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THE STOCK OF

ROBERT H. DODD

PART TWO

FIRST SESSION

LOTS 1-246

1. AERONAUTICS. The Boston Magazine for Sept., 1784, containing an article on "Aerial Navigation." With engraved plate (in duplicate). 8vo, half calf, uncut. Boston, 1784

2. AESOP. Fables in Greek and Latin on opposite pages. Small 8vo, old calf (worn; lacks title and top margin of first leaf cut away).

[Colophon:] Basileae: apud Ioannem Frobenium, 1524 The margins are profusely covered with manuscript notes in Greek and Latin.

3. AINSWORTH (W. H.). The Tower of London. Illustrations by George Cruikshank. Parts 1-6, 9, 11-13. With 10 wrappers (loose).

London, 1840

4. AINSWORTH (W. H.). The Lord Mayor of London; or, City Life in the Last Century. 3 Vols. 12mo, original cloth, uncut. and one volume shaken.)

FIRST EDITION.

(Name on titles London, 1862

5. AINSWORTH (W. H.). Auriol; or, The Elixir of Life.

calf.

FIRST EDITION. Very scarce.

12mo, half London, 1865

6. AINSWORTH (W. H.). William Harrison Ainsworth. A Memoir. By W. E. A. Axon. Portrait on India paper. 12mo, cloth, original covers bound in place.

One of 100 copies.

London, 1902

7. ALDRICH (Thomas Bailey). The Life of Thomas Bailey Aldrich. By Ferris Greenslet. Portrait on India paper. 8vo, cloth, paper label.

One of 500 large paper copies.

Cambridge, 1908

8. ALMANAC. Almanack for 1750. By Nathanael Ames. 16pp. 16mo, Boston: Printed by J. Draper [1749]

sewn,

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9. ALMANAC. Poor Richard Improved. An Almanack Year 1757. By Richard Saunders. 18 leaves, small 8vo, full chocolate levant morocco, uncut (three leaves with small repairs), by Bradstreet.

Philadelphia: Printed and Sold by B. Franklin and D. Hall, n.d. EXCEEDINGLY RARE. A very good copy.

WITH ENGRAVING BY PAUL REVERE

10. ALMANAC. Edes & Gill's North American Almanack and Massachusetts Register for the Year 1770. 12mo, original paper cover, enclosed in half morocco slip-case.

Boston, Printed on paper manufactured in this country and sold by Edes & Gill in Queen Street; and T. & J. Fleet at the Heart & Crown in Cornhill, 1770 EXTREMELY RARE. Fine copy. This copy contains an interesting woodcut view entitled "A Prospective View of the Town of Boston in New England" engraved by Paul Revere. This is nearly always lacking and copies containing it are exceedingly scarce.

The work also contains numerous inflammatory articles in relation to the colonist's dispute with Great Britain.

11. ALMANACS. The Farmer's Almanac for 1799. By Robert B. Thomas, Boston [1798]; The New England Almanack for 1767, 1776, 1777, 1778. By Benjamin West. Providence, v.d.; Miniature Pocket Almanac for 1823, Boston [1822]; Bickerstaff's Boston Almanac for 1790 (Imperfect) [Boston, 1789]. 7 pieces, 12mo and 48mo, sewn.

v.p., v.d.

12. ALMANAC. Gaine's New-York Pocket Almanac, for the Year 1805. 32mo, original paper covers.

Fine interleaved copy.

13. ALMANAC. Ming's United States Register, and New-York Pocket Almanac, for the Year 1809. 32mo, original paper covers.

Fine interleaved copy.

14. AMERICAN BOOKPLATES. Harvard College. Engraved by Hurd, Boston; Chippendale plate of William S. Johnson, LL.D. 2 pieces, each laid down in an old volume. The Harvard plate has been cancelled.

15. AMERICAN INDIANS. Georgi Horni de Originibus Americanis Libri Quatvor. 12mo, old calf (covers loose). The Hague: Adriani Vlacq, 1652

Refuting the opinions of Grotius on the origin of the American Indians.

