Works of James McNeill Whistler.

984. WHISTLER (J. MCNEILL). Homes of the Passing Show. Sketches written by Beatty Kingston, Robert Hichens, and others. Drawings and illustrations by J. McNeill Whistler, Joseph Pennell, &c., some colored. Small 4to, boards. Lond. 1900

* An interesting advertisement for the Savoy and Claridge's Hotels, principally. Among other illustrations made especially for this volume is the first reproduction of Whistler's "Savoy Pigeons," and "The Savoy Hotel," an original etching made by Whistler for D'Oyly Carte, President of the Savoy Hotel Co.

985. WHISTLER (J. MCNEILL). Menpes (Mortimer). Whistler as I Knew Him. 125 very beautiful plates, consisting of facsimiles in color, tint monochrome, black and white, etc., after etchings, drypoints, drawings, paintings, in oil and in water colors, pastels, lithographs, etc. Thick 4to, art-buckram, top edge gilt, others uncut. Lond. 1904

*The scarce Edition de Luxe, of which only 500 copies were printed. Written by one of Whistler's personal friends, it presents the various phases of the etcher's character in the truest light. In this edition it appears for the only time an original etching by Whistler of the Menpes children. This edition was very quickly sold out and is now at a great premium.

986. WHISTLER (J. MCNEILL). Ten O'Clock, together with Mr. Swinburne's Comment and Mr. Whistler's Reply. Portrait. 8vo, boards. Chicago: Old Dominion Shop, 1904

*No 3 of 15 copies printed on Imperial Japanese Vellum. This volume contains the famous lecture as originally issued by the Artist, together with the first complete and unabridged reprint of the Swinburne article and also Mr. Whistler's most sarcastic response thereto.

989.

Another copy. One of 55 copies on French handmade paper.

990.

Another copy.

The same issue.

991. WHISTLER (J. MCNEILL). The Gentle Art of Making Enemies. Square 8vo, boards, uncut, cloth back, as published. N. Y. 1890

992. WHISTLER (J. MCNEILL). Mr. Whistler's Ten O'Clock as delivered in London at Cambridge and at Oxford together with his Propositions and Propositions No. 2. 12mo, half vellum, uncut.

Chicago: The Alderbrink Press, 1907

*One of 300 copies printed on English handmade paper, and nearly all withdrawn from the market at the request of Mr. C. L. Freer, of Detroit.

993. WHISTLER (J. MCNEILL). Bacher (Otto H.). With Whistler in Venice Illustrated with many reproductions of Whistler's work and of Etchings and Photographs by the Author. Royal 8vo, original half cloth, board sides, uncut. N. Y. The Century Co., 1908

* First Edition, including material that was suppressed. 994. WHISTLER (J. MCNEILL). Pennell (E. R. & J.). The Life of James McNeill Whistler. With numerous fullpage plates. 2 vols. imperial 8vo, half cloth, board sides, yellow tops, uncut, as issued. Lond. 1908 The English Edition, with the copyright notice on back of title page, which should have been omitted.

995. WHITE (GLEESON). Ballads and Rondeaus, Chants Royal, Sestinas, Villanelles, etc., selected, with chapter on the various forms. FIRST EDITION. 16mo, original cloth, with label, entirely uncut. Lond. 1887

* Presentation copy from the author, with autograph inscription: "This, the first collection of verses garde joyeuse' is offered to E. C. Stedman Esq by Gleeson White, Christchurch Hants, England. Oct. 1887." Also with author's bookplate and Mr. Stedman's bookplate.

996. WHITMAN (WALT). November Boughs. FIRST EDITION. With portrait. 8vo, cloth, gilt top, uncut. Phila. 1888 997. WHITTIER (JOHN G.). Leaves from Margaret Smith's Journal in the Province of Massachusetts Bay, 1678-9. FIRST EDITION. 12mo, original cloth, uncut.

Oscar Wilde.

Bost. 1849

Poems, 1881, presentation copy from the author to William Morris ; Ye Soul Agonies, 1882, original wrappers; Rose Leaf and Apple Leaf, 1882, genuine first issue; Intentions, 1891, first edition; Lord Arthur Savile's Crime, 1891, first edition; The Picture of Dorian Gray, 1891, first edition, presentation copy from the author to his wife; and others.

