442. GARRICK (DAVID). Life of David Garrick; from Family Papers, published and unpublished sources. By Percy Fitzgerald. 2 portraits and facsimile. 2 vols. 8vo, bound by RIVIERE in full polished calf gilt, gilt tops, uncut. Lond. 1868 *FINE COPY OF THE FIRST EDITION. SCARCE. 443. GASKELL (MRS. ELIZABETH C.). Lizzie Leigh, and other Tales. Post 8vo, full calf gilt, gilt top, uncut. Lond. 1865 * FIRST ILLUSTRATED EDITION (PLATES BY GEORGE DU MAURIER) ISSUED THE YEAR Of Mrs. GaskelL'S DEATH. 444. GAULTIER (BON). The Book of Ballads. Edited by Bon Gaultier. With illusts. by Doyle, Leech and Crowquill. Square post 8vo, full crimson calf gilt. T. Hayter Lewis' copy. Lond. 1877 445. GENT (THOMAS). Poems. Post 8vo, full green calf, gilt and blind toolings, marbled edges. Lond. 1829 *PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR. Fine copy. 446. GEORGE (HENRY). Progress and Poverty. Inquiry into the Cause of Industrial Depressions and of Increase of Want with Increase of Wealth-the Remedy. 8vo, cloth. San Francisco, 1879 *One of a few copies privately printed for the Author before the publication of the work in New York. 447. GESTA ROMANORUM, or Entertaining Moral Stories invented by the Monks as a fireside recreation, and commonly applied in their discourses from the Pulpit; whence the most celebrated of our own poets and others, from the earliest times, have extracted their plots. Transl from the Latin, with preliminary observations and various notes, by the Rev. Charles Swan. 2 vols. 12mo, half calf, gilt top, by ZAEHNSDORF. Lond. 1824 *Fine clean copy. 448. GIBBON (EDWARD). The Miscellaneous Works of Edward Gibbon, with Memoirs of his Life and Writings. With Notes by John, Lord Sheffield. Portrait. 5 vols. Svo, new half green polished calf extra, gilt edges, by ZAEHNSDORF. Lond. 1814 * FINE SET. 449. GIBBON (J. M.-Editor). The True Annals of Fairyland. Old King Cole. With numerous illusts. by Chas. Robinson. 12mo, pictorial cloth, gilt edges. Lond. 1901 450. GILBERT (JOHN). The Boy's Book of Ballads. Illust. with 16 engravings on wood from drawings by John Gilbert. FIRST EDN. Square 12mo, half levant, gilt top, uncut. Lond. 1861 * Choice copy. 451. GILBERT (WILLIAM S.). The "Bab" Ballads. Much Sound and Little Sense. With illusts. by the author. Lond., n. d. Square 12mo, cloth, full gilt edges. * Preface dated 26th Oct., 1868. 452. GILBERT (WILLIAM S.). Original Plays. FIRST 12mo, cloth, uncut. EDN. Lond. 1876 *On the title-page is pasted a slip bearing the Autograph of George Augustus Sala, Brighton, 1895. 453. GILBERT (WILLIAM S.). Songs of a Savoyard. With humorous illusts. by the author. 8vo, cloth. Lond., n. d. 454. GOETHE (JOHANN WOLFGANG). The Works of Goethe. Illust. with hundreds of full-page engravings on India paper by the best German artists, and numerous text illusts. 5 vols. imp. 8vo, half polished morocco, gilt tops. Phil. [1885] 455. GODWIN (WILLIAM). Cloudesley: A Tale. FIRST 3 vols. 12mo, half calf, gilt. EDN. Lond. 1830 456. GODWIN (WILLIAM). Lives of the Necromancers; or, An Account of the most eminent persons in successive ages who have claimed for themselves, or to whom has been imputed by others, the Exercise of Magical Power. 8vo, boards. Lond. 1834 457. [GOLDSMITH (OLIVER).] An Enquiry into the Present State of Polite Learning in Europe. FIRST EDN. With vignette engraving on title-page. 12mo, full polished calf, gilt inside and outside borders, full gilt edges, by RIVIERE. Lond. 1759 *Choice copy. 458. [GOLDSMITH (OLIVER).] The Memoirs of a Protestant, condemned to the Galleys of France for his Religion. Written by Himself. Transl. from the Original, just published at The Hague. 2 vols. 12mo, contemporary calf. Lond. 1758 * FINE, CLEAN COPY OF GOLDSMITH'S FIRST BOOK. 459. GOLDSMITH (OLIVER). A Description of Millennium Hall, and the Country Adjacent, together with the Character of the Inhabitants and Historical Anecdotes and Reflections. By A Gentleman on his Travels. FIRST EDN. With front. 12mo, full calf, gilt. Lond.: J. Newbery, 1762 * It is now generally believed that this story, a moral tale designed for the instruction of youth, was edited and revised by Goldsmith, and probably improved here and there with an occasional paragraph of his own composition. In the book itself the author pays this publisher a compliment strongly suggestive of a similar tribute addressed to Newbery in "The Vicar of Wakefield." VERY RARE. 460. GOLDSMITH (OLIVER). The Citizen of the World; or, Letters from a Chinese Philosopher, residing in London, to his Friends in the East. FIRST EDN. 2 vols. 12mo, original calf. Lond. J. Newbery, 1762 * FINE COPY. RARE. 461. [GOLDSMITH (OLIVER).] Art of Poetry on a New Plan, illustrated with a Great Variety of Examples from the best English Poets. FIRST EDN. 2 vols. 12mo, full sprinkled calf, gilt inside and outside borders, and full gilt edges, by RIVIERE. Lond. 1762 Fine copy. * Published anonymously, and very rare. FINE UNCUT COPY. 462. GOLDSMITH (OLIVER). The Life of Richard Nash, of Bath, Esq. Extracted principally from his Original Papers. FIRST EDN. Portrait. 8vo, full sprinkled calf, gilt borders and gilt top, UNCUT, by BEDFORD. Lond. 1862 * EXCEPTIONALLY RARE ITEM IN UNCUT CONDITION. Col. E. G. Hibbert's copy, with his book label. WITH THE HALF TITLE. 463. GOLDSMITH (OLIVER). The Traveller; or, A Prospect of Society. A Poem. Inscribed to the Rev. Mr. Henry Goldsmith by Oliver Goldsmith. FIRST EDN. 4to, beautifully bound in full polished levant morocco, broad inside gilt borders, and full gilt edges, by RIVIERE. Lond. 1765 * EXCEEDINGLY RARE. A VERY FINE COPY, WITH THE HALF TITLE. [See Reproduction.] 464. GOLDSMITH (OLIVER). Essays. By Mr. Goldsmith. Engraved title. 12mo, original calf. *FIRST EDITION. FINE COPY. Lond. W. Griffin, 1765 FINE COPY IN ORIGINAL CALF. 465. GOLDSMITH (OLIVER). The Vicar of Wakefield: A Tale. Supposed to be written by Himself. 2 vols. 12mo, ORIGINAL CALF. Salisbury: Printed by B. Collins for F. Newbery, Lond. 1766. * FINE TALL COPY OF THE EXCESSIVELY RARE FIRST EDITION, IN THE ORIGINAL CALF. Preserved in a handsome brown crushed levant solander case by RIVIERE. [See Reproduction.] FINE UNCUT COPY. 466. GOLDSMITH (OLIVER). The Good Natur'd Man: A Comedy, as performed at the Theatre-Royal in CoventGarden. FIRST EDN. 8vo, full mottled calf, gilt, UNCUT, by WOOD. Lond. 1768 *FINE COPY. VERY RARE IN UNCUT STATE. |