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Chapter XI: Part I: treats of Wynkyn de Worde, Julian Notary, R. & W. Faques, and (2)

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FORSTER, JOHN.--The Life of Charles Dickens. By John Forster . . . London: Chapman and Hall . . . 1872 [1873-'74]. _8vo, three volumes, cloth, uncut edges._

Six portraits, and numerous other illustrations.

FORSYTH, WILLIAM.--Hortensius: or, the Advocate, an historical essay. By William Forsyth . . . London: John Murray . . . 1849. _12mo, cloth, uncut edges._

FORSYTH, WILLIAM.--History of Trial by Jury. By William Forsyth . . . London: John W. Parker and Son . . . M.DCCC.LII. _8vo, cloth, uncut edges._

FORSYTH, WILLIAM.--History of the Captivity of Napoleon at St. Helena; from the letters and journals of the late Lieut.-Gen. Sir Hudson Lowe, and official documents not before made public. By William Forsyth, . . . With Portrait and Map. [and two other illustrations] London: John Murray, . . . 1853. . . . _8vo, three volumes, cloth, uncut edges._

FORTNUM, C. DRURY E.--A descriptive Catalogue of Maiolica Hispano-Moresco, Persian, Damascus, and Rhodian wares, in the South Kensington Museum. With Historical Notices, Marks, & Monograms. By C. Drury E. Fortnum, . . . London: printed by George E. Eyre and William Spottiswoode, . . . 1873. _Royal 8vo, half brown morocco, gilt top, uncut edges._

Twelve coloured plates and numerous woodcuts.

FORTNUM, C. DRURY E.--Maiolica a historical treatise on the glazed and enamelled earthenwares of Italy, with marks and monograms also some notice of the Persian Damascus, Rhodian, and Hispano-Moresque Wares by C. Drury E. Fortnum with illustrations [21 plates, including coloured frontispiece] Oxford at the Clarendon Press 1896. _Royal 4to, cloth, gilt top, uncut edges._

FOSS, HENRY.--See Payne and Foss.

FOSTER AND TAYLOR.--Birket Foster's [30] Pictures of English Landscape. (Engraved by the Brothers Dalziel) with Pictures in Words by Tom Taylor. London: Routledge, Warne, and Routledge. . . . MDCCC LXIII. _4to, green levant morocco, gilt back and sides, gilt edges._

FOSTER, JOHN.--An Essay of the Evils of Popular Ignorance: and a discourse on the communication of Christianity to the people of Hindoostan. By John Foster. Third edition. London: Holdsworth and Ball . . . 1834. _8vo, half green morocco, gilt back, gilt top, uncut edges._

FOSTER AND ATKINSON, _editors_.--An illustrated Catalogue of the Loan Collection of Plate exhibited in the Fitzwilliam Museum May 1895 by J. E. Foster, . . . and T. D. Atkinson Cambridge Deighton Bell & Co and Macmillan & Bowes for the Cambridge Antiquarian Society 1896. _Royal 4to, cloth, gilt top, uncut edges._

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FOUCHE, JOSEPH.--The Memoirs of Joseph Fouche, Duke of Otranto, Minister of the General Police of France. With a portrait. [engraved by Vincent from the rare print suppressed by the French Police] Translated from the French. . . . London: printed for Charles Knight, . . . M DCCC XXV. _8vo, two volumes, blue morocco, gilt back, gilt edges._

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FOUQUE, LAMOTTE.--Peter Schlemihl: from the German of Lamotte Fouque. With [8] plates by George Cruikshank. London: G. and W. B. Whittaker . . . 1824. _12mo, green levant morocco, gilt back, gilt top, uncut edges, by Riviere._

First edition. Though attributed to Fouque, the real author was Adalbert von Chamisso. Fouque, however, suggested the plot.

FOUQUE, LA MOTTE.--See Woltmann and Fouque.

FRANCIS, JOHN W.--Old New York: or, Reminiscences of the Past Sixty Years. By John W. Francis, . . . with a memoir of the author, by Henry T. Tuckerman. New York: W. J. Widdleton, . . . M DCCC LXV. _Royal 8vo, unbound._

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FRANCKLIN, THOMAS.--Matilda: a tragedy. As it is performed at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane. By the Author of the Earl of Warwick. London: Printed for T. Cadell, . . . 1775. . . . _8vo, morocco, by The Club Bindery._

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FRANKLIN, BENJAMIN.--An Account Of the Newly Invented Pennsylvanian Fire-Places: wherein Their Construction and Manner of Operation is particularly explained; Their Advantages above every other Method of Warming Rooms demonstrated; And all Objections that have been raised against the Use of Them, answered and obviated. With Directions for putting them up, and for Using them to the best Advantage. And a Copper-Plate, in which the several Parts of the Machine are exactly laid down, from a Scale of equal Parts. Philadelphia: Printed and Sold by B. Franklin. 1744. _8vo, blue levant morocco, gilt back and sides, by The Club Bindery._

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FRANKLIN, BENJAMIN.--Poor Richard improved: being an Almanack and Ephemeris of the Motions of the Sun and Moon; the true Places and Aspects of the Planets; the Rising and Setting of the Sun; and the Rising, Setting and Southing of the Moon, for the Year of our Lord 1757: [1758:] Being the First [Second] after Leap-Year. . . . By Richard Saunders, Philom. Philadelphia: Printed and Sold by B. Franklin, and D. Hall. _12mo, two volumes, light brown levant morocco, gilt top, uncut edges, in a brown straight-grain morocco case, by Bedford._

FRANKLIN, BENJAMIN.--The Way to Wealth or Poor Richard Improved by Benjamin Franklin. Paris. Printed for Ant. Aug. Renouard . . . M.DCC.XCV. _8vo, blue morocco, back richly tooled, panelled sides, silk linings, gilt over uncut edges, by Bozerian._

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FRANKLIN, BENJAMIN.--The Way to Wealth. 1795. _12mo, citron levant morocco, gilt back, gilt edges, by David._

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FRANKLIN, BENJAMIN.--The Way to Wealth or Poor Richard Improved by Benj. Franklin. Paris, Printed for Ant. Aug. Renouard, [by P. Causse at Dijon] . . . M.DCC.XCV. _12mo, red levant morocco, gilt back, side corners after the manner of Roger Payne, uncut edges, by Riviere._

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FRANKLIN, BENJAMIN.--[Poor Richard. Bowles's Moral Pictures; Being Lessons for the Young and the Old, on Industry, Temperance, Frugality, &c. or Poor Richard Illustrated. By the late Dr. Benj. Franklin.] _4to, half green morocco, gilt edges._

A portfolio containing the twenty-four original water-colour drawings by Dighton, with the engravings published by Bowles; also original water-colour drawings of Franklin and his press, and two engraved portraits.

