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61 CHELWOOD (W. R.). General History of the stage from its origin to the present time, with Memories of the principal performers that have appeared on the English and Irish stage for these last fifty years. and curious portraits inserted, including Quin, Garrick, Foote, Mrs. Cibber, etc., etc. 12mo, calf gilt. London, 1749.

$7.50

***Nice copy of this scarce and curious little work from the Daly collection. 62 CIBBER (Colley). AN APOLOGY FOR THE Life of. Portrait. Unique copy of the original edition, illustrated by the insertion of 350 portraits, etc. These portraits include large mezzotints of Colley Cibber, Betterton, Mrs. Oldfield, Kitty Clive, Quin, Kneller, Penkethman, the Duchess of Cleveland, Robt. Wilks, Jonston, Vanbrugh, McSwiny, Purcell, Antony Leigh, Joe Harris, Mrs. Cross, Leveridge, Sacheverell, Foote, Duke of Shrewsbury, John Harper, Sir Robt. Walpole, Corelli, Queen Anne, Tonson, Bernardi, etc.; drawings of Tom Sheridan, Charlotte Charke, Kitty Clive, Nell Gwyn, Peg Woffington (colored), Mrs. Hughes (colored), etc.; rare plates of Dr. Busby, Aphra Behn, Doggett, Kynaston, Spranger Barry, Wm. Cartwright, Mrs. Porter, Garrick, Theophilus Cibber, as Antient Pistol; Tom Davies (with autograph letter); the large Vertue prints of Pope, Beaumont, Fletcher, and Cowley, and other valuable items. In addition, the text has been widened by the addition of a preface by Bellchambers, the Apology of Theophilus Cibber, 1740; A Lick at a Liar, and other interesting data. 3 vols., royal folio (from 1 vol. 4to), half green levant morocco, gilt top, by Stikeman. London, 1740. $750.00

*** Broken up, the contents of these volumes would bring three times the amount now asked for them.

63 CIBBER (Mrs. Susannah Maria). Account of the Life of. LARGE PAPER copy, extra illustrated by the insertion of various engravings including two mezzotints besides a WATER COLOR DRAWING of Garrick, playbills, etc. 4to, new half calf gilt, gilt top, uncut. London, 1887. $23.00 **At the end is the trial for Crim. Con. Cibber against Sloper. An interesting copy from the Daly collection.

64 CLARKE (Mary Ann). AUTHENTIC MEMOIRS in which is portrayed the Secret History and intrigues of many characters in fashion and high life, the Duke of York's love letters, etc., by MRS. E. TAYLOR; beautiful colored portrait of Mrs. Clarke, which is very scarce. 12mo, full polished calf gilt, gilt tops, uncut by Tour. London, 1809.

$15.00 *** Choice copy of this scandalous little book containing many anecdotes of the fair but frail lady.

65 COCKER, (Edward).

Cocker's Decimal Arithmetic, perused, corrected and published by John Hawkins. Post 8vo, sprinkled calf, gilt edges, by F. BEDFORD. London, 1685. ** First edition. Very rare.

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Good clean copy.

$18.00

66 COLE (John). THE TALENTS of EDMUND Kean DelineATED, 8vo, new half calf gilt, gilt tops, uncut. London, 1817. $35.00

*** THE AUTHORS OWN COPY and with autograph inscription by Kean, two autograph letters by Charles Kean and 23 other extra illustrations including very rare colored caricature and character portraits, etc. From the Daly collection.

67 COLLINS (Wilkie).

AN ORIGINAL UNPUBLISHED MANUSCRIPT NOVEL of about 57,000 words. Ioláni; or Tahiti as it was, a Romance. Complete. Written on 160 4to pages, unbound.

** Would well repay publication.

$100.00

68 COLMAN LETTERS. Posthumous Letters from Celebrated Men to Fran cis Colman and George Colman the Elder, with Annotations and Remarks by George Colman the Younger, etc., etc. 4to, ILLUSTRATED BY THE INSERTION OF AN AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED BY THE PRINCESS AUGUSTA (MOTher of GeorGE III.), AND 68 PORTRAITS OF EMINENT CONTEMPORARIES, AND THEATRICAL AND SOCIAL CELEBRITIES (13 of which are india proofs), morocco extra, borders of gold tooling, uncut, top edges gilt, by Riviere. London, 1820.

