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BrITISh hISTOrY AND LITErATUrE, LOTS 96-170

Lots 96–170

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96 ACKERMANN, RUDOLPH, ed. The Microcosm of London, or London in Miniature. London: Ackermann, 1904.

3 vols. 4to, quarter vellum, printed paper spine labels, t.e.g. With numerous color illustrations throughout. $50-100

97 ADDISON, JOSEPH The Works of the Late Right Honorable Joseph Addison, Esq. Birmingham: John Baskerville, 1761.

4 vols. 4to, full speckled calf, gilt-tooled and -lettered spines with red leather spine labels. First Baskerville edition. Complete with 17 engraved plates. Edgewear; ends chipped; contemporary manuscript inscriptions to f.f.e.p.; intermittent light foxing. $400-600 98 No Lot

99 BEWICK, THOMAS Select Fables. Newcastle: Printed by S. Hodgson for Emerson Charnley, 1820.

8vo, full green calf, gilt-tooled and -lettered spine, a.e.g. With engraved portrait frontispiece, title page vignette and numerous head- and tail-pieces. Rubbing to boards; offsetting from engravings; scattered minor brownspotting. Property from a Private Collection $100-200 100 JAMES I (KING OF ENGLAND) The Workes of the Most High and Mightie Prince, Iames, by the Grace of God, King of Great Britaine, France and Ireland, Defender of the Faith, &c. London: Printed by Robert Barker and John Bill, 1616.

Folio, rebound in modern calf, gilt-decorated and -lettered spine. First edition, second issue, including half-title with engraved portrait to verso, title page, wood-cut engraved additional title, full-page woodcut coat-of-arms on a2, engraved portrait at head of dedication, woodcut initials and head-pieces. Ex-library copy with stamp to half-title; minor soiling to verso of a2; light toning to edges of leaves. $600-800

101 (QUEEN VICTORIA) HELPS, ARTHUR, ed. Leaves from the Journal of Our Life in the Highlands, from 1848 to 1861. London: Smith, Elder, 1868.

Folio, pictorial red cloth elaborately stamped in gilt and black. Presentation copy, inscribed by Queen Victoria to a member of the Grand Commander of the Bath order (name illegible), signed (“Victoria, RI / Balmoral, Oct. 29, 1898”), on the half-title. Additionally inscribed in a later hand by a subsequent owner. Wear and fading to boards; intermittent foxing; light dampstaining affecting right half of most leaves. $400-600

102 (QUEEN VICTORIA) WILSON, ROBERT The Life and Times of Queen Victoria. London: Cassell, 1887-1888.

2 vols. 8vo, 3/4 blue calf, gilt-tooled and -lettered spines. Illustrated. Light wear to boards; intermittent foxing. Together with 15 others pertaining to British history and nobility. $200-400 103 PRINCE EDWARD, DUKE OF WINDSOR Windsor Revisited. Boston: Houghton Mifflin; Cambridge: The Riverside Press, (1960).

8vo, publisher’s gilt-lettered grey cloth. Second printing. Signed and inscribed on the half-title: “To Charles Baskerville / Edward / Duke of Windsor / New York / July 1963”. Edward VIII reigned as King of the United Kingdom from January 20, 1936 until his voluntary abdication on December 11, 1936, in order to marry American divorcee Wallis Simpson. $300-500

104 CHURCHILL, WINSTON A group of three books.

My African Journey. London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1908. 8vo, publisher’s red pictorial cloth, gilt-lettered spine. First edition. With 46 (of 48) plates and three maps. Fading to spine; ends bumped; bookplate tipped to front pastedown. London to Ladysmith via Pretoria. London: Longmans, Green, 1900. 8vo rebound in red morocco, gilt-lettered spine. With three (of four) maps, each fold-out, and 32 pp. publisher’s advertisements at rear. Fine. The Crisis. New York: Macmillan, 1901. 8vo, publisher’s giltlettered red cloth. First edition, with eight plates. Fading to spine; ends bumped. Property from the Collection of the DeBruyn Family, Holland, Michigan $200-400

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105 CHURCHILL, WINSTON Six volumes of Churchill’s post-war speeches, London: Cassell, 1948-1961. Comprising Stemming of the Tide: Speeches 1951 & 1952 (2 copies); Europe Unite Speeches: 1947 & 1948; In the Balance: Speeches 1949 & 1950; The Unwritten Alliance: Speeches 1953-1959; and The Sinews of Peace: PostWar Speeches.

6 vols. total. 8vo, publisher’s various colored cloth, dust jackets. Wear and fading to boards; Jackets chipped with some loss to spines; hinges starting. Property from the Collection of the DeBruyn Family, Holland, Michigan $600-800 106 CHURCHILL, WINSTON The River War: an Historical Account of the Reconquest of the Soudan. New York and Bombay: Longmans, Green, 1900.

