Keeping Horses at Melton and mounting the Scarlet make the Real Meltonian. Parts i. and ii. (all issued), 12 col. plates, all dated 1826, orig. wrappers, London, published by Thomas McLean, 26, Haymarket, 1827, folio (578), Nov. 8, Sotheby Sawyer, £23 Alken (H.) How to Qualify for a Meltonian, addressed to all would-be Meltonians, by Ben Tally-Ho, first ed., 6 fine full-page col. plates by Henry Alken, hf. red levant mor., lettered in gilt on front cover, by Rivière, exceedingly rare, London, S. & J. Fuller, 1819, folio (8), Nov. 10, Amer. Art Assoc. $510

[A most exceptional and desirable copy, containing the 3 11. of text. These 3 11. of text were, it is believed, absent in the William C. Dulles copy, which was in orig. boards. Apparently the Dulles copy was the only other copy to be sold at public sale in America, and the present copy is believed to be the only copy containing the 3 11. of text to be sold at public sale in America. The plates, which are brilliant impressions, comprise :-How to go to cover, How to appear at cover, How to ride down hill, How to take a leap, How to go through an overflow, and How to take the lead.]

Alken (H.) Hunting Qualifications, a series of 6 finely col. plates drawn and engraved by Henry Alken, together 6 pieces (loose), London, 1829 (32), Nov. 10, Amer. Art Assoc.

$210

[Each plate with the imprint, "London, Published Augt. 1st, 1829, by R. Ackermann, Junr., 191 Regent St.' Comprises: The Appointment, Getting Away, A Slap at a Park Fence, Getting Over, Slap at a Brook, Creeping a Finish. See also Sotheby, Mar. 7, £110.]

Alken (H.) Ideas, Accidental and Incidental to Hunting and other Sports, Caught in Leicestershire, etc., first ed., first issue, with 42 beautifully col. plates by Henry Alken, full green French levant mor., sides with double gilt fillet borders, gilt inside borders, by Hatchard's, London [1826-30], upright folio (33), Nov. 10, Amer. Art Assoc.

$750

[Fine copy, in splendid condition. There are two issues of this work the second issue was an oblong folio, with the plates poor in colouring, much worn, and without title-page.]

Alken (H.) Illustrations to Popular Songs, 43 col. plates, hf. roan (binding worn and one plate torn), T. M'Lean, 1825, oblong 4to. (279), Jan. 26, Hodgson Lever, £2 4s. Alken (H.) Indispensable Accomplishments, or Hints to City Gentlemen, a series of 4 col. plates, unsigned, orig. grey printed wrappers, enclosed in cloth portfolio, London, Edw. Orme (1815), 1824, oblong folio (3), Nov. 10, Amer. Art Assoc. $250

[Plates dated 1815, wrappers 1824. Includes: "How

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to Purchase a Horse,' 'Going Full Speed," 'Standing it Miserable," and "How to Come it Awkwardly."] Alken (H.) The National Sports of Great Britain, orig. ed., col. emblematic front., and 50 fine col. aquatint plates of Racing, Fox-Hunting, Coursing, Shooting, Fishing, PrizeFighting, etc., by J. Clark, with descriptions in English and French, contemp. hf. russia, fine clean copy, T. M'Lean, 1821, roy. folio (521), July 21, Hodgson

Spencer, £155 [See also Sotheby, Dec. 6, £120; April 27, £155; Amer. Art Assoc., Nov. 10, $1,600; Ed. 1825-Sotheby, Dec. 6, 31; Puttick, July 12, 20; Amer. Art Assoc., Nov. 10, $210; Nov. 16, 110; Ed. 1903-Sotheby, Dec. 6, £3 10s.; Mar. 7, £3 15s.; Dowell, Feb. 28, £3 7s. 6d. ; Hodgson, Jan. 12, £3.]

Alken (H.) Qualified Horses and Unqualified Riders, or the Reverse of Sporting Phrases, from the work entitled "Indispensable Accomplishments," by Ben Tally-Ho, first ed., 7 full-page col. plates by Henry Alken, orig. printed wrappers (frayed at back), enclosed in cloth portfolio, in fine condition, London, 1815, oblong folio (2), Nov. 10, Amer. Art Assoc.

$360

[The first of the Alken coloured books. These seven spirited hunting scenes are brilliant in colour. With the publisher's imprint on each plate, "London, Published 1st Sept., 1815, by S. & J. Fuller, 34 Rathbone Place."] Alken (H.) Scenes in the Life of Master George, first ed., a series of 12 finely col. plates by Henry Alken, hf. crimson mor., gilt lettered on front cover, g.e., fine copy, London, Thos. M'Lean, 1823, oblong folio (16), Nov. 10, Amer. Art Assoc.

$280

[Brilliant impressions of the plates, which are in fine, clean, unspotted_condition. The plates comprise :Fishing, Badger Baiting, Bull Baiting, Cock Fighting, Bear Baiting, Morning Ride, Bringing Up to the Bar, Sparrow Catching, Rat Hunting with a Visit from Domine, A Turn Up with the Lads of the Village, Setting Dogs to Fight, and Giving the Village Donkeys a Treat. Alken (H.) Scraps from the Sketch Book of Henry Alken, engraved by himself, a series of 42 col. plates drawn and engraved by Alken, full red levant mor., gilt fillets on sides, gilt panelled back, inner gilt dentelle borders, g.e., by Rivière, London, 1825, 4to. (29), Nov. 10, Amer. Art Assoc. $65

Fine copy, the coloured plates being brilliant impressions. These represent horse-racing, hunting, driving, dog-fighting, etc. The Thomas W. Lawson copy, with bookplate.]

Alken (H.) Shooting Discoveries, first ed., a series of 7 col. plates by Henry Alken (light foxmarks on several plates), hf. olive-green levant mor., g.t., London, 1816, oblong folio (4), Nov. 16, Amer. Art Assoc. $100

Alken (H.) Sporting Ideas, 42 col. plates, orig. hf. roan, with side-label, 1830, oblong 4to. (152), April 27, Sotheby

[See also May 23, title missing, £9 5s.] Halliday, £19 Alken (H.) Sporting Notions, rare first ed., with a series of 36 finely col. plates by Henry Alken, full red French levant mor., sides with triple gilt fillet borders, gilt back and edges, gilt inside borders, by Rivière, London, 1832, tall upright folio (35), Nov. 10, Amer. Art Assoc. $1,000 [The title-page is printed upright; the copies in oblong 4to. have the title-page printed oblong. Apparently only one other copy, the Dulles copy, is recorded as having been sold at public sale in America. The plates are fine examples of Alken's work at the height of his career. The impressions and colouring are of a delicate brilliancy, and are a fine representation of the exciting incidents that befall a sportsman.]

Alken (H.) Symptoms of Being Amused (Vol. 1), orig. ed., title, and 40 col. plates depicting many humorous incidents, hf. mor. (a few plates slightly stained), T. McLean, 1822, oblong (522), July 21, Hodgson Lee, £4 IOS.

[See also Jan. 26, £2; Sotheby, April 27, £2; June 30, £2 10s.] Alken (H.) A Trip to Melton Mowbray, from drawings by I. D. Paul, Esq., the complete series of 14 beautifully col. plates on 12 strips, each measuring 3 by 21 inches, the strips mounted on slightly larger sheets of heavy cardboard, each bearing on its reverse the original printed label, enclosed and protected in cloth folding case, London, published for the Proprietor [by S. & I. Fuller] at their Sporting Gallery, Temple of Fancy, 34 Rathbone Place, 1822 (14), Nov. 10, Amer. Art Assoc. $950

[The plates have always been considered and catalogued as the work of Henry Alken, who undoubtedly engraved them. But not until these original labels on the reverse of each plate definitely stated the artist has it been known that the series was drawn by I. D. Paul.]

Alken (H.) A Touch at the Fine Arts, orig. ed., 12 col. plates, with text, boards (soiled copy and 2 plates slightly torn), T. M’Lean, 1824, 4to. (280), Jan. 26, Hodgson

David, £1 6s.

[See also Amer. Art Assoc., Nov. 10, $40.] Allard (Carolus). [Atlas Minor, seu universi terrarum orbis geographicum compendium, recentiffimas, etc., Probandis auctoribus editas tabulas exhibens], with engraved title and 60 maps containing engraved vignettes with titles and brilliantly col. by hand, hf. cloth (maps guarded, engraved title remargined, a few repairs to some maps), Amstelodami, Allard, 1659-[1696], atlas folio (8), Mar. 1, Amer. Art Assoc. $140

[Phillips (No. 523) calls for 150 maps. Many of the maps in the above volume have been done by Nicolaum Visscher. Others by F. de Wit, etc. One map bears the

date 1659, and Phillips assigns the date 1696 as a tentative one for the atlas described in his work, of which this is evidently an edition with fewer maps.] Allen (Hervey). Original manuscript of his poem, "The Blindman, MS. of about 1,000 words written in pencil on one side of six 4to. sheets, signed at end "Hervey Allen," autograph presentation to W. Van R. Whitall, with a 4to. explanatory page regarding the poem; Letter of Rejection from The Atlantic Monthly, with remarks in the autograph of Allen; Two type-written Letters, signed "Amy Lowell," written to Hervey Allen ; Autograph Letter signed "Wm. Lyon Phelps," to the author's father: Autograph Letter, signed "Hervey," to Mr. W. Van R. Whitall, with envelope [these 5 letters refer to "The Blindman”], together 8 pieces, in full wine-coloured levant mor. solander case, inner cloth wrapper (16), Feb. 14, Amer. Art Assoc.