FRANKLIN, BENJAMIN.--The Private Life of the late Benjamin Franklin, LL. D. late Minister Plenipotentiary from the United States of America to France, &c. &c. &c. Originally written by Himself, and now translated from the French. To which are added, some account of his public life, a variety of anecdotes concerning him, by M. M. Brissot, Condorcet, Rochefoucault, Le Roy, &c. &c. and the eulogium of M. Fauchet, . . . London: printed for J. Parsons, . . . 1793. _8vo, half maroon levant morocco, gilt top, uncut edges, by The Club Bindery._

FRANKLIN, BENJAMIN.--The Works of Benjamin Franklin; containing several political and historical tracts not included in any former edition, and many letters official and private not hitherto published; with notes and a life of the author. By Jared Sparks. . . . Boston: Hilliard Gray, and Company. 1840. _Royal 8vo, ten volumes, brown levant morocco, gilt back, gilt top, uncut edges, by Matthews._

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Twenty-two plates, including five portraits.

FRANKS, DAVID.--See New York Directory.

FRANKUM, RICHARD.--The Bee and the Wasp. A Fable.--In Verse. With [4] designs and etchings, by G. Cruikshank. . . . London: Charles Tilt, . . . 1832. _Small 8vo, half blue calf, gilt back, gilt top, uncut edges, with the original yellow paper covers bound in._

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FRANKUM, RICHARD.--The Bee and the Wasp a fable in verse with [4] illustrations designed and etched by George Cruikshank London Basil Montagu Pickering . . . 1861. _Small 4to, original boards, uncut edges._

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FREER, MARTHA WALKER.--The Life of Marguerite d'Angouleme, Queen of Navarre, Duchesse d'Alencon and de Berry, sister of Francis I., King of France. From numerous unpublished sources, including MS. documents in the Bibliotheque Imperiale, and the Archives du Royaume de France, and also the private correspondence of Queen Marguerite with Francis I., &c. . . . By Martha Walker Freer. . . . [Mrs. John Robinson] London: Hurst and Blackett, . . . 1854. _Post 8vo, two volumes, blue morocco, gilt top, uncut edges, by The Club Bindery._

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FREER, MARTHA WALKER.--The Life of Jeanne d'Albret, Queen of Navarre. . . . By Martha Walker Freer, . . . London: Hurst and Blackett, . . . 1855. _Post 8vo, two volumes, blue morocco, gilt top, uncut edges, by The Club Bindery._

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FREER, MARTHA WALKER.--Elizabeth de Valois, Queen of Spain, and the Court of Philip II. From numerous unpublished sources, in the Archives of France, Italy, and Spain. By Martha Walker Freer. London: Hurst and Blackett . . . 1857. _Post 8vo, two volumes, blue morocco, gilt top, uncut edges, by The Club Bindery._

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FREER, MARTHA WALKER.--Henry III. King of France and Poland: his Court and Times. From numerous unpublished sources, including MS. Documents in the Bibliotheque Imperiale, and the Archives of France and Italy, etc. By Martha Walker Freer. London: Hurst and Blackett . . . 1858. _Post 8vo, three volumes, blue morocco, gilt top, uncut edges, by The Club Bindery._

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FREER, MARTHA WALKER.--History of the Reign of Henry IV. King of France and Navarre . . . Part I. Henry IV and the League. By Martha Walker Freer. . . . London: Hurst and Blackett, . . . 1860. _Post 8vo, two volumes, blue morocco, gilt top, uncut edges, by The Club Bindery._

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FREER, MARTHA WALKER.--Henry IV. and Marie de Medici. Part II. of the History of the Reign of Henry IV. King of France and Navarre . . . By Martha Walker Freer . . . London: Hurst and Blackett . . . 1861. _Post 8vo, two volumes, blue morocco, gilt top, uncut edges, by The Club Bindery._

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FREER, MARTHA WALKER.--The Last Decade of a Glorious Reign. Part III. of the History of the Reign of Henry IV. King of France and Navarre . . . By Martha Walker Freer . . . London: Hurst and Blackett . . . 1863. _Post 8vo, two volumes, blue morocco, gilt top, uncut edges, by The Club Bindery._

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FREER, MARTHA WALKER.--The Married Life of Anne of Austria, Queen of France, Mother of Louis XIV. and Don Sebastian, King of Portugal. Historical Studies. From numerous unpublished sources, . . . By Martha Walker Freer, . . . London: Tinsley Brothers, . . . 1864. _8vo, two volumes, blue morocco, gilt top, uncut edges, by The Club Bindery._

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FREER, MARTHA WALKER.--The Regency of Anne of Austria, Queen Regent of France, Mother of Louis XIV. from numerous unpublished sources, . . . By Martha Walker Freer, . . . London: Tinsley Brothers, . . . 1866. _8vo, two volumes, blue morocco, gilt top, uncut edges, by The Club Bindery._

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FRENEAU, PHILIP.--Poems Written between the Years 1768 & 1794, by Philip Freneau, of New Jersey: A New Edition, Revised and Corrected by the Author; Including a considerable number of Pieces never before published. . . . Monmouth [N. J.] printed At the Press of the Author, at Mount-Pleasant, near Middletown-Point; M, DCC, XCV: and, of--American Independence--XIX. _8vo, calf, gilt back, gilt edges, by Matthews._

FRENEAU, PHILIP.--Poems written and published during the American Revolutionary War, and now republished from the original manuscripts; interspersed with translations from the ancients, and other pieces not heretofore in print. By Philip Freneau. . . . The third edition, in two volumes. . . . Philadelphia: from the press of Lydia R. Bailey, . . . 1809. _12mo, two volumes, brown levant morocco, doubled with dark green russia, tooled in gilt, russia guards, gilt edges, by Zaehnsdorf._

Two frontispieces, King Tammany and Captain Paul Jones's Victory, engraved by Joh. Eckstein.

According to Freneau's declaration in a letter to Jefferson, May 27, 1809, this is the first edition of his poems that received his personal attention, "the other two having been published, while I was wandering over gloomy Seas, until _embargoed_ by the necessity of the times." Later he wrote to Madison, "That Edition [1809] was published by _Subscription_ merely for the benefit of, and to assist Mrs. Bailey, an unfortunate but deserving widowed female, niece to General Steele, and this consideration alone induced me to pay some attention to that third Edition."

FRENEAU, PHILIP.--A Bibliography of the separate and collected works of Philip Freneau together with an account of his newspapers By Victor Hugo Paltsits . . . New York Dodd, Mead and Company 1903. _12mo, original gray paper covers._

FRERE, JOHN HOOKHAM.--The Works of the Right Honourable John Hookham Frere in verse and prose . . . Memoir by the Right Hon. Sir Bartle Frere Second Edition Revised with Additions London Basil Montagu Pickering . . . 1874. _8vo, three volumes, cloth, uncut edges._

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FRITH, WILLIAM.--John Leech His Life and Work by William Powell Frith, R.A. With portrait and numerous illustrations . . . London Richard Bentley and Son . . . 1891. _8vo, two volumes, vellum cloth, uncut edges._

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FROUDE, JAMES ANTHONY.--History of England from the Fall of Wolsey to the Death of Elizabeth. By James Anthony Froude, . . . London: John W. Parker and Son, . . . 1856. [-1870] _8vo, twelve volumes, cloth, uncut edges._

Volumes I-II are dated 1856; III-IV, 1858; V-VI, 1860; VII-VIII, 1866, "fourth edition" with portrait of Queen Elizabeth engraved by C. H. Jeens; XI-XII, 1870, "a new edition."

