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GENERAL MISCELLANY
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“Lass wi' the Bonny Blue E'en” *&* MORE
The quaver: A choice collection. Newcastle-on-Tyne: W.R. Walker, [ca. 1850]. 12mo (16.3 cm, 6.45"). 24 pp.
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a comic woodcut illustration of a man with his pants billowing smoke. Present here along with the usual sorts of Irish and English offerings are dialect pieces written in German (“The Vorkhouse Boy”), American Southern black (“Oh Susannah”), and Scots (Burns's “Red, Red Rose”) accents.
This edition of the Quaver chapbook is uncommon: WorldCat does not find any institutional holdings of this Walker printing, and NSTC lists only a slightly different title.
• This ed. not in NSTC. Removed from a nonce volume. Page edges untrimmed, several with short tear from outer margin; pages slightly age-toned, otherwise clean. (37201)
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Religion Laws & LibertyQueensberry, James Douglas, Duke of. The speech of James Duke of Queensberry, &c. His Majesties high commissioner to the Parliament of Scotland, on Tuesday the Twenty One day of May, 1700. [with, as issued] Polwarth, Patrick Hume, Earl of Marchmont. The speech of Patrick Earl of Marchmont, &c. Lord High Chancellor to the Parliament of Scotland, on Tuesday 21. May 1700. Edinburgh: Pr. by the heirs of Andrew Anderson, 1700. Folio (31 cm, 12.1"). 2 ff.
Click the image for an enlargement. There is at least one other variant of the first piece, also printed in 1700, “For A.H.” according to its colophon. It seems likely that the two speeches were in the present case issued together — the paper and type match, and the second speech is paginated “(2)” — although these examples were later separated and existing cataloguing records are inconsistent regarding the number of leaves that should be present. 
Sets of the two pieces together are scarce.
• ESTC R182313 / R33479; Goldsmiths’-Kress 03732; Wing Q160. Removed from a nonce volume, now in a Mylar folder. Leaves darkened and creased, both lower margins irregularly torn with loss of approximately 20 words. First speech with nick affecting two letters of the title. (18234)
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“Oh, C'mon . . . ”Quincy, Josiah. [drop-title] Speech of Josiah Quincey [sic], Representative in Congress for the state of Massachusetts, on the joint resolution approving of the conduct of the executive of the United States, in relation to the refusal to receive any farther communication from the British Minister, 28th December, 1809. No place, [1810?]. 12mo. 24 pp.
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A very uncommon Quincy item. • Not in Shaw & Shoemaker. Removed from a nonce volume; stapled and respined with archival tissue. Six-digit number stamped on title-page. (198)
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First U.S. Editions — Dickens & Faux-Dickens“Quiz” [pseud. of Edward Caswall], & Charles Dickens. Sketches of young ladies: In which these interesting members of the animal kingdom are classified according to their several instincts, habits, and general characteristics. Philadelphia: Carey, Lea, & Blanchard, 1838. 16mo (13.5 cm, 5.3"). 111, [1] pp. [with] Dickens, Charles. Sketches of young gentlemen. Dedicated to young ladies. Philadelphia: Carey, Lea, & Blanchard, 1838. 108, [2] pp.
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genuine Dickens. 
highly entertaining. (34870)
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Whales, Dolphins, Porpoises, Crabs, & Even Fishes Ramble, Robert [pseud. of John Frost]. The book of fishes. By Robert Ramble. Philadelphia: James Crissy, 1845. Sq. 16mo (14.5 cm, 5.75"). vi, 7-143, [1] pp., 41 plates (included in pagination); illus.
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These 41 plates are excellent, although unsigned, wood engravings.
Binding: 20th-century boards covered with stone-pattern marbled paper; binder's label of C.A. Carpenter, Jr., Shrewbury, MA, on rear pastedown.
Provenance: Bookplate of Jeffrey Norton on front pastedown; most recently in the children's book collection of Albert A. Howard, small booklabel (“AHA”) at rear.
Of the first edition, WorldCat locates only three libraries reporting ownership (Columbia, UC-San Diego, Bowdoin) and of this second only two (AAS, Free Library of Philadelphia).
• Clean, with light foxing occasionally rising to moderate throughout; in fact a very good copy. (38733)
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“I Sing the PLAID & Sing with All My Skill” Ramsay, Allan. Poems.... [Edinburgh?]: 1760. 8vo (17.4 cm, 6.85"). xii, [4], 426 (–239–40), [22] pp. 
