364. HIS MANUSCRIPT COMMON-PLACE BOOK, containing Anecdotes of Art, Men, Women and Manners, 1780-83. Closely written throughout on 42 pages, the leaves measuring 434 x 234 inches, in original marbled wrappers, with his signature "Hor. Walpole" inside the front cover. Bound in olive levant morocco, title on side, and preserved in a green levant morocco case, lined and padded with velvet and silk. A MOST INTERESTING MEMENTO OF HORACE WALPOLE, accompanied by a beautifully engrossed transcript by Sangorski and Sutcliffe. 365. WALTON AND COTTON. The Complete Angler. With Introductory Essay and Notes. Illustrated with portraits, plates, woodcuts and engraved plate of facsimile of Walton's Tomb taken by Thomas Gosden. 8vo, smooth green morocco, gold tooled, with fish and landing net, gilt edges, by Thomas Gosden. In a cloth box. London: John Major, 1823 A FINE COPY OF MAJOR'S FIRST EDITION, in a handsome Gosden binding. Bookplate of F. A. Waite. 366. WARTON (THOMAS). Ode for Music, as performed at the Theatre in Oxford on the Second on July, 1751. Second Edition. 4to, polished mottled calf, gilt edges, by Rivière. From the Arbury Library, with label. Oxford, n. d. 367. [WATKINS (R.).] Newes from the Dead; or, A True and Exact Narration of the miraculous deliverance of Anne Greene. Who being Executed at Oxford December 14, 1650, afterwards revived, etc. Second impression with additions. Small 4to, crushed blue levant morocco, gilt edges, by Rivière. (One catchword cut off, and wants blank leaf at the end.) Oxford: Printed by Leonard Lichfield, 1651 Fine copy. From the Arbury Library, with label. 368. WATSON (WILLIAM). AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT, SIGNED, entitled "LACHRYME MUSARUM," An Ode on the death of Alfred, Lord Tennyson, comprising some 85 lines, on 5 pp. 4to; [also] An explanatory A. L. s., from the Author to Mr. Chapman, on the subject of the Ode, 32 pp. 8vo, Leeds, 19th July, (1898). Tipped on guards in sunken mount, and bound, with transcripts and special engrossed title, in full crushed blue levant morocco, line tooled, with title on back and side, by Sangorski and Sutcliffe. Included with the above, and bound in, is the VERY RARE printed pamphlet, one of only 100 copies issued, oN JAPAN PAPER. London, 1892. 369. -AUTOGRAPH MS, SIGNED, etc., of his collected pieces, entitled "Wordsworth's Grave, and other Poems," as prepared by the author for publication, together comprising 52 pp. 1886-89. 4to, bound in crushed light brown levant morocco, lettered on side and back, by Sangorski and Sutcliffe. These pieces are signed in three places, and comprise some 30 pp. entirely in the author's hand, including a general title, preface, and subtitles. The remainder are printed excerpts from magazines, etc., with autograph corrections and alterations. 370. WEBSTER (JOHN). The Devils Law-case, or When Women goe to Law, the Devil is full of Business. A new Trage Comedy. Small 4to, crushed blue levant morocco, gilt edges, by 371. WEWITZER (RALPH). The School for Wits; containing a Choice Collection of Bons-Mots, Anecdotes, Epigrams, and other Poetical Jeux d'Esprits, by the most celebrated Wits of the Age. 8vo, original pictured boards, uncut. London, 1815 FIRST EDITION. 372. WHISTLER (J. A. MCNEILL). Eden versus Whistler. The Baronet & the Butterfly. A Valentine with a Verdict. Small 4to, boards, cloth back, uncut and mainly unopened. One of 250 copies on LARGE PAPER. Paris: L. H. May, 1899 373. A. L. s., 1 p. 8vo, The White House, Chelsea Embankment. Undated. To Mr. Baddeley. Signed with the Butterfly as well as his full signature. Accompanying the letter is a copy of his brochure "Etchings and Dry Points. Venice, Second Series." Small 4to, original brown wrappers, uncut. N. p., n. d. 374. A. L. s., 2 pp. 12mo, Beefsteak Club, King William Street, To Mr. Baddeley. Regretting his inability to accept Mr. Baddeley's invitation. Accompanying the letter is a copy of the brochure "Venice Pastels," by Whistler. Square 12mo, original brown wrappers. N. p., n. d. Printed by T. Way 375. WHITEHEAD (W.). An Hymn to the Nymph of Bristol Spring. Engraved vignettes by Boitard. 