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268. RITSON (JOSEPH). A Dissertation on Romance and Minstrelsy: to which is appended the ancient metrical Romance of Ywaine and Gawin. 4to, paper, uncut.

Edinburgh: Goldsmid, 1891

Large Paper. One of only 100 copies so issued.

By

269. Launfal: an Ancient Metrical Romance. Thomas Chestre. To which is appended the still older Romance of Lybeau's Disconus. Edited by J. R. 4to, paper, Edinburgh, 1891

uncut.

Large Paper. One of only 100 copies so issued.

270. ROBERTS (CHAS. G. D.) Earth's Enigmas. FIRST 12mo, buckram, uncut.

EDN.

Bost. 1896 Presentation inscription from author to R. Le Gallienne inserted, with the latter's book-label.

✔ 271. ROBIDA (A.) Le Vingtième Siècle. La Vie Électrique. Colored plates, heliogravures, and illusts. in the text by the author. Imp. 8vo, original cloth extra, gilt edges. Paris [189-]

272. ROCKY MOUNTAINS (THE), A Lady's Life in. By Isabella L. Bird. Illusts. Post 8vo, cloth. N. Y. 1882 Italy: a Poem. Portrait

273. ROGERS (SAMUEL). after Sir Thos. Lawrence, and numerous beautiful vignettes

after Turner and Stothard.
cloth, uncut. Fine copy.

New edn. Post 8vo, original
Lond. Moxon, 1854

274. RUSKIN (JOHN).
Portrait. Post 8vo, cloth, uncut.
275. RUSSIA. History or Anecdotes of the Revolution✔
in Russia in 1762. From the French of M. De Rulhiere.
Portrait of Catherine II. 8vo, half straight-grained mo-
Lond. 1797

Letters to M. G. and H. G.✔
N. Y. 1903

rocco.

276.

ΑΙ
SAILOR LIFE on Man-of-War and Merchant Ves-
sel [Nordhoff], illust., 1884; The Lion City of
Africa [Allen], illust., 1890; and others. 4 vols.

277. SARGENT (EPES). Songs of the Sea, with other✔
Poems.
oards, uncut.
Bost. 1847

12mo,

First edition. Fine copy. Scarce.

278. SCIENTIFIC SIDE-LIGHTS [Fernald], N. Y. 1903; The Correlation and Conservation of Forces, N. Y. 1865; The Healthy Woman [Leonard], N. Y. 1902; and others. 8 vols.

279. SCOTT (SIR W.) Waverley, Ivanhoe, Rob Roy, The Pirate, and others of the Waverley Novels. (2 in duplicate.) Profusely illust. 13 vols. crown 8vo, original Edinburgh, 1892-95

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✓ 280. SCOTT (WILLIAM BELL). Autobiographical
Notes of the Life of, and Notices of his Artistic and Poetic
Circle of Friends. Fine etched portraits, etc. 2 vols. 8vo,
original cloth, uncut. First and best edn. Lond. 1892

281. SECRET HISTORY of the Court of England, from
the Accession of George III. to the Death of George IV.
By Lady Anne Hamilton. Post 8vo, boards. Lond. [recent]
✔282. SHAKESPEARE (WM.)
tions and illustrations of various
are added notes by Sam. Johnson.
8 vols. 8vo, original calf (rubbed and back joints split).
Lond. J. & R. Tonson, &c., 1765

Plays, with the correccommentators; to which Portrait by Geo. Vertue.

JOHNSON'S FIRST EDITION. A presentation copy from Bishop Warburton (editor of the works of Pope and his literary executor) to Richard Hurd, Bishop of Lichfield and Coventry, who, in turn, presented it to one N. Kilvert in 1777, the fly-leaf bearing contemporary inscriptions to that effect. Hurd published Warburton's collected works.

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The Plays of Shakespear, printed from the text
of Samuel Johnson, George Steevens and Isaac Reed.
vols. 8vo, full calf (lacks several pp. in Vol. 2). Lond. 1807
With fine portrait by Evans, and with vignettes by and after
Singleton, Howard, Neagle, Stothard, Westall.

284.
Dramatic Works. Revised Text, with Notes
by S. W. Singer, 10 vols. ; also Life and Volume of Critical
Essays by W. W. Lloyd. Together 11 vols.
half sheep (rubbed).

285.