FROUDE, JAMES ANTHONY.--Short Studies on Great Subjects. By James Anthony Froude, . . . London: Longmans, Green, and Co. 1868. [-1871, 1877, 1883.] _8vo, four volumes, cloth, uncut edges._

FROUDE, JAMES ANTHONY.--The Cat's Pilgrimage by James Anthony Froude, . . . [vignette] With six illustrations by J. B. Edinburgh: Edmonston and Douglas. 1870. _4to, original boards._

Reprinted from "Short Studies of Great Subjects."

FULCHER, GEORGE WILLIAMS.--Life of Thomas Gainsborough, R. A. By the late George Williams Fulcher, edited by his son. London: Longman . . . _Foolscap 8vo, cloth, uncut edges._

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FULLER, MARGARET.--Memoirs of Margaret Fuller Ossoli. Boston: Phillips, Sampson and Company. MDCCCLII. _12mo, two volumes, cloth._

The chapters on Concord and Boston were written by Ralph Waldo Emerson.

FULTON, ROBERT.--A Treatise on the Improvement of Canal Navigation; exhibiting the numerous advantages to be derived from small canals. And boats of two to five feet wide, containing from two to five tons burthen. With a description of the Machinery of facilitating Conveyance by Water through the most Mountainous Countries, independent of Locks and Aqueducts: including Observations on the great Importance of Water Communications, with thoughts on, and designs for, aqueducts and bridges of iron and wood. Illustrated with seventeen plates. By R. Fulton, Civil Engineer. London. Published by I. and J. Taylor . . . 1796. _4to, brown levant morocco, gilt back and sides, gilt edges, by The Club Bindery._

First edition: with forty figures on seventeen plates, and two final leaves of advertisement.

Inserted are two portraits, one after the original painting by Chappel, the other by W. S. Leney after Benjamin West.

FULTON, ROBERT.--Torpedo War, and Submarine Explosions. By Robert Fulton, . . . New York: printed by William Elliot, . . . 1810. _Oblong 4to, brown levant morocco, gilt back and sides, gilt edges, by The Club Bindery._

Eight figures on five plates. Presentation copy from the Author to Dr. Thornton, with inscription on the fly leaf.

FUSELI, HENRY.--See Pilkington, Matthew.

GAINE, HUGH.--The Journals of Hugh Gaine Printer edited by Paul Leicester Ford . . . New York Published by Dodd, Mead & Company . . . MCMII. _Royal 8vo, two volumes, half vellum, uncut edges._

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GAINSBOROUGH, THOMAS.--A Collection of Prints illustrative of English Scenery, from the drawings and sketches of Tho^{s}. Gainsborough, R. A. in the various collections of the Right Honourable Baroness Lucas; Viscount Palmerston; George Hibbert, Esq.; Dr. Monro and several other gentlemen London: engraved by W. F. Wells and J. Laporte; and published by John and Josiah Boydell, . . . [n. d.] _Folio, old red straight-grain morocco, gilt back and sides, gilt edges._

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GALE, NORMAN.--Marsh Marigolds, by the author of Primulas and Pansies, etc. Rugby: George E. Over . . . 1888. _Royal 8vo, original covers, uncut edges._

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GALE, NORMAN.--Anemones, a collection of simple songs from Unleavened Bread, Primulas and Pansies, Marsh Marigolds, with Fresh Flowers from the Author's Garden Rugby: George E. Over . . . 1889. _Royal 8vo, original covers, uncut edges._

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GALE, NORMAN.--Meadowsweet. By the author of Marsh Marigolds. Rugby: printed by George E. Over, at the Rugby Press. [1889] _12mo, original covers, uncut edges._

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GALE, NORMAN.--Thistledown Essays whereof the tale is Six penned in the Studies of Rusticus & one who is a Friend of his. Rugby: George E. Over 1890. _Crown 8vo, original covers, uncut edges._

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GALE, NORMAN.--Cricket Songs and other trifling verses penned by one of the Authors of "Thistledown." . . . Rugby: George E. Over. 1890. _Crown 8vo, original covers, uncut edges._

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GALE, NORMAN.--Cricket Songs by Norman Gale. Methuen and Co., . . . London 1894. _8vo, half vellum, uncut edges._

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GALE, NORMAN.--Here be Blue and White Violets from the garden wherein grew Meadowsweet. Rugby: printed by George E. Over. [1891] _Crown 8vo, original covers, uncut edges._

One of twenty-five large paper copies printed, with etched frontispiece in two states, black and green; by Herbert Dicksee.

GALE, NORMAN.--Prince Redcheek. Printed by G. E. Over, at The Rugby Press. [1891] _Post 8vo, original covers, uncut edges._

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GALE, NORMAN.--Gorillas Rugby Printed by George E. Over, The Rugby Press. [1891] _Post 8vo, original covers, uncut edges._

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GALE, NORMAN.--A June Romance. Norman Gale. Rugby printed and published by George E. Over. [1892] _12mo, original covers, uncut edges._

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GALE, NORMAN.--A Country Muse by Norman R. Gale. London David Nutt . . . [Rugby Press] 1892. _16mo, cloth, uncut edges._

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GALE, NORMAN.--A Country Muse. New Series by Norman R. Gale . . . London David Nutt . . . 1893. _8vo, half vellum, uncut edges._

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GALE, NORMAN.--A Cotswold Village by Norman Gale Fifteen copies privately printed at the Rugby Press June 1893. _8vo, original covers, uncut edges._

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GALE, HAYES, AND LE GALLIENNE.--A Fellowship in Song Alfred Hayes [From Midland Meadows] Richard Le Gallienne [Nightingales] Norman Gale [A Verdant County] Rugby George E. Over . . . 1893. _Post 8vo, original covers, uncut edges._

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GALE, NORMAN.--Orchard Songs by Norman Gale. London. Elkin Mathews & John Lane . . . 1893. _Post 8vo, vellum, uncut edges._

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GALT, JOHN.--The Autobiography of John Galt . . . London: Cochrane and M'Crone . . . 1833. _8vo, two volumes, half blue morocco, gilt back, gilt top, uncut edges._

Portrait of Galt by Graves after Irvine.

GAMBADO, GEOFFREY.--See Bunbury, H.

GAMMER GURTON'S GARLAND: or, the Nursery Parnassus. A choice collection of pretty songs and verses, for the amusement of all little good children who can neither read nor run. London: printed for R. Triphook, . . . By Harding and Wright, . . . 1810. _8vo, tree calf, gilt back, gilt edges, by Riviere._

On the verso of the title is a note: "Parts I. and II. were first collected and printed by a literary gentleman deceased; who supposed he had preserved each piece according to its original idiom: an opinion not easily refuted, if worth supporting. Parts. III. and IV. are now first added."

GAMMER GURTON'S GARLAND.--See Ritson, Joseph.

GARCILASSO DE LA VEGA.--See Vega, Garcilasso de la.

