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191. COSTUME. The Book of Costume; or, Annals of Fashion, from the Earliest Period to the Present Time. By a Lady of Rank. Extended to two volumes, 8vo, unbound, uncut. London, 1847

EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED by the insertion of a great number of fine plates illustrating the costumes of various nations, many being in color. These plates have been loosely laid in, ready for the binder. Accompanying the work are about 50 additional plates, many in color, which have not been prepared by the extra-illustrator.

192. COWPER (WILLIAM). Poems. London, 1782; The Task. London, 1785. 2 vols., 8vo, crushed maroon levant morocco, backs and sides richly gold tooled, gilt edges, by Birdsall.

London, 1782-85

The First volume is the second issue of the First Edition, without the suppressed Preface by John Newton, but with the errata, and the errors in pagination on pages 162 and 343. The Second volume is the FIRST EDITION of "The Task, " and the first appearance of "John Gilpin, incorporated with the poet's collected writings.

193.

Poems. Edited by Rev. J. S. Memes. two volumes, 12mo, half black morocco, gilt tops, uncut.

Extended to

Glasgow, 1853 EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED with 115 portraits and views, together with a Memoir of Cowper, and a map.

194. [COXE (REV. ARTHUR CLEVELAND).] St. Jonathan, the Lay of a Scald. Cantos I and II [all published]. Bound in one volume, 12mo, half green levant morocco, gilt top, uncut, original wrappers bound in. New York, 1838

FIRST EDITION. Scarce.

195. CRABBE (GEORGE). Poems. Edited by Adolphus William Ward. 3 vols., 8vo, crushed dark blue levant morocco, line tooling, gilt tops, uncut, by Macdonald.

Cambridge University Press, 1905

A handsome copy of the "Cambridge English Classics.''

196. CROMWELL (OLIVER). Cromwelliana. A Chronological Detail of Events in which Oliver Cromwell was engaged; from the Year 1642 to his Death, 1658; with a continuation of other Transactions to the Restoration. Illustrations. Small folio, half red levant morocco, gilt top, uncut. Westminster, 1810

ONE OF 250 COPIES ON LARGE PAPER. EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED by the insertion of 124 fine and well selected steel and copper portraits and views.

197. CROSS (THOMAS). Autobiography of a Stage Coachman. Illustrated with 45 plates in two states, one in color, by Rowlandson, Alken, and others. 2 vols., 4to, half vellum, uncut.

ONE OF 50 COPIES ON LARGE PAPER.

London, 1904

198. CRUIKSHANK (GEORGE). Points of Humour. Illustrated with 20 colored plates besides woodcuts, after the designs of George Cruikshank. The Two Parts in one volume, royal 8vo, full polished calf, line tooling, gilt top, uncut, original wrapper of Part II bound in, by Sangorski and Sutcliffe. London, 1823-24

A FINE TALL COPY OF THE FIRST EDITION. SCARCE.

199. Phrenological Illustrations; or, An Artist's View of the Craniological System of Doctors Gall and Spurzheim. Illustrated with 6 colored plates, comprising 31 illustrations. Oblong 4to, half blue morocco, original wrappers (restored) bound in (a few edges torn, and one margin restored). London, 1826

FIRST EDITION.

200. Illustrations of Time. Etched title and 6 colored plates comprising 35 illustrations. Oblong 4to, half dark blue mo

rocco.

201.

FIRST EDITION.

London, 1827

The Novelist's Library. Edited by Thomas Roscoe. Profusely illustrated by George Cruikshank [last two volumes, by others]. 19 vols., 12mo, half dark green morocco, gilt tops, uncut. London, 1831-33 ALL FIRST EDITIONS, and with the exception of a few slight foxings form a pleasing set.

202. Scenes from the Life of Edward Lascelles, Gent. Etched frontispieces and titles by Cruikshank. 2 vols., 12mo, original cloth, uncut (name on titles).

London, 1837

FIRST EDITION. Bookplate and autograph of Sir Thomas Molyneux. 203. 1851; or, The Adventures of Mr. and Mrs. Sandboys and Family, who came up to London to "Enjoy Themselves," and to See the Great Exhibition. By Henry Mayhew and George Cruikshank. Illustrated with numerous folding and full-page plates by Cruikshank (slight tear in one). 8vo, half morocco. FIRST EDITION. SCARCE. London [1851]

204. History of the Irish Rebellion in 1798, with Memoirs. of the Union, and Emmet's Insurrection in 1803. By W. H. Maxwell. Numerous plates by George Cruikshank. 8vo, half green London: Bohn, 1852

inorocco.

205. Ireland (W. H.). Life of Napoleon Bonaparte. Engraved titles. Illustrated with numerous folding plates in black and white. 4 vols., 8vo, three-quarter dark green morocco, gilt edges, by Tout.

