3609 Uzanne (0.) L'Art dans la Décoration Extérieure des Livres, les Couvertures illustrées, les Cartonnages d'Editeurs, la Relîure d'Art, numerous illustrations, original fancy wrapper, uncut, 1898, small 4to. (176) Maurice, £1 Vale Press Publications-a Complete Set. [NOTE.-References to the "Vale Press" will be found in the Christmas number of Bookselling, 1896; the Athenæum of July 23rd, 1898 (in a review of Vaughan's Poems); and in the Saturday Review of November 11th, 1899. Books issued from this Press have been rising in value for some time, and as this is the first occasion on which a complete set, to date, has been sold by auction, a full report, irrespective of the amount realised in any particular instance, is given for purposes of comparison later on. In many cases the published price has already been doubled at least, e. gr., in the cases of "The Book of Ruth, The Book of Esther" (post No. 3618), which was issued at 15s.; Shakespeare's "Passionate Pilgrim" (post No. 3619), published at 10s. 6d.; Vaughan's "Sacred Poems" (post No. 3626), published at 16s.; the "Rowley Poems" of Thomas Chatterton (post No. 3632), published at 10s.; and many more. The similarity between the Vale books and those from the Kelmscott Press is, at first sight, most marked. In both cases 15th century models have been largely copied, but the Kelmscott books are essentially specimens of handicraft as distinguished from machine work, which enters very largely into the productions of books coming from the Vale Press. In addition to the articles above mentioned, reference may be made to Ricketts and Pissaro's "De la Typographie et de l'Harmonie de la page imprimée" (post No. 3631), and "A Defence of the Revival of Printing" (post No. 3640).-ED.] 3610 The Dial, an occasional publication, edited by C. S. Ricketts and C. H. Shannon, numerous illustrations, 5 parts, part i. original cloth as issued, the remainder in the original wrappers, uncut, 1889-97, 4to. (177) Hatchards, £6 5s. 3611 Daphnis and Chloe, a most sweet and pleasant Pastoral Romance for young Ladies, done into English by George Thornley, gent., woodcuts and initial letters, original cloth, unopened edges, 1893, 4to. (178) Downing, £45s. 3612 Marlowe (C.) and G. Chapman. Hero and Leander, woodcuts, border and initial letters, vellum extra, unopened edges, 1894, 8vo. (179) Downing, £4 3613 Queen of the Fishes, an Adaptation of a Fairy Tale of Valois, by Margaret Rust, coloured illustrations, borders, vellum gilt, limited to 150 copies, Epping (Essex), 1894, 8vo. (180) Hatchards, £8 15s. 3614 Milton (J.) Early Poems, frontispiece, border and initial letters, buckram, uncut, n. d., 4to. (181) Dobell, £1 11s. 3615 Landor (W. S.) Epicurus, Leontion and Ternissa, woodcut border in red, initial letter, original boards, unopened edges, 210 copies printed, n. d., 8vo. (182) Robson, £1 16s. 3616 Suckling (Sir J.) Poems, woodcut border and initials, original boards, unopened edges, 1896, 8vo. (183) Maggs, £1 8s. 3617 Gray (J.) Spiritual Poems, chiefly done out of several Languages, woodcut frontispiece and border, original boards, unopened edges, 1896, 8vo. (184) Tregaskis, £ 4s. 3618 The Book of Ruth, the Book of Esther, 5 illustrations, designed and cut on wood by L. Pissaro, original boards, unopened edges, 155 copies printed, Epping (Essex), 1896, 8vo. (185) Robson, £2 3619 Shakespeare (W.) The Passionate Pilgrim and Songs, edited by T. Sturge Moore, woodcut and border, original boards, uncut, 1896, 8vo. (187) Maggs, £1 14s. 3620 Drayton (M.) Nimphidia and the Muses Elizium, woodcut title-page, border and initial letter, original boards, unopened leaves, 1896, 8vo. (189) Tregaskis, £1 25. 3621 Campion (T.) Fifty Songs, chosen by John Gray, border and initial letters, original boards, unopened leaves, 1896, 8vo. (189) Maggs, £1 8s. 3622 Arnold (M.) Empedocles on Etna, a Dramatic Poem, woodcut border in red, initial letter, original boards, uncut, 1896, 8vo. (190) Downing, £1 8s. 3623 Laforgue (J.) Moralités Légendaires, woodcuts, borders and initial letters, 2 vol., original boards, uncut, 220 copies printed, Epping (Essex), 1897-8, 8vo. (191) Robson, £3 5s. 3624 Blake (W.) The Book of Thel. Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience, woodcut borders and initial letters, original boards, unopened leaves, 210 copies printed, 1897, 8vo. (193) Dobell, £2 Fair Rosamond, borders, initial letters in red, original boards, unopened leaves, 210 copies printed, 1897, 8vo. (194) Dobell, £1 6s. 3626 Vaughan (H.) Sacred Poems, being a Selection, frontispiece, border and initial letters, original boards, unopened leaves, 210 copies printed, 1897, 8vo. (195) Robson, £1 12s. Poems and Sonnets, borders and initial letters, original boards, unopened leaves, 210 copies printed, 1897, 8vo. (196) Maggs, £1 8s. 3628 Apuleius (L.) The Excellent Narration of the Marriage of Cupide and Psyche, translated out of Latine into English by W. Adlington, woodcuts, buckram, unopened leaves, 210 copies printed, 1897, 8vo. (197) Maggs, £2 25. 3629 Browning (E. B.) Sonnets from the Portuguese, initial letters, original boards, unopened leaves, 1897, square 16mo. (198) T. C. Brown, £5 7s. 6d. 3630 Sidney (Sir P.) Sonnets, borders and initial letters, original boards, uncut, 210 copies printed, 1898, 8vo. (199) 3625 Field (M.) 3627 Constable (H.) Downing, £2 3631 Ricketts (C.) et L. Pissaro. De la Typographie et de l'Harmonie de la page imprimée, William Morris et son influence sur les Art et Métiers, original boards, uncut, 256 copies printed, 1898, 8vo. (200) Maggs, £1 15s. 3632 Chatterton (T.) The Rowley Poems, initial letters, 2 vol., original boards, uncut, 210 copies printed, 1898, 8vo. (201) Robson, £3 35. 3633 Field (M.) The World at Auction, border, woodcuts and initials, original boards, unopened leaves, 210 copies printed, 1898, 8vo. (202) Robson, £1 8s. 3634 Shelley (P. B.) Lyrical Poems, initial letters, original boards, uncut, 210 copies printed, 1898, square 16mo. (203) Robson, £1 16s. 3635 Keats (J.) Poems, edited by C. J. Holmes, borders and initial letters, 2 vol., buckram, unopened leaves, 217 copies printed, 1898, 8vo. (204) Hatchard, £5 15s. 3636 Rossetti (D. G.) The Blessed Damozel, reprinted from "The Germ," initial letters in red and black, original boards, 210 copies printed, 1898, oblong 48mo. (206) T. C. Brown, £1 4s. 3637 Blake (W.) Poetical Sketches, woodcut borders and initial letters, original boards, unopened leaves, 1899, 8vo. (207) Dobell, 16s. 3638 Coleridge (S. T.) Rime of the Ancient Mariner, printed in red and black, border and initial letters, original boards, uncut, 1899, 8vo. (208) Downing, 1 IS. 3639 Rossetti (D. G.) Hand and Soul, borders and initial letters, original boards, unopened leaves, 1899, 8vo. (209) Tregaskis, 1 1OS. 3640 Ricketts (C.) A Defence of the Revival of Printing, woodcut with border, original boards, uncut, 1899, 8vo. (211) Tregaskis, 13s. 3641 Browning (R.) Dramatic Romances and Lyrics, border and initial letters, buckram, unopened leaves, 210 copies printed, 1899, 8vo. (212) Downing, £1 98. 3642 Perrault (C.) La Belle au Bois dormant et le petit Chaperon Rouge, woodcuts, original boards, uncut, 224 copies printed, 1899, 8vo. (213) Dobell, £2 10S. 3643 Guérin (M. de). The Centaur, the Bacchante, translated from the French by T. S. Moore, illustrations, buckram, unopened leaves, 150 copies printed, 1899, 8vo. (214) Dobell, £1 6s. 3644 Shakespeare (W.) Sonnets, seen through the Press by T. S. Moore, border and initial letter, buckram, unopened leaves, 1899, 8vo. (215) Maggs, LI IIS. 3645 Lists and Order Forms, various, of the Vale Press Publications, 40 different leaflets, v. y. (216) Tregaskis, £1 IS. 3646 Villon Society. The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, now first completely done into English Prose and Verse, from the original Arabic by John Payne, 9 vol., vellum gilt, g. e., uncut, Privately printed, 1882-4, 8vo. (217) Bumpus, £9 9s. 3647 Villon Society. Tales from the Arabic of the Breslau and Calcutta Editions of the Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, now first done into English by John Payne, 3 vol., vellum gilt, g. e., Privately printed, 1884, 8vo. (218) Bumpus, £2 10s. 3648 Villon Society. The Poems of Master François Villon, of Paris, now first done into English Verse, in the original forms, by John Payne, vellum gilt, g. e., Privately printed, 1892, 8vo. (221) Hitchman, £1 3649 Villon Society. The Quatrains of Omar Khayyâm of Nishapour, now first completely done into English Verse from the Persian, by John Payne, LARGE PAPER, original boards, uncut, Privately printed, 1898, imperial 8vo. (222) Downing, £1 128. 