[MARCH 9TH AND 10TH, 1899.] SOTHEBY, WILKINSON & HODGE. THE LIBRARY OF MR. EGERTON H. CLARKE. (No. of Lots, 497 ; amount realised, £2,311 18s.) 3955 A'Beckett (G. A.) Comic History of England, coloured etchings and woodcuts by John Leech, 2 vol., first edition, red polished Levant morocco extra, g. t., uncut, with the wrappers and advertisements bound at the end of each volume, by Rivière, Punch Office, 1847-48, 8vo. (1) Pickering, 5 2s. 6d. 3956 A'Beckett (G. A.) Comic History of Rome, coloured etchings and woodcuts by John Leech, first edition, red polished Levant morocco extra, g. t., uncut, with the wrappers bound at the end, by Rivière, uniform with the preceding, Bradbury and Evans, n. d. (1851), 8vo. (2) Pickering, £4 6s. 3957 Ainsworth (W. H.) Rookwood, a Romance, portrait and plates by George Cruikshank (fourth edition, but the first illustrated by G. C.), original cloth, uncut, fine copy, Macrone, 1836, 8vo. (4) Dobell, £6 10s. 3958 Ainsworth (W. H.) Jack Sheppard, a Romance, portrait and plates by George Cruikshank, 3 vol., first edition, original cloth, uncut, fine copy, 1839, 8vo. (5) Rimell, £6 6s. 3959 Ainsworth (W. H.) The Tower of London, a Historical Romance, plates and woodcuts by George Cruikshank, first edition, original cloth, uncut, 1840, 8vo. (6) Hornstein. £4 17s. 6d. 3960 Ainsworth (W. H.) Guy Fawkes, or the Gunpowder Treason, plates by George Cruikshank, extracted from Bentley's Miscellany, with specially printed title-page, new cloth, uncut, 1841, 8vo. (7) Sotheran, £1 4s. 3961 Ainsworth (W. H.) Windsor Castle, an Historical Romance, first edition, with illustrations by George Cruikshank and Tony Johannot, original cloth, uncut, Colburn, 1843, 8vo. (8) Robson, £3 15s. 3962 Ainsworth (W. H.) Saint James's, or the Court of Queen Anne, portrait and plates by G. Cruikshank, extracted from Ainsworth's Magazine, with specially printed title-page, new cloth, uncut, 1844, 8vo. (9) Sotheran, £1 3s. 3963 Ainsworth (W. H.) Old Saint Paul's, a Tale of the Plague and the Fire, illustrations by John Franklin and H. K. Browne, first octavo edition, original cloth, uncut, 1847, 8vo. (10) Robson, £3 3964 Ainsworth (W. H.) The Miser's Daughter, illustrations by George Cruikshank, first octavo edition, original cloth, uncut, 1848, 8vo. (11) Robson, £2 11S. 3965 Ainsworth (W. H.) Crichton, illustrations by H. K. Browne, first octavo edition, original cloth, uncut, an autograph letter from the author inserted, 1849, 8vo. (12) Robson, £5 3966 Ainsworth (W. H.) The Lancashire Witches, a Romance of Pendle Forest, plates by Sir John Gilbert, first illustrated edition, original cloth, uncut, 1854, 8vo. (13) Rimell, £2 15s. 3967 Ainsworth (W. H.) The Spendthrift, a Tale, illustrations by H. K. Browne, first edition, original cloth, uncut, 1857, 8vo. (14) Rimell, £2 8s. 3968 Ainsworth (W. H.) Mervyn Clitheroe, illustrated by H. K. Browne, first edition, bound from the original parts with the wrappers at the end, in new cloth, uncut, 1858, 8vo. (15) Maggs, £4 6s. 3969 Ainsworth (W. H.) Ovingdean Grange, a Tale of the South Downs, illustrated by H. K. Browne, first edition, original cloth, uncut, 1860, 8vo. (16) Rimell, 110S. 3970 Ainsworth's Magazine, a Miscellany of Romance, etc., edited by W. H. Ainsworth, plates by Cruikshank and “Phiz,” vol. i.