Chapter IX: Part IV: The same as the preceding edition, without the final Key (3)

Bridgewater Treatise No. III.

WHISTLER, JAMES ABBOTT MCNEILL.--See Thomas, Ralph.

WHITE, GILBERT.--The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne, in the County of Southampton: with engravings, and an appendix. . . . London: printed by T. Bensley; for B. White and Son, . . . M,DCC,LXXXIX. _4to, light brown levant morocco, gilt top, uncut edges, by The Club Bindery._

First edition. Folded frontispiece, second title with vignette by D. Lerpiniere after S. H. Grimm, and seven other engravings after Grimm.

WHITE, GILBERT.--The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne. By the late Gilbert White. A New Edition, with notes by eminent naturalists, and an enlargement of the Naturalists' Calendar. London: printed for J. and A. Arch . . . [1832] _8vo, half green morocco, gilt back, gilt top, uncut edges._

Numerous woodcut illustrations.

WHITE, GLEESON.--English Illustration 'the sixties': 1855-70 by Gleeson White with numerous illustrations by Ford Madox Brown: A Boyd Houghton Arthur Hughes: Charles Keene: M. J. Lawless: Lord Leighton, P. R. A. Sir J. E. Millais, P. R. A.: G. Du Maurier. J. W. North, R. A.: C. J. Pinwell. Dante Gabriel Rossetti: W. Small: Frederick Sandys: J. McNeill Whistler. Frederick Walker, A. R. A.: and others. Westminster Archibald Constable and Co . . . 1897. _Imperial 8vo, original gilt cloth, gilt top, uncut edges._

WHITE, HENRY KIRKE.--Clifton Grove, a sketch in verse, with Other Poems, by Henry Kirke White, . . . London, Printed by N. Biggs, . . . for Vernor and Hood, . . . 1803. _Small 8vo, citron levant morocco, gilt back, gilt top, uncut edges, by Chambolle-Duru._

First edition.

Two portraits of the author inserted, one a proof before letters.

The severe criticism of this book in two numbers of the _Monthly Review_ is supposed to have accelerated the author's death.

WHITE, HENRY KIRKE.--The Poetical Works of Henry Kirke White. London William Pickering 1830. _Foolscap 8vo, cloth, uncut edges._

Memoir by Sir Harris Nicolas, and a portrait of White.

WHITE, RICHARD GRANT.--Shakespeare's Scholar: being historical and critical studies of his text, characters, and commentators, with an examination of Mr. Collier's folio of 1632. By Richard Grant White, . . . New York: D. Appleton and Company, . . . M.DCCC.LIV. _8vo, cloth, gilt top, uncut edges._

First edition.

WHITE, RICHARD GRANT.--An Essay on the Authorship of the three parts of King Henry the Sixth. By Richard Grant White. Riverside Press: . . . Cambridge, . . . 1859. _8vo, half brown morocco, gilt top, uncut edges._

Twenty-five copies privately printed.

WHITE, RICHARD GRANT.--Memoirs of the Life of William Shakespeare, with an essay toward the expression of his genius, and an account of the rise and progress of the English Drama. By Richard Grant White. Boston: Little, Brown, and Company. 1866. _8vo, half olive morocco, gilt top, uncut edges._

Portrait on India paper, after Burbage.

No. 5 of one hundred large paper copies printed.

WHITEHEAD, WILLIAM.--Atys and Adrastus, a tale In the Manner of Dryden's Fables. By Mr. William Whitehead, Fellow of Clare-Hall in Cambridge. . . . London: Printed for R. Manby, . . . And Sold by M. Cooper, . . . M DCC XLIV. _Folio, boards, by The Club Bindery._

First edition.

WHITEHEAD, WILLIAM.--The School for Lovers, a comedy. As it is Acted at the Theatre Royal in Drury-Lane. By William Whitehead, Esq; Poet Laureat. London: Printed for R. and J. Dodsley . . . and Sold by J. Hinxman, . . . M DCC LXII. . . . _8vo, morocco, by The Club Bindery._

First edition.

WHITEHEAD, WILLIAM.--Plays and Poems by William Whitehead, Esq. Poet Laureat . . . London; printed for J. Dodsley . . . MDCCLXXIV-XXXVIII. _Crown 8vo, three volumes, half red levant morocco, gilt back, gilt top, uncut edges, by Bedford._ Three portraits of the author inserted, two on India paper, one a proof before letters.

The third volume is printed at York and comprises "Poems by William Whitehead . . . to which are prefixed, Memoirs of his Life and Writings by W. Mason."

WHITMAN, WALT.--Leaves of Grass. Brooklyn, New York: 1855. _Folio, original green cloth._

First edition: with three-quarter standing portrait engraved on steel, and four preliminary leaves of English and American criticisms.

WHITMAN, WALT.--Leaves of Grass Boston James R. Osgood and Company 1881-82. _12mo, cloth._

Full-length portrait engraved on steel.