4to, polished mottled vignettes_by_Boitard. calf, gilt edges, by Rivière. London: Printed for R. Dodsley, 1751 Fine copy of the First Edition, with the half-title. From the Arbury Library, with label. 376. WILDE (OSCAR). Newdigate Prize Poem. Ravenna. Recited in the Theatre, Oxford, June 26, 1878. Arms of Oxford on wrapper and title. 12mo, original wrappers. Oxford: Thomas Shrimpton and Son, 1878 THE GENUINE FIRST EDITION OF THE FIRST BOOK BY OSCAR WILDE. 377. [] Waifs and Strays. Vol. 1, Nos. 1 and 2. 2 numbers. 12mo, original wrappers. 378. Oxford: Thos. Shrimpton & Son, 1879 In the first number appears Wilde's poem "Easter Day." The Happy Prince and other Tales. Illustrations by Walter Crane and Jacomb Hood. Small 4to, original pictorial boards, uncut. London: David Nutt, 1888 FIRST EDITION. 379. A House of Pomegranates. Designs and decorations by C. Ricketts and C. H. Shannon. Small 4to, original decorated cloth, uncut. FIRST EDITION. London: James R. Osgood, etc., 1891 380. [] The Spirit Lamp. Vol. 1, Nos. 2-5; Vol. 2, No. 2; Vol. 3, Nos. 2 and 3; Vol. 4, Nos. 1 and 2 [final number]. In all, 9 numbers, 8vo and small 4to, original wrappers, uncut. Oxford, 1892-93 VERY SCARCE. Contains numerous contributions by Oscar Wilde and Lord Alfred Douglas. Lord Douglas edited the last eight numbers. 381. uncut and unopened. 382. cut. 383. uncut. Oscariana. Epigrams. Small 4to, original wrappers, The Ballad of Reading Gaol. 8vo, original cloth, un- An Ideal Husband. Small 4to, original decorated cloth, FIRST EDITION. 384. [] The Importance of Being Earnest. A Trivial Comedy for Serious People. Small 4to, original cloth, uncut. FIRST EDITION. London, 1899 385. De Profundis. 12mo, original cloth, uncut (binding damaged). London [1905] FIRST EDITION. 386. [] Gide (Andre). Oscar Wilde. A study. With Introduction, Notes, and a Bibliography by Stuart Mason. Illustrations. Small 4to, boards, paper label, uncut, and mainly unopened. One of 500 copies. Oxford: The Holywell Press, 1905 387. Impressions of America. Edited, with an Introduction by Stuart Mason. 12mo, original wrappers, uncut. Sunderland: Keystone Press, 1906 FIRST EDITION. One of 500 copies. Contains the two poems "Le Jardin" and "La Mer" from "Our Continent," Feb. 1882. The text of Wilde's lecture, delivered at Wandsworth on Sept. 24, 1883, is on pp. 21-36. 388. [] The Priest and the Acolyte. With an Introductory Protest by Stuart Mason. Narrow 8vo, boards, paper labels, uncut. London: At the Lotus Press, 1907 This piece was for several years attributed to Oscar Wilde, but has of late been known not to be by him. 389. 390. 391. De Profundis. 8vo, limp vellum, gilt top, uncut. FIRST EDITION. One of 50 copies on Japanese vellum. Another copy. 8vo, original buckram, gilt top, uncut. FIRST EDITION. One of 200 copies on hand-made paper. Resurgam. Unpublished Letters of Oscar Wilde, now printed with the permission of Mr. Robert Ross, Mr. Oscar Wilde's Executor. Small 4to, original wrappers, uncut, in half morocco solander case, by Sangorski and Sutcliffe. [London, 1917] One of 25 copies privately printed by Clement Shorter, for distribution among his friends. Autographed by him. 392. Collected Writings. Complete set, including Dorian Gray. 14 vols. 8vo, white buckram gilt, gilt top, uncut. One of 1000 copies. London: Methuen, n. d. 393. [] Young (Dal.). Apologia pro Oscar Wilde. Small [4to, original wrappers, uncut (imprint defaced on wrapper and title). London: Reeves, n. d. Second issue of the First Edition, in dark brown wrappers. 394. WILSON (THOMAS). The Art of Rhetorique, for the vse of all such as are studious of Eloquence. Title within ornamental border. Small 4to, crushed brown levant morocco, gilt edges, by Rivière. Imprinted at London by George Robinson, 1585 From the Arbury Library, with label. 395. WITCHES OF ESSEX. A true and exact Relation Of the severall Informations, Examinations, and Confessions of the late Witches, arraigned and executed in the County of Essex. Who were arraigned and condemned at the late Sessions, holden at Chelmesford . . . the 29 of July, 1645. Small 4to, crushed olive levant morocco, gilt edges, some lower edges uncut, by Rivière. London: Printed by M. S., 1645 From the Arbury Library, with label. 