EigHTEENTH AND NiNETEENTH CENTURY liTERATURE

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220 AUSTEN, JANE The Works of Jane Austen. London: Guild Publishing, 1979.

6 vols. 8vo, 3/4 red morocco over marbled boards, gilt lettering to spines. A fine set with no exterior or interior flaws and in fine bindings. $100-200

221 BUTLER, SAMUEL Hudibras. A Poem. London: Thomas McLean, 1819.

2 vols. 8vo, 3/4 leather over marbled boards, spine lettered in gilt. A new edition, embellished with engravings. Edgewear to boards; minor intermittent foxing; otherwise fine. $100-200

222 COMBE, WILLIAM The Tour[s] of Dr. Syntax in Search of [1] The Picturesque; [2] Consolation; [3] A Wife. Illustrated by Rowlandson. London: Nattali and Bond, 1855.

3 vols. 8vo, 3/4 calf over marbled boards, marbled edges and endpapers, spines tooled in gilt with red leather labels. Ninth edition. Hand-colored engraved frontispieces, title vignette and numerous plates by Rowlandson. Rubbing to boards; minor foxing; otherwise fine. $600-800 223 (DICKENS, CHARLES) OLIVER TWIST Poster. “Fagin.” Hartford, CT: The Calhoun Printing Company. Three separate vignettes illustrating “Fagin’s Last Night Alive,” “Oliver Introduced to the Old Gent,” and “Oliver’s Reception by Fagin and the Boys.” Linen-backed, three sheets. 82 3/4 x 41 3/4 inches. $400-600

224 (DICKENS, CHARLES) OLIVER TWIST Poster. “Oliver Plucks Up a Spirit.” Hartford, CT: Calhoun Printing Company, n.d. Three vignettes illustrating “Oliver Plucks Up a Spirit,” “Oliver Asks for More,” and “Oliver Escapes Being Bound to a Sweep.” Linen-backed, three sheets. 82 3/4 x 41 3/4 inches. $400-600

225 (DICKENS, CHARLES) OLIVER TWIST Poster. “Bill Sikes - Come Here You Varmint - You Born Divle!” Hartford: The Calhoun Printing Company, n.d. After Cruikshank. Single image illustrating Bill Sikes and his dog. Linen-backed, three sheets. $400-600 226 DICKENS, CHARLES The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit. London: Chapman and Hall, 1844.

4to, full polished calf stamped bound by Sangorski and Sutcliffe, gilt tooling to spine, red and green spine labels, marbled endpapers, silk page marker. First edition. Engraved frontispiece and numerous other engravings throughout. Together with Little Dorrit. London: Bradbury and Evans, 1857. 8vo, 3/4 black morocco over marbled boards, gilt lettering to spine. First edition in book form, with frontispiece engraving and numerous other engravings throughout. $400-600

227 DICKENS, CHARLES [Works.] New York: Dodd, Mead, 1891.

36 vols. (of 48). 8vo, contemporary half calf over marbled boards, titles and decoration in gilt to spine. Wear to boards on some volumes, with spine detached to one volume; rubbing to boards; otherwise a fine set. $200-400

230 228 HUGO, VICTOR Works. The Novels Complete and Unabridged. Philadelphia: George Barrie, (18921894).

41 vols. (Complete). 8vo, full brown morocco, four raised bands, gilt decorations and titles to spines, a.e.g. Number 54 of 250 copies of the Bibliophile Edition printed on Japanese vellum, with 519 etchings in two states (black and bistre) and 70 double-page etchings in black. Scattered white paint to foot of text block and rear boards on some volumes; minor wear to spines; otherwise interior and plates are in very fine condition. $800-1,200

229 IRVING, WASHINGTON The Alhambra. London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, 1832.

2 vols. 8vo, 3/4 calf over marbled boards, marbled edges and endpapers, titles in gilt to spine. First English edition. Minor edgewear and darkening to boards; hinges starting slightly; otherwise fine. $100-200

230 MELVILLE, HERMAN Moby Dick or The Whale. Illustrated by Rockwell Kent. Chicago: The Lakeside Press, 1930.

3 vols. 4to, original black cloth stamped in silver, top edges stained black, uncut, in original aluminum slipcase, original mylar wraps. Illustrated with 280 woodcut illustrations by Rockwell Kent. Minor rubbing to boards; slight offsetting from title page; wear to original wraps with some loss; otherwise fine. $1,500-2,500

231 STERNE, LAURENCE A Sentimental Journey through France and Italy. London: Beckett and de Hondt, 1768.

2 vols. 12mo, full mottled calf with spines gilt in compartments, bound by Riviere, stamped, a.e.g. First edition, with list of subscribers. Fine. $400-600

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232 STOWE, HARRIET BEECHER Uncle Tom’s Cabin; or, Life Among the Lowly. Boston: John P. Jewett, 1852.

2 vols. 8vo, publisher’s gilt-pictorial brown blind-stamped cloth, professionally rebacked retaining most of the original backstrip, custom cloth slipcase. First edition, first printing. Illustrated with engraved title page vignettes and six plates. Scattered light foxing; some dog-eared pages; some rubbing to edges and tips; manuscript ex-libris to f.f.e.p. vol. 1 dated March, 1852; otherwise fine. $2,000-4,000

233 THOREAU, HENRY DAVID The Complete Writings. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1906.

20 vols. Complete. Original green cloth-backed boards, pastedown spine labels. One of 600 limited copies of the Manuscript Edition. With an inlaid leaf of manuscript by Thoreau in Volume 1. Bookplate tipped in front pastedown; fading to boards; sunning to spines; otherwise a fine set. $3,000-5,000

234 TOLSTOY, LEO War and Peace. A Historical Novel by Count Leon Tolstoi. Translated into French by a Russian Lady and from the French by Clara Bell. New York: William S. Gottsberger, 1886.

6 vols. 12mo, publisher’s brown cloth stamped in black, housed in cloth slipcase. First edition in English with Gottsberger imprint on title pages. Hinges starting to some volumes; minor wear to cloth; dampstaining to endpapers; rubbing to boards with some loss; otherwise a fine set. $1,000-2,000

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