Condition generally very good. Complete list of works in the lot:

1. D’ISRAELI, J. Curiosities of Literature. L: Edward Moxon, 1834. 6 volumes, 8vo. Later calf. Provenance: Annie Yorke (bookplate); sold The Monastery Hill Bindery (laid in description). Ninth edition.

2. GOETHE, J.W. von. Works. L et al: Francis A. Niccolls & Co., n.d. 14 volumes, 8vo. Original half morocco. LIMITED EDITION, number 315 of 750 sets for America of the “Lyceum edition.”

3. GILFILLAN, George. [British Poets]. Edinburgh et al: James Nichol et al, 1845. 14 volumes, 8vo. Contemporary half morocco. Provenance: M. Engelman (bookplate).

4. GOLDSMITH, Oliver. The Works. Peter Cunningham, editor. NY & L: Harper & Brothers, 1900. 12 volumes, 8vo. Later half morocco gilt stamp-signed MacDonald, N.Y. Provenance: Sold The Monastery Hill Bindery (laid in card). LIMITED EDITION, number 282 of 500 sets of “The Wakefield Edition.”

5. SCOTT, Walter, Sir. Waverley Novels. NY: The Publisher’s Plate Renting Co., n.d. 11 volumes, 8vo. Original cloth. “The Library edition.”

6. HAWTHORNE, Nathaniel. Works. Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, [1881]. 5 volumes, 8vo. Original cloth.

7. POE, Edgar Allen. [Works]. Boston: Dana Estes & Company, [1884]. 6 volumes, 8vo. Later half calf. “Illustrated Sterling edition.”

8. RUSKIN, John. [Works]. NY: John Wiley & Sons, 1887. 10 volumes, 8vo. Later half calf.

9. LAMB, Charles. The Complete Writings of Charles Lamb. Boston: Aldine Publishing Co., 1918. 8 volumes, 8vo. Later half green crushed levant gilt stamp-signed by G.E. Lauriat Co. Boston. Provenance: Henry W. Yates, Jr.; sold The Monastery Hill Bindery (laid in card).

10. CAMPBELL, Thomas. Poetical Works. L: Edward Moxon, 1837. 8vo. Contemporary roan.

11. SCOTT, Walter, Sir. Waverly Novels. Edinburgh: Adam & Charles Black, 1871. Volume X only, 8vo. Contemporary half morocco. “Centenary Edition.”

12. DICKENS, Charles. Sketches by Boz. -- The Adventures of Oliver Twist. -- The Old Curiosity Shop. -- The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby. -- London: Chapman and Hall, 1850, 1853, 1853, 1854. 4 volumes, 8vo.

Contemporary half calf gilt. Provenance: William Frederick Webb (bookplates); sold The Monastery Hill Bindery (laid in card).

13. WHYTE-MELVILLE, G.J. Works. L et al: Ward, Lock & Co., 25 volumes, 8vo. Contemporary half calf stamp-signed by Bumpus. Provenance: Marshall Field (bookplates).

14. BURNET. Bishop Burnet’s History of His Own Time. L: Samuel Bagster, 1815. 3 volumes (of 4), 8vo. Contemporary calf. Provenance: Ex L Brouin? (signature, 1840).

15. GOULD, S. Baring and James PAYN. Urith. -- A Modern Dick Whittington. Leipzig: Bernhard Tauchnitz, Heinemann and Balestier, 1891, 1892. 4 volumes, 12mo. Bound uniformly in contemporary half sheep. Provenance: Alfred Williams? (partially removed bookplates).

16. MOORE, Thomas. Moxon’s Popular Poets. The Poetical Works. L: Ward, Lock,& Co., n.d. 8vo. Contemporary half calf. Provenance: Ashrama Library (bookplate, withdrawn).

17. PARKER, Gilbert. The Works. NY: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1919. 21 volumes, 8vo. Original cloth gilt.

18. The Classical Museum. L: John W. Parker, 1844. 6 volumes, 8vo. Contemporary half calf. Provenance: Uppingham School Library (withdrawn bookplates and shelf marks).

19. HALL, Newton Marshall and Irving Francis WOOD. The Bible Story. Springfield, MA et al: The King-Richardson Company, 1917. 5 volumes, 8vo. Original cloth.

20. The Olio. L: Joseph Shackell et al, 1829-1831. 3 volumes, 8vo. Contemporary half calf.

21. MAETERLINCK, Maurice. Sister Beatrice and Ardiane & Barbe Bleue. -- The Treasure of the Humble. NY: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1911, 1913. 2 volumes, 8vo. Contemporary half morocco. Provenance: Carol Rogers Lyon (bookplates).

22. LOCKHART, J.G. Memoirs of the Life of Sir W. Scott. Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1850. 8vo. Contemporary half calf.

23. ROBERTSON, Frederick W. Sermons. Leipzig: Bernhard Tauchnitz, 1861. 1 volume (of 3), 12mo. Contemporary half calf. “Copyright edition.”

24. WORDSWORTH, William. Poems. Matthew Arnold, editor. London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1924. 12mo. Contemporary half calf.

25. LONGFELLOW, Henry Wadsworth. The Poetical Works. L: George Routledge and Sons, 1866. 8vo. Later roan. “Complete edition.”

26. HAMILTON, A., Count. Memoirs of Count Grammont. L: Lackington et al, 1818. Volume II (of 2) only, 12mo. 19th-century calf.

27. The Poets of Great Britain. L: John Bell et al, 1777-1796. 7 volumes, 12mo. Later treed calf. Provenance: C. Goodricke (bookplates); sold G. Cawthorn, Bookseller et al, [London] (tickets). “Bell’s edition.”

28. FENELON. Les Aventures de Telemaque. Paris: Pierre Didot et al, 1800. Volume II only. 12mo. Contemporary calf. “Edition Stereotype.”

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[BINDINGS]. A group of 175 volumes, most in fine full or half leather bindings, including works relating to American and European literature and poetry.