178 BLOOMFIELD (Robert). The Farmer's Boy: A Rural Poem. 179 With vignettes by Bewick, and portrait of Bloomfield inserted as frontispiece. FIRST EDITION. 4to, half morocco. London, 1800. £12 10s *** A VERY INTERESTING COPY. Inserted is an Autograph Letter, one page, 4to, signed in full "Robt. Bloomfield," in which he writes: "The new edition of my Poem will not be ready for sale untill next week, perhaps later, depend upon my punctuality in sending them the first opportunity. In the meantime I send now the large copy of the first edition," etc. At end is inserted the original manuscript of his Poem "The Widow to her HourGlass," four verses of ten lines each, signed at end "Rt. Bloomfield." Wild Flowers: or, Pastoral and Local Poetry. FIRST EDITION. F'cap. 8vo, original boards binding, uncut. £1 10s 180 BON TON MAGAZINE; or Microscope of Fashion and Folly. (For the Year 1791). THE COMPLETE SET, illustrated with numerous full-page plates. 5 vols., 8vo, half calf gilt, g. e. London, 1791-1795. £15 15s *** A scurrilous magazine, detailing the scandalous divorce cases of the period, with appropriate engravings. GEORGE BORROW. 181 Axel Thordson and Fair Valborg. A Ballad FIRST EDITION. Small 8vo, original wrappers. Only 30 copies of this very rare pamphlet have been published. £5 5s 182 The Bible in Spain; or, the Journeys, Adventures, and Imprisonments of an Englishman, in an attempt to circulate the Scriptures in the Peninsula. FIRST EDITION. 3 vols., post 8vo, original cloth, uncut. £5 5s 183 The Death of Balder, from the Danish of Johannes Ewald (1773). Translated by George Borrow. FIRST EDITION. Crown Svo, original cloth, uncut, with label. £1 16s Borrow (George)-continued. 184 The Death of Balder. Another Copy. FIRST EDITION. Crown 8vo, half morocco, uncut, t. e. g London, 1889. £1 5s 185 Faustus: His Life, Death and Descent into Hell. Translated from the German. Coloured frontispiece. FIRST EDITION. F'cap. 8vo, original half calf. London, 1825. £7 15s Post 8vo, half morocco gilt, uncut, t. e. g. London, 1864. £2 10s 187 Faustus: His Life and Death, and Descent into Hell. Translated from the German. Coloured frontispiece. F'cap. 8vo, original cloth, uncut. London, 1840. PROOF SHEETS. 188 The Gospel of St. Luke in Romany Language. £3 10s CRISCOTE E MAJARO LUCAS, Chibado André o Romano, o Chipe es Zincales de Sesé. El Evangelio segun S. Lucas, Traducido al Romani, o Dialecto de los Gitanos de España. THE PROOF SHEETS, with numerous alterations and corrections in the hand of George Borrow. 12mo, bound in full polished calf gilt, uncut, t. e. g. £6 6s 189 Marsk Stig. A Ballad. FIRST EDITION. Small Svo, original wrappers. London, Printed for Private Circulation, 1913. Only 30 copies of this very rare pamphlet have been published. 190 Romantic Ballads. £2 10's Special Issue on handmade paper, with facsimile of original titlepage of 1826. 8vo, boards, uncut. Norwich, 1913. 15s Borrow (George)-continued. 191 The Serpent Knight, and other Ballads. FIRST EDITION. Small 8vo, original wrappers. Only 30 copies of this very rare pamphlet have been published. £2 10s 192 The Sleeping Bard; or Visions of the World, Death, and Hell, by Elis Wyn. Translated from the Cambrian British by George Borrow. FIRST EDITION. Svo, wrappers, uncut. London, 1860. £5 5s 193 Targum, or Metrical Translations from Thirty Languages and Dialects; and The Talisman, from the Russian of Alexander Pushkin, with Other Pieces. 8vo, original boards, uncut. London, Jarrold & Sons, N.D. (1892). 10s 6d *** This is a Reprint of the Rare First Edition, and contains Facsimile Title-page dated St. Petersburg, 1835. 194 The Zincali; or, An Account of the Gypsies of Spain. With an Original Collection of their Songs and Poetry, and a copious Dictionary of their Language. FIRST EDITION. 