2 vols. 8vo, bound by Zaehnsdorf in 3/4 crushed morocco, gilt-tooled and -lettered spines, t.e.g. First edition, third impression. Complete with photogravure frontispiece portrait to both vols., five plates, and 30 maps (19 fold-out). Scattered light foxing. Property from the Collection of the DeBruyn Family, Holland, Michigan $600-800

107 CHURCHILL, WINSTON The Second World War. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1948-1953.

6 vols. 8vo, 3/4 crushed brown morocco over marbled boards, gilt-lettered spines, t.e.g., slipcased. Wear and fading to slipcases. $300-500 108 CHURCHILL, WINSTON The Second World War. London: Cassell, 1948-1954.

6 vols. 8vo, bound by Brentano’s in red morocco, gilt-decorated and -lettered spines, a.e.g., red cloth slipcase. First editions, with numerous maps and plans, some folding, throughout. Uniform fading to spines; light fading and soiling to slipcase. [Together with:] The World Crisis. London: Thornton Butterworth, 1923-1927. 4 vols. Comprising parts I-II, “1911-1914,” and “1915.” 8vo, bound by Bayntun in 3/4 red morocco over cloth, gilt-lettered spines. First editions, with numerous maps and plans, some folding, throughout. Light soiling to boards. (10 total) Property from the Collection of the DeBruyn Family, Holland, Michigan $800-1,200

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109 COLYEAR, DAVID, Earl of Portmore Autographed document signed (“Portmore”), one sheet (13 x 15 inches), with red wax seal, dated 1726. Additionally signed by two witnesses, “Sealed and delivered in presence of us being... first duly stamped with three Sixpenny stamps.” The document concerns the nature of stock in the South Sea Company, a financial scheme enacted by the Tories to help alleviate the national debt. Backed by the government, the scheme was initially successful. Although the stock crashed in 17201721, the company continued to exist and function until 1853 when the last of the South Sea annuities were converted into government stock. With large watermark of two lions supporting a shield and crown and three embossed tax stamps at the left margin. Tipped to mat with archival tape. Folded in fourths; marginal chipping; light foxing. $400-600 110 BREWERTON, T. LE GAY A Treatise on the Mineral Water of Askern, Including a Description of the Village, History of the Spaw, &c. Doncaster: W. Sheardown, 1818.

8vo, original grey-blue paper boards, printed paper spine label, pages uncut. Wear to boards at corners and spine; chipping to spine label; armorial bookplate Biblioteca Lindesiana tipped to front pastedown; foxing. $80-120 111 BROWNE, JOHN History of the Metropolitan Church of St. Peter, York; Illustrated by Extracts from Authentic Records, by Plans, Sections, and Engravings of Architectural and Sculptural Details. London: Longman, Pickering, et al., 1847.

2 vols. Tall 4to, full gilt-stamped red morocco, gilt turn-ins, decorative endpapers. Complete with 150 engraved plates. Bookplate tipped to front pastedowns; some intermittent foxing. $200-400

112 COXE, WILLIAM Memoirs of John Duke of Marlborough; with his Original Correspondence: Collected from the Family Records at Blenheim, and Other Authentic Sources. London: Longman, Hurst, Reese, Orme and Brown, 1818-1819.

3 vols. 4to, quarter red calf over marbled boards, giltlettered spines. With numerous portraits, maps, plans and genealogies, some fold-out. [Together with:] England Under Victoria. London: Walter Scott, n.d. 4to, 3/4 red calf over gilt-decorated cloth, gilt-lettered spine. $100-200

113 FINDEN, W. AND E. Findens’ Tableaux of National Character, Beauty and Costume. London: T.G. March, 1843.

2 vols. 4to, contemporary black morocco with foliate frame to covers and spine, marbled endpapers, a.e.g. Complete with 61 engraved plates illustrating notable prose and poetry. Hinges reinforced; some intermittent spotting; otherwise fine. $80-120 114 STONE, PERCY GODDARD The Architectural Antiquities of the Isle of Wight, from the XIth to the XVII Centuries Inclusive. London: By the Author, 1891.

Two parts in one. 4to, 3/4 red morocco over original cloth boards, marbled endpapers, a.e.g. Complete with 150 plates, including two photogravures. Bookplate tipped to front pastedown; hinges starting and slightly cracked at inner front; some light soiling and damp spots to boards; otherwise the interior is in fine condition. $200-400

115 LYTTLETON, GEORGE COURTNEY The Modern History of England... London: J. Stratford, 1803-1806.

3 vols. 4to, 3/4 calf over marbled boards, gilt-lettered red morocco spine labels. Wear to boards with loss to spines; intermittent foxing and brownspotting; bookplates tipped to front pastedowns; lacking all engravings. $100-200 116 PEPYS, SAMUEL Memoirs of Samuel Pepys, Esq. F.R.S. Secretary to the Admiralty in the Reigns of Charles II. and James II. Comprising His Diary from 1659 to 1669. London: Henry Colburn: 1825.

