Holmes Novel. Illustrated by A. I. Keller. (First American Edition.) 1915; The Valley of Fear. (First English Edition published sometime after the American Edition.) 1915; The Story of British Prisoners. Prefaced and annotated by Doyle. 1915. The Mystery of the Cloomber. Published by Ward & Downey, Ltd., 12 York Building, Adelphi. 1896; The Queen's Gift Book. Containing "Ypres, September 1915" by Doyle. 1915; A Visit to Three Fronts. June, 1916. Paper cover six penny edition. 1916; An Actor's Duel, and The Winning Shot. By Conan Doyle. Published by John Dicks, 313, Strand, whose 1894 catalogue is at the back of the book. It is doubtful if these two stories were ever printed elsewhere in book form. n. d.; The Mystery of Cloomber. Price One shilling. Published by Ward & Downey, 12, York Street, Covent Garden. 12mo, original wrappers, illustrated cover. This appears to be the genuine first edition. (Inscribed copy by Arthur Conan Doyle.) 1889; Western Wanderings. Published for copyright purposes by the George H. Doran Company, in four pamphlets, copyrighted 1915. Only a few copies were issued (1915). 375. DOYLE (JAMES E.). A Chronicle of England. B. C. 55-A. D. 1484. Illustrated by the author, the designs engraved and printed in colours by Edmund Evans. 4to, cloth gilt, gilt edges. London, 1864 FIRST EDITION. From the estate of F. R. Halsey. RICHARD DOYLE ORIGINAL DRAWINGS 376. DOYLE (RICHARD). The History of Cock Robin. A series of EIGHT ORIGINAL WATER-COLOR DRAWINGS by this famous artist exhibiting the courtship, marriage and death of Cock Robin. Mounted with mats and bound in a large quarto volume of green levant morocco, richly blind and gold tooled by De Sauty. A series of drawings characteristic of this artist's dainty humor, executed in a free, but carefully finished, style. A most attractive and amusing series illustrating the famous old nursery rhyme. 377. DRAKE (NATHAN). Essays, Biographical, Critical, and Historical, illustrative of the Rambler, Adventurer, and Idler. 2 vols. Buckingham, 1809; Essays. . . . illustrative of the Tatler, Spectator and Guardian. 3 vols. London, 1805. With copperplate engravings. 5 vols. 12mo, full maroon straight-grain morocco, gilt backs and sides, gilt edges. V.p., v.d. Fine copies. From the estate of F. R. Halsey. 378. DRUMMOND (WILLIAM). The Works of William Drummond, of Hawthornden. Consisting of Those which were formerly Printed, and Those which were design'd for the Press. Now Published from the Author's Original Copies. Edited by Bishop Sage and Thomas Ruddiman. With 2 portraits Folio, green levant gilt, gilt edges. Edinburgh, James Watson, 1711 CHOICE COPY of Drummond's Writings, with an interesting preface and Life of the Author followed by Commendatory Verses in Latin and Eng lish by Arthur Johnston, John Spotsgood, G. Lauder, Sir William Alex ander, Edward Phillips (Milton's Nephew), David Crawford and Sir G. Mackenzie, "Drummond's Sonnets come as near as almost any others to the Perfection of this kind of writing, which should embody a Sentiment, and every shade of a sentiment as it varies with time and place and Hu mour, with the extravagance or lightness of a momentary impression." Hazlitt. 378A. DRYDEN (JOHN). Albion and Albanius: An Opera. Perform'd at the Queen's Theatre in Dorset Garden. Folio, full green levant morocco, gilt edges. FIRST EDITION. London: Printed for Jacob Tonson, 1685 379. DRYDEN (JOHN). Britannia Rediviva: A Poem on the Birth of the Prince. Small 4to, full red levant morocco, Jansen style, gilt top, doublures and flys of green China silk. London: Printed for J. Tonson, 1688 There was another edition in folio, printed the same year as this quarto edition, but there is nothing to indicate which is the earlier of the two. The license to print appears in this copy on the verso of title. From the estate of F. R. Halsey. 380. DRYDEN (JOHN). The Fables. Ornamented with engravings by Bartolozzi from designs by Lady Diana Beauclere. Folio, contemporary straight-grain blue morocco, gilt tooled, gilt edges. London: T. Bensley, 1797 Large paper copy of this magnificent edition, with fine full-page and vignette engravings by Bartolozzi, Cheesman and others. 