Dickens (C.) A Tale of Two Cities, first ed., plates by H. K. Browne, hf. mor., g.e., 1859, 8vo. (792), Feb. 12, Sotheby Collison, £3 13, £2 2s.; Aug. 14, £1 25.; July 26, cf., £2 2s.; Sotheby, Anderson Galleries, Oct. 23, [See also Hodgson, June Mar. 22, cl., £3 17s. 6d.; Oct. 23, mor., £5 15s.; mor., $11.] Dickens (C.) A Tale of Two Cities, first ed., first issue with the error in pagination, p. 113 for 213, plates by H. K. Browne, wrappers and advertisements bound in, a fine copy, Chapman & Hall, 1859, 8vo. (109), April 23, Sotheby Thorp, £48 [See also Feb. 5, cf., £9 10s.; July 3, £6 5s.; American Art Association, April 16, $170.] Dickens (C.) A Tale of Two Cities, first ed., illustrations by H. K. Browne, in the 8 in 7 original parts, with wrappers and advertisements, in cl.-bound box, 1859 (362), July 25, Puttick Wills, £52 [See also Sotheby, April 23, £36; Anderson Galleries, Feb. 13, $350.] Dickens (C.) The Uncommercial Traveller, first ed., with the advertisements dated Dec., 1860, orig. cl., uncut, 1861, 8vo. (355), April 18, Hodgson £3 15s. [See also Sotheby, April 23, £4 10s.; June 25, presentation copy, £90; Anderson Galleries, Dec. 20, $22.] Dickens (C.) The Village Coquettes, a Comic Opera, first ed., Richard Bentley, 1836, 8vo. (77), April 23, Sotheby [See also July 3, £9.] Maggs, £12 Dickens (C.) Plays and Poems, edited, etc. by R. H. Shepherd, first collected ed., 2 vol., orig. covers bound in,. W. H. Allen & Co., 1882, 8vo. (120), April 23, Sotheby [See also Hodgson, June 20, £2 8s.] Maggs, £2 8s. Dickens (C.) The Writings and Life of Charles Dickens, together 75 vol., uniformly bound in maroon French mor., with the exception of Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club " and " Christmas Numbers of "Household Words' and 'All the Year Round,' which are in the original parts, London, New York and Boston, 1836-1882, 16mo., 12mo. and 8vo. (231), Jan. 30, American Art Association $1,750 " [See also May 14, 55 vol., $1,300; Nov. 16, 70 vol., $2,000.] Dickens (C.) Works, Library ed., 22 vol., hf. mor., 1858-9, 8vo. (56), May 9, Puttick Neumayer, £3 158. Dickens (C.) Works, illustrated Library ed., plates by H. K. Browne and others, 30 vol. (corners of a few 11. slightly water-stained), dated throughout, hf. red crushed levant mor. gt., cl. sides, g.t., 1861-74, cr. 8vo. (361), June 4, Sotheby Maggs, £27 [See also Mar. 5, 13; Dec. 18, cl., £11; May 15, £11 5s.; Hodgson, Nov. 8, £9 15s.; July 30, mor., £25 10s.] Dickens (C.) Works, édition-de-luxe, plates on India paper by H. K. Browne and others, 30 vol., hf. mottled cf. gt., g.t., 1881-2, 8vo. (363), June 4, Sotheby Buchanan, £17 [See also Mar. 28, cl., £6 10s.; July 9, cl., defective, £3 10s.; American Art Association, May 4, mor., $90.] Dickens (C.) Works, with Introductions, General Essay and Notes by Andrew Lang, Gadshill ed., plates by Phiz and others, 34 vol., hf. brown mor., g.t., by Rivière, n.d., 8vo. (633), May 28, Sotheby Thorp, £34 " [See also Hodgson, July 26, cl. stained, £12 12S.] Dickens (C.) Works [with Letters and Speeches and Life by J. Forster], National ed., portraits, facs. and numerous plates, limited to 750 copies, 40 vol., cl. ex., gt. backs, g.t., 1906-8, 8vo. (686), March 5, Sotheby Dent, £37 [See also July 9, cl., £28.] Dickens (C.) [Onwhyn (T.)] Illustrations to the Pickwick Club, edited by "Boz," by Samuel Weller, 32 plates, including the engraved title, in the 8 parts, orig, green wrappers, uncut, E. Grattan, 1837 (454), Dec. 6, Hodgson Cowan, II IOS. Dickens (C.) and Collins (Wilkie). The Frozen Deep, a Drama, in Three Acts, original printed wrappers, enclosed in green cl. slip-case, mor. back, with cl. protecting cover [Not published], 1866, 12mo. (325), April 16, American Art Association $160 [With numerous corrections in the autograph of Wilkie Collins. He has also written on the cover, Corrected copy." The play was written in 1856 by Wilkie Collins, and was produced by Dickens and his players at Dickens' house on January 6, 1857. It has never been published, and differs widely from the story which appeared in 1874.] Dickens (C.) No Thoroughfare, a Drama in Five Acts, by Charles Dickens and Wilkie Collins, first