16. Turnor (Hatton). Astra Castra: Experiments and Adventures in the Atmosphere. Profusely illustrated with portraits and views. 4to, half morocco (rubbed).

London, 1865

FIRST EDITION. A comprehensive history of attempts at aerial navigation.

17.

The Westminster Magazine, for Jan. 18, 1784. Portrait inserted. 8vo, half morocco. London, [1783] Contains a "Narrative of the Aerial Voyage of Mr. Charles, Dec. 1, 1783.''

18.

Wise (John). A System of Aeronautics comprehending its earliest Investigations and modern Practice and Art. Portrait and plates. 8vo, original cloth. Philadelphia, 1850

FIRST EDITION. Fine copy.

19. Wise (John). Through the Air: A Narrative of Forty Years' Experience as an Aeronaut. Numerous illustrations. 8vo, cloth. Philadelphia, 1873

FIRST EDITION, scarce.

20. AIKIN (JOHN). Annals of the Reign of King George the Third, from its Commencement in 1760 to the General Peace in 1815. 2 vols., 8vo, three-quarter crushed crimson levant morocco, gilt tops, uncut. London, 1816

EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED with about 70 portraits, maps, and other plates. 21. AINSWORTH (W. HARRISON). Jack Sheppard. A Romance. Illustrations by George Cruikshank. 3 vols., 8vo, cloth, London, 1839 FIRST EDITION. With a 2 pp. A. L. s. of the author mentioning "Jack Sheppard" and "Guy Fawkes,' '' inserted.

uncut.

22.

Windsor Castle. Illustrated by George Cruikshank and Tony Johannot. 8vo, crushed crimson levant morocco, richly gilt back and sides, gilt edges, by The Rowfant Bindery. London, 1843 FINE COPY OF THE RARE FIRST OCTAVO EDITION, IN A HANDSOME BINDING.

WITH THE ORIGINAL DRAWINGS BY "PHIZ"

23. AINSWORTH (W. H.). Auriol; or, the Elixir of Life. With illustrations by Hablot K. Browne. 8vo, brown crushed levant morocco, gilt back, gilt border, gilt top, uncut, by Ramage. London, n. d.

Accompanying this volume IS THE COMPLETE SET OF 15 ORIGINAL DRAWINGS MADE BY "PHIZ" TO ILLUSTRATE THIS WORK.

These drawings are mounted in mats on linen hinges, and bound similarly to the above in 4to.

The Subjects of the Plates are: The Mysterious Meeting in Hyde Park, The Elixir of Long Life, The Ruined House in the Vauxhall Road, The Dog Fancier, The Hand and the Cloak, The Iron Merchant's Daughter, The Barber of London, Seizure of Ebba, The Antiquarian, The Chamber of Mystery, The Tomb of Rosicrucian, The Compact, The Significant Whisper, The Enchanted Chairs, Rougemont's Device to Perplex Auriol.

With the Hinckley bookplate.

24. AIRY (OSMOND). Charles II. Colored frontispiece and numerous beautiful full-page and text Goupil gravures. 4to, original wrappers, uncut. London and Paris, 1901

25.

Limited Edition.

Another copy. 4to, three-quarter crushed red levant morocco, gilt top, uncut, original wrappers bound in.

Limited Edition.

London: Goupil, 1901

26. ALDINE PRESS. Aristophanes. Comœdiæ novem, græce; cum scholiis græcis et præfatione græca Marci Musuri. Folio, full red levant morocco gilt, the sides covered with a series of fleurs-de-lis, within crossed lines, gilt edges. (Much wormed.)

Venetiis: Apud Aldum, 1498 Greek character. 357 unnumb. leaves; signatures aro, A-T. HainCopinger, 1656; Proctor, 5566; Renouard, p. 16. EDITIO PRINCEPS, VERY

RARE.

With the Poor bookplate.

27. ALEXIS OF PIEDMOUNT. The Secrets of the Reverende Mayster Alexis of Piedmount. Conteinyng many excellent remedies agaynst dyuers diseases, woundes, and other accidents, with the manner to make distillations, parfumes. . . . A work approved very profitable and necessary for every man. Translated out of French into English by William Warde. Parts 1 and 2. With separate pagination. Title of Part 2 within woodcut border, Black Letter. Small 4to, full old calf, blind tooled, with arms of John Louis Goldsmith in gold on front cover (rubbed, front cover detached, upper margins of leaves ink-stained, woodcut title of part 2 cut into). London, 1559-60

VERY

FIRST EDITIONS OF EACH PART. Part 1, 1559; Part 2, 1560. RARE. The work has been attributed to Hieronymo Rosello. The earliest edition of Part 2 given by Lowndes is 1563,-three years later than the above. The work was issued in 4 parts, and the first complete edition was issued in 1568. Bookplate of John Louis Goldsmith.