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substantial glossary at the back of the volume which defines potentially unfamiliar words such as meikle and shawps.
• ESTC T147963; despite the internal absence of publication information, the collation of this volume matches that given by ESTC. Contemporary sprinkled calf, spine with gilt-stamped leather title label and gilt-stamped floral devices in compartments, overall somewhat worn. Small inked ownership inscription to top of title-page. Some foxing, not severe; last leaves dog-eared. One text leaf torn out (being the middle part of one of the epithalamia), as also one preliminary leaf; and so a “busted bibliophile’s copy” — despite its real interest and attractions! (2257)
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A Review forPrinters & BibliophilesRandle, John & Rosalind, eds. Matrix 7. Number seven, winter 1987. Gloucestershire: The Whittington Press, 1987. Imperial 8vo (28.7 cm, 11.3"). [6], 166, [2] pp.; illus.
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one of 960 copies printed, illustrated with an assortment of photographic plates, an oversized folding plate reproducing illustrations by Annie Newnham, tipped-in examples of printing, etc. The prospectus for Matrix 8 is laid in.
• Publisher's printed yellow paper wrappers over printed paper–covered stiff boards; wrappers with spine sunned, minor edge wear. Contents clean and crisp. Very good. (34969)
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The Baron withHand-Colored Plates[Raspe, Rudolf Erich]; Alfred Crowquill [pseud. of Alfred Henry Forrester], illus. The travels and surprising adventures of Baron Munchausen. New York: James Miller, 1864. 12mo (17.7 cm, 7"). Col. frontis., col. t.-p., 251, [1] pp.; 8 col. plts., illus.
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ten vibrant, hand-colored plates by English artist Alfred Henry Forrester (1804–72), credited under his pseudonym, “Alfred Crowquill.” The plates, which include a frontispiece and title-page, bring to life some of the Baron's most well-known adventures, such as confronting lions, falling from the moon, and riding a half-horse. The text is also embellished with in-text illustrations and decorative initials.
Binding: Textured blue cloth, front board with corner maple leaves in blind and elaborate gilt center medallion with lettering. On the spine, the Baron appears to be cutting the rope he's hanging onto that dangles from the Moon, with a lion and alligator waiting underneath him. Undoubtedly he'll come out alive!
• Bound as above; mild rubbing to extremities and rear board, spine cocked very slightly. Some occasional light foxing and general age-toning to interior. 
Fantastic fun for lovers of adventure and art. (39527)
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What Might the Baron Do Next? — Signed Riviere Binding[Raspe, Rudolf Erich]; Strang, William, & J.B. Clark, illus.; Thomas Seccombe, intro. The surprising adventures of Baron Munchausen. London: Chelsea Pub. Co. [colophon: Printed in Nijmegen, Holland, by G. J. Thieme], [1920?]. 8vo (21.7 cm, 8.5"). lv, [1], 299, [1] pp.; 30 plts. (incl. in pagination), illus.
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privately printed edition done in Holland by G.J. Thieme, based on the 1895 Lawrence & Bullen first edition with Strang and Clark's illustrations, and intended specifically for American subscribers according to some sources.
Binding: Contemporary full calf, spine gilt extra with five raised bands and two red leather labels with gilt lettering. Sides are mottled in shades of green, brown, and tan with triple-rule gilt borders, turn-ins decorated with gilt dentelles, and endpapers marbled in a stone pattern. All edges gilt. Bindingsigned by Riviere & Son.
• Ray, Illustrator and the Book in England, 272 (for Lawrence & Bullen's 1895 ed.). Binding as above; some rubbing to joints and corners, minor scrapes to rear board, portion of spine-head lacking. Very tiny closed tear to last leaf, interior otherwise in wonderful condition. Engaging inside and out. (39428)
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The Illustrator's CopyRaspe, Rudolph, et al.; John Carswell, intro.; Fritz Kredel, illus. The singular adventures of Baron Munchausen. New York: For the members of the Limited Editions Club, 1952. Small 4to (24.8 cm, 9.75"). xli, [1], 175, [1] pp.; illus.
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one of 15 presentation copies (of a total of 1500 copies), as indicated by the publisher's blindstamp on the colophon, and is “numbered” with the initials “F.K.,” signifying that this was
Fritz Kredel's own copy; his signature also appears on the colophon.
