the French Binders, London, Thomas Creede, 1595, sm. 4to. (292), Nov. 11, Anderson Galleries $3,000 [The sole ed. in quarto. One of the seven pseudo-plays added to the folio of 1664. The Devonshire-Kemble copy, with manuscript notes and initials of Kemble on title.] Shakespeare (W.) The London Prodigall, as it was plaide by the Kings Maiesties Seruants, red mor., by the French Binders, London, T. C. for Nathaniel Butter, 1605, sm. 4to. (298), Nov. 11, Anderson Galleries $1,600 [The sole ed. in quarto. This is one of the seven pseudoplays added to the folio of 1664. The Devonshire-Kemble copy, with some headlines and catchwords cut into and his manuscript note and initials on title.] Shakespeare (W.) Lucrece, in red and black, vell., Doves Press, 1915, 4to. (829), Nov. 24, Sotheby Hoare, £6 10S. [Shakespeare (W.)] Macbeth, a Tragedy, with all the Alterations, Amendments, Additions and New Songs, as it is now acted at the Dukes Theatre, red crushed levant mor., sides bordered with gt. fillets and narrow bands of onlaid wine-col. mor., with gt. medallion in centre, gt. inside dentelle borders, g.e., by L. Broca, London, printed for A. Clark and are to be sold by most Booksellers, 1674, sm. 4to. (548), April 20, American Art Association $45 [Fine copy of the rare second ed. in quarto, printed for Clark. The adaptations and songs were by Sir William Davenant.] Shakespeare (W.) Measure for Measure, or Beauty the Best Advocate, as it is acted at the Theatre in Lincolns-InnFields, written originally by Mr. Shakespeare, and now very much alter'd, with additions of several Entertainments of Musick [by Charles Gildon], olive mor., by Macdonald, London, D. Brown, 1700, sm. 4to. (307), Nov. 11, Anderson Galleries $140 Shakespeare (W.) The Excellent History of the Merchant of Venice, red mor., line borders, by the French Binders, Printed by J. Roberts, 1600, sm. 4to. (293), Nov. 11, Anderson Galleries $700 [First ed. The Devonshire-Kemble copy, with manuscript notes and initials of the latter on title.] Shakespeare (W.) The Merchant of Venice, the most excellent Historie of the Merchant of Venice, written by William Shakespeare, full mor., by Pratt, Printed by M. P. for Lawrence Hayes and are to be sold at his shop on Fleet Bridge, 1637, 4to. (619), May 9, Anderson Galleries $95 [The third quarto ed., reprinted from the second of 1600. This copy has imprint cut off and replaced in MS., and a few catchwords and signatures shorn, measuring 6 by 5 inches.] Shakespeare (W.) A most pleasant and excellent conceited Comedy of Sir Iohn Falstaffe and the merry Wiues of Windsor, with the swaggering vaine of Ancient Pistoll and Corporall Nym, red mor., by the French Binders, Printed for Arthur Johnson, 1619, sm. 4to. (301), Nov. II, Anderson Galleries $1,350 [Second ed. and a most interesting and desirable copy, being the Devonshire-Kemble copy, each leaf inlaid. At the foot of the title, on the inlay, is the following note, in Kemble's hand: "This is the second ed. of The merry Wives of Windsor, which I have collated with the first, printed in 1602. J. P. Kemble." Opposite the title, on a fly-leaf, is Kemble's manuscript transcription of the title of the first ed., and throughout the vol. he has noted, in his hand, the variations in the two eds.] Shakespeare (W.) Merry Wives of Windsor, ed. de luxe, signed by the artist, col. plates by Hugh Thomson, vell. ex., with ties, 1910, 8vo. (42), Oct. 27, Hodgson £2 18s. Shakespeare (W.) A Midsommer nights dreame, as it hath beene sundry times publikely acted, crushed red mor., by the French Binders, London, Thomas Fisher, 1600, sm. 4to. (295), Nov. 11, Anderson Galleries $1 000 [The first ed., of which very few perfect copies are recorded. The present, the Bunbury-Payne and FossDevonshire copy, wants C2, C3, H2 and H3, and is cropped at the top, injuring some headlines. The title has also been repaired on inner corner.] Shakespeare (W.) A Midsommer nights dreame, as it hath beene sundry times publikely acted, red mor., by the French Binders, Iames Roberts, 1600, sm. 4to. (296), Nov. 11, Anderson Galleries $750 [Second ed. The Devonshire-Kemble copy, with manuscript notes and initials of the latter on title. The margins of title and a few other margins have been restored.] Shakespeare (W.) A Midsummer Night's Dream, ed. de luxe, signed by the artist, col. plates by A. Rackham, vell. gt., t.e.g., with ties, 1908 (159), June 10, Hodgson Edwards, £3 