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321 HUDSON (W. H.). Adventures Among Birds.

Portrait. FIRST EDITION.

1913. FINE COPY.

322 HUDSON (W. H.). Green Mansions. A Romance of the Tropical Forest. Illustrated with woodcuts by Keith Henderson. 1926.

155.

322a IDEM. One of 150 numbered copies on hand-made paper, signed by the artist.

£2 25.

323 [HUEFFER]. FORD M. FORD. Joseph Conrad. A Personal Remembrance. Portrait. FIRST EDITION. 1924. FINE COPY, in dust wrapper.

7s. 6d.

324 [HUEFFER]. F. M. FORD. No More Parades. FIRST EDITION. 1925. NEW, in jacket.

12s. 6d.

325 [HUGHES (William, Preacher to S. Thomas' Hospital, Southwark)]. A Discourse of Pluralities; (with the Appendant Non-Residence) Evincing the Great Evil in Taking, And Necessary Duty of Forsaking Them: By him that would approve himself a faithful Minister of God.

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326 HUME (Alexander). English Songs and Ballads.

FIRST EDITION. Damp spotted in places. Post 8vo. 1838.
With autograph and bookplate of John Drinkwater.

327 HUMPHREYS (A. L.). Old Decorative Maps and Charts.

3s. 6d.

65.

With 80 illustrations in colour and monochrome. 4to., original buckram. NEW. 1926.

£3 13s. 6d.

Limited, numbered edition. Beautiful reproductions of old maps; a bibliography and a list of the famous Macpherson collection.

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329 HUXLEY (A.). The Burning Wheel.

FIRST EDITION. Oxford, 1916. Original wrappers. NICE COPY.
The author's first book.

£5 155.

330 HUXLEY (A.). Leda.

FIRST EDITION.

1920. 4to. NICE COPY.

£1 55.

331 [HUXLEY (A.)].

A Virgin Heart by Remy de Gourmont. Translated by Aldous

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Huxley.

FIRST EDITION.

332 HUXLEY (A.). Little Mexican.

FIRST EDITION. 1924. NEW, in jacket.

333 HUXLEY (Aldous). Essays New and Old.

FIRST EDITION. 1926. NEW, in dust wrapper.

£2 25.

One of 600 numbered copies, signed by the author and printed at the Florence Press.

334 HUXLEY (A.). Jesting Pilate.

335

Illustrated. FIRST EDITION. 1926. AS NEW, with dust wrapper.

16s.

IRELAND (Sir Thomas). An Exact Abridgment in English of the eleven books of
Reports of Sir Edward Coke, Lord Chiefe Justice.

12mo., calf. 1650.

IOS.

Antiquities of IRELAND. By Edward Ledwich, LL.B.

With 37 full-page engravings, frontispiece, vignette title-page, and a folding plate of the "taking of the Earl of Ormond" in two states, plain and coloured. 4to., contemporary olive morocco, extra, gilt edges. A BEAUTIFUL COPY. Dublin, 1790. £3 3s.

336

ISOCRATIS SCRIPTA, quae quidem nunc extant, omnia, Graecolatina postremo 337 recog: H. Wolfio interp.

Thick sm. 8vo., old calf. Basil., 1594.

JACKSON (H.). The Eternal Now.

FIRST EDITION.

1900. Wrappers. FINE COPY.

IOS.

338

7s. 6d.

The Character of a JACOBITE, By what Name or Title soever Dignified or Dis- 339 tinguish'd. Written by a Person of Quality.

Sm. 4to., marbled boards. London, Printed for the Author, 1690.

JAGO (Richard). Edge-Hill-a Poem in four books.

FINE COPY OF THE FIRST EDITION.

IOS. 6d.

340

£2 25.

4to., tree calf, red edges, by RIVIERE. 1767. From the library of John Drinkwater, with his autograph and bookplate. The book is interesting as being an early example of the description of local scenery in English verse.

JAMES (H.). A Little Tour in France.

Illustrated by JOSEPH PENNELL. FIRST EDITION.

1900.

341

12s. 6d.

JAMES (Henry). Notes and Reviews. A Series of 25 Papers, hitherto unpublished 342 in book form.

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Limited, numbered edition of 470 copies, signed by the author.

£1 55.

343

£1 55.

JOANNES GRAMMATICUS in Libros de Generatione, et interitu. Alexander 344 Aphrodisiensis in Meteorologica. Idem de Mixtione.

Folio, crimson levant, gilt, with raised bands on back, vellum ends, and gilt edges.
Venetiis in Aedibus Aldi, et Andrea Asulani Soceri, 1527.

£8

A LARGE, CLEAN and fine COPY OF THE FIRST EDITION. Has the Aldus device at

beginning and end.

JOHNSON (Capt. C.). A General History of the Robberies and Murders of the 345 Most Notorious Pirates.

Illustrated. 1926. Sm. 4to. NEW.