GARDEN, ALEXANDER.--Anecdotes of the Revolutionary War in America, with Sketches of Character of Persons the most distinguished, in the Southern States, for Civil and Military Services. By Alexander Garden. Charleston: Printed for the Author 1822. _8vo, brown calf, gilt back, gilt top, uncut edges, by Bedford._

GARDEN, ALEXANDER.--Anecdotes of the American Revolution, illustrative of the Talents and Virtues of the Heroes and Patriots, who Acted the Most Conspicuous Parts therein. By Alexander Garden. Second Series. Charleston . . . A. E. Miller . . . 1828. _12mo, half red levant morocco, gilt back, gilt top, uncut edges, by Allo._

GARNETT, RICHARD, _translator_.--Iphigenia in Delphi a dramatic poem With Homer's "Shield of Achilles" and other Translations from the Greek by Richard Garnett . . . T. Fisher Unwin . . . London . . . MDCCCXC. _12mo, vellum, uncut edges._

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GARNETT, RICHARD, _editor_.--Three hundred Notable Books added to the Library of the British Museum under the keepership of Richard Garnett 1890-1899 Printed by T. and A. Constable for the Editors and Subscribers March M DCCC XCIX. _Royal 8vo, half red morocco, gilt top, uncut edges._

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GARRICK, DAVID.--The Lying Valet; In Two Acts. As it is performed gratis, At The Theatre in Goodman's-Fields. By D. Garrick. London: Printed for and Sold by Paul Vaillant,. . . ; and J. Roberts, . . . 1742. (Price One Shilling.) _8vo, red levant morocco, gilt back, gilt top, uncut edges, by Riviere._

First edition. Acted later at the Theatre Royal in Drury Lane. An alteration of "All without Money," the second of Motteux's five plays "The Novelty. Every Act a Play," 1697.

Half-title, title, and "Dramatis Personae," three leaves, and B-H1 in fours.

GARRICK, DAVID.--Lethe. A dramatic satire. By David Garrick. As it is Performed at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane, By His Majesty's Servants. London: Printed for and Sold by Paul Vaillant, . . . M DCC XLIX. _8vo, brown morocco, gilt edges, lower ones uncut, by The Club Bindery._

First edition.

Half-title and title, and B-G2 in fours.

GARRICK, DAVID.--The Gamesters: a comedy. Alter'd from Shirley. As it is Perform'd, By His Majesty's Servants, at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane. London: Printed for J. and R. Tonson, . . . M DCC LVIII. . . . _8vo, morocco, by The Club Bindery._

First edition.

GARRICK, DAVID.--The Farmer's Return from London. An Interlude. As it is Performed at the Theatre Royal in Drury-Lane. London: Printed by Dryden Leach, For J. and R. Tonson, in the Strand. MDCCLXII. _4to, brown levant morocco, gilt back and sides, gilt edges, by Zaehnsdorf._

First edition: frontispiece by James Basire after Hogarth. Written for Mrs. Pritchard's benefit. Garrick took the part of the Farmer.

Half-title, A1, title, A2, and B-D in twos.

GARRICK, DAVID.--The Poetical Works of David Garrick, Esq. now first collected . . . with Explanatory Notes. London: Printed for George Kearsley, at Johnson's Head, Fleet-street, MDCCLXXXV. _Small 8vo, two volumes, citron levant morocco, gilt back, gilt top, uncut edges, by Joly._

GARRICK, DAVID.--The Dramatic Works of David Garrick, Esq. To which is prefixed a Life of the Author . . . London: Printed for A. Millar . . . MDCCXCVIII. _12mo, three volumes, calf, gilt back, gilt top, uncut edges, by Bedford._

Portrait of Garrick by W. Sharp, inserted, artist's proof.

GARRICK, DAVID.--See Colman and Garrick.

GASKELL, ELIZABETH CLEGHORN STEVENSON.--The Life of Charlotte Bronte . . . By E. C. Gaskell . . . London: Smith, Elder & Co., . . . 1857. _Crown 8vo, two volumes, red levant morocco, gilt back, gilt top, uncut edges, by Champs._

First edition, with portrait by Armytage. Certain passages were afterwards suppressed because of statements challenged by persons concerned.

GASKELL, ELIZABETH CLEGHORN STEVENSON.--Cranford [Knutsford] by Mrs. Gaskell with a Preface by Anne Thackeray Ritchie and illustrations by Hugh Thomson London Macmillan and Co. . . . 1891. _Royal 8vo, buckram, uncut edges._

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GAY, JOHN.--The Present State of Wit, in a Letter to a Friend in the Country. London Printed in the Year, M DCC XI. (Price 3d.) _Small 8vo, red straight-grain morocco, gilt fillets, by The Club Bindery._

First edition. The Letter is signed J. G. and dated Westminster, May 3, 1711. Contains half-title and Postscript, C4.

GAY, JOHN.--The Wife of Bath. A comedy. As it is Acted at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane, by Her Majesty's Servants. By Mr. Gay . . . London: Printed for Bernard Lintott, . . . MDCCXIII. _4to, half brown levant morocco._

First edition. A-I in fours, half-title on A1, title on A2.

GAY, JOHN.--The Shepherd's Week. In six Pastorals. By Mr J. Gay . . . London, Printed: And Sold by Ferd. Burleigh . . . MDCCXIV. _8vo, red levant morocco, gilt fillets, gilt edges, by The Club Bindery._

First edition. Seven plates by Lud. Du Guernier.

GAY, JOHN.--The Shepherd's Week. 1714. _8vo, citron levant morocco, gilt back, side panels, gilt edges, by The Club Bindery._

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GAY, JOHN.--Trivia: or the Art of Walking the Streets of London. By Mr. Gay . . . [device of crossed keys] London: Printed for Bernard Lintott, . . . [n. d.] _8vo, calf, gilt back, gilt edges, by Bedford._

First edition: large and thick paper copy.

Three head-piece vignettes by Gribelin, and the device of the publisher on the title-page. In the second edition, also n. d., the head-piece on the first page, the view of a London street, is substituted for the title device.

GAY, JOHN.--Trivia. [n. d.] _8vo, calf, gilt back, gilt top, uncut edges, by Bedford._

Another issue of the first edition, and probably later, as the plates of the tail-pieces appear to be worn. For the three engraved vignettes by Gribelin on pages 1, 21, and 53--view of a London street, musical instruments, and Pegasus rising into the clouds--woodcut headbands are substituted, the first containing an eagle, the second two cherubs supporting a basket of flowers, the third flowers and foliage.

The title and letter-press of the two issues are identical, and the three errata on A2 verso are uncorrected.

GAY, JOHN.--(I.) Two Epistles; One, to the Right Honourable Richard Earl of Burlington; The Other, to a Lady. By Mr. Gay. London, Printed for Bernard Lintot, . . . Price 6d. [n. d.] (II.) An Epistle to a Lady, Occasion'd by the Arrival of Her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales. The Fifth Edition. London, Printed for Bernard Lintot, . . . [n. d.] _8vo, red straight-grain morocco, gilt fillets, gilt edges, by The Club Bindery._

A2-D2 in eights, and two leaves of advertisement, D3 and D4, title on A2.

