WHITEHEAD (Paul). Manners: A Satire. 607 LI IS. With the autograph and bookplate of WHITEHEAD (Paul). Poems and Miscellaneous Compositions, with Notes on his Writings and Life by Capt. E. Thompson. Post 8vo., original calf. Dublin, 1777. 608 From John Drinkwater's library, with his autograph and bookplate. Folio, boards. 1741. WHITEHEAD (William). The Danger of Writing Verse: An Epistle. 15s. 609 LI IS. THE FIRST EDITION, entirely uncut. With the bookplate and autograph of Mr. John Drinkwater. WHITEHEAD (William). An Essay on Ridicule. Folio, boards. 1743. 610 LI IS. With autograph and bookplate of John Drinkwater. THE FIRST edition. With the autograph and bookplate of Mr. John Drinkwater. THE FIRST EDITION, entirely uncut. With the bookplate and autograph of Mr. John 611 LI IS. WHITEHEAD (William). Ann Boleyn to Henry the Eighth. An Epistle. 1743. A FINE UNCUT COPY OF THE FIRST EDITION. With the bookplate and autograph of Mr. John Drinkwater. WHITEHEAD (William). An Hymn to the Nymph of Bristol Spring. 612 LI IS. 2 engravings by Boitard. FIRST EDITION. 4to., boards, cloth back. Dodsley, London, 1751. WHITEHEAD (William). Elegies. With an Ode to the Tiber. Written Abroad. 613 4to., boards. 1757. 155. WHITEHEAD (William). Verses to the People of England. 1758. 614 4to., boards. 1758. 15s. THE FIRST EDITION. With the autograph and bookplate of John Drinkwater. WILDE (O.). Salomé. 615 FIRST EDITION. Paris, 1893. Half blue morocco, gilt, top edge gilt, other edges £2 105. uncut. The first edition, written in French, of which only 500 copies were for sale. WILKES (John). The Speeches of Mr. Wilkes in the House of Commons. 8vo., original boards, entirely uncut. 1786. 616 £2 10s. Contains Wilkes' speeches opposing the Government in the struggle with America. Two broadsheets by Wilkes are loosely inserted. RARE IN THIS REMARKABLY FINE STATE. WOLFE (Humbert). Humoresque. FIRST EDITION. 1926. NEW, in jacket. 18s. 619 WOLFE (Humbert). News of the Devil. FIRST EDITION. 1926. New, in jacket. 620 One of 250 copies signed by the author. 12s. 6d. 621 WOLTER (F.) and W. BURGER. Die Mittelalterliche Holzplastik. With 100 plates. Munich, 1924. New. 133 A well illustrated history of German woodcarvings and statuary in the Middle Art 622 WOOLF (L.). Stories of the East. FIRST EDITION. Richmond. AS NEW. 6 623 YEARSLEY (Ann). Poems on Several Occasions, by a Milkwoman of Brist Entirely uncut copy of the FIRST EDITION. 4to., newly bound, boards, cloth back 1785. With autograph and bookplate of John Drinkwater. 624 YEATS (W. B.). The Countess Kathleen, and various Legends and Lyrics. Frontispiece. FIRST EDITION. 1892. Original boards, with parchment bac NICE COPY. £2 13 625 YEATS (W. B.). Eight Poems. FIRST EDITION. N.D. [1916]. Original wrappers One of 122 numbered copies on Italian hand-made paper. 626 YEATS (W. B.). FIRST EDITION. 627 YEATS (W. B.). The Cat and the Moon. 106.6 £3.108 628 YEATS (W. B.). Responsibilities. First published edition, 1916. FINE COPY. Autographed on the title-page by the author. 629 YEATS (W. B.). FIRST EDITION. 630 YEATS (W. B.). FIRST EDITION. poet on the fly-leaf. The Wild Swans at Coole, other Verses, and a Play in Verse. The Wind Among the Reeds. £155 1899. FINE COPY. With the autograph of an eminent contemporary Original Manuscripts and £335 631 AINSWORTH (W. Harrison). Novelist. A Collection of four Autograph Letters of which three are signed and the fourth is in the third person. One letter refers t payment of a contributor, and another answers a query about the mention of the Manor House, Dunstable in " Guy Fawkes " or " Old St. Paul's." "... my memory is somewhat confused in regard to my earlier works." The third sends the dedication for "Cardinal Pole" The fourth letter is asking for a ticket for a dinner. £335 632 BARHAM (R. H.). Author of "Ingoldsby Legends," etc. Autograph Letter, 4 PF8vo., signed, referring to the financial affairs of his club. Dated 10th July, 1843. 155 The second leaf is a little damaged but this does not seriously affect the text. 633 BRIDGES (Robert). Poet Laureate. The Original Manuscript, in pencil, of the 20-line poem "Amiel," together with an initialled proof of the poem. Also a p A.L.s. asking the printer to allow him to spell the second person singular of the ve to delight -" delitest." £335 Enclosed in a double slip solander case, lettered in gilt. The covering letter has be torn into four and then pasted down on a thin card. BROWNING (Robert). A Collection of six Autograph Letters, signed, written to 634 Robert Browning, as follows :-(1) From F. T. Palgrave " the subject... would have been better treated... by you or by your wife, if she had been spared to you and to us all... attempt... to do a little justice to the late Emperor... 3 pp. 8vo. (2) From the Soc. for Prom. Hellenic Studies informing him that he has been made a member and asking him to send his cheque. 