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130 CONAN DOYLE, SIR ARTHUR [Works]. London: Smith, Elder, 1903. 12 vols. 8vo, bound by Bayntun in half red calf over red boards, gilt titles to spines, 5 raised bands, top edges gilt. Author’s Edition limited to 1,000 numbered copies signed by the author, this being number 261. Bound by Bayntun. Photogravure frontispieces and plates throughout with captioned tissue guards. Together with The Canterbury Tales. By Geoffrey Chaucer. Translated into Modern English by Nevill Coghill. With woodcuts by Edna White. London: The Folio Society, 1984. In matching binding by Bayntun. All in fine condition. (13) $1,000-2,000
131 (EASTON PRESS) HEMINGWAY, ERNEST Complete Works of Ernest Hemingway. Norfolk, CT: Easton Press, 1980-1990. 19 vols. 8vo, in decorative leather. A fine set. Property of a Gentleman, Racine, Wisconsin $300-500
132 GIBBON, EDWARD The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. London: John Murray, 1854. 8 vols. 8vo, polished calf gilt by Riviere, marbled endpapers, top edges gilt. Dampstaining to rear endpapers of some volumes; otherwise a fine set. $100-200
133 GROTE, GEORGE A History of Greece. London: John A. Murray, 1846-1856. 12 vols. (complete). 8vo, 3/4 red morocco over marbled boards, top edges gilt, spine gilt in compartments. First edition. Minor wear to boards; otherwise fine. First edition of Grote’s celebrated history of Greece. Illustrated with frontispiece portrait in Volume XII and with numerous engraved maps and plans, many folding and several hand-colored in outline. Minor wear to boards; otherwise a fine set. $800-1,200
134 (BINDINGS, LEATHER) A group of six leather bound books, including The Secret History of the Court of France under Louis X. By Dr. Challice. London, 1861. 2 vols. 8vo, full calf. $80-120
135 (BINDINGS, LEATHER) A group of 12 leather bound books, including Ranke’s History of Popes, (2 vols., London, 1847), and Deniston’s Memoirs of the Duke of Urbino, (3 vols., London, 1919). $100-200 136 (BINDINGS, LEATHER) A group of 28 leather bound books, including Burke’s History of England, (6 vols., London, 1825), and The Works of Abraham Cowley, (3 vols., London, 1707-1708). $100-200
137 (BINDINGS, LEATHER) A group of 14 leather bound books, including The Life of Benevuto Cellini, (2 vols., New York, 1906), and Memoirs of Several Ladies of Great Britain, (London, 1755). $200-400
138* (BINDINGS, LEATHER) A group of 11 leather bound volumes and one set of 4 cloth bound volumes with elaborate gilt tooling to spines, including The Life of William Pitt, by Earl Stanhope. London: John Murray, 1861-1862. 4 vols. 8vo, full calf. Property from the Estate of Mary Thale, Wilmette, Illinois $200-400
139* (BINDINGS, LEATHER) A group of 23 books in leather bindings, including Boswell’s A Method of Study, (London, 1738) and The Critical Works of Monsieur Rapin, (2 vols., London, 1706). Property from the Estate of Mary Thale, Wilmette, Illinois $200-400
140 (BINDINGS, LEATHER) A group of 31 leather bound books, all 12mo, including Tassoni’s La Secchia Rapita, (Parigi, 1768) and The Works of Spenser, (6 vols., London, 1750). $300-500
141 (BINDINGS, LEATHER) A group of 20 leather bound books, including Joseph Marshall’s Travels, (3 vols, London, 1772) and The Miscellaneous Works of John Dryden, (4 vols., London, 1760). $300-500
142 (BINDINGS, LEATHER) A group of 20 leather bound books, including The Memoirs of Maximilian de Bethune, Duke of Sully, London: printed for A. Millar and R. and J. Dodsley, 1756. 3 vols. 4to, full calf. First edition. $300-500
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143 (BINDINGS, LEATHER) A group of 20 leather bound books including The Essays of Montaigne, (2 vols, London, 1759) and Dr. Lord John’s Beacon Lights of History, (10 vols., New York, 1883). $300-500
144 (BINDINGS, LEATHER) A group of 32 leather bound books including Macaulay’s History of England from the Accession of James I, (5 vols., New York, n.d.), and Froude’s History of England from the Fall of Wolsey to the Death of Elizabeth, (12 vols., London, 1856). $400-600
145 (BINDINGS, LEATHER) A group of 11 vols. bound in leather, all in Italian, circa 18th century, including Ovid’s Opera Omnia, (Amstelodami, 1702. Tome 1 only) and Dialoghi tra ‘l Diavolo Zoppo e ‘l Diavolo Guercio, (Venezia, 1734). $400-600
146 POPE, ALEXANDER A group of three sets of works by or translated by Alexander Pope uniformly bound. Includes: The Iliad. By Homer. Translated by Alexander Pope. London: printed by Charles Rivington, 1760. 6 vols. The Odyssey. By Homer. Translated by Alexander Pope. London: Printed by Charles Rivington, 1760. 5 vols. The Works of Alexander Pope. London: Printed for A. Millar, 1766. 9 vols. 8vo, full calf, spines gilt in compartments, gilt inner dentlls, marbled endpapers. Some chipping to spines heads; otherwise a very fine set. $500-700
149 RUSKIN, JOHN A set of six volumes in uniform leather binding. Modern Painters. Orpington: George Allen, 1888. 6 vols. 4to, full leather, gilt decorations and titles to spine, stamped by Zaemnsdorf, marbled endpapers, top edges gilt. Large paper edition. Together with Stone of Venice. Orpington: George Allen, 1886. 3 vols. Bound as set with above. 4th edition. Minor rubbing to boards; otherwise a fine set. $300-500
