Collection of Ancient Prints, 2 vol., second edition, illustrations, several additional insertions, roxburghe, Ellis and White, 1877, 8vo. (186) Braun, £2 17s. 3424 Wilson (Alexander). American Ornithology, or Natural History of the Birds of the United States, with Notes and Life by Sir W. Jardine, 3 vol., portrait and coloured plates, half morocco, g. t., 1832, 8vo. (147) Edwards, £3 18s. 3425 Wilson (Professor). Works, edited by Professor Ferrier, 12 vol., calf gilt, m. e., contents lettered, 1855-8, 8vo. (158) G. H. Brown, £1 8s. 3426 Woodburn (S.) Gallery of Rare Portraits, 2 vol., 200 portraits from rare prints, half russia, uncut, 1816, 4to. (316) A. Jackson, £4 45. 3427 Young (J.) Catalogue of the Collection of Pictures of the Marquess of Stafford at Cleveland House, 2 vol., portrait and plates on India paper, morocco, gilt borders on the sides, g. e., 1825, folio (340) Andrews, £1 35.

[MARCH 14TH, 1904.]

SOTHEBY, WILKINSON & HODGE.

THE LIBRARY OF THE LATE MR. WILLIAM ERNEST HENLEY. (No. of Lots, 298; amount realised, £612 14s.)

3428 Barrère (A.) and C. G. Leland. Dictionary of Slang, Jargon and Cant, English, American, Pidgeon English, etc., 2 vol., uncut, limited issue, Printed for subscribers only, 1889, 4to. (247) Henley, LI IS. 3429 Beaumont and Fletcher. Works, edited, with Notes and a Biographical Memoir, by Alex. Dyce, 11 vol., best edition, portraits, half morocco, t. e. g., with bookplate of Mr. Henley, Moxon, 1843-6, 8vo. (10) A. Jackson, £12 2s. 6d. 3430 Behn (Aphra). The Plays, Histories and Novels of the ingenious Mrs. Aphia Behn, with Life and Memoirs, 6 vol., facsimile portrait, uncut, Pearson, 1871, 8vo. (12) A. Jackson, £3 10s. 3431 British Poets (The). "Bell's Aldine Edition," edited by H. B. Forman, Dennis, Saintsbury, Dowden, etc., 50 vol., portraits, 1892, 8vo. (20) Hunt, £2 14s. 3432 Bullen (A. H.) Davison's Poetical Rhapsody, 2 vol., with bookplate of Mr. Henley, 1890, 8vo. (22) Dobell, I IS. 3433 Burns (Robert). Poetry, edited by W. E. Henley and T. F. Henderson, "Centenary Edition," 4 vol., portraits and facsimiles, Japanese vellum paper, one of 24 numbered and signed copies, buckram, uncut, with bookplate of Mr. Henley, Edinburgh, 1896, 8vo. (24) Maggs, £5 10S.

3434 Burton (Robert). The Anatomy of Melancholy, edited by A. R. Shilleto, with Introduction by A. H. Bullen, 3 vol., portrait, uncut, t. e. g., with bookplate of Mr. Henley, 1893, 8vo. (26) Sotheran, £16s. 3435 Byron (Lord). Hours of Idleness, a Series of Poems, Original and Translated, first edition, uncut, with the paper label, Newark, 1807, 8vo. (28) Wall, £10 12s. 6d. 3436 Byron (Lord). The Works of Lord Byron, with his Letters, Journals and Life, by T. Moore, 17 vol., portrait, frontispieces and vignettes, rough calf, with the Belhaven device on the sides, g.e., bookplate of Mr. Henley, 1832-33, 8vo. (31) Sotheran, £6 5s. 3437 Byron (Lord). The Works of Lord Byron, a new, revised and enlarged edition, with illustrations, edited by E. H. Coleridge, 12 vol., uncut, t.e.g., presentation to Mr. Henley from John Murray, 1898, 8vo. (34) Chambers, £3 6s. 3438 Cancionero de Obras de Burlas, Provocantes a Risa (edited by Don Luis de Usoz y Ris, 100 copies struck off), Spanish calf extra, g. e., by F. Bedford, with bookplate of Mr. Henley, Madrid, 1841, 8vo. (41) Chambers, £ 38 3439 Cervantes (M. de). Don Quixote de la Mancha, primera edición del texto restituido con Notas y una Introducción par J. F. Kelly, y Juan Ormsby, 2 vol., one of 400 numbered copies, half bound, uncut, t. e. g., with bookplate of Mr. Henley, Edinburgo, 1898-99, 4to. (250) Reeves, £1

[A copy on Japanese vellum paper realised £1 10s. Only 30 copies were printed in this style.—ED.]

