230 Pickering's Aldine Poets. The Poetical Works of Thomas Parnell. Portrait. 16mo. full morocco gilt. London: Pickering, 1833. $3.50
First Issue of this series of Poets.
231 Peerage. The Manual of Rank and Nobility; or, Key to the Peerage. Containing the origin and history of all the various Titles, Orders and Dignities, etc., etc., of the British Nobility; with the origin and history of the Royal Titles, Prerogatives, Ceremonies, Great Officers of State, and of His Majesty's Household, etc. 8vo. half brown polished calf, red and green leather labels. London, 1828. $5.00
232 Psyche, with Other Poems. With fine stipple portrait. New edition. 8vo. old mottled calf, rebacked. London, 1812. $2.50
233 Queens of England. Strickland (Agnes). Lives of the Queens of England, from the Norman Conquest. With an Introduction by John Foster Kirk. With numerous full-page plates (some in colors.) And with special frontispieces printed on Whatman paper, carefully colored by hand. 16 vols. finely bound in red silk cloth, white paper labels, gilt tops, uncut. Philadelphia. Printed for subscribers only. $48.00
Imperial Edition, of which only a limited number of sets with the hand-colored frontispieces were issued.
Attention is directed to the very complete index. This is an index for the whole sixteen volumes, and is issued with the last. By its use, immediate reference can be made to any person, place, or event, thus making the series, in addition to being the most delightful reading, valuable reference books.
234 Reynolds (George W. M.). The Mysteries of the Courts of London. Unexpurgated Edition. With numerous etchings on Japan vellum and a frontispiece on Whatman paper finely colored by hand. 20 vols. 8vo. New ¾ crushed blue levant morocco extra, gilt tooled backs, with tulip designs inlaid in white levant, gilt tops, uncut. London. Privately printed for members of the Oxford Society.
Published at $300.00. $160.00