150 SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM The Plays of William Shakespeare . . . to which are added notes by Samuel Johnson and George Steevens. London, printed for T. Longman, et al., 1793. 15 vols. 8vo, full calf, red and green leather spine labels. Fourth edition of Johnson’s edition of Shakespeare. With illustrations, facsimiles and fold-out stage directions throughout. Bookplate of Percival Hart Dyke tipped in front pastedowns; rubbing to boards; some foxing to verso of plates; minor browning throughout; otherwise a fine set. $1,000-2,000
147 RICHARDSON, SAMUEL A set of three titles, uniformly bound, in 17 volumes. Clarissa. Or, the History of a Young Lady. London: for the author, 1751. 7 vols. Fourth edition. Pamela. Or, Virtue Rewarded. London: printed for the author, 1742. 4 vols. Third edition. The History of Sir Charles Grandison. London, printed for the author. 6 vols. Second edition. 8vo, full mottled calf, spine gilt in compartments, red and green leather spine lables, marbled endpapers. Light shelfwear; occasional browning and foxing concentrated at the extremities of pages; otherwise a fine set. $500-700
148 ROOSEVELT, THEODORE The Works of Theodore Roosevelt. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1923. 24 vols. 8vo, publisher’s red cloth, gilt-lettered spine, frontispieces in each volume, top edges gilt, decorative endpapers. One of 1,050 sets of the Memorial Edition, signed by First Lady Edith Kermit Roosevelt to the limitation page in volume 1. Light fading to spines; ex-libris “Herbert Hurlburt Beloing” to front pastedown; otherwise a fine set. $800-1,200 146
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151* ANNUAL REGISTER A group of two First edition Annual Registers reporting on the Revolutionary War and other significant historical events in North America. The Annual Register, or a View of the History, Politics and Literature for the Year 1779. London: J. Dodsley, 1780. 8vo, full leather. First edition. Includes a report on the Expedition of Captain Clarke to Illinois, numerous accounts of the state of the Revolutionary War and a speech of George II to parliament. The Annual Register, or a View of the History, Politics and Literature for the Year 1781. London: J. Dodlsey, 1782. 8vo, full leather. First edition. Includes British accounts of the Revolutionary war, such as the “expedition in Virginia under General (Benedict) Arnold” and “War in South Carolina - state of affairs after the Battle of Camden.” Property from the Estate of Mary Thale, Wilmette, Illinois $400-600
152* (ARABIAN NIGHTS) BURTON, RICHARD The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night. Translated and edited by Richard F. Burton. (London): Printed by the Burton Club for Private Subscribers only, n.d. 16 vols. Including 6 (of 7) of “Supplemental Nights” volumes. 8vo, black cloth. Fading to spines; otherwise a fine set. Property from the Estates of Will H. Hays, Sullivan, Indiana, and Will H. Hays Jr., Crawfordsville, Indiana $100-200
153* (ARABIAN NIGHTS) BURTON, RICHARD The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night. Translated and edited by Richard F. Burton. (London): Printed by the Burton Club for Private Subscribers only, n.d. 17 vols. Including 7 “Supplemental Nights” volumes. 8vo, original gray cloth, pastedown spine labels. Number 336 of 1,000 copies of the “Bagdad Edition.” Illustrated throughout with color plates printed on Japon paper. Fading to spines; some soiling to paper labels; hinges somewhat loose; otherwise a fine set. Property from the Estate of Mary Thale, Wilmette, Illinois $200-400 154* (ARCHAEOLOGY) SOCIETY OF ANTIQUARIES Archaeologia: or Miscellaneous Tracts Relating to Antiquity. (Oxford): (Society of Antiquaries), n.d. Volume 2 only (of unspecified number). 4to, full calf. Second edition. With 13 engraved plates, many fold-out, and numerous illustrations in text. Lacking first few leaves and title page; scattered foxing; half-title tipped in; some dampstaining; hinges starting; otherwise fine. Property from the Estate of Mary Thale, Wilmette, Illinois $100-200
155* ARISTOTLE De rhetorica seu arte Discendi Libri tres. London: Eduard Griffin, 1619. [Bound with:] De poetica liber, latine, conversus, et analytica methodo illustratus. London: Thomas Snodham, 1623. 2 titles bound as 1. 8vo, full calf. The first appearance in England of Aristotle’s De rhetorica and De poetica, both translated by Edward Goulston. Woodcut title pages to each with full-page coat-of-arms of King Charles I to verso. Text of De rhetorica printed in Greek and Latin and delineated in two columns. Front hinge starting; age darkening to extremities of leaves; scattered foxing throughout; wear to boards; otherwise a sound copy. Property from the Estate of Mary Thale, Wilmette, Illinois $500-700
156 (BIBLE) BERLEBURG BIBLE Die Helige Schrift Altes und Neues Testaments. Edited by Johan Heinrich Haug. Berlenburg, 1726. Vol. I: Moses. Folio, 3/4 leather over boards. A revision of Martin Luther’s translation. With engraved frontispiece. Rebacked; occasional annotations; some wear to boards; text browned; otherwise a sound copy. Property of a Gentleman, Racine, Wisconsin $300-500
