GOLDEN COCKEREL PRESS. The Wedding Songs of Edmund Spenser. With 2 coloured woodcuts by Ethelbert White. 1923. One of 320 copies. 12s. 6d. 268 GOLDEN COCKEREL PRESS. Travels into Several Remote Nations of the 269 World. By Lemuel Gulliver. Illustrated with hand-coloured wood-engravings by David Jones. 2 vols., 4to. As £3 35. NEW. One of 480 numbered copies. Unexpurgated text. GOLDEN COCKEREL PRESS. The History of Pompey the Little; or, Life and 270 With woodcut frontispiece and tail-piece by David Jones. 1926. 18s. 6d. paper. GOLDEN COCKEREL PRESS. The Metamorphosis of Pigmalions Image. By 271 12s. 6d. GOLDEN COCKEREL PRESS. The Fables of Æsop. Translated by Sir Roger 272 L'Estrange, Kt. One of 350 numbered copies. Illustrated with woodcuts by Celia M. Fiennes. Roy. 8vo. 1926. 17s. 6d. GOLDING (L.). Luigi of Catanzaro. FIRST EDITION. 1926. 4to., original wrappers. FINE COPY. 273 IOS. 6d. GOODEN (Stephen). A Proof of the engraved frontispiece to Moore's "Ulick 274 and Soracha," pulled before steeling the plate. Second state, as published in the book. Signed by the artist. Of this state six proofs only were pulled. £3 35. GOODEN (Stephen). A Proof of the third and final state of the engraved frontis- 275 piece to Moore's" Ulick and Soracha," pulled after the printing of the book, the steel facing having been removed. Of this state, three signed pulls only were made. £5 55. The tone of the whole engraving has been reduced to a flatness more consistent with moonlight and the scene is lower in tone without sacrificing brilliance and sharpness. The Library of Edmund GOSSE. Being a Descriptive and Bibliographical Catalogue 276 of a Portion of His Collection. Compiled by E. H. M. Cox. With an Introductory Essay by [Sir] Edmund Gosse. Portrait. 8vo. Dulau & Company, 1924. 18s. net. Will become a necessary book of reference for students of Restoration literature. A catalogue of special value... delightful reading even for the non-bibliographically minded."-OUTLOOK. "One of the most delightful bibliographical works published for many years." -LONDON MERCURY. GOSSE (Philip). The Pirate's Who's Who. Giving Particulars of the Lives and 277 Deaths of the Pirates and Buccaneers. Illustrated. Cr. 8vo. Dulau & Company, 1924. IOS. net. This interesting and amusing book was one of the best and most widely reviewed books of its year. 278 GRAHAM (R. B. Cunninghame). The Imperial Kailyard. FIRST EDITION. 1896. Original wrappers. GOOD COPY. £2 105. This is probably the rarest of the author's works. The bibliographer was unable to describe it because he could not locate a copy. It is a socialist pamphlet published at one penny. 279 GRAHAM (R. B. Cunninghame). Thirteen Stories. FIRST EDITION. 1900. FINE COPY. 280 GRAHAM (R. B. Cunninghame). A Hatchment. FIRST EDITION. 1913. FINE COPY. £3 35. £1 58. A very uncommon issue of the first edition. The binding is the publisher's but differs from the regular issue in being bound in blue cloth and having the device (which does not appear in the ordinary issue) on the front cover, the lettering on the spine and the device on the back cover stamped in white instead of in gilt and blind. Probably a trial copy. The advertisements at the end are entirely different and are sixteen pages instead of twenty. 281 GRAHAM (R. B. Cuninghame). A Brazilian Mystic. The Life and Miracles of Antonio Conselheiro. FIRST EDITION. 1920. Roy. 8vo. £5 With a long eleven-line inscription in the author's hand, signed, on the fly-leaf. Inserted is a 1 page A.L.s. from the author and, on the last page of the text, a verbal error corrected by him. 282 GRAHAM (R. B. Cunninghame). Cartagena and the Banks of the Sinu. Frontispiece. FIRST EDITION. N.D. [1921]. FINE COPY, in original jacket. £2 155. This is one of a limited, numbered edition published at the request of the Anglo-Spanish Society for distribution among its principal subscribers. 283 GRAHAM (R. B. Cunninghame). Doughty Deeds. Illustrated. FIRST EDITION. 1925. FINE COPY, in the original dust wrapper. 284 Robert Bontine Cunninghame GRAHAME. A Bibliography of the First Editions of the Works of, Compiled, with a Foreword, by Leslie Chaundy. 