2 pp., 8vo. (3) From the Nat. Ass. for Advancement of Art asking him to become President. "... the disappointment... will be very great if you refuse." 3 pp., 8vo. (4) From University College, London, asking him to allow his name to go forward as a Life Governor. 2 pp., 8vo. (5) From Balliol College, Oxford, informing him that " the Society of Balliol College . . . did themselves the honour" of electing him an Honorary Fellow. I p., 8vo. (6) From University College, London, informing him that he was elected an Honorary Fellow. £2 25. CAMPBELL (Thomas). Poet, Author of "Ye Mariners of England," etc. Three 635 Autograph Letters, signed :—(1) 2 pages, 4to., dated, from Sydenham, Oct. 22nd, 1815. ... to be introduced to his R. Highness... would not only be a personal honour but would gratify my feelings of respect for the cause of learning... It is absolutely out of my power & a gift denied to me by nature to write verses upon any subject or occasion which my own fancy has not suggested..." (2) Introducing a friend to another friend, addressed from Sydenham, March 23rd, 1817. to "My dear Jeffrey." I page, 4to. (3) Addressed from Mers el Kebir, 26 April, 1835. “I write as well as I can on a bench in a wretched cabin of a ship that is going to Mostagenheim. ... I have been in a fever in the composition of a pretty long poem, a copy of which I shall transcribe for you... my poem is on the subject of African scenery." One page, 4to. £2 25. CHATEAUBRIAND. A.L.s., I page, 4to., dated from Berlin, 1831. £2 25. 636 In French. Thanking for the present of a book. COLERIDGE (Hartley). Man of Letters. Eldest son of S. T. Coleridge. The 637 Original Signed Manuscript, on four foolscap sheets, of "Church Sectarianism," £5 55. an essay. This essay strongly criticises faction and sectarianism within the Church and is typical of the attitude which brought Coleridge so strongly into disfavour with the authorities at Oxford when he was an undergraduate. When one recalls that, in consequence of his s heresy and latitudinarianism, the authorities were glad to have the pretext to send him down, and that further, Coleridge's wounded pride was the cause of his going steadily downhill from that time, then the chief interest of this manuscript is apparent. Enclosed in a double slip solander case, lettered in gilt. COLLINS (Mortimer). Wit and Man of Letters. Autograph Letter, signed, sending 638 a poem for publication. The poem, entitled "The Fit Place for a Poet," of 14 lines, is written on the verso of the letter. 8s. 6d. COLLINS (Wilkie). Novelist. Four Autograph Letters, signed, and two envelopes 639 addressed to a well-known publisher. 8vo. (1) Referring to a proposed one-volume edition of Charles Dickens' letters. 2 pp. (2) Thanking for seats for the Jubilee procession. I page. (3) Formally acknowledging cheque for £28 for a contribution to "Belgravia." I page. (4) Thanking for some favour granted to him. "If this ... transaction should end in any loss to yourselves, I beg you... to permit me to make that loss good." 3 pages. £2 105. 640 COLLINS (Wilkie). Novelist. Two Autograph Letters, signed, 8vo. (1) To a Mrs. Marshall, 3 pp., humorously complaining of illness. "One line (written with one eye)... under the doubly-detestable influences of calomel and colchicum. . I am not quite strong enough to pass from one postal district to another!" (2) To: Mrs. Frith, on 3 pp. My accursed gout... has come back... I must ask him (Frith) to give me nothing to drink but weak brandy and water!" £1 105 641 [CORNWALL (Barry)]. Bryan Waller Procter, Poet. Autograph Letter, signed. to LEIGH HUNT. One page, small 8vo., dated from Weymouth Street, Jan. 23rd 1857. About the binding and illuminating of a book of Songs. £225. 642 DARWIN (C.). Author of "Origin of Species," etc. Autograph Letter, signed, 2 pp., 8vo. Inviting Dr. G. Fritsche to visit him. Dated from Beckenham, Feb. 13, '75With the original envelope. LI 108. "... the state of my health seldom allows me to converse with anyone for more than half an hour." 643 DOBSON (A.). Poet and Essayist. The Original Manuscript of the poem “A Fable in the manner of Mr. Gay." On two 8vo. sheets, signed in full, 54 lines. £3 155. 644 DOBSON (Austin). The Original Manuscript of the poem "The Ballad of the Barmecide." On one 8vo. sheet, signed in full and dated Mar. 26, 1879. 28 lines. £3 Enclosed in a double slip solander case, lettered in gilt. Enclosed in a double slip solander case, lettered in gilt. 645 DOBSON (Austin). The Original Manuscript of "Au Revoir." A dramatic vignette, on seven 8vo. sheets, signed in full and dated Aug. 31st, 1878. With full directions to the printer in the author's hand. Enclosed in a double slip solander case, lettered in gilt. £4 108. 