3440 Century Dictionary, an Encyclopædic Lexicon of the English Language, prepared under the superintendence of Prof. W. D. Whitney, "The Times Edition," 8 vol., illustrations, half morocco, m. e. (1899), 4to. (249) Reeves, £7 2s. 6d.

3441 Chambers's Encyclopædia, a Dictionary of Universal Knowledge, new edition, 10 vol., 1895, super imperial 8vo. (248) Stirling, £2 105. 3442 Chaucer (Geoffrey). Complete Works, edited, from numerous Manuscripts, by Professor Skeat, with Supplemental volume, 7 vol., facsimiles, uncut, with bookplate of Mr. Henley (cancelled sheets of the latter portion of the Testament of Love inserted in last volume), Oxford, 1894-97, 8vo. (45) Sotheran, £4 8s. 3443 Cibber (Colley). Apology for his Life, edited, with Notes, etc. by R. W. Lowe, 2 vol., portraits and etchings, half bound, uncut, t. e. g., with bookplate of Mr. Henley, 1889, 8vo. (53) Sotheran, 1 145. 3444 De Quincey (T.) Collected Writings, edited by Professor Masson, 14 vol., portrait, uncut, t. e. g., 1896-7, 8vo. (57) A. C. Carter, £i 5s. 3445 Dickens (C.) Works, "Gadshill Edition," complete in 34 vol., with Introductions, General Essay and Notes, by Andrew Lang, with the original illustrations, original cloth, t. e. g., 1897-99-Kitton (F. G.) Charles Dickens, his Life, Writ

ings, etc., with numerous illustrations, 1902, together 35 vol., 8vo. (59) H. Peck, £6 2s. 6d. 3446 Discovery of the Solomon Islands, by Alvaro de Mendaña, in 1568, translated from the Original Spanish MSS. and edited by Lord Amherst and Basil Thompson, 2 vol., LARGE PAPER, one of 100 copies, illustrations, uncut, with bookplate of Mr. Henley, 1901, 4to. (254)

Stephenson, £1 5s. 3447 Dobson (Austin). Vignettes in Rhyme, with signature of Mr. Henley, some passages marked, 1875-Proverbs in Porcelain, presentation to Mr. Henley from the author, 1878-Poems and At the sign of the Lyre, 3 vol., presentation to Mr. Henley from the author, 1885-9, together 5 vol., 8vo. (62) Dobell, £3 3448 Dobson (Austin). Collected Poems, portrait, with inscription, "To W. E. Henley, from Austin Dobson," and a written card from Austin Dobson to Mr. Henley, 1897Hardy (Thomas). Poems of the past and present, presentation from the author, 1892-Selections from the Poetical Works of Mortimer Collins, with autograph of Mr. Henley, 1886 and other presentation copies to Mr. Henley, together 3 vol., with his bookplate, 8vo. (63)

Maggs, £4 6s. 3449 Dumas (Alex.) Euvres, including Théatre complet, Mémoires, and various of his works, together 86 vol., half bound (not uniform), v. y., 8vo. (68) Chambers, £3 18s. 3450 Farmer (J. S.) Slang and its Analogues, past and present (A—Stozzle), vol. i. to iv. half bound, uncut, vol. v. and vi. in parts, as issued, Printed for subscribers only, 1890-1903, 4to. (273) Walford, £4 4s. 3451 Fielding (Henry). Complete Works, with an Essay on the Life, Genius and Achievement of the Author, by W. E. Henley, 16 vol., Drury Lane Edition," illustrated with reproductions of the Original Designs by Rooker, Corbould and Rowlandson, one of 385 numbered copies, buckram, uncut, t. e. g., 1902, 8vo. (77) H. Peck, £6 10S. 3452 Germ (The). Facsimile reprint of the rare original, with Preface by W. M. Rossetti, illustrations, with annotations and passages marked by Mr. Henley, 1901, 8vo. (82)