10S. [Sotheby, April 25, cl., 15s.; Hodgson, Jan. 19, mor. ex., £6 6s.; May 4, mor. ex., £5; Oct. 27, vell., £2 16s.; Sotheby, June 15, vell., £3 10S.] Shakespeare (W.) Much adoe about Nothing, as it hath been sundrie times publikely acted by the right honourable the Lord Chamberlaine his seruants, red mor., by the French Binders, London, V. S. for Andrew Wise and William Aspley, 1600, sm. 4to. (297), Nov. 11, Anderson Galleries $3,500 [First ed., of which very few perfect copies appear to have survived. The present, the Devonshire-Kemble copy, with manuscript notes and initials of the latter on title, has the corner of C4 torn away, title re-margined and a few headlines cut into.] Shakespeare (W.) Othello, the Moor of Venice, a Tragedy, as it hath been divers times acted at the Globe and at the Black Friers, and now at the Theater Royal, by His Majesties Servants, written by William Shakespear, three-quarter dark olive-green crushed levant mor. (slightly [Eugene Field's copy, with his autograph signature in pencil on fly-leaf. This ed. was edited by John Dryden.] Shakespeare (W.) Othello, the Moor of Venice, a Tragedy, seventh ed., panelled sprinkled cf. gt., London, R. Wellington, 1705, sm. 4to. (418), Nov. 29, Anderson Galleries $52.50 Shakespeare (W.) Pericles, the late and much admired Play, Pericles, Prince of Tyre, written by W. Shakespeare, full mor., by Pratt, Printed at London by Thomas Cotes, 1635, sm. 4to. (618), May 9, Anderson Galleries $85 [The sixth and last quarto ed; size, 6 by 5 inches. Title and headline of last leaf in facsimile. Another copy, Jan. 20, $300.] Shakespeare (W.) The Tragedie of King Richard the Second, with new additions of the Parliament Sceane and the deposing of King Richard, as it hath been lately acted by the Kinges Maiesties seruants at the Globe, red mor., by the French Binders, London, Mathew Law, 1615, sm. 4to. (300), Nov. 11, Anderson Galleries $1,050 [Fourth ed., according to Kemble and Baker, but called fifth ed. in Bartlett and Pollard. The Devonshire-Kemble copy.] Shakespeare (W.) The first part of the true & honorable history of the Life of Sir Iohn Old-Castle, the good Lord Cobham, as it hath bene lately acted by the Right honorable the Earle of Notingham, Lord High Admirall of England, his Seruants, device on title, crushed olive levant mor., g.e., by Rivière, London, printed for T. P., 1600, sm. 4to. (265), Jan. 20, Anderson Galleries $700 [Second ed. Very rare. One of the seven pseudo plays added to the folio of 1664. Another copy, Fine copy. Nov. 11, some 11. re-margined, $350.] Shakespeare (W.) Shakespear's Sonnets, edited by Edw. Dowden, LARGE PAPER, one of 50 copies, port. on India paper, olive green polished mor., with doublé of polished red mor., floreated gt. borders, joints, g.e., by Cuzin, 1881, 8vo. (117), July 13, Sotheby Arthur, £7 15S. Shakespeare (W.) The Tempest, or the Enchanted Island, a Comedy [altered by J. Dryden and Sir W. Davenant], green crushed levant mor. ex., inner borders, 1690, sm. 4to. (581), Jan. 19, Hodgson Tregaskis, £3 IOS. Shakespeare (W.) Venus and Adonis, 1593-Lucrece, 1594— Pericles, 1609-Sonnets, 1609, etc., together 5 vol., collotype facs. of the first eds., with bibliographies by Sidney Lee, limp vell. gt., with ties, Oxford, 1905, sm. 4to. (183), Oct. 27, Hodgson £3 IOS. Shakespeare (W.) Venus and Adonis [text of the first ed., 1593], with Shakesperian Punctuation,' a letter to "The Times," 1911, loosely inserted, 1912 (114), Jan. 19, Hodgson Bumpus, £7 10s. Shakespeare (W.) Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories & Tragedies, published according to the true Originall Copies, port. by Droeshout, with verses opposite (leaf of Ben Jonson's verses and the title slightly defective and mounted, the leaf of dedication re-margined and the last leaf slightly defective and repaired, some letters of a few words defective from rust and other small holes and a few words from stains), olive green mor., g.e., Printed by Isaac Iaggard and Ed. Blount, 1623 (449), April 18, Sotheby Quaritch, £4,200 [Except for the slight defects mentioned above, a fine copy, measuring 127 in. by 8 in. This is presumably the copy described under No. 970 in Quaritch's "Catalogue of April, 1922, and remarkable in containing the first issue of the portrait, in which the moustache and the cross-hatching of the wide white collar are unfinished. There is a similar copy in the Bodleian, which belonged to Malone, and