London: John Cumberland, 2 Cumberland Terrace, n. d. Fine copy, with the plates backed with linen.

206. CRUIKSHANK AND PHIZ. The Loving Ballad of Lord Bateman. London, 1871; The Comic Almanac for 1853. London, 1853; The Gin-Shop, n. d.; An Essay on the Genius of George Cruikshank (Thackeray), London, 1884; George Cruikshank, Artist and Humorist (Hamilton); A Memoir of Phiz (Kitton), London, 1882. Numerous illustrations. 6 vols., 8vo and smaller, cloth and paper.

207. CUNNINGHAM (PETER). The Story of Nell Gwyn, and the Sayings of Charles the Second. 4to, sheets in portfolio, uncut. New York, 1883

One of 100 copies. EXTRA ILLUSTRATED with numerous fine PROOF PORTRAITS on India and Japan paper of Nell Gwyn and other beauties, besides numerous pertinent clippings, excerpts, etc.

208. CYCLOPEDIA OF PRACTICAL QUOTATIONS (Hoyt), New York, n. d.; Poetical Works (Moore), New York, 1850; The Seasons (Thomson), New York, n. d.; and others. Together 5 vols., royal 8vo and 8vo, half morocco.

Death's Doings.

Illustrated with 30

209. DAGLEY (R.) plates. 2 vols., 8vo, three-quarter morocco, gilt tops, uncut, orig inal wrappers bound in. Boston, 1828

FINE COPY, from the Second London Edition, with considerable additions. EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED by the insertion of 13 portraits and 16 views and other illustrations.

210. DALLAS (J. A.). A. L. s., 3 pp., 4to. 1853. To Henry B. Hirst. Urging him to and settle there.

New York, Sept. 4, come to New York

"I'll engage to have your enemy Herbert put under perpetual bonds to keep within the bounds of the Cedars Don't tilt that Demi

John that stands in the closet under the bookcase too often, save some til I come on again,

etc.

211. DANCE OF DEATH. Todten-Tantz Wie derselbe in der loblichen und weitberuhmten Stadt Basel. Title within engraved border and numerous engraved plates. Small 4to, polished black calf (one or two leaves injured and several smaller than the others). Franckfurt, 1696

212. Het Schouw-Toneel des Doods. Door Salomon van Rusting. Illustrated with copperplates. Engraved title mounted. 12mo, old mottled calf (a little worn). Amsterdam, 1741

213. La Danse des Morts comme elle est depeinte dans la louable et célèbre Ville de Basle. Title within engraved border and copperplates designed, and engraved from the originals of Matthieu Merian. Small 4to, half vellum. Basel, 1744

214. Die menschliche Sterblichkeit unter dem Titel TodtenTanz. Frontispiece and copperplates. Small 4to, half calf (rubbed). Hamburg, 1759

215. Freund Heins Erscheinungen in Holbeins Manier, von J. R. Schellenberg. Frontispiece and fine copperplates. 12mo, old sheep (hinges weak). Winterthur, 1785

216. Emblems of Mortality, representing in upwards of fifty cuts, Death seizing all ranks and degrees of people. 12mo, old sheep. London, 1789

Two additional plates have been inserted.

217. Explication de la Danse des Morts de la Chaise-Dieu, fresque inédite du XVe siècle. Précédée de quelques détails sur les autres monumens de ce genre, Par Achille Jubinal. Frontispiece, and a colored panorama of figures accompanied by Death (on linen). Paris, 1841

4to, boards.

With bookplate of E. S. Williams.

218.

Die Baseler Todtentanze in getruen Abbildungen. Von H. F. Massmann. Text in small 8vo, accompanied by an Atlas of 81 engravings on 22 copperplates, followed by 27 facsimiles from the celebrated Block-Book in the Library of Heidelberg, 4to. Together 2 vols., half morocco, in a morocco solander case.

One of the best works on this subject. 219.

Leipzig, 1847

Les Danses des Morts. Dissertations et Recherches . . accompagnées de La Danse Macabre . . . par George Kastner. Illustrated with 20 lithographed plates and Music by Kastner. 4to, boards, morocco back.

Paris, 1852 220. Trionfo e Danza della Morte o Danza Macabra. Con osservazioni storiche ed artistiche di Giuseppe Vallardi. Illustrated with plain and colored plates, one linen-backed. Small folio, half morocco, gilt top.

Milano, 1859 221. Der Todtentanz in der Marienkirche zu Berlin. Bild und text herausgegeben von Wilhelm Lubke. 4 folding plates. 4to, boards.

222.