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D. Hughes, £1 18s. 3453 Gozzi (Count Carlo). Memoirs, translated into English by J. A. Symonds, 2 vol., LARGE PAPER, portrait and 6 original etchings by A. Lalauze, in two states, and II subjects illustrating Italian comedy, coloured by hand, uncut, 1890, 4to. (256) Reeves, 110S.

3454 Gozzi (Count Carlo). Memorie della Vita di, 3 vol., vellum, with the Belhaven device stamped in gold on the sides, uncut, with bookplate of Mr. Henley, Venezia, 1797, 8vo. (87) Chambers, 1 18s. 3455 Hazlitt (William). Collected Works, edited by A. R. Waller and A. Glover, with an Introduction by W. E. Henley, vol.

i. to vii., portraits, uncut, t. e. g., with bookplate of Mr. Henley, 1902-3, 8vo. (93) Dobell, £1 175. 3456 Henley (W. E.) and Robert Louis Stevenson. Admiral Guinea, a Melodrama, in Four Acts, 1884-Beau Austin, a Play in Four Acts, with initials on wrapper "W. E. H." and on title "A. J. H. from the authors,” 1884—Macaire, a Melodramatic Farce in Three Acts, 1885-Deacon Brodie, or the Double Life, a Melodrama, in Five Acts and Eight Tableaux, 1880, a complete set in the original wrappers, Printed for private circulation only, 8vo. (96) Wise, £22 3457 Henley (W. E.) A Book of Verses, first edition, LARGE PAPER, one of 75 numbered and signed copies, with bookplate of Mr. Henley, uncut, 1888, 8vo. (97)

Sotheran, £2 125. 3458 Henley (W. E.) Views and Reviews. Literature, Japanese vellum paper, one of 20 numbered and signed copies, half morocco, t. e. g., 1890-Pictures at Play [by W. E. Henley and A. Lang], uncut, 1888, 8vo. (98) Hughes, LI IOS. 3459 Henley (W. E.) A Book of Verses, first edition, with bookplate of Mr. Henley, uncut, 1888 Lyra Heroica, 1891– The Song of the Sword, etc., with MS. corrections and alterations by Mr. Henley, 1892, 8vo. (99) Henley, £2 18s. 3460 Henley (W. E.) A Book of Verses, first edition, with bookplate of Mr. Henley, uncut, 1888-Another edition (second), with MS. notes and corrections by Mr. Henley, uncut, t. e. g., 1889, 8vo. (100) Henley, £2 4s. 3461 Henley (W. E.) A Book of Verses, vignette on title, with inscription on fly-leaf, "Six private copies printed (on Japanese small paper) for me, W. E. Henley," morocco extra, t. e. g., 1889, 8vo. (101) A. C. K. Carter, £3 10s. 3462 Henley (W. E.) Lyra Heroica, LARGE JAPANESE VELLUM PAPER, one of 20 numbered and signed copies, uncut, t. e. g., 1892, 8vo. (103) Pollock, 12s. 3463 Henley (W. E.) The Song of the Sword, first edition, LARGE JAPANESE PAPER, one of 5 extra copies for presentation only, uncut, 1892, 8vo. (105) Walford, £110s. 3464 Henley (W. E.) Three Plays, by W. E. Henley and R. L. Stevenson. Deacon Brodie, Beau Austin, Admiral Guinea, LARGE HAND-MADE PAPER, one of 100 numbered copies, uncut, 1892, 8vo. (106) Neilson, LIIS. 3465 Henley (W. E.) Three Plays, by Henley and Stevenson, another copy, LARGE JAPANESE VELLUM PAPER, one of 30 numbered copies, uncut, 1872, 8vo. (107) Maggs, £1 11s. 3466 Henley (W. E.) Three Plays, Deacon Brodie, Beau Austin, Admiral Guinea, by W. E. Henley and R. L. Stevenson, uncut, 1892-A volume with MS. memoranda, labelled "Deacon Brodie "—Admiral Guinea and Beau Austin, in separate form, 1897, 8vo. (108) Dobell, £1 135. 3467 Henley (W. E.) A Book of English Prose [1387-1649], selected by W. E. Henley and Charles Whibley, LARGE HAND-MADE PAPER, one of 40 numbered copies, autograph of Mr. Henley on title, uncut, t. e. g., 1894, 8vo. (109) Burton, 19s.

