Sotheby, April 25, £3 7s. 6d.; April 25, £3 15s.; Jan. 24, £2 10s.] Westwood (J. O.) Thesaurus Entomologicus Oxoniensis, 40 plates (plain and col.), hf. mor., g.t., Oxford, 1874, 4to. (1000), March 1, Sotheby Janson, £6 Wever (R.) An Enterlude called lusty Juventus, lyuely describing the frailtie of youth, of natur, prone to vyce, by grace and good counsayll, traynable to vertue, printed in black letter, brown mor., by Rivière (a portion of the margins of title and 4 ll. skilfully repaired), [colophon] Imprinted at London, in Lothbury... by Willyam Copland [1560], sm. 4to. (358), Nov. 11, Anderson Galleries $1,735 [The orig. ed., according to Greg.] Weyerman (J. C.) De Levens-beschryvingen der Nederlandsche Konst-Schilders en Konst-Schilderessen, ports., plates, vignettes, 3 vol., old red mor. gt., ornamental borders and frames on sides, full gt. back, g.e., Gravenhage, 1729, 4to. (645), July 13, Sotheby Sheltema, £2 15s. [Another copy, May 18, £1 16s.] Whalley (P.) The History and Antiquities of Northamptonshire, compiled from the MS. collections of the late John Bridges, port., plates, 2 vol., cf. gt., Oxford, 1791, folio (656), April 25, Sotheby Walford, £3 IOS. Wharton (Grace and Philip). Wits and Beaux of Society, Queens of Society, Literature of Society, together 6 vol., illustrations by H. K. Browne, Doyle and Godwin, hf. red mor. gt., g.t., uniform, 1860-2, 8vo. (58), Oct. 25, Sotheby Sutton, £7 10S. Wheatley (H. B.) London, Past and Present, 3 vol., cf., full gt. backs, m.e., 1891, 8vo. (810), May 9, Sotheby Yates, £7 15s. [Feb. 23, £6 5s.; July 20, £5; Hodgson, March 16, £6; Nov. 3, £6 5s.; May 26, £5 17s. 6d.] Wheeler (J. T.) History of India from the Vedic Period to Aurangzeb, maps, 4 vol. in 5, well bd. in hf. green crushed mor. gt., g.e., 1867-1881 (136), July 6, Hodgson Quaritch, £6 12s. 6d. Wheelock (Eleazar). A plain and faithful Narrative of the Original Design, Rise, Progress and Present State of the Indian Charity School at Lebanon, in Connecticut, hf. roan (last leaf backed with orig. end-paper), Boston, printed by Richard and Samuel Draper, 1763, 8vo. (725), Jan. 10, Anderson Galleries $29 [The first and rarest of the Wheelock Narratives." The work concerns the beginning of Dartmouth College, established by the Rev. Eleazar Wheelock, known originally as the "Moore Charity School," in 1754, at Lebanon, and from thence transferred to Hanover, N. H., where it formed the germ of the institution now known as Dartmouth College. Among the school's first pupils were the Mohawk warrior Brant, and the Mohegan Indian, Samuel Occum, the latter of whom established a school among the Montauk Indians of Long Island in 1755.] Whetstone (George). The English Myrror, a regard wherein al estates may behold the Conquests of Enuy, black letter, old marbled cf., London, I. Windet, 1586, sm. 4to. (359), Nov. 11, Anderson Galleries $52.50 [The work is dedicated to Queen Elizabeth, on whose name there is an acrostic on the verso of title. With bookplate of Sir Richard Newdigate, 1709. For Whetstone (G.) see also Mirror for Magistrates.] Whirlwind (The), the Organ of the Hon. Stuart Erskine and Herbert Vivian, Nos. i. to xxvi., ports., 1890 (965), Feb. 23, Sotheby Rimell, IIS. Whistler (J. McNeill). Eden versus Whistler, the Baronet and the Butterfly, LARGE PAPER, an unnumbered copy (250 numbered copies issued), with eight original butterfly sketches, press proofs with corrections and additions by Mr. Whistler and an A.L.s., all loosely inserted, orig. bds. and cl. back, Paris, 1899, 4to. (96), Dec. 13, Sotheby Neville, £76 Whistler (J. M.) Eden versus Whistler, the Baronet and the Butterfly, first ed., one of 125 LARGE PAPER copies for France, bds., Paris (1899), 4to. (155), June 15, Puttick Drake, £5 Whistler (J. M.) The Gentle Art of Making Enemies, orig. bds., cl. back, uncut, W. Heinemann, 1890, 8vo. (515), July 20, Sotheby Hoare, £3 10S. [Jan. 24, bds., £3 10s.; April 4, Large Paper, presentation copy, £42; March 17, Large Paper, £12 15s.; Dec. 13, Large Paper, £7 15s.; Anderson Galleries, May 9, Large Paper, $24; Hodgson, April 29, bds., £5 5s. ; Dec. 1, bds., £4 12s. 6d.; Puttick, sheets, June 15, £2 15s.] Whistler (J. M.) Nocturnes, Marines and Chevalet Pieces, 24 photographic reproductions, mounted on cardboard, and each signed "Whistler," with