The Stuart B. Schimmel Forgery Collection; and other properties

23 May 2012 | starting at 14:00 BST

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The Stuart B. Schimmel Forgery Collection; and other properties

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1• — ARNOLD (MATTHEW) Alaric at Rome... a type-facsimile reprint... edited by Thomas J. Wise, ONE OF 5 COPIES PRINTED ON VELLUM

2• — ARNOLD (MATTHEW) Geist's Grave

3• — ARNOLD (MATTHEW) Saint Brandan

4• — [ASHBURNHAM (JOHN)?] The Princely Pellican. Royall resolves presented in sundry choice observations, extracted from His Majesties divine meditations: with satisfactory reasons to the whole kingdome, that his sacred person was the onely author of them

5• — BALE (JOHN) Kynge Johan

6• — BENTLEY (RICHARD) A Dissertation upon the Epistles of Phalaris, FIRST EDITION

7• — BROWNING (ELIZABETH BARRETT) Sonnets [from the Portuguese]

8• — BROWNING (ELIZABETH BARRETT) The Battle of Marathon... reprinted in type-fac-simile, with an Introduction by H. Buxton Forman

9• — BROWNING (ELIZABETH BARRETT) The Runaway Slave at Pilgrim's Point

10* — BROWNING (ROBERT)

11• — BROWNING (ROBERT) Cleon

12• — BROWNING (ROBERT) Ferishtah's Fancies

13• — BROWNING (ROBERT) Gold Hair; a Legend of Pornic

14* — BROWNING (ROBERT)

15• — BROWNING (ROBERT) The Statue and the Bust

16* — BYRON (GEORGE GORDON, Lord) A fine collection of letters and proofs concerning the Schultess-Young forged Byron letters

17* — BYRON (MAJOR GEORGE GORDON DE LUNA)

18•,W — CARTER (JOHN) and GRAHAM POLLARD An Enquiry into the Nature of certain Nineteenth Century Pamphlets

19• — [CHATTERTON (THOMAS)] BRYANT (JACOB) Observations on the Poems of Thomas Rowley, 2 vol., INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR

20•,W — CHATTERTON (THOMAS) The Works, 3 vol.

21•,W — CHATTERTON (THOMAS) The Storie of William Canynge

22• — [CHATTERTON (THOMAS)] The Execution of Sir Charles Bawdin

23• — [CHATTERTON (THOMAS)] Poems Supposed to have been Written at Bristol by Thomas Rowley, FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE

24• — [CHATTERTON (THOMAS)] Poems Supposed to have been Written at Bristol

25• — [CHATTERTON (THOMAS)] Poems Supposed to have been Written at Bristol... third edition

26* — COLLIER (JOHN PAYNE)

27•,W — CONRAD (JOSEPH) Chance, FIRST EDITION

28• — DICKENS (CHARLES) To Be Read at Dusk

29• — DOWDEN (F. AUGUSTINE) Bogus Tickets. Voters, Attention!!... Tickets... printed "Frank A. Dowden" instead of F. Augustine Dowden

30• — ELIOT (GEORGE) Agatha

31• — ELIOT (GEORGE) Agatha

32• — [ELIOT (GEORGE)] Brother and Sister. Sonnets by Marian Lewes

33•,W — FORMAN (HARRY BUXTON) Elizabeth Barrett Browning and her scarcer Books; a bio-bibliographical Note

34• — GAIO (MATHEO ALBAN DI) Tipus universalis totius cogniti Orbis

35• — [GAUDEN (JOHN)] Eikon Basilike

36• — [GIGLI (GIROLAMO)] Del Collegio Petroniano delle balie latine e del solenne suo aprimento in quest'anno 1719. In Siena per dote, e istituto del cardinale Riccardo Petroni a benefizio di tutta la nazione italiana... del dottor Salvatore Tonci... seconda impressione

37• — GOSSE (EDMUND) Swinburne; Personal Recollections

38•,W — HALLIWELL-PHILLIPPS(JAMES ORCHARD) The Life of William Shakespeare

39• — HOLLAND (HENRY FOX, third Baron) Some Account of the Life and Writings of Lope Felix de Vega Carpio

40• — ILIVE (JACOB) The Book of Jasher... translated into English from the Hebrew

41• — IRELAND (SAMUEL) Picturesque Views on the Upper, or Warwickshire, Avon

42* — IRELAND (WILLIAM HENRY)

43•,W — IRELAND (WILLIAM HENRY) An Authentic Account of the Shaksperian Manuscripts, &c.