2 vols. 4to, 3/4 calf over marbled boards, giltlettered spines, rebacked. First edition of one of the most important primary sources for the English Restoration period. Pepys recorded his diary for just nine years (1660-1669) yet “we know more about Pepys than about any other Englishman of his time.” (Ollard) It is the “nonpareil of English Diaries; the observations and records of a man of infinite variety and zest ‘ever with child to see new things;’ his own work, domestic life, friendships, and pleasures, which took him to almost every section of English life, from the court to the docks; in its immediacy and variety it is one of the supreme portraits of a man, inside and outside, and a mirror of the times.” (Matthews, British Diaries) Complete with 12 engraved plates and one map. Bookplate Owen S. Tudor, with his signature, to front pastedown both vols. Rubbing to boards; scattered foxing; offsetting from plates. Property from a Private Collection Literature: Ollard; Matthews, 29. $1,000-2,000

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117 SENEX, JOHN The Roads through England delineated, or, Ogilby’s Survey, Revised, Improved, and Reduced to a Size portable for the Pocket. Cornhill: Printed for John Bowles, 1762.

Oblong 8vo, original engraved wraps with calligraphic title, custom linen folding case, 8 pp. of text and tables, engraved map of England & Wales and 101 uncolored engraved strip road maps, printed back to back. Some restoration and rebacking to the edges of a few leaves; a few light stains; toning to wraps. $800-1,200 118 SCOTT, WILLIAM B. Our British Landscape Painters, from Samuel Scott to David Cox. London: Virtue, n.d.

4to, full green morocco stamped in gilt and black, gilt-lettered spine, marbled endpapers, a.e.g. With numerous engraved plates. Rubbing to boards; some light foxing. [Together with:] The Gallery of British Artists. By John Sherer. London: London Printing & Publishing, n.d. [c. 1876] 2 vols. 4to, 3/4 crushed red morocco over marbled boards, a.e.g. Profusely illustrated with over 100 steel engravings. Light rubbing to boards. The Portrait Gallery... London: Wm. S. Orr, 1853. 2 (of 3) vols. only. 4to, tree calf, gilt-lettered red leather spine labels, a.e.g. Illustrated with numerous engraved plates. $100-200 119 SCOTT, SIR WALTER Letters on Demonology and Witchcraft. London: John Murray, 1830.

Small 8vo, gilt-lettered brown morocco, gilt-lettered spine, t.e.g. First edition. With engraved frontispiece and 12 plates by Cruikshank in two states, six colored. Bookplate of A. Edward Newton tipped to front pastedown; front board detached; light offsetting from plates. [Together with:] 24 alphabet plates engraved by Michel Delaport, hand-colored. Small 8vo, bound accordion-style in drab boards, Ivor A.B. Ferguson bookplate tipped to front pastedown; lacking “W” and “Y”; rear board detached. Property from a Private Collection $300-500

120 SCOTT, SIR WALTER Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott. Edinburgh: Robert Cadell; London: John Murray and Whittaker, 1837-1838.

7 vols. 8vo, rebound in blind-stamped brown calf, printed paper spine labels, cloth chemises and slipcases with gilt-lettering. First edition. With engraved portrait frontispiece, half-titles and 2 pp. publisher’s advertisements to rear of vol. 1. Wear to boards and slipcases; ends chipped on some vols.; scattered brownspotting. $200-400

121* BARING-GOULD, SABINE The Book of Were-Wolves. London: Smith, Elder, 1865.

8vo, publisher’s red cloth, rebacked, decoratively stamped in gilt, gilt-lettered and -decorated spine. First edition, with pictorial frontispiece. Light soiling to boards; some chipping to gilt at spine; scattered brownspotting. Property from the Collection of A. Casperson Books, Niles, Michigan $200-400 122* SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM The National Shakespeare. A Facsimile of the Text of the First Folio of 1623. London: William Mackenzie, n.d. [c. 1888]

3 vols. Folio, full green gilt-decorated morocco with oval inset from the original cloth bindings on the front covers, gilt-lettered spines, t.e.g. With photogravure plates after illustrations by Sir J. Noel Paton. Rubbing to boards; offsetting from plates to tissue-guards. Property from the Collection of Ellen and Dan Haake, Oak Park, Illinois $500-700

123 (SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM) KNIGHT, CHARLES, ed. The Pictorial Edition of the Works of Shakspeare. London: J.S. Virtue, n.d. [c. 1840]