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157 (BIBLE) Sainte Bible en Latin et en Francois. Paris: Boudet and Desaint, (1767-1773). 17 vols. 4to, full leather, gilt-tooling to spine, 5 bands, marbled endpapers. Second edition. Numerous plates with some fold-out. Ex-libri with institutional stamps thoughout and labels to spine; chipping to head and foot of backstrip; several cracked hinges; otherwise a sound set. $600-800
158 (BIBLE) SCRIVER, CHRISTOPH Seelen-Schatz, Vierter Theil, Darinnen Von der glaubigen Seelen mannigfaltigen Creutz, Trubsal, Sorgen und Anfechtungen . . . . Lepizig: Johann Melchior Sustermann und Chrisoph Seidels, 1704. 4to, full calf. Engraved title vignette. Some wormholing; minor dampstaining concentrated at interior hinges; browning to pages; otherwise fine. $100-200
159 BLACKSTONE, WILLIAM Commentaries on the Laws of England. Oxford: Clarendon, 1766. 4 vols. 4to, full contemporary calf, 5 raised bands, red leather spine label. Volume II with 2 engraved tables, one folding. First edition of volume IV, Second edition of volumes I and II, Fourth edition of volume III. Slight edgewear to head and foot of spine; some marginal worming to volume II concentrated at bottom of page and not affecting the text; slight separation to edge of foot on volume IV; otherwise a fine set with tight and clean interior. $3,000-5,000
160 (BONAPARTE, NAPOLEON) A group of 17 books pertaining to Napoleon Bonaparte. $100-200 161 (BONAPARTE, NAPOLEON) IRELAND, WILLIAM HENRY Life of Napoleon Bonaparte. London: John Cumberland, 1828. 4 vols. 8vo, full red leather, ornate gilt tooling to spine, by Riviere & Son. With 26 foldout hand-colored plates by George Cruikshank. A sympathetic biography of Bonaparte by the famous Shakespeare forger William Henry (Samuel) Ireland. Previous owner bookplate to front pastedown; light rubbing and cracking to front hinges; otherwise a fine set. Together with Constant’s ersten Kammerdieners des Kaisers Napoleon. Leipzig: Baumgartners, 1830. 6 vols. 12mo, leather-backed marbled boards. German translation of Constant’s Memoirs. Wear to binding; pages browned; otherwise a sound set. Property of a Gentleman, Racine, Wisconsin $2,000-4,000
162* CHETWOOD, WILLIAM RUFUS The voyages, travels and adventures, of William Owen Gwin Vaughan, Esq.; with the history of his brother Jonathan Vaughan, six years a slave in Tunis. Intermix’d with the histories of Clerimont, Maria, Eleanora, and others . . . . London: Printed for T. Lownds, 1736. 2 vols. 8vo, full leather, leather spine labels. Chetwood’s final venture into the genre of fictitious voyages, which he began with the more well known Voyages of Captain Richard Falconer. General shelf wear; some fading to spines; otherwise a fine set. Property from the Estate of Mary Thale, Wilmette, Illinois $200-400
163 (CHILDREN’S LITERATURE) A group of four books. Includes: Household Stories from the Collection of the Bros. Grimm. Translated from the German by Lucy Crane. Illustrated by Walter Crane. London: Macmillan, 1882; Kate Greenaway’s Birthday Book. By Kate Greenaway. London; New York: G. Routledge and Sons, (1880); The Twelve Days of Christmas. Illustrated by Ilonka Karasz. New York: Harper and Bros, 1949; This Year: Next Year. By Walter de la Mare and Harold Jones. London: Faber and Faber, 1937. First edition. Property from the University of Chicago $100-200
164 (CHILDREN’S LITERATURE) A large collection of young adults series. Includes: Nancy Drew Mystery Stories. By Carolyn Keen. New York: Grosset and Dunlap, various dates. 36 vols. 8vo, yellow cloth with pictorial front cover, illustrated endpapers. The Hardy Boys Mystery Stories. By F.W. Dixon. New York: Grosset and Dunlap, various dates. 27 vols. 8 of which with pictorial dustjacket. 8vo, gray cloth, pictorial boards. The New Tom Swift Jr. Adventures. New York: Grosset and Dunlap, various dates. 6 vols. 2 of which with pictorial dustjackets. 8vo, blue cloth. (59) $100-200
165 (CHILDREN’S LITERATURE) A collection of 50 children’s books from the Landmark Book series and the Junior Deluxe Editions series. $100-200
166 COMBE, WILLIAM The Tour[s] of Dr. Syntax in Search of [1] The Picturesque; [2] Consolation; [3] A Wife. Illustrated by Rowlandson. London: Ackerman, (1821) - 1820 - (1819). 3 vols. 8vo, full mottled calf gilt stamped by Bobbs Merrill, red spine labels, all edges gilt. Mixed editions: Ninth edition of volume 1; Second edition of volume 2; edition unstated to volume 3. With hand-colored engraved frontispieces and titles, as well as handcolored plates throughout by Rowlandson. Minor edgewear; otherwise a fine set. $200-400
