsley, Japanese vellum, with an extra set of plates, vellum gilt, uncut, 1898, 4to. (9)

Maggs, £3 12s. 6d. 3554 Beardsley (A.) Six Drawings Illustrating Theophile Gautier's Romance "Mademoiselle de Maupin," in portfolio, 50 copies printed, 1898, folio (10) Maggs, £2 4s. 3555 Beardsley (A.) A Second Book of Fifty Drawings, portrait and 50 illustrations, Japanese vellum, 50 copies printed, vellum extra, g. t., uncut, 1899, 4to. (11) Bain, £5 3556 Beardsley (A.) The Early Work of Aubrey Beardsley, with

a prefatory Note by H. C. Marillier, portrait and numerous illustrations, Japanese vellum, 120 copies printed, buckram gilt, g. t., uncut, 1899, 4to. (12) Maggs, £35s. 3557 Beraldi (H.) Estampes et Livres, 1872-92, numerous coloured and other plates of bindings, 390 copies printed, original wrappers, uncut, 1892, 4to. (13) Lewine, £1 6s. 3558 Beraldi (H.) La Reliure du XIX.e Siècle, numerous coloured and other plates of bindings, facsimiles, etc., 4 vol., original wrappers, uncut, "tirage unique" of 95 copies, 1895-7, 8vo. (14) Maggs, £7 2s. 6d. 3559 Bierstadt (O. A.) The Library of Robert Hoe, a Contribution to the History of Bibliophilism in America, 110 illustrations, printed on Japanese vellum, limited to 350 copies, original cloth, uncut, New York, Duprat, 1895, 8vo. (15) Tinkler, £2 3560 Books about Books. Duff (E. G.) Early Printed BooksMadan (F.) Books in Manuscript-Pollard (A. W.) Early Illustrated Books-Elton (C. J. and M. A.) The Great Book Collectors-Horne (H. P.) The Binding of BooksHardy (W. J.) Book Plates, numerous plates of bindings, facsimiles, etc., 7 vol., LARGE PAPER, 150 sets printed, half vellum, uncut, 1893-4, 8vo. (16) Shepherd, £3 IOS. 3561 Book Prices Current. A Monthly Record of the Prices at which Books have been Sold by Auction, vol. xi., xii., xiii., in the original parts, as published, 1897-9, 8vo. (17) 2 IOS. 3562 Browning (R.) Poems, introduction by R. Garnett, illustrations by Byam Shaw, on Japanese vellum, 125 copies printed, canvas, uncut, Endymion Series, 1897, 8vo. (21) C. and E. Brown, £1 4s. 3563 Carleton (W.) Traits and Stories of the Irish Peasantry, illustrations on wood and steel by Harvey, Phiz, Franklin, etc., 2 vol., original cloth, uncut, 1852, 8vo. (24)

Hornstein,

Maurice, £125. 3564 Carlyle (T.) Sartor Resartus, the Life and Opinions of Herr Teufelsdröckh, illustrated by E. J. Sullivan, on Japanese vellum, 150 copies printed, canvas, uncut, 1898, 8vo. (28) H. Guinness, LI IS.

3565 Carlyle (T.) Two Note Books, from 23rd March, 1822 to 16th May, 1832, edited by Charles Eliot Norton, portrait, roxburghe, g. t., uncut, 387 copies printed, New York, The Grolier Club, 1898, 8vo. (29) Dobell, £2 2s. 3566 Catalogue de la Bibliothèque de M. le Baron S. De la Roche Lacavelle Table Alphabétique des Noms d'Auteurs, etc., suivie de la Liste des Prix d'Adjudication, plates of bindings, facsimiles, 2 vol., sewn, 1888, 4to. (30) Tinkler, £I IS. 3567 Catalogue of Original and Early Editions of some of the Poetical and Prose Works of English Writers, from Langland to Wither, with Collations and Notes, 87 facsimiles of title-pages and frontispieces, roxburghe, uncut, one of 400 copies, New York, Grolier Club, 1893, 8vo. (31)

Tinkler, £4 10S.

