man--A Few more Words to Freshmen, by the Rev. T. T., all enclosed in a morocco drop case, 1829-41, 8vo. (473) Tregaskis, £5 10S. 5135 [Thackeray (W. M.)] Notes of a Journey from Cornhill to Grand Cairo, by Mr. M. A. Titmarsh, coloured frontispiece and illustrations by the Author, first edition, original cloth, 1846, 8vo. (475) Shepherd, £2 25. 5136 Thackeray (W. M.) Vanity Fair, plates by the Author, original cloth, uncut, 1848, 8vo. (477)

Sabin, £7

[The title from the first issue and 3 leaves with suppressed woodcut of the Marquis of Hertford inserted.— Catalogue.] 5137 Thackeray (W. M.) The History of Pendennis, 2 vol., illustrations by the Author, first edition, original cloth, uncut, 1849-50, 8vo. (478) Ellis, £2 14s. 5138 Thackeray (W. M.) Ballads-Book of Snobs-Sketches and Travels in London - Memoirs of Barry Lyndon - The Memoirs of Mr. Charles James de la Pluche-and others, mostly first editions, yellow wrappers as published, together 12 pamphlets, 1855-6, 8vo. (479) Maggs, £7

5139 Tragicum Theatrum Actorum et Casuum Tragicorum Londini Publice celebratorum, portraits from copper, original vellum, Amstelodami, 1649, 8vo. (482) Ellis, £2 5140 Thoms (W. J.) Curll Papers. Stray Notes on the Life and Publications of Edmund Curll, cuttings inserted, half morocco, presentation copy, For private circulation, 1879, 8vo. (483) B. F. Stevens, £1 6s. 5141 Thoms (W. J.) A Literary Antiquary. Memoir of William Oldys, with his Diary, Choice Notes, etc., portrait inserted, half morocco, presentation copy, Privately printed, 1862 (484) Thomas, LI IS. 5142 Tory Pills to purge Whig Melancholy, a Collection of the Best Poems, Songs, etc. Written in Defence of Church and State, morocco extra, g. e., 1715, 8vo. (486) Leon, £2 4s. 5143 Turner (William). The first and seconde partes of the Herbal collected and enlarged, with the thirde parte lately gathered, also a Booke of the Bath of Baeth in England with diuerse other bathes, gothic letter, wood engravings, calf, Collen, by Arnold Kirckman, 1568, folio (601) Tinkler, £16 5144 Waller (Edmund). Poems, etc. Written Upon Several Occasions, original calf, 1664, 8vo. (488) Ellis, £3 5145 Waller (Edmund). Instructions to a Painter for the Drawing of the Posture and Progress of His Maties. Forces at Sea, under the Command of His Highness Royal, together with the Battel and Victory Obtained over the Dutch, June 3, 1665, first edition, uncut edges, 1666, folio (602)

Denham, L17 IOS. 5146 Walpole (Horace). Memoirs of the Reign of King George the Third, edited with Notes by Sir Denis le Marchant, 4 vol., portraits, half morocco, 1851, 8vo. (489) Edwards, £2 15s.

5147 Walpole (Horace). Memoirs of the Reign of King George

the Second, edited by Lord Holland, portraits, 3 vol., original cloth, 1847, 8vo. (490) Thomas, £1 175. 5148 Walton (Izaak). The Compleat Angler, or the Contemplative Man's Recreation, fourth edition, morocco extra, g. e., 1668, 8vo. (495) Maggs, £15 15s. 5149 [Ward (Ned).] The London Spy, a complete set of the original numbers, calf extra, 1698-1700, folio (603)

Tinkler, £4 6s.

[MAY 21ST AND THREE FOLLOWING DAYS, 1900.]

SOTHEBY, WILKINSON & HODGE.

A PORTION OF THE LIBRARY OF "CAVENDISH" (THE LATE MR. HENRY JONES). BOOKS FROM THE VALE PRESS, THE KELMSCOTT PRESS, AND A NUMBER OF OTHERS FROM VARIOUS SOURCES.

(No. of Lots, 1071; amount realised, £5,948 13s.)

(a) A Portion of the Library of "Cavendish." [NOTE. This collection was made up and sold chiefly in "parcels," the best of which are reported.--ED.]