GAY, JOHN.--Poems on Several Occasions. By Mr. John Gay. . . . London: Printed for Jacob Tonson, . . . and Bernard Lintot, . . . M D CC XX. _4to, two volumes in one, red morocco, gilt fillets on the side, uncut edges, by The Club Bindery._

First edition, with frontispiece by W. Kent, and two other plates. The pagination is continuous.

GAY, JOHN.--Poems on several occasions. By Mr. John Gay . . . London: Printed for J. and R. Tonson, . . . MDCCLXVII. _12mo, two volumes, red levant morocco, uncut edges, by The Club Bindery._

Large paper copy. Nine plates engraved by Fourdrinier and Isaac Taylor after the designs of Du Guernier.

GAY, JOHN.--(I.) Fables. By Mr. Gay [mask vignette by P. F.] London: Printed for J. Tonson and J. Watts. MDCCXXVII. (II.) Fables. By the late Mr. Gay. Volume the Second. [vignette portrait] London: Printed for J. and P. Knapton, in Ludgate-Street; and T. Cox, under the Royal-Exchange. MDCCXXXVIII. _4to, two volumes, brown levant morocco, gilt back, side panels, gilt edges, by Riviere._

First edition.

Volume I contains a mask vignette on the title-page by Fourdrinier, an introductory vignette and vignettes to each Fable (50) by Fourdrinier, Van der Gucht, and others, from the designs of Kent and Wootton; Volume II has a frontispiece by Scotin, the monument of Gay, a vignette of Gay on the title-page by Scotin, and the illustrations (16) are full-page, by the same engraver after the designs of Gravelot.

GAY, JOHN.--Fables by the late Mr. Gay. In one volume complete. London, Printed for J. and R. Tonson, &c . . . MDCCLXVII. _Crown 8vo, two parts in one volume, red levant morocco, uncut edges, by The Club Bindery._

Dedicated to William Duke of Cumberland. Frontispiece and sixty-seven other plates.

GAY, JOHN.--Fables by John Gay. With a Life of the Author, and embellished with seventy plates. London: Printed for John Stockdale . . . 1793. _Imperial 8vo, two volumes bound in one, green levant morocco, back and sides richly ornamented in gold and mosaic, gilt edges, by Riviere._

Twelve of the illustrations are by William Blake.

GAY, JOHN.--Fables. 1793. _Imperial 8vo, two volumes, citron levant morocco, gilt back and side panels, gilt top, uncut edges, by The Club Bindery._

Another copy, 10-15/16 inches tall.

GAY, JOHN.--Fables by John Gay, with a Life of the Author, And embellished with a Plate to each Fable. [vignette] London Printed by Darton & Harvey, for F. & C. Rivington, . . . M DCC XCIII. _8vo, red morocco, gilt back, narrow side borders, gilt edges, by C. Lewis._

Large paper copy, with frontispiece by G. Neagle, title-vignette and thirty-four other plates, each with two illustrations, all proofs.

GAY AND MOORE.--Fables by John Gay, in two parts; to which are added Fables by Edward Moore Paris, printed by P. Didot, the elder . . . [1800] _16mo, green vellum, uncut edges._

One of two copies printed on vellum: from the collection of Junot, Duc d'Abrantes.

GAY, JOHN.--Fables by Mr. John Gay with a Memoir by Austin Dobson. London Kegan Paul, Trench & Co., . . . MDCCCLXXXII. _Crown 8vo, original covers, uncut edges._

Large paper copy, fifty printed, with a portrait.

GAY, JOHN.--The Beggar's Opera. As it is Acted at the Theatre-Royal in Lincolns-Inn-Fields. Written by Mr. Gay . . . To which is Added, The Musick Engrav'd on Copper-Plates. London: Printed for John Watts, . . . MDCCXXVIII. [Price 1s. 6d.] _8vo, light brown levant morocco, gilt edges._

First authorized edition. Two leaves, B-D in eights, E, four leaves, F, one leaf, G and H, four leaves each.

GAY, JOHN.--The Beggar's Opera. As it is Acted at the Theatre-Royal in Lincolns-Inn-Fields. Written by Mr. Gay . . . The Third Edition: With the Overture in Score, The Songs, and the Basses, (The Ouverture and Basses Compos'd by Dr. Pepusch) Curiously Engrav'd on Copper Plates. London: Printed for John Watts, . . . MDCCXXIX. _4to, light brown levant morocco, gilt back, gilt edges, by Riviere._

Text: A-I2 in fours, Musical score, A-E4 in fours, F, two leaves, and G, one leaf. Title printed in red and black on A1.

GAY, JOHN.--Polly: an Opera. Being the second part of the Beggar's Opera. Written by Mr. Gay . . . London: Printed for the Author. MDCCXXIX. _4to, light brown levant morocco, gilt back, gilt edges, by Riviere._

First edition.

Title printed in red and black and A-K in fours. Musical score, A-D in fours.

GAY, JOHN.--Achilles. an Opera. As it is Perform'd at the Theatre-Royal in Covent-Garden. [Two lines from Ovid, one from Horace] Written by the late Mr. Gay. With the Musick prefix'd to each Song. London: Printed for J. Watts . . . M DCC XXX III. Price One Shilling and Six Pence. _8vo, red levant morocco, gilt fillets, gilt top, uncut edges, by The Club Bindery._

First edition. Half-title, A1; title, A2; text, A3-A4 and B-F2 in fours, advertisements, F3-F4.

GAY, JOHN.--Achilles in Petticoats. an opera. As it is performed at the Theatre-Royal, in Covent-Garden. . . . Written by Mr. Gay, with alterations. The Music entirely new by Dr. Arne. London, Printed for W. Strahan, T. Lowndes, T. Caslon, T. Becket, W. Nicoll, and R. Snagg. M DCC LXXIV. _8vo, red straight-grain morocco, gilt fillets, gilt edges, by The Club Bindery._

An alteration by George Colman of Gay's "Achilles," 1733. A-F3 in fours, F4 blank, half-title on A1, title on A2.

GAY, JOHN.--The Distress'd Wife. A Comedy. By the late Mr. Gay, author of the Beggar's Opera. London: Printed for Thomas Astley, . . . 1743. _8vo, red morocco, uncut edges, by The Club Bindery._

First edition. A-L in fours, half-title on A1.

GAY, JOHN.

Plays written by Mr. John Gay,

viz.

The Captives, a Tragedy.
The Beggar's Opera.
Polly, or, the Second Part of the Beggar's Opera.
Achilles, an Opera.
The Distress'd Wife, a Comedy.
The Rehearsal at Goatham, a Farce.

To which is added, An Account of the Life and Writings of the Author.

London: Printed for J. and R. Tonson, . . . M DCC LX. _Crown 8vo, red levant morocco, uncut edges, by The Club Bindery._

First edition: with portrait.

