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1.	CLOPPER, JONAS: FRAGMENTS OF THE HISTORY OF BAWLFREDONIA: Containing an 
Account of the Discovery and Settlement of That Great Southern Continent: 
And of the Formation and Progress of the Bawlfredonian Commonwealth. By 
Herman Thwackus [Pseud.]... Baltimore? Printed for the American 
Booksellers, 1819, 164, Etched Front. by H. Smith, HC by early owner 
[adding an appropriate balloon.]. Sabin 13770, S. & S. 47648, I Wright 551, 
Murrell P. 100 , Pl. 94. One of the first burlesque histories of the U.S.A. 
with an early American etched, political cartoon. Rare indeed with the 
frontispiece! .  Orig. Ptd. Bds., spine Rpd., last page Rpd. in blank, no 
loss, new Fr. EPs., VG.  $625.00

2.	[COBB, ENOS] FAME AND FANCY, OR, VOLTAIRE IMPROVED. : Containing the 
story of Candid-revised. : In two volumes. / By Lord Hail-Fair. ; [Four 
lines of verse] ; Dedicated to the Holy Alliance. ; Embellished with twelve 
plates. Vol. I[-II]. Boston. : 1826. 2 v. :12 ill. ;15 cm. A translation of 
Voltaire's Candide, followed by the second part of Candide, attributed to 
Thorel de Campigneulles, and a relation of the adventures of Lord 
Hail-Fair; the latter being a description of men and things in America, 
written by Enos Cobb. Running title: "Voltaire improved." Copyright Jan. 
19, 1826 by Enos Cobb, "the right whereof  he claims as author." Vol. 1: 
215, [1] p., [4] leaves of plates; v. 2: 214 p., [8] leaves of plates. Last 
page of v. 1 blank. Shoemaker 24131, Sabin, 100729; I Wright, Amer. 
fiction, 553a. Both Malcolm Johnson and David Tatham assign the etchings 
to  David Claypool Johnston. A commercially hand colored job, as usual, it 
belonged first to someone named Carpenter, and then a Derby Library. Orig. 
American text includes satire at the expense of Northeasterners and 
Anglophone Canadians, and satire on American Science. RLIn, 4 Locs, OCLC 
adds 13 Locs. Most copies bought near the time of publication, it is rare 
today.  The front Bd. of Vol. one is sewn in place with stout thread and 
the free EPs and the Frontis. glued to it. The plates show some offsetting, 
but G/VG. The book was originally purchased from Seven Gables Bookshop, in 
this condition, and it sounds worse than it is. The repair is an old 
amateur repair to the binding, but eveything else is pleasant. $875.00

3.	 COLLINS, WILLIAM:  MEMOIRS OF A PICTURE: Containing The Adventures Of 
Many Inconspicuous Characters, And interspersed with a variety of Amusing 
Anecdotes of several very extraordinary personages connected with the arts: 
Including A genuine biographical sketch of that celebrated eccentric 
original and eccentric genius, the Late George Morland. Drawn from the 
tolerably authentic source of more than twenty years intimate acquaintance 
with him, his family , and connections. To which is added a copious 
appendix, embracing every interesting subject relative to our justly 
admired English Painter, and his valuable works. Vol. I-III. London:...by 
C. Stower...for H. D. Symonds. 1805. First Edition, Block P. 43, not in 
Summers or Wolf. Volume II is a biography of Morland by his friend, Collins 
[Wilkie's father]. And was also separately published. A Gothic romance told 
from the view-point of the picture, which passes from one owner to another, 
including much on the London art trade, which Collins knew well.  RLin, 6 
Locs, none with portrait. OCLC, 15 Locs.  Later 1/2 calf, Mbld. boards, 
rehinged, lacks portrait, [as usual] but VG, clean, tight copy.  $675.00

