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Harry F. Marks Catalogue No. 4, 1919

ANTHROPOLOGICAL WORKS SOLD ONLY TO DOCTORS, LAWYERS, AND EDUCATORS. (continued 2)

Reading edition

A scarce Fielding item, in very fine condition.

269 Curiosa. Henry the Eighth, and George the Fourth; or, the Case Fairly Stated. By Thomas Harral. Second Edition, with additions. Frontispiece containing four finely engraved portraits. 12mo., old half calf, board sides. London, 1820. Scarce. $7.50

Contents: Strictures, historical and illustrative, on the English Law of Divorce; with a General View of the Modes of Adultery in the Ecclesiastical Courts, etc.; Historical Sketch of the Trials of Henry the Eighth's Queens—Catharine of Arragon, Anne Boleyn and Catharine Howard; Narrative of the Proceedings Against Her Majesty, Caroline Amelia Elizabeth, whilst Princess of Wales, etc., etc.

270 Johnson (Samuel). The Life of. Comprehending an Account of his Studies and Numerous Works. By James Boswell. Illustrated. 4 vols. Johnson's Lives of the British Poets. Compiled by William Hazlitt. Illustrated. 4 vols. The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides with Samuel Johnson. By James Boswell. Illustrated. Together 9 vols. Post 8vo., half blue polished calf, leather labels, gilt tops, uncut. London, n. d. $20.00

A well printed handy edition of the Life of Johnson, and his Lives of the British Poets, including his Tour to the Hebrides.

271 Apuleius, the Works of. Comprising the Metamorphoses, or Golden Ass, the God of Socrates, the Florida, and his Defence, or a Discourse on Magic. A new translation, to which are added a Metrical Version of Cupid and Psyche, and Mrs. Tighe's Psyche. Finely engraved frontispiece. 12mo. New three-quarter red levant morocco extra, gilt tooled back, gilt top. London, 1889. $7.50

An expurgated edition with additional notes.

272 A'Beckett (G. A.). The Comic History of England. With 20-full-page hand-colored etchings and 200 woodcuts, by John Leech. 2 vols. bound in one. 8vo., full polished claret calf extra, full gilt-back (slightly rubbed), marbled edges. London: Bradbury, Agnew & Co., n. d. $10.00

An exceptionally fine copy with early impressions of Leech's best work—finely colored by hand.

273 Carlyle (Thomas). A History of the First Forty Years of His Life, 1795-1835. 2 vols. Also, A History of his Life in London. 1834-1881. 2 vols. Portrait. By James Anthony Froude. Together 4 vols. 8vo., original cloth. New York: Scribners, 1882-84. $7.50

This is scarce First American Edition.

274 Homer. The Iliad of. Translated by Alexander Pope. With Observations on Homer and His Works, and Brief Notes, by J. S. Watson. With portrait and complete series of outline engravings by Flaxman. Thick 12mo. New three-quarter maroon morocco extra, gilt tooled back, gilt top, uncut. London, 1873. $6.00

A fine printed edition with clear impressions of Flaxman's designs.

275 London. Saunterings in and About London. By Max Schlesinger. With numerous illustrations by McCullough. Post 8vo. Half blue polished calf, leather labels, gilt tops, uncut. London, 1853. $3.50

276 London. Picturesque Sketches of London, Past and Present. By Thomas Miller. Numerous illustrations. Post 8vo. Half green polished calf, leather labels, gilt top, uncut. London, n. d. $3.50

277 Myths and Folk-tales, of the Russians, Western Slavs, and Magyars. By Jeremiah Curtin. 8vo., original cloth, uncut. Boston, 1890. $3.00

Fine copy of the First Edition.

278 Ruskin (John). Poems by. Collected and edited by James Osborne Wright. With finely etched frontispiece. Royal 8vo., original cloth, uncut. N. Y., 1882. $5.00

With Mr. Wright's inscription, "Only 50 copies printed."

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We desire to inform our customers that owing to the scarcity of good books, and at high prices when they appear, you will find in this catalogue a choice collection of rare and desirable items, which we were fortunate in procuring recently, and are now offering at unusual low prices.

I will buy back at the purchase price any books that do not meet with your expectation.

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