VCHEAP 1/2 THE EXTREMELY RARE FIRST EDITION 29 BOECE OR BOETHIUS, HECTOR. [Heir beginnis the hystory and croniklis of Scotland. Title-page printed in black and red, with large armorial woodcut;] 2 small woodcuts in the text and 1 large woodcut of the Crucifixion on the last page; printed in gothic and some roman type, with decorative capitals. Folio, full crimson levant morocco, gilt tooled back, sides with gilt and blind fillet border and panel with (gilt corner flowers, gilt and blind fillet borders inside, gilt edges, by BEDFORD; title-leaf in facsimile; next 5 leaves and the last 7 with various marginal restorations and repairs, sometimes affecting the letterpress, the headlines and foliation of the last 2 leaves being partly or entirely restored; smaller marginal restorations in a number of other leaves; some headlines and foliation trimmed into; other slight defects. [Colophon:] Edinburgh: Thomas Davidson [1540?] THE EXTREMELY RARE FIRST EDITION OF BELLENDEN'S ENGLISH TRANSLATION OF THIS FAMOUS HISTORY OF SCOTLAND. This is the only edition of this work listed in S.T.C. (3203). Nearly all surviving copies are imperfect. From the library of Charles Butler of Warren Wood, Hatfield, with bookplate. With the early signature "Alexander Drummond" at the foot of the last page. 30 The History and Chronicles of Scotland: Written in Latin by Hector Boece, Canon of Aberdeen; and translated by John Bellenden, Archdeacon of Moray, and Canon of Ross. 2 vols., 4to, half tan calf, red edges; slightly worn. Edinburgh, 1821 25-50 31 BOHN'S EXTRA VOLUMES. Memoirs of the Court of Charles the Second, by Count Grammont, 1846 The Works of Francis Rabelais, Translated from the French by Sir Thomas Urquhart and Motteux, 2 vols., 1864 The Decameron or Ten Days' Entertainment of Boccaccio, a Revised Translation by W. K. Kelly, n.d. The Heptameron or Margaret, Queen of Navarre, translated from the French, with a Memoir of the Author, by Walter K. Kelly, 1864. Engraved portraits. Together 5 vols., small 8vo, half green morocco, gilt tooled, gilt tops; slightly worn, backs faded. London: Henry G. Bohn, 1846-64 RADE BROWNED. 32 BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER, THE, And Administrations of the Sacraments, and Other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church, According to the Use of the Church of England: together with the Psalter or Psalms of David. 8vo, contemporary crimson straight-grain morocco; back panels with gilt tooled saltire, rosettes, and floral ornaments, without lettering; sides with gilt scroll and floral border with small corner florets, gilt edges; some foxmarks. Cambridge: John Baskerville, 1760 THE BASKERVILLE EDITION, IN A CONTEMPORARY MOROCCO BINDING. 33 [BOSWELL, SIR ALEXANDER.] Songs, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect. 12mo, contemporary wrappers. FIRST EDITION. VERY SCARCE. Edinburgh, 1803 34 BOSWELL, JAMES. An Account of Corsica, The Journal of a Tour to that Island; and Memoirs of Pascal Paoli. Enfolding map. 8vo, old half calf; worn, hinges partly Alllllove some foxmarks and a few slight discolorations. Glasgow: Robert and Andrew Foulis, 1768 FIRST EDITION. With the signature of "V Beloe" (?) on the title-page. PRESENTATION COPY FROM BOSWELL TO MALONE 35 BOSWELL, JAMES. An Account of Corsica, the Journal of a Tour to that Island, and Memoirs of Pascal Paoli. Engraved portrait, folding map, and a vignette on the title-page. 8vo, contemporary tree calf, gilt tooled back without bands, yellow edges; rehinged and repaired, slight offsets. In a cloth slip case. London, 1769 THIRD EDITION, corrected. PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR TO EDMUND MALONE, THE SHAKESPEARIAN SCHOLAR AND CRITIC, with the following inscription in Boswell's hand on the fly-leaf: "To Edmond Malone Esq: from his obliged and affectionate friend The Authour. London, 24 August 1785." Below this is the notation: "Bought at the sale of Malone's Library. 