381. DUGMORE (A. RADCLYFFE). Bird Homes. Illustrated with photographs from nature by the author, many in color. 8vo, cloth, uncut. New York, 1900 FIRST EDITION. From the estate of F. R. Halsey. 382. DUMAS (ALEXANDRE). Celebrated Crimes. Translated by I. G. Burnham. Illustrated with photogravures after original drawings by De Los Rios, Prudhomme Wagrez, etc. 8 vols. square 8vo, three-quarter gray levant morocco, gilt tops, uncut. Philadelphia, [1895] The Artists' Original Edition. One of 50 copies on Japan paper, with the plates in various states, one set of the frontispieces being coloured by hand. 383. EARLY ENGLISH LAWS. Year Book XXXV Henry the Eyght by the Grace of God Kyng of Englande Fraynce and Irelande. Gothic type, woodcut initials. 4to, boards, brown morocco back. Londini: Thomae Bertheleti, 1544 A particularly fine copy of this very scarce book. There are 18 Acts, the first of which relates to the succession, in relation to the King's re cent marriage with Catherine Parr. Others relate to London, Wapping, Cambridge, etc. Books printed by Thomas Berthelet are difficult to secure and the above book has an added interest as a splendid specimen of his work, with full margins and clean throughout. FORE-EDGE PAINTING 384. EARLY ENGLISH POETRY. Specimens of the Early English Poets. 8vo, original panelled calf, Etruscan design on sides, gilt edges (a little worn). London, 1790 WITH A FORE-EDGE PAINTING of an English castle, deer in the foreground. From the estate of F. R. Halsey. 385. EARLY ENGLISH PROSE ROMANCES. Robert the Deuyll. A Romance. Title in black and red. Numerous illustrations, initials, head- and tail-pieces by Harold Nelson. Royal 4to, full brown levant morocco, blind-tooled lines with gold ornaments on sides, gold line inside borders, gilt top, uncut, by Hardy, Maillard, & Pilon. Edinburgh: Otto Schulze & Co., 1904 386. EARLY ENGLISH PROSE ROMANCES. The Famous Historie of Fryer Bacon: Containing the Wonderful Things that he did in his life, also the Manner of his death. With the Lives and Deaths of the Two Conjurers, Bungye and Vandermast, very pleasant and delightful to be read. Title in red and black. Numerous illustrations, initials, head- and tail-pieces by Harold Nelson. Royal 4to, full brown levant morocco, blind-tooled lines with gold ornaments on sides, gold line inside borders, gilt top, uncut, by Hardy, Maillard, & Pilon. Edinburgh: Otto Schulze, n.d. 387. EARLY ENGLISH PROSE ROMANCES. The Noble Birth and Gallant Atchievements of that Remarkable Outlaw, Robin Hood; Together with a True Account of the Many Merry & Extravagant Exploits he Play'd. In Twelve Several Stories, Newly collected into one volume by an Ingenious Antiquary. Title in black and red. Numerous illustrations, initials, head- and tailpieces by Harold Nelson. Royal 4to, full brown levant morocco, blind-tooled lines with gold corner ornaments on sides, gold line inside borders, gilt top, uncut, by Hardy, Maillard, & Pilon. Edinburgh: Otto Schulze, n.d. 388. EARLY PRINTING. Rochus Curtius. Fertilissimus Consuetudinum Fractatus, &c. 2 parts in 1 vol. 8vo, boards, covered with an old manuscript. Lugd. 1530-2 Rubricated title-page with printer's mark. 389. EDDY (MARY BAKER G.). Science and Health, with Key to the Scriptures. 31st edition, revised. Portrait. 