8 vols. 8vo, 3/4 green morocco over marbled boards, gilt-decorated and -lettered spines, t.e.g. With illustrated titles in some vols. and in-text illustrations throughout. Light rubbing to boards; spines darkened; hinges tender. $200-400 124 SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM Three fine press editions of Shakespeare plays, including Much Ado About Nothing. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1917. 8vo, quarter vellum over gilt-stamped blue paper. Limited printing, designed by E. Byrne Hackett. Only copy published. Soiling to boards. Die Tragische Geschichte von Hamlet Prinzen von Daenemark. New York: Gordon Craig, 1972. Folio, quarter vellum over printed boards, slipcase. Facsimile edition of 1929 edition. Soiling to boards. The Complete King Lear. Berkeley, Los Angeles, and London: University of California Press, (1989). 3 vols. in one. Printed paper wraps, cloth clamshell case with paper pastedown label, string ties. Light soiling. $100-200

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125 SPENCE, JOSEPH Anecdotes, Observations, and Characters, of Books and Men. London: W.H. Carpenter, 1820.

8vo, original 3/4 brown morocco over marbled boards, gilt-tooled and -lettered spine, t.e.g. Extraillustrated, with 77 portrait engravings, one handcolored. Rubbing to boards; offsetting from plates; scattered light foxing. $200-400

126 ALKEN, HENRY [Original Drawings and Sketches.] S.l.: s.n., n.d. A collection of seven original sketches, three color, four signed, each mounted in a mat. Oblong 4to, gilt-lettered and decorated red morocco, a.e.g. Minor wear to boards; light foxing to some plates. Property from a Private Collection $500-700 127 ALKEN, HENRY Henry Alken’s Scrap Book. London: McLean, 1824.

Oblong 8vo, original quarter green cloth over decorative boards, paper title label to front cover, pale yellow endpapers. With 20 engraved color plates. One of the rarer scrapbooks by Alken, depicting heads of people and animals, hunting scenes, and dog and cock fights. Wear to boards; spine deteriorating; marginal foxing and light offsetting from plates. Property from a Private Collection $400-600

128 BUTLER, SAMUEL The Way of all Flesh. London: Grant Richards, 1903.

8vo, publisher’s gilt-lettered red cloth, red cloth slipcase. First edition with misprint on p. 352 and 12 pp. of publisher’s advertisements at rear. Fading to spine; ends bumped; light soiling to slipcase; hinges starting. Property from the Collection of the DeBruyn Family, Holland, Michigan $200-400 129 CRUIKSHANK, GEORGE Cruikshankiana, an Assemblage of the Most Celebrated Works of George Cruikshank... London: Edward Lumley, 1835.

Folio, publisher’s quarter cloth over green printed wraps, printed spine label. With 27 (of 68) plates. Wear and soiling to boards; contents detached from backstrip; spine label chipped and ends frayed; 2-inch portion of upper board chipped; 2-inch brown spot to margin of first plate; offsetting from plates. $100-200

130 CRUIKSHANK, GEORGE The Road to the Derby. S.l., n.d. Six raised cut-out chromolithographs by George Cruikshank depicting crowds at the horse races, in two frames. Size of frames 19 x 19 3/4 inches each. Property from a Private Collection $500-700

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131 (CRUIKSHANK, GEORGE) AINSWORTH, WILLIAM HARRISON [Illustrations to Accompany Jack Sheppard.] [London:] s.n., [1839]

8vo, bound in light blue crushed morocco, gilttooled and lettered spine, t.e.g. A complete set of 27 etchings, each signed by George Cruikshank in pencil at the bottom of plate. Some fading to boards; hinges starting; bookplate tipped in front pastedown; light foxing affecting margins of plates. Property from a Private Collection $1,000-2,000

132 (CRUIKSHANK, GEORGE) CRELL, A.F. AND W.M. WALLACE The Family Oracle of Health; Economy, Medicine, and Good Living. London: Knight and Lacey, 1824.

Vol. 1 (of 2) only. 8vo, rebound in gilt-decorated blue morocco, gilt-tooled and -lettered spine, t.e.g., decorative silk endpapers. With engraved frontispiece plate by Cruikshank. [Together with:] George Cruikshank: Mirror of an Age. By David Borowitz. Los Angeles: William Andrews Clark Memorial Library, University of California, [1971]. Thin 8vo, publisher’s printed wraps. Inscribed by the author on the f.f.e.p. John Leech: His Life and Work. By William Powell Frith. London: Richard Bentley and Son, 1891. 2 vols. 8vo, publisher’s maroon stamped cloth, gilt-lettered spines. Second edition. With numerous illustrations. (4 total) Property from a Private Collection $80-120 133 (CRUIKSHANK, GEORGE) WIGHT, JOHN Mornings at Bow Street. London: Charles Baldwyn, 1824.