WHITMAN, WALT.--Walt Whitman's Drum-Taps. New-York. 1865. _12mo, cloth._

First edition, with the sequel, "When Lilacs last in the Door-yard bloom'd," and other pieces. Washington, 1865-66.

WHITTIER, JOHN GREENLEAF.--Poems, by John G. Whittier. . . . Philadelphia: published by Joseph Healy. . . . 1838. _12mo, original cloth._

First edition.

WHITTIER, JOHN GREENLEAF.--Miriam and other poems. By John Greenleaf Whittier. [vignette] Boston: Fields, Osgood, & Co. 1871. _16mo, original cloth._

First edition: with woodcut frontispiece, and two vignettes.

WHITTIER, JOHN GREENLEAF.--Hazel-blossoms. By John Greenleaf Whittier. Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, . . . 1875. _16mo, cloth._

First edition.

WHITTIER, JOHN GREENLEAF.--See Lowell, J. R. The Pioneer.

WIGHT, JOHN.--Mornings at Bow Street. A selection of the most humourous and entertaining Reports which have appeared in the Morning Herald. By Mr Wight, (Bow Street reporter to the Morning Herald.) With twenty-one illustrative drawings, By George Cruikshank. . . . London: printed for Charles Baldwyn, . . . M DCCC XXIV. _Post 8vo, half green levant morocco, gilt back, gilt top, uncut edges._

First edition, with all the plates printed separately. In later editions, they are in the text.

WIGHT, JOHN.--More Mornings at Bow Street. A new collection of humorous and entertaining reports. By John Wight, of the Morning Herald. With twenty-five illustrations by George Cruikshank [vignette] London: James Robins and Co. . . . MDCCCXXVII. _Post 8vo, half green levant morocco, gilt back, gilt top, uncut edges._

First edition, with frontispiece etching and twenty-five woodcuts.

WILDE, OSCAR O'FLAHERTIE WILLS.--A Hovse of Pomegranates by Oscar Wilde The design & decoration of this book by C. Ricketts & C. H. Shannon London James R. Osgood McIlvaine & Co M.DCCC XCI. _4to, decorated cloth, uncut edges._

First edition.

WILDE, OSCAR.--The Pictvre of Dorian Gray. By Oscar Wilde Ward Lock and Co London New York & Melbovrne. [1891] _Crown 8vo, half cloth, uncut edges._

First edition.

WILDE, OSCAR.--Lady Windermere's Fan a play about a good woman by Oscar Wilde London . . . Elkin Mathews and John Lane . . . MDCCCXCIII. _4to, buckram, uncut edges._

Large paper copy, fifty printed.

WILDE, OSCAR.--A Woman of no Importance by Oscar Wilde London John Lane . . . M D CCC XCIV. _4to, yellow buckram, uncut edges._

Large paper copy, fifty printed.

WILDE, OSCAR.--The Priest and the Acolyte Honi soit qui mal y pense. Privately Printed for Presentation only. [1894] _4to, original brown wrappers, uncut edges._

WILDE, OSCAR.--Salome a tragedy in one act: translated [by Lord Alfred Bruce Douglas] from the French of Oscar Wilde: pictured by Aubrey Beardsley London: Elkin Mathews & John Lane . . . 1894. _4to, olive silk, uncut edges._

Only one hundred copies printed, with the title-page and eleven full-page plates on Japan paper.

WILDE, OSCAR.--The Sphinx by Oscar Wilde [woodcut] With decorations by Charles Ricketts London M DCCCXCIV Elkin Mathews and John Lane . . . _4to, vellum boards, decorated in gilt, uncut edges._

First edition, only twenty-five copies printed.

WILDE, OSCAR.--The Importance of being Earnest a trivial comedy for serious people by the Author of Lady Windermere's Fan London Leonard Smithers and Co . . . [Chiswick Press] M DCCCXCIX. _4to, cloth, uncut edges._

WILKES, JOHN.--See Jest Books.

WILKIE AND GEDDES.--Etchings by Sir David Wilkie, R. A. Limner to H. M. for Scotland and by Andrew Geddes, A. R. A. with biographical sketches by David Laing, F. S. A. S. Edinburgh: MDCCCLXXV. _Folio, maroon levant morocco, back panels and side borders blind-tooled, uncut edges._ One hundred copies printed. This copy is extra-illustrated by a number of trial proofs of the etchings, executed for the author, David Laing, during the progress of the publication.

WILKINSON, SIR JOHN GARDNER.--Topography of Thebes, and General View of Egypt. Being a short account of the principal objects worthy of notice in the Valley of the Nile, to the Second Cataract and Wadee Samneh, with the Fyoom, Oases, and Eastern Desert, from Sooez to Berenice; with remarks on the manners and customs of the Ancient Egyptians and the productions of the country, &c &c. By J. G. Wilkinson. London: John Murray . . . MDCCCXXXV. _8vo, cloth, uncut edges._

Eleven plates.

