Sales catalogue: Bowes & Bowes

Date:
1930s
Reference:
WA/HMM/CM/Sal/3/4
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Sales catalogue: Bowes & Bowes. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    FINE AND APPLIED ARTS—continued. title. ‘“* Of extreme rarity, possibly unique.” [1878] £4/4/- separate form. 147 alliance with Henry Butcher.’’—A. Lane. 132 Garnett R. William Shakespeare, Ped- agogne and Poacher, A Drama, post 8vo, cloth. 1905 14/- Presentation copy from the author. 133 The Twilight of the Gods, and other Tales, cr. 8vo, cloth. 1903 30/- Presentation copy from the author to Edmund Gosse. 134 Primula, A Book of Lyrics, post 8vo, cloth, original wrappers bound in, First Edition. 1858 35/- With a two page letter from the author inserted and a presentation inscription from him on the half-title. 135 Gilder, Richard Watson. A Christmas Wreath, with pictures and designs by Henry McCarter, 8vo, parchment. N.D. §6/- Inscribed copy from the author to Sir E. Gosse. 136 Gray, Thomas. Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard, by Thomas Gray of Peterhouse and Pembroke-Hall in the University of Cambridge and now printed at the University Press, by C. J. Clay, Latin, translation by H. A. J. Munro, printed in red and black, 4to, full levant morocco, inside dentelles. N.D.[1884] 25/- Inserted is an autograph letter from the translator presenting the book to Mr. Gosse. 137 Grimm, Brothers. Centenary, 4 Jan., 1885-24 Feb., 1886, Sigfred-Arminius and other Papers, by G. Vigfusson and’ F. Y. Powell, 8vo, cloth. 1886 7/6 Presentation copy to Sir E. Gosse with autograph letter from G. Vigfusson inserted. 138 Huxley, Aldous. Leda. 4to, cloth. 1920 21]- 139 Johnston, Christopher N. The Late Lord Robertson as an Advocate, Politician and Judge, 8vo, cloth. [1909] 7/6 Pio hh i copy to Mr. Gosse from Viscount Dune- 140 Jones, Herbert. The Well of Being, cr. 8vo, boards. 1920 4/- Presentation copy from the author to Sir E. Gosse. 141 Lang, A. The Life and Letters of John Gibson Lockhart, with 15 illustrations, 2 vols, 8vo, cloth. 1897 £2 /2/- A signature of J. G. Lockhart in 1827 has been inserted on fly-leaf. 142 Catalogue of a Library chiefly the Writings of Andrew Lang [by C. M. Falconer], 4to, wrappers. 1898 30/- 25 copies printed for private circulation. 143 Lang A. Specimens of a Bibliography of the Works of Andrew Lang [by C. M. Falconer], post 8vo, parchment. P.P., 1889 £2 /2/- _ 25 copies printed for private distribution, inserted is a 2-page letter from the author referring to the work. 144 A Translation of Pope Leo’s XITI.’s Latin ‘‘ Epistle to Fabricius Rufus,”’ cr. 4to, cloth, orig. wrappers bound in. 1912 £3/3/- Inserted is an interesting letter from Col. Prideaux referring to his act of piracy in reprinting 13 copies of this book, there is also an amusing reference to ' Gosse’s “‘ Father and Son.” 145 Pope Leo’s Ode on the Opening of the Twentieth Century, translated by A. Lang, 4to, cloth, original wrappers. [1913] £2/15/- 13 copies only printed, inserted is letter from Col. Prideaux presenting this copy to Mr. Gosse. 148 Specimens of a Translation of Theocritus, cr. 8vo, parchment. 1879 £4/4/- According to Falconer 55 copies were printed in July, 1879, there is a pencil note by Mr. Gosse that only 36 were printed, this is a presentation copy to Mr. Gosse and is signed A. Lang, 1879. One of the scarcest of the Lang items. 149 Adventures Among Books, 12mo, cloth. Cleveland, 1901 25/- A copy of the edition printed for Paul Lemperley at the Marion Press, Jamaica, New York of which only 50 copies were issued none of which were for sale, this is an inscribed copy to Mr. Gosse from Paul Lemperley. 150 Macfie, Ronald Campbell. Odes and other Poems, cr. 8vo, boards. 1919 7/6 Interesting letter from the author to Sir E. Gosse, mentioning the difficulty he has had in ‘‘ cultivating the Muse,’’ inserted. 151 Manning, Frederic. The Virgil of Brun- hild, A Narrative Poem, cr. 8vo, cloth. 1907 4/6 Autograph letter from the author inserted. 152 Nichols, R. Fantastica, being the Smile of the Sphinx and other Tales of Imagination, cr. 8vo, cloth. 1923 21/- Very interesting 2 page letter from the author referring to English prose and its future. 153 Piatt, J. J. At the Holy Well, with A Handful of New Verses, cr. 8vo, cloth. 1887 4/6 Presentation copy from the author to Edmund Gosse. 154 The Children Out-of-Doors, A Book of Verses, post 8vo, cloth. 1884 5/- Presentation copy from the author to Sir E. Gosse.
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