12mo, 3/4 green morocco over marbled boards, giltlettered spine. With 21 illustrations by Cruikshank. Previous owner’s pencil signature to f.f.e.p. Rubbing to boards and hinges; fore-edge bumped; moderate foxing affecting title page and plates. $100-200

134 LEECH, JOHN A group of four proof engravings depicting hunting scenes, hand-colored. Comprising Come help - I say, you ugly brute!; Come away!; No consequence; and Ruggles... Size of frames 28 1/8 x 37 1/8 inches, each. Property from a Private Collection $200-400

135 (PHILLIPS, WATTS) An Accommodation Bill. London: D. Bogu, n.d. [c. 1845]

Small 8vo, decorative paper boards, rebacked. Accordion-style 18-panelled comic panorama in the manner of George Cruikshank, with 18 black and white etched plates. Light wear to boards. $300-500 136 (PUNCH) LEECH, JOHN Pictures of Life & Character from the Collection of Mr. Punch. London: Bradbury and Evans, 1856-1865.

6 vols., comprising the first through the fifth series (lacking 4th series). Oblong folio, publisher’s pictorial boards to series 2, 3 (1860) and 5, and 3/4 green morocco over blue gilt-stamped cloth to series 1 and 3 (1865). Numerous illustrations throughout. Wear and soiling to boards; front board detached from 3rd series (1865); text block detached from backstrip, 3rd series (1860); scattered foxing. Property from a Private Collection $100-200

137* (PUNCH MAGAZINE) Punch: Or the London Charivari. London: Published at the Office, 1841-1890; 1891-1946.

214 vols. A near complete run, comprising 100 vols. numbered I-C from 1841-1890 and 110 vols. from JulyDec. 1891 through July-Dec. 1946 (lacking Jan.-Jun. 1891 and 1945). 4to, publisher’s maroon cloth, upper boards gilt-stamped with central ‘Punch’ device, spines decoratively stamped and numbered in gilt. With contributions by authors and artists such as William Makepeace Thackeray, Henry Mayhew, John Leech, Richard Doyle, John Tenniel and others. Wear and fading to boards; ends and spines chipped with loss to most vols.; intermittent light foxing; hinges starting. [Together with:] Pictures from Punch. London: Bradbury & Agnew, 1904. 4 vols. 4to, 3/4 red calf over red cloth, gilt-lettered spines. With contributions by artists such as John Leech, Charles Keene, and John Tenniel. Rubbing and fading to boards; ends bumped. (214 total) Property from the Collection of Richardson and Janice Spofford and the Thomas Edward Wilson House, Chicago, Illinois $1,500-2,500

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138 (PUNCH) [Copy Book.] S.l., s.n., n.d. [c. 1858]

8vo, brown leather gilt-decorated and -lettered with the initials “H.E.W.,” a.e.g. With 60 pen-and-ink and/or pencil drawings after J. Grandville and after Punch cartoons by John Leech, John Tenniel, and others, with a watercolor coat-of-arms. Many leaves watermarked “1858.” Wear to boards; scattered light foxing. $200-400

139 (PUNCH) Grand Historical Pictures. London: Joseph Cundall and David Bogue, n.d.

Oblong 4to, 3/4 green calf over marbled boards, gilt-lettered spine. With 25 lithographs in the manner of Leech and other Punch cartoonists. Rubbing to boards; intermittent light brownspotting; “Alfred and Neatheed’s Wife” plate restored. $150-250 140 DICKENS, CHARLES The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby. London: Chapman and Hall, April, 1838 - October, 1839.

20 parts bound in 19. 8vo, original blue-green wraps. Housed in modern green cloth-backed clamshell case, gilt-lettered spine. First edition, with “visiter” for “sister,” part IV, p. 123, line 17, and “latter” for “letter,” part V, six lines up, p. 160. With 40 plates by “Phiz.” Fading to slipcase; light soiling and marginal chipping to wraps; scattered brownspotting; lacking 10 pages publisher’s advertisements to parts III and VIII; “no plates” notice but both plates present, vol. XIV; rear wrapper is variant, vol. XIX/XX. Literature: Hatton & Cleaver, pp. 131-160. $1,000-2,000 141* DICKENS, CHARLES Sketches by Boz Illustrative of Every-Day Life and Every-Day People. London: Chapman and Hall, 1839.

8vo, publisher’s original blind-stamped brown vertically ribbed cloth, gilt-lettered spine, yellow endpapers. Housed in crushed green morocco solander box. First book edition, New edition, complete. Illustrated with 40 etched plates by George Cruikshank including with frontispiece and additional vignette title. Fading to spine; ends bumped; intermittent brownspotting and light foxing. Property from the Collection of Harold Hartshorne, Jr., Lake Geneva, Wisconsin $800-1,200

142 DICKENS, CHARLES Barnaby Rudge. Philadelphia: Lea and Blanchard, 1842.

8vo, blind-stamped brown cloth, gilt-lettered spine. First American book edition. With frontispiece and wood-engraved plates throughout. Edgewear; intermittent light foxing. $100-200

143 DICKENS, CHARLES The Christmas Books, four first editions and one second edition.

The Cricket on the Hearth. London: Bradbury & Evans, 1846. The Haunted Man and The Ghost’s Bargain. London: Bradbury & Evans, 1848. The Battle of Life. A Love Story. London: Bradbury & Evans, 1846. The Chimes: a Goblin Story. London: Chapman and Hall, 1845. A Christmas Carol. London: Chapman & Hall, 1843. Second edition.