16. AMERICAN IMPRINTS. Miscellaneous Thoughts. By Isaac Watts, Elizabeth-Town, 1746; Hymns and Spiritual Songs, Boston, 1774; A New Guide to the English Tongue (Dilworth), Hartford, 1791; The Art of Preserving Health (Armstrong), Kennebunk, Maine, 1804, and others. 9 vols. 16mo and 18mo, mainly old sheep.

MANUSCRIPT BY HENRY DEARBORN

17. AMERICAN REVOLUTION. Dearborn (H.) and Putnam (D.). An Account of the Battle of Bunker's Hill; by H. Dearborn, Major-General of the United States Army. With a Letter to Major-General Dearborn, repelling his Unprovoked Attack on the Character of the Late Major-General Putnam; and containing Some Anecdotes relating to the Battle of Bunker-Hill, not generally known. Two pamphlets, 8vo, bound in one volume. With steelengraved plates of Trumbull's "The Battle of Bunker's Hill" and "Putnam's Escape at Horse Neck," a portrait of Washington and a lithograph portrait of General John Stark. Half calf. Boston, 1818 TOGETHER WITH AN INTERESTING FOUR-PAGE FOLIO MANUSCRIPT IN THE HANDWRITING OF HENRY DEARBORN.

This is an extremely interesting manuscript in Dearborn's handwriting, which begins, "April 20th, 1775. We were informed by express that an action happened between a body of British troops and the country-people of Concord and Lexington," and goes on to describe the gathering of the Revolutionary Army at Cambridge, the preparations to defend Bunker's Hill, the British attack on it, and

subsequent moves of the colonial troops in establishing the siege of Boston. It mentions George Washington, Benedict Arnold, and other Revolutionary leaders.

18. AMERICAN REVOLUTION.

Broadside Memorial to Governor Clin

ton, on the question of confiscated property, etc.

1 page, folio.

New Burgh, Sept. 1783 (hole in text and frayed)

On the back are the signatures of Samuel Loudon, and 43 others.

19. AMONG THE HILLS (Whittier), 1869; A Kipling Primer (Knowles), 1899; Holmes' Complete Poetical Works, n.d.; An Old Scrap Book (Forbes), n.p., 1881, and others. 8 vols. 12mo and 8vo, cloth and wrappers.

20. ANDREWS (WILLIAM LORING). James Lyne's Survey, or, as it is more commonly known, The Bradford Map. A Plan of The City of New York at the time of the granting of the Montgomery Charter in 1731. simile of the Map. 8vo, cloth, uncut.

One of 170 copies on Holland paper.

21. Another copy of the same.

FacNew York, 1900

22. ARISTOTLE. Asclepiadae Stagiritae Organum, siue Instrumentum instrumentorum, aut Philosophiae manus. 12mo, cloth, morocco back (writing on title and margins in a contemporary hand). Basileae, 1566

23. AUBREY BEARDSLEY as a Designer of Bookplates (Gallatin), London, 1902; Marcus Aurelius. Meditations in German, 2 copies; England's Effort (Mrs. Ward), London, 1916; War (Newton), London, n.d., and others. 7 vols., various sizes and bindings.

24. AUDUBON (J. J.). The Birds of America, from Drawings made in the United States and their Territories. Illustrated with colored plates (not collated). 34 original parts, royal 8vo, wrappers.

New York and Philadelphia, n.d. Parts 13, 16-19, 21-24, 26, 30-35, 37, 44, 48-50, 52-54; 59-64; 67-69, 93.

25. AUDUBON (J. J.) and BACHMAN (JOHN). The Viparious Quadru peds of North America. Vols. 1 and 2. Text only. 2 vols. royal 8vo, cloth, paper labels. New York, 1846-51

26.

Another copy of the same (one volume shaken).

27. AUTOGRAPHS OF AMERICAN STATESMEN, Etc. A. L. S. of Schuyler Colfax, A. N. S. of W. M. Evarts, A. L. S. of F. A. Tallmadge, and others. 6 pieces.