$210

"The Blindman" was written by the author at Base Hospital, 68, France, in August, 1918, while he was serving as lieutenant in the Great War. This poem was sent to The Atlantic Monthly, and, after having been rejected, Amy Lovell used her influence in having it accepted by The North American Review. See also Feb. 14, $12.50.1

Allen (H.) Ballads of the Border, first ed., orig. wrappers, in quarter red levant mor. slip-case, inner cloth wrapper, [El Paso 1916, 12mo. (13), Feb. 14, Amer. Art Assoc. $110

[The author's first book. Autograph presentation copy from the author, with the following inscription on verso of front cover in ink: "To Mr. Whitall. Many of these were published in various newspapers, especially the 'Pittsburgh Chronicle Telegraph.' This was the first book of my verse, and was sold to the soldiers in the camp along the border for 25c. a copy. The version of the Weakling is the first and has since been changed. About 4,000 of these were sold. H. A., June 23/21. Hervey Allen."] Allen (John). Judicial Astrologers totally routed . . . wherein is clearly manifested, that Divining by the Stars hath no solid foundation, vell., g.e., by Rivière, Miller arms, 1659, 8vo. (30), Mar. 28, Sotheby Flint, £4 10s.

Allen (J. Romilly). Early Christian Monuments of Scotland, ht. mor., g.t., 1903, 4to. (750), Dec. 20, Dowell £4 4s. [See also Feb. 28, £3 17s. 6d.; April 25, £4.] Alma Mater's Mirror, 5 copies, contributions by Stevenson, Froude, Lang, Mackail, Dobson and Rawnsley, illustrations, parchment gt., with ties, St. Andrews, 1887, roy. 8vo. (7), July 18, Sotheby Maggs, I IOS. Almack (Edward). A Bibliography of the King's Book or Eikon Basilike, LARGE PAPER ed., limited to 115 copies, illustrated, cloth, uncut, London, 1896, 4to. (8), Mar. 16, Amer. Art Assoc.

$8

Almain Armourer's Album (An), Selections from an original MS. in the Victoria and Albert Museum, South Kensington, with Introduction and Notes by Viscount Dillon, col. plates by W. Griggs, vellum, g.t., 1905, folio (825), Dec. 6, Sotheby Bumpus, £2 4S. Almanac, etc. Manuscript on vellum, written in red and black in a neat gothic hand, 3 miniatures faintly drawn in outline in pen-and-ink, modern leather, English (? 1463), 4to. (230 by 150 mm.), (495), June 27, Sotheby Ellis, £24 [The preliminary matter includes the proper times for blood-letting, medicine and table of arithmetic, list of castles and bishops' sees in England, Summa de rebus venalibus (weights and measures for cheese, corn, wine, etc.), measures of length, etc. The Calendar occupies 12 pp., with rules at the foot of each for proper days and hours for bleeding, etc. Table for leap year, Easter, etc. from 1463 to 1519. Table of months and signs of the Zodiac, age of the moon and path of the sun, rules of health. At the end are four lines of verse.]

Almanac (The English Bijou) for 1838, portraits, brown inlaid blue mor. gilt, g.e., in a mor. slip-case similarly inlaid and tooled, with a tortoiseshell-mounted magnifying glass, all in a padded box of green mor. gilt [1837], 19 by 15 mm. (841), July 20, Sotheby Spencer, £4 IOS.

[See also July 28, £3 10s.; Year 1839, June 20, £3 15s. ; 8138-9, Jan. 31, £5 5s.; 1841, Jan. 31, in orig. velvet box, £6 10s.] Almanack (London) for 1734, illustrated, contemp. mor. gt., sides tooled au pointillé and with small tools, t.e.g., in a modern black mor. slip-case, similarly tooled, Printed for the Company of Stationers [1733], 51 by 27 mm. (173), July 14, Sotheby Solomon, £4

[See also 1742, June 27, £1 2s. 6d.; 1763, July 14, £4 5s.; 1784, July 14, £3 10s.; 1803, July 14, bound for George IV., 410 10s.; 1812, July 14, £10.]

Almanach Royal, Année 1770, Année 1771, 2 vol., contemp.

French red mor. gilt, g.e., broad and elaborately tooled gilt borders, the first vol. with the arms of Micault d'Harvelay, the second with the same arms impaled with three stags tripping, two and one, sold as bindings, 8vo. (163), July 28, Sotheby Edwards, £26

[See also 1776, Feb. 14, £5 5s.] Almanach de Gotha, red mor. gt., George IV. copy, with arms and monogram on sides within borders of lines, and grape vine decorations in gold, g.e., in slip-case, 1831, 8vo. (202), Nov. 4, Puttick Dutton, LI Almon's Remembrancer, portrait of Franklin and 2 maps, Vols 1, 3 to 6 and 9 to 11, 8 vol., orig. hf. cf., uncut, 177580 (196), June 30, Hodgson H. Stevens, £5 Alonso de Cartajena (Bishop of Burgos). Doctrina & instrució de la arte de caualleria [on fol. 2, in red, El presente libro se llama doctrinal de los caualleros en q estan