5 vols. 8vo, rebound in 3/4 green morocco over marbled boards, gilt-decorated and -lettered spines, green cloth slipcase. With 12 engraved plates total (color frontispiece to A Christmas Carol) and in-text illustrations throughout, original cloth with gilt-titles pasted to front pastedown of each volume. Minor edgewear; intermittent brownspotting. Property from the Collection of the DeBruyn Family, Holland, Michigan $300-500 144* DICKENS, CHARLES A Child’s History of England. London: Bradbury and Evans, 1852-1854.

3 vols. 12mo, publisher’s reddish brown cloth stamped in blind with gilt-illustrated centerpiece vignettes of young Alfred reading to his mother, marbled edges and endpapers. Housed in green morocco slipcase, gilt-lettered spine. First edition, with half-titles and frontispieces. Light fading to spines; ends and corners lightly bumped; otherwise fine. Property from the Collection of Harold Hartshorne, Jr., Lake Geneva, Wisconsin $600-800

145 DICKENS, CHARLES Bleak House. London: Bradbury and Evans, 1853.

8vo, rebound in 3/4 calf over brown cloth, giltlettered spine. First edition in book form, bound from the original parts. With frontispiece, additional engraved title, and 40 engraved plates by Hablot K. Browne (“Phiz”). Light wear to boards; scattered light brownspotting. $100-200 146 DICKENS, CHARLES A Tale of Two Cities. London: Chapman and Hall, 1859.

8vo, original blind-stamped green cloth. First edition, second issue with p. 213 corrected. Complete with 16 engraved plates by Hablot K. Browne (“Phiz”). Fading to boards; bookplate tipped to front pastedown; hinges starting. Property from the Collection of the DeBruyn Family, Holland, Michigan $1,000-2,000

147 DICKENS, CHARLES Our Mutual Friend. London: Chapman and Hall, 1865.

2 vols. in one. 8vo, rebound in full tree calf, gilttooled and -lettered spine, red leather spine label, a.e.g. First edition in book form, bound from the original parts with original front wrapper of part 5, and 34 pp. publisher’s advertisements bound-in at rear. Scattered brownspotting. $200-400

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148* (DICKENS, CHARLES) A group of three bibliographical reference works pertaining to Charles Dickens, housed in a green crushed morocco slipcase.

Charles Dickens as I Knew Him. The Story of the Reading Tours in Great Britain and America, (18661870). By George Dolby. London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1885. 8vo, bound by Riviere in 3/4 calf over marbled boards, gilt-tooled and -lettered spine, t.e.g. Minor rubbing to boards. Dickens. By Adolphus William Ward. London: Macmillan, 1882. 8vo, red cloth. Wear to boards; hinges starting. The Childhood and Youth of Charles Dickens. By Robert Langton. Manchester: By the Author, 1883. 8vo, gilt-lettered green cloth. Ends bumped; hinges starting. Property from the Collection of Harold Hartshorne, Jr., Lake Geneva, Wisconsin $100-200

149 BROWNING, ELIZABETH BARRETT Sonnets from the Portuguese. London: Riccardi Press, 1914.

8vo, bound by Bayntun in light blue calf, gilt-lettered spine, t.e.g. Limited edition, number 170 of 1,000 copies on Riccardi Paper. Fading to edges of boards. Property from the Collection of the DeBruyn Family, Holland, Michigan $100-200 150* BROWNING, ELIZABETH BARRETT Poems. London: Edward Moxon, 1844.

2 vols. Small 8vo, publisher’s green blind-stamped cloth, custom slipcase and chemise. 8 pp. publisher’s advertisements in the front dated January 1846. [Together with:] Aurora Leigh. London: Chapman and Hall, 1857 [1856]. 8vo, publisher’s green blind-stamped cloth, custom slipcase and chemise. First edition. Bookplates tipped in front endpapers. Property from the Collection of Harold Hartshorne, Jr., Lake Geneva, Wisconsin $300-500

151* (BURTON, RICHARD) Das Buch der tausend nachte und der einen nacht. Vienna: E.W. Stern, 1906.

18 vols. 3/4 green morocco over marbled boards, gilt-lettered brown leather spine labels, t.e.g. Minor edgewear; spines uniformly faded. Property from the Estate of Drs. George I. and Stanka K. Paprikoff, Chicago, Illinois $100-200

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152 CONRAD, JOSEPH Chance. A Tale in Two Parts. London: Methuen, (1914).