GAY, JOHN.--Plays written by M^{r} John Gay, viz. The Captives, a tragedy. The Beggar's Opera. Polly, or the Second Part of the Beggar's Opera. Achilles, an opera. The Distress'd Wife, a comedy. The Rehearsal at Gotham, a farce. To which is prefixed an Account of the Life and Writings of the Author. London: Printed for W. Strahan . . . MDCCLXXII. _12mo, calf, gilt back._

Second edition. Portrait, with quotation from Martial beneath it.

GAY, JOHN.--The Miscellaneous Works of M^{r} John Gay. London. Printed for John Bell . . . MDCCLXXIII. _12mo, six volumes, sprinkled calf, gilt back, yellow edges, by Bedford._

Frontispiece engraved by Fourdrinier, portrait, etc. Sub-titles as follows:

Vol. I. Poems on Several Occasions. By Mr. John Gay, Lintot and Tonson, 1753.

II. The same, 1752.

IV. Plays written by Mr. John Gay. Life and a portrait. W. Strahan &c, 1772.

VI. Fables by the late Mr. Gay: 56 illustrations, W. Strahan, 1772.

GAY, JOHN.--Gay's Chair. Poems, never before printed, written by John Gay, author of the Beggar's Opera, Fables, &c. with a sketch of his life, from the MSS. of the Rev. Joseph Baller his nephew. Edited by Henry Lee, author of Poetic Impressions, Caleb Quotem, &c. To which are added Two New Tales, the World, and Gossip, by the editor. London: Longman, . . . 1820. _Small 8vo, red levant morocco, gilt back and sides, gilt top, uncut edges, by Bedford._

The original MS. of Baller's Life of Gay, and the commission as Lieutenant of Gay's elder brother Jonathan (signed by the Duke of Marlborough), are inserted in this volume, also MSS. of "The Maid's Petition" and "Answer to a Predestinarian," the former said to be in the handwriting of Gay.

GAY, JOHN.--The Poetical Works of John Gay. With a Life of the Author by Dr. Johnson. Boston: Little, Brown and Company . . . M.DCCCLIV. _16mo, two volumes, green morocco, gilt back, gilt top, uncut edges, by Matthews._

Portrait of Gay in oval.

GAY, JOHN.--The Poetical Works of John Gay. With a Memoir [by Samuel Johnson] Boston: Little, Brown, and Company 1866. _8vo, two volumes, green levant morocco, gilt back with purple mosaic, gilt top, uncut edges, by David._

No. 13 of one hundred copies printed on large paper.

Portrait of Gay, proof on India paper, and (inserted) a series of thirty-three outline illustrations engraved by Muss for an edition of Gay's Fables that was never published; also two portraits of Gay and ten other proof plates, one in four states.

GAY, JOHN.--The Poetical Works of John Gay edited with a life and notes by John Underhill . . . London: Lawrence and Bullen . . . 1893. _Post 8vo, two volumes, half vellum, gilt top, uncut edges._

Portrait. No. 96 of two hundred copies printed on large paper.

GAY, JOHN.--See Pope, Alexander. Miscellaneous Poems. 1712. Swift, Jonathan. Miscellanies, 1742.

"GAY, JOSEPH."--See Breval, John Durant.

GAY, SYDNEY HOWARD.--See Bryant, William Cullen. 1876-1881.

GED, WILLIAM.--Biographical Memoirs of William Ged; including a particular account of his progress in the Art of Block-Printing. London, printed by and for J. Nichols. MDCCLXXXI. _8vo, calf, gilt back._

First edition: edited by J. Nichols.

Ged was the inventor of stereotype printing in Great Britain, and his efforts to introduce the art brought nothing but ruin. Foules and Mack were engaged at the time on a similar plan, which they had to abandon.

GED, WILLIAM.--Biographical Memoirs of William Ged; including a particular account of his progress in the art of Block Printing. Newcastle: printed by S. Hodgson, . . . M DCCC XIX. _8vo, russia, gilt back and sides, gilt top, uncut edges, by Matthews._

One hundred and sixty copies printed. Woodcut frontispiece-title. Edited by Thomas Hodgson.

GELL, SIR WILLIAM AND JOHN P. GANDY.--Pompeiana: the Topography, Edifices, and Ornaments of Pompeii. By Sir William Gell . . . and John P. Gandy . . . London: printed for Rodwell and Martin 1817-1819. _4to, red levant morocco, gilt back panels, side corners, gilt edges, by F. Bedford._

Large paper copy of the First Series. The charming head-pieces are duplicated on separate sheets, proofs on India paper, the large plates are in two states, the unfinished etching and the finished plate, generally on India, and the frescoes are duplicated in colour.

GELL, SIR WILLIAM.--Pompeiana: the Topography, Edifices and Ornaments of Pompeii, the Result of Excavations since 1819. By Sir William Gell . . . London: Jennings and Chaplin MDCCCXXXII. _4to, two volumes, red levant morocco, gilt back panels, side corners, gilt edges, by F. Bedford._

Only twenty-five copies were printed in this form, and of these only a portion were absolutely perfected. The portrait and other engravings in this Second Series are in two states, both on India paper, the first being the engraver's etching before all letters.

GENERAL CASHIERED.--The General Cashier'd: a Play, As Design'd for the Stage. Humbly Inscrib'd to His Highness Prince Eugene of Savoy. London: Printed for J. Baker, . . . 1712. (Price 1s. 6d.) _4to, green levant morocco, gilt back, gilt edges, some lower ones uncut, by Zaehnsdorf._

First edition. A2-K3 in fours, title on A2.

GENEST, JOHN.--Some Account of the English Stage, from the Restoration in 1660 to 1830. . . . Bath: printed by H. E. Carrington. . . . 1832. _8vo, ten volumes, original cloth, uncut edges._

GERMAN NOVELISTS, THE.--See Roscoe, Thomas.

GESSNER, SALOMON.--The Death of Abel in five books attempted From the German of M^{r}. Gessner. London, Published Jan^{y}. 7^{th}. 1797. by T. Heptinstall . . . [Printed by C. Whittingham] _Royal 8vo, boards, uncut edges._

Large paper copy, with portrait, engraved title, and four plates by Blackberd after Stothard.

Following "The Death of Abel" are "New Idyls, by S. Gessner. With a Letter to M. Fuslin, on Landscape Painting; and The Two Friends of Bourbon, a moral tale, by M. Diderot," with two plates, also by Blackberd after Stothard.

GHOST.--The Surprizing Appearance of a Ghost, With the Message he brought from the unseen and eternal World: being A brief Paraphrase and Improvement, (agreeable to our Time and Day) on the 4th. Chap. of Job, the 13^{th}, 14^{th}, 15^{th}, 16^{th}, 17^{th}, 18^{th}, 19^{th}, 20^{th}, & 21^{st} Verses. viz. I. On the Appearance of a Spirit to Eliphaz. II. On the Holiness and Justice of God, and the Pride and Imperfection of Man: (Ver. 17.) III. On the Distrust of God towards his rational Creatures, more especially Man: (Ver. 18, 19.) IV. On the Destruction of Man, occasioned by Mortality: (Ver. 20.) V. On the Excellency of Man; and it's Defects, without true Wisdom: (Ver. 21) VI. A Poem on the Day of Judgment: VII. Another, on the transcendent Joys of Heaven. Boston: Printed by Fowle and Draper, . . . 1759. _12mo, brown levant morocco, gilt back and sides, uncut edges, in a blue levant morocco case, by Riviere._

GIBBON, EDWARD.--The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. By Edward Gibbon. Oxford, Talbays and Wheeler; and William Pickering, London MDCCCXXVII. _Royal 8vo, eight volumes, red levant morocco, Janseniste, gilt over uncut edges, by Brany._

One of fifty large paper copies, with proof portraits and frontispieces added.