WILKINSON, SIR JOHN GARDNER.--(I.-III.) Manners and Customs of the Ancient Egyptians, including their Private Life, Government, Laws, Arts, Manufactures, Religion, and Early History; derived from a comparison of the Paintings, Sculptures, and Monuments still existing, with the accounts of Ancient Authors. Illustrated by Drawings of those Subjects. By J. G. Wilkinson . . . London: John Murray . . . MDCCCXXXVII.

(IV.-VI.) A Second Series of the Manners and Customs of the Ancient Egyptians, including their religion, agriculture, &c. derived from a comparison of the paintings, sculptures, and monuments still existing, with the accounts of ancient authors. By Sir J. Gardner Wilkinson, . . . Two volumes, and a volume of plates. . . . London: John Murray, . . . M DCCCXLI. _8vo, six volumes, cloth, uncut edges._

First edition of both series. Eighty-eight plates, some coloured, and numerous woodcuts in the text.

WILKINSON, SIR JOHN GARDNER.--Modern Egypt and Thebes: being a description of Egypt; including the information required for travellers in that country. By Sir Gardner Wilkinson . . . with woodcuts and a map, London: John Murray . . . 1843. _8vo, two volumes, cloth, uncut edges._

First edition.

WILKINSON, SIR JOHN GARDNER.--Dalmatia and Montenegro: with a Journey to Mostar in Herzegovina, and remarks on the slavonic nations; the history of Dalmatia and Ragusa; the Uscocs; &c &c. By J. Gardner Wilkinson . . . London: John Murray . . . 1848. _8vo, two volumes, cloth, uncut edges._

First edition. Fifteen maps and plates and numerous woodcut illustrations.

WILKINSON, SIR JOHN GARDNER.--On Colour and on the necessity for a general diffusion of taste among all classes. With remarks on laying out dressed or geometrical gardens. Examples of good and bad taste illustrated by woodcuts and coloured plates in contrast. By Sir J. Gardner Wilkinson . . . London John Murray, . . . 1858. _8vo, cloth, uncut edges._

WILKINSON, SIR JOHN GARDNER.--See Herodotus.

WILKINSON, RICHARD.--Vice Reclaim'd: or, the Passionate Mistress. A Comedy. As it is Acted at the Theatre Royal, By Her Majesty's Servants. Written by Richard Wilkinson, Gent. [Two lines in Latin] London: Printed for Bernard Lintott, at the Middle-Temple-Gate in Fleet-street. 1703. Price 1s. 6d. _4to, blue levant morocco, gilt back, gilt edges, by Zaehnsdorf._

First edition. A1-A4, a1-a4, and B-I4 in fours, half-title, A1, title, A2.

[WILLIAMS, SIR CHARLES HANBURY.]--H----s-s----y to Sir C[harles] H[anbury] W[illiam]s: or, The Rural Reflection of a Welch Poet. London: Printed for A. Moore . . . 1746. . . . _Folio, cloth, by The Club Bindery. Bound with two other works._

WILLIAMS, D. E.--The Life and Correspondence of Sir Thomas Lawrence . . . by D. E. Williams . . . London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley . . . 1831. _8vo, two volumes, calf, gilt back, gilt top, uncut edges._

Illustrated by three portraits of Lawrence, and (inserted) forty-five portraits, etc., after his paintings, including India proofs and engraver's etchings.

WILLIAMS, D. E.--The Life and Correspondence of Sir Thomas Lawrence, 1831. _8vo, two volumes extended to four, red levant morocco, gilt back, gilt edges, by Bedford._

Another copy. In addition to the three portraits of Lawrence issued with this book, two hundred and six other portraits, etc., have been added, including all the important examples of the artist's lifework. The greater majority of these inserted plates are in proof state, some are coloured, and all are selected impressions. An autograph letter of Lawrence is also inserted, and special title-pages printed.

WILLIAMS, J. M., _editor_.--The Dramatic Censor: or, critical and biographical Illustration of the British Stage. For the Year 1811. Involving a correct register of every night's performances at our metropolitan theatres, And published with a View to sustain the Morality and Dignity of the Drama. Edited by J. M. Williams, L. L. D. . . . London: Printed by G. Brimmer, . . . [1811] _8vo, half calf._

Portrait of "Anthony Pasquin" (John Williams) by F. Bartolozzi.

Eleven numbers, published on the eleventh of each month, beginning with January. Although December has no separate heading, the dramatic events of the month are chronicled through to the thirty-first, under November.

WILLIAMSON, JOHN.--The British Angler: or, a Pocket-companion for Gentlemen-fishers. Being a New and Methodical Treatise of the Art of Angling: Comprehending all that is Curious and Useful in the Knowledge of that Polite Diversion. As: I. An Introduction; . . . II. The Angler's Apparatus: . . . III. An exact Description of the several Kinds of Fish that are found in the Rivers, . . . IV. The whole Practice of Angling: . . .

