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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    A Welcome to Her Royal Highness Maria Alexandrovna Duchess of Edinburgh. London, H. S. King and Co., 1874. 8°. 8 pp. Very scarce (40 copies printed). There is a 4° reprint in 2 leaves, showing the name Alexandrovna wrongly spelt with a w. This latter is equally scarce if not more so. The 2 leaf edition, $170 Bang’s, 31 March 1898, n. 507; $112.50 Mor¬ gan (Apr. 1902, n. 401). Queen Mary, a Drama. London, Henry S. King, 1875. 16°. In orig. green cloth $4-5. — £58 Browning (May 1913, 11. 1151) pre¬ sentation copy to Browning. The New Timon and the Poets.. Privately printed [for Shepherd], 1876. 160. A pirated edition. — $410 Buxton Forman (March 1920, n. 865) mor., by Riviere. Harold, a Drama. London, Henry S. King, 1877. 160. In orig. green cloth $4-5. Becket, a Tragedy. London, 1879. 120. Cloth. A private “trial” edition of which only three or four copies have been traced. The Halsey copy now belongs to Mr. H. E. Huntington. The Falcon. London, printed for the Author, 1879. I2°- Wrapper. A private stage edition of this play, only a few copies having been printed. $40-50. — $410 Arnold (May 1901, n. 322) orig. wrapper (then Hal¬ sey, now Huntington) and less in recent sales. The Lover’s Tale. London, Kegan Paul, 1879. 160. The first authorized edition. In orig. green cloth $4-5. Ballads and other Poems. London, C. Kegan Paid, 1880. 16°. In orig. green cloth $3-4. — $100 Osborne (Dec. 1916, n. 930) presen¬ tation copy to Browning; £79 Sotheby’s, 7 July 1915, n. 238, the author’s proof sheets with many autograph alterations.