GIBBONS, THOMAS.--Britannia's Alarm: a poem, Occasioned by the Present Rebellion. To which is added, a Fable of the Vine and Bramble. By Thomas Gibbons. . . . London: Printed for R. King, . . . J. Buckland, and M. Cooper . . . and M. Marshal . . . M DCC XLV. . . . _Small 8vo, paper wrappers, by The Club Bindery._

First edition, with half-title. Presentation copy from the author, with inscription on the title-page.

GIBBONS, THOMAS.--An Elegy on the Death Of the Reverend Mr. Peter Goodwin, who departed this life November 27, 1747. in the LXIVth year of his Age. By Thomas Gibbons. . . . London: Printed for J. Oswald, . . . M DCC XLVIII. _Small 8vo, paper wrappers, by The Club Bindery._

Title in a mourning border, and mourning bands at the beginning and end of the poem.

GIBSON, STRICKLAND.--Early Oxford Bindings by Strickland Gibson [40 plates] Printed for the Bibliographical Society at the Oxford University Press January 1903. _4to, original paper covers, uncut edges._

GIFT, THE.--See Leslie, Eliza.

GILBERT, DAVIES, _editor_.--Some Ancient Christmas Carols, with the tunes to which they were formerly sung in the West of England. Collected by Davies Gilbert, . . . London: printed by John Nichols and Son, . . . 1822. _8vo, half olive morocco, gilt top, uncut edges. Bound with HONE'S "Ancient Mysteries" and one other work._

First edition.

GILBERT, JOSIAH.--Cadore or Titian's Country. By Josiah Gilbert, . . . London: Longmans, Green, and Co. 1869. _Imperial 8vo, cloth, uncut edges._

Thirty-five plates and nine woodcuts in the text.

GILCHRIST, ALEXANDER.--Life of William Etty, R. A. By Alexander Gilchrist, . . . London: David Bogue, . . . MDCCCLV. _Small 8vo, two volumes, original cloth, uncut edges._

GILCHRIST, ALEXANDER.--Life of William Blake, "pictor ignotus." With selections from his poems and other writings by the late Alexander Gilchrist, . . . illustrated from Blake's own works, in facsimile by W. J. Linton, and in photolithography; with a few of Blake's original plates. London. . . : Macmillan and Co. 1863. _8vo, two volumes, cloth, uncut edges._

First edition.

GILCHRIST, ALEXANDER.--Life of William Blake with selections from his poems and other writings by Alexander Gilchrist . . . a new and enlarged edition illustrated from Blake's own works with additional letters and a memoir of the author . . . London Macmillan and Co. 1880. _8vo, two volumes, cloth, uncut edges._

In this edition the full-page illustrations are printed on India paper.

GILLISS, WALTER.--The Story of a Motto and a Mark being a brief sketch of a few printers' "marks" and containing the facts concerning the mark of the Gilliss Press by Walter Gilliss. New York The Gilliss Press M C M II. _12mo, vellum boards, uncut edges._

One of twelve copies printed on French vellum paper. Presentation copy from the author.

GILLMAN, JAMES.--The Life of Samuel Taylor Coleridge. By James Gillman. London, William Pickering 1838. _8vo, red levant morocco, back panels in gilt and blue mosaic, gilt top, uncut edges, by Champs._

Only Volume I was published.

GIOVANNI.--The Pecorone of Ser Giovanni now first translated into English by W. G. Waters illustrated by E. R. Hughes, . . . London: Laurence and Bullen, . . . M DCCC XC VII. _4to, half vellum, uncut edges._

No. 55 of one hundred and ten copies printed on Japanese vellum, with twelve plates.

GLANVILLE, JOHN.--Variety; or Poetical Prolusions. By John Glanville . . . London: printed for the author, by G. Sidney . . . 1811. _8vo, boards, uncut edges._

The author in his preface states that the best of this "variety" is from "the glowing pen of Mr. Samuel Blake Frome." A frontispiece is prefixed.

GLOVER, RICHARD.--Leonidas, a poem, by Richard Glover. Adorned with plates. . . . The sixth edition. London: Printed by T. Bensley; for F. J. Du Roveray, . . . 1798. _8vo, two volumes, green levant morocco, gilt fillets on the back, side borders, gilt top, uncut edges, by The Club Bindery._

Large paper copy.

Frontispiece-portrait by Fittler from a drawing by Burney after a portrait by Hone, with proof on India paper added, and six other plates, by Bartolozzi after W. Hamilton, Delatre after Burney, and J. Neagle, Holloway, and J. Heath after Stothard, with proofs of the Bartolozzi and Holloway engravings added. Five other plates have been inserted, two by P. W. Tomkins after Tresham, both of them in three states; two by C. Warren after J. Thurston, two states; and one by Smith after Thurston, in two states.

GODWIN, MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT.--A Vindication of the Rights of Woman: with Strictures on political and moral Subjects. By Mary Wollstonecraft. London: printed for J. Johnson . . . 1792. _8vo, half brown levant morocco, gilt back, gilt top, uncut edges, by Bedford._

First edition. Two portraits of the author are inserted, one a proof on India paper, by Heath after Opie.

GODWIN, MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT.--Defense des Droits des Femmes, suivie de quelques Considerations sur des sujets politiques et moraux. Ouvrage traduit de l'Anglais de Mary Wollstonecraft . . . A Paris, chez Buisson . . . 1792. _8vo, half brown levant morocco, gilt back, gilt top, uncut edges._

GODWIN, MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT.--Original Stories, from real life; with conversations, calculated to regulate the affections, and form the mind to truth and goodness. London: Printed for J. Johnson, . . . M. DCC. LXXXVIII. _12mo, brown straight-grain morocco, gilt back, side corners, gilt edges, by The Club Bindery._

First edition.

GODWIN, MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT.--Original Stories from Real Life; with Conversations, calculated to Regulate the Affections, and form the mind to truth and goodness. By Mary Wollstonecraft. A new edition. London: printed for J. Johnson, . . . 1796. _12mo, half brown morocco, gilt back, gilt top, uncut edges._

Illustrated with six plates designed and engraved by William Blake.