-vi. (containing all the plates done by G. C. for this publication), polished calf extra, g. t., uncut, by Rivière, 1842-44, 8vo. (17) Sotheran, £5 Los. 3971 [Aytoun (W. E.) and Sir T. Martin.] The Book of Ballads, edited by Bon Gaultier, illustrated by A. Crowquill and R. Doyle, first edition, polished morocco extra, gilt floral border on sides, gilt edges, with the cloth covers at end, by Rivière, Orr, 1845, 8vo. (24) Pickering, £2 4s. 3972 [Barham (R. H.)] The Ingoldsby Legends, or Mirth and Marvel, by Thomas Ingoldsby, Esq., plates by George Cruikshank and John Leech, 3 series, first edition, morocco extra, g. t., uncut, with the original cloth covers bound at the end, by Rivière, 1840-42-47, 8vo. (25) Maggs, £16 [This copy contained the rare blank page (236 in vol. i.) and the slip referring to the same. See BOOK-PRICES CURRENT, vol. viii., No. 221.—ED.] 3973 Bede (C.) The Adventures and Further Adventures of Mr. Verdant Green-Mr. Verdant Green Married and Done For, 3 vol., first editions, illustrations by the author, polished calf extra, g. t., with the original wrappers at the end, by Rivière, 1853-54-57, 8vo. (26) Pearson, £55s. 3974 Bentley's Miscellany, from the commencement in 1837 to 1848, numerous portraits and plates by Cruikshank, Leech, etc., 24 vol., polished calf extra, g. t., uncut, bound from the parts, with the covers and advertisements at the end of each volume, 1837-48, 8vo. (27) Sabin, £16 5s. 3975 Berkeley (G. F.) Reminiscences of a Huntsman, illustrations by J. Leech, first edition, original cloth, uncut, 1854, 8vo. (28) Maggs, £3 5s. 3976 Blackmore (R. D.) Lorna Doone, a Romance of Exmoor, 3 vol., first edition, Levant morocco extra, g. t. uncut, with the original cloth covers at end, fine copy, 1869, 8vo. (30) Pickering, £11 IOS. 3977 Boswell (J.) Life of Samuel Johnson, with Malone's Notes and Illustrations, edited by A. Birrell, portraits, 6 vol., calf extra, g. t., uncut, 1896, 8vo. (31) Tregaskis, £2 3978 Brontë. Poems, by Currer, Ellis and Acton Bell, first edition, original cloth, uncut, enclosed in a polished Levant morocco case, fine copy, Aylott and Jones, 1846, 8vo. (32) Sabin, £28 [This is the genuine first edition, of which but very few copies are known bearing this imprint on the title.-Catalogue. See next entry.-ED.] 3979 Brontë. Poems, by Currer, Ellis and Acton Bell, another copy, original cloth, uncut, Smith, Elder, 1846, 8vo. (33) Edwards, 1 8s. [The only difference between this and the other issue (supra) is a substituted title bearing the new imprint, with the addition of a leaf of advertisement at the end.Catalogue.] 3980 Bronte (The Sisters) Works. Poems, Smith, Elder, 1846— Wuthering Heights, Agnes Grey, 3 vol., 1847-Jane Eyre (with preface to the second edition inserted), 3 vol., 1847— The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, 3 vol., 1848-Shirley, 3 vol., 1849-Villette, 3 vol., 1853-The Professor, 2 vol., 1857Life, by Mrs. Gaskell, 1857-The Adventures of Ernest Alembert, a Fairy Tale, now first printed, edited by T. J. Wise, facsimile, only 30 copies privately printed, 1896 -Swinburne (A. C.) A note on Charlotte Brontë, 1877, together 22 vol., first editions, uncut, polished Levant morocco extra, gold tooled sides and back, g. t. by Rivière, a fine set, 8vo. (34) Bain, £60 3981 [Browning (E. B.)] An Essay on Mind with other Poems, first edition, original boards, uncut, with paper label, fine copy, 1826, 8vo. (35) Robson, £5 17s. 6d. 3982 [Browning (E. B.)] Prometheus Bound, translated from the Greek of Eschylus, and Miscellaneous Poems, first edition, original cloth, uncut, with paper label, fine copy, 1833, 8vo. (36) Sabin, £10 105. 