history: he hits the public in the face with his hat and then holds it out for contributions. It is not ludicrous, it is pitiful. As to his patriotism, his lofty talk of lifting up and healing his bleeding nation-it can't stand the strain of a trifling temporary inconvenience. He has made a grave blunder and persistently refuses to rectify it.” The letters are full of such characteristic touches as, "I never use profanity except when writing to a clergyman"; "They have taken to interrupting me every time I try to arrange about my funeral, which is to be in January a year and seven months from now-January fourth; I tell strangers it is the sixth"; "This letter remind me of the time I reformed. I said I would smoke only one cigar a day. Before the month was out I was getting cigars manufactured specially. They were as long as a crutch." In one letter he writes: "If you yourself have any doubts, brush them away; for there is greatness in you, Charlotte-more than you suspect. A few of the letters have pieces cut out of them, which was done by Mark Twain, who explained it in this way: "This letter is getting oppressively long for you, who are a busy person, and I am modifying it with the scissors." ITIS IMPOSSIBLE TO EXAGGERATE THE INTEREST AND VALUE OF THESE LETTERS, WHICH ARE OBVIOUSLY THE FRANKEST EXPRESSIONS OF HIS INTIMATE THOUGHTS.

41. CONRAD (JOSEPH). Works. Photogravure frontispiece portrait of the author. 18 vols., 8vo, three-quarter levant morocco, cloth sides, gilt backs and tops, uncut.

Garden City: Doubleday Page & Co., 1920 SUN DIAL EDITION, one of 735 copies, the first volume Signed and Numbered by the Author. The finest edition of the works of this remarkable writer.

42. COOKERY. Kidder (Edward). E. Kidder's Receipts of Pastry and Cookery, For the Use of his Scholars. Fine Portrait by Sheppard, folding plans and the text throughout engraved on copper. 12mo, half calf. [London, c. 1720]

Beautifully engraved throughout and printed on one side of the page only. The author describes himself as "Pastry-master" and had two schools, one in Queen Street the other in Furnival's Inn.

43. COOPER (JAMES FENIMORE). Complete Works. Title-pages and frontispieces on India paper. 32 vols., 8vo, half blue morocco, gilt tops, uncut. New York: Putnam, n. d.

LEATHER-STOCKING EDITION.

44. COSTUME. Du Molinet (P. C.). Figvres des Différents Habits des Chanoines Regyliers en ce Siècle. Avec discours sur les Habits Anciens et Modernes. Ornamental title and 31 Plates by Le Doyen. 4to, full levant morocco, gilt, gilt edges by Cuzin. Paris: Simeon Piget, 1666

Fine copy of this very rare work. With splendid impressions of the important series of plates of French 17th century costumes.

45. COTGRAVE (JOHN). The English Treasury of Wit and Language. Collected Out of the most, and best of our English Drammatick Poems. Small 8vo, morocco, gilt edges.

London, Humphrey Moseley, 1655

FIRST EDITION. This volume is for the post-Elizabethan poets what Allot's "England's Parnassus' was for those of an earlier date. Its Shakespeare interest is well known.

This copy is additionally interesting by MS notes to nearly all the quotations showing the source from which they came.

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your affectionate sexuant
Olromwells

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REMARKABLE AND EXCESSIVELY SCARCE AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED, ENTIRELY IN

THE HANDWRITING OF

OLIVER CROMWELL

46. CROMWELL (OLIVER). (Lord Protector of England. One of the greatest and most forceful characters in the World's History.) ORIGINAL AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED, entirely in the handwriting of OLIVER CROMWELL, dated April 3, 1648, addressed to Col. Richard Norton, regarding the disposal of his property. Written on 2 pages folio.

In perfect condition, with strong bold signature, "O. CROM

Cromwell Autographs are of excessive rarity, and especially so in Autography Letter Signed. The letter, which is very plainly written, although, of course, more or less phonetically, begins as follows:

"Deere Norton I could not in my last give you a perfect account of what passed betweene mee and Mr. M, because wee were to know the conclusion of our subject that morning after I wrote my letter to you which we did and having had a full interview of one anothers mindes wee parted with this that both would consider our relations and according to specifications given there acquaint each other with our mindes.

The letter proceeds with a variety of details regarding personal and business affairs, etc.

[SEE ILLUSTRATION]

THE PRIDEAUX COPY OF CRUIKSHANK'S
"FAIRY LIBRARY"

47. CRUIKSHANK (GEORGE). Fairy Library. Hop O' My Thumb and the Seven League Boots; Jack and the Beanstalk; Cinderella and the Glass Slipper; Puss In Boots. Illustrated with etchings by George Cruikshank. Together 4 vols., small 4to, original printed blue wrappers, each with a woodcut design by G. C. Enclosed in cloth solander case.