3650 Voltaire (F. M. A. de). The Maid of Orleans, or La Pucelle, translated into English Verse, with Notes by W. H. Ireland, 2 vol., original boards, uncut, 1822, 8vo. (223) Dobell, £1 5s. 3651 Walpole (Horace). Letters, edited by Peter Cunningham, numerous portraits on India paper, 9 vol., LARGE PAPER, vellum extra, uncut, 100 sets printed on hand-made paper, Bentley, 1891, royal 8vo. (224) Hatchards, £6 3652 Whistler (J. McN.) The Gentle Art of Making Enemies, LARGE PAPER, limited to 250 copies, original binding, uncut, 1890-Whistler v. Ruskin, Art and Art Critics, 1878, small 4to. (226) Edwards, £1 5s. 3653 Whistler (J. McN.) Eden versus Whistler, the Baronet and the Butterfly, a Valentine with a Verdict, LARGE PAPER, limited to 250 copies, original boards, unopened edges, uncut, Paris, L. H. May, n. d., small 4to. (227) Downing, £i 3654 Whitman (A.) The Masters of Mezzotint, the Men and their Work, 60 illustrations, LARGE PAPER, 50 copies printed, half vellum gilt, uncut, 1898, folio (229) Bickers, £4 12s. 3655 Wilde (O.) Lady Windermere's Fan, a Play about a Good Woman, LARGE PAPER, 50 copies printed, original cloth, uncut, 1893, small 4to. (230) Spencer, £2 2s. 3656 Wilde (O.) Salome, a Tragedy, translated from the French, illustrated by Aubrey Beardsley, LARGE PAPER, 100 copies printed, original cloth, uncut, 1894, small 4to. (231) Maggs, £3 12s. 6d. 3657 Wilde (O.) A Woman of no Importance, original cloth, uncut, 1894, small 4to. (232) Hatchards, Li 3658 Wilde (O.) The Importance of being in Earnest, a trivial Comedy for Serious People, LARGE PAPER, 100 copies printed, signed by the Author, original cloth, uncut, 1899, small 4to. (234) Shepherd, £1 IS. [MARCH 22ND AND 23RD, 1900.] PUTTICK & SIMPSON. THE LIBRARY OF A GENTLEMAN. (No. of Lots, 616; amount realised, £596 5s. 6d.) 3659 Ainsworth (W. H.) leaves soiled, cloth, 3660 Alexander (Sir Wm.) Tragedies, Croesus, Boscobel, 3 vol., first edition, some Dramatic Works. The Monarchiche Julius Cæsar, etc., title and leaf in facsimile, morocco extra, gilt edges, 1616, 8vo. (484) Ridler, £1 145. 3661 Alexander (W.) Costumes of Austria, Russia, Turkey, China and England, 5 vol., coloured plates, half bound, n. d., 8vo. (91) J. Brown, £3 3662 Alken (H.) Illustrations to Popular Songs, coloured plates by Alken, the 7 parts in original wrappers (one defective), 1825, oblong folio (599) Russell, £12 55. 3663 Ancient Classics for English Readers, 14 vol., half calf gilt, n. d., 8vo. (130) Greebeck, £2 6s. 3664 Apperley (C. J.) Nimrod's Northern Tour, top of title cut off, cloth, 1838, 8vo. (419) Hornstein, £1 9s. 3665 Austen (Jane). Emma, first edition, 3 vol., publisher's original half red morocco, J. Murray, 1816, 8vo. (68) Maggs, £1 9s. 3666 Austen (Jane). Northanger Abbey and Persuasion, 4 vol., first edition, boards, uncut, 1818, 8vo. (456) n. d., folio (262) Bumpus, £2 7s. 6d. 3667 Bach (J. S.) Werke, portrait, 9 vol., half morocco, Leipzig, F. Murray, £1 16s. 3668 Barham (R. H.) The Ingoldsby Legends, first series, first edition, the rare first issue (wanted 2 plates), original cloth, uncut, w. a. f., 1840 (522) Shepherd, £4 [There are two issues of the original edition of the first series, the earlier and better of which may be known by a misprint which occurs on page 81, and was afterwards altered. A few copies of vol. i. have a blank page (236) and a slip referring to the same.-ED.] 3669 Beverley (R.) The History of Virginia, plates, calf, 1722, 8vo. (437) Pickering, £3 10s. 3670 Blackmore (R. D.) Lorna Doone, 3 vol., first edition, cloth, 1869, 8vo. (370) Maggs, £13 3671 Boccaccio (G.) Decameron, translated by J. Payne, 2 vol., plates by Louis Chalon, cloth, limited number printed, 1893, imperial 8vo. (135) Edwards, £2 18s. 3672 Boetius. Libri quinque de consolatione philosophiæ, lit. goth., long lines, first leaf inlaid, large copy, calf, gilt edges, Colonia, J. Koelhoff de Lubeck, 1482, folio (604) Ridler, £2 8s. 3673 Boswell (Jas.) Life of Johnson, 10 vol., frontispieces and vignettes, cloth, 1835, 8vo. (120) Denham, L1 4s. |