Second Edition. gilt top, uncut.

998. WILDE (OSCAR). Presentation Copy. Poems. 12mo, half brown morocco, blind tooling, Lond. David Bogue, 1881 *Very Scarce. Presentation Copy from the Author to William Morris, WITH THE FOLLOWING INSCRIPTION IN OSCAR WII DE'S HANDWRITING: "To William Morris in deepest admiration from the Author. July." And with William Morris library label.

999. WILDE (OSCAR). Ye Soul Agonies in ye Life of Oscar Wilde. Illustrated by Charles Kendrick. Pictorial cover and 11 illustrations. 8vo, original wrappers, in a half morocco slip case. N. Y. 1882

* EXTREMELY RARE. Only one copy has heretofore come up for sale at auction. It is a burlesque biography published during Wilde's lecture tour in America. The facetious illustrations showing him in "æsthetic costume" in company with the Prince of Wales, Sarah Bernhardt, etc., are very amusing.

1000. WILDE (OSCAR). Rose Leaf and Apple Leaf. By Rennell Rodd. With an Introduction by Oscar Wilde. Printed in brown ink on one side only of thin translucent handmade paper, interleaved with pale green tissue. Japanesque vignettes by J. E. Kelly. 12mo, vellum with intaglio medallion, gilt top, uncut.

Phila. J. M. Stoddart & Co., 1882 *The very rare First Edition, in perfect condition. The publisher has stated that it was a very limited issue, "printed on a remainder of paper made by the first paper-maker in America for the government, probably before the Revolution.” Wilde was in part responsible for the unusual features of this volume. The storm of criticism which it provoked caused its withdrawal in favor of a second edition printed on ordinary paper, bound in cloth, with which it should not be confused. This "freak volume" is said to have caused a rupture in the friendship of Wilde and the present British Ambassador at Rome.

1001. WILDE (OSCAR) AND OTHERS. In a Good Cause. A Collection of Stories, Poems, and Illustrations. Edited by M. S. T. Amherst. Frontispiece by Randolph Caldecott, and 20 plates. Small 4to, original boards. N. Y. [ca. 1885]

*A volume published for the benefit of the North Eastern Hospital for Children, London. Contains the first appearance of Wilde's Le Jardin des Tuileries." Andrew Lang's "Seekers for a City," H. Rider Haggard's "Hunter Quatermain's Story," and others.

1002. WILDE (OSCAR). Intentions. The Decay of Lying.-Pen, Pencil and Poison. -The Critic and Artist.The Truth of Masks. FIRST EDITION. 8vo, handsomely bound by Riviere in full levant extra, gilt top, uncut. Lond. 1891

* A FINE COPY OF THE FIRST EDITION. VERY RARE. The article of about 30 pp., entitled Pen, Pencil and Poison," is an extremely curious sketch of the life and character of Wainwright the poisoner. It will be read with peculiar interest, bearing in mind the complex character and the ability of the writer himself.

1003. WILDE (OSCAR). Lord Arthur Savile's Crime, and Other Stories. (The Sphinx Without a Secret, The Canterville Coast, The Model Millionaire), by Oscar Wilde. 12mo, original boards, uncut. Lond. 1891

The exceedingly rare First Edition. The edition usually sold as the first is, like this one, printed by T. & T. Clark of Edinburgh, but bearing the imprint of Dodd, Mead & Co. That is the American Edition. No copy of the genuine First Edition has been offered at auction in this country, and it is almost impossible to secure one in good condition.

1004. WILDE (OSCAR). The Picture of Dorian Gray. FIRST EDITION. Small Svo, original boards, uncut, as issued. Lond. Ward Lock & Co. [1891]

* PRESENTATION COPY from Oscar Wilde to his wife, with inscription in his handwriting: "Constance, from Oscar with his love, May, '91."

1005. WILDE (OSCAR).

Lady Windermere's Fan: a Play about a Good Woman. Square 8vo, original cloth, with gold ornaments by Charles Shannon, uncut.

Lond. 1893

* The exceedingly rare First Edition, of which only 500 copies were printed. A good clean copy of one of the most sought

after of all Oscar Wilde's works.

1006. WILDE (OSCAR).

THE RARE FIRST EDITION. gold decorations on sides.