28. ALKEN COLORED PLATES. A Few Ideas; being Hints to all would-be Meltonians. With 6 spirited engravings in color by Henry Alken. 4to, original wrappers.

29.

FIRST EDITION. VERY SCARCE. London: Thomas M'Lean, 1825

Alken (Henry). Hunting Discoveries. A series of TWELVE FINELY COLORED PLATES, illustrating the life of a horseman, and including "Doing the in and out," "Putting your horse to a brook," "Topping a stone wall and coming well into the next field," "Going at a swishing pace," etc., etc. Oblong 4to, new threequarter crimson crushed levant morocco, lettered on the side, by Riviere. London, 1825

The Rare FIRST EDITION. A few of the plates have been repaired. VERY FINE SET OF THE ANNALS OF SPORTING AND FANCY GAZETTE

30. ALKEN COLORED PLATES. The Annals of Sporting and Fancy Gazette: a Magazine entirely appropriated to Sporting

Subjects and Fancy Pursuits, containing every thing worthy of

With the extensive and COMPLETE SERIES OF FINELY COLORED AND PLAIN PLATES by Alken, Cruikshank and others. 13 vols., 8vo, half polished calf, gilt tooled backs, with sporting devices, double lettering pieces, gilt edges, by Riviere. London, 1822-8

A VERY FINE SET OF ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS SPORTING BOOKS, OF WHICH

COMPLETE SETS ARE EXTREMFLY RARE.

The title to Vol. XIII reads January to June, 1828. By the end of May, however, the subscribers to the work had so fallen away, that the publishers decided to discontinue the work with the June number, of which but few were issued, and which rarely appears in offered sets, the above being no exception to this rule.

31. [Apperley (C. J.).] Memoirs of the Life of the late John Mytton, Esq., of Halston, Shropshire; with Notices of his Hunting, Shooting, Driving, Racing, Eccentric and Extravagant Exploits. By Nimrod. 18 full-page colored plates illustrating scenes in Mytton's life, by Henry Alken and T. J. Rawlins. Royal 8vo, crushed green levant morocco, gilt back, line borders, gilt edges, original front cover inserted as a doublure, by Riviere. London: R. Ackermann, 1837 FINE COPY OF THE RARE SECOND EDITION, BUT THE FIRST TO CONTAIN THE

FULL NUMBER OF PLATES.

32.

[Apperley (C. J.).] The Chase, the Turf, and the Road. By Nimrod. Colored portrait of the author by Maclise, 13 spirited full-page colored plates by Alken, and numerous fine woodcut vignettes. 12mo, cloth, gilt top, uncut. London: Murray, 1870 FIRST EDITION with the colored illustrations.

33.

Apperley (C. J.). The Life of a Sportsman. With 36 colored plates by Henry Alken. 2 vols., imp. 8vo, three-quarter crushed olive levant morocco, gilt backs, gilt tops, uncut.

London: Downey and Co., 1901

A HANDSOME COPY, ONE OF 60 PRINTED ON LARGE PAPER, WITH THE PLATES IN TWO STATES, the duplicate set being in sepia.

34.

Illustrations to Popular Songs. Colored title and 23 colored plates, containing nearly 100 caricatures (should be 43 plates). Oblong 4to, half olive morocco, gilt edges. London, 1822 FIRST EDITION. The plates have been trimmed and mounted.

ვე.

The National Sports of Great Britain. WITH 50 BRILLIANT COLORED PLATES BY HENRY ALKEN. Folio, half red morocco, emblematic tooling on back, gilt edges, by Root.

London: Printed for Thomas M'Lean, 1825 ESPECIALLY SCARCE IN SUCH DESIRABLE CONDITION AS IS THE PRESENT This is one of the most famous of Alken's books, with the 50 SOFT GROUND ETCHINGS all FINELY COLORED, which include not only plates

COPY.

of hunting, angling, racing, etc., but, also, of many OBSOLETE sports of England, such as bull-baiting, cock-fighting, badger-baiting, etc.

This edition must not be confounded with that of 1820, for while the plates in this issue cover the same subjects, they differ materially from the plates of the earlier edition.

36. Real Life in Ireland; or, The Day and Night Scenes, Rovings, Rambles, and Sprees . . . of Brian Boru . . . and his Elegant Friend Sir Shawn O'Dogherty. Frontispiece and 19 colored plates by Alken, Heath, and others. 8vo, crushed emerald green morocco, tooled with shamrocks, gilt top, uncut, by Wood.