Of

London:

28. BACON (SIR FRANCIS). The Twoo Bookes of Francis Bacon. the proficience and aduancement of Learning, diuine and humane. Printed for Henrie Tomes, 1605 [also] The Remaines of the Right Honorable Francis Lord Verulam. London: Printed by B. Alsop, 1648. In one volume, small 4to, full brown morocco, sides stamped with a coat-of-arms.

London, 1605-1648 FIRST EDITIONS OF BOTH BOOKS. With contemporary annotations in manuscript, and the name George Bradley on the title-page. serted is an engraved portrait of Bacon. With the Bewick bookplate of W. H. Corfield.

In

With

29. BACON (SIR FRANCIS). The Historie of Life and Death. Observations Naturall and Experimentall for the Prolonging of Life. Engraved frontispiece. Small 12mo, contemporary calf (one cover loose). London: Printed by I. Okes, 1638 In their Notes upon "Romeo and Juliet" both Douce and HalliwellPhillipps quote from this volume.

30. BACON (SIR FRANCIS). Sylva Sylvarum; or, A Natural Historie. In Ten Centuries. The Fifth Edition. Portrait and engraved title. Folio, new half calf. London: John Haviland, 1639

FIFTH EDITION.

31. BACON (SIR FRANCIS). Sylva Sylvarum. Engraved title and portrait, by Tho. Cecill. Folio, old calf (worn).

London, 1651 SIXTH EDITION. Bound in, at the back, are: New Atlantis. A work unfinished; and History Natural and Experimental, London, 1658.

32. BACON (SIR FRANCIS). Ordinances made by the Right Honourable Sir Francis Bacon Knight for the Better and more regular Administration of Justice in the Chancery, to be daily observed saving the Prerogative of this Covrt. Small 4to, sewn.

London, 1642 Fine copy of the VERY RARE FIRST EDITION, with genuine preliminary and final blank leaf.

33. BACON (SIR FRANCIS). The Learned Reading of Sir Francis Bacon Being his double Reading to the Honourable Society of Grayes Inne. Published for the Common Good. Small 4to, sewn.

FIRST EDITION.

London: Printed for Matthew Walbancke, 1642

34. BARCKLEY (SIR RICHARD). A Discourse of the Felicitie of Man: or his Summum bonum. Frontispiece device and printer's device on title. Small 4to, half calf.

FINE COPY OF THE FIRST EDITION.

35. BATTLEDORE.

SCARCE.

London, 1598

With quaint illustrations. 16mo, folded.

Nottingham [last decade 18 Cent.]

36. BATTLE OF BUNKER HILL (Coolidge); New History of the Battle of Bunker Hill (Wheildon), Boston, 1875; Will of Rev. Richard Mather, of Dorchester, Mass., 1664 [1866]; Speech on the Loan Bill (Sims), Wash., 1848, and other American pieces. 7 vols. and pamphlets.

V.P., v.d.

37. BEAUTY (THE), by Mrs. Wilson Woodrow [1910], The Passing of the American (Royce), 1911; New York Society on Parade (Pulitzer), 1910, and others. 11 vols. 8vo and 12mo, cloth and boards.

With

38. BECKETT (THOMAS A.). The Comic History of England. colored plates and woodcuts by John Leech. 32 odd parts, mainly with original wrappers, uncut. London: Punch Office, 1846-'47 Comprises: Parts 1 (2), 2 (3), 3, 4 (3), 5 (3), 6 (3), 7 (2), 8 (2), 9 (2), 10 (2), 11 (2), 12, 13 (2), 15 (2), 16 (2), 17. These parts will be found very useful in making up sets.

39. BEST (CAPTAIN GEORGE). A True Discourse of the late voyages of discouerie, for the finding of a passage to Cathaya, by the Northweast, etc. Small 4to, unbound (imperfect copy, wanting maps, title and several leaves at beginning; two leaves at the end in facsimile).

