the Second, edited by Lord Holland, portraits, 3 vol., original cloth, 1847, 8vo. (490) Thomas, 1 17s. 5148 Walton (Izaak). The Compleat Angler, or the Contemplative Man's Recreation, fourth edition, morocco extra, g. e., 1668, 8vo. (495) Maggs, £15 155. 5149 [Ward (Ned).] The London Spy, a complete set of the original numbers, calf extra, 1698-1700, folio (603) Tinkler, £4 6s. [MAY 21ST AND THREE FOLLOWING DAYS, 1900.] SOTHEBY, WILKINSON & HODGE. A PORTION OF THE LIBRARY OF "CAVENDISH" (THE LATE MR. HENRY JONES). BOOKS FROM THE VALE PRESS, THE KELMSCOTT PRESS, AND A NUMBER OF OTHERS FROM VARIOUS SOURCES. (No. of Lots, 1071; amount realised, £5,948 13s.) (a) A Portion of the Library of “Cavendish.” [NOTE. This collection was made up and sold chiefly in "parcels," the best of which are reported.-·ED.] 5150 Cotton (Charles). The Compleat Gamester . . . Cards or Dice, Racing, Cock-Fighting, etc., first edition, frontispiece (wanted the portrait), old calf, 1674, 8vo. (277) LI 2s. 5151 Cotton (Charles). Compleat Gamester, the genuine second edition, frontispiece, 1676-Another edition, frontispiece, 1709-Fifth, Sixth, Seventh and Eighth Editions by Seymour and Johnson (the sixth edition wanted the frontispiece), chiefly in old calf, together 6 vol., 8vo. (278) Pickering, £1 IOS. 5152 Horr (N. T.) Bibliography of Card-Games, Cleveland, Ohio, 1892- Hoffmann (Professor). Cyclopedia of Card and Table Games, 1891-Card Essays, etc., by "Cavendish," 1879-History of Playing Cards, Hotten, 1865, together 4 vol., 8vo. (284) Tiernay, LI 5153 Hoyle. Treatise on Whist, spurious first edition, half bound, Bath, 1743, 8vo. (285) Green, £1 4s. [It is believed that only one perfect copy of the genuine first edition exists, that in the Bodleian Library.—Catalogue.] 5154 Hoyle. Games. Irish pirated fifth edition, calf, Dublin, 1743-Polite Gamester, another Irish pirated edition, ib., 1772-Philadelphia pirated edition, 1817, together 3 vol., 8vo. (286) Tregaskis, 1 5s. 5155 Hoyle. Treatise on the Game of Brag, first edition, signed, 1751-Treatise on Whist, fourth edition, signed, 1743Doctrine of Chances, first edition, signed (1754), in I vol.Supplement to all former Treatises on Quadrille, 1764Academy of Play, n. d.—Games most in Use, title defective, n. d., calf and half bound, together 4 vol., 8vo. (288) Pickering, 1 125. 5156 Leathermore, or Advice concerning Gaming, 1711-Reflections on the dangerous tendency of Card-playing, especially All-Fours (1754)—Hoyle (E.) Doctrine of Chances, 1764 -Rouge et Noir, coloured frontispiece, uncut, 1823-Man of Fashion's Manual, frontispiece, uncut, 1809-and others on Billiards, etc., calf and half bound, together 14 vol., 8vo. Pickering, 1 8s. (292) 5157 Piquet. Le Jeu du Piquet, plaisant et recreatif, rare, 1652 La Maison des Jeux Académiques, 1668-Le Royal Jeu de l'Ombre et du Piquet, etc., 1715--Nouvelle Academie des Jeux, 2 vol. in 1, frontispieces and plates, 1728—and others, chiefly in old calf, together 9 vol., 8vo. (294) 5158 Whist. Pickering, £1 10s. Hamilton (C. D.) Modern Scientific Whist, New York (1894)-Whist Sketches, by C. S. B[outcher], Easton, Pa., 1892-Rheinhardt (R. H.) Whist Scores, etc., autograph letter inserted, 1887-American or Standard Whist, Boston, 1881-and others, some presentation copies, togeTiernay, £1 55. ther 6 vol., 8vo. (300) 5159 Whist. Matthews (T.) Advice to the Young Whist Player, first edition, scarce, 1804-other editions, 1806 to 1826, etc., Pickering, £1 65. in 4 vol., 8vo. (303) 5160 Whist. Mitchell (J. T.) Duplicate Whist, first edition, Chicago, 1891-How to Play Whist, New York, n. d.-Gist of Whist, first and fourth editions, 1894-5-Work (M. C.) Whist of To-day, presentation copy, with autograph letter inserted, Philadelphia, 1895-Ames (F.) Practical Guide to Whist, first, second, third and sixth editions, presentation copies, 1891-94—and others on Whist, together 15 vol., Tiernay, L1 8s. 8vo. (304) 5161 Whist. Polite Gamester, or Humours of Whist, frontispiece, The American Lead Conhalf bound (1753) — Whist. troversy, by "Merry Andrew," rare, half bound, 1885Short Whist, by Major A*****, first and four other editions, 1835, etc.