8vo, rebound in full light blue calf, gilt-decorated and -lettered spine, a.e.g., blue cloth slipcase. First edition, with 31 pp. publisher’s advertisements and original gilt-lettered green cloth binding bound-in at rear. Light scattered brownspotting. Property from the Collection of the DeBruyn Family, Holland, Michigan $200-400

153 [D’ISRAELI, ISAAC] Flim-Flams! Or the Life and Errors of My Uncle and His Friends! With Illustrations and Obscurities, by Messieurs Tag, Rag, and Bobtail. London: John Murray, 1806.

3 vols. 8vo, contemporary calf gilt-stamped with the initials “DR” surmounted by a crown to both boards, gilt-tooled and -lettered spines. Second edition, with 11 engraved plates. Edgewear and ends chipped; hinges starting; scattered light brownspotting. Property from a Private Collection $80-120 154 DOYLE, ARTHUR CONAN The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes. London: George Newnes, 1892 and 1894.

2 vols. 8vo, rebound by Bayntun in full crushed blue morocco, gilt-lettered spines, a.e.g., original pictorial cloth bindings bound-in at rear of each volume, cloth slipcase. First editions, first issues, with the “Miss Violent” misprint on page 317, and the panel on the front cover without street name (Adventures of Sherlock Holmes), and the front cover panel lacking the Southampton Street sign (Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes). Illustrated by Sidney Paget. Light wear and fading to slipcase and original cloth; otherwise fine. Property from the Collection of the DeBruyn Family, Holland, Michigan Literature: DeWaal. Green and Gibson [A10a], [A14a]. $2,000-4,000 155 DOYLE, ARTHUR CONAN The Hound of the Baskervilles. London: George Newnes, 1902.

8vo, publisher’s red pictorial cloth, upper cover with hound design stamped in gilt and black, gilt-lettered spine, red cloth slipcase. First edition, first issue, with “you” for “your” on page 13, line 3. Complete with 16 plates after Sidney Paget. Light wear to slipcase; minor fading and soiling to spine; ends bumped; ownership inscription to f.f.e.p.; hinges starting. Property from the Collection of the DeBruyn Family, Holland, Michigan $3,000-5,000

156 DOYLE, ARTHUR CONAN A group of three first editions.

Rodney Stone. London: Smith, Elder, 1896. A Duet with an Occasional Chorus. London: Grant Richards, 1899. Round the Red Lamp. London: Methuen, 1894. Property from the Collection of the DeBruyn Family, Holland, Michigan $600-800

159 157 DUMAS, ALEXANDRE The Three Musketeers. London: George Routledge and Sons, 1894.

2 vols. in one. Folio, bound by Bayntun in 3/4 crushed red morocco over cloth, gilt-lettered spine. Edition De Luxe, number 338 of 750 for the United Kingdom and British Colonies. With 250 illustrations by Maurice Leloir engraved on wood by J. Huyot. Marginal toning to some leaves; otherwise fine. Property from the Collection of the DeBruyn Family, Holland, Michigan $200-400

158 FENELON, FRANCIS The Adventures of Telemachus, the Son of Ulysses. London: A. and J. Churchill, 1707.

5 parts in one. Small 8vo, rebound in full calf. Sixth edition. Wear to boards; renewed endpapers; foxing throughout. $100-200

159 FIELDS, JAMES T. Yesterdays With Authors. London: Sampson, Low, Marston, Low and Searle, 1872.

2 vols. 8vo, bound by Sangorski and Sutcliffe in full red morocco, gilt-lettered and -tooled spines, marbled endpapers, t.e.g., portrait frontispiece, extraillustrated with 102 plates. Autograph letter signed (“James T. Fields”), 5pp., Boston, December 6, 1853, to Miss Mitford, tipped in Part 1; two original royalty checks from Ticknor and Fields, signed on the verso by contributing authors, Lydia Maria Child (Part I) and Alice Cary (Part 2), tipped into page mount, and an Mr. J.T. Fields calling card, autographed on the verso, with a note admitting a lady to an event, Hawthorne Hall, laid into Part I. Some light chipping to heads of spine. $400-600

160 HUTTON, LAURENCE Literary Landmarks of London. London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1885.

8vo, bound by Zaehnsdorf in full calf, gilt-tooled and -lettered spine, red morocco spine label, t.e.g. Extra-illustrated edition with 91 plates. Inscribed and signed by Hutton on the f.f.e.p. Light rubbing to boards; bookplate tipped to f.f.e.p.; offsetting from plates. $200-400

161 IRVING, WASHINGTON A History of the Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus. London: John Murray, 1828.