At London: Imprinted by Henry Bynneman, 1578 The author of this work accompanied Frobisher on all of his three voyages and here gives the FIRST ACCOUNT OF THEM.

40. BEZA (THEODORE). Job expounded by Theodore Beza, partly in manner of a Commentary, partly in manner of a Paraphrase. sheep (title cut and mounted).

Small 8vo,

Printed by John Legatt, Printer to the Universitie of
Cambridge, n.d.

The dedication to Queen Elizabeth is dated August 12, 1589.
A paraphrase on "Ecclesiastes" is bound in at the end, with
separate title.

41. BIBLE.

The Newe Testament of oure Saviour Jesu Christe. Faythfully translated out of the Greke. Wyth the notes and expositions of the darke places therein. Woodcuts and ornamental initials. 4to, panelled calf. Imprinted at London by Rycharde Jugge, 1553

Tindale's version of the New Testament, Jugge's revision. The second of Jugge's three editions in quarto. Darlow and Moule's No. 74. This copy has seven leaves in facsimile (including the title and last leaf) and eight other leaves are lacking. The verso of the title leaf has this inscription, "correct facs. F. Fry." A VERY RARE EDITION. 42. BIBLE. Biblia ad Vetustissima Exemplaria. Nunc recens castigata... (hole in title). Folio, old half calf and boards. Antverpiae, Apud Viduam, & Haeredes Ioannis Stelsij, 1570 *The New Testament and Apocalypse has separate pagination, and the colophon: "Antverpiae. Excudebat Amatus Tavernerius Anno

MDLXXI."

43. BIBLE. The New Testament of our Lord Jesus Christ translated out of Greke by Theod. Beza. Whereunto are adioyned brief Summaries of doctrine upon the Evangelistes and Actes of the Apostles, together with the methode of the Epistles of the Apostles by the said Theod. Beza. Englished by L. Tomson. 8vo, levant morocco, blind tooled.

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Imprinted at London by Christopher Barker dwelling in Paules Churchyeard at the signe of the Tigres head. 1576 *The first edition of Tomson's revision of the Genevan New Testament. This became the final and popular form of the Genevan version. This is Darlow and Moule's No. 109.

The first title is in facsimile and some margins have been repaired. 44. BIBLIOGRAPHER (THE). Edited by Paul Leicester Ford. Illustrated with numerous facsimiles. Vol. 1 (9 numbers) and Vol. 2 (6 numbers). 15 numbers, royal 8vo, original wrappers, uncut.

New York, 1902-3

45. 2 other copies of the same.

46. 2 other copies of the same.

47. 30 odd numbers, 1902-3, with duplicates.

48. BIBLIOGRAPHY. The Bibliographer's Manual of English Literature. By William T. Lowndes. 6 vols. 12mo, half morocco.

London, 1875

49. BIBLIOGRAPHY. The Issues of the Press of Pennsylvania. 1685-1784. By Charles R. Hildeburn. 2 vols. Royal 8vo, cloth, gilt tops, uncut.

50. Another copy of the same.

Philadelphia, 1885-6

51. BIBLIOGRAPHY. A List of the Issues of the Press in New York, 1693-1752. By Charles R. Hildeburn. 8vo, sheets. Philadelphia, 1889

52. Another copy of the same.

53. BIBLIOGRAPHY. Book Sales of 1896; Book Sales of 1897. Notes and Index by Temple Scott. 2 vols. 8vo, cloth, uncut.

London, 1897-1898 54. BIBLIOGRAPHY. English Book Prices Current. From 1894-1906, with duplicates for 1900, 1901 and 1906; and Index for 1887-1896. 17 vols. 8vo, cloth. London, v.d.

55. BIBLIOGRAPHY. United States Catalogue, 1898-1899; 1902-3; Cumulative Book Index, 1906-10; Macmillan's Bibliographical Catalogue, 18431899; Poole's Index to Periodical Literature, N. Y., 1853; Book Review Digest, 1910, 1911, 1914, 1917, and others. 30 vols. 8vo, various bindings.

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