167* GLASSE, HANNAH The Art of Cookery Made Easy and Plain. London: printed for J. Rivington and Sons, 1788. 8vo, full leather. Second edition. Lacking flyleaf; wear and age darkening to some pages; otherwise fine. Together with:Cassell’s New Universal Cookery Book. By Lizzie Heritage. London, Paris and Melbourne: Cassell, 1896. 8vo, 3/4 leather. With 12 colored plates. Practical Gastronomy and Recherche Cookery and Culinary Dictionary. London: Spottiswood, 1895. 8vo, cloth. Third edition. The Housekeeper’s Instructor; or Universal Family Cook. By William August Henderson. London: printed and sold by W. and J. Stratford, n.d. 8vo, full leather, leather spine labels. Fifth edition. Engraved frontispiece and numerous illustrative plates, some foldout. Bookplate of Barbara Child tipped in front pastedown; agedarkening to title page; edgewear to boards; otherwise fine Property from the Estate of Mary Thale, Wilmette, Illinois $100-200 168 DESING, ANSELM Auxilia Historica; oder, Beh(u)lf zu denen historischen und dazu erforderlichen Wissenschaffte . . . mit den neuesten Begebenheiten vermehrt, und mit etlich 30. Lankartlein, nebst vielen Wappen und Geschlechts, Tafeln geziert. Regenspurg: Gastl, 1747. 8vo, full calf, red tinted edges, 4 raised bands, silk page marker. With 13 fold-out maps, 10 engraved plates, double page frontispiece and double page title page, 2 fold-out genealogical tables. Together with Curieuse und Compendieuse Vorstellung Aller Lander . . . . By Quintus Curtius Rufus, J.M.H.M. Ph. Augsburg im Martio, 1716. 8vo, full leather over wooden boards, with elaborate blind tooling and embossed initials to front cover, 3 raised bands, manuscript title to spine. Backstrip detached from text block, significant edgewear to leaves and boards; otherwise fine. $80-120
169 DICKENS, CHARLES Household Words. A Weekly Journal. London: 1850 - 1859. 19 vols. (complete) 4to, 3/4 leather by J. Low, 5 raised bands, marbled boards, marbled edges. A complete run of first editions edited by Dickens between 1850 and 1859. Containing the first appearances of many of Dickens’ works including Hard Times. Boards starting on some volumes; general shelfwear; otherwise a very fine set. $600-800
169A* (DICTIONARY) BAILEY, NATHAN Dictionarium Britanicum, or a more Compleat Universal Etymological English Dictionary. London: printed for T. Cox, 1730. 4to, modern 3/4 leather over marbled boards. First edition of Bailey’s edition that played an important role as a working base for Samuel Johnson’s dictionary. Minor foxing throughout; neatly rebacked with renewed endpapers; a fine copy. Property from the Estate of Mary Thale, Wilmette, Illinois $200-400
170* (DICTIONARY) FENNING, DANIEL The Royal English Dictionary, or, a Treasury of the English Language. London: printed for L. Hawes, (etc.), 1775. 8vo, full mottled calf. Fifth edition. Some soiling to boards; agedarkening to some pages; otherwise fine. Together with Linguae Latinae Liber Dictionarius Quadri-Partitus. A Latin Dictionary In Four Parts. I. An English-Latine. II. A Latine-Classical. III. A Latine- Proper. IV. A Latine-Barbarous . . . London: printed for T. Basset, J. Wright, and R. Chiswell, 1735. 4to, full calf. Sixth edition. Wear to boards and leather spine label; otherwise fine. Property from the Estate of Mary Thale, Wilmette, Illinois $100-200
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171* (DICTIONARY) JOHNSON, SAMUEL A dictionary of the English language: in which the words are deduced from their originals. London: printed by John Jarvis, 17861787. 2 vols. 4to, full calf. Volume 1 is dated 1787 and Volume 2, 1786. Eighth edition. Some scuffing to boards; chipping to spine ends; otherwise a fine set. Property from the Estate of Mary Thale, Wilmette, Illinois $400-600
172* (DICTIONARY) LITTLETON, ADAM [Linguae Latinae liber dictionarius quadripartitus. A Latin dictionary in four parts: I. An English-Latine, II. A Latine-classical, III. A Latine-proper, IV. A Latine-barbarous: wherein the Latine and English are adjusted, with what care might be, both as to stock of words and proprieties of speech. ] [London: Printed for T. Basset, J. Wright and R. Chiswell, 1678]. 4 parts in 1 vol. 8vo, full calf. First edition. With 2 engraved maps of Italy and Rome. Preface dated 1677. Lacking a title page, engraved frontispieces, and first few pages; quire numbers cut off; otherwise sound. Property from the Estate of Mary Thale, Wilmette, Illinois $200-400 1 74
173* (ENGLAND) A group of four manuscript documents pertaining to the lease of land in England in the 18th century. All three with pendant wax seals attached. (1) Middlesex, 1740. Lease for a year to Fleetwood family. Scalloped edges. (2) Unknown, 1707. With one seal. Scalloped edges. Faded. (3) Middlesex. Between 7 individuals, 1727. Fine. (4) Lancaster, 1744. Scalloped edges. Fleetwood family. Property from the Estate of Mary Thale, Wilmette, Illinois $600-800
174 (ENGLAND) CAMPBELL, JOHN LORD The Lives of the Chief Justices of England. London: John Murray, 1849-1857. 3 vols. Together with The Lives of the Lord Chancellors and Keepers of the Great Seal of England. London: John Murray, 1848-1869. 8 vols. Bound as a set. (11 vols.) 3/4 morocco over marbled boards, spines gilt in compartments, marbled endpapers, top edges gilt. Minor rubbing to boards; otherwise a fine set. $200-400
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175 (ENGLAND, FORE EDGE PAINTING) TUPPER, MARTIN Ballads for the Times. Geraldine, American Lyrics, Hactenus, A Thousand Lines, etc. etc. London: Arthur Hall, 1853. 16mo, full calf, spine gilt in compartments, marbled endpapers. Foredge painting of the “Bull and Bush, Hampstead.” The pub, made famous by the once popular song, “Down at the Old Bull and Bush,” still operates in London. Minor rubbing to boards; otherwise fine. $300-500
