494 495 496 497 498 "ALASTOR" IN THE ORIGINAL BINDING SHELLEY, PERCY BYSSHE. Alastor; or, the Spirit of Solitude: and other Poems. 12mo, original boards with original printed label, ENTIRELY UNCUT, enclosed in cloth case. London: Printed for Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy; and Carpenter and Son, 1816. $450.00 SHELLEY, PERCY BYSSHE. The Revolt of Islam; a Poem, in Twelve Cantos. 8vo, original boards with printed label, ENTIRELY UNCUT. London: Printed for C. and J. Ollier, 1818. $85.00 THE FIRST EDITION, with the leaf of "Errata." This book is the same as "Laon and Cythna," with a new title-page and the objectionable passages changed. SHELLEY, PERCY BYSSHE. The Cenci, a Tragedy, in Five Acts. 8vo, full polished calf, gilt, g. e., by Bedford. Italy: Printed for C. and J. Ollier, Vere Street, Bond Street. London: 1819. $250.00 THE FIRST EDITION. Exceedingly scarce. Thos. Gaisford's copy with his book-plate. SHELLEY, PERCY BYSSHE. Prometheus Unbound, a Lyrical Drama in Four Acts: With other Poems. 8vo, full crimson levant morocco, t. e. g., uncut, by Riviere. London: C. and J. Ollier, 1820. THE FIRST EDITION. With half-title. $100.00 SHELLEY, PERCY BYSSHE. Letters of Percy Bysshe Shelley with an Introductory Essay by ROBERT BROWNING. 8vo, original cloth, uncut. London: Edward Moxon, 1852. $35.00 THE FIRST EDITION. Shortly after this volume was issued the letters were discovered to be spurious and it was suppressed. It is now very scarce. 499 500 WALPOLE'S COPY OF SHENSTONE'S WORKS SHENSTONE, WILLIAM. The Works in Verse and Prose of William Shenstone, Esq. 3 vols., 8vo, old sprinkled calf by Bedford. London: 1764-69. $175.00 These volumes contain many MS. corrections and notes in Walpole's handwriting. They also contain his book-plate. or, SOMERVILE, WILLIAM. Hobbinol; Games. A Burlesque Poem, in Blank Verse. calf extra by Bedford. London: J. Stagg, 1740. The First Edition. the Rural 4to, mottled $28.00 501 502 SPENSER'S "COLIN CLOUT," 1595 SPENSER, EDMUND. Colin Clovts Come home againe. Small 4to, old Russia leather. London: Printed (by T. Creed) for William Ponsonbie, 1595. A VERY TALL COPY OF THE FIRST EDITION. See Illustration. $265.00 SPENSER, EDMUND. A Canto of the Fairy Queen. Never before Published. Small folio, half levant morocco, g. e., by Riviere. London: G. Hawkins, 1739. $15.00 THE FIRST EDITION of a supposedly newly discovered Canto of Spenser's great work. 503 504 505 HAVELL'S SPORTING MISERIES SPORTING MISERIES, or Six red letter Days in the Country. (ENGRAVED TITLE PAGE AND SIX COLOR PLATES DRAWN AND ENGRAVED BY HAVELL.) 4to, original paper wrappers, uncut. London: 1817. $150.00 STEELE, RICHARD. The Romish Ecclesiastical History of Late Years. (FRONTISPIECE.) 12mo, full polished calf, gilt, g. e. London: Printed for J. Roberts, 1714. THE FIRST EDITION. A violent attack on popery. $25.00 STEELE, RICHARD. The Funeral; or Grief A-la-mode. THE FIRST EDITION. $35.00 506 ONE OF THE FINEST ENGLISH LITERARY DOCUMENTS KNOWN TRISTRAM SHANDY: THE ORIGINAL AGREEMENT STERNE, LAURENCE. THE ORIGINAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN LAURENCE STERNE AND JAS. DODSLEY FOR THE COPYRIGHT OF "TRISTRAM SHANDY," signed March 8th, 1760. Accompanied by two rare mezzotints of Sterne, AND TWO ORIGINAL ILLUSTRATIONS FOR THE BOOK BY W. HOGARTH. 4to, bound in red cross grained morocco by Riviere. $3000.00 "You see him often tottering upon the verge of laughter, and ready to throw his periwig in the face of his audience."-Thomas Gray. THE ORIGINAL AGREEMENT FOR ONE OF THE GREATEST BOOKS IN ENGLISH LITERATURE! 507 508 509 510 511 512 SUPERB COPY OF THE FIRST EDITION OF "A SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY" [STERNE, LAURENCE.] A Sentimental Journey through France and Italy by Mr. Yorick. 2 vols., 12 mo, ORIGINAL PAPER WRAPPERS, entirely uncut, enclosed in cloth case. London: Printed for T. Becket and P. A. DeHondt, 1768. THE FIRST EDITION. $750.00 This copy contains the extremely rare leaf advertising the second volume, and is the ONLY ONE KNOWN in the original wrappers, unbound. See Illustration. ANOTHER COPY of the First Edition bound in contemporary red morocco, gilt edges. Sir Henry Hope Edwardes' Copy with his Book Plate. $160.00 ANOTHER COPY of the First Edition; LARGE PAPER. 2 vols. bound in 1, 8vo, contemporary old calf, with the leaf of advertisement. $375.00 Large Paper Copies are extremely rare. The Hoe copy brought $500.00. STERNE, LAURENCE. The Case of Elijah and the Widow of Zerephath, consider'd: A Charity-Sermon. Small 4to, panel calf, gilt, g. e., by Riviere. York: Printed for J. Hildyard (and others). 1747. A fine copy of this extremely rare item. $85.00 [STERNE, LAURENCE.] Designs to Illustrate Sterne's Sentimental Journeys. Oblong, 8vo, original boards with printed labels. London: J. Wallis (1795). $100.00 A complete series of the 12 colored engravings used to illustrate the first color plate edition of "A Sentimental Journey.' STORER'S POEM ON CARDINAL WOLSEY, 1599 STORER, THOMAS. The Life and Death of Thomas Wolsey Cardinall. Diuided into three parts: His Aspiring, Triumph, and Death. By Thomas Storer Student of Christchurch in Oxford. Small 4to, full crushed levant morocco extra. At London: Printed by Thomas Dawson, 1599. $650.00 A beautiful copy of this rare example of Elizabethan poetry. Only a few copies are in existence. It was not in the Huth or Hoe collection. In 1815 a copy was priced in the Bibliotheca Anglo Poetica at £21! |