3983 [Browning (E. B.)] The Runaway Slave at Pilgrim's Point, first edition, in the original wrappers, uncut, enclosed in a silk case, Moxon, 1849, 8vo. (37) Robson, £3 155. [This poem originally appeared in a volume entitled "The Liberty Bell by Friends of Freedom," published in America in 1848.—Catalogue.] 3984 Buchanan (R.) The Piper of Hamelin, a fantastic Opera, illustrated by Hugh Thomson, uncut, one of 55 copies on Whatman paper, 1893-Days with Sir Roger de Coverley, illustrated by Hugh Thomson, 1886, 8vo. (39) Price, £2 3985 Burns (R.) The Merry Muses, vellum, uncut (reprint), 1827, 8vo. (40) Walford, £1 3986 Byron (Lord). Poetical Works, plates after J. M. W. Turner, 10 vol., limp morocco extra, gilt edges, Murray, 1866, 8vo. (41) Curtis, £1 175. 3987 Campbell (T.) Poetical Works, portrait and numerous illustrations after J. M. W. Turner, first edition, proof impressions, red morocco extra, joints, gilt gauffered edges by Wright, Moxon, 1837, 8vo. (42) Maggs, £37s. 6d. 3988 Carroll (L.) Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, illustrations by John Tenniel, first edition, original cloth, gilt edges, Macmillan, 1865, 8vo. (43) B. F. Stevens, £9 155. 3989 Carroll (L.) Through the Looking Glass and what Alice found there, illustrations by John Tenniel, first edition, original cloth, gilt edges, 1872, 8vo. (44) Craddock, £2 10s. 3990 Cervantes (M. de). Don Quixote de la Mancha, translated by C. Jarvis, illustrated by Tony Johannot, and extra illustrated by the addition of the series of plates and vignettes, proofs, by Smirke, and the series of etchings by Lalauze, proofs on Japanese paper, 3 vol., calf super extra, g. t. uncut by Rivière, 1838, 8vo. (46) Maggs, £7 3991 Cockton (H.) The Life and Adventures of Valentine Vox, the Ventriloquist, first edition, 60 illustrations by Onwhyn, complete in the original parts, enclosed in a polished morocco case, Tyas, 1839, 8vo. (48) Robson, £8 3992 Cruikshank (G.) Fairy Library. Hop-o'-my-thumb, Jack and the Bean-stalk, Cinderella, Puss in Boots, etchings by George Cruikshank, first editions, in the original wrappers, very clean, enclosed in a Levant morocco case, velvet lined, with a special gold tooled design on the sides, Bogue, Routledge and Arnold, 8vo. (53) Sabin, £II IOS. 3993 Cruikshank (G.) Beecher Stowe (H.) Uncle Tom's Cabin, illustrated on wood by George Cruikshank, polished Levant morocco extra, g. t., Cassell, 1852, 8vo. (57) Robson, £1 165. 3994 Cruikshank (G.) Brough (R. B.) Life of Sir John Falstaff, with a Biography of the Knight from Authentic Sources, etchings by George Cruikshank, polished Levant morocco extra, gilt tooled sides and back, g. t., joints, flowered silk end leaves, uncut, with the original wrappers, bound at the end, by Zaehnsdorf, fine copy, 1858, 8vo. (59) Sabin, £8 5s. 3995 Cruikshank (G.) Brough (R. B.) Life of Sir John Falstaff, another copy, original cloth, uncut, 1858, 8vo. (60) A. Jackson, £4 3996 Cruikshank (G.) Chamisso (A. von). Peter Schlemihl, translated by Sir John Bowring, etchings by George Cruikshank, India proofs, LARGE PAPER, polished calf extra, g. t. uncut, by Rivière, 1878, 8vo. (61) Dobell, £1 6s. 3997 Cruikshank (G.) Grimm's German Popular Stories, 2 vol., etchings by George Cruikshank, first edition, polished Levant morocco extra, g. t. by Rivière, 1823-26, 8vo. (62) Sotheran, £37 3998 Cruikshank (G.) Merle (W. H.) Odds and Ends in Verse and Prose, illustrated by George Cruikshank