176* (ENGLAND) GOMME, GEORGE LAURENCE The Gentleman’s Magazine Library: The Topography of London. London: Elliot Stock, 1904. 3 vols. 3/4 cloth boards. A fine set. Together with The London-Spy Compleat, in Eighteen Parts. By Ned Ward. London: The Casanova Society, 1925.8vo, 3/4 cloth. One of 1,000 copies. Fine. The Midnight Spy, or, A View of the Transactions of London and Westminster from The Hours of Ten in the Evening, till Five in the Morning. London: printed for J. Cooke, 1766. Thin 8vo, cloth, in custom slipcase with pictorial pastedown. One of 800 copies. Some wear to slipcase; otherwise fine. The English Rogue, Described in the Life of Martion Latroon. By Richard Head and Francis Kirkman. London: George Routledge, 1928. 8vo, cloth. Hinges starting; otherwise fine. Property from the Estate of Mary Thale, Wilmette, Illinois $200-400
177 (ENGLAND) GWYN, NELL; LOUISE, DUTCHESS OF PORTSMOUTH A collection of three 17th century English imprints. Comprising: A Letter from the Dutch. of Portsmouth to Madam Gwin, on Her Landing in France. London: printed for J.S., 1682. A Dialogue between the Dutchess of Portsmouth, and Madam Gwin, at parting. London: printed for J.S., 1682. A series of rhyming couplets between Gwin and Portsmouth. A Pleasant Battle between Two Lap Dogs of the Utopian Court. London: printed for R.B., 1681. 6 pp. Folio, 3/4 morocco over marbled boards, pastedown frontispiece of Louise. Some browning to leaves; otherwise fine. $200-400
177A* (ENGLAND) MOTTE, BENJAMIN The Philosophical Transactions from the Year 1700 (Where Mr. Lowthorp ends) to the Year 1720. Abridg’d and dispos’d under General Heads. Vol. II Containing Part III. The Physiological Papers. Part IV. The Philological Papers. By Benjamin Motte. London: Printed for R. Wilkin, (etc.), 1721. 4to, full leather. With numerous engraved plates throughout. Includes an historic map that was the first to show Southern California as a peninsula rather than an island. With numerous fold-out plates. Front cover and title page detached but present; otherwise fine. Property from the Estate of Mary Thale, Wilmette, Illinois $100-200
Volumes LVII-LXV (1 January, 1916 - 10 January, 1920). Together, 8 volumes bound in 14 parts. Folio, two volumes in buckram and the rest in 3/4 leather. Numerous illustrations throughout. Hinges starting on most volumes; tears to some pages with some pages detached; otherwise a sound set. Property from the DeKalb Public Library, DeKalb, Illinois $150-250
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179 (ENGLAND, PERIODICALS) THE SPECTATOR [Sir Richard Steele, Joseph Addison, and others]. London, 1789. 8 vols. 8vo, full calf, red leather spine labels. Together with The Tatler, Or Lubrucations of Isaac Bickerstaff. By Isaac Bickerstaff. London, 1759. 4 vols. 8vo, full calf, spines gilt in compartments, red leather spine labels. Wear to boards; otherwise fine. $100-200
180* (ENGLAND) PICKERING, DANBY The Statutes at Large, Anno decimo quarto Georgii II. Regis. Being the Seventh session of the Thirteenth Parliament of Great Britain. (Cambridge: Josphe Bentham for Charles Bathurst), (1774). Volume 30 only (of 46). 8vo, full leather. Contains the “intolerable acts,” statutes that many colonists viewed as an arbitrary violation of their rights thus, in this year, leading to the First Continental Congress. Page 367 reads: “An act for the impartial administration of justice in the cases of persons questioned for any acts done by them in the execution of the law, or for the suppression of riots and tumults, in the province of the Massachuset’s Bay in New England.” Front board detached; wear to boards; otherwise sound. Property from the Estate of Mary Thale, Wilmette, Illinois $100-200
181* (ENGLAND, QUEEN ANNE) OFFICIAL FUNDRAISING STATUTE Anno Regni Annae Reginae Magna Britannia, Francia & Hibernia, NONO. London: Printed by John Baskett and the assigns of Thomas Newcomb and Henry Hills, 1711. Folio, 53pp [pp. 455-508], in custom folder. An official fundraising statute to license and tax hackney coaches, vellum and paper, cards and dice to raise funds for Queen Anne’s War. Sewn into a concertina with marbled pastedown title lable. Pages darkened with minor staining; chipping to edges of pages; otherwise fine. Property from the Estate of Mary Thale, Wilmette, Illinois $200-400
182* (ENGLAND) RACING CALENDAR Containing an Account of the Plates, Matches, and Sweepstakes Run for in Great-Britain and Ireland. By James Weatherby. London: printed by H. Reynell, 1777-1778, 1786. 4 vols. (volumes 1-3, 14). 12mo, full calf, red and black spine labels. First editions. Wear to boards; otherwise a sound set. Together with The Gentleman’s Stable Directory. By William Taplin. London: for G.G. J. and J. Robinson, 1791. Volume 2 only. 8vo, leather. Tenth edition. Property from the Estate of Mary Thale, Wilmette, Illinois $100-200