2 vols., crown 8vo, original cloth, uncut, with labels. London, 1841. £9 18s 195 Letters of George Borrow to the British and Foreign Bible Society. Edited by T. H. Darlow. FIRST EDITION. Thick 8vo, original half buckram binding, uncut. 10s 6d ** With the above items is a Privately Printed Booklet containing the first appearance in print of these Ballads. Of this Booklet only 30 copies were issued. Borrow (George) Original Manuscripts-continued. 197 The Fountain of Maribo. 20 Verses of four lines each. Ramund. 24 Verses of six lines each. Alf of Odderskier. 24 Verses of four lines each. THE ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPTS, ENTIRELY IN THE AUTOGRAPH OF GEORGE BORROW. 17 pp., small 4to. £21 *** With the above is the Privately Printed Booklet, containing the first appearance in print of these Ballads. Of this Booklet only 30 copies were issued. 198 The Giant of Bern and Orm Ungerswayne. A Ballad. 50 Verses of four lines (together with early draft of the same). THE ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT, ENTIRELY IN THE AUTOGRAPH OF GEORGE BORROW. 7 pp., small 4to. £21 *** With the above is the Privately Printed Booklet, containing the first appearance in print of this Ballad. Of this Booklet only 30 copies were issued. 199 The King's Wake. 35 Couplets. Swayne Felding. 47 Four line Verses. Innocence Defamed. 17 Four line Verses. THE ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPTS, ENTIRELY IN THE AUTOGRAPH OF GEORGE BORROW. 20 pp., small 4to. £21 ** With the above is the Privately Printed Booklet, containing the first appearance in print of these Ballads. Of this Booklet only 30 copies were issued. 200 Signelil. 18 Couplets. Sir Verner and Dame Ingeborg. 18 Couplets. From Coudeli. 14 lines. THE ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPTS, ENTIRELY IN THE AUTOGRAPH OF GEORGE BORROW. 4 pp., small 4to. £21 *** With the above is the Privately Printed Booklet, containing the first appearance in print of these Ballads. Of this Booklet only 30 copies were issued. Also the rare privately printed pamphlet (limited issue) entitled "Mollie Charane and other Ballads,' in which these five pieces were first printed. 28 pp., 4to, original wrappers. 1913. Together handsomely bound in full levant morocco extra, lettered on side and back. Small 4to. £42 The original manuscripts of five out of the nine pieces contained in the pamphlet. The first Ballad commences : 'Well we know from saga And from scaldic lore, That heroic warriors Were the Danes of yore. That the noble schildings, And the men they led, Stoutly fought and bled." Etc. 202 Three Ballads entitled "Grimhild's Vengeance," translations by Borrow from the Danish. With an additional MS. giving an alternative version of the first Ballad. Comprising in all 23 pp., 8vo. Circa 1823-54. Also the rare privately printed pamphlet (limited issue) edited by Edmund Gosse, in which the Ballads were first printed. 40 pp., 4to, original wrappers. 1913. Together handsomely bound in fuli levant morocco extra, lettered on side and back. Small 4to. £48 The original manuscripts of these three Ballads translated by Borrow from the Danish; and having in addition the manuscript of an alternative version of the first Ballad. The privately printed pamphlet (of which only 30 copies were issued) contains a long and particularly interesting Introduction by Edmund Gosse dealing with the history of the early Heroic Ballads of Denmark and Borrow's connection as translator. GEORGE BORROW'S PRAYER BOOK. 203 Book of Common Prayer, and administration of The Sacraments and other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church according to the use of the United Church of England and Ireland, with Explanatory Notes Compiled from all former Ritualists, by a Member of The Church of England. Engraved frontispiece. 12mo, original morocco binding, g. e. London, circa 1850. £5 5s THE PRAYER BOOK USED BY GEORGE BORROW, HAVING HIS AUTOGRAPH ON TOP OF TITLE. |