-Whist, illustrated by Kenny Meadows, F. P. Watson's copy, annotated by him, 1843- and others, Pickering, £2 105. together 16 vol., 8vo. (307) 5162 Whist. Principles of Whist, stated and explained by "Cavendish," first to twenty-third editions (wanted the ninth edition), the second to seventh editions had wrong titles, sold not subject to return, 1862-98, together 22 vol., 8vo. (308) Pickering, 1 6s. Rose (E.) Solo, 1893 Cusack-Smith (Sir W.) Encyclopædia of Whist, 1891-Deane (W. M.) Letters on 5163 Whist. 5164 Whist. Whist, autograph letter inserted, 1894-Morgan (H. F.) Whist-Players' Guide, 1881, together 3 vol., 8vo. (309) Jessell, £1 Théorie du Whist . . par Will Silence, n. d. Traité du Whist, par Deschapelles, part ii., 1839-Smith (J. S.) Le Jeu du Whist, 1829-Jogo do Whist (Portuguese translation of Hoyle), Lisboa, 1818, together 4 vol., 8vo. (310) Pickering, £2 4s. (B) Vale Press Publications. 5165 Drayton (Michael). Nimphidia and the Muses' Elizium, edited from the earliest editions by John Gray, woodcut title, borders and initials, original boards, uncut, 1896, 8vo. (1057) Jenkins, £2 2s. 5166 Gray (J.) Spiritual Poems, chiefly done out of several languages, woodcut frontispiece and borders, original boards, uncut, 1896, 8vo. (1058) C. & E. Brown, £1 16s. 5167 Constable (H.) Poets and Sonnets, woodcut border and numerous initials, one of 210 copies, original boards, uncut, 1897, 8vo. (1059) Jenkins, £1 16s. 5168 Apuleius (L.) The Excellent Narration of the Marriage of Cupide and Psyche, translated by W. Adlington, woodcuts, uncut, one of 210 copies, 1897, 8vo. (1060) Shepherd, £2 6s. 5169 Field (Michael). Fair Rosamund, woodcut border and initials (in red), one of 210 copies, original boards, uncut, 1897, 8vo. (1061) C. & E. Brown, LI IIS. 5170 Field (Michael). The World at Auction, a Play, the decorations designed and cut on the wood by C. Ricketts, elaborate border, initials and other ornamentation, original boards, uncut, 1898, 8vo. (1062) C. & E. Brown, £1 7s. 5171 Lefargue (Jules). Moralités Légendaires, vol. ii., large woodcut, borders and initials, one of 220 copies, original boards, uncut, 1898, 8vo. (1063) Jenkins, £1 125. 5172 Perrault (C.) La Belle au Bois dormant, et le petit Chaperon Rouge, woodcuts, borders and initials, original boards, uncut, one of 224 copies, 1899, 8vo. (1064) Robson, £2 14s. 5173 Milton (John). Early Poems, seen through the press by C. Sturt, the decorations designed and cut on the wood by C. Ricketts, original boards, uncut, one of 310 copies, n. d., 4to. (1065) Jenkins, £2 7s. 5174 Blake (W.) Poetical Sketches, woodcut borders and other ornamentation, uncut, 1899, 8vo. (1068) C. & E. Brown, £1 10s. 5175 Guérin (M de). The Centaur, the Bacchante, translated by T. S. Moore, illustrations, one of 150 copies, uncut, 1899, 8vo. (1070) 5176 Coleridge (S.) The Rime of the Ancient Denham, L1 18s. Mariner, side notes printed in red, woodcut border, etc., uncut, 1899, 8vo. (1071) Jenkins, £1 195. (y) Books from the Kelmscott Press. [NOTE. Many duplicates were disposed of at prices which did not materially vary from those given below.] 5177 Morris (W.) The Story of the Glittering Plain, which has been also called the Land of Living Men, or the Acre of the Undying, woodcut borders and initials, vellum, 1891, 8vo. (942) Shepherd, £26 10s. 5178 Morris (W.) Poems by the Way, woodcut border and initial letters, vellum, 1891, 8vo. (943) J. Bumpus, £12 5s. [A copy on vellum sold for £39 10s.-ED.] 5179 Blunt (W. S.) The Love Lyrics and Songs of Proteus, with the Love Sonnets of Proteus, now reprinted in their full text, with many Sonnets omitted from the earlier editions, the numerous woodcut initials printed in red, vellum, 1892, 8vo. (944) Shepherd, £8 [A second copy sold for £14.