26th Nov. 1818. Robert Bill." 36 The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, with Samuel Johnson, LL.D. 8vo, dark blue levant morocco, back with gilt lettering and double fillet paneling, sides with gilt double fillet border, gilt dentelle borders inside, gilt top, other edges partly uncut, by THE CLUB BINDERY, 1905; slight marginal restoration at the top of the errata leaf. London, 1785 FIRST EDITION. A FINE COPY, WITH FORE AND LOWER EDGES PARTLY UNCUT, the leaves measuring 8 by 5%1⁄2 inches. Pp. 121, 237, and 299 are in the usual corrected state. Apparently once in the library of Robert Hoe, with evidence of bookplate since removed, but not listed in the Hoe private catalogue or in the sale catalogue. 37 The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, with Samuel Johnson. The Fourth Edition, Revised and Corrected. Engraved portrait. 8vo, contemporary calf; rebacked and repaired, some foxmarks. London, 1807 170 WITH A FINE A. L. S. BY BOSWELL RELATING TO JOHNSON 38 BOSWELL, JAMES. The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. Portrait engraved by J. Heath after Reynolds and 2 plates. 2 vols., 4to, red crushed levant morocco, backs and sides tooled in gilt and blind, uncut, by SANGORSKI & SUTCLIFFE; portrait mounted; this leaf and title-leaf, Vol. I, with restorations in blank margins. London, 1791 FIRST EDITION. A LARGE COPY WITH ALL EDGES UNCUT, measuring 111⁄2 Tipped in is A FINE A. L. S. BY BOSWELL TO MRS. THRALE ON THE The last letter which I had from Dr. Johnson gave me an anxious concern, for it informed me that his health had been tottering, and two months have since elapsed without my hearing from him. You have pleased me, Madam, more than once, by saying that however he may be respected and admired by others, you and I are distinguished for also loving him. I trust this similarity, with which I am flattered, will induce you to let me know particularly about him. He himself is never minute enough EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED 39 BOSWELL, JAMES. Boswell's Life of Samuel Johnson. Steel engraved frontispieces and title-pages with vignettes after various artists, 1 double-page plate, folding facsimile, and a map. 10 vols., foolscap 8vo, half brown levant morocco, gilt tooled backs, gilt tops. London, 1835 40 41 CHOICELY EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED by the insertion of 330 engraved and other plates, including portraits and views, from various sources, some inlaid to size. The printed title-pages appear to be modern reprints of those in the 1839 edition (a re-issue of the 1835 edition), presumably substituted for the originals when the volume was extra-illustrated. Letters of James Boswell, addressed to the Rev. W. J. Temple. 8vo, original cloth, uncut; binding worn and faded, inscription on the title-page. London, 1857 FIRST EDITION. Letters of James Boswell. Collected and Edited by Chauncey Brewster Tinker. Portrait and a folding facsimile. 2 vols., 8vo, original cloth. Oxford, 1924 42 [BOYLE, ROGER, EARL OF ORRERY.] English Adven- FIRST EDITION. VERY RARE. The "Dictionary of National Biography" From the Huth library, with bookplate. 8. 43 BRADY, NICHOLAS, AND NAHUM TATE. A New Version of the Psalms of David, Fitted to the Tunes Used in Churches. By N. Tate and N. Brady. 