$85.00

**Includes a portrait of Sheridan, bearing his original autograph, Washington by Prevoost, proof, Horace Walpole by Pariset, etc., etc. A beautiful book from the Daly collection. 69 CONGREVE (William). MEMOIRS of the LIFE, WRITINGS and AMOURS of; interspersed with Essays, Letters and Characters, also some very curious Memoirs of Mr. Dryden, etc., by CHARLES WILSON, engraved portrait by Van der Gucht, inserted 8vo, calf gilt, scarce. London, 1730. $5.50 70 CONTAT, (Mlle. Louise). 2 autograph letters, document signed, and portrait. From EDMOND DE GONCOURT'S collection, and with HIS AUTOGRAPH and NOTES. Bound in cloth, 4to. $22.50

**One of the letters is signed with initials and is a curious specimen.

71 COSTUME. A folio volume containing forty-five large colored plates of costumes of various ages and countries, half calf. [Paris, n. d.] $12.50 ***From the Daly collection. A choice collection.

72 CROUCH (Mrs.). MEMOIRS, including a retrospect of the stage during the years she performed by M. T. Young, 2 vols., 16mo, half green levant morocco, gilt tops. London, 1806. $35.00

**Choice copy, extra illustrated by the insertion of 115 scarce dramatic portraits, including Mrs. Siddons, Henderson, Ann Bellamy, etc., etc. From Augustin Daly's Library.

73 CROWQUILL (Alfred). PANTOMIME to be played at home as it was, is, and will be. Humorous plates with descriptions. Oblong, 4to, full polished calf gilt, gilt tops, by RIVIERE. London, 1849. ** Very scarce.

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$13.50

CRUIKSHANK (George). The Loving Ballad of Lord Bateman, with
preface and illustrations, by GEORGE CRUIKSHANK, FIRST EDITION. sq.,
16mo, full crushed crimson levant morocco gilt tops, uncut, by RIVIERE.
London, 1839.
$65.00
*** Has a DOUBLE SET of the plates plain and COLORED, and the original
illustrated cloth cover preserved. C. P. JOHNSON says: "The preface and
notes are by DICKENS, and the poem has been attributed both to him and
THACKERAY." The present copy is from the DALY Library.

75 CRUIKSHANK. Rejected addresses or the New Theatrum Poetarum
PORTRAIT, and spirited cuts on wood by George Cruikshank, 12mo, cloth,
uncut, London, (J. Murray) 1852.
$6.50

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*Twenty third edition of the book, but the first with Cruikshank's marvellous illustrations.

76 CRUIKSHANK.

A collection of 230 engravings by George Cruikshank. Includes complete set and outside cloth cover to LORD BATEMAN, 1839; Punch and Judy, colored; Early Lottery Posters; Life of Grimaldi; the

CRUIKSHANK-Continued.

Dancing Lesson, 4 plates, colored; Cato Street Conspiracy, 3 colored
broadsides; Life of Napoleon, 9 colored plates; The Queen and the Union,
a rare broadside. And many others, all neatly mounted on drawing
paper and bound in 2 vols., folio, full brown levant morocco, inside
borders, gilt tops. v. y.
$100.00
**A very extensive and choice collection, with specially printed title to
each volume.

77 CRUIKSHANK (George). THE BEE and THE WASP. A set of the four plates, proofs on large India paper. 4to.

$7.50 78 CUMBERLAND (Richard). MEMOIRS by himself, with anecdotes and characters of distinguished persons, engraved portrait. Also AUTOGRAPH LETTER and several portraits inserted. 2 vols, 8vo, new half calf gilt, gilt tops, uncut. London, 1807.

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$22.50

79 CURIOUS. HISTORIE DE L'EMPIRE DES CHERIFS EN AFRIQUE, avec la Vie de M. de Santa-Crux. Folding map and plan. 12mo, original calf, gilt, arms of a former owner on side. Paris, 1733.

$3.25

80 CURIOUS. The Weekly Magazine. Portraits. 8vo, half blue levant, gilt top, uncut edges. London, 1760. $12.50

*** Includes a life of Theophilus Cibber, poems on Garrick, etc. From the Daly collection.

81

ALY (Augustin).

