7. BAGEHOT (WALTER). Literary Studies. With

a Prefatory Memoir edited by Richard Holt Hut

ton. Photo-portrait. FIRST EDITION. 2 vols. 8vo, half red Lond. 1879

morocco.

* A chapter on "Sterne and Thackeray."

8. BARNARD (FREDERICK). ORIGINAL WASH DRAW"Becky Sharp" Portrait. From "Vanity Fair." Signed with initials. Size 161⁄2 x 2511⁄2 inches. In oak frame.

ING.

9. BARNARD (FREDERICK). ORIGINAL WASH DRAWING. "Major Dobbin" and little "Georgy Osborne." Seated before a spinnet with the child on his arm and holding a small British flag in his hand, toys scattered on the floor. From Vanity Fair." Signed with initials. Size 1612 x 25 inches. In oak frame.

ING.

10. BARNARD (FREDERICK). ORIGINAL WASH DRAW"The Little Sister." Mrs. Brandon seated by the bedside of Philip. From "Adventures of Philip." Signed with initials. Size 15 x 22 inches. In oak frame.

11. BARNARD (FREDERICK). ORIGINAL WASH DRAWING. Captain Costigan seated before his daughter's dressing table. From "Pendennis." Signed with initials. Size 1434 x 23 inches. In oak frame.

ING.

12. BARNARD (FREDERICK). ORIGINAL WASH DRAW"Major Pendennis," hat and cane before him on the window sill, reflectively gazing out at the passing throng. From "Pendennis." Signed with initials. Size 16 x 23 inches. In oak frame.

13. BARNARD (FREDERICK).

ING.

ORIGINAL WASH DRAW

"Colonel Newcome." Standing before the church door with his long military cloak hanging loosely from his shoulders, medal on his breast, and bible and prayer-book in his folded hands. From "Newcomes." Signed with initials. Size 161⁄2 x 25 inches. In oak frame.

14. BARNARD (FREDERICK). Photogravure of the original drawing of "Colonel Newcome."

Signed by the

Photogravure of the
Signed by the artist.

16. BARNARD (FREDERICK). Original pen-and-ink portrait of himself. Three-quarter length, turned to right. Signed. Small folio, framed and glazed.

17. BARNARD (FREDERICK). A SERIES OF CHARACTER SKETCHES from Thackeray, from Original Drawings by Frederick Barnard. Folio, loose in board portfolio (water and smoke-stained). Lond. 1886

18. BAXTER (LUCY W.). Thackeray's Friendship with an American Family. From "The Century." 8vo, half moN. Y. 1903-04

rocco.

19. BAXTER (LUCY W.). Thackeray's Letters to an American Family. Drawings by Thackeray. 8vo, cloth, Lond. 1904

uncut.

20. BEDE (CUTHBERT). The Shilling Book of Beauty. 12mo, half morocco.

Lond. 1856 Recollections of

Lond. 1870

Thackeray. From "Cassell's Magazine." 8vo, half morocco.

22. BEERS (HENRY A.). Nathaniel Parker Willis. Portrait. 12mo, half red morocco, gilt top, uncut.

Bost. 1888

Willis was Thackeray's first American publisher. 23. BENTLEY (RICHARD). A. L. S., 2 pp. 12mo, Mar. 11, 1838, to Mr. Thackeray. Letter of introduction for Mrs. Macknight, who desires an engagement at one of the theatres.

24. BOOK-LOVER'S ALMANAC for the Year 1894. With etchings by Robida, and other illustrations. 12mo, half red morocco, gilt top, uncut, original covers bound in. N. Y. 1894 * Mentions the Lambert collection. Limited to 450 copies. 25. THE BOOKMAN. An Illustrated Literary Journal. Complete from Vol. 1, Feb. 1895, to Vol. 30, Feb. 1910. Illustrated. 30 vols. royal 8vo, half red morocco. N. Y. 1895-1910

* Fine set.

26. BOOK-PLATE of Edward Fitz-Gerald, designed by Thackeray. An angel bearing a shield, in a panel, with name beneath (very slightly mended).

BOOKS FROM THACKERAY'S LIBRARY

Containing his Embossed Stamp, Presentations, Drawings, and Notes.

27. BASSOMPIERRE (MARESCHAL DE).

Memoires

du Mareschal de Bassompierre, contenant l'Histoire de sa Vie. 2 vols. 12mo, old calf.