the butterfly, in pencil, in portfolio, with a cancelled copy of the first ed. of the Catalogue of the Collection as exhibited in March, 1892, and a copy of the revised ed., stitched, Boussod, Valadon [1892], (82), April 29, Hodgson £35 [Puttick, June 15, £21.] Whistler (J. M.) The Etched Work of Whistler, illustrated by reproductions in collotype of the different states of the plates, compiled, arranged and described by Edward G. Kennedy, 6 vol. of plates, on guards, and 1 vol. of text, 402 copies printed, hf. citron mor., g.t., The Grolier Club of the City of New York, together 7 vol., imp. 4to. (plates) and imp. 8vo. (text), (598), April 4, Sotheby B. F. Stevens, £130 Whistler (J. M.) Studio "Whistler " Portfolio, 10 col. plates, in hf. vell. portfolio, 1905, folio (356), Feb. 9, Puttick David, £3 Whistler (J. M.) L'Euvre de James MacNeill Whistler : Quarante Reproductions de Chefs-d' Euvre du Maitre Maggs, £4 12s. 6d. Whitaker (Alexander). Good Newes from Virginia, sent to the Counsell and Company of Virginia resident in England, from Alexander Whitaker, the Minister of Henrico in Virginia, brown antique cf., by Rivière, London, Felix Kyngston for William Welby, 1613, sm. 4to. (211), May 16, $480 Anderson Galleries [The Barlow-Ives-Church copy, with the bookplates.] Whitaker (T. D.) An History of Richmondshire, in the County of York, LARGE PAPER, port. and plates (those by Turner on India paper), 2 vol., mor. ex., gt. panelled back, g.e., 1823, folio (250), Oct. 21, Sotheby Edwards, £6 10s. [May 9, £4 5s.; March 1, £3; July 13, £2.] Whitaker (T. D.) History of Whalley and Honor of Clitheroe, maps and plates, a few prints inserted, including several views by Buck, and a water-colour drawing of Townley, 2 vol., straight-grained blue mor. gt., Blackburn, 1801, 4to. (292), Oct. 25, Sotheby Holewood, £5 « Το [With inscription on the verso of title of Vol. i., the library at Townley, where the most valuable collections for the History of Whalley were made. This volume is presented by the author."] Whitbourne (R.) A Discourse and Discovery of New-foundland, first ed. (small hole through bottom of each leaf, damaging on most pages a letter or two of text, one or two 11. slightly discol.), cf., F. Kyngston for W. Barret, 1620, 4to. (464), Dec. 2, Sotheby Sabin, £15 IOS. White (Gilbert). The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne, in the County of Southampton, with engravings and an Appendix, first ed., plates (some folding), old cf. (joints cracked), Printed by T. Bensley for B. White & Son, 1789 (102), Feb. 23, Sotheby Fleming, £12 [Nov. 15, cf. ex., £21; March 1, hf. cf., £8 10s.; March 1, hf. russ., II IOS.; May 9, cf., £8; Puttick, June 15, cf., £8; Anderson Galleries, Feb. 1, mor., $75; Feb. 1, bds., $50; Hodgson, Aug. 10, £9 5s.] White (G.) Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne and a Garden Calendar, edited by R. Bowdler Sharpe, LARGE PAPER, 2 vol., 160 so done, signed by editor and artists, numerous illustrations by Keulemans, Railton and Sullivan, green levant mor., moire silk ends; Vol. i., decorated on the upper cover with a panel of yew bordered with ivy leaves and berries inlaid in leather, the woodpigeon, blackbird and white-wagtail underlaid in col. silk, introduced into the design, on the lower cover a swift in flight, also in silk, the design on the back composed of corn, poppy, mice and a butterfly, g.t.; Vol. ii., decorated in a similar manner, having the magpie, song XXXV. thrush and yellow-wagtail introduced into the design, and on the lower cover a skylark in flight, on the back an adaptation of the frog, bullrushes and dragonfly, g.t., both vol. in watered silk wrappers, lettered and enclosed in leather-lined open cases, S. T. Freemantle, 1900, 4to. (170), July 18, Sotheby Maggs, £45 [Anderson Galleries, March 1, $35; Sotheby, July 13, £2 15s.] White (John). Journal of a Voyage to New South Wales, engraved title and col. plates, hf. cf., 1790, 4to. (186), Jan. 24, Sotheby Edwards, £2 12S. White (Matthew). Newes from Ipswich discovering late Practises of some domineering Lordly Prelates, first ed., Ipswich, n.d. (1636), 4to. (972), March 14, Sotheby Dobell, £5 Whitfield (Henry). The Light appearing more and more towards the Perfect Day, full old cf., London, printed by T. R. & E. M. for John Bartlet, 