4.	[DICKENS, CHARLES][ KETTELL, SAMUEL] QUOZZIANA: OR LETTERS FROM GREAT 
GOSLINGTON  MASS. Giving an Account of the Quoz Dinner, and Other Matters. 
By Sampson Short and Fat. Boston:: William White & H. P. Lewis, 1842. First 
Edition. BOUND UP WITH MAYHEW, HIRACE:  MODEL MEN, MODELLED BY Horace 
Mayhew ; sculptured by H.G. Hine., New York, Harper & Bros., [1848], with 
comic illustrations. 114, 6 p. : ill. 16 cm.  This is a  facetious series 
of character sketches. OCLC notes 9 Locs. For this American edition,same 
year as the British one. BOUND UP WITH  THE BOOK OF PARODIES AND QUAINT AND 
HUMOROUS POEMS, a Remedy for the Blue Davils by Matthew Merryman. E. 
Ferrett & Co, 1846, New York, & Philadelphia. 162 Pp.~  The first is a 
parody on Dickens' celebrated four-day visit to Boston in February 1842, 
using the "Boz" mania as a come on. Here he is named Christopher Quoz, 
Esq., and is visiting Great Goslington, which proposes to change its name 
to Quozlington after its guest. Boston did in fact have an overwhelming 
response to Dickens' visit, and he could only manage to meet a small 
percentage of those who wanted to meet him.  It played out in a grandiose 
manner, which Kettell parodies, i.e. the great dinner, which cost $15.00 
per ticket and where over 40 dishes were served.  Dickens relations with 
his American hosts became strained when he continued to press the copyright 
issue, and were exacerbated by his subsequent book "American Notes" which, 
Americans felt showed the USA in an unfavorable light. A. I. 42-2784; 
Wright I, 1571;. Not in Kitton's DICKENSIANA or Wilkins.. The second is 
a  facetious series of character sketches. OCLC notes 9 Locs. For this 
American edition,same year as the British one.The Third : Some of the 
parodists are identified. i.e. John H. Hewitt, now of Washington City; a 
parody on the American poem "Woodman Spare that Tree". There is also a 
secrtion on Negro Parodies.  These continue after that section is over. 
Also a parody on the First iof May in New Yoirk, and another given to an 
East coast man only identified by 1 initial. The great majority are 
English.Unnoted at OCLC, HLS, Melvyl, YUS, PUL, CIC[big ten, Penn], NYP. 
ALSO BOUND WITH The Travellers Miscellany for May 1847 a London guide with 
folded map [map torn at one fold]. OW Very Good in period cloth with 
Parodies in gilt on the spine, and some remnants of paper labels easily 
removable. A Very Good copy. $500.00

5.	 HARRIS, GEORGE WASHINGTON: SUT LOVINGOOD; YARNS SPUN BY A "NAT'RAL BORN 
DURN'D FOOL." Warped and Wove for Public Wear. ~New York, Dick & Fitzgerald 
Year, 1867. 299 [1], [14] Pp. plates.[Illustrated by Justin Howard]. 
Perhaps the best and funniest thing Harris ever wrote, it was a bestseller 
throughout the 19th century. Harris was perhaps the rawest and most 
"American" of all of the American comic writers before Mark Twain. And his 
public certainly appreciated his work, even after Twain began publishing 
his masterpieces.  Much of his writing is still funny today. Justin Howard, 
one of the best of all American comic illustrators, who grew to fill the 
spot left by Mclenan's early death, is represented in Hamilton only by one 
of his illustrations in this book. Howard also drew cartoons for Yankee 
Notions, other comic magazines, and produced a remarkable body of drawings 
for children's books, both comic and broadly sentimental published by the 
McLoughlin brothers.  Dick & Fitzgerald muddied the waters by never 
changing the date of publication through out all the years of its 
publication. However, Jacob Blanck worked out a complex series of points, 
for determining the true First Edition First Issue. These do entail small 
changes in the text as well, so that the First Edition First Issue is not 
quite the same book as later reprints.  This copy is that unusual bