AUSTEN, JANE. Mansfield Park: A Novel. In Three Volumes.

By

the Author of "Sense and Sensibility," and "Pride and Prejudice." Vol. I. [Vol. II.] [Vol. III.] London: Printed for T. Egerton, Military Library [not on Vol. II.], Whitehall. 1814. Demy 12mo.

Each Vol. has Short Title and Title+respectively pp. 360, 294, and 354. Short Title of Vols. I. and III. are preceded by a blank leaf. Vol. I. has at end I leaf blank, Vol. II. 2, and Vol. III. Advertisement, I leaf and I blank.

Presentation copies to Frederick Locker. The donor's family had possessed them since June, 1814.

Original Grey paper boards.

Emma: A Novel.

"Pride and Prejudice" &c., &c. Printed for John Murray. 1816.

In three Volumes. By the Author of Vol. I. [Vol. II.] [Vol. III.] London: Demy 12mo.

Vol. I. Half Title, "C. Roworth" as printer on verso, I leaf; Title and Dedication to the Prince Regent, 2 leaves, + pp. 322.

Vol. II. Half Title, "C. Roworth" as printer on verso, I leaf; Title, 1 leaf, + pp. 351.

Vol. III. Half Title, "J. Moyes" as printer on verso, I leaf; Title, I leaf, + pp. 363.

The dedication to the Prince Regent was a result of Miss Austen's visit in November, 1815, to the library of Carlton House. The librarian, the Rev. J. S. Clarke, was a friend of her brother's. It was intimated that should leave be asked to dedicate her next novel to the Prince, it would be graciously granted. The hint was taken, and permission given on November 15th, 1815.

In a letter from Hans Place, November 24th, 1815, the authoress says: "The printer has been waiting for paper-the blame is thrown upon the stationer. The 1st and 3rd vols. are now at 144, the 2nd at 48. We are not to have the trouble of returning the sheets to Mr. Murray any longer, the printers' boys bring and carry." On December 11th "they were near publication."

This uncut copy, in the original boards, has been substituted for the copy cut and bound in the 1886 Catalogue of the Rowfant Library.

Northanger Abbey: and Persuasion. By the author of "Pride and Prejudice" "Mansfield-Park," &c. With a biographical notice of the author. In four volumes. Vol. I. [Vol. II.] [Vol. III.] [Vol. IV.] London: John Murray, . . . 1818. Demy 12mo.

Title, preceded by blank leaf; + pp. xxiv + 300, last leaf blank.

Vol. II. Title, preceded by blank leaf; Half Title, + pp. 331, last leaf blank.

Vol. III. Title, preceded by blank leaf; Half Title, "Persuasion Vol. I." + pp. 280, last leaf blank.

Vol. IV. Title, preceded by blank leaf; Half Title, "Persuasion Vol. II."+ pp. 308, last leaf blank.

The first volume is perfect, without the half title.

"Northanger Abbey," although posthumous, had been written in 1798, and parted with in 1803 for £10 to a Bath publisher (thought by Mr. Austin Dobson to have been Mr. Bull of the Circulating Library), who did not think it worth his while to print it. Miss Austen, years after, through her brother, regained her MS. for its original price. The buyer had never recognized it as "by the Author of Sense and Sensibility and Pride and Prejudice."

Jane Austen must have possessed a delightful personality. From accounts that have been left by people who knew her she seems to have had at once great dignity and charm of

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manner, and to have impressed everyone who had the good fortune to come within the circle of her acquaintances. It might have been said of her as Sir Richard Steele in the "Tatler," No. 49, wrote of Lady Elizabeth Hastings: "Tho' her mien carries much more invitation than command, to behold her is an immediate check to bad behaviour, and to love her is a liberal education." This was a splendid compliment.

Original Brown paper boards.

AUSTEN, JANE. Persuasion.

See NORTHANGER ABBEY.

BARNES, WILLIAM. Poems of Rural Life in common English By William Barnes Author of 'Poems of Rural Life in the Dorset Dialect'

London Macmillan and Co. 1868. Fscp. 8vo.

Pp. xii + 200.

A. L. S. to Frederick Locker inserted, dated, "Came Rectory, June, 1874," in which, after referring to the sale of his works, the author says of this copy: "I have altered two passages in the Common English, one, p. 4, where by Oh! what a slip! I had made the nightingale sing in England in the Fall. I hope the Reed-warbler may take her place. P. 189, The Periwinkle and Lily have bloomed here at the same time, but they only just

Presentation copy to Frederick Locker, with the author's inscription on Short Title. Original Green cloth.

Poems of Rural Life in The Dorset Dialect, by William Barnes. [Quotation from] Theocritus. Third Collection. Second Edition. John Russell Smith, . . . MDCCCLXX. Fscp. 8vo.

pp. 56.

Pp. viii+140, with Publisher's Advertisement, Frontispiece and Engraved Title, 2 leaves. Title, p. 1, has the Poet's presentation inscription: "Frederick Locker, Esq. With kind regards and happy memories of communion with him. W. Barnes." A letter of William Barnes to F. Locker inserted. Original Red cloth.