1651, sm. 4to. (194), Nov. 22, Anderson Galleries "" $225 [The fifth of the Eliot Indian tracts. The first issue, with the mis-spelt word Chuch on title, and only three lines in the paragraph, beginning "Published by Henry Whitfield," etc.] Whitfield (H.) Strength out of Weaknesse, or a Glorious Manifestation of the further Progresse of the Gospel among the Indians in New-England, blue mor., London, printed by M. Simmons, 1652, sm. 4to. (195), Nov. 22, Anderson Galleries $195 [The sixth of the Eliot Indian tracts.] Whitman (Alfred). The Masters of Mezzotint, the Men and their Work, one of 50 copies of the LARGE PAPER ED., with the ports. on India paper loosely attached, hf. vell., g.t., 1898 (1025), Feb. 23, Sotheby Parsons, £6 5s. [June 9, £5 10s.; June 9, 8vo. ed., cl., £5 10s.; Hodgson, June 16, 8vo. ed., cl., £3 10s.; April 13, 8vo. ed., cl., £3 7s. 6d.] Whitman (A.) Nineteenth Century Mezzotinters: Samuel William Reynolds, LARGE PAPER (50 copies so done), plates on Japanese vell., three A.L.s. from the author to Mr. Bruton loosely inserted, hf. parchment, 1903, folio (374), June 9, Sotheby Margetson, £4 5s. [Another copy, Lot 376, £4.] Whitman (A.) Samuel Cousins, plates, one of 600 copies, cl., t.e.g., 1904, 4to. (303), Jan. 12, Puttick Barnard, £ 5S. Whitman (Walt). Drum-Taps, first ed., orig. cl., New York, 1865, 8vo. (100), July 13, Sotheby Edwards, £3 [Whitman (W.)] Leaves of Grass, first ed., port., "W. M. Rossetti from W. B. S., Xmas, 1856," on title, orig. cl., g.e., Brooklyn, New York, 1855, with a slip laid on, don, Wm. Horsell, 492, Oxford Street," imp. 8vo. (242), April 4, Sotheby B. F. Stevens, £30 [A note on end-leaf by W. M. R. reads: "Some copies Lon of this (the original) ed. of Leaves of Grass were brought over to England and sold cheap as a remainder. Thos. Dixon, the Cork-Cutter of Sunderland, bought this copy, and gave it to W. B. Scott, who gave it to me."] Whitman (W.) Leaves of Grass, port., presentation_copy from the author, with inscription by him, "A. F. Banks from Walt Whitman, July, 1860," orig. cl., Boston, Thayer and Eldgridge, 1860-1, 8vo. (34), Dec. 13, Sotheby Davis & Orioli, £9 15s. [Anderson Galleries, Oct. 4, $115.] Whitman (W.) Leaves of Grass, title signed by the poet and a postcard in his handwriting inserted, hf. vell., Camden, New Jersey, 1876, 8vo. (408), July 20, Sotheby Maggs, £5 10s. Whitman (W.) Memoranda of_the_War, 2 ports., presentation copy to William Michel Rossetti from the author, with special thanks and love," cl., g.e., Camden, New Jersey, 1875-6, 8vo. (780), Nov. 17, Hodgson £5 5s. [Another copy, March 1, $250.] Whitney (Geoffrey). A Choice of Emblems, arms of the Earl of Leicester on the reverse of the title, woodcuts (a few headings very slightly cut into), russ. (rebacked), Leyden, C. Plantin, 1586, 4to. (555), April 18, Sotheby [Anderson Galleries, Nov. 11, $110.] Pickering, £20 Whittier (J. G.) Poems, first ed., leather, g.e., Philad., 1838, 8vo. (111), Dec. 1, Puttick Thorp, £2 15S. [Another copy, Feb. 9, £1.] Whittier (J. G.) Works of John Greenleaf Whittier, 7 vol.— Life and Letters of John Greenleaf Whittier, by Samuel T. Pickard, 2 vol., together 9 vol., ports. on India paper, bds., cl. backs, uncut and unopened, Cambridge, Riverside Press, 1888-1894, 8vo. (1380), Oct. 27, American Art Association $25 [Complete set of Large Paper copies, limited to 400 copies, of which this is No. 378. Laid into Vol. i. is a one-page A.L.s., signed J. G. Whittier, accompanied by two-page poem (6 stanzas, 4 lines each), entirely in the handwriting of Whittier, with caption " Granted Wishes." Another copy, American Art Association, Dec. 6, $77.50.] [Whittingham (W.)] A Brieff discours off the troubles begonne at Franctford . . . A.D. 1554 abowte the Booke off Common Prayer, etc., black letter, cf., No date or place [printed abroad], 1575, sm. 4to. (524), July 12, Hodgson [Sotheby, June 28, £3.] £3 12s. 6d. Whittinton (R.) L. Secunda Grammaticae pars de Syllaborū quantitate, accētu, & variiso metroru generibus, nu prime recēsita, limatius polita, adjectis Cōplusculis, & nönullis Chalcographorum elimatis erratis, etc., lit. goth. et rom. (76 11.), long lines, title within woodcut border, with Caxton's small device above and below, hf. cf., with exlibris of Bulkeley Bandinel, Lodini in edibus Winandi " |