Together with Supplemental Discourses, 1. On Fish-ponds and Reservatories. 2. On the Laws against Poachers, and in Favour of the Fair Angler. Also, Excellent Receipts for Dressing of Fish, and a complete Index, in which the Terms in Use among Anglers are occasionally explained. Embellished with Copper-Plates curiously Engraved. The Whole Compiled from approved Authors, and above Thirty Years Experience, By John Williamson, Gent. Who has added a Versification of the principal Heads, at the End of each Chapter, for the Help of Memory. London: Printed for J. Hodges, . . . M DCC XL. _12mo, original calf._

First edition: with frontispiece by G. Bickham, and three folded plates by B. Cole.

"WILLINGTON, JAMES."--See Goldsmith, Oliver.

WILLIS, NATHANIEL PARKER--Letters from under a Bridge. and Poems. By N. P. Willis, Esq. . . . London: George Virtue, . . . 1840. _4to, green levant morocco, gilt back, side panels, gilt edges, by The Club Bindery._

First edition. Portrait by F. C. Lewis after Lawrence, engraved title-page and nine other plates after W. H. Bartlett.

The Letters were written to Dr. T. Olcutt Porter, and are dedicated to Miss Jane Porter. The Prefatory Note is dated London, March 30, 1840.

WILLIS, ROBERT, _translator_.--Facsimile of the Sketch-book of Wilars de Honecort, an architect of the thirteenth century; with commentaries and descriptions by M. J. B. A. Lassus, . . . and by M. J.[ules] Quicherat, . . . Translated and Edited, with many additional Articles and Notes, by the Rev. Robert Willis, . . . London: John Henry and James Parker. . . . 1859. _4to, purple levant morocco, gilt back, side fillets._

Frontispiece bust portrait of Lassus and seventy-three plates on India paper, besides forty-three woodcuts.

WILLS, WILLIAM GORMAN.--Melchior. By W. G. Wills. 1884. [Printed by Hutchings and Crowsley, London] _4to, vellum boards, uncut edges._

One of seven copies privately printed.

WILSON, CHARLES HEATH.--Life and Works of Michelangelo Buonarroti by Charles Heath Wilson the Life partly compiled from that by the Commend. Aurelio Gotti--[50 illustrations] London John Murray, . . . MDCCCLXXVI. _Royal 8vo, cloth, gilt top, uncut edges._

WILSON AND GREY.--A Practical Treatise upon modern Printing Machinery and Letterpress Printing. By Fred J. F. Wilson and Douglas Grey. Illustrated with Numerous Engravings. Cassell & Company, . . . London, . . . 1888. . . . _Royal 8vo, cloth, gilt top, uncut edges._

WILSON, JAMES GRANT.--The Life and Letters of Fitz-Greene Halleck. By James Grant Wilson. . . . New York: D. Appleton and Company, . . . 1869. _Royal 8vo, cloth, uncut edges._

No. 36 of one hundred large paper copies printed, with portrait by H. B. Hall after Inman, and engraved title-page.

WILSON, JOHN.--Noctes Ambrosianae by Professor [John] Wilson. William Blackwood and Sons Edinburgh . . . MDCCCLV.[-VI] _Crown 8vo, four volumes, calf, gilt back._

First collected edition, with a preface by J. F. F.

WILSON, JOHN.--Noctes Ambrosianae by the late John Wilson . . . Wm. Maginn, . . . J. G. Lockhart, James Hogg, and others. Revised edition with memoirs and notes by R. Shelton Mackenzie, . . . New York W. J. Widdleton, . . . 1863. _12mo, five volumes, cloth, uncut edges_.

Four portraits after Sir J. Watson Gordon, Maclise, etc., and a facsimile.

WILSON, JOHN.--The Poetical Works of Professor Wilson ["Christopher North"]. William Blackwood and Sons. Edinburgh . . . MDCCCLVIII. _Crown 8vo, calf, gilt back, by Henderson & Bisset._

WILSON, RICHARD.--See Hastings, Thomas.

WILSON, THOMAS.--A Catalogue Raisonne of the select Collection of Engravings of an Amateur [Thomas Wilson] London MDCCCXXVIII. _4to, blue levant morocco, rich back and side panels, gilt edges, by W. Matthews._

Privately printed. The engraved initials and head-pieces are on India paper, and two autograph letters of Wilson, together with one hundred and thirteen portraits and other engravings, are inserted. The majority of the plates are in proof state; fourteen are by Bartolozzi, five by Raphael Morghen, and among the others are notable examples by Rembrandt, Nanteuil, Edelinck, Caroline Watson, Hollar, Drevet, Wille, Tardieu, Crispin de Pass, Masson, the Sadelers, and others.

WILSON, THOMAS.--A Catalogue Raisonne of the select Collection, &c., 1828. _Royal 4to, green morocco, gilt back, side panels, gilt edges._

Large paper copy, with proofs on India paper. Inserted are over one hundred specimens of engraving by Faithorne, Wierix, Raphael Morghen, Hollar, Edelinck, Bartolozzi, the Pass family, etc.