Poems in the Dorset Dialect, By William Barnes. [Vignette.] "White [sic] Duncliffe is the traveller's mark." p. 104. London: John Russell Smith, 36 Soho Square MDCCCLXX. Royal 16m0.

Presentation copy from the author to Frederick Locker, with autograph inscription.
Original Brown cloth.

A selection from Unpublished Poems, by the Rev. William Barnes, (Rector of Winterborne-Came.) [Vignette.] Winterborne-came Church (From a Photograph by the Rev. W. Miles Barnes see "Our Church," page 9.) Published at the School, Winterborne Monkton, Dorchester. 1870. Demy 8vo.

Title, preceded by Photograph of the Author, Preface and Index, folios 1-4; the Poems, folios 5-24. Title repeated on paper cover. Author's presentation inscription to Frederick Locker on verso.

Half Green Calf, paper sides.

Reading by the Rev. William Barnes from his Poems in the

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BEDDOES-BEWICK.

Dorset Dialect, at Mrs. Charles Tennant's, 2, Richmond Terrace, Whitehall. Friday, June 24th, 1870. Demy 12mo.

Title, preceded by blank leaf, + pp. 28. Advertisement, I leaf.

Presentation copy from the author to Frederick Locker, with autograph inscription. With notes by F. Locker.

I heard Mr. Barnes read these Poems, and my pencil notes were set down as he explained in the course of his reading.-F. L.

Half Green Calf, paper sides.

BEDDOES, THOMAS LOVELL. The Improvisatore, in three fyttes, with Other Poems. By Thomas Lovell Beddoes. [Quotation from] Webster's Appius and Virginia. Oxford: Printed for J. Vincent, .

Fscp. 8vo.

Short Title, Title, Dedication, The first fytte, 4 leaves + pp. 128.

1821.

This edition was suppressed by the Author. Not more than five or six copies are believed to be extant; one of these is in the British Museum.

Drab Calf.

The Brides' Tragedy. By Thomas Lovell Beddoes, of Pembroke College, Oxford. London: Printed for F. C. & J. Rivington, . 1822. Cr. 8vo.

Pp. vii+130.

He was the son of a physician at Bristol, and nephew of Miss Edgeworth; educated at Charterhouse and Oxford. He committed suicide at forty-six. He published two volumes of "Undergraduate Verse." He copied the Elizabethans, and was most like Tourneur. His Lyrics are his best work: "If there be dreams to sell," etc.; "Far away as we hear, the song of wild swans singing;" "If thou wilt ease thine heart," etc. Paper boards.

BEWICK, THOMAS. A Collection of his Engravings; chiefly from the Birds and Quadrupeds, Together with other matter connected with the celebrated Engraver, as under :

Extracts in appreciation of Bewick by C. R. Leslie, R.A., Wordsworth, and others.

Autograph Letter, signed and dated "Newcastle 20. May 1807 to Mr. Wm. Ford, Bookseller, Manchester." The signature has been reproduced in "Scribner's Monthly Magazine"; the editor's letter of thanks for the permission inserted.

Original pen-and-ink sketch by F. W. Fairholt dated and signed October 19th, 1854, of Bewick's House in St. Nicholas churchyard, Newcastle. Notice of the artist inserted on first page.

Eulogy by Prof. Wilson, copied from Blackwood.

Proof portrait of Bewick, by Jas. Burnet after Jas. Ramsay, Pub. Oct. 25, 1817.

Another copy; also portrait by T. A. Kidd after Miss Kirkley, Pub". Jan. 4, 1798.

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The collection comprises 46 Birds; 38 Quadrupeds; 77 Vignettes, and I head piece to the Racing Calendar.

Mounted in old Red Mor. Binding with tooled back of elegant design, the arms of King James II. and Mary of Modena on sides.

BIRRELL, AUGUSTINE. Essays about Men, Women, and Books. By Augustine Birrell, Author of 'Obiter Dicta,' etc. London: Elliot Stock 1894. 12mo.

Short Title, with Advertisement of "Works by Augustine Birrell M.P." on verso, Title, Dedication "To Frederick Locker-Lampson" and Contents, 4 leaves, + pp. 233. On the fly-leaf is written:

The Binder's skill and Nell's bright art

Put my poor Prose to shame,

The charm is theirs, I have no part,

And yet I'll add my name.

Augustine Birrell, January, 1894.

Book Plate of Frederick Locker, designed by Kate Greenaway, coloured by Mrs. Birrell, 1894.

Blue Mor., by Zaehnsdorf.

BLUNT, WILFRID SCAWEN. The Love-Lyrics & Songs of Proteus by Wilfrid Scawen Blunt with the Love-Sonnets of Proteus by the same author now reprinted in their full text with many sonnets omitted from the earlier editions. London MDCCCXCII. [Colophon.] Here end the Love Lyrics and Songs . . . . Printed by William Morris at the Kelmscott Press, Upper Mall, Hammersmith, and finished on the 26th day of January of the year 1892. Sold by Reeves & Turner Demy 8vo [Sm. 4to].

Title,+Table of Contents, pp. viii + pp. 251.