Crown 8vo,
Lond. Bell, 1875

Dramatic Works. Revised Text, with Notes
by S. W. Singer, 10 vols.: also Life and Volume of Critical
Essays by W. W. Lloyd. Together 11 vols. Crown 8vo,
half roan (slightly rubbed).
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286. The Tragedy of Othello, edited by H. C. Hart; ✓
Cymbeline, edited by Edward Dowden. 2 vols. post 8vo,
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287. SHAW (GEORGE). General Zoology; or, Systematic Natural History, 14 vols. in 28, 1,193 plates of quadrupeds, reptiles, fishes, insects and birds, royal 8vo, Lond. 18001826; Zoological Lectures, 2 vols., 163 plates, royal 8vo,1809. Uniform in contemporary calf, gilt, except the last 6 parts, 30 which are in original boards (2 vols. broken), uncut.

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A complete set of this very valuable and judicious work," on LARGE PAPER, with PROOFS of the plates. The original cost, in boards, was £57 ($285).

288. SHELLEY (A Biography) [Jno. Addington Symonds], Lond. 1879; The Choice of Books [C. F. Richardson]; Mark Twain's Autobiography, FIRST EDN., illusts. ; and others. 24 vols.

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289. SHERIDAN (GEN. P. H.) The Life of: its Romance and Reality. By F. A. Burr and R. J. Hinton. Numerous portraits and illusts. 8vo, cloth. Providence, 1888

290. SIX MONTHS IN THE SANDWICH ISLANDS [Bird], illust., 1882; Africa, History of Exploration and Adventure [Jones], illust., 1875; Across the Continent [Bowles], illust., 1865; and others. 6 vols.

291. SMOLLETT (TOBIAS). Works. each vol. 12 vols. post 8vo, cloth, gilt.

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292. SOME LONDON THEATRES, Past and Present [Williams], Lond. 1883; Glimpses of Real Life; Theatrical and Bohemian [Bertram], Edinburgh, 1864; Dramatic Works of Marmion, Edinburgh, Paterson, 1875; and others. 6 vols.

293. SONGS OF THREE CENTURIES, Edited by Whittier, FIRST EDN., Bost. 1876; Poems by Gold-Pen, Phil. 1856; and others. 4 vols. 12mo (some poor).

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294. SPORTING. The Sportsman's Gazetteer and General Guide. By Chas. Hallack. (On the game animals, birds and fishes of North America.) Portrait and maps. Thick post 8vo, cloth. N. Y. 1877

295. The Eighth Duke of Beaufort and the Badminton Hunt, by T. F. Dale, portraits and other illusts., Westminster, 1901; The Gambling World, by Rouge et Noir, illusts, N. Y. 1898. 2 vols. 8vo, cloth.

✔296. Sport in Europe. Edited by F. G. Aflalo.
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297. STEVENSON (ROBERT LOUIS). Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Illust. by Charles Raymond Macauley. ONLY 150 COPIES PRINTED ON IMPERIAL JAPAN VELLUM. 8vo, half roan, uncut. AN EXQUISITE VOLUME. N. Y. 1904

298. Prayers written at Vailima. With an Introduction by his wife. FIRST EDN. Post 8vo, cloth and boards, uncut. N. Y. 1904

299. STEWART (DUGALD). The Collected Works. ✔ Edited by Sir William Hamilton, Bart. In 10 vols. and supplementary volume, containing full Index. 11 vols. in all. Portrait of Stewart. 8vo, half calf. Fine set. Edinburgh, Lond. 1840

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500. STIRLING-MAXWELL (SIR WILLIAM). Miscellaneous Essays and Addresses (Ancient Scottish Seals, The Dukes of Urbino, Sir Walter Scott, etc., etc.); also a Biographical Note and a Bibliography. With fine illusts. on India and Japan paper. Thick small 4to, original cloth,

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Lond. 1891 Large Paper copy, with a duplicate set of the plates and with the initials printed in red. Only 265 printed.

301. The Cloister Life of the Emperor Charles V. With the author's latest notes and additions. With 8 mezzotint engravings and 5 illusts. in color from original water-color drawings, on India and Japan paper; also numerous illusts. on wood. Thick small 4to, original cloth, uncut. Lond. 1891

Large paper copy, with a duplicate set of the plates and with the initials printed in red. Only 265 printed.

