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222. HISTORY OF THE NATIONS. Comprising: History of the United States (Hildreth), 6 vols.; History of France (Guizot), 8 vols.; The Conquest of Mexico (Prescott), 2 vols.; The Conquest of Peru (Prescott), 2 vols.; History of Germany (Lewis), 2 vols. 20 vols., 12mo, cloth, gilt tops, New York, n. d.

uncut.

223. HOFFMAN (E. T. W.). Weird Tales. A New Translation, with a Biographical Memoir by J. T. Bealby. 11 etchings by Ad. Lalauze. 2 vols., 8vo, half morocco, gilt tops, uncut. London, 1885.

One of 50 copies on laid paper printed for the American market.

224. HOLMES (O. W.). The Works of Oliver Wendell Holmes, including the Life and Letters by John T. Morse, Jr. Illustrated with steel portraits and photogravures. 15 vols., 8vo, half dark blue pigskin, gilt tops, uncut. Boston, n. d

Standard Library Edition.

225. HOME Medical Library (The). By Kenelm Winslow and others. Illustrations. 5 vols., 12mo, cloth. N. Y., 1907.

226. HOMER. The Oyssey and the Iliad of Homer. Translated by Alexander Pope. Finely engraved frontispieces. 5 vols., royal 8vo, old calf, gilt. London: T. Bensley, 1802.

Fine old edition.

227. HUBER (FRANCOIS). Nouvelles Observations sur les Abeilles. Seconde edition, revue, corrigee et considerablement augmentee. No plates. 2 vols., 8vo, full old sheep.

A scarce and curious work.

Paris and Geneva, 1814.

228. INDIA. History of India. Edited by A. V. Williams Jackson. Profusely illustrated with full-page photogravures and half-tones, besides woodcuts in the text. 9 vols., royal 8vo, three-quarter morocco, gilt tops, uncut.

London: The Grolier Society, n. d.

Edition de Luxe. No. 1 of 1,000 copies. The various periods from the earliest to the present times are treated by various authoritative writers.

229. IRVING (WASHINGTON). Works. Engravings and woodcuts, some on Japan and China paper. 40 vols., 12mo, cloth, gilt tops, uncut. N. Y.: Putnam, 1892-95.

Holly Edition, limited to 1,000 sets.

230. IRVING (WASHINGTON). The Works of Washington Irving, including the Life and Letters, by his Nephew, Pierre M. Irving. Frontispieces. 26 vols., 8vo, half brown morocco, gilt tops, uncut. N. Y., v d.

Hudson Edition.

231. ITALIAN ENTERTAINMENTS. Translated by W. G. Waters. Each volume has a hand painted frontispiece on satin, besides numerous spirited photogravure plates, by Garnier and E. R. Hughes. 7 vols., 8vo, three-quarter green morocco (backs a little faded to brown), gilt tops, uncut. Edinburgh, [1902].

The Campanile Edition, one of 100 copies on Japan paper for private circulation among the members of the "Punch Society." 232. JOHNSON (SAMUEL). Works. With an Essay on his Life and Genius, by Arthur Murphy. Portrait. 2 vols., 8vo, old tree, calf, gilt. Lond. Henry G. Bohn, 1862.

233. KEATS (JOHN). Poems by John Keats. Edited by G. T. Drury. Introduction by Robert Bridges. Portrait. 2 vols., 16mo, half blue calf, gilt tops, uncut. London, 1896. The Muses' Library Edition.

234. KENNAN (GEORGE). Siberia and the Exile System. Profusely illustrated. 2 vols., 8vo, cloth, gilt tops, uncut. N. Y., 1891.

235. KIPLING (RUDYARD). The Writings in Prose and Verse. Illustrated. Vols. 1 to 12 inclusive. 12 vols., 8vo, cloth, gilt tops, uncut. N. Y., 1897-98.

The Outward Bound Edition.

236. KNIGHT (CHARLES). London. Edited by Charles Knight. Profusely illustrated with woodcuts. 6 vols. in three. Royal 8vo, full calf, gilt back. London: Bohn, 1851.

237. KNIGHT (JOSEPH). Theatrical Notes. Illustrated with fine photogravure portraits of Irving, Ellen Terry, Hare, and others. Royal 8vo, half crimson levant morocco, gilt top, uncut, by Blackwell. London: Lawrence and Bullen, 1893. Large paper copy, one of 250 copies.