The complete and unabridged text of the original edition.

£1 55.

JOHNSON (L.). Poems

346

FIRST EDITION. 1895. Original boards, slightly damaged and soiled.
Mr. John Drinkwater's copy, with his bookplate and autograph.

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JOHNSON (Samuel). Poetical Works. Now first collected in One Volume.
Sm. 8vo., half old-style calf, gilt, with marbled sides. 1785.

347

£2 105.

The title-page is slightly torn.

A Bibliography of Samuel JOHNSON, by W. P. Courtney and D. N. Smith. 348 Illustrated. Oxford, 1925. FINE COPY.

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349 JONES (Henry). Merit. A Poem inscribed to the Right Hon. Philip Earl of Chesterfield.

FIRST EDITION. 4to., boards, cloth back. 1753.

With signature and bookplate of John Drinkwater.

1914. AS NEW, in original dust wrapper.

350 JOYCE (James). Dubliners.

FIRST EDITION.

With the author's autograph and the date "24/X./1917, Locarno:

written on the fly-leaf.

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£4 10S. Switzerland”

£2 26.

352 JUNTA PRESS. Ordo Baptizandi et Alia Sacramenta Administrandi, ex Romanae Ecclesiae Ritu.

353

Printed in red and black, with musical notations. Engravings in the text. Sm. 8vo., original limp vellum, encased in a further binding of divinity calf, gilt. Venice, Apud Juntas, 1596.

£2 25. A few margins wormed, but on the whole a GOOD CRISP COPY of an interesting specimen of typography from this famous press.

KAYE-SMITH (S.). John Galsworthy.

Frontispiece. FIRST EDITION. 1916. FINE COPY.

354 KEATS (John). Three Essays.

FIRST EDITION. 1889. 4to., original wrappers. FINE COPY.

12s. 6d.

£2 108.

One of 50 numbered copies printed for private distribution by H. Buxton Forman. This copy has the death mask portrait loosely inserted. Enclosed in a buckram case bearing the bookplate of Mr. John Drinkwater. Also his autograph and a bibliographical note in his hand.

355 KEATS (John). Odes.

With decorative woodcuts by Vivien Gribble. 1923. Original boards, with canvas back. FINE COPY.

IOS. 6d.

One of 150 numbered copies printed on hand-made paper at the Curwen Press. 356 Letters of John KEATS to his family and friends. Edited by Sidney Colvin. Frontispiece. 1925. NEW.

357 [KEBLE (John)]. Lyra Innocentium. Thoughts in Verse. FIRST EDITION. Post 8vo. Oxford, 1846.

8s. 6d.

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From the library of John Drinkwater, with his autograph signature and bookplate. 358 KELLNER (L.). Restoring Shakespeare. A critical analysis of the misreadings. Facsimiles and plates. 1925. New.

IOS. 6d.

359 [KER (Patrick)]. Flosculum Poeticum. Poems Divine and Humane, Panegyrical, Satyrical, Ironical. By P. K.

Two curious plates. Sm. 4to. (6 in. by 3 in.), nineteenth century polished calf, gilt, gilt edges. 1684.

£6 105.

From the Huth and Drinkwater collections,

A GOOD COPY OF THE FIRST EDITION.
with bookplates, and a note by Mr. Drinkwater.

Patrick Ker was probably a Scottish Episcopalian who migrated to London during the reign of Charles II. He wrote ultra-loyalist verse, among his works being “The Grand Politician," 1691.

360 KER (W. P.). Collected Essays. Edited, with an Introduction by Charles Whibley. £1 58.

2 vols. 1925. NEW.

KINGSLEY (Charles). The Saint's Tragedy; or, the true story of Elizabeth of 361

Hungary.

Post 8vo.

1848.

From the library of John Drinkwater, with his autograph and bookplate.

KINGSLEY (Charles). Andromeda; and other Poems.

FIRST EDITION.

Post 8vo. 1858.

10s. 6d.

362

15s.

363

£2 25.

John Drinkwater's copy, with his autograph and bookplate.
KIPLING (Rudyard). Proof of a Letter written to Joseph Conrad in 1906.

This proof differs from the published form, as catalogued in No. 116 in having the
The letter is published for the first time.
wrapper of the same material as the text.
LAFONTAINE (J. de). Contes et Nouvelles en Vers.

£22

2 vols., with 2 engraved titles by Vidal, portrait of Moliere after Ficquet, 2 fleurons, unsigned, on the titles, 43 culs de lampe, and 80 engravings after EISEN. 8vo., in a very handsome, gold-tooled binding, with gilt panelled back, of contemporary green morocco, in the FINEST POSSIBLE STATE. [Paris], 1777. NICE COPY. 1794. 15s. LANGHORNE (Dr.). The Fables of Flora. Illustrated by Stothard. John Drinkwater's copy, with his bookplate, autograph signature and long note in his handwriting.