ed., orig. wrappers enclosed in a red mor. drop-case, Office of All the Year Round, 1867, 8vo. (115), April 23, Sotheby Spencer, £5 [See also July 3, £2 15s.] Dickensiana. [Morford (Henry).] John Jasper's Secret, being a Narrative of Certain Events following and explaining "The Mystery of Edwin Drood," first ed., in the original 8 monthly parts, with some advertisements, 20 illustrations, orig. wrappers (small piece torn from lower corners of Vol. viii.), 1871-2, 8vo. (452), April 23, Sotheby $36 Goff, £12 10s. Dickensiana. Peregrinations of Pickwick, a Drama in Three Acts, by William Leman Rede, Esq., engraved frontispiece, orig. printed wrappers, uncut, London, W. Strange, 1837, 16mo. (66), Nov. 18, American Art Association [First edition, of the greatest rarity. "The first dramatisation of the Pickwick Papers was the Peregrinations of Pickwick,' by W. L. Rede, at the Adelphi Theatre in October, 1836."] " Dickensiana. Post-Humourous Notes of the Pickwickian Quaritch, £3 5s. Dictionarius pauperum omnibus predicatoribus verbi diuini pernecessarius, first ed., gothic letter, double columns, Petit's device on the title, printed in red, Bocard's device at the end (x 1 torn and mended), boards, Parisijs, Andrea Bocard, 1498, 8vo. (5168), Nov. 27, Sotheby Davis & Orioli, £2 Dictionarius Pauperum (margins of title repaired), Colonie, in domo Quentell, 1505-Dialogus Bonaventure [Hain 3489], curious woodcuts on title and reverse and on verso of colophon, Parisiis, in Bellovisu a Magistro Guidone Mercatore, 1499, both gothic letter, in 1 vol., old stamped vell., 18mo. (465) June 13, Hodgson [See also Sotheby, May 15, ed. 1504, £1 2s.] Dictionary of National Biography (The), edited by Leslie Stephen, 63 vol., and three Supplements, 1885-1901 (304), March 19, Dowell £14 [See also Sotheby, May 9, 68 vol., £20; Oct. 30, 70 vol., £21; Dowell, Nov. 20, 1908-1909, 21 vol., 16 16s.; Hodgson, Mar. 14, 23 vol., £20; Sotheby, July 16, 19081909, £23; July 3, 22 vol., £25.] Dictionary of National Biography, Index and Epitome, cl., Sutton, £1 4s. Dowell, June 18, Sotheby, July 16, Digby (Sir Kenelm). Nouveaux Secrets Expérimentez, pour conservez la Beauté des Dames (frontispiece shaved), 2 vol. in 1, vell., The Hague, 1700, 8vo. (691), Feb. 12, Sotheby Cunliffe, I IOS. Digges (Sir D.) The Compleat Ambassador, engraved title by W. Faithorne (rust-hole in margin of one leaf), contemp. cf. gt., 1655, folio (188), April 9, Sotheby Barnard, £3 38. Digges (Leonard). An Arithmeticall Militare Treatise named Stratioticos whereto he hath also adioyned certaine Questions of great Ordinance, first ed., black letter, arms of the Earl of Leicester on the verso of title, diagrams and folding plates (folding plate torn, slightly damaging the text), some ll. cut into, damaging the text, cf., Henrie Bynneman, 1579, 4to. (946), Oct. 23, Sotheby Sotheran, £5 5s. exact measuring Digges (L.) A Booke named Tectonicon brieflie shewing the of Land, Squares, Timber, black letter, woodcut on the title, woodcut diagrams, 2 folding plates (damaged and repaired), limp vell., Felix Kyngston, 1614, 4to. (947), Oct. 23, Sotheby Sotheran, £2 8s. Digges (Thomas). A Geometrical Practise, named Pantometria, first ed., black letter, a large woodcut (col.) on the title, numerous woodcuts and diagrams (wants the last leaf with printer's device, some words damaged by stains), cf., Imprinted by Henrie Bynneman, 1571, 4to. (948), Oct. 23, Sotheby Sotheran, £4 5s. [Contains the earliest printed mention of the theodolite and anticipates the invention of the telescope. See also Lot 948, ed. 1591, £2 5s.] Digges (T.) Alae sev scalae Mathematicae quibus visibilium remotissima Coelorum theatra conscendi, & Planetarum omnium itinera novis & inauditis Methodis explorari, astronomical figure on the verso of title, woodcut arms of the author and Lord Burghley, numerous diagrams, fine copy, Thomas Marsh, 1573-Dee (" Dr." John). Parallaticae Commentationis Praexeosq: Nucleus quidam, coat-of-arms on the title, numerous diagrams, John Day, 1573-Kepler (Johann). Dioptrice, editio princeps, woodcuts and diagrams, 1611, in 1 vol., vell., 4to. (949), Oct. 23, Sotheby Maggs, £5 15s. Dilke (T.) The Lover's Luck, with hf.