44* — IRELAND (WILLIAM HENRY)

45• — IRELAND (WILLIAM HENRY) The Shakespearian Productions

46• — IRELAND (WILLIAM HENRY) CARION (JOHANNES) The Thre Bokes of Cronicles... whyche was never afore prynted in Englysh

47• — IRELAND (WILLIAM HENRY) Ballads in Imitation of the Ancient

48• — IRELAND (WILLIAM HENRY) [ANDREWES (LANCELOT)] A Sermon Preeached before the Kings Majestie, at Hampton Court, concerning the Right and Power of Calling Assemblies, FIRST EDITION

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1^• —
ARNOLD (MATTHEW) Alaric at Rome... a type-facsimile reprint... edited by Thomas J. Wise, ONE OF 5 COPIES PRINTED ON VELLUM

2^• —
ARNOLD (MATTHEW)
Geist's Grave

3^• —
ARNOLD (MATTHEW)
Saint Brandan

4^• —
[ASHBURNHAM (JOHN)?]
The Princely Pellican. Royall resolves presented in sundry choice observations, extracted from His Majesties divine meditations: with satisfactory reasons to the whole kingdome, that his sacred person was the onely author of them

5^• —
BALE (JOHN)
Kynge Johan

6^• —
BENTLEY (RICHARD)
A Dissertation upon the Epistles of Phalaris, FIRST EDITION

7^• —
BROWNING (ELIZABETH BARRETT)
Sonnets [from the Portuguese]

8^• —
BROWNING (ELIZABETH BARRETT)
The Battle of Marathon... reprinted in type-fac-simile, with an Introduction by H. Buxton Forman

9^• —
BROWNING (ELIZABETH BARRETT)
The Runaway Slave at Pilgrim's Point

10^* —
BROWNING (ROBERT)

11^• —
BROWNING (ROBERT)
Cleon

12^• —
BROWNING (ROBERT)
Ferishtah's Fancies

13^• —
BROWNING (ROBERT)
Gold Hair; a Legend of Pornic

14^* —
BROWNING (ROBERT)

15^• —
BROWNING (ROBERT)
The Statue and the Bust

16^* —
BYRON (GEORGE GORDON, Lord)
A fine collection of letters and proofs concerning the Schultess-Young forged Byron letters

17^* —
BYRON (MAJOR GEORGE GORDON DE LUNA)

18^•,W —
CARTER (JOHN) and GRAHAM POLLARD
An Enquiry into the Nature of certain Nineteenth Century Pamphlets

19^• —
[CHATTERTON (THOMAS)]
BRYANT (JACOB) Observations on the Poems of Thomas Rowley, 2 vol., INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR

20^•,W —
CHATTERTON (THOMAS)
The Works, 3 vol.

21^•,W —
CHATTERTON (THOMAS)
The Storie of William Canynge

22^• —
[CHATTERTON (THOMAS)]
The Execution of Sir Charles Bawdin

23^• —
[CHATTERTON (THOMAS)]
Poems Supposed to have been Written at Bristol by Thomas Rowley, FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE

24^• —
[CHATTERTON (THOMAS)]
Poems Supposed to have been Written at Bristol

25^• —
[CHATTERTON (THOMAS)]
Poems Supposed to have been Written at Bristol... third edition

26^* —
COLLIER (JOHN PAYNE)

27^•,W —
CONRAD (JOSEPH)
Chance, FIRST EDITION

28^• —
DICKENS (CHARLES)
To Be Read at Dusk

29^• —
DOWDEN (F. AUGUSTINE)
Bogus Tickets. Voters, Attention!!... Tickets... printed "Frank A. Dowden" instead of F. Augustine Dowden

30^• —
ELIOT (GEORGE)
Agatha

31^• —
ELIOT (GEORGE)
Agatha

32^• —
[ELIOT (GEORGE)]
Brother and Sister. Sonnets by Marian Lewes

33^•,W —
FORMAN (HARRY BUXTON)
Elizabeth Barrett Browning and her scarcer Books; a bio-bibliographical Note

34^• —
GAIO (MATHEO ALBAN DI)
Tipus universalis totius cogniti Orbis

35^• —
[GAUDEN (JOHN)]
Eikon Basilike

36^• —
[GIGLI (GIROLAMO)]
Del Collegio Petroniano delle balie latine e del solenne suo aprimento in quest'anno 1719. In Siena per dote, e istituto del cardinale Riccardo Petroni a benefizio di tutta la nazione italiana... del dottor Salvatore Tonci... seconda impressione

37^• —
GOSSE (EDMUND)
Swinburne; Personal Recollections

38^•,W —
HALLIWELL-PHILLIPPS(JAMES ORCHARD)
The Life of William Shakespeare

39^• —
HOLLAND (HENRY FOX, third Baron)
Some Account of the Life and Writings of Lope Felix de Vega Carpio

40^• —
ILIVE (JACOB)
The Book of Jasher... translated into English from the Hebrew

41^• —
IRELAND (SAMUEL)
Picturesque Views on the Upper, or Warwickshire, Avon

42^* —
IRELAND (WILLIAM HENRY)

43^•,W —
IRELAND (WILLIAM HENRY)
An Authentic Account of the Shaksperian Manuscripts, &c.

44^* —
IRELAND (WILLIAM HENRY)

45^• —
IRELAND (WILLIAM HENRY)
The Shakespearian Productions

46^• —
IRELAND (WILLIAM HENRY) CARION (JOHANNES)
The Thre Bokes of Cronicles... whyche was never afore prynted in Englysh

47^• —
IRELAND (WILLIAM HENRY)
Ballads in Imitation of the Ancient

48^• —
IRELAND (WILLIAM HENRY) [ANDREWES (LANCELOT)]
A Sermon Preeached before the Kings Majestie, at Hampton Court, concerning the Right and Power of Calling Assemblies, FIRST EDITION