A Woman of no Importance. Square 8vo, original buckram, Lond. 1894

* One of 50 copies on Large Paper. Exceedingly scarce. 1007. WILDE (OSCAR). An Ideal Husband. By the Author of "Lady Windermere's Fan." FIRST EDITION. Small 4to, cloth, uncut. Lond. 1899

1008. WILDE (OSCAR). A Woman of no Importance. Square 8vo, cloth, uncut.

* One of 250 privately printed copies.

Paris, 1903

1009. WILDE (OSCAR). De Profundis. FIRST EDITION. 12mo, cloth, gilt top. Lond. 1906

1010. WILDE (OSCAR). The Complete Writings of Wilde. Frontispieces and titles on Japan paper, and other illustrations. 10 vols. 8vo, buckram, paper labels, gilt tops, N. Y., &c.: Nottingham Society [1907]

uncut.

* Limited Edition for sucscribers only.

1011. WILLARD (G. O.). History of the Providence Stage, 1762-1891. Portrait. 8vo, half red morocco, gilt top, by Stikeman. Providence, 1891

* EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED by the insertion of 11 portraits of celebrated actors and actresses. 1012. [WILSON (ALEXANDER).] Watty and Meg; or, The Wife Reformed. A True Tale. (Poem.) 16mo, half olive straight-grain morocco, gilt top, [by Riviere]. Glasgow, ca. 1792

* FIRST EDITION of the best-known of the poems of the author of "American Ornithology."

1013. WINTER (WILLIAM). Life and Art of Edwin Booth. With portraits and numerous illustrations. Large 8vo, cloth, gilt top, uncut.

N. Y. 1893

* One of 250 copies of this edition were printed on handmade paper, with the illustrations on plate paper.

1014. WINTER (WILLIAM). Life and Art of Joseph Jefferson, illustrated, 12mo, cloth, N. Y. 1894; The Trip to England, illustrated, 12mo, cloth, Bost. 1881. Together, 2 vols.

1015. WITHER (GEORGE). An Improvement of Imprisonment, Disgrace, Poverty, into Real Freedom, Honest Reputation, Perdurable Riches. Evidenced in a Few Crums

and Scraps; lately found in a Prisoners Basket at Newgate. FIRST EDITION. Small 8vo, dark-blue levant morocco gilt, gilt edges, by Riviere (old writing in several places on title, some margins stained). Lond. Printed in the Year 1661 1016. WOOD (CHARLES E. S.). A Masque of Love. Printed on Italian handmade paper. 8vo, half buckram, New Rochelle: Elston Press, 1904

uncut.

=

* One of 500 copies. One critic says: A Masque of Love is in all respects a poem of singular beauty and force and most sensitive feeling for nature-one which cannot fail to find a permanent place in the higher literature of this period."

1017. WOOD (CHARLES E. S.). A Masque of Love. 8vo, boards, cloth back, paper label, uncut and unopened. * One of 500 copies printed. Chicago, 1904 1018. WORDSWORTH (WILLIAM). The River Duddon, a Series of Sonnets: Vaudracour and Julia: and Other Poems, etc. 8vo, cloth, uncut. Lond. 1820

*FIRST EDITION. Scarce.

1019. WORDSWORTH (WILLIAM). Lyrical Ballads, with other Poems. SECOND EDITION. 2 vols. full polished calf gilt, gilt tops (edges scraped, some uncut), bound by Riviere. Lond. 1800

*A fine copy.

1020. WORLD'S ORATORS (THE). Comprising the Great Orations of the World's History, with introductory Essays, biographical sketches and critical notes by Guy Carleton Lee, Editor in Chief. With numerous illustra

tions. 10 vols. 8vo, cloth, gilt tops.

N. Y.: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1900

1021. ZOLA (EMILE), The Soil (La Terre), a realistic novel. With a frontispiece designed by H. Gray. 12mo, original cloth. Lond.: Vizetelly & Co., 1888 * Good copy of Vizetelly's unexpurgated edition. Scarce. 1022. ZOLA (EMILE). Principal Novels, now first completely translated into English. 12 vols. 8vo, original buckram, gilt tops, uncut.

Lond. Printed by the Lutetian Society for private distribution amongst its members, 1893.

* One of an edition of 300 copies on Arnold's handmade paper. Fine set. Very scarce.