-title, 1696-The City Lady, 1697, and The Pretenders, 1698, all first eds.Harris (J.) The Mistakes [Prologue by Dryden, the Play actually by an unknown person, altered and added to by Harris], 1691-Love's a Lottery, etc., 1699, and The City Bride (margins cut), London, n.d., all first eds.-Ravenscroft (E.) The Anatomist, with The Loves of Mars and Venus, by P. Motteux [said to be the first plays sold at the theatres], first ed., 1697-Motteux (P.) The Novelty. Every Act a Play [containing a Pastoral, Masque, Comedy, Tragedy, and Farce], 1897, and Love's a Jest, 1696, both first eds. (many 11. discoloured), in 1 vol., old cf., sm. 4to. (58), Nov. 30, Hodgson Heffer, £9 Dilke (Lady). French Architects and Sculptors of the XVIIIth Century, plates, cl. gt., g.t., 1900, 8vo. (274), July 16, Sotheby Rimell, £1 4S. [See also Hodgson, Aug. 14, £2 17s. 6d.] Dilke (Lady). French Engravers and Draughtsmen of the XVIII. Century, limited ed., 150 copies printed, I vol., extended to 6 vol., text and plates inlaid, with additional plates inserted, and 52 vol. of extra plates, together 58 vol., with nearly 10,000 extra illustrations, printed titles supplied, blue mor., by Rivière, panelled gt. backs, with a cupid stamped on four panels, emblematic design in gold on sides, g.e., 1902, folio (778), Feb. 5, Sotheby Thorp, £600 [See also Oct. 23, £2 15s.; Hodgson, Aug. 14, £3; Jan. 10, £35s.; Puttick, June 27, £2.] Dilke (Lady). French Painters of the 18th Century, No. 90 of 200 LARGE PAPER COPIES, plates, white cl. (soiled), g.t., 1899, folio (922), July 16, Sotheby Ord, £3 8s. Dilke (Lady). French Decoration and Furniture in the 18th Century, 1901, 4to. (263), Aug. 14, Hodgson Barnard, £4 Dillon (Edmund). To the Kings Majesty the humble Petitionary Poem, Narcissus Luttrell's copy, with price 2d" marked in his hand on title-page, unbound, 1664, 4to. (219), March 12, Sotheby Rosenbach, £5 Dillon (H. A. L., Viscount). An Almain Armourer's Album, 31 col. plates by W. Griggs and other illustrations, vell. gt., t.e.g., 1905, folio (600), July 30, Sotheby [See also Feb. 12, £1 12s.] Quaritch, £2 25. [Dingley (William).] Poems on Several Occasions, Originals and Translations (small rust-hole in в 6), unbound, 1694, 8vo. (220), March 12, Sotheby Rosenbach, £10 Diodorus Siculus. Bibliothecæ Historicæ, 2 vol. in I, contemp. red mor. gt., with arms of J. A. de Thou and his wife, Gasparde de la Chastre, on sides, gt. back, with monograms, g.e., 1604, folio (228), Feb. 21, Puttick Criddle, £4 Dio Chrysostomus. Dion de troia non capta, F. Baligault's device on title, gothic letter, 18 ll. [Copinger 1979], Paris, 1494-Fulgentii Enarrationes Allegorice Fabularum, J. Lalyseau's device on title, Paris, n.d., etc., in 1 vol., cf., sm. 4to. (453) June 13, Hodgson McLeish, £3 5s. Dion Chrysostomus. Oratio de Ilii captivate, interprete Francisco Philelpho [Hain *6185, Proctor 5533], roman letter (wormed throughout), modern oak boards, cf. back, Venetiis, per Bernardinum Venetu De Vitalibus, 1499, sm. 4to. (634), March 26, Sotheby David, £1 8s. Dionysius Halicarnasseus. Antiquitates romanae, first ed., roman letter, 299 ll., wants first leaf (blank), a few slight stains, cf., joints broken [Hain *6239, Pellechet 4300B, Proctor *6490], Treviso, Bernardinus Celerius, 1480, folio (762), June 4, Sotheby Maggs, £4 10S. Diogenes Laertius. De Vitis, decretis et responsis Celebrium Philosophorum lib. x., nunc primum excusi, Græce, purple mor. gt., blind and gold tooled borders round sides, enclosing geometrical ornament, g.e., by George Constable, bookbinder to His Majesty, with his ticket, Basil., Froben, 1533, 4to. (348), July 23, Sotheby Todd, £1 16s. Dioscorides (P.) De medicinali materia libri v., roman letter, woodcut title-page, wants one leaf, v iii., at the end, a few small wormholes, rough cf., Parrhisiis, H. Stephanus, 1516, folio (319), May 15, Sotheby Webb, £2 2s. Discourse (A), wherein is debated whether it be expedient that the Scripture should be in English for al men to reade that wyll, black letter, with leaf of faults escaped, a few marginal notes shaved, hf. sheep, R. Caly, 1554, 8vo. (339), Dec. 11, Sotheby Quaritch, £10 [See also Mar. 5, £3 15s.] |