The Landscape Painters of England: in a series of steel engravings. By L. Mary. With short notices by W. M. Thackeray. 4to. Lond., n. d. The Bibliography of Thackeray. 12mo. Lond., n. d. Together 11 vols. uniformly bound in full calf gilt (binding poor, would make a good collection for re-binding). Lond. 1849-67 ALL FIRST EDNS. The SUPERB SET OF THE EDITION DE LUXE. TRAITS, ETC., ETC. In 52 volumes. Royal 8vo, HANDSOMELY : * A SUPERB UNUSED SET OF THIS HANDSOME LIBRARY EDITION, DESIGNATED THE EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED EDITION OF THE SMITH, ELDER & CO. LARGE PAPER THACKERAY," LIMITED TO 15 NUMBERED COPIES, OF WHICH THIS IS No. 2. A FINE UNIFORM COLLECTION OF THE WRITINGS OF TIMBS. ✓ 413. TIMBS (JOHN, F. S. A.). Collection of the Works of this interesting and prolific Author. Illust. with many portraits and plates and engravings, forming 32 vols. 8vo, 12mo and 16mo, uniformly bound in half red moroccoc gilt, UNCUT, gilt tops. Fine set. Lond. CONTENTS: Curiosities of London, with 50 years' Recollections. 1868 Romance of London, Strange Stories, Scenes, and Remark, able Persons. 3 vols. 1865 Club Life of London, with Anecdotes of the Clubs, Coffee 7 turies. 2 vols. 1866 English Eccentrics and Eccentricities. 2 vols. 1866 Notabilia; or curious and amusing facts about many things. 1872 Doctors and Patients. 2 vols. 1873 Anecdote Lives of the Later Wits and Humorists. 2 vols. 1874 n. d. Clubs and Club Life in London. Abbeys, Castles and Ancient Halls of England and Wales. 3 vols. Something for Everybody. n. d. n. d. The Book of Modern Legal Anecdote, the Bar, Bench and n. d. 414. TROLLOPE (ANTHONY). Thackeray. (A Biography.) FIRST EDN. Post 8vo, full polished calf gilt, gilt top and inside borders, uncut, by MORELL. Lond. 1879 * EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED BY THE INSERTION OF 35 PORTRAITS, ETC., including an ORIGINAL WATER-COLOR DRAWING of the house in which the author wrote "Vanity Fair." 415. WALPOLE (HORACE) AND REEVE (CLARA). 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WHITMAN (WALT). Leaves of Grass. Portrait. Brooklyn, N. Y., 1855 *THE RARE FIRST ISSUE OF THE FIRST EDITION, without the preliminary leaves of press notices found in some copies. In this copy, however, are inserted rough galley-proofs (5) of newspaper notices relating to the work, including the famous letter of Emerson to Whitman. And on considering this latter feature of this copy, it would seem more than probable that the present was WHITMAN'S OWN COPY, as it is not likely that any one but the author would go to the trouble of collecting and preserving proofs of articles which concerned no one so much as himself. The Williamson copy, with printed slip affixed to title"London: Wm. Horsell, 492 Oxford St." VERY FINE COPY. 422. WHITMAN (WALT). The Complete Writings of Walt Whitman. Issued under the editorial supervision of his Literary Executors, R. M. Bucke, Thomas B. Harned and Horace L. Traubel With additional Bibliographical and Critical Material. 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The Works of. 15 vols. 8vo, cloth, handmade paper. Edition limited to 1,000 copies. Lond. Methuen & Co. [1908] * Contents: Duchess of Padua: Poems; Intentions, contains FINE 434. WORDSWORTH (WILLIAM). Poems. By William Wordsworth, author of the Lyrical Ballads. 2 vols. prettily bound in full olive crushed morocco, gilt corners on sides, gilt backs and tops, inside borders, SOME LEAVES Lond. 1807 UNCUT. * FIRST EDITION. RARE. WITH HALF-TITLES TO BOTH VOLUMES. A VERY FINE SET. |