Cologne, 1703

*W. M. THACKERAY'S COPY, with his monogram stamp on the title-pages. There are a few marginal notes in pencil. 28. LUCAN'S PHARSALIA. Translated into English Verse by Nicholas Rowe. 12mo, old calf (broken).

Dublin, 1719

* W. H. THACKERAY'S COPY, with an early specimen of his autograph on the inside of the cover. Underneath is the bookplate of Edmund Yates.

BOOKS FROM THACKERAY'S LIBRARY-Cont'd.

29. MENGO (HIERONYMI). Flagellum et Fustis Dæmonum. Exorcismos Terribiles, Potentissimos, & Efficaces. 8vo, half morocco, uncut, in a red morocco case.

n. p. 1727

* W M. THACKERAY'S COPY, with his signature at the top of the first blank leaf and his monogram stamp on half title. On the second blank leaf is a humorous drawing by Thackeray, evidently suggested by the book. It represents a gibbet with grotesque skeleton playing a fiddle, hanging from it, and a monk, ballet dancer, and devils dancing beneath. On page 137 appears another drawing of a stout little devil with sword and staff, decorously smoking a pipe. These 2 drawings are fine examples of Thackeray's humor and artistic ability.

30. [BURKE (EDMUND).] An Account of the European Settlements in America. 2 maps. 2 vols. 8vo, half morocco. Lond. 1760

* W. M. THACKERAY'S COPY, with his monogram stamp on titles.

31. FIELDING (HENRY). History of Tom Jones, a Foundling. FIRST EDITION. 6 vols. 12mo, old calf.

Lond. 1749

*W. M. THACKERAY'S COPY, with his monogram stamp on the titles, and with a MS. correction on page 96, Vol. 3. Thackeray was a great admirer of Fielding as a novelist, and this set of first editions of "Tom Jones' is, from a literary point of view, one of the most interesting books from his library.

32. HISTORICAL MEMOIRS of his late Royal Highness William-Augustus, Duke of Cumberland. Including the Military and Political History of Great-Britain, during that Period. 8vo, old calf (cracked). Lond. 1767

* W. M. THACKERAY'S COPY, with his monogram stamp on the title-page. Possibly used in the preparation of the "Four Georges.

33. [COOMBE (WILLIAM).] The R-1 Register: with Annotations by Another Hand. 2 vols. in one. 12mo, old calf, neatly rebacked. Lond. 1778

* W. M. THACKERAY'S COPY, with his monogram stamp on title, and 4 lines of MS. notes in his autograph, in pencil, on a fly-leaf at the end of the volume.

34. MEMOIRS of the Life of the late Charles Lee, Esq.Second in Command in the Service of the United States of America during the Revolution. 8vo, old calf, in a red morocco slip-case (a few margins stained). Lond. 1792

* W. M. THACKERAY'S COPY, with his monogram stamp on title, and a four-line note on the half title in his autograph, as follows, "In the European Mag. 43. 277. T Rodney of Dover writes that in America in 1773, General Lee told him he was the author of the letters of Junius, adding 'I request you will not reveal it during my life, for it never was, nor never will be revealed to any other.'"'

It is said this book was purchased by Thackeray for study in connection with his story "The Virginians."

BOOKS FROM THACKERAY'S LIBRARY-Cont'd.

35. THE GUARDIAN. [By Addison Addison and Steele.] Vignette portraits on titles. 2 vols. 12mo, brown calf, blindtooled.

Lond. 1795

* W. M. THACKERAY'S COPY, AND CONTAINS 17 PENCIL DRAWINGS BY HIM. With the exception of two, the drawings are on the margins and illustrate the text. Some of them are delightfully humorous and can be perfectly understood without reference to the printed matter. The two drawings on the fly-leaves are more than sketches, and in the nature of finished drawings. Among the marginial sketches are some typical subjects; such as a cupid taking off his hat to a bag of gold which is walking by; a man flat on the ground examining an ant-hill; two duellists continuing to fight after losing most of their limbs, etc.

36. THOMSON (JAMES). The Seasons. Frontispiece engraved by Springsgoth. 18mo, old mottled calf. În a In morocco slip-case. Lond., n. d.

* PRESENTATION COPY FROM THACKERAY, with an inscription in his handwriting:-"My dear Smith, I have no opportunity to do what you wish. Here is the book itself. W. M. T.” On the margin of a passage of "Summer' he has written "Beautifully rendered," and at the end of "The Chase, "Grand in the extreme. W. M. T." At the bottom of the first page of "Life of Mr. Thomson" Thackeray has written in sarcastic vein "There is not a little error in this so-called life. W. M. T.''