Presentation copy from Thomas Wilson to his wife. From the collection of John Allan.

WILSON, THOMAS.--A Descriptive Catalogue of the Prints of Rembrandt. By an amateur. London: J. F. Setchel . . . 1836. _8vo, green levant morocco, Janseniste, gilt edges, by Holloway._

Lowndes describes this book as "privately printed," but as the title-page bears the subscription imprint of eight publishers of books and prints, the statement is largely fictitious, though in any event the number printed is known to have been very small.

WILSON, THOMAS.--A Descriptive Catalogue of the Prints of Rembrandt. 1836. Royal 8vo, cloth, uncut edges.

Large paper copy, of which ten were printed.

Presented by the author to Mr. Tiffin, Sept. 19, 1836, with an inserted letter from Wilson pertinent to the subject.

WINCHELSEA, ANNE FINCH, COUNTESS OF.--Poems on Several Occasions, viz.

The Prevalence of Custom.
The Mussulman's Dream.
Jupiter and the Farmer.
The Spleen.
The Philosopher, the Young Man and his Statue.
Adam pos'd.
The House of Socrates.
The Wit and the Beau.
Cupid and Folly.
Alcidor.
The Atheist and Acorn.
The Miller, his Son, and their Ass.
The Phoenix.
A Nocturnal Reverie.
The Shepherd piping to the Fishes.
Love, Death, and Reputation.
Fanscomb's Barn.
Alexander's Epistle to Hephaestion.
The Lord and the Bramble.
The cautious Lover.
The Equipage.
The Executor.
The Change.
The Nightingale.
The Tradesman and Scholar.
Life's Progress.
Aristomenes, &c. a Tragedy, &c.

Written by the Right Honourable Anne, Countess of Winchelsea. London: Printed by J. B. and sold by W. Taylor . . . and Jonas Browne . . . 1714. _8vo, old red morocco, gilt back, side borders, arms in the corners, gilt edges, in a brown levant morocco case with gilt back._

"The Spleen" was first printed in Charles Gildon's Miscellany, 1701. Lady Winchelsea's poetical name was "Ardelia."

WIRT, WILLIAM.--The Letters of the British Spy. Originally published in the Virginia Argus, in August and September, 1803. The second edition. Richmond: printed by Samuel Pleasants, Junior. December, 1803. _Crown 8vo, calf, citron edges._

Inserted are two portraits of Wirt, by J. B. Longacre and P. Maverick, a print of Richmond by Maverick, and an autograph letter from Wirt to Henry Thompson, dated Washington, Dec. 4, 1820.

WIT.--Of Modern Wit. An Epistle To The Right Honourable Sir William Young. London: Printed for Henry Lintot . . . MDCCXXXII. _Folio, red levant morocco, by The Club Bindery. Bound with ten other works._

WIT.--The New Foundling Hospital for Wit. Being a collection of several curious pieces, in verse and prose: written by

Lord Chesterfield,
Lord Hardwicke,
Lord Lyttelton,
Sir C. H. Williams,
Mr. Wilkes,
Mr. Churchill,
Mr. Garrick,
Mr. Potter,
Dr. Akenside.

and other eminent persons. London: Printed in the Year MDCCLXVIII. _Small 8vo, blue levant morocco, gilt back, gilt edges, by Riviere._

Caricature frontispiece.

WIT.--A new edition, with great additions. The Festival of Wit: or, the Small Talker. Consisting of Flights of Humour and Genius, selected from a voluminous work, In the Possession of G***** K***, Summer Resident at W----. With the Life of the Author and Compiler, Written by Himself. When Prussia's Monarch writes, why may not I? London, Printed, by Permission of the Editor, for M. Smith; and sold by the Booksellers of Piccadilly, Fleet-street, and Paternoster-row. 1783. _Small 8vo, panelled calf, gilt back and sides, citron top, uncut edges, by Riviere._

WIT.--(I.) The New Festival of Wit; or, Gleanings, From the best Authors of Jokes, Jests, and Flashes of Merriment; with Curious Anecdotes. . . . London: Printed for R. Rusted, . . . six-pence, [n. d.]

(II.) The Paragon of Mirth & Drollery, or the new Merry Jester, Calculated for the Sons of conviviality, and jocularity. London: printed for R. Rusted, . . . [n. d.] _12mo, two works in one volume, red straight-grain morocco, Janseniste, gilt edges, by The Club Bindery._

Frontispieces engraved by T. Ovenden and printed in brown ink, the second hand-coloured in part.

WIT.--Wits Museum, or the new London Jester; a collection by the choice Spirits of the present age. A new Edition [vignette] London, Printed for W. Lane, . . . Price Two Shillings. [1790] _12mo, red straight-grain morocco, Janseniste, gilt edges, by The Club Bindery._

Engraved title-page and frontispiece, "Charles Fox & his Merry Companions."