3468 Henley (W. E.) A Book of English Prose, another copy, LARGE JAPANESE VELLUM PAPER, one of 15 numbered copies, uncut, t. e. g., 1894, 8vo. (110) Maggs, £1 16s. 3469 Henley (W. E.) Life, Genius, Achievement (Robert Burns, 1759-1796), special presentation copy, uncut, with bookplate of Mr. Henley (1897), (111) Wise, £4 15s.

3470 Henley (W. E.) For England's Sake, Verses and Songs in Time of War, LARGE JAPANESE VELLUM PAPER, one of 15 numbered copies, uncut, with bookplate of Mr. Henley, 1900 (113) Bruton, £145. 3471 Henley (W. E.) Hawthorn and Lavender, with other Verses, LARGE HAND-MADE PAPER, one of 20 numbered copies, original boards, uncut, with bookplate of Mr. Henley, 1901 (114) Sotheran, £1 8s. 3472 Henley (W. E.) Hawthorn and Lavender, with other Verses, LARGE JAPANESE VELLUM PAPER, one of 10 copies, uncut, with bookplate of Mr. Henley, 1901 (115) Shepherd, £1 3s. 3473 Kipling (Rudyard). Departmental Ditties, etc., with inscription, "W. E. H. d. d. R. K. Mar. 90," with a MS. verse, 4 lines, by R. Kipling, Calcutta, 1890-Letters to Eminent Hands, Andrew Lang, Kipling, Stevenson, etc., LARGE PAPER, one of 78 copies, 1892, with bookplate of Mr. Henley, 8vo. (126) Maggs, £2 16s. 3474 Kipling (Rudyard). Writings in Prose and Verse, "Edition de Luxe," 20 vol., portrait, with inscription on title of vol. i., "W. E. H. from R. K. Nov. '77," and signature of Rudyard Kipling in full, silk binding, uncut, with bookplate of Mr. Henley, 1897-1901, 8vo. (129) J. Bumpus, £10 5s. 3475 Lang (A.) Aucassin and Nicolete, done into English, first edition, with the etched frontispiece, "Japanese paper," with autograph of Mr. Henley, limp parchment, 1887, 8vo. (134) Shepherd, 2 6s. 3476 Lang (A.) Letters on Literature, with autograph of Mr. Henley, 1889-Letters to Dead Authors, with a MS. verse on fly-leaf by Andrew Lang, 1886, first editions, 8vo. (135) Shepherd, £1 155. 3477 Lever (Charles). Novels, "Copyright Edition," edited by his Daughter, 37 vol., illustrations by "Phiz," George Cruikshank, etc., with inscription on fly-leaf of vol. i., "W. E. Henley, from W. B. Blaikie, June 25, 1897, Edinburgh," buckram, uncut, t. e. g., 1897, 8vo. (139) Edwards, £10 15s. 3478 Lockhart (J. G.) Life of Sir Walter Scott, "Edinburgh Edition," 10 vol., portraits and illustrations, uncut, t. e. g., limited issue, with bookplate of Mr. Henley, Edinburgh, 1902-3, 8vo. (141) J. Howell, £3 4s. 3479 Meredith (George). Diana of the Crossways, 1885, and others by Meredith, together 10 vol., presentation to Mr. Henley from the author, with autograph letter of Mr. Meredith in the first-named, etc., 8vo. (149) Shepherd, £5 12s. 6d. 3480 Merry-Thought (The), or the Glass-Window and Bog-House published by Hurlo Thrumbo, in two

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