3568 Dante. The Vision, or Hell, Purgatory and Paradise, trans

lated by the Rev. H. F. Cary, 3 vol., original boards, uncut, Taylor and Hessey, 1819, 8vo. (32) Zaehnsdorf, £1 128. 3569 Dayot (A.) Napoléon, raconté par l'Image d'après les Sculpteurs, les Graveurs et les Peintres, illustrations, half morocco extra, g. t., uncut, Hachette, 1895, super imperial 8vo. (34) Hatchards, 1 45. 3570 Dewar (G. A. B.) Wild Life in Hampshire Highlands, plates and woodcuts, hand-made paper, 150 copies printed, vellum extra, uncut, Haddon Hall Library, 1899, 8vo. (36)

Shepherd, £1 IOS. 3571 Dickens (C.) Master Humphrey's Clock, illustrations by G. Cattermole and H. K. Browne, first edition, 3 vol., original cloth, m. e., as published, 1840-1, royal 8vo. (37)

Tregaskis, £1 4s. 3572 Dickens (C.) Memoirs of Joseph Grimaldi, with Notes, etc. by O. Whitehead, portraits and plates by George Cruikshank, original cloth, uncut, 1846, 8vo. (39)

Maurice, £1 128. 3573 Dickens (C.) The Uncommercial Traveller, first edition, original cloth, uncut, 1861, 8vo. (42) Tregaskis, £3 3574 Dumas (A.) Les Trois Mousquetaires, numerous illustrations by Maurice Leloir, 2 vol., half morocco extra, g. t., uncut, 1894, super imperial 8vo. (45) R. A. Thomas, £2 8s. 3575 Ex-Libris Series. Strange (E. F.) Alphabets, a Handbook of Lettering, with Historical, Critical and Practical Descriptions by E. F. Strange, numerous illustrations, facsimiles, Japanese vellum, 75 copies printed, original wrappers, uncut, in case, 1895, 8vo. (50) Tregaskis, L1 8s. 3576 Exposition Meissonier, préface par Alexandre Dumas, portrait and numerous etchings on vellum, special issue on Japanese paper, 1893, 4to. (51) Edwards, £3 3577 Flers (R. de). Ilsée Princesse de Tripoli, numerous coloured illustrations, Japanese vellum, original wrappers, with duplicate sets of the illustrations only, one on Japanese vellum coloured and another on India paper plain, enclosed in half morocco portfolio, 1897, 4to. (53) Foulard, £5 5s. 3578 Goncourt (E. et J.) L'Art du Dix-Huitième Siècle, numerous plates after Watteau, Boucher, Chardin, Fragonard, etc., 2 vol., original wrappers, uncut, 1883, 4to. (54) Hatchard, £3 3579 Grammont (Count). Memoirs, by A. Hamilton, edited with notes by Sir Walter Scott, portrait and etchings by L. Boisson on India paper, original cloth, uncut, 1889, imperial 8vo. (55) Bickers, 1 8s. 3580 Grey (Sir E.) Fly Fishing, coloured and other plates, woodcuts, hand-made paper, 150 copies printed, vellum extra, uncut, Haddon Hall Library, 1899, 8vo. (56)

B. F. Stevens, £3 17s. 6d. 3581 Gruel (L.) Manuel Historique et Bibliographique de l'Amateur de Reliures, numerous plates of bindings, facsimiles, etc., original wrappers, uncut, 1887, 4to. (57)

Hatchards, £2 8s.

3582 Hole (S. R.) Our Gardens, plates and woodcuts, hand-made

paper, 150 copies printed, vellum extra, uncut, Haddon Hall Library, 1899, 8vo. (58) Zaehnsdorf, £2 125. 3583 Holmes (R. R.) Queen Victoria, numerous illustrations, Japanese paper, with two series of plates, 350 copies printed, in case, Boussod Valadon, 1897, 4to. (59)