• Bibliography of the Fine Books Published by the Limited Editions Club, 221. Quarter black calf with gilt lettering to spine, and French marbled paper sides, this copy without the glassine dust jacket and the slipcase; rubbing to corners and spine-ends. Interior lightly age-toned with the very occasional finger-smudge. A compelling copy from the artist's bookshelf; and the illustrations are amusing and bright! (39561)
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The Art of the DedicationRat, Maurice. Dédicaces. Poitiers: Éditions SFIL, 1958. 12mo (19.2 cm, 7.55"). 218, [2] pp.
Click the images for enlargements. numbered copy 66 of 500 printed, 50 of which were hors de commerce.
• Publisher's cream paper wrappers; darkened, back wrapper with light spots, spine creased with chip at head. Pages clean. (35687)
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Fictitious 17TH-Century Diary — Both Parts — Matching ZAEHNSDORF Bindings[Rathbone, Hannah Mary]. So much ofthe diary of Lady Willoughby as relates to her domestic history, & to the eventful period of the reign of Charles the First. London: Longman, Brown, Green, & Longmans (pr. by C. Whittingham), 1845. 12mo (17.3 cm, 6.8"). [4], 220 pp. [with the same author's] Some further portions of the diary of Lady Willoughby which do relate to her domestic history and to the events of the latter years of the reign of King Charles the First, the Protectorate and the Restoration. London: Longman, Brown, Green, & Longmans, 1848. 12mo. [6], 215, [1] pp.
Click the images for enlargements. the diary of a real 17th-century woman as imagined, both deeply and extensively, by a Victorian woman who had immersed herself in the history and memoirs of the “diarist's” period. Published anonymously, it was on its first appearance often sincerely attributed to Elizabeth Cecil Willoughby, Baroness Willoughby (1606–61), perhaps helped on by the fact that Longman had gone so far as to commission a new font fromthe Chiswick Press, a recasting of Caslon Old Face, with “antique” headpieces and decorative woodcut initials, pages framed in double-ruled borders, and up-front woodcut coats of arms further employed to enhance the “journal's” verisimilitude. According to the DNB (online), the publication “fostered a minor vogue for first-person historical narratives in contemporary typefaces, notably Anne Manning's 1850 account of Mary Powell (Milton's first wife), and Thackeray's Henry Esmond (1852).”
So Much of the Diary, here in its 1845 second edition, was originally printed in 1844, while Some Further Portions is here in its first printing.
Binding: Contemporarymatched bindings done by Zaehnsdorf, signed on each front turn-in: brown morocco, framed and panelled in gilt and black fillets with gilt-stamped fleur-de-lis corner fleurons, turn-ins similarly designed, and board edges with gilt roll; spines with gilt-stamped titles and volume labels, blind-stamped compartment decorations, and gilt-stamped fleurs-de-lis in compartments. Top edges gilt. Back pastedown of each volume with gilt-stamped example of Zaehnsdorf's oval medieval bookbinding apprentice device, from a design by Jost Amman.
Provenance: Front fly-leaf of second volume with a woman's tantalizingly not-quite-decipherable ownership inscription: “E[something] Anne Fan[something!]s [/] Farnley 1848.” Most recently in the library of American collector Albert A. Howard, small booklabel (“AHA”) at rear.
• NSTC 2R2740 & 2R2743; Ing, Charles Whittingham: Printer, 1795-1876, 32. Bindings as above, variously rubbed to extremities; offsetting to endpapers from turn-ins. Vol. II with ownership inscription as above. Pages lightly age-toned with occasional minor smudges or spots; front fly-leaf of vol. II (only) more notably spotted. A handsome set of an intriguing Victorian — and feminine — perspective on the domestic side of this dramatic period in the 17th century. (37855)
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ITALY Learns about theAmerican Continental Congress & Revolutionary Politics Raynal, Guillaume homas François. Storia dell'America settentrionale. Venezia: dalle stampe di Antonio Zatta, 1778. 8vo (19 cm; 7.5"). 2 vols. in 1, of 3. I: iii, 288 pp. II: [2] f., 294 [i.e., 298] pp.
Click the images for enlargements. This Italian translation is of Books 17 and 18 of the original seven-volume work (first published Amsterdam, 1770, and an anonymous continuation); dealing strictly with North America, it has much to say about the political turmoil of the English colonies, the Continental Congress, etc., but also about Canada, native Americans, the border regions of Florida and Louisiana, and French interests.
A third volume that appeared in 1780, but is not present here, carried the story “fino alla primavera del 1779 nella quale, oltre alla guerra civile trà la Gran Bretagna, e le Colonie Unite, si descrive anche quella trà la prima, e la Francia.”
• Echeverria & Wilkie, French Image, 778/67. Contemporary vellum over paste boards, gilt caramel-colored spine label, all edges blue. Some gatherings of leaves browned from impurities in the water during the paper manufacture, and occasional foxing or other light staining. Without vol. 3, later published, and, that aside, arather nice copy. (33614)
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A U.S.–U.K. CollaborationReeves, James. The closed door. [Newark, VT]: Twinrocker & The Janus Press, 1977. 8vo (23.8 cm, 9.4"). [12] pp.; 1 illus.
Click the images for enlargements. The edition was limited to a total of 240 copies; this is one of the 75 unsigned copies printed for the two American publishers, bound in hand-marbled Fabriano paper done by Susan Johanknecht and Claire Van Vliet. The text was hand set in Walbaum, also by Johanknecht and Van Vliet.
• Fine, Janus Press 1975–80, 40. Publisher's lilac marbled paper–covered boards with tan shelfback, front cover with printed paper label. A clean and crisp copy. (32334)
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Avery Putnam Murdered — A Trolley Tragedy (ILLUSTRATED)Remault, J. Edwards. The “car-hook” tragedy. The life, trial, conviction and execution of William Foster for the murder of Avery D. Putnam. Philadelphia: Barclay & Co., 21 N. Seventh Street, 1873. 8vo (25 cm, 9"). [2], 19-96 pages, [3] folded leaves of plates; illus., ports.
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from the wife of the murdered man, opinions on this interesting case from profound judges, learned lawyers, eminent ministers, and the press, nor judicial Influence, backed by a mine of wealth, could save foster.” Yes, he was hanged.
In addition to the folded plates there are nine full-page wood engraved illustrations that are included in the pagination count.
• McDade, Annals of Murder, 316. Original mauve colored pictorial wrappers, lightly worn. Light foxing. (39262)
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A Chivalric Chapbook — Swell Woodcuts(Renaud de Montauban). L'histoire des quatre fils d'Aymon, revue et corrigee de nouveau et augmentee de plusieurs figures. Limoges: F. Chapoulaud, [ca. 1780–99]. 8vo in 4s (21.5 cm, 8.5"). 126 pp.; illus.
Click the images for enlargements.chess, this work is included in the great Claude F. Bloodgood Chess Collection at the Cleveland Public Library.
illustrated with 30 crude and thoroughly engaging woodcuts, including one large one on the title-page. Some of the images are used multiple times; the second image just above is an enlarged detail of one of the smaller ones.
Searches of NUC and WorldCat find only three U.S. libraries reporting ownership (Cleveland Public, Notre Dame U., U. of Minnesota).
• Modern half calf with pastepaper-covered sides, flat spine with longitudinal title-label of caramel-colored morocco lettered in gilt; gilt ornaments at top and bottom of spine. Binding signed “GM” in the rear turn-in. Title-page foxed/soiled; text clean. (39609)
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A Charming & AttractiveBIBLIO HOAX
Repton, J. Adey. A trewe & feythfull hystorie of the redoubtable Prynce Radapanthus. [London: Re-printed by R. & A. Taylor, 1820]. 24mo (13.5 cm, 5.25"). [2] ff., 41, [1] pp.; 1 illus.
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one of 75 copies on plain paper (there were also three copies on colored paper and two on vellum). The illustration is a line drawing of the watermarks in the supposed unique copy being facsimilized!Provenance: From the library of American collector Albert A. Howard, small booklabel (“AHA”) at rear.
• Freeman & Freeman, Bibliotheca Fictiva. Bound in a much-faded quarter once-peach(?) brocade silk with brown textured cloth–covered sides; binding showing wear with silk fraying. Floral-pattern endpapers; all edges gilt. A few pages lightly crumpled, with occasional mild soiling. Quite the little tour de force! (38720)
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Maps, Plates, Charts
— Coins,
Medals — Black
Sea Travels!
Reuilly, Jean, baron de. Voyage en Crimée et sur les bords
de la Mer Noire, pendent l'année 1803; suivi d'un mémoire sur le commerce de cette mer, et de notes sur les principaux ports commerçans. Paris: Chez Bossange, 1806. 8vo (20.5 cm, 8.1"). [8], xix, [1], 302, [2] pp.; 2 fold. map, 3 fold. plts., 3 fold. charts.
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