12mo., paper boards. Dulau and Company, 1924. 2s. 6d. net. Printed in Garamond type on hand-made paper in a limited edition of 500 numbered copies. 285 [GRAHAM (James)]. Poems in English, Scotch and Latin. 8vo., original boards, uncut. FIRST EDITION. Paisley, printed by J. Neilson for the author, 1794. £5 55. AN EXCEPTIONALLY FINE COPY, with the boards practically_undamaged. With the autograph of Mr. John Drinkwater and a note in his hand. Enclosed in a cloth case which bears Mr. Drinkwater's bookplate. 286 GRAMMONT. Mémoires du Comte de Grammont. Par Le C. Antoine Hamilton. Edition orneé de LXXII. portraits, gravés d'apres lestable aux originaux. 4to., contemporary scarlet morocco, with raised bands on back, gilt tooling on back and sides, and gilt edges (by HERING). London, N.D. [circa 1795]. A FINE COPY, from the Wrest Park library. £8.8s. 287 The GRAND-JURY-MAN'S Oath and Office Explained: and the Rights of English-Men Asserted. A Dialogue between A Barrister at Law and AGrandJury-Man. Sm. 4to., unbound. 1680. 45. [GRAY (Thomas)]. An Elegy written in a Country Church-Yard. The Fifth Edition, corrected. Six leaves (size 61 in. by 4 inches), old-style mottled calf, gilt. London: Printed And Dublin: Re-printed for Sarah Cotter, under Dick's Coffee-House in Skinner-Row, 1751. The advertisement says:— £12 125. AN EXCEEDINGLY RARE PIRATED EDITION. "The following Poem came into my hands by Accident if the general Approbation with which this little Piece has been spread, may be call'd by so slight a term as Accident. It is this Approbation which makes it unnecessary for me to make any apology but to the Author: As he cannot but feel some Satisfaction in having pleased so many Readers already, I flatter myself he will forgive my communicating that Pleasure to many more." GRAY. The Poems of Mr. Gray. With Notes by Gilbert Wakefield, B.A. 8vo., original boards, uncut, back broken. London: G. Kearsley, 1786. A very interesting copy, originally owned by William Mason, the poet, and friend of Gray. On page 185 Mason has written and signed with his initials, a note of six lines giving what he had heard was Gray's objection to a certain line in the "Elegy." The volume is enclosed in a linen portfolio. GREGYNOG PRESS. Chosen Essays by Edward Thomas. £4 45. With woodcuts by R. A. Maynard. Newtown, 1926. 4to., original buckram. NEW. One of 350 numbered copies. A very handsome well-printed volume. 288 289 290 [HABINGTON (William)]. Castara. Carmina non prius Audita, Musarum 291 sacerdos Virginibus. The third edition. Corrected and augmented. Engraved title-page. Duodecimo, polished calf, gilt back, gilt edges (by BEDFORD). London, Printed by T. Cotes, for Will. Cooke, 1640. With the bookplates of the Huth Library,Dr. Marion Cox, and Mr. John Drinkwater. There is a long note in the latter's hand. The third portion of this edition of Castara' appeared here for the first time. HAIR DRESSING. Plocacosmos; or, the Whole Art of Hair Dressing; wherein 292 With tinted frontispiece and full-page Copper-plates. Large 8vo., original boards, A REMARKABLY FINE COPY, rare in this condition. HALL. Poems, By John Hall. £3 10s. With portrait (by Marshall), exceedingly skilfully mounted by Riviere. Sm. 8vo., original calf. Cambridge, Printed by Roger Daniel, Printer to the Universitie, 1646. £13 135. 293 THE FIRST EDITION, RARE. With the Bridgwater Library and Drinkwater bookplates. Has a long note by, and the autograph of, John Drinkwater. Some of the divine poems in this volume were included in "Emblems with Elegant Figures newly published. By J. H., Esq." (1648). The volume was reprinted at the Lee Priory Press in 1816. HARRIS (F.). Elder Conklin, and other Stories. FIRST EDITION. New York, 1894. FINE COPY. 294 £2 25. 295 16s. 296 HARRIS (Frank). Shakespeare and His Love. FIRST ISSUE OF THE FIRST EDITION. 297 HARRIS (F.). Great Days. 1910. FINE. FIRST EDITION. 