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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    Ten O’Clock. London [T. Way], 1885. 120. Brown wrapper. The genuine first edition, very scarce. The 1888 reprint sells for $6-8. The Gentle Art of making Enemies. Edited by Sheridan Ford. Paris, Delabrosse et Cie, 1890. 120. The first edition, unauthorized. Very scarce. A second issue bears the imprint: New York, Frederick Stokes and Brother. $62.50 Robinson (Apr. 1918, 11. 965) wrapper. The first authorized edition was published at London, by Heinemann and is also dated 1890. Eden versus Whistler, the Baronet and the Butterfly, a Valentine with a Verdict. Paris, Louis-Henry May [1899]. 4 • 250 copies printed. Wilde v. Whistler, being an acrimonious Correspondence on Art between Oscar Wilde and James A. McNeill Whistler. London, privately printed, 1906. 8°. 800 copies printed, 400 on large and 400 on small paper. WHITAKER (Thomas Dunham). 1759-1821 History of Richmondshire. London, 1819-1823. 2 vols. Fob See collation in Lowndes (who also describes the other works of the same author). $40-50 and on large paper $60-80; sometimes found in 12 parts. — £ 30 Fr. Perkins (July 1889, n. 2034) mor., large paper. WHITE (Gilbert). 1720-1793 See Edward A. Martin, A bibliography of Gilbert White (London, Roxburghe Press, n. d. 12°) 274 pp. The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne. London, T. Bensley for B. White, 1789. 40. Frontisp., vignette and 7 engravings. In orig. boards $80-100. — £31 Sotheby's, 4 Dec. 1902, n. 1391, boards, uncut; $190 Hoe (Apr. 1911, I, n. 3452) mor., uncut; £25 Hodgson’s, 6 May 1915, n. 276, mor., uncut. The manuscript £294 Sotheby’s, 1895, resold £750 Samuel (July 1907, n. 191).