183* (ENGLAND) THE TOPOGRAPHER Containing a Variety of Original Articles, Illustrative of the Local History and Antiquities of England. London: printed for Robson, (ect.), 1789-1791. 4 vols. 3/4 calf over marbled boards. With numerous plates throughout. Edgewear to boards; some beginning to split at the hinges; bookplates tipped in front pastedowns; otherwise a rare fine set. Together with The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England and Wales. London: William Mackenzie, (c. 1890). 6 vols. 8vo, maroon cloth. (with 8 others) Property from the Estate of Mary Thale, Wilmette, Illinois $300-500
183A* (ENGLAND, TRIALS) A group of three volumes relating to trials for high treason. General History of Lives, Trials, and Exectutions of all the Royal and Noble Personages That Have Suffered in Great Britain and Ireland for High Treason, or Other Crimes. By Delahay Gordon. London: J. Burd, 1760. Volume 1 only. Rebacked. 8vo, with paper spine label. This book is an biographical account of figures in English history who have been tried for treason and executed, including Sir Thomas Moore, Anne Bolen, Thomas Cromwell, and others. State Trials and Proceedings for High Treason, and Other Crimes and Misdemeanours; from the Reign of King Richard II, to the End of the Reign of King George I. London: Printed for Tho. Wotton, (etc.), 1731. 2 vols. (volumes 8 and 9 only). 8vo, full leather. Property from the Estate of Mary Thale, Wilmette, Illinois $100-200
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184* (ENGLAND, TRIALS) LAYER, CHRISTOPHER The Whole Proceeding upon the Arraignment, Tryal, Conviction and Attainder of Christopher Layer, Esq; for High Treason, in Compassing and Imagining the Death of the King. London: Printed by S. Buckley, 1722. Folio, full calf. First edition. Layer was at the center of the ‘wondrous plot’, a conspiracy to establish James, the Old Pretender, on the throne of England. He met in Rome in the summer of 1721 with the Pretender to the throne and revealed the details of a wondrous plot. He attempted to enlist disgruntled soldiers, seize the Tower, the Mint, the Bank, and other public buildings, secure the royal family, and murder the commanderin-chief and ministers. The case was carried to the court of king’s bench on Oct. 31, 1722. He was found guilty, hanged, drawn, and quartered at Tyburn in May 1723. Minor edgewear to boards; age darkening to some leaves; otherwise fine. Property from the Estate of Mary Thale, Wilmette, Illinois $200-300
185* (ENGLAND, TRIALS) PARKER, THOMAS The tryal of Thomas Earl of Macclesfield (Sir Thomas Parker, first Earl of Macclesfield), in the House of Peers, for high crimes and misdemeanors; upon an impeachment by the Knights, citizens and burgesses in Parliament assembled, in the name of themselves and of all the Commons of Great-Britain. Begun the 6th Day of May 1725, and from thence continued by several adjournments until the 27th day of the same month. Published by order of the House of Peers. London: Printed for the King by Sam. Buckley, 1725. Folio, full leather, 284 pp. First edition. The high profile trial in the House of Lords of a favorite of George I, and, from 1718, Lord Chancellor. Parker was sentenced for his crimes and made to pay a fine of £30,000 to the king (to be paid to the suitors) and to imprisonment in the Tower until the fine should be paid. Minor soiling and edgewear to boards; some dampstaining to pages; otherwise fine. Property from the Estate of Mary Thale, Wilmette, Illinois $200-300
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186 (ENGLAND) KENNEDY, JAMES A Description of the Antiquities and Curiosities in Wilton House. Salisbury, 1769. 4to, full calf with gilt tooling to spine. With 25 engraved plates. First edition, with List of Subscribers. A guide to the collections at the seat of the Earls of Pembroke. Some edgewear;otherwise fine. $100-200
187 LA FONTAINE, JEAN DE Fables Choises. Mises en vers. The Hague: H. van Bulderen, 1700. 5 parts (paginated as 2 parts) in 1 vol. (34), 268[2]; 346 p. 12mo, 3/4 calf, gilt titles to spine. With numerous engraved chapter headings by J. Cause after the edition of 1688-1694. Rare edition with first chapter heading, depicting Apollo, printed upside down. Boards detached from text block; outer hinges cracked; rubbing to boards and spine; title page to part 1 torn and pasted to renewed paper; first 6 pp. torn with significant loss; some browning to pages; otherwise sound. $300-500
188 GARZONI, TOMMASO La Piazza Universale de Tutte le Professioni del Mondo. Venetia: Vincenzo Somasco, 1595. 8vo, full old vellum, manuscript titles to spine, in custom cloth lined decorative slipcase. Some staining to binding; scattered foxing; wormholing top right corner LL6 to OO2; otherwise a fine copy. $500-700
189* GIOVIO, PAULO Episcopi Nucerini. Elogia virorum bellica virtute illustrium veris imaginibus supposita, quae apud musaeum spectantur. Volumen digestum est in septem libros. Florence: Laurentii Torrentini, 1551. 4to, full calf, 6 bands. First edition. With engraved arms of the Medici to the title page and figured and foliated initials. With professional repairs. Property from the Estate of Mary Thale, Wilmette, Illinois $200-400 190 (GREENAWAY, KATE) JERROLD, ALICE A Cruise in the Acorn. With six illustrations in gold and colors. London: Marcus Ward, 1875. 8vo, red blindstamped cloth-backed boards, decorated in black and lettered in gilt. With six chromolithograph illustrations tipped in by Kate Greenaway, with no written attribution. Rubbing to boards with fraying at spine ends; otherwise fine. $80-120