GODWIN, MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT.--Maria, ou le malheur d'etre femme, ouvrage posthume de Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin: imite de l'anglais par B. Ducos. A Paris, Chez Maradan, . . . An VI-1798. _12mo, half green levant morocco, gilt back, gilt top, uncut edges._

GODWIN, MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT.--Posthumous Works of the Author of a Vindication of the Rights of Woman . . . London: Printed for J. Johnson, . . . and G. G. and J. Robinson, . . . 1798. _Small 8vo, four volumes, half blue morocco, gilt back, gilt top, uncut edges._

GODWIN, MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT.--A Defence of the Character and Conduct of the late Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin, founded on principles of Nature and Reason, as applied to the peculiar circumstances of her case; in a series of letters to A Lady . . . London: printed for James Wallis, . . . By Slatter and Munday, Oxford. 1803. _Small 8vo, half brown morocco, gilt back, gilt top, uncut edges._

GODWIN, WILLIAM.--Memoirs of the Author of a Vindication of the Rights of Woman. By William Godwin. London: printed for J. Johnson, . . . and G. G. and J. Robinson, . . . 1798. _Small 8vo, green straight-grain morocco, gilt back, side panels, gilt top, uncut edges, by The Club Bindery._

Portrait of Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin by Heath after Opie.

GODWIN, WILLIAM.--Mandeville. A Tale of the Seventeenth century in England. By William Godwin. . . . In three volumes. . . . Edinburgh: printed for Archibald Constable and Co. and Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, London. 1817. _12mo, three volumes, half brown levant morocco, gilt back, brown figured silk sides, gilt top, uncut edges, by The Club Bindery._

First edition. The dedication to John Philpot Curran is dated October 25, 1817.

GOETHE, JOHANN WOLFGANG VON.--Faustus, A Dramatic Mystery; the Bride of Corinth; the First Walpurgis Night. Translated from the German of Goethe, and illustrated with notes, by John Anster, . . . London: printed for Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, & Longman, . . . 1835.[-1864.] _Crown 8vo, two volumes, calf, gilt back, gilt edges, by F. Bedford._

GOETHE, JOHANN WOLFGANG VON.--(I.) Faust: A Tragedy, By J. Wolfgang von Goethe. Translated into English verse By J. Birch . . . [Embellished with twenty-nine engravings on steel, after Moritz Retszch.] London: Black and Armstrong. . . . MDCCCXXXIX. (II.) Faust: a tragedy, in two parts, . . . The second part. Translated into English verse, By Jonathan Birch, . . . Embellished with eleven engravings on steel, By John Brain, after Moritz Retszch. London: Chapman and Hall, . . . MDCCCXLIII. _Royal 8vo, original cloth, uncut edges._

GOETHE, JOHANN WOLFGANG VON.--Faust: a dramatic poem, by Goethe. Translated into English verse by Theodore Martin. William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and London. [Whittingham Press.] MDCCCLXV. _Crown 8vo, cloth, uncut edges._

GOETHE, JOHANN WOLFGANG VON.--Reynard the Fox after the German version of Goethe by Thomas James Arnold . . . London, Nattali and Bond, . . . 1855. _8vo, citron morocco, back and sides covered with tooling in a geometrical design, gilt edges, by Bedford._

Engraved frontispiece-title, with the imprint, "William Pickering, 1853," and twelve steel plates after the designs of Joseph Wolf.

GOETHE, JOHANN WOLFGANG VON.--Poems and Ballads of Goethe. Translated by W. Edmondstoune Aytoun, D.C.L. and Theodore Martin. Second Edition William Blackwood and Sons: Edinburgh . . . MDCCCLX. _Post 8vo, calf, gilt back._

GOETHE, JOHANN WOLFGANG VON.--[First page] Goethe's Helena. Translated by Theodore Martin. [n. p., n. d.] _Crown 8vo, half brown straight-grain morocco, gilt top._

Thirty-one pages of text, with no title-page, date, or place of publication. Presentation copy from the Translator, with inscription on the first page.

GOLDSMITH, OLIVER, _translator_.--The Memoirs of a Protestant, Condemned to the Galleys of France, For His Religion. Written by Himself. Comprehending an Account of the various Distresses he suffered in Slavery; and his Constancy in supporting almost every Cruelty that bigotted zeal could inflict or Human Nature sustain; also a Description of the Galleys, and the Service in which they are employed. The Whole interspersed with Anecdotes relative to the General History of the Times, for a Period of Thirteen Years; during which the Author continued in Slavery, 'till he was at last set free, at the Intercession of the Court of Great Britain. In two volumes. . . . Translated from the Original, just published at the Hague, By James Willington. [Oliver Goldsmith] London: Printed for R. Griffiths, . . . and E. Dilly, . . . M. DCC. LVIII. _12mo, two volumes, blue levant morocco, gilt back, gilt edges, by The Club Bindery._

These are the Memoirs of Jean Marteilhe of Bergerac. Goldsmith took the name of James Willington, an old classmate at Trinity College, from "prudential motives," and the book is actually a translation.

Inserted is a receipt dated Jan. 11, 1758, and signed Oliver Goldsmith, to the effect that he received of Mr. Edward Dilly L6. 13. 4 for his third share of Goldsmith's translation of the book.

GOLDSMITH, OLIVER.--The Bee. Being Essays on the most Interesting Subjects . . . London: Printed for J. Wilkie, . . . MDCCLIX. _Small 8vo, brown levant morocco, gilt back, gilt top, by Ramage. Bound with DODSLEY'S "OEconomy of Human Life."_

First edition, issued in eight numbers, from October 6 to November 24, 1759.

GOLDSMITH, OLIVER.--An Enquiry into the present state of Polite Learning in Europe. [vignette] London: Printed for R. and J. Dodsley, . . . M.DCC.LIX. _Small 8vo, red niger skin, gilt back, wide side borders, uncut edges, by The Club Bindery._

First edition, entirely uncut. Inserted is an autograph letter from Goldsmith to John Dodsley, dated Gray's Inn, March 10, 1764, and asking for ten guineas "as a favour."

GOLDSMITH, OLIVER.--An Enquiry into the present state of Polite Learning in Europe. By Oliver Goldsmith, M.B. The second edition, Revised and Corrected. London: Printed for J. Dodsley, . . . M DCC LXXIV. _8vo, red niger skin, gilt back, wide side borders, uncut edges, by The Club Bindery._

GOLDSMITH, OLIVER.--The Mystery Revealed; Containing a Series of Transactions and Authentic Testimonials, Respecting the supposed Cock-Lane Ghost; Which have hitherto been concealed from the Public . . . London: Printed for W. Bristow, . . . MDCCXLII. [MDCCLXII] _8vo, brown levant morocco, gilt back, rich side ornaments, gilt edges, by Chambolle-Duru._

First edition. The date 1742 is a typographical error; it should be 1762, the LX being transposed. Forster, in his Life of Goldsmith, states that this pamphlet "has not survived"--a sufficient proof of its rarity.

GOLDSMITH, OLIVER.--The Art of Poetry on a new plan: Illustrated with a great Variety of Examples from the best English Poets; and of Translations from the Ancients: Together with such Reflections and critical Remarks as may tend to form in our Youth an elegant Taste, and render the Study of this Part of the Belles Lettres more rational and pleasing. London: Printed for J. Newbery, . . . M DCC LXII. _12mo, two volumes, calf, gilt and mosaic back, gilt top, uncut edges, by Bedford._

First edition. Frontispiece engraved by Ant. Walker.

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