all withing the Whithen fire having first concluded th Hisse come of vitition hit what to do this was reechoed by 5 mathin do anything that of [SEE No. 81.] 8, 1830, C. Bronte, 1830 May the 8'; Vol. IV, 8 leaves, signed at the end "July the 30, 1830, C. Bronte." Commencing "The original of the Islanders was as follows: it was one cold night in December, we were all sitting round the fire and had been silent some time, and at last I said suppose we had each an Island of our own... Brawell chose the Isle of Whight (sic). We then chose who should live in our Islands, the chief of Brawell where John Bull, Astly Cooper, Leigh Hunt etc. Emily's Walter Scott, Mr. Lockhart, Johny Lockhart etc. etc., Annie's Michael Luudlen, Lord Bentich, Henry Halford etc. and I chose Duke of Wellington," etc. The four original volumes, together with the brown paper covers, ALL OF WHICH ARE LETTERED IN THE AUTOGRAPH OF THE AUTHORESS, have been separated into single sheets and neatly and most skillfully inlaid with a complete type-written transcript and portrait of Brontë, together with a chapter from Mrs. Gaskell's Life of Brontë, in which the preceding manuscript is mentioned. The whole forming a 4to volume bound in full blue crushed levant morocco, with the title inlaid on white crushed levant, gilt top. * ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT BRONTE MANUSCRIPTS EXTANT, HAVING BEEN PLANNED BY THE AUTHORESS WHEN SHE WAS ELEVEN YEARS OF AGE, AND WRITTEN WHEN SHE WAS THIRTEEN. An interesting type-written original preface reads in part, as follows: "Mrs. Gaskell in her admirable life of Charlotte Brontë makes mention of a packet of manuscripts, tales, poems romances and dramas, written in childhood by the author of 'Jane Eyre.' An extract from the introduction to one of these precocious works 'The Tales of the Islanders' was copied by Mrs. Gaskell (else) the whole of this remarkable little romance has hitherto remained unpublished. Planned when she was eleven years of age and written at the age of thirteen without question one of the most remarkable pieces of literature in our language. (the manuscript being) sufficient to indicate the imaginative power, the wit, fluency and almost oriental wealth of description characterizing this romance by the little girl of thirteen years, etc. [See Reproduction.] ... FIRST EDITION IN ORIGINAL BOARDS, AND PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR. 82. BROWNING (ROBERT). Sordello. THE RARE FIRST EDN. 12mo, original boards, uncut (back slightly repaired and a small portion of the label missing). Lond. Ed. Moxon, 1840 * PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR, WITH INSCRIPTION ON HALF-TITLE: "William Browning from his Nephew R. B."; also, on inner cover: "From W. S. Browning to his dear daughter Christiana M. Carr 7 June, 1872." This copy also contains the RARE LEAF advertising "Paracelsus" and "Strafford" as by the same author, and as nearly ready Pippa Passes," etc. Some copies have Moxon's catalogue of books, this has not. Enclosed in green crushed levant morocco solander case with inner protecting cover of green silk. 83. BRYANT (WILLIAM CULLEN). MANUSCRIPT NOTEBOOK OF WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT, 70 pp. 8vo, interleaved with blotting paper and with contemporary marbled wrappers, nearly filled with Bryant's Shorthand Notes, MADE WHILE HE WAS PRACTICING THE LAW AS A PROFESSION. In addition, Bryant has jotted down examples of typographical blunders, memorandums of the numbers of lottery tickets, references to noted law suits and other notes, some dated 1824, 1826, etc., soon after which he gave up the law (which he had never liked) and went to New York as a joint editor of the New York Review. Laid in are newspaper cuttings and a bill for legal services dated 1818-20, etc. *AN INTERESTING ASSOCIATION ITEM. Bryant's shorthand notes are very clearly and beautifully written and are an evidence of their early practical use in America. 84. BUCHANAN (ROBERT). Poems and Love Lyrics. By Robert W. Buchanan. FIRST EDN. 12mo, cloth, uncut. Glasgow, n. d. [circa 1858] * EXTREMELY RARE, AND SEEMINGLY UNKNOWN TO BIBLIOGRAPHERS. HIS FIRST WORK, WRITTEN AND PUBLISHED WHEN ONLY A YOUTH. Contains the leaf of errata, issued separately. PRESENTATION COPY from the author with inscription. 85. BULWER-LYTTON (LORD). The New Timon. A Romance of London. In four parts. FIRST EDN. In the (4) original numbers. 8vo, paper, uncut, in slip case (names on covers). EXTREMELY RARE. Lond. 1846 * Accompanied by the two leaves from "Punch," containing ALFRED TENNYSON'S ANONYMOUS REPLY TO LORD LYTTON'S STRICTURES ON HIM. They are signed Alcibiades." It was the only time that Tennyson indulged in vituperation, but the provocation was uncommon. 86. BURKE (EDMUND). REFLECTIONS ON THE REVOLUTION IN FRANCE, and on the Proceedings in certain Societies in London relative to that event in a Letter intended to have been sent to a Gentleman in Paris. FIRST EDN. 8vo, original wrappers, UNCUT EDGES. Lond. 1790 * VERY SCARCE IN THIS STATE. UNIQUE COPY OF THE WORKS OF BURNS, HAVING INSERTED 30 ORIGINAL WATER-COLOR DRAWINGS BY GEORGE SHEPHEARD. 87. BURNS (ROBERT). Works, with an account of his Life, Criticism on his Writings, etc; James Currie, portrait, after Nasmyth 4 vols. 8vo, newly BOUND BY ZAEHNSDORF, in full red crushed levant morocco extra, gilt edges. Lond. 1819 * UNIQUE AND MOST INTERESTING COPY, having inserted a series of 30 ORIGINAL WATER-COLOR DRAWINGS BY GEORGE THE ANATOMY OF MELANCHOLY, VVHAT IT IS. VVITH ALL THE KINDES, IN THREE MAINE PARTITIONS TIONS. THILOSOPHICALLY, MEDICI BY DEMOCRITVS Iunior. With a Satyricall PREFACE, conducing to Масков. Omne meum, Nihil meum. AT OXFORD. Printed by LOHN LICHFIELD and IAMES Anne Dom. i621. [SEE No. 89.] |