in America there is a copy of the title, taken from Halliwell's copy of the First Folio, and now separate from the book. These are the only copies of this issue of the portrait known. The discovery of the particular feature of the above-described copy was not made until after its sale.] Shakespeare (W.) Comedies, Histories and Tragedies, published according to the true originall copies, first ed., port. by Droeshout, leaf of verses on the port. wanting and supplied in fac., a few small stains and holes occur and blank portion of the title-page is torn and mended, otherwise a fine, large and perfect copy, crimson mor. ex., tooled and gt. in Harleian style, g.e., by F. Bedford [Sir Sidney Lee's Census, No. 71], Printed by Isaac Iaggard and Ed. Blount, 1623, sm. folio (12 by 8 in), (1316), May 25, Sotheby Sabin, £2,650 Shakespeare (W.) An imperfect copy of the First Folio, with the page containing verses To the Reader" intact and in good condition, except for some scribbling on it, old rough cf. (sold with all faults), (1623), folio (12), July 25, Christie Sabin, £1,000 " [Wanting title-page, To the Memory of the deceased Author, etc., I p.; the Works of Wm. Shakespeare, 1 p.; the Names of the principal Actors, I p.; pp. 193-216 defective and partly supplied in MS.; p. 110 (first part of Henry Sixth) very slightly defective; pp. 173 and 196 (Richard the Third) slightly defective; pp. 227-200 (Henry the Eighth) missing; on p. 77 the obverse of the commencing page of Troilus and Cressida is printed, the last page of Romeo and Juliet, with the signature deleted; p. 37 (Titus Andronicus) slightly defective; p. 117 (Julius Cæsar) slightly defective; pp. 377-386 (Cymbeline) defective and all following pages wanting, excepting defective p. 387. The missing parts supplied in MS. in an old 17th century hand. Some early MS. annotation in the text, in the latter part of the volume. Some 11. are stained, but, generally speaking, the volume is sound, except where otherwise stated. At the commencement is an interesting early MS. essay on the comparison between Shakespeare and Fletcher. This variant of the First Folio agrees with one lately in the Baroness BurdettCoutts collection (Lee, “Census,” No. xx.), and with one in Mr. J. Pierpont Morgan's library (Lee, Census," No. Xxxxvii.). See A. W. Pollard's Shakespeare Folios and Quartos."] Shakespeare (W.) Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories and Tragedies, published according to the true originall copies, the second impression, port. by Droeshout (Ben Jonson's verses are from the third folio and are cut down and mounted, title cut down and mounted, the margin of the last leaf extended, one leaf slightly torn and repaired, a few ll. stained very slightly, damaging a few words of the text, a few words slightly damaged by small holes and rust-stains), cf. gt., Printed by Tho. Cotes, for Robert Allot, and are to be sold at the signe of the Blacke Beare in Pauls Church-yard, 1632 (450), April 18, Sotheby Quaritch, £265 [Second ed., measuring 127 in. by 8 in. There are two settings of the title-page of this ed., the other having " coppies for copies and "sold at his shop at the signe for "sold at the signe," etc.] Shakespeare (W.) Comedies, Histories and Tragedies, published according to the true originall copies, the second impression, port. by Droeshout (portion in fac.), last leaf supplied in fac., one or two minute rust-holes occur, otherwise a fine copy, red mor. ex., g.e., by Rivière, Tho. Cotes for Richard Hawkins, 1632, sm. folio (13 by 9 in.), (1317), May 25, Sotheby Dobell, £125 Shakespeare (W.) Mr. William Shakespeare's Comedies, Histories and Tragedies, published according to the true originall copies, the second impression, port. by Droeshout beneath title, wanting leaf of verses opposite title, corner of Cci and of penultimate leaf torn off, a few small rust and other holes occur, some ll. torn and stained, last leaf torn and mounted, otherwise a large sound copy, old rough cf., autograph signature, Ingilby," in margin of title-page, the vol. has been carefully examined, and all defects noticed have been mentioned, but it will, as usual, be sold not subject to return, Printed by Tho. Cotes for Robert Allot, and are to be sold at the signe of the Blacke Beare in Pauls Churchyard, 1632 (usual colophon), folio (12 by 83 inches), (155), Oct. 21, Sotheby Dobell, £70 [July 20, £24; Dec. 13, £20; April 18, £40; June 28, |