5150 Cotton (Charles). The Compleat Gamester . . . Cards or Dice, Racing, Cock-Fighting, etc., first edition, frontispiece (wanted the portrait), old calf, 1674, 8vo. (277) £1 25. 5151 Cotton (Charles). Compleat Gamester, the genuine second edition, frontispiece, 1676-Another edition, frontispiece, 1709-Fifth, Sixth, Seventh and Eighth Editions by Seymour and Johnson (the sixth edition wanted the frontispiece), chiefly in old calf, together 6 vol., 8vo. (278)

Pickering, I IOS. 5152 Horr (N. T.) Bibliography of Card-Games, Cleveland, Ohio, 1892-- Hoffmann (Professor). Cyclopædia of Card and Table Games, 1891-Card Essays, etc., by "Cavendish,” 1879-History of Playing Cards, Hotten, 1865, together 4 vol., 8vo. (284) Tiernay, 1

5153 Hoyle. Treatise on Whist, spurious first edition, half bound, Bath, 1743, 8vo. (285) Green, £1 4s.

[It is believed that only one perfect copy of the genuine first edition exists, that in the Bodleian Library.―Catalogue.] 5154 Hoyle. Games. Irish pirated fifth edition, calf, Dublin, 1743-Polite Gamester, another Irish pirated edition, ib., 1772-Philadelphia pirated edition, 1817, together 3 vol., 8vo. (286) Tregaskis, 1 5s.

5155 Hoyle. Treatise on the Game of Brag, first edition, signed, 1751-Treatise on Whist, fourth edition, signed, 1743— Doctrine of Chances, first edition, signed (1754), in 1 vol.— Supplement to all former Treatises on Quadrille, 1764Academy of Play, n. d.-Games most in Use, title defective, n. d., calf and half bound, together 4 vol., 8vo. (288) Pickering, 1 12s. 5156 Leathermore, or Advice concerning Gaming, 1711-Reflections on the dangerous tendency of Card-playing, especially All-Fours (1754)—Hoyle (E.) Doctrine of Chances, 1764 -Rouge et Noir, coloured frontispiece, uncut, 1823-Man of Fashion's Manual, frontispiece, uncut, 1809-and others on Billiards, etc., calf and half bound, together 14 vol., 8vo. (292) Pickering, £1 8s. 5157 Piquet. Le Jeu du Piquet, plaisant et recreatif, rare, 1652 La Maison des Jeux Académiques, 1668-Le Royal Jeu de l'Ombre et du Piquet, etc., 1715--Nouvelle Academie des Jeux, 2 vol. in 1, frontispieces and plates, 1728-and others, chiefly in old calf, together 9 vol., 8vo. (294)

5158 Whist.

Pickering, 1 IOS. Hamilton (C. D.) Modern Scientific Whist, New York (1894) Whist Sketches, by C. S. B[outcher], Easton, Pa., 1892-Rheinhardt (R. H.) Whist Scores, etc., autograph letter inserted, 1887-American or Standard Whist, Boston, 1881-and others, some presentation copies, together 6 vol., 8vo. (300) Tiernay, £1 5s.

5159 Whist. Matthews (T.) Advice to the Young Whist Player, first edition, scarce, 1804-other editions, 1806 to 1826, etc., in 4 vol., 8vo. (303) Pickering, £1 6s.

5160 Whist. Mitchell (J. T.) Duplicate Whist, first edition, Chicago, 1891-How to Play Whist, New York, n. d.-Gist of Whist, first and fourth editions, 1894-5-Work (M. C.) Whist of To-day, presentation copy, with autograph letter inserted, Philadelphia, 1895-Ames (F.) Practical Guide to Whist, first, second, third and sixth editions, presentation copies, 1891-94-and others on Whist, together 15 vol., 8vo. (304) Tiernay, 1 8s. 5161 Whist. Polite Gamester, or Humours of Whist, frontispiece, half bound (1753)—Whist. The American Lead Controversy, by Merry Andrew," rare, half bound, 1885— Short Whist, by Major A*****, first and four other editions, 1835, etc.-Whist, illustrated by Kenny Meadows, F. P. Watson's copy, annotated by him, 1843- and others, together 16 vol., 8vo. (307) Pickering, £2 10s.

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5162 Whist. Principles of Whist, stated and explained by "Cavendish," first to twenty-third editions (wanted the ninth edition), the second to seventh editions had wrong titles, sold not subject to return, 1862-98, together 22 vol., 8vo. (308) Pickering, 1 6s. Rose (E.) Solo, 1893 - Cusack-Smith (Sir W.) Encyclopædia of Whist, 1891-Deane (W. M.) Letters on

5163 Whist.

Whist, autograph letter inserted, 1894-Morgan (H. F.)
Whist-Players' Guide, 1881, together 3 vol., 8vo. (309)

5164 Whist.

Jessell, £ Théorie du Whist . . . par Will Silence, n.d.Traité du Whist, par Deschapelles, part ii., 1839-Smith (J. S.) Le Jeu du Whist, 1829-Jogo do Whist (Portuguese translation of Hoyle), Lisboa, 1818, together 4 vol., 8vo. (310) Pickering, £2 4s.

(B) Vale Press Publications.