Presentation copy from the author to Frederick Locker with autograph inscription. One of 300 copies. Golden type.

Letter from Mr. Wilfrid Blunt to Frederick Locker inserted.

Vellum, with orange strings.

BOSWELL, JAMES. [The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D., In two volumes. 1791.]

Collection of Portraits, Autographs, Prints, Extracts from 18th Century Magazines, etc., made by Frederick Locker in illustration of, and arranged to collate with, the 1st edition of James Boswell's Life of Dr. Johnson. 2 vols. in one.

119 Portraits, engraved by Bartolozzi and others. Amongst those represented are Addison, Chatterton, Churchill (the poet), Dryden, Henry Fielding, Garrick (3), Gibbon (the historian), Oliver Goldsmith, Lord George Gordon, Dr. Johnson (9), Kemble (the actor), Hannah More, T. Parnell, Pope, G. Psalmanazar, Sir J. Reynolds (2), Dr. Sacheverell, R. B. Sheridan, Mrs. Siddons, Adam Smith, Sir R. Steele, Dean Swift, Horace Walpole, and George Whitefield.

The Autographs are those of

Beauclerk, Topham. To G. Selwyn. I p. 4to. n.d.

Churchill, Charles. 2 signatures on a fragment of a Marriage Register, 12 May and 23 December, 1755

Colman, Mrs., to Mr. Selwyn Note in 3rd person.

Davies, Thomas. ALS 3 PP 410. Dated Sept. 9, 1756. Seeks information respecting a beggar.

Dryden, John. Signature, dated 15 July, 1686, to a printed form of receipt for a quarter's revenue ended Xmas, 1682

Farmer, Dr. R. Fragment of a catalogue of books in his autograph, signed. I p.

Sro.

Fielding, Henry. Signature to a Magisterial Document, dated 2nd Nov. 1753-
Garrick, David. To Dr. Percy. ALS. 2 pp. 8vo. n.d. Desires to obtain the
Duke of Northumberland's name to a List of Noble Subscribers to a 3 vol.
publication by Victor to be issued in a fortnight.

Hanway, Jonas To J. Sude. Signacure from a letter.

Johnson, Dr. Samnel To Mr. Strahan, the printer. A.L.S. 1 p. sm. 8vo. n.d. Kames, Lord. Signature" Henry Home" to a Judicial note, dated 2 Augt. 1766. Lofft, Capel. To Dr. Adams' Secretary To the Society for Constitutional Information, Buckingham Street ad ALS 2 pp 40.

ALS IP 405. Dated 9 Now, 1800.

To Sir S. Egeron Brydges. ALS. dated 28 Dec. 1812 3 pp. 4to. Lacan, Lady. To Mr. Selwyn. Atograph note. nd For the loan of a Coach. Melmoth, Wm. Autograph notE IN ELD

More, Hannah Ala 2 pp. Sva Sympathizes with sufferers through a fire.

n.d.

Nollekens, Joseph ALS åned from Mortimer Street, Nov. 18, 1802. "The Bust of Dr. Barney is dzabed. "

Orme, R. Autograph Note of four lines on gra. 31 Aug. 1767.

Osborne, T. Signature.

Parr, Rev. Dr. S ALS

Ter. Burney :Soel Note of 4 lines.

Letzer verminaning “ Believe me Ever Yours H.L. P." n.d. ALS ipfà Aug 30 ny. Changing date of an

Piozzi, Mrs., to Mrs. Bertie. Reynolds. Sir Joshua invitation

1 p. 460 of MS. in autograph of Sir Joshua.

Sheridan, R. R., to "Dear Hobbouse." I p. 400 Excuses engagement through Prince's command to strend him at Carlton House at five o'clock to accompany him to Chiswick.

Steele, Sir Richard. Endorsement on a B1 May 22, 1921.

Swift, Dean, 12 lines in his aunganh Sra Grammatical terms.

Walpole, Horace. Autograph note of 3 lines to Selwyn on sta.

Autograph note, dated Strawberry Hill Jay 14, 1938 6 lines, 4to. Young, Edward. Lite Certificate for an annuitant, dazed 7 July, 1752.

The prints include views of "ohnson's house in Bol Court; Goldsmith's in Green Arbour Court; Thrale's house at Streatham; Leicester Square from Leicester Place; Ranelagh Gardens (3); Vauxhall Gardens (2) and Westminster Abbey, interior during Handel Festival.

It must always remain a standing wonder to posteriee that Johnson bore as he did the importunities of this loval but ofhiosons plaasboter. Johnson's dignified letter to Lord Chesterfield in regard to the completion of his dietionary, the description of his farewell visit to Catherine Chambers, and his penance at Unoxotze Market are among the most notable and beautiful incidents of his chequered lin. He has sunny led any writings which deserve to rank very high in the history of Sterature; it was the personality of the man and not his scrubblings which created and will preserve la reyación... To the question therefore whether he was a great writer, it might be answered as the Frenchman di se Dr. Moore upon the Doctor's apologetica. by remarking of a wori whach de hai used, that he feared that it was no good French—“Non, Monsarur, il n'est pas ; mais si meste duer. Tère." He deserves