WIT.--Attic Wit; or, a Medley of Humour: Containing an agreeable variety of Bon Mots, Jokes, & Repartees; being Humorous, Whimsical, Laughable, Novel and Sentimental; In prose and verse. designed To promote Mirth, Jocularity, and Chearfulness, in in both sexes. London: Printed for and sold by A. Hamilton, . . . 1791. Ornamented with an engraved frontispiece. Price one shilling. _12mo, red straight-grain morocco, Janseniste, gilt edges, by The Club Bindery._

Engraved frontispiece, "Attic Meeting or the Jovial Companions."

WIT.--The Museum of Wit; being a choice collection of Poetical Pieces, Instructive and Entertaining; . . . Selected from various authors. . . . London: printed for Crosby and Letterman, . . . By J. Cundee, . . . 1800. _12mo, green straight-grain morocco, Janseniste, gilt edges, by The Club Bindery._

Frontispiece by Scott after Satchwell.

WIT.--The Banquet of Wit: containing a choice collection of bon-mots, jests, repartees, for the Amusement of the Fire-side, [woodcut] . . . Gosport: printed by J. Watts. And Sold by Crosby and Letterman, . . . London. [n. d.] _12mo, green straight-grain morocco, Janseniste, gilt edges, by The Club Bindery._

Frontispiece, "The Rival Candidates," by T. S. Seed.

WIT.--The Encyclopedia of Wit. [vignette] London, Printed for R. Phillips, . . . [n. d.] Price Six Shillings in Boards. _12mo, red morocco, gilt back, gilt top, uncut edges, by Alfred Matthews._

Engraved frontispiece title, with vignette, "A Laughing Audience," by E. Mills after Hogarth.

WIT.--See Jest Books.

WIT'S MAGAZINE.--The Wit's Magazine; or, Library of Momus. Being a Compleat Repository of Mirth, Humour, and Entertainment . . . [Edited by Thomas Holcroft] London: Printed for Harrison and Co . . . MDCCLXXXIV-V. _8vo, two volumes in one, mottled calf, gilt back, side border, gilt edges._

The complete issue of this magazine from January, 1784, to May, 1785, inclusive. Of the seventeen double-page plates, five are by Blake.

WOLCOTT, ROGER.--Poetical Meditations, being the Improvement of some Vacant Hours, By Roger Wolcott, Esq, with a Preface By the Reverend M^{r} Bulkley of Colchester. New London: Printed and Sold by L. Green, 1725. _Small 8vo, red morocco, gilt back, gilt edges, by Bedford._

WOLLSTONECRAFT, MARY.--See Godwin, Mary Wollstonecraft.

WOLSELEY, GARNET JOSEPH, (FIRST) VISCOUNT.--The Life of John Churchill Duke of Marlborough to the Accession of Queen Anne by General Viscount Wolseley, . . . [vignette] . . . London Richard Bentley and Son . . . 1894 . . . _8vo, two volumes, cloth, uncut edges._

First edition. Eight portraits, five plans, four vignettes, two views, and one facsimile.

WOLTMANN, ALFRED.--Holbein and his Time. By Dr. Alfred Woltmann. Translated by F. E. Bunnett. With sixty illustrations. London: Richard Bentley and Son, . . . 1872.

Proof sheets, unbound.

WOLTMANN AND FOUQUE.--The White Lady [by C. Von Woltmann] and Undine [by La Motte Fouque] London William Pickering 1844. _Post 8vo, white satin, brocaded in silk and embroidered in light green, gilt top, uncut edges, by The Club Bindery._

Printed by Whittingham at the Chiswick Press, with numerous woodcut illustrations.

WOOD, ANTHONY A.--See Jest Books. Modius Salium.

WOOD, JOHN GEORGE.--Homes without Hands. Being a description of the habitations of animals, classed according to their principle of construction. By the Rev. J. G. Wood, . . . With new designs by W. F. Keyl, and E. Smith. Engraved by G. Pearson. London: Longmans, Green, and Co. 1866. _8vo, cloth, uncut edges._

WOOD, MARY ANNE EVERETT (MRS. GEORGE PYCOCK GREEN).--Letters of Royal and Illustrious Ladies of Great Britain, from the commencement of the twelfth century to the close of the Reign of Queen Mary. Edited chiefly from the originals in the State Paper Office, the Tower of London, the British Museum, and other State Archives, by Mary Anne Everett Wood. Illustrated with fac-simile autographs . . . London: Henry Colburn . . . 1846. _Crown 8vo, three volumes, gilt back, citron edges, by Bedford._

WOOD, ROBERT.--An Essay on the Original Genius and Writings of Homer: with a comparative view of the ancient and present state of the Troade. Illustrated with engravings. By the late Robert Wood, Esq; . . . London: Printed by H. Hughs; For T. Payne, . . . and P. Elmsly, . . . MDCCLXXV. _4to, green morocco, back and sides richly tooled with brackets and floral festoons, the arms of Horace Walpole on both covers, gilt edges._

Portrait of Homer engraved by Basire, four large plates, and vignettes engraved by Bartolozzi.

