MERRIE CONCEITED IESTS, OF GEORGE PEELE GENTLEMAN, SOMETIMES STV DENT IN OXFORD. Wherein is fhewed the courfe of his life, how heliued: a man very well knowne in the City of LONDON, and elsewhere. Printed for Henry Bell, dwelling in the Little ONE OF ONLY TWO COPIES KNOWN 8vo, vellum gilt, gilt top, uncut, with ties. ONE OF 560 COPIES ON LARGE PAPER. London, 1907 A 259. RANDOLPH (THOMAS). The Jealous Lovers. Comedie. Small 4to, crushed red levant morocco, gilt edges, by Rivière. Printed by the Printers to the Universitie of Cambridge, 1632 FIRST EDITION, with the genuine blank leaves at front and end. With bookplate of Sir Richard Newdigate, dated 1709. .. by 260. REYNARD THE FOX. History of Reynard the Fox, with some account of his Family, Friends, and Associates, with Glossarial Notes in Vulpine Verse, and an Index-Summary F. S. Ellis. Illustrations by Walter Crane. Small 4to, blue linen, uncut. London, 1894 PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE EDITOR TO DR. FURNIVALL, with an A. L. s. 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A little shaken. 66 FIRST EDITION. Autograph presentation copy from the author, with inscription on half-title: To J. T. Nettleship with friendly regards. D. G. Rossetti, April, 1870." 265. ROUS (FRANCIS). Thvle, Or Vertues Historie. To the Honorable and vertuous Mistris Amy Avdely. The first Booke [and the Second]. Small 4to, old polished calf, morocco back, gilt edges (title in splendid pen-and-ink facsimile, and wants 13 [second title] and N4). London: Printed by Felix Kingston, 1598 FIRST EDITION. VERY RARE. 266. ROWLEY (SAMUEL). The Noble Souldier; or, A Contract broken, justly reveng'd. A Tragedy. Small 4to, crushed red levant morocco, gilt edges, by Rivière. London: Printed for Nicholas Vavasour, 1634 FIRST EDITION, with genuine blank before title. From the Arbury Library, with label. 267. RUSKIN (JOHN). Of Kings' Treasures. Woodcut borders and red initials. 8vo, vellum, uncut, with silk ties. 268. Edinburgh: Printed at the Ballantyne Press, 1902 Of Queens' Gardens. Woodcut borders and red initials. 8vo, vellum, uncut, with silk ties. 269. Edinburgh: Printed at the Ballantyne Press, 1902 Unto this Last. Woodcut borders and red initials. 8vo, vellum, uncut, with silk ties. Edinburgh: Printed at the Ballantyne Press, 1902 One of 400 copies. 270. 4 A. L's. s., 12 pp. 8vo, to Clarkson Stanfield; J. M. W. Turner, A. L. s., 1 p. 8vo, June 3, 1844, to same, making an appointment to meet Dickens. (5) Ruskin's letters are of considerable interest. In one he says he is suffering under German Art, and sends a sketch of the falls of the Rhine; others describe Continental Galleries, and give accounts of travel incidents, etc. 271. [RYVES (BRUNO).] Mercurius Rusticus. The Country's Complaint Recounting the Sad Events of this unparralled Warr. [Printed title]: Angliæ Ruina: or, England's Ruine, Represented in the Barbarous and Sacreligious Outrages of the Secretaries of this Kingdome, etc. Frontispiece by Wm. 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Small 4to, smooth russet morocco. Imprinted at London by Henrie Denham, 1574 A FINE COPY OF THE VERY RARE FIRST EDITION, with the rare first blank leaf marked Aj with an ornament. 276. SCOTT (SIR WALTER). Waverley, or 'tis Sixty Years Since. 3 vols. 12mo, original half calf (one leaf loose, and hinges weak). Edinburgh: Printed by James Ballantyne & Co., 1814 FIRST EDITION. This was Robert Chambers' copy, and has numerous MS. notes on separate slips by him, inserted. 277. A. L. s., 314 pp. 12mo, Castle Street, undated. To Mrs. Waddington, with regard to the papers left by Miss Seward. 278. SCOTT (WILLIAM BELL). Poems, etc. With 17 etchings by the author and L. Alma Tadema. 8vo, original white cloth, London, 1875 uncut. Laid in, is an interesting 3 pp. A. L. s. from the author, referring to his poems. 279. SELLON (EDWARD). 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Small 4to, crushed olive levant morocco, gilt edges, by Rivière. (Title stained.) London: Printed by Tho. Johnson, 1662 From the Arbury Library, with label. 291. SHARPHAM (EDWARD). crushed red levant morocco, gilt edges, by Rivière. The Fleire. Small 4to, London: Printed by B. A. and T. F., 1631 From the Arbury Library, with label. 292. SHELLEY (PERCY BYSSHE). A. L, in third person. 1 p. 4to. Turk's Coffee House, Tuesday evening (Oct. 22, 1811). To Mr. Whitton, his father's solicitor, asking for an immediate answer with regard to his allowance of £200 a year. 293. AUTOGRAPH LETTER, SIGNED, addressed to the publisher Ollier, being HIS DEFENCE OF "LAON AND CYTHNA" afterwards |