London, 1821

A HANDSOME COPY OF THE VERY RARE FIRST EDITION. This is the edition with the B. Bensley imprint. This copy contains the rare leaf at the front, found in but few copies, "A Word to the Wise.''

37. Another edition. By "A Real Paddy." Colored plates by Alken and others. 8vo, full sprinkled calf (hinges cracked).

London, 1829

38. Real Life in London; or, The Rambles and Adventures of Bob Tallyho, and his Cousin, the Hon. Tom Dashall, through the Metropolis, etc. With numerous colored plates by Alken, Dighton, Brooke and Rowlandson (somewhat closely trimmed). 2 vols., 8vo, half red morocco, gilt edges. London, 1821—n. d. FIRST EDITION of the first volume, with the misprint in pagination of page 651.

39.

Specimens of Riding, near London. 18 brilliantly colored plates by Henry Alken. Oblong 4to, half calf.

Anecdotes on Sporting Subjects, interspersed with Essays, Tales, and a Great Variety of Miscellaneous Articles. 19 colored plates by H. Alken and I. Barenger, engraved by G. Hunt and lithographed by Lahee. Royal 8vo, crushed red straight-grain morocco, line-tooled, emblematic tooling on back, gilt edges, by Bumpus.

London: Printed by W. Lewis for Thomas McLean, 1822 A SUPERB COPY OF THE EXCESSIVELY RARE FIRST EDITION of this work, which comprises Nos. 1-6 of Vol. 1, from January 15 to June 15, 1822.

41. Sporting Scrap Book. By Henry Alken. With 50 colored plates designed and engraved by himself. Royal 8vo, crushed crimson morocco, gilt back, gilt top, original red paper covers bound in. London: Thomas M'Lean, [1824]

VERY SCARCE. Fine copy.

42.

A Steeple Chase. A Series of Beautiful Sporting Prints, six in number, aquatinted in brilliant colors, drawn and engraved by Henry Alken. The titles are as follows:

1. The Start. "Off they go with White for choice."

2. Getting over an old blind roadway and doing it well.

3. A Slap at a Stone enclosure,-five to four on White.

4. Crossing a deep ravine dangerous to pass.

5. Covering a Strong Bullock fence down.

6. The Winner,-"and to such Wondrous doings brought his horse.'

Oblong 4to, half red morocco, gilt top, by Riviere.

London: S. and J. Fuller, January, 1827 THE VERY RARE FIRST EDITION. FINE COPY, with rich impressions of

THESE FINELY COLORED PLATES.

WITH PARTICULARLY RICH IMPRESSIONS

43. ALKEN COLORED PLATES. [Surtees (R. S.)] Jorrocks' Jaunts and Jollities: being the Hunting, Shooting, Racing, Driving, Sailing, Eating, Eccentric and Extravagant Exploits of that renowned Sporting Citizen Mr. John Jorrocks. Second Edition. 15 plates VERY BRILLIANTLY AND BEAUTIFULLY COLORED. 8vo, full red crushed levant morocco extra, gilt triple line border on the sides, gilt tooled back and inside borders, original cloth covers and back bound in, by Riviere. London, 1843

EXTREMELY RARE. This second edition is by far the rarest and best of all editions of this renowned sporting book; containing 15 BEAUTIFUL COLORED PLATES BY HENRY ALKEN (all brilliant original impressions). The work was originally issued serially in the new sporting magazine, and the character of Jorrocks created by Surtees immediately sprang into favor, it being to-day his best-known character.

44.

Symptoms of Being Amused. 42 colored plates, including pictorial title, by Henry Alken. Oblong 4to, original boards, morocco back (rubbed), with green paper label on side.

London, 1822

THE RARE FIRST EDITION IN THE ORIGINAL BINDING. In addition to the sporting scenes, a number of the plates illustrate occurrences in everyday life, etc. Although marked "Vol. 1'' on title, there never was another volume completed. A second volume was started with about a dozen plates, but these plates, however, are almost unknown.

45. ALPHABET IN COLORS. The Alphabet Annotated, for Youths and Adults, in Doggerel Verse by an old Etonian. Illustrated and etched by G. W. Terry. Colored illustrations incorporated in the decorative border which encloses each page. 4to, red levant morocco, gilt back and inside borders, gilt edges, the original front cover mounted and bound in, by Riviere.

THE ORIGINAL ISSUE. Very scarce. London: Ackermann, n. d.

46. ALMANACH IMPERIAL, pour l'Année M. DCCC.XIII, présenté à S. M. l'Empereur et Roi, par Testu. Thick 8vo, old French red morocco, gilt back and sides, with Bees on back, and the arms and monogram of Louis Bonaparte on sides, gilt edges. Louis Bonaparte, King of Holland's copy.

A Paris, n. d.