191 HALE, MATTHEW The Primitive Origination of Mankind, Considered and Examined According to the Light of Nature. London: William Godbid, 1677. Folio, full leather. First edition. With engraved frontispiece of author tipped in. Rebacked; bookplate to front pastedown; occasional foxing throughout; otherwise a fine copy. Together with The Life and Death of Sir Matthew Hale. By Gilbert Burnett. London: William Shrowsbery, 1680. 12mo, new leather binding. Second edition. A sound copy. Property of a Gentleman, Racine, Wisconsin $800-1,200
192 HERITAGE PRESS A group of 22 books, including Dante’s Divine Comedy, illustrated by William Blake (1944), Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s Sonnets from the Portuguese, (1938), and Thomas Hardy’s Return of the Native, with illustrated by Agnes Miller Parker (1942). $100-200
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193 (INCUNABLE) AUSONIUS, DECIMUS MAGNUS Opera Ausonii Nuper Reperta. (Parma: Angelum Ugoletum Parmensem, July 10th, 1499.) 86 leaves, without signatures, roman foliation. 12mo, full embossed calf, marbled endpapers, 5 bands, in custom chemise and slipcase. Six editions of Ausonius appeared between 1472 and 1500; this is the most complete one. Rubbing to boards; outer hinges starting; bookplate tipped in front pastedown; Yale University Library description tipped in rear pastedown; very minimal foxing; upper edges trimmed with damage to leaf numbers; otherwise fine. $3,000-5,000
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194 KORAN circa 19th century. 8vo, full embossed calf. Handwritten in black ink. Text in compartments delineated in gold and blue. Three suites of pages detached but present; manuscript notations throughout; rubbing to boards; outer hinges splitting; chipping to spine ends; otherwise sound. $400-600
195 (LAW) A group of 11 vols. 19th Century. Includes: The Law of Contracts. By Theophilus Parsons. Boston: Little, Brown, 1857. 2 vols. Commentaries on American Law. By James Kent. Boston: Little, Brown, 1858. 4 vols. Commentaries on the Laws of England. By William Blackstone. Philadelphia: John Grigg, 1827. A Treatise on the Principles of Pleading. By Henry John Stephens. s.p.: n.p., 1827. Second edition. Commentaries on Equity Pleadings and Incidents Thereof. By Joseph Story. Boston: Little, Brown, 1857. Sixth edition. The Law of Contracts and Promises Upon Various Subjects. By Samuel Comyn. New York: Gould, Banks, 1835. Fourth American edition. A Treatise on Pleading. By Joseph Chitty. Springfied, Massachusets, 1837. Vol. 2 (of 3) only. $100-200
196 LEE, HARPER To Kill A Mockingbird. Philadelphia and New York: J.B. Lippincott, 1960. 8vo, black and charcoal gray cloth-backed boards with with lettering to spine, publisher’s yellow topstain. First Book Club Edition. Signed and Inscribed by Lee to f.f.e.p., “To Rita White, with my best wishes, Harper Lee”. Lee signed this copy of her Great American Novel while visiting a dear friend in Kirkwood, Missouri, on her way to Holcomb, Kansas, where she and Truman Capote went to investigate the murders that inspired Capote’s In Cold Blood. Edgewear and fading to backstrip; boards starting; lacking dustjacket; some age darkening to pages; otherwise fine. $400-600
197 LIMBORCH, PHILIPPI Historia Inquisitionis. Cui subjungitur liber sententiarum inquisitionis Tholosanae ab anno Christo MCCVII ad annum MCCCXXIII. Amsterdam: Henricum Westenium, 1692. Folio, leather-backed marbled boards. First edition of Limborch’s History of the Inquisition. With nine plates of engravings, four of which are fold-out. Rebacked; ink owner inscription to f.f.e.p.; occasional library stamps throughout and to plates; light wormholing to f.f.e.p. and title page; otherwise a fine, clean copy. Property of a Gentleman, Racine, Wisconsin $400-600
198* (LITERATURE) A group of 11 first editions, including first edition copies of Hemingway’s A Moveable Feast and For Whom the Bell Tolls (first printing). Property from the Estates of Will H. Hays, Sullivan, Indiana, and Will H. Hays Jr., Crawfordsville, Indiana $150-250
199* (LITERATURE) A group of 46 books signed and/or inscribed by their authors. Including: A Daughter of the Middle Border. By Hamlin Garland. (New York, 1921). Fairy Tales of the South Seas. By Annette Kellerman. (London, n.d.). Verses I Like. By Major Bowes. (New York, 1937). Wonders of Yellowstone Dreamland. By Joe Mitchell Chapple (Boston, 1922). The Story of Thomas E. Dewey: Attorney for the People. By Rupert Hughes. Signed by Hughes. (New York, 1944). Property from the Estates of Will H. Hays, Sullivan, Indiana, and Will H. Hays Jr., Crawfordsville, Indiana $300-500 197 (both)
199A* (LITERATURE) A group of 25 volumes pertaining to literature. Includes: The Bookman: A Literary Journal/An Illustrated Magazine of Literature and Life. New York: Dodd, Mead, 1910-1915. 10 vols. 8vo, green cloth. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great. By Elbert Hubbard (The Roycrofters). Cleveland, New York: The World Publishing Company, 1928. 15 vols. (including guidebook). 8vo, in dust jackets. Property from the DeKalb Public Library, DeKalb, Illinois $100-200
