The book collector's guide : a practical handbook of British and American bibliography / by Seymour de Ricci.

  • Seymour de Ricci
Date:
1921
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Credit: The book collector's guide : a practical handbook of British and American bibliography / by Seymour de Ricci. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The Holy Grail and other Poems. London, Strahan, 1870. 16°. In orig. green cloth $10-12, — $85 Allis (March 1912, n. 815) cloth, presentation copy; £21.10.0 Samuel (July 1907, n. 171) with part of the manuscript inserted (now Wrenn coll.? A similar copy belongs to Mr. Herbert T. Butler). The Lover’s Tale. London, 1870. 160. A pirated edition of which 50 copies were printed by R. H. Shepherd. $20-25. — $51 Lapham (Dec. 1908, n. 1371) sewed. The Window, or the Loves of the Wrens. [London, 1870]. 16°. 16 pp. Also a pirated edition printed for Shepherd. Poems. [London, 1870]. 160. 16 pp. A pirated edition printed for Shepherd. The Last Tournament. London, Strahan, 1871. 160. No wrapper. A scarce second “trial” edition, only six or seven copies being known. The first published edition is in Gareth and Lynette. — $245 Morgan (Apr. 1902, n. 399) mor., uncut; £ 15.10.0 Samuel (July 1907, n. 172) mor., by Riviere, resold £ 18 Sotheby’s, 2 June 1908, n. 196; $300 Lapham (Dec. 1908, n. 1373) mor., by Riviere ; £ 15.5.0 Sotheby’s, 20 Jan. 1909, n. 131, mor., by Zaehnsdorf; £30 Sotheby’s, 17 July 1916, n. 1106, mor., uncut. Gareth and Linette. N. p.y n. d. [1872]. 8°. A “trial” edition of which the only extant copy (formerly in the Row- fant Library) belongs to Mr. T. J. Wise. Gareth and Lynette. London, Strahan, 1872. 160. In orig. green cloth $6-8. — Corrected proof sheets £80 Samuel (July 1907, n. 173) now H. E. Widener Library; other sets of proofs are in the Wrenn library and the Herbert T. Butler coll. England and America in 1782. London, Strahan, 1872. 8°. No wrapper. Privately printed and very scarce. The manuscript belongs to Mr. Bonner, of New York. To the Queen, 1873. 8°. No wrapper. Very scarce (50 copies printed). — $380 Buxton Forman (March 1920, n. 863) mor., by Riviere; the only other available copy is in the T. J. Wise coll.