London: David Bogue; Routledge, Warne & Routledge, [1853, 1854, 1854, 1864]

FIRST ISSUE OF EACH PART, according to the Cohn and Douglas collations. Of exceeding rarity in such fine condition. From the Prideaux Collection.

UNIQUE SET OF UNDIVIDED PROOFS OF ILLUSTRATIONS TO "THE HUMORIST" GEORGE CRUIKSHANK'S OWN COPY, WITH HIS AUTOGRAPH TITLE-PAGE AND ORIGINAL DRAWINGS

48. CRUIKSHANK (GEORGE). Complete set of undivided Proofs of the 40 illustrations to "The Humorist." Together with Title-page to the collection, in Cruikshank's Autograph, and the Original Drawings for the pictures entitled "The Conjuror" and "Foote & Jemmy Wright." Oblong quarto, full green levant, gilt inside borders, gilt top, by Zaehnsdorf.

1819-21

George Cruikshank's own set of the Proofs of the Illustrations to "The Humorist,'' containing much of his best work. The proofs are undivided,

most of them being on India paper, and the set is unique in this state. The title-page of the volume is in Cruikshank's penmanship, and on the vignette titles, which are before letters, he has written the captions. The two original drawings are bound in the volume opposite their proofs. These uncolored proofs of the etchings show the wonderful quality of Cruikshank's work at this period.

49. CUNNINGHAM (PETER). The Story of Nell Gwyn, and the Sayings of Charles the Second. Extended to 2 vols., royal 8vo, three-quarter blue levant morocco, gilt tops, uncut. New York, 1883

BEAUTIFULLY EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED WITH A LARGE NUMBER OF FINE PORTRAITS, many from old sources, including several of the large portraits of celebrities by Goldar. A number are proofs, and some are on India paper.

50. DAUDET (ALPHONSE). Works. Translated by George Burnham Ives and others. Illustrated with fine Goupil photogravures. 24 vols., 8vo, three-quarter lavender levant morocco, gilt tops, uncut. Boston, 1899

CHAMPROSAY EDITION, ONE OF 100 COPIES.

51. DAYS OF THE DANDIES. Illustrated with numerous fine plates. 15 vols., 8vo, three-quarter crimson levant morocco, gilt backs, gilt tops, uncut. London: The Grolier Society, n. d.

EDITION DE LUXE, with the frontispiece in each volume colored by hand. Comprising: Mrs. Jordan, by James Boaden, 2 vols.; Laurence Sterne, by Percy Fitzgerald, 2 vols.; Peg Woffington, by J. F. Molloy, 2 vols.; Colley Cibber, by Himself, 2 vols.; Charles J. Fox, by B. C. Walpole; Horace Walpole, by Himself; Mary Wortley Montagu, by Herself; Fanny Burney, by Herself; Beau Nash, by Oliver Goldsmith; Captain Gronow, by Himself, 2 vols.

52. DEFOE (DANIEL). Romances and Narratives. Edited by George A. Aitken. Illustrated by J. B. Yeats. 16 vols., 12mo, half red morocco, gilt tops, uncut. London: Dent, 1899

SINGLETON EDITION, one of 250 copies.

53. DICKENS (CHARLES). The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, containing a faithful Record of the Perambulations, Perils, Travels, Adventures and Sporting Transactions of the Corresponding Members. Edited by "Boz." With illustrations by Seymour, Buss, and "Phiz." 8vo, in the 20 ORIGINAL PARTS, (Parts 19 and 20 issued together), with wrappers and advertisements, uncut. Enclosed in green cloth case.

London: Chapman & Hall, 1836-37

FIRST EDITION. A remarkably fine copy of "Pickwick" in parts, possessing the following points essential to make it rank as a real first edition: All the covers are dated 1836; Part 3 contains the Buss plates; Addresses are contained in Parts 3, 15, 17, 18, and 19; the engraved title has "Veller" on the signboard; the "Pickwick Advertiser' is contained in eleven parts (9 to 19), and these parts also contain the back advertisements, including the rare "Henckey" in part 9; nearly all the plates are in first state.

JAPAN PAPER SET WITH AUTOGRAPH LETTER

54. DICKENS (CHARLES). The Works of Charles Dickens. With the illustrations of Barnard, Cruikshank, Phiz, and others.