from designs by the author, first edition, original boards with paper label, uncut, enclosed in a polished Levant morocco case, fine copy, 1831, 8vo. (63) 3999 Cruikshank (G.) Roscoe (T.) numerous etchings by George extra, contents lettered, g. t. by Svo. (64) Sotheran, £2 145. The Novelist's Library, 4000 Cruikshank (G.) Wright (J.) Mornings and More Mornings at Bow Street, illustrations by George Cruikshank, 2 vol., first editions, morocco extra, g. t. uncut, 1823-27, 8vo. (65) Maggs, £5 10S. 4001 [Day (T.)] The History of Sandford and Merton, a Work intended for the use of Children, 3 vol., frontispieces by Stothard (vol. i., fourth edition, vol. ii., second edition, vol. iii., first edition), polished calf extra, g. t. uncut, 1787-88-89, 8vo. (66) Maggs, £1 6s. 4002 Defoe (D.)' Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, embellished with engravings from designs by T. Stothard, 2 vol., LARGE PAPER, polished calf extra, g. t. uncut, by Rivière, 1820, royal 8vo. (68) Robson, £4 4003 Defoe (D.) Life and Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, frontispiece on India paper, and numerous engravings from drawings by George Cruikshank, extra illustrated by the addition of the series of plates by Stothard, 2 vol., LARGE PAPER, green polished Levant morocco extra, full gilt backs and inside borders, g. t. uncut, Roger Payne style, by Worsfold, Major, 1831, 8vo. (69) Tregaskis, £4 17s. 6d. 4004 De Staal de Launay (Madame). Memoirs translated from the French by Cora Hamilton Bell, 41 etchings by Lalauze, 2 vol., half vellum, uncut, one of 25 copies on Japanese paper, 1892, 8vo. (70) Price, I 10s. 4005 Dickens (C.) Works, a series of 61 volumes, consisting of first editions of the works of Charles Dickens, including "Sunday under Three Heads," 1836, "Sketches by Boz,' 3 vol., 1836-37, "The Tale of Two Cities," 1859, and "Great Expectations," 3 vol., 1861; but exclusive of "The Strange Gentleman," 1837, "The Loving Ballad of Lord Bateman," 1839, Mr. Nightingale's Diary," 1851, and other of the scarcer pieces, were offered for sale in one lot and bought in, polished Levant morocco, uniform, by Worsfold, 8vo. (71-111) Bought in at £172 4c06 Dickens (C.) The Village Coquettes, a Comic Opera in two Acts, first edition, uncut, 1836, 8vo. (112) Robson, £2 6s. 4007 Dickens (C.) The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, first edition, illustrations by Seymour and "Phiz," complete in the original parts, with all the wrappers, enclosed in a polished Levant morocco case, 1837, 8vo. (113) Curtis, £22 [Fine copy, with a duplicate copy of part iii., containing the Buss plates, and the addresses in Nos. 10 and 15. The first number was dated 1836, and had the inscription, "With four illustrations by Seymour."-Catalogue.] 4008 Dickens (C.) The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, illustrations by Seymour and "Phiz," first edition, original cloth, uncut, 1837, 8vo. (114) Maggs, £1 16s. 4009 Dickens (C.) Sibson (T.) Illustrations of Master Humphrey's Clock, 70 plates, in the original 18 numbers, with the wrappers, no printed title-page, and the lower corner of p. 7 of list of illustrations repaired, Tyas, 1840-41, 8vo. (116) Spencer, £16 15s. 4010 Dickens (C.) A Curious Dance round a Curious Tree, first edition, in the original wrapper, published by the Committee of St. Luke's Hospital, n. d. (1860), 8vo. (117) Craddock, 1 125. 4011 Dickens (C.) The Strange Gentleman, 1837-The Lamp |