238. LAND We Live in (The). A Pictorial and Literary Sketch-Book of the British Empire. Numerous illustrations. 4 vols., 4to, half calf. London: Charles Knight, n. d.

239. LANG (ANDREW). Euterpe: Being the Second Book of the Famous History of Herodotus. Englished by B. R. 1584. Edited by A. Lang. Frontispiece. 8vo, half levant morocco, gilt top, uncut. London: David Nutt, 1888. One of 60 copies on large paper, with the frontispiece in two states.

240. LANG (ANDREW). Pickle the Spy; or, The Incognito of Prince Charles. Illustrated. FIRST EDITION. 8vo, half levant morocco, gilt top, uncut. London, 1897.

241. LANG (ANDREW). The Book of Dreams and Ghosts. FIRST EDITION. 12mo, half levant morocco, gilt top, by Blackwell. London, 1897.

242. LANSDOWNE (GEORGE, Lord). Memoirs of the Life of William Wycherley, Esq.; With a Character of his Writings. To which are added, Some Familiar Letters, etc. 8vo, cloth, morocco back. London, 1718.

243. LARWOOD (JACOB). Theatrica; Anecdotes; or, Fun and Curiosities of the Play, the Playhouse, and the Players. 12mo, half green levant morocco, gilt top, by R. W. Smith. London: Chatto and Windus, 1882.

244. LE GALLIENNE (RICHARD). Odes from the Divan of Hafiz. Freely Rendered from Literal Translations. Large 8vo, boards, vellum back, uncut.

N. Y.: Privately Printed, 1903.

One of 300 copies in this form, signed by Le Gallienne.

245. LENNOX (LORD WILLIAM PITT). Plays, Players and Playhouses at Home and Abroad, with Anecdotes of the Drama and the Stage. FIRST EDITION. 2 vols., 12mo, half crimson levant morocco gilt, gilt tops, uncut, by R. W. Smith. London: Hurst and Blackett, 1881.

246. LONGFELLOW (H. W.). The Prose and Poetical Works. Portrait. 6 vols. 12mo, half calf, gilt backs.

Bost., 1883.

247. LONGFELLOW (H. W.). Works. With Bibliographical and Critical Notes, and his Life, with Extracts from his Journals and Correspondence. Edited by Samuel Longfellow. Portraits, photogravures and other illustrations. 14 vols., 8vo, half green morocco, gilt tops. Bost., n. d.

Standard Library Edition.

248. LOUVET DE COUVRAY.

Vie du Chevalier de

Faublos. Engraved portrait and frontispieces. 8 vols., 16mo, boards, red morocco backs, gilt tops, uncut.

Paris, 1816.

249. LOWE (ROBERT W.). Thomas Betterton. 12mo, half calf, gilt back, gilt top, uncut, by Blackwell.

New York: Longmans, 1891.

250. LOWELL (JAMES RUSSELL). Works. Including his Biography, by Horace E. Scudder. Illustrated with steel portraits and photogravures. 13 vols., 12mo, half dark brown levant morocco, gilt tops, uncut.

Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Co., n. d. Standard Library Edition.

251. MACAULAY (THOMAS B.). The Works of Lord Macaulay. Comprising: History of England, 6 vols.; Essays and Biography, 4 vols.; Speeches, Poems and Miscellaneous Writings, 2 vols. Illustrated with portraits and plates. 12 vols., 8vo, half blue levant morocco, gilt back and tops, uncut. New York and London, n. d.

The Albany Edition, No. 1 of 225 copies.

252. MAUPASSANT (H. R. G. DE). The Life Work of Henri René Guy de Maupassant. Illustrated from original drawings. 17 vols., 8vo, half green morocco, gilt tops, uncut. N. Y., n. d.

Editor's Autograph Edition. 253. MEDALS. Circle of Friends of the Medallion. Vols. 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, and 12. 7 vols., 8vo, cloth.

[New York], 1911-1915. Each volume has a bronze medal set in a thick cardboard mount. The medals contained in the present item are: Lafayette, by M. Roine; Charles Dickens, by Conway; The Ocean, by Neandross; John C. Fremont, by De Quelin; Peace for 100 Years, by Clarke; New Netherland, by Manship; Joan of Arc, by Newman.

254. MEMOIRS of the Comtesse de Boigne, 1781-1814, London, 1907; The Memories of Dean Hole, London, 1892; Life, Letters and Journals of George Ticknor, 2 vols., Boston, 1877, and one other. Portraits. 5 vols., 8vo, cloth.