24mo, contemporary black morocco, gilt tooled back and sides, gilt edges; slightly worn at the hinges, a few headlines trimmed into. London, 1698 From the library of Andrew Lang, with bookplate; also with the signature "R. Cox" on the recto of the license leaf. 44 BRETON, NICHOLAS. The Passionate Shepheard. Edited by Frederic Ouvry, P.S.A. Small 4to, brown levant morocco, gilt lettered back and triple fillet border on the sides, gilt dentelle borders inside, gilt top, by ALFRED MATTHEWS. London: Privately Printed, 1877 J. PAYNE COLLIER'S COPY of this reprint, which was made from the 45 BRISTED, JOHN. 'Aveрwnλavóμevos; or a Pedestrian Tour through part of the Highlands of Scotland, in 1801. Colored etched frontispiece. 2 vols., 8vo, old tan calf, gilt tooled; worn, one backstrip chipped at the top. London, 1803 Анемо ✓CHEND 17 5-30 FIRST EDITION. THE AUTHOR'S OWN COPY, with numerous marginal annotations by him, according to a note penciled on the fly-leaf. Some of the notes are in pencil, subsequently gone over in ink, and some are slightly trimmed into. From the libraries of David Laing, the antiquary, and Colin Campbell, with bookplates. 46 BRITISH NOVELISTS. The British Novelists; with an Essay; and Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, by Mrs. Barbauld. 50 vols., 12mo, contemporary tree calf, gilt tooled backs without bands; worn, some hinges partly cracked or repaired, tear in two leaves in Vol. 27 repaired by sewing at early date, some foxmarks and other trifling defects. London, 1810 Including "Clarissa Harlowe", "Robinson Crusoe", "Tom Jones", "Humphrey Clinker", "The Castle of Otranto", "Evelina", and other famous works. From the library of Charles Henry Savart, with bookplate. 47 BRODIE, WALTER. Pitcairn's Island, and the Islanders, in 1850. Together with Extracts from his Private Journal, and a Few Hints upon California. 2 portraits, plate, and textillustration. 12mo, original cloth, paper label. London, 1851 Second Edition. With the signature of an early owner, J. E. Cooper, on the fly-leaf. CHO 10-15 48 BROOKE FULKE GREVILLE, LORD. Lord Brook's Life of Sir Philip Sydney. With a Preface, &c. by Sir Egerton Brydges Half-titles with woodcut border and title-pages it ignettes. 2 vols. in 1, 8vo, old tan calf, gilt tooled, gilt edges worn, hinges partly cracked. Kent: Printed at the Private Press of Lee Priory, 1816 SECOND EDITION. Reprinted from the First Edition of 1652. The halftitles and title-leaves are of India paper. 49 BROWNE, SIR THOMAS. Religio Medici, Letter to a Friend &c., and Christian Morals. Edited by W. A. Greenhill. Engraved portrait on the title-page. 16mo, green straight-grain morocco, gilt tooled back and double fillet border on the sides, gilt edges, by ZAEHNSDORF. London, 1901 One of the Golden Treasury Series. 50 BROWNING, ROBERT. Poetic and Dramatic Works. 10 RIVERSIDE EDITION. Including "Asolando", G. W. Cooke's "Browning 51 BRUCE, ROBERT. Sermons Preached in the Kirk of Edinburgh, be M. Robert Bruce, Minister of Christs Evangel there: as they wer received from his mouth: Meet to comfort all sik as are troubled, ather in bodie or minde. 8vo, middle nineteenth century green straight-grain morocco, blind tooled, with the arms of J. T. G. CRAIG in gilt on the sides, gilt edges; binding worn, small repaired tear in one leaf and corner marginal defect in another, some foxmarks and faint stains. Edinburgh: Printed be Robert VValde-graue, 1591 FIRST EDITION. RARE. Preceding the title-leaf is an original leaf bearing only a small printer's ornament and a bold signature A on the recto. From the libraries of James Thomson Gibson Craig (1799-1886), eminent antiquary, Hugh W. Adams, and William Cowan, with the bookplates of the last two. 52 BRYCE, JAMES, VISCOUNT. The American Commonwealth. 2 vols., 12mo, half black calf, gilt tooled, gilt tops; London, 1889 worn. FIRST EDITION. Contains Chapter 88 on the Tweed Ring, afterwards suppressed. 53 A. L. s., 3 pp., 12mo. Forest Row, Sussex, September 22, 1914. To Mr. Freeman, on personal matters and the outbreak of the War. |