4 vols. 8vo, rebound in 3/4 dark green morocco over marbled boards, gilt-decorated and -lettered spines, t.e.g. First English edition. Lacking both foldout maps; intermittent light brownspotting; light edgewear. $200-400 162 IRVING, WASHINGTON The Sketch-Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. New York and London: G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 1895.

2 vols. 8vo, publisher’s white cloth stamped in gilt and blue, gilt-lettered spines, t.e.g. Van Tassel edition. Illustrated throughout. Light soiling to boards; toning to edges of leaves. $200-400

163 (KIPLING, RUDYARD) NICHOLSON, WILLIAM An Almanac of Twelve Sports. With Words by Rudyard Kipling. New York: R.H. Russell, 1899.

Folio, original cloth pictorial boards. Third impression, with two leaves containing a complete calendar for 1898, followed by 12 full-page illustrations by Nicholson for each month, with text by Kipling. Light wear and soiling to boards; minor offsetting from illustrations. $200-400 164 KIPLING, RUDYARD Captains Courageous: A Story of the Grand Banks. London and New York: MacMillan, 1897.

8vo, publisher’s pictorially gilt-stamped and -lettered blue cloth. First edition. Minor edgewear; ends bumped; light intermittent foxing. Property from the Collection of the DeBruyn Family, Holland, Michigan $100-200

165 MAUGHAM, W. SOMERSET Of Human Bondage. London: William Heinemann, 1931.

8vo, publisher’s green cloth lettered in black, pictorial dust jacket, housed in green cloth clamshell case. 3/6 Library edition, third impression. Inscribed and signed by Maugham on half-title. Rare dust jacket with the same illustration used on the suppressed British first edition, featuring the novel’s main character, Philip Carey. The dust jacket was replaced on the first edition because the artist had drawn the character’s club foot on the wrong leg. Thus, this illustration is scarce. Ends bumped; jacket lightly soiled and torn with loss to spine and edges; hinges starting. Property from the Collection of the DeBruyn Family, Holland, Michigan $600-800

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168 166 STEVENSON, ROBERT LOUIS St. Ives: Being The Adventures of a French Prisoner in England. London: William Heinemann, 1898.

8vo, bound by Bayntun in full red calf gilt-decorated and -lettered spine, gilt-inner dentelles, a.e.g., red cloth slipcase. First edition. Fine. [Together with:] Kidnapped, Being Memoirs of the Adventures of David Balfour in the Year 1751. London: Cassell, 1886. 8vo, bound by Bayntun in full blue calf, gilt-decorated and -lettered spine, gilt-inner dentelles, a.e.g. First edition, with folding map frontispiece. Light fading to boards. Property from the Collection of the DeBruyn Family, Holland, Michigan $200-400

167 SWIFT, JONATHAN Gulliver’s Travels. London: J. Walker, 1815.

12mo, full calf, gilt-lettered and -decorated spine. Later edition, with engraved frontispiece and extraengraved title page. Wear to boards with chipping to spine; intermittent foxing. $100-200

168 TROLLOPE, ANTHONY Marion Fay. London: Chapman & Hall, 1882.

3 vols. 12mo, burnt orange-ochre cloth, gilt-lettered spines, floral designs in black on upper and lower covers. First edition in book form. Soiling to boards; hinges starting. $100-200

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169 TROLLOPE, ANTHONY The Last Chronicle of Barset. London: Smith, Elder, 1867.

2 vols. 8vo, original blue cloth, rebacked, with gilt-stamped vignette of a church pasted to upper covers, original giltdecorated spines and rear covers retained, pale yellow endpapers. First edition in book form bound from the original parts, with stab-holes visible. With 31 (of 32) wood-engraved plates and 32 initial vignettes by G.H. Thomas. Soiling to boards; loss to spine, vol. 1; intermittent light foxing. $500-700

169A* WALPOLE, HORACE Anecdotes of Painting in England... Strawberry Hill: Thomas Kirgate, 1765-1771.

4 vols. 8vo, diced calf, gilt-decorated and -lettered spines. Second edition. Illustrated with engravings throughout. Upper boards detached; offsetting from plates; scattered brownspotting. [Together with:] A Catalogue of Engravers, Who have been born or resided in England…Strawberry-Hill: Thomas Kirgate, 1765. Wear to boards; hinges starting; offsetting from plates. Property from the Collection of Harold Hartshorne, Jr., Lake Geneva, Wisconsin $100-200

170 WALTON, IZAAK AND CHARLES COTTON The Complete Angler. London and Edinburgh: Charles Tilt and J. Menzies, 1837.

2 vols. 32mo, gilt-decorated red morocco, gilt-lettered spines, a.e.g. First American edition, with half-titles, engraved frontispieces, and 10 pp. publisher’s advertisements to rear of vol. 2. Minor edgewear; armorial bookplate tipped to front pastedown, both vols.; scattered brownspotting. $200-400

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