646 DOBSON (Austin). The Original Manuscript of the poem "Le Roman de la Rose.” On two 8vo. sheets, written in violet ink, and signed in full, 32 lines. Enclosed in a double slip solander case, lettered in gilt. £3 647 DOUGLAS (Lord Alfred). The Original Manuscript entirely in the author's hand of "The Ballad of F. E. E." On nine 4to. sheets. This important poem is published in Collected Satires" but the published version differs very largely from this MS. The punctuation has been altered throughout, and there are verbal differences in lines 20, 23, 24, 37, 71, 72, 90, 92, 136, 139, 141 and 154. After line 57 eight lines have been entirely rewritten, after line 72, two lines, and after 94, three lines have been rewritten. Following line 104 two lines of the MS. have been omitted and 26 lines added, while the last 3 pages of the printed version differ almost entirely from the MS. £10 10s. Enclosed in a handsome, gilt-lettered, double slip case. 648 DOUGLAS (Lord Alfred). The Original Manuscript, entirely in the author's hand of the preface to "Eve and the Serpent." On thirty-two 4to. pages. This preface states the case which occasioned the writing of the poem and, although not published in " Collected Satires," it did appear in the second edition of “ Eve and the Serpent." It relates the amazing experience of Lord Alfred and his son in the Chancery Courts The MS. is signed "Alfred Bruce Douglas, 1917." Enclosed in a handsome gilt-lettered double slip case. £12 DOUGLAS (Lord Alfred). The Original Manuscript of the first draft of the poem 649 "The Rossiad." On ten 4to. sheets. This draft is heavily corrected on every page and passage after passage has been scored through, and rewritten. In its final form it still differs widely from the printed version. £15 158. Enclosed in a handsome gilt-lettered double slip case. DOUGLAS (Lord Alfred). The Original Manuscript, entirely in the author's hand, 650 of the second and final draft of the poem The Rossiad," on six 4to. pages. The MS. is signed and dated January, 1916. With the exception of a few verbal alterations, this MS. corresponds with the version printed in “Collected Satires." £10 10s. Enclosed in a handsome gilt-lettered double slip case DOUGLAS (Lord Alfred). The Original Manuscript, entirely in the author's hand, 651 of "Eve and the Serpent." On five 4to. sheets, very heavily corrected and altered. There are considerable variations between the MS. and the published version of the poem. Some of the chief differences are: On p. 49 of "Collected Satires" four lines have been inserted and one omitted from the MS. following line 4; and the next section of ten lines has been rewritten; on page 50 twelve lines have been added. The concluding chorus is not in the MS. £10 10s. Enclosed in a handsome gilt-lettered double slip case. GILCHRIST (Mrs. Grace Trend). Daughter of the biographer of William Blake. 652 An interesting Autograph Letter, signed. Nine pages, 8vo., dated from Bedfont, March 26th. Describing interesting letters in her possession from Carlyle to her father about the former's "Frederick the Great" and about rare engravings and etchings; from Mrs. Carlyle to her mother, of a "chatty, neighbourly "kind, from George Eliot referring to her tenancy of a cottage with G. H. Lewes; from D. G. Rossetti with reference to the life of Blake. From Palgrave asking permission to include some of Blake's poems in the Golden Treasury, and from Ruskin about titles for Blake's drawings. The letter proceeds to invite the addressee to Bedfont to inspect the letters and also an original water-colour by Blake. 16s. HARRIS (F.) and LORD ALFRED DOUGLAS. The Original Corrected Type- 653 script of "A Second Preface to The Life and Confessions of Oscar Wilde.'' On 28 quarto sheets, heavily corrected in the hands of both authors. Enclosed in a handsome gilt-lettered double slip case. HAZLITT (Wm.). Essayist and Critic. Autograph Letter, signed, 1 page, 4to., 654 dated from Melrose, 25th April. Refers to emendations and corrections in an essay and asking for its return. I hope to make something better of Salvator which I will send you the end of the week." £1 58. HICHENS (Robert). Author. Two Autograph Letters, signed, regretting inability 655 to attend the Titmarsh dinner in 1922 and again in 1923. 7s. 6d. HOOK (Theodore). Wit and Author. An extraordinary Autograph Letter, signed, 656 written one word on a line and addressed to the editor of a periodical. 3 pp., 8vo. £2 25. HUNT (Leigh). Poet and Essayist. Autograph Letter, signed, I p., 4to. A charm- 657 ing and graceful letter accepting an invitation. LI IOS. MAY (Phil). Cartoonist. Autograph Letter Card, signed, to Byron Webber, the 658 author, offering to do four full-page drawings for a book for £25. Between the Christian and surnames of his signature the artist has sketched in his own head. 155. |