396. WITHER (GEORGE). Abvses Stript and Whipt; or, Satirical Essayes. Diuided into two Bookes. Small 8vo, crushed red levant morocco, gilt edges, some lower edges uncut, by Rivière. Some cropped margins restored in facsimile. At London: Printed by G. Eld, 1613 FIRST EDITION. With bookplate of Sir Richard Newdigate, 1709. 397. Wither's Motto. Nec habeo, nec careo, nec curo. Engraved title by Elstracke, with verses opposite. Small 8vo, crushed brown levant morocco, lateral edges uncut, by Rivière. Three letters of "Finis" restored. London: Printed for John Marriott, 1621 The "Dogge" Edition, so-called from the spelling of this word in last line of the verso of A5. Others read "Dogg.' From the Arbury Library, with label. 398. WYNKEN DE WORDE. Ortis vocabulorum Alphabetico ordine fere omnia que in Catholico Breuiloque, Cornucopia Gemma vocabulorum atque Medulla gramatice ponotur, cum vernacule lingue Anglicane expositionem cotinens. Gothic letter, double columns, with large device of Wynken de Worde on title. Small 4to, crushed brown levant morocco, gilt and blind tooled back and sides, gilt edges, by Bedford. [Colophon] Impressus London, per wynandum de worde, 1511 A FINE COPY. VERY RARE. 1. De heteroclius nominibus. 10 leaves, woodcut of master and scholar on title and University arms on last page. Oxonie: impressa p Joanne Scolar, 1518 2. Grammaticea Whitintonianæ Liber Secundus de nominum declinatione. 14 leaves, title within woodcut border, Wynken de Worde's large Caxton device on verso of last leaf. In ædibus Winandi de Worde, 1523 3. Secunda Grammatice pars; de Syllabaru quantitate . . . nuprime recessia; . . . adjectis Coplusculis & nonullis Calcographorum elimatis erratis. 76 leaves, title within woodcut border. In ædibus Winandi de Worden, 1521 4. De Octo Partibus Orationis Editio. 14 leaves, title within woodcut border, with signature of W. Baynton of Gray's Inn, Wynken de Worde's large Caxton device on last page. In edibus Winandi de Worde, 1522 5. Grammatices Primæ Partis Liber primus . . . nuperrime recognitus De Nominum Generibus. 14 leaves, title within woodcut border, the last leaf occupied on each page by Wynken de Worde's large Caxton device. Ex typis Winandi de Worden, 1522 6. Præterita Verborum Gramatica Prima pars . . . nuperrime recensita. Liber Quintus. 20 leaves, title within woodcut border. In ædibus Winandi de Worde, 1522 7. Lucubrationes. De Synonymis, De Epithetis, etc. 28 leaves. In edibus Winandi de Worde, 1522 8. Vulgaria . . . & de institutione Gramaticulorum Opusculum; libello suo de Concinnitate Grammatices acommodatum & in quattuor partes digestum. 48 leaves, title within woodcut border. Wynken de Worde's large Caxton device at end. In edibus Winandi de Worde, 1523 9. Syntaxis. De Syntaxi, sive constructione recensitu. XXII. supra sesquimillesimu nræ salutis anno Idi. Februa. 36 leaves, title within woodcut border, the large Caxton device of Wynken de Worde on verso of last leaf, recto blank. In ædibus Winandi Wordensis, 1524 Bound in one volume, small 4to, old red straight-grain morocco, gilt lines, inside dentelles (Roger Payne style). London, v. d. THIS RARE COLLECTION OF WHITTINTON'S GRAMMATICAL TRACTS, in fine state, except that one or two outside marginal notes are cut into, includes some items of SPECIAL RARITY, especially the first, which is a production of the press of John Scolar, THE ONLY OXFORD PRINTER WHO APPEARS IN THE HUNDRED YEARS' GAP between the Primitives and the revival of 1586. With bookplate of J. Bland. 400. Wakefield (Canon Robert). Roberti Wakfeldi Sacrarum literaru Professoris eximii Oratio de laudabus & utilitate triu linguarum. Arabice, Chaldaicæ & Hebraice atq idomatibus hebraicis quae in utroq testamento iventitur. Title within fine woodcut border (upper border in facsimile), full-page cut of the Royal Arms, initials and Wynken de Worde's large device on reverse of last leaf. Apud Winandum de Vorde, n. d., [1524] EXTREMELY RARE. THIS IS THE FIRST BOOK PRINTED IN ENGLISH IN WHICH THE HEBREW AND ARABIC CHARACTERS WERE USED. The copy is |