302. STUDIES IN THE BOOK OF PSALMS [Plumer]; Olshausen on the Corinthians, Galatians, etc., 3 vols; and others. 21 vols. cloth, paper, etc.

303. SYLVIA, by George Darley; Vol. 1 of Dent's Lover's Library, Lond. 1892; Lyrics of Lowly Life, by Paul L. Dunbar, portrait (bookplates of R. Le Gallienne), Lond. 1897; The Colour of Life, and The Rhythm of Life, by Alice Meynell, 2 vols. (bindings ink-stained), Lond. 1897-1901. 4 vols.

✔304. TAINE (H. A.) History of English Literature.
Transl. by H. Van Laun. 3 vols. post 8vo, cloth.
N. Y. 1875
305. TAYLOR (BAYARD). Colorado. A Summer Trip.
FIRST EDN. Crown 8vo, cloth (paint stains on binding).
N. Y. 1867

306. TENNEY'S Natural History of Animals, 500 illusts.; Trenton Falls, N. Y., Picturesque and Descriptive, edited by N. P. Willis, illust.; Journal de Marie Bashkirtseff, 2 vols., paper; Great Buxton Mystery, paper, pp. 62; The Alphabet in Old English, Italic and Roman print; etc. 10 yols. crown 8vo, various bindings.

307. TENT ON THE BEACH (THE) [Whittier], FIRST
EDN., Bost. 1867; Longfellow's Poems, illust., 1883; The
First Loves of Perilla [Corbin] (3 copies), 1903; Whittier's
Poems, 1876; etc. 9 vols. cloth.

✔308. THEATRICAL. Wilkes (Thos.) General View of
the Stage. Svo, old calf (name on title and first page, bind-
ing broken).
Lond. 1759
Bookplate of George Chalmers, the eminent Scots antiquary,
and biographer of Tom Paine.

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309. THEATRICAL. The Pin-Basket: to the Children ✔ of Thespis. With Notes, Historical, Critical, and Biographical, by John Williams, whose public appellation is Anthony Pasquin. Vignette on title by Bartolozzi, after the author. Crown 8vo, half morocco gilt, gilt top edge, otherwise Lond. 1797

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Virulent prose and verse attacks on the well-known actors

310, and actresses of the period.ife of Charles Macklin..

Memoirs of the Life

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forming a comprehensive but succinct History of the Stage,
by James Thos. Kirkman, oval portrait in stipple by Ridley,
2 vols. 8vo, half russia (trifle stained and binding broken),
Lond. 1799; Memoirs of Charles Macklin, portrait, 8vo, (3)
sheep (back edge of binding split).

Lond. 1804

311. THEOLOGY. Kingsley's Sermons for the Times;✔ Macduff's Sunsets on the Hebrew Mountains; Littledale on the Song of Songs; and others. 12 vols. cloth.

✓312.
Oxenham's Sermons; Plain Commentary on
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313. TRAIL OF THE SANDHILL STAG (THE) [Seton-
Thompson], illust., N. Y. 1900; Stray Verses, by Robert
Lord Houghton, Lond. 1893; The Luck of the Vails, by G. F.
Benson; and 7 others. 10 vols. (6 with bookplate of R. Le
Gallienne).

314. TRIALS. Crim. Con. Actions and Trials and other
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315. TROUBADOURS AND COURTS OF LOVE (THE) [Rowbotham], illust., 1895; Walton's Lives of Donne, Hooker, etc., N. Y. 1903; and 7 others (4 with bookplate of R. Le Gallienne). 9 vols.

316. TYTHES. Tumulus Decimarum; or, The History of Tythes; from their Nativity, to this day of their expected Ruine and Downfall, 1659. By H. P. Small 4to, limp leather, uncut (last leaf little defective). Lond. 1659 Possibly the work of Henry Peacham, author of "The Worth of a Penny."

317. TYTLER (PATRICK FRASER). The History of
Scotland. (The Second and revised edn.) 9 vols. post 8vo,
original cloth, uncut.
Edinburgh, 1841-43

318. V
most Remarkable Places and Objects of All
Countries. Text edited by Chas. A. Dana. Numerous fine
plates. (Vol. 1 only.) Oblong post 8vo, cloth. N. Y. [1855]

VIEWS. Meyer's Universum; or, Views of the

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