Berlin, 1861 Illustrations of Death's Ramble, from the "Whims & Oddities" of T. Hood. By Edward Hull. Illustrated with 7 plates in color, the first of which is reproduced in black and white on title. 4to, half morocco. London, n. d. La Danse des Morts, composée par H. Hess. Illustrated with 40 colored plates from the fresco paintings on the cemetery wall of St. Johns Church at Basle. 4to, cloth (one hinge split). Bale, n. d.

223.

224. DART (J.). History and Antiquities of the Cathedral Church of Canterbury, and the onec-adjoining Monastery. Illustrated with fine copperplates by J. Cole. Folio, old calf, rebacked. London, 1726

The list of Subscribers contains the Arms of notables as well as their

names.

225. [D'AVIGDON (E. H.).] Across Country. Illustrations by G. Bowers, in color. 8vo, half red morocco, gilt top, uncut, original covers bound in. London, 1882

FIRST EDITION. FINE COPY.

226. DAWSON (HENRY B.). The Assault on Stony Point by General Anthony Wayne, July 16, 1779. Map, facsimiles and illustrations. Imp. 8vo, half green levant morocco, gilt top, uncut. Morrisania, 1863

ONE OF 250 COPIES ON LARGE PAPER. Beautifully EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED by the insertion of 7 portraits of Wayne, 53 other portraits, and 31 views, etc. Among the extra-illustrations are private plate portraits of Gen. Scammel, George Germaine and General William Hull.

227. Gleanings from the Harvest-field of American History. Part I. The Park and its Vicinity. Royal 8vo, half green morocco, gilt top, uncut. Morrisania, 1867

One of 250 numbered and signed copies. EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED with an A. L. s. from the author relative to the book, 32 portraits and 37 views and other illustrations, including tinted views of buildings, from Valentine's Manuals.

228. DAYTON (ABRAM C.). Last Days of Knickerbocker Life in New York. Extended to two volumes, 12mo, three-quarter citron morocco, gilt tops, uncut. New York, 1882

A CHOICE COPY, BEING NOT ONLY EMBELLISHED WITH 103 EXTRA ILLUSTRATIONS, BUT HAVING HEAD-HAND TAIL-PIECES INSERTED AS WELL, throughout the volume.

229. DE AMICIS (EDMONDO). Spain and the Spaniards; Military Life in Italy; Holland and its People; Morocco and its People; Studies of Paris; Constantinople. Illustrated. 6 vols., 12mo, cloth. New York, v. d.

230. DEARMER (PERCY). Highways and Byways in Normandy, 1900; Highways and Byways in Hertfordshire (Tompkins), 1902; Highways and Byways in London (Cook), 1902; Highways and Byways in the Lake District (Bradley), 1903. Illustrations by Hugh Thomson, Joseph Pennell, and others. Together 4 vols., 8vo, cloth, gilt tops. London, 1900-03

231. DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE. Copy printed on the old Ephrata Printing Press, now in the possession of the Hist. Soc. of Pa. Folio, 2 pp., with woodcuts and facsimile signatures of the signers.

IT WAS ON THIS SAME PRESS THAT THE DOCUMENT WAS PRINTED IN 1776.

232. DICKENS (CHARLES). Bentley's Miscellany. American Edition. With numerous illustrations by George Cruikshank. 4 vols., 8vo, half calf (worn and pages and plates foxed).

New York, 1838-39 SCARCE. CONTAINS THE FIRST AMERICAN APPEARANCE OF OLIVER TWIST.

233. The Haunted Man and The Ghost's Bargain. A Fancy for Christmas Time. Illustrations by Tenniel, Stanfield, Stone, and Leech. 12mo, full brown morocco, gilt inside borders, gilt edges, front cloth cover bound in. London: Bradbury & Evans, 1848

FIRST ISSUE OF THE FIRST EDITION, with the broken numeral at page 166. 234. The Adventures of Oliver Twist. Frontispiece by George Cruikshank. 12mo, half green morocco, gilt top, uncut. London: Chapman and Hall, 1850 EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED by the insertion of a portrait of Dickens, and 24 plates by Cruikshank.

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Little Dorrit.

235. Illustrations by H. K. Browne. In the original 20 parts in 19, 8vo, original wrappers, uncut. London, 1857 A DESIRABLE COPY OF THE FIRST EDITION IN THE ORIGINAL PARTS, WITH THE WHITE SLIP at page 481, and the advertisements. The backs of the wrappers are a little worn as usual.

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236. [] Hints to Collectors of Original Editions. By Charles Plumtre Johnson. 12mo, parchment, uncut, cloth covers, ties.

One of 550 copies.

London, 1885

237. [] The History of Pickwick. An account of its Characters, Localities, Allusions, and Illustrations. With a Bibliography. By Percy Fitzgerlad. 8vo, cloth, uncut.

London, 1891

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