255. MISCELLANEA Antiqua Anglicana; or, a Select Collection of Curious Tracts, illustrative of the History, Literature, Manners, and Biography of the English Nation. Frontispiece (foxed). 4to, half morocco, gilt top, uncut.

London, 1816.

A valuable and interesting collection on early English history. 256. MOLIERE (JEAN BAPTISTE POQUELIN DE). The Dramatic Works of Moliere. Rendered into English by H. Van Laun. Illustrated. 6 vols., 8vo, half crimson morocco, gilt tops, uncut. N. Y., n. d.

The Buckner Library Edition.

Court Life Below

257. MOLLOY (J. FITZGERALD). Stairs; or, London under the First Georges, 1714-1760. vols., 12mo, half red morocco, gilt tops. London, 1882-83.

258. MOSHER PRESS. Primavera. Poems by Four Authors, 1900; Mimes. With a Prologue by Marcel Schwob, 1901; Our Lady's Tumbler. A Twelfth Century Ballad, 1900. 3 vols., 8vo, parchment wrappers, uncut.

Portland: Mosher, 1900-01.

Each volume is No. 1 of 50 copies on Japan vellum. With Miss Grigsby's bookplate in each volume.

259. NEW TESTAMENT in Ancient Greek. ΤΗΣ ΚΑΙΝΗΣ ΔΙΑΘΗΚΗΣ ΛΙΑΝΤΑ. Nouum Jesu Christi D. N. Testamentum. Device on title. 32mo, contemporary black English morocco gilt, with Antelope's head and monogram at each corner, silver clasps, gilt edges. Ruled with red lines throughout.

Antuerpiae: Ex Officina Christoph. Plantini, 1574. SCARCE. The text in this, the smallest of the XVIth century editions, reproduces that of an 8vo edition printed by Plantin in 1573.

260. NOVUM TESTAMENTUM Graece. Ad antiquissimos testes denuo recensuit. Apparatum criticum omni studio perfectum apposuit commentationem isagogicam praetextuit Constantinus Tischendorf. 2 vols., full crushed crimson levant morocco, gilt backs, inside dentelles, gilt edges.

A handsome copy.

Lipsiae: Giesecke & Devrient, 1869.

261. PALLISER (MRS. BURY). Brittany and its Byways, with some Account of its Inhabitants and its Antiquities. With numerous illustrations. 8vo, tree calf (rubbed and hinges weak), gilt back, by Cecil and Larkins. London: Murray, 1869.

262. PARNASSE SATYRIQUE (Le) du Dix-Neuvième Siècle. Recueil de pièces facétieuses, scatologiques, piquantes, pantagruëliques, gaillardes et satiriques. Suivi du Nouveau Parnasse Satyriue. 3 vols., 8vo, half crimson morocco, gilt tops, uncut. Bruxelles, 1881.

Edition Augmentée et Complétée.

263. PEER (FRANK S.). The Hunting Field: With Horse and Hound in America, the British Isles, and France. Illustrated from paintings by J. I. Chamberlain and from photographs. Large 8vo, cloth, gilt top, uncut. N. Y., 1910. With bookplate of Emilie Grigsby.

264. PLAYS. Original and Select; as performed at the Princess Royal's Theatre. Puss in Boots. Old and Young. Popping the Question, etc. Manuscript copies. 2 vols., 4to, leather. N. p., n. d.

265. POINSINET (ANTOINE A. H.). Le Cercle, ou La Soiree a la Mode. Comedie en un Acte publie par Georges d'Heylli. 12mo, half red polished morocco, gilt top, uncut. Paris, 1887.

One of 30 copies on Whatman paper. With the bookplate of Emilie Grigsby.

266. PRESCOTT (WILLIAM H.). The Works of William H. Prescott. Comprising: Philip the Second, 4 vols.; Ferdinand and Isabella, 4 vols.; Conquest of Peru, 3 vols. ; Conquest of Mexico, 4 vols.; Charles V, 4 vols.; Biographical and Critical Miscellanies, 2 vols.; Life of Prescott by Ticknor. Illustrated with fine photogravure plates. 22 vols., 8vo, half green levant morocco, backs in emblematic tooling, gilt tops, uncut. Philadelphia: Lippincott, [1904].

The Montezuma Edition. Fine set.

267. QUAKERS. A Journal of the Life of Thomas Story: Containing, an Account of his Remarkable Convincement Or, and Embracing the Principles of Truth, As held by the People called Quakers: And also, of his Travels and Labours in the

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