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Privately printed copies of the plays produced by him, each EXTRA ILLUSTRATED with various unique and interesting additions (as severally mentioned) and including the ORIGINAL WATER COLOR DRAWINGS of the costumes for the actors and actresses. Very few copies of each play were issued. These volumes cost Mr. Daly over $300 each and such illustrations of the private photographs, original costumes, etc., cannot be duplicated at any price.

a.

b.

Love's Labor Lost, by Shakespeare. Illustrated by the insertion of
115 portraits, scenes, play-bills, autograph letters, and over 50 original
drawings of costumes, and portraits. Folio, half olive levant morocco
extra, gilt top, uncut edges, by Stikeman. New York, 1891. $250.00
The Foresters, by Alfred Tennyson. Illustrated with 220 portraits
of the Daly Company, etc., including 42 colored drawings of costumes
and highly interesting AUTOGraph letters OF TENNYSON and Lady
Tennyson, etc. 2 vols., folio, half olive levant morocco extra, gilt
top, by Stikeman. New York, 1892.
$350.00

C. The Recruiting Officer, by John Farquhar. Illustrated by the inser-
tion of 60 portraits, play bills, etc., including colored drawings of
Woffington, Tom Barry, Mr. Abbott, Henry Placide, Mrs. Vernon,
Bullock, and Farquhar; mezzotint of Quin; Woffington, by Marchand,
etc. Folio, half olive levant morocco extra, gilt top, by Stikeman.
New York, 1885.
$125.00
d. School for Scandal, by R. B. Sheridan. Illustrated by the insertion
of 178 portraits, play-bills of famous performances in America and
England, views, programmes, etc., including a fine mezzotint of King,

DALY-Continued.

Smith, Palmer, and Mrs. Abington, in the chief characters; AUTO-
GRAPH Letters of sheridAN, Tom King, and Marie Foote, Kemble
as Charles Surface, by Dighton, (colored), etc. Folio, half olive levant
morocco extra, gilt top, by Stikeman. New York, 1891. $275.00
e. The Inconstant, by George Farquhar. Illustrated by the insertion of
nearly 150 plates, play-bills, etc., including many rare engravings, 18
colored drawings of costume, and the original text of 1702. Folio,
half olive levant morocco extra, gilt top, by Stikeman. New York,
1889.
$165.00

f. The Critic, by R. B. Sheridan. Illustrated by the insertion of 114
portraits, etc., including Chatham Street Theatre play-bills, 3 original
drawings, etc. Folio, half olive levant morocco extra, gilt top, by
Stikeman. New York, 1889.
$165.00
* Splendid series of colored and other photographs of Miss Rehan, Miss
Davenport, and other ladies and gentlemen of the Daly Company.

MR. DALY'S FAMOUS WOFFINGTON.

82 DALY (Augustin). WOFFINGTON. A Tribute to the Actress and the Woman. EXTRA ILLUSTRATED by 600 portraits, views, water-color drawings, autograph letters, play-bills, etc., IN ADDITION TO THE FOL

LOWING IMPORTANT ITEMS:

Drawings, mostly in Water Colors: Portraits of Augustin Daly, John
Cunningham, W. H. W. Betty, Isaac Sparks, Mrs. J. M. Davenport,
Clara Fisher, Mossop, Elrington, John Rich, Peg Woffington, Est-
court, Mrs. Mills, Theop. Cibber, Thomas Walker, Mrs. Gifford,
Charles Fleetwood, J. B. Booth, Jr., Blake, Woffington as the Recruit-
ing Officer, Mrs. Bellamy, the Clive-Woffington Fight, Mlle. Dumes-
nil, Mrs. Behn, Mrs. Baddeley, Mrs. Wells (Sumbel), John Rich, Ada
Rehan, and Mrs. Gilbert, Clara Morris, Mrs. Porter, Digges as Sir
John Brute, Tom Sheridan as Brutus, Woffington and bird, Woffing-
ton in bed, Shadwell, Mrs. Cibber.