-ED.] 5180 Caxton (W.) The Golden Legend, edited by F. S. Ellis, 3 vol., woodcuts the full size of the page, borders and initial letters, 1892, folio (945) Shepherd, £9 17s. 6d. 5181 Caxton (W.) The History of Reynard the Foxe, woodcut borders and initial letters, vellum, 1892, folio (946) J. Bumpus, £5 5182 Caxton (W.) The Recuyell of the Historyes of Troye, 3 vol. in 2, numerous woodcut borders and initial letters, vellum, 1892, folio (947) Shepherd, £7 10s. 5183 Mackail (J. W.) [A presentation copy sold for £11 15s.—ED.] 1892, 8vo. (948) Robson, £25 5184 Morris (W.) A Dream of John Ball and a King's Lesson, woodcut frontispiece, borders and initial letters, vellum, 1892, 8vo. (949) Robson, £415s. 5185 Morris (W.) News from Nowhere, or an Epoch of Rest, being some Chapters from a Utopian Romance, woodcut frontispiece, borders, etc., vellum, 1892, 8vo. (950) Leighton, £5 2s. 6d. 5186 Morris (W.) The Defence of Guenevere, and other Poems, woodcut border and initial letters, vellum, 1892, 8vo. (951) Shepherd, £8 5s. 5187 Ruskin (J.) The Nature of Gothic, a chapter of the Stones of Venice, woodcut border and initial letters, vellum, 1892, 8vo. (952) Hiscoke, £4 5188 The Order of Chivalry, with translations by W. Morris, 2 parts in I vol., woodcut frontispiece, borders and initial letters, vellum, 1892-3, 8vo. (953) Shepherd, £5 18s. 5189 Cavendish (G.) The Life of Thomas Wolsey, Cardinal Archbishop of York, from a MS. in the British Museum, woodcut borders and initial letters, vellum, 1893, 8vo. (954) Ellis, £4 10s. 5190 Caxton (W.) The History of Godefrey of Boloyne and of the Conquest of Jherusalem, woodcut borders and initial letters, vellum, 1893, folio (955) Shepherd, £6 15s. 5191 Meinhold (W.) Sidonia the Sorceress, translated by Francesca Speranza Lady Wilde, printed in red and black, woodcut borders and initial letters, vellum, 1893, folio (956) Thorp, £11 5s. 5192 More (Sir Thomas). Utopia, revised by F. S. Ellis, woodcut border and initial letters, vellum, 1893, 8vo. (957) Robson, £8 5s. 5193 Morris (W.) Gothic Architecture for the Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society, woodcut initial letters, 1893, 8vo. (958) Shepherd, 1 4s. 5194 Shakespeare (W.) Poems. Venus and Adonis, 1593-The Rape of Lucrece, 1594-Sonnets, 1609-The Lover's Complaint, edited by F. S. Ellis, woodcut borders and initial letters, vellum, 1893, 8vo. (960) Robson, £15 15s. 5195 Tennyson (Lord A.) Maud, a Monodrama, woodcut borders and initial letters, 1893, 8vo. (961) Ellis, £3 10s. 5196 The Tale of King Florus and the Fair Jehane, woodcut title and borders, 1893, 8vo. (962) Ward, £6 15s. 5197 Keats (John). The Poems of, edited by F. S. Ellis, borders and woodcut initial letters, vellum, 1894, 8vo. (963) Sotheran, £27 5s. 5198 Morris (W.) The Story of the Glittering Plain, which has been also called the Land of Living Men, or the Acre of the Undying, ornamented with 23 pictures by Walter Crane, woodcut borders and initial letters, 1894, folio (964) W. Ward, £10 158. 5199 Morris (W.) The Wood beyond the World, woodcut frontispiece, borders, etc., vellum, 1894, 8vo. (965) Hiscoke, £6 10s. 5200 Of the Friendship of Amis and Amile, done out of the ancient French into English by William Morris, woodcut borders, etc., 1894, 8vo. (966) Shepherd, £3 35. 5201 Psalmi Penitentiales, transcribed and edited by F. S. Ellis from a MS. written at Gloucester, circa 1440, woodcut borders and initial letters, 1894, 4to. (967) Murray, £4 5202 Rossetti (D. G.) Sonnets and Lyrical Poems, woodcut borders and initial letters, 1894-Ballads and Narrative Poems, 1893, 2 vol., 8vo. (968) Robson, £17 5203 Savonarola (Fr. H.) Epistola de Contemptu Mundi, woodcut on title and border, 1894, 4to. (969) Shepherd, £13 5s. 5204 Sulkhan-Saba Orbeliani. The Book of Wisdom and Lies, a Georgian Story, translated, with Notes, by Oliver Wordrop, woodcut borders and initial letters, vellum, 1894, 8vo. (970) Shepherd, £3 15s. 5205 Swinburne (A. C.) Atalanta in Caledon, a Tragedy, woodcut borders and initial letters, vellum, 1894, folio (971) Thorp, £12 5s. 5206 The Tale of King Coustans the Emperor and of Over Sea, translated out of French by W. Morris, woodcut borders, etc., 1894, 8vo. (972) Shepherd, £2 |