200 (LITERATURE, FRENCH) GENLIS, STEPHANIE FELICITE Les Veillees du Chateau, ou, Cours de morale a l’usage des enfans. By Caroline Stephanie de DuCrest de Saint-Aubin Genlin, Mme. Comtesse de. Paris: Chez Maradan, 1819. 3 vols. 8vo, half calf over marbled boards. Together with Le Cousin de Mahomet. By Nicolas Fromaget. Constantinople, 1781. 2 vols. 16mo, full calf. La Filleule. By George Sand. Bruxelles, Livourne and Leipzig: Meline, 1853. 2 vols. bound as one. 16mo, black cloth institutional binding. Lettres persanes. By Charles de Secondat Montesquieu. Bound with Lettres turques. By Saint-Foix. Cologne: P. Marteau, 1739. Les Mysteres mondains. By Adolphe Belot. Paris: E. Dentu, 1875. Eleventh Edition. Chef-d’oeuvres de Moliere: precedes de sa vie et d’une notice de ses pieces. By Moliere. Lyon: Le Roy, 1791. 2 vols. Correspondance de Frederic II, roi de Prusse. By Frederick. Oeuvres posthumes de Frederic II, Roi de Prusse. S.p., 1789. Opere di M. D’Arnaud. Napoli: Presso la Societa Letteraria e Tipografica, MDCCLXXX. 5 vols. (out of unspecified number). $200-400
201 (LITERATURE, ILLUSTRATED) A group of 12 books, including The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, illustrated by Edmund Dulac (Garden City, 1937), and Shakespeare’s The Tempest, illustrated by Arthur Rackham (London; New York, 1926). $100-200
202* LONGINUS, DIONYSIUS Dionysii Longini De Sublimitate Commentarius. Translated by Zacharias Pearce. London: J. and R. Tonson, 1762. 8vo, full leather. Nova versione. With engraved frontispiece and chapter headings. Some scuffing to boards; otherwise fine. Property from the Estate of Mary Thale, Wilmette, Illinois $100-200
203 NASH, JOSEPH Mansions of England in Olden Time. London: Henry Sotheran, 1869-1872. Volumes I-IV bound in 2 vols. Folio, 3/4 red morocco, gilt titles to covers, spines gilt in compartments, 5 raised bands, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. With 104 extrodinarily detailed plates that give particular emphasis to the details of domestic architecture in the Tudor age. Inner hinges cracked; some wear to boards and spine; otherwise fine with plates very bright and clean. $300-500
204 PACIUCELLI, ANGELO Lezioni morali sopra Giona Profeta . . . con Quattro Copiosissime Tavole. Venzia: Nella stamperia Baglioni, 1720. 3 vols. Folio, full contemporary vellum. Ottava impressione. Exlibris Lorenzo Carocci tipped in front pastedown; some cracking and rubbing to vellum; foxing and dampstaining throughout interior; minor wormholing; otherwise binding of all three remains tight. Together with: Bibliotheca concionatoria ethices christianae ethices christianae praecipua continens argumenta, ordine alphabetico digesta, e gallico sermone in latinum translata. Venetiis: Ex typographia Remondiniana, 1764. Tome 1 only. 4to, contemporary vellum, titles in red and black with engraved vignette. Ownership slip laid in. Dampstaining throughout, concentrated at the edges of pages; intermittent foxing; 2 inch tear to foot of spine; 1 inch tear to head of spine; age-darkening to vellum; edges bumped with some loss to boards; 1 inch tear to front endpapers. $100-200
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205 PENROSE, VALENTINE Dons des Feminines. Preface by Paul Eluard. (Paris): Librairie “Les Pas Perdus,” (1951). Folio, sewn into original printed wrappers with tissue wraps. One of 350 limited copies. Chipping and some browning to wraps; wear to spine ends; otherwise fine. $300-500
206* (PERIODICALS) A collection of illustrated newspapers and magazines. Includes: 36 vols. of Saint Nicholas, an Illustrated Magazine for Young Folks, (New York, 1917-1939), 4 vols. Story Parade: A Magazine for Boys and Girls. (New York, 1940-1953), and numerous bound issues and issues in paper wrappers of Munsey’s Magazine and Godey’s, America’s First Magazine. 8vo, in library bindings. Age wear to most volumes; otherwise a sound collection. Property from the DeKalb Public Library, DeKalb, Illinois $200-400
207 (PHILOSOPHY) A group of seven volumes, circa 18th century, including De l’espirit, by Helvetius (Paris: Durand, 1769). $80-120
208 PICTURESQUE EUROPE New York: D. Appleton, 1875-78. 3 vols. 4to, full morocco over beveled boards. With 63 steel engraved plates. Light wear to bindings; text browned; otherwise a fine set. Property of a Gentleman, Racine, Wisconsin $300-500
209* PLINY The Letters of Pliny the Consul. Edited by William Melmoth. London: R. Dodsley, 1748. 2 vols. 8vo, later full calf, 5 raised bands, gilt titles to spines, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers. Third edition. Ex libris Robert Edwin Olds, Under Secretary of State to President Calvin Coolidge, tipped in f.f.e.p of both volumes. A manuscript note of first leaf of volume I notes that Mr. Olds’ wife, Rose N. Olds, had the books bound by hand in 1927. Scattered foxing; otherwise a fine set. Property from the Estate of Nancy Wald, Chicago, Illinois $150-250
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