5165 Drayton (Michael). Nimphidia and the Muses' Elizium, edited from the earliest editions by John Gray, woodcut title, borders and initials, original boards, uncut, 1896, 8vo. (1057) Jenkins, £2 25. 5166 Gray (J.) Spiritual Poems, chiefly done out of several languages, woodcut frontispiece and borders, original boards, uncut, 1896, 8vo. (1058) C. & E. Brown, £1 16s. 5167 Constable (H.) Poets and Sonnets, woodcut border and numerous initials, one of 210 copies, original boards, uncut, 1897, 8vo. (1059) Jenkins, £1 165. 5168 Apuleius (L.) The Excellent Narration of the Marriage of Cupide and Psyche, translated by W. Adlington, woodcuts, uncut, one of 210 copies, 1897, 8vo. (1060) Shepherd, £2 6s. 5169 Field (Michael). Fair Rosamund, woodcut border and initials (in red), one of 210 copies, original boards, uncut, 1897, 8vo. (1061) C. & E. Brown, LI 11s. 5170 Field (Michael). The World at Auction, a Play, the decorations designed and cut on the wood by C. Ricketts, elaborate border, initials and other ornamentation, original boards, uncut, 1898, 8vo. (1062) C. & E. Brown, £1 7s. 5171 Lefargue (Jules). Moralites Légendaires, vol. ii., large woodcut, borders and initials, one of 220 copies, original boards, uncut, 1898, 8vo. (1063) Jenkins, £1 125. 5172 Perrault (C.) La Belle au Bois dormant, et le petit Chaperon Rouge, woodcuts, borders and initials, original boards, uncut, one of 224 copies, 1899, 8vo. (1064) Robson, £2 14s. 5173 Milton (John). Early Poems, seen through the press by C. Sturt, the decorations designed and cut on the wood by C. Ricketts, original boards, uncut, one of 310 copies, n. d., 4to. (1065) Jenkins, £275. 5174 Blake (W.) Poetical Sketches, woodcut borders and other ornamentation, uncut, 1899, 8vo. (1068)

C. & E. Brown, £1 10s. 5175 Guérin (M de). The Centaur, the Bacchante, translated by T. S. Moore, illustrations, one of 150 copies, uncut, 1899, 8vo. (1070) Denham, £1 18s. 5176 Coleridge (S.) The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, side notes printed in red, woodcut border, etc., uncut, 1899, 8vo. (1071) Jenkins, £1 19s.

(y) Books from the Kelmscott Press.

[NOTE.-Many duplicates were disposed of at prices which did not materially vary from those given below.]

5177 Morris (W.) The Story of the Glittering Plain, which has been also called the Land of Living Men, or the Acre of the Undying, woodcut borders and initials, vellum, 1891, 8vo. (942) Shepherd, £26 10s. 5178 Morris (W.) Poems by the Way, woodcut border and initial letters, vellum, 1891, 8vo. (943) J. Bumpus, £12 5s.

[A copy on vellum sold for £39 10S.-ED.]

5179 Blunt (W. S.) The Love Lyrics and Songs of Proteus, with the Love Sonnets of Proteus, now reprinted in their full text, with many Sonnets omitted from the earlier editions, the numerous woodcut initials printed in red, vellum, 1892, 8vo. (944) Shepherd, £8

[A second copy sold for £14.-ED.]

5180 Caxton (W.) The Golden Legend, edited by F. S. Ellis, 3 vol., woodcuts the full size of the page, borders and initial letters, 1892, folio (945) Shepherd, £9 17s. 6d. 5181 Caxton (W.) The History of Reynard the Foxe, woodcut borders and initial letters, vellum, 1892, folio (946)

J. Bumpus, £5 5182 Caxton (W.) The Recuyell of the Historyes of Troye, 3 vol. in 2, numerous woodcut borders and initial letters, vellum, 1892, folio (947) Shepherd, £7 10s.

5183 Mackail (J. W.)

[A presentation copy sold for £11 15s.—ED.] Biblia Innocentium, being the Story of God's chosen People before the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ upon Earth, woodcut border and initials, vellum, 1892, 8vo. (948) Robson, £25

5184 Morris (W.) A Dream of John Ball and a King's Lesson, woodcut frontispiece, borders and initial letters, vellum, 1892, 8vo. (949) Robson, £4 15s. 5185 Morris (W.) News from Nowhere, or an Epoch of Rest, being some Chapters from a Utopian Romance, woodcut frontispiece, borders, etc., vellum, 1892, 8vo. (950)

Leighton, £5 2s. 6d. 5186 Morris (W.) The Defence of Guenevere, and other Poems, woodcut border and initial letters, vellum, 1892, 8vo. (951) Shepherd, £8 5s. 5187 Ruskin (J.) The Nature of Gothic, a chapter of the Stones of Venice, woodcut border and initial letters, vellum, 1892, 8vo. (952) Hiscoke, £4 5188 The Order of Chivalry, with translations by W. Morris, 2 parts in I vol., woodcut frontispiece, borders and initial letters, vellum, 1892-3, 8vo. (953) Shepherd, £5 18s. 5189 Cavendish (G.) The Life of Thomas Wolsey, Cardinal Archbishop of York, from a MS. in the British Museum, woodcut borders and initial letters, vellum, 1893, 8vo. (954)

Ellis, £4 10s.