1914. FINE COPY. 12s. 6d. £2 25. With long eight-line signed inscription from the author, dated “ This 14th day of May in 1914, year of ill-omen." A FINE AND TOTALLY UNCUT COPY OF THE FIRST EDITION. From Mr. Drinkwater's library, with his autograph and bookplate. 299 HAWKER (Rev. R. S., Morwenstow). Ecclesia-a Volume of Poems. 8vo. Oxford, 1840 300 HASLEWOOD BOOKS. The Phoenix Nest. 1593. Now reprinted, 1926. Limited, numbered edition of 500 copies. IOS. 6d. 18s. 301 HASLEWOOD BOOKS. The Theatre of Apollo, an entertainment written by Sir John Beaumont in 1625. Now first published 1926. One of 250 numbered copies. Edited by W. W. Greg. 8s. 6d. 302 HEATH. Clarastella; Together with Poems occasional, Elegies, Epigrams, Satyrs. By Robert Heath, Esquire. Duodecimo, olive morocco, gilt, gilt edges. London, Printed for Humph. Moseley, Except for two minor repairs in B6 and G3, A FINE AND VERY PRETTY COPY OF THE RARE FIRST EDITION. From the Britwell Court and Drinkwater libraries, with a long manuscript note by Mr. Drinkwater. 303 HEBER (Bishop). Hymns, written and adapted to the Weekly Church Service of the Year. FIRST EDITION. 8vo., uncut, in original boards, with label. 1827. IOS. 6d. 304 HERBERT. The Life of Mr. George Herbert. Written by Izaack Walton. To which are added some Letters Written by Mr. George Herbert, at his being in Cambridge with others to his Mother, the Lady Magdalen Herbert: Written by John Donne, afterwards Dean of St. Paul's. etc. Portrait. Sm. 8vo., crushed morocco, extra (by Lloyd). 1670. £5 55. A FINE COPY OF THE FIRST EDITION. From the Drinkwater collection, with bookplate, 305 HENLEY (W. E.). Hawthorn and Lavender. FIRST EDITION. 8vo. NICE COPY. 1901. With the autograph and bookplate of Mr. John Drinkwater and a note in his hand. 306 HENLEY (W. E.). Burns. IOS. Portrait. FIRST EDITION. 1898. Bound in buckram, top edges gilt, other edges uncut, original wrappers bound in. Mr. John Drinkwater's copy, with his autograph. IOS. 6d. 307 HERGESHEIMER (J.). Linda Condon. FIRST EDITION. New York, 1919. FINE COPY. 17s. 6d. HERGESHEIMER (J.). The Lay Anthony. Second edition. New York, 1919. FINE COPY. 308 The author has scratched through his name on the title-page and autographed it. This copy is extra-illustrated by the insertion of three portraits of the author. £2 25. From the library of John Drinkwater, with his autograph and bookplate. HERRICK (Robert). Select Poems from the Hesperides, with remarks by J. Nott. 309 Portrait, sm. 8vo., half roan, lacking half-title. Bristol, [1810]. LI IS. HEWLETT (M.). New Canterbury Tales. FIRST EDITION. 310 1901. NICE COPY. Loosely inserted is an autograph post card, signed, from the author referring to a MS. 17s. 6d. HIGH HOUSE PRESS. Some Sonnets and Songs of Petrarch. Now done into 311 English by W. J. Hibett. Shaftesbury, 1926. One of 105 numbered copies. 8s. 6d. HIGH HOUSE PRESS. Twenty Songs by William Shenstone. 312 8s. 6d. One of 192 numbered copies. 313 8s. 6d. HODGSON (R.). The Bull. Illustrated by Lovat Fraser. FIRST EDITION. Flying Fame, 1913. 12mo., original wrappers. FINE COPY HORATII flacci lyrici poetae opera. Cum quattuor comentariis, et figuris nup additis. 314 Fine woodcut on title-page, and others in the text. Folio, calf, blind tooled and gilt, speckled edges. Venice, Philippum pincium Mantuanum, 1509. £6 10s. Ebert No. 10,135. From the bibliography of the Duc de Rivoli this edition appears to be identical with that of 1505. The woodcuts are interesting, that on page 82 showing a new mode of breaking up a black surface before cross-hatching was practised. This copy is a LARGE AND CLEAN EXAMPLE, though there are a few small wormholes in places. HORATI Carminum Libri IV. 315 With coloured head and tail pieces by VERA WILLOUGHBY. 1926. Loosely inserted is a 4 pp. 8vo. A.L.s. from the author to Henry Davray sending him a drawing. An interesting letter: “I hear now and again from Oscar [Wilde] : just now he seems to be in very happy circumstances... HOUSMAN (L.). Echo de Paris. FIRST EDITION. 1923. NEW, in jacket. One of 250 numbered copies on hand-made paper, signed by the author. HOWITT (William and Mary). The Forest Minstrel, and other Poems. 318 15s. 319 7s. 6d. 320 £I IS. |