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Privately Printed, Ashendene Press, 1922. *** One of 240 copies printed on hand-made paper. £4 4s 46 ASHTON (John). Men, Maidens and Manners a Hundred Years Ago. With 34 contemporary illustrations. FIRST EDITION. Oblong 12mo, original limp boards. 5s 47 ATKINSON (G. F.). "Curry and Rice," or, the Ingredients of Social Life at "Our Station" in India. 40 lithographic plates. FIRST EDITION. Imp. 8vo, original cloth gilt, g. e. £3 3s 48 ATKINSON (J. A.). Scenes taken from The Miseries of Human Life, By One of The Wretched. Engraved title-page with coloured cut, and 16 full-page coloured plates, drawn and designed by J. A. Atkinson. Oblong 8vo, contemporary half roan. London, 1807. 49 AUSTEN (Jane). Mansfield Park: A Novel. £2 10s FIRST EDITION. 3 vols., post 8vo, original half calf, s e. (no halftitles). London, 1814. £4 4s 50 AUSTIN (Alfred). Leszko the Bastard: A Tale of Polish Grief. Small 8vo, original cloth, uncut. London, 1877. £1 5s ON FLY-LEAF IS A VERSE OF THREE LINES IN THE AUTOGRAPH OF, AND SIGNED BY, THE AUTHOR :"LOVE, IN EVERY CLIME, 12s 6d Imperial 8vo, limp calf, g. e. London, 1906. *** Copy originally belonging to Alfred Austin, Poet Laureate, having his Ex Libris inside cover, and initials A. A." on front cover. 52 [AYTOUN (W. E.).] The Book of Ballads. Edited by Bon Gaultier. Illustrated by Alfred Crowquill. 1st edition; illustrated by Alfred Crowquill. London, Orr & Co., 1845. 2nd edition; with many additional Ballads, illustrated by Alfred Crowquill and Richard Doyle. London, Orr & Co., 1849. 3rd edition; still further added to, and illustrated by Crowquill, Doyle, and John Leech. London, Orr & Co., N.D. Together 3 vols., cr. 8vo, and 12mo, original cloth. These three volumes include the whole of the illustrations, those by John Leech only appearing in the third edition. 54 BARBELLION (W. N. P.). A Last Diary. With a Preface by Arthur J. Cummings. FIRST EDITION. Post 8vo, original cloth. London, 1920 PRESENTATION COPY. 7s 6d 55 BARNUM (P. T.). Struggles and Triumphs; or, Sixty Years' Recollections of P. T. Barnum, including his golden rules for money-making. Written by himself. Illustrated with portrait and numerous plates. 8vo, morocco gilt, g. e. Buffalo, The Courier Company, 1889. Presentation copy from the Author, inscribed on the fly-leaf: To my old Friend P. T. Barnum. £1 1s 56 BARRIE (Sir James). My Lady Nicotine. 57 58 59 бо FIRST EDITION. Post 8vo, original cloth, uncut, t. e. g. London, 1890. £2 10s Shakespeare's Legacy. (A Play.) FIRST EDITION. Small 4to, original wrappers, 1916. *** One of 25 copies privately printed with the permission of the Author by Clement Shorter for distribution among his friends. £12 12s Guild. "Four Books a Year." A satirical attack on a Scotch Reading THE AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT SIGNED. Comprising 7 pp., 8vo, hinged in sunk mounts, and handsomely bound (with typed transcript) to 4to size in full morocco extra, lettered on side and back. 1889. £56 A particularly interesting manuscript of an article written by Barrie for the Scots Observer." It commences : "Hardly has the world ceased to look on wondering, with its thumbs down, at the Free Church defying the Macaskills, when news comes of still more iiberal' movements in Free Church homes. The members of certain advanced Free Churches, or rather the bolder spirits among them, have taken a solemn vow to read four books a year. The object, it need scarcely be said, is self-culture on a grand scale, and any four books will not do. "Lest there be practical jokers in the house, however-and one never knows-even in Free Church Manses-competitors may be warned of the fate of Balbus, a schoolboy. Balbus, with a determination not less than theirs, swore to read a complete book in a month, and risked his catapult on the oath. He never got beyond chapter eight, however, for those with whom he had the bet always turned his marker back to the end of the preceding chapter, and kept him reading chapter eight till time was up." Etc., etc. ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT. "The Freedom of Edinburgh to Follow." THE AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT SIGNED OF THIS HUMOROUS STORYETTE. Comprising 7 pp., 8vo. 1889. Preserved in sunk mounts, and handsomely bound in full levant morocco extra, lettered on side and back. Small 4to. £58 A humorous Storyette concerning a casual acquaintance; written for and printed in the "Scot's Observer," 13th July, 1889. It concludes:— "I know you perfectly now Daniel. You are a waiter at the Dash Dash Club.' (Continued over) Barrie (Sir James) The Freedom of Edinburgh to Follow-continued. 61 "You're wrong, Mr. Brown,' he answered. 'I used to be; and I remember your dining there occasionally with Mr. Jones, but I left more than a year ago.' "And what, may I ask, are you doing now?' "There was a queer look on his face, but he replied blithely: "I am in Parliament now.' As we parted I felt for a sixpence in my waistcoat pocket, and Daniel, I think, watched my hand with only affected indifference. Then I remembered that he was in Parliament now, shook his hand warmly instead, and walked home reflecting." ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT. "Mr. Barrie in the Chair." An Autobiographical Account of himself as Chairman at a "Burns THE AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT. Dinner. Comprising 5 pp., 8vo. 1894. Preserved in sunk mounts and handsomely bound (with artistic title-page inserted) in full levant morocco extra, lettered on side and back. Small 4to. £60 Written for and printed in the National Observer," 3rd February, 1894. It is a biographical account of himself as presiding at a "Burns" dinner, and is written in his characteristic style, although it is thinly supposed to be the product of the pen of some journalist present at the meeting. "A black night it was in Greenock on Thursday last, but we would only let ourselves be blown in one direction for a' that; into the town hall, to wit, where the Burns dinner was 'on,' Mr. J. M. Barrie in the chair. "I have not read Mr. Barrie's books, but I wanted to ask him about that tobacco. I didn't. "We, or at least I had looked for a jovial Scot, full of merry quirk, rollicking gay. I can't quite get the adjective that hits off Mr. Barrie, but I'll take my oath it is none of these. He fascinates me, and that is the faithful, though doubtless bold, record of my observations." Etc., etc. AUBREY BEARDSLEY. 62 A Collection of 26 Proof Impressions on Japanese Vellum of his various Works, all neatly mounted to a uniform size and enclosed in a folio buckram portfolio. V.Y. The Plates include: £8 10s Orpheus. (Miss Clara Butt and Some Dresses in the Chorus.) Character Sketches of Mr. and Mrs. Bancroft. Design for Balzac's Les Contes Drolatiques. Etc., etc. |