Shepherd, £4 6s. 3584 Kavanagh (J.) Woman in France during the Eighteenth Century, portraits, India proofs, 2 vol., LARGE PAPER, half vellum, uncut, 100 copies printed, 1893, royal 8vo. (62) Sotheran, 17s. 3585 Keats (John). Poems, introduction by Walter Raleigh, illustrations by R. Anning Bell, on Japanese vellum, 125 copies printed, canvas, uncut, Endymion Series, 1897, 8vo. (63) Hatchard, L1 16s. 3586 Kipling (R.) The City of Dreadful Night and other Places, first Indian edition, original wrappers, Allahabad, 1891, 8vo. (65) Hornstein, £2 12s. 3587 Kipling (R.) Barrack Room Ballads and other Verses, first edition, Japanese paper, 30 copies printed, half vellum, g. t., uncut, 1892, 8vo. (68) Shepherd, £2 18s. 3588 Kipling (R.) The Seven Seas, first edition, Japanese vellum, 30 copies printed, half vellum, g. t., uncut, 1896, 8vo. (71) Shepherd, L1 8s. 3589 Kipling (R.) Writings in Prose and Verse (édition de luxe), portrait, 19 vol., Macmillan, 1897-1900- Departmental Ditties, and other Verses, Thacker, 1898, together 20 vol., ornamental cloth extra, uncut, 8vo. (73) Hatchards, £19 3590 Malory (Sir T.) The Birth, Life and Acts of King Arthur and his Noble Knights of the Round Table, and in the End Le Morte Darthur, introduction by Professor Rhys, numerous illustrations by Aubrey Beardsley, complete in parts as issued, one of 300 copies on hand-made paper, Dent, 1893, 4to. (77) Edwards, £3 10s. 3591 Meredith (G.) The Shaving of Shagpat, an Arabian Entertainment, first edition, original cloth, uncut, 1856, 8vo. (79) Hornstein, £1 16s. 3592 Morris (W.) Love is Enough, or the Freeing of Pharamond, a Morality, first edition, LARGE PAPER, 25 copies printed for private circulation, original boards, uncut, 1873, 8vo. (132) Ellis, £5 3593 Morris (W.) The Story of Sigurd the Volsung and the Fall of the Niblungs, first edition, LARGE PAPER, 25 copies printed, original boards, uncut, 1877, 8vo. (133) Maggs, £5 10s. 3594 Morris (W.) Life and Death of Jason, a Poem, eighth edition, revised by the Author, LARGE PAPER, 25 copies printed, original boards, uncut, unopened edges, 1882, 8vo. (134) Ellis and Bond, £1 16s. 3595 Morris (W.) A Tale of the House of the Wolfings and all the Kindred of the Mark, written in prose and verse, first edition, LARGE PAPER, buckram, uncut, 100 copies printed, portrait inserted, 1889, 4to. (139) Proctor, I IS.

3596 Morris (W.)

Letters on Socialism, facsimile, 34 copies printed for private circulation, vellum, uncut, 1894, 8vo. (144) Hornstein, £2 4s. 3597 Morris (W.) and E. Magnússon. The Saga LibraryHoward, the Halt-The Eve Dwellers-The Heimskringla, done unto English out of the Icelandic, 5 vol., LARGE PAPER, 125 copies printed, half morocco, g. t., 8vo. (150) J. Bumpus, £3 10s. 3598 Morris (W.) Forman (H. Buxton). The Books of William Morris Described, with some Account of his Doings in Literature and in the Allied Crafts, portrait and illustrations, Japanese paper, 75 copies printed, buckram, uncut, 1897, 8vo. (152) Edwards, 1 IS. 3599 Morris (W.) His Art, his Writings and his Public Life, a Record by A. Vallance, portrait and numerous illustrations, original cloth, 1897, royal 8vo. (153) Young, £1 2s. 3600 Propert (L.) History of Miniature Art, with Notes on Collectors and Collections, plates, vellum extra, uncut, 1887, small folio (155) Bain, £18 3601 Rossetti (D. G.) Poems, LARGE PAPER, original boards, uncut, 1881, 8vo. (159) Denham, £1 18s. [Though described in the catalogue as belonging to the edition of 1881, this seems to have been an error. Only twenty-four copies of that edition were printed on large paper, and the marketable value of these much exceeds 1 18s. The book belonged, no doubt, to the edition of 1891.-ED.] 3602 Rousseau (J. J.) Les Confessions, préface de Jules Claretie, illustrations by Maurice Leloir, 2 vol., half morocco extra, g. t., uncut, by Zaehnsdorf, Launette, 1889, 4to. (162)

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Edwards, £3 12s. 6d. 3603 Sloane (W. M.) Life of Napoleon Bonaparte, numerous coloured and other illustrations, 4 vol., original cloth, uncut, Macmillan, 1896, 4to. (167)

3604 Stevenson (R. L.) Works (Edinburgh illustrations, 28 vol., buckram, g. t., notice slips, 1894-8, 8vo. (168)

Cohen, £3 12s. 6d. Edition), portraits and uncut, with the various

Hatchards, £36 10s. Family and Friends, Colvin, portrait, 2 vol.,

3605 Stevenson (R. L.) Letters to his selected and edited by Sidney buckram, uncut, uniform with the Works, 1899, 8vo. (169) Denham, L1 IS.

3606 Thackeray (W. M.) Vanity Fair, a Novel without a Hero, illustrations on steel and wood by the Author, original cloth, uncut, 1849, 8vo. (171) Bumpus, £1 4s. 3607 Tennyson (Alfred, Lord). Life and Works (édition de luxe), 250 sets printed, portraits and plates, 12 vol., cloth extra, uncut, unopened leaves, 1898-9, 8vo. (173) Edwards, £4 12s. 3608 Three Hundred Notable Books, added to the Library of the British Museum under the keepership of Richard Garnett, 1890-99, etched portrait by W. Strang, half morocco, g. t., uncut, For the Editor and Subscribers, 1899, imperial 8vo. (174)

Brown, £2