8vo, cloth. Published by the author, 1887 390. From the estate of F. R. Halsey. FIRST ENGLISH BOOK OF VOYAGES, 1555 EDEN (RICHARD). The Decades of the Newe Worlde or West India, Conteynyng the navigations and conquestes of the Spanyardes, with the particular description of the moste ryche and large landes and islandes lately found in the west Ocean perteynyng to the inheritaunce of the kinges of Spayne. In the which the diligent reader may not only consyder what commoditie may hereby chaunce to the hole christian world in tyme to come, but also learne may secreates touchynge the lande, the sea, and the starres, very necessaire to be knownen to al such as shall attempte any navigations, or otherwise have delite to beholde the strange and wonderfull woorkes of God and nature. WRYTTEN IN THE LATINE TOUNGE BY PETER MARTYN OF ANGLERIA, AND TRANSLATED INTO ENGLYSSHE BY RYCHARDE EDEN. First and last leaf in excellent facsimile. Printed in BLACK LETTER. Small 4to. original calf. London: William Powell, 1555 The first half of this book is a translation from Peter Martyr, the First Historian of the New World, of his first three Decades. The last half of the volume consists of valuable matter collected and translated by Richard Eden from other books. These comprise, among others, "The historie of West Indies," translated from Oviedo. "The Vyage rounde about the worlde," translated from Maximillan, of Transylvania. "What maner of man Christopher Colon was, and how he Came Fyrst to the knowledge of the Indies." "Of the landes of Labrador and Baccalaos." , etc. This volume is one of the most important of early English books on America, being the first collection of Voyages in English, and mostly compiled from the Writings of the First Historian of Columbus and his Discovery of America. 391. EGAN (PIERCE). Life in London; or, the Day and Night Scenes of Jerry Hawthorne, Esq. and his elegant friend Corinthian Tom, accompanied by Bob Logic, the Oxonian, in their Rambles and Sprees through the Metropolis. Thirty-six fullpage colored plates and numerous designs on wood, by I. R. and G. Cruikshank. Large 8vo, full calf, gilt edges. London, 1821 FIRST EDITION of this very popular colored plate book, in fine condition. With bookplate of H. G. Van Duzer. 392. EGAN (PIERCE). The Life of an Actor. By Pierce Egan. Dedicated to Edmund Kean, Esq. The Poetical Descrip tions by T. Greenwood. Embellished with twenty-seven characteristic scenes, etched by Theodore Lane, and woodcuts by Thompson. Large 8vo, full red straight-grain morocco, gilt edges, by Riviere. London: C. S. Arnold, 1825 FIRST EDITION. Fine copy, with splendid impressions of the plates. With bookplate of H. F. Van Duzer. 393. ELEGANT EXTRACTS from the most eminent Writers. Epistles, 6 vols.; Prose, 6 vols.; Poetry, 5 vols. (vol. 5 wanting). Engraved titles. 17 vols. 18mo, full maroon straight-grain morocco, gilt backs and sides, gilt edges. London: John Sharpe, n.d. From the estate of F. R. Halsey. 394. ELIOT (GEORGE). The Works; as follow: The Mill on the Floss, 3 vols.; Silas Marner, 1 vol.; Romola, 3 vols.; Felix Holt, 3 vols.; Middlemarch, 4 vols.; Daniel Deronda, 4 vols.; Essays, 1 vol.; The Life, Edited by J. W. Cross, 3 vols. Together, 22 vols. 12mo and 8vo, full vellum, gilt backs, gilt edges. Edinburgh and London, 1860-85 A COLLECTION OF FIRST EDITIONS, including the very scarce "Romola." 395. ELSTON PRESS. The Tale of Gamelyn. Printed in red and black. Square 12mo, full olive levant morocco, gilt and inlaid back, sides ornamented with gilt, and inlaid panel of tulips, gilt top, uncut, by Riviere. One of 200 copies. New Rochelle: Elston Press, 1901 396. EMBLEMS. ALCIATI (ANDREA). Emblemata denuo ab ipso autore recognita, ac, quae desiderabantur, imaginibus locupletata. Each page within architectural and ornamental woodcut borders, and 211 emblematic cuts. 8vo, contemporary French calf, panelled sides, gilt Fleurs-de-lys in the corners and a Dolphin in the centre. Lugduni, apud Gul. Rovillium, 1550 The Dauphin of France's copy who afterwards became Francis II. The Emblem at page 156 represents the Dolphin and is inscribed “ "PRINCEPS." 397. EMBLEMS. Emblemata Amatoria. Engraved title and thirty emblematic copper-plates, with text in Latin, Dutch and French. Oblong 4to, crimson levant morocco, back and sides covered with rich emblematic tooling of hearts, flowers, birds, and scrolls, gilt edges, by The Club Bindery. Amsterdam, 1618 With the Hoe book-plate. 398. EMERSON (RALPH WALDO). The Complete Works of. With a Biographical Introduction and Notes by Edward Waldo |