37. FROISSART (SIR JOHN). Chronicles of England, France, Spain, and the Adjoining Countries. Vol. 1. 8vo, old boards. Lond. 1806

* W. M. THACKERAY'S COPY, WITH 7 CLEVER PENCIL SKETCHES BY HIM ON THE FLY-LEAVES. The first is of a knight tilting, the reverse of the page contains three sketches of knights and horses, the back fly-leaf shows a tournament between an English and French knight, and on the inside of the back cover are two drawings of men in armor. Sold at Sotheby's in 1890.

38. GRANT (MRS. ANNE). Memoirs of an American Lady with Sketches of Manners and Scenery in America. FIRST EDITION. 2 vols. 12mo, old marbled calf. Lond. 1808 * W. M. THACKERAY'S COPY, with his monogram stamp on titles; also presentation inscription on titles, C. M. Hulse from Miss Anne Grant."

39. THE MONTHLY MAGAZINE; or, British Register. 3 odd volumes for 1821, 1823, and 1824. 3 vols. 8vo, old half calf (broken, parts of the backs missing). Lond. 1821-24

*WM. M. THACKERAY'S COPY, with his monogram stamp on each title-page.

40. [GRAYDON (ALEXANDER).] Memoirs of a Life, chiefly passed in Pennsylvania, within the last Sixty Years 8vo, original boards, uncut (rebacked, slightly waterstained). Edinb. 1822

* W. M. THACKERAY'S COPY, with his monogram stamp on the title-page, a pencil reference by him on the inside of back cover, and a passage marked in pencil.

BOOKS FROM THACKERAY'S LIBRARY-Cont'd.

41. THE VILLAGE DOCTOR; or the Art of Curing Diseases rendered familiar and easy; with Select Receipts. 16mo, original boards (back repaired). In a morocco cover. Lond. 1825

* W. M. THACKERAY'S COPY, with inscription on the fly-leaf "A very useful affair, W. M. Thackeray," in his handwriting. He has made one small marginal note in pencil.

42. THE MONTHLY MAGAZINE; or, British Register. Volume LIX. Part 1 for 1825. 8vo, half green levant morocco, gilt top. Lond. 1825

* From Thackeray's Library, with his monogram stamp on the title-page. The volume has been rebound recently.

43. AINSWORTH'S English-Latin Dictionary. Thick 8vo, old half leather (title missing, loose in binding). In a morocco slip-case. [Lond. 1827]

* W. M. THACKERAY'S COPY, used by him while at school. On the inside of the front cover is an inscription in his handwriting "W. M. Thackeray, Charterhouse-July, 1827.'' On the front fly-leaf there is a drawing on each side, one of a man in armor and another in walking costume. On the inside of the back cover is a drawing of a boy in a fool's-cap. Thackeray's monogram stamp is on the first leaf, the book-plate of Henry Carmichael-Smyth is in the front; and there is an affidavit on the front cover.

44. AINSWORTH'S English-Latin Dictionary. 8vo, old diamond calf (title supplied in manuscript). In a handsomely gilt red morocco case. [Lond. 1827]

* W. M. THACKERAY'S COPY, USED BY HIM WHILE HE WAS AT SCHOOL. On the inside of the front cover is his signature "W. M. Thackeray. Charter-House, July, 1827." Underneath is a stamp consisting of his name with a crown and spears above it. On the fly-leaf preceding the text there are three signatures by him and another stamp with his initials and the crown above; on the reverse is a drawing of a man playing the violin; on the last blank leaves are about ten sketches in pencil, mostly of heads, and his signature appears three times. Thackeray's monogram stamp is on the first leaf.

(See Illustration.)

45. WALLACE (WILLIAM). The History of the Life and Reign of George the Fourth. Engraved titles. 3 vols. 12mo, original cloth, uncut. In a morocco slip-case.

Lond. 1831-32

* W. M. THACKERAY'S COPY, with his monogram stamp on each title-page, and 21 notes in his handwriting referring to passages in the book. This work undoubtedly was used in preparing his lecture on George the IV, and the notes were made at the back for easy reference. There is a pencil sketch of a head in the back of volume 2. Bookplates of Henry Crawshay, and probably bought by him in the sale of Thackeray's books in 1864, as the book appears in the catalogue.