Cr. 8vo., old crimson morocco.

FIRST EDITION. 1926. Wrappers. One of 500 copies.

LAWRENCE (D. H.).

Glad Ghosts.

LAWRENCE (D. H.). Sun.

FIRST EDITION. 1926. 4to., original wrappers. FINE COPY.
One of 100 numbered copies on hand-made paper.

LEFANU (Alicia, niece of R. B. Sheridan). Rosara's Chain. A Poem.

364

365

366

6s.

366A

8s. 6d.

367

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With full-page engravings after H. Corbould. Post 8vo., boards. 1812. From John Drinkwater's library, with his signature and bookplate. [L'ESTRANGE (Sir Roger)]. Citt and Bumpkin. In a Dialogue over A Pot of 369 Ale, concerning Matters of Religion and Government.

Sm. 4to., boards. 1680.

Sm. 4to., boards. 1680.

L'ESTRANGE'S Case In a Civil Dialogue Betwixt Zekiel and Ephraim.

9s.

370

9s.

L'ESTRANGE. A Further Discovery of the Plot: Dedicated to Dr. Titus Oates, 371 By Roger L'Estrange.

4to., boards. 1680.

LEONARD. Le Temple de Gnide. Imité de Montesquieu.

95.

372

With frontispiece and eleven other engravings after Desrais, engraved by Demonchy, Levillain and Patas. 8vo., full crushed crimson levant, gilt back, inside gilt roll. FINE COPY. Paris, Dufour, 1776.

£10 10s.

This copy is entirely uncut, a very unusual state in which to find French eighteenth century books. It gives the plates the full advantage of their original wide margins. [LILBURNE (John)]? Plaine Truth without Feare Or Flattery; or, a True Dis- 373 covery of the Unlawfulnesse of the Presbyterian Government, it being inconsistent with Monarchy, and the People's Liberties. Also a Vindication of His Excellency Sir Thomas Fairfax. Written by I. L.

Sm. 4to., boards, title-page slightly shaved at foot. 164

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374 [LLWLYN (Martin)]. Men-Miracles. With other Poems. By M. Ll. St. of Ch. Ch. in Oxon.

Sm. 8vo., original panelled calf, rebacked. 1646.

THE FIRST EDITION, RARE. With a note by, and the bookplate of, John Drinkwater.

375 LLOYD (Robert). Poems.

FIRST EDITION. 4to., half calf, name on title. 1762.
With autograph and bookplate of John Drinkwater.

376 LOCKE (W. J.). The Glory of Clementina Wing.
FIRST EDITION. 1911. NICE COPY.

Loosely inserted is a 1 page 4to. A.L.s. from the author.

377 LOVAT FRASER (C.). The Court of the Printer's Guild. FIRST EDITION. N.D. [1914]. Original wrappers. NICE COPY. The first issue, with the envelope and the extra colour-plate.

£12

£1 105.

12s. 6d.

£1 155.

378 LOVAT FRASER. Nine Songs from the 12th Century French. Translated by C. C. Abbott.

Decorated by LOVAT FRASER. FIRST EDITION. Wrappers. N.D. [1920].

379 LYELL (J. P. R.). Early Book Illustration in Spain.

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With coloured frontispiece and 247 other illustrations. 1926. 4to. NEW.
One of 500 numbered copies.

£3 35.

380 LYTTELTON. Letters of the late Lord Lyttelton.

2 vols. in 1, thick post 8vo., contemporary calf, back richly gilt. 1780-1782.

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By Thomas, the second Lord Lyttelton. A neat copy of the FIRST EDITION, from the Syston Park and Drinkwater collections, with bookplates.

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383 MACHIAVELLI. I Sette Libri dell' Arte della Guerra di Nicolo Machiavelli Cittadino, et Secretario Fiorentino. Novamente Corretti, e con summa diligenza ristampati. Sm. 8vo., original calf. 1587.

155.

Fragments of a nice old vellum manuscript have been used as end-papers.

384 MACKENZIE (Compton). Carnival.

FIRST EDITION. 1912. NICE COPY.

385 MACNAMARA (Brinsley). In Clay and in Bronze.

FIRST EDITION. New York, 1920. FINE COPY.
Presentation copy, signed, from the author.

386 MACNAMARA (B.). The Clanking of Chains.
FIRST EDITION. Dublin, 1920. NICE COPY.

Autographed by the author. This author's first book "The Valley of Squinting Windows "caused a sensation in Dublin and was the subject of an amusing, though abortive law-suit.

387 The MARIONETTE. January 6th to December 24th, 1918. Nos. 1 to 12 (all published).

Original gold wrappers, with index leaf. FINE set.

£335.

This scarce little periodical of Mr. Gordon Craig's is devoted entirely to Marionettes and their theatres. This set is enclosed in a buckram box case.

£2 105.

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