RARE MEZZOTINTS: Dora Jordan; Robt. Wilks, by Faber; Boaden,
Sir Robert Walpole, Mrs. Cross, Robt. Wilks, Mrs. Prichard, Lord
Carteret, Griffin and Johnson; Quin, by Faber; Shuter, by Dawe;
Garrick, Burton, and Palmer in the Alchemist; Garrick, by McArdell;
Vanbrugh, by Faber; McSwiny; Mrs. Oldfield, by Fisher; Cibber
and daughter, by Fisher; Young Pretender; Scene in the Careless
Husband, by Faber; Mrs. Cibber as Cordelia, Miss Bellamy, William
III., Miss O'Neill; Harry Woodward, by Smith (proof); Steele,
Arthur Murphy, Mrs. Oldfield; McSwiny, by Faber; Maria Gunning,
by Patton; Lord Buckhurst and his sister; Duke of Dorset, George
III., Woodward as "Ye Fine Gentleman;" Mrs. Barry, by Paul;
Tate Wilkinson; Garrick between Tragedy and Comedy, by Fisher;
Garrick as Abel Drugger, James I., Nell Gwyn, Mary, Queen of
Scots; Vanbrugh, by Faber; Miss Catley as Euphrosyne, Kitty
Fisher, and 6 of Peg Woffington herself, by Faber (3), McArdell,
Jackson, etc.

Autograph Letters, etc.: Tom Moore, Clara Fisher, W. H. W. Betty, J.
P. Kemble, Wilks, Cibber, and Booth, Tom Davies and wife, Macklin,

DALY-Continued.

Sir Robt. Walpole, Arthur Murphy, Garrick's mother, Samuel John-
son, Mrs. Siddons, Sir Theodore Martin, Tate Wilkinson, Garrick,
Horace Walpole.

Other Important Prints : Nell Gwyn (the large Valck engraving),
Mossop as Bajazet; Mrs. Cibber, by Marchand; Garrick, by Purland
(20 privately printed); Cleopatra and Cupid, both by Strange; Mrs.
Siddons, by Jukes (colored); Goldsmith, by Bunbury; Macready as
Romeo, by Woodman (colored); Quin as Coriolanus; Mrs. Crouch,
and Mary, Queen of Scots, both by Bartolozzi; Mrs. Prichard, by
Ravenet; Shuter as the Old Man in "Lethe, "Charlotte Charke as
Scrub, Mrs. Abingdon, after Reynolds (colored), etc.

The other 600 illustrations include many rarities of considerable value,
portraits that in any other company would be a sufficient attraction
in themselves, play-bills of the Smock Alley and other theatres in
which Woffington appeared, and the original text of the "Monody,"
colored views of Dublin, etc.

Only Twenty-five copies were printed of this size; this is No. 3. 3 vols, royal folio, with extra title pages, half olive green, crushed levant morocco extra, gilt top, uncut edges, by STIKEMAN. Printed for the author. New York, 1888.

$3500.00

This magnificently illustrated work was a great favorite of the late Mr. Daly. It was one of his show books and many of his friends will recall the pride and pleasure with which he was wont to exhibit it. It is in itself a glorious tribute paid by the greatest manager of his day to the greatest actress of a by-gone time.

83 DALY'S BILLS OF THE PLAY. Grand Opera House. Season, 1873-4. 4to, half morocco.

$8.50 -Season (Fifth Avenue Theatre) 1875-6-7. 2 vols., 4to, half brown

morocco.

$10.00

$10.00

-Season of 1881-2 and 1884-5. 2 vols., 4to, half red morocco. 84 DALY'S THEATRE. Bills of the Play. New York, 1890-96. 5 vols., 4to, half brown morocco.

$22.50

-Programmes. Season, 1897-8. 3 vols., royal 8vo, half morocco.

$12.50

85 DALY'S PROGRAMMES. Seasons of 1886-7 and 1890-1. 2 vols., 4to, half brown morocco. $12.50

86 DAPPER (0). DIE UNBEKANTE NEUE WELT oder Beschreibung des Weltteils Amerika, etc. Copper-plate engravings including THE RARE VIEW of New York. Folio, vellum. Amsterdam, 1673. $25.00 ***The engravings also include views of various cities, large maps, etc.

87 DARLEY (F. O. C.) ORIGINAL SEPIA DRAWING. Orleans," highly finished. 8vo, size.

"The Battle of New

$15.00

A favorable example of Darley's manner. In beautiful condition and from the collection of the late N. Q. Pope.

88 DENNIS (John). A Plot and No Plot. A comedy. First edition, 4to, half citron levant morocco. London, n. d. $4.75

*The prologue was spoken by Joe Hains and the principal parts were played by Colley Cibber, Miss Allison, Mrs. Kent, etc. From the Daly collection.

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