Presentation copy from Mrs. Wood to Horace Walpole, with a note from Elmsly inserted, stating that he had orders to "bind the copy in the most elegant manner."

WOODCUTS.--A Collection of eighty-four woodcut engravings, India proofs, by Carbonneau and other French artists. Paris 1825-1850. _Folio, half brown levant morocco, gilt back, gilt top, by R. W. Smith._

WOODFALL, WILLIAM.--See Savage, Richard.

WOOLLEY, CHARLES.--A two Years Journal in New-York: And part of its Territories in America. By C. W. A. M. London, Printed for John Wyat, . . . and Eben Tracy, . . . MDCCI. _16mo, blue levant morocco, gilt back, side borders, gilt edges, by The Club Bindery._

WORDSWORTH AND COLERIDGE.--Lyrical Ballads, with a few other poems. London: printed for J. & A. Arch, . . . 1798. _Foolscap 8vo, calf, gilt back, side borders._

First edition.

WORDSWORTH, WILLIAM.--Poems, . . . by William Wordsworth, author of the Lyrical Ballads . . . London, Printed for Longman, . . . 1807. _12mo, two volumes, calf, gilt back, gilt top, uncut edges, by Bedford._

First collected edition.

WORDSWORTH, WILLIAM.--The White Doe of Rylstone; or the Fate of the Nortons, a Poem. By William Wordsworth. London: printed for Longman, . . . by James Ballantyne and C^{o}., Edinburgh 1815. _4to, calf, gilt back, gilt top, uncut edges, by Bedford._

First edition, with a frontispiece engraved by Bromley after Sir George Beaumont.

WORDSWORTH, WILLIAM.--[The White Doe of Rylstone. The forty-four illustrations by Birket Foster, and H. Noel Humphreys, retouched engraver's proofs on India paper.] _4to, half green morocco._

WORDSWORTH, WILLIAM.--The Waggoner, A Poem. To which are added, Sonnets. By William Wordsworth. . . . London: Printed by Strahan and Spottiswoode, . . . for Longman, Hurst, . . . 1819. _12mo, red levant morocco, side borders, gilt top, uncut edges, by The Club Bindery._

First edition: dedicated to Charles Lamb.

WORDSWORTH, WILLIAM.--Memorials of a Tour on the Continent, 1820. By William Wordsworth. London: printed for Longman, Hurst, . . . 1822. _8vo, red levant morocco, side borders, gilt top, uncut edges, by The Club Bindery._

First edition.

WORDSWORTH, WILLIAM.--The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth. London: Edward Moxon: . . . MDCCCXXXVI[-VII]. _Post 8vo, six volumes, half red levant morocco, gilt back, gilt top, uncut edges, by Riviere._

Portrait by Watt after Pickersgill.

WORLD, THE.--See British Essayists.

WORLIDGE, THOMAS.--[Select Collection of Drawings from curious Antique Gems, etched after the manner of Rembrandt by Thomas Worlidge London 1768.] _Royal 8vo, red levant morocco, gilt back, gilt edges, by Allo._

The true edition of 1768, without the letterpress, and with one hundred and sixty-nine plates.

WORLIDGE, THOMAS.--A Select Collection of Drawings from Curious Antique Gems; most of them in the possession of the Nobility and Gentry of this Kingdom; etched after the manner of Rembrandt. By T. Worlidge, painter. London: printed by Dryden Leach, for M. Worlidge, . . . and M. Wicksteed, . . . MDCCLXVIII. _4to, old red straight-grain morocco, gilt back, side borders, corner ornaments, gilt edges, by C. Smith._

Large paper copy of the second edition, with etched portrait, 1754, and one hundred and eighty-two plates, proofs on French plate paper.

The text calls for only one hundred and eighty plates, but there are two Fauns at No. 11, and preceding No. 85, at the beginning of Volume II, is an extra plate, "Medusa Antique."

WORNUM, RALPH NICHOLSON.--The Epochs of Painting. A Biographical and Critical Essay on Painting and Painters of all times and many places. By Ralph Nicholson Wornum, . . . London: Chapman and Hall, . . . MDCCCLXIV. _8vo, cloth, uncut edges._

Forty illustrations.

WORNUM, RALPH NICHOLSON.--Some Account of the Life and Works of Hans Holbein, Painter, of Augsburg. With numerous illustrations. By Ralph Nicholson Wornum, . . . London: Chapman and Hall, . . . 1867. . . . _Royal 8vo, cloth, uncut edges._

Portrait by C. W. Sharpe after Holbein, and thirty-three other illustrations.

WOTY, WILLIAM.--Poems on Several Occasions; by W. Woty. . . . Derby: printed for the author, by J. Drewry. M, DCC, LXXX. _8vo, contemporary red morocco, gilt back, side borders, gilt edges._

The Heber copy.

WREATH, THE.--See Du Bois, Edward.

WRIGHT, MABEL OSGOOD.--The Friendship of Nature A New England Chronicle of Birds and Flowers by Mabel Osgood Wright. With Twelve Full-page Illustrations from Photographs by the Author. New York Macmillan and Company . . . 1894. _12mo, boards, uncut edges._

Large paper copy, two hundred and fifty printed.

WYN, ELIS.--See Borrow, George.

WYNNE, JAMES.--Private Libraries of New York. By James Wynne, M. D. New York: E. French, . . . M D CCC LX. _8vo, cloth, uncut edges._

Woodcut frontispiece.

YARRELL, WILLIAM.--A History of British Fishes. By William Yarrell . . . Illustrated by nearly 400 woodcuts . . . London: John Van Voorst . . . M.DCCC.XXXVI [-LX]. _Imperial 8vo, two volumes, green levant morocco, back and sides richly tooled, gilt edges, by Bedford._

Largest paper copy (10-11/16 by 7-1/8 inches), with portrait of the Author, proof on India paper, and both Supplements, the second edited by Sir John Richardson. A Life of Yarrell and a list of his writings appear in the first volume.

YARRELL, WILLIAM.--A History of British Birds. By William Yarrell . . . Illustrated by 520 wood-engravings. London: John Van Voorst . . . M.DCCC.XLIII.[-XLV-LVL] _Imperial 8vo, four volumes, green levant morocco, back and sides richly tooled, gilt edges, by Bedford._

Largest paper copy (10-11/18 by 7-1/8 inches), with the two Supplements.

YEATS, WILLIAM BUTLER.--The Wind among the Reeds. By William Butler Yeats London. Elkin Mathews . . . MDCCCCIII. _Post 8vo, half cloth, uncut edges._

YELLOW BOOK.--The Yellow Book An Illustrated Quarterly Volume I April 1894 [Volume XIII, April, 1897] London: Elkin Mathews & John Lane . . . _4to, thirteen volumes, decorated yellow cloth, uncut edges._

YOUNG, EDWARD.--Two Epistles to Mr. Pope, Concerning the Authors of the Age. [vignette] London: Printed for Lawton Gilliver, . . . MDCCXXX. _8vo, red morocco, uncut edges, by The Club Bindery._

"Epistle II, From Oxford," extends from D-F2 in fours, ending with four lines of Errata. F3-F4 are advertisements.

YOUNG, EDWARD.--The Works of the Author of the Night-Thoughts. Revised and corrected by himself London: Printed for J. Buckland . . . MDCCLXXIV.-[W. Owen,-XXIII and T. Cadell-XXVIII.] _12mo, six volumes, red morocco, gilt back, gilt edges, by J. Clarke._

Portrait by Boitard. The fifth volume contains a Life of the poet.

YOUNG, EDWARD.--Night Thoughts by Edward Young, D. D. With the Life of the Author, and notes critical & explanatory. [vignette by P. Rothwell after Stothard] London Printed by C. Whittingham for T. Heptinstall, . . . 1798. _Royal 8vo, Spanish calf, gilt back, side borders._

Large paper copy, with portrait by J. Collyer, and eight illustrations after Stothard.

YOUNG, EDWARD.--The Poetical Works of Edward Young. London William Pickering, 1834. _Foolscap 8vo, two volumes, cloth, uncut edges._

Memoir by the Rev. John Mitford, and a portrait of Young.

YOUNG, JOHN, _editor_.--A Catalogue of Pictures by British Artists, in the possession of Sir John Fleming Leicester, . . . with etchings from the whole collection. Including the pictures in his gallery at Tabley House, Cheshire; . . . and accompanied with historical and biographical notices. By John Young, . . . London: printed by W. Bulmer and W. Nicol, . . . April 2, 1821. _Folio, half blue morocco, uncut edges._

Thirty-three plates (seventy figures) on India paper.

YOUNG CHEVALIER.--See Pretender.

ZAEHNSDORF, JOSEPH W.--The Art of Bookbinding by Joseph W. Zaehnsdorf Illustrated. London George Bell & Sons . . . 1880. _Crown 8vo, cloth, uncut edges._

Fifty copies printed on large paper, for private circulation only.

ZIMMERN, HELEN.--See Firdusi.

ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY.--The Gardens and Menagerie of the Zoological Society Delineated. Published with the Sanction of the Council . . . Chiswick: Printed by Charles Whittingham . . . M.DCCC.XXXI. _8vo, two volumes in one, calf, gilt back, gilt edges._

Printed on India paper, with woodcut illustrations of Quadrupeds and Birds, engraved by Branston and Wright after drawings by William Harvey.

ZOUCH, THOMAS.--The Life of Isaac Walton; including notices of his contemporaries. By Thomas Zouch . . . London: Septimus Prowett, Strand. MDCCCXXIV. _4to, half morocco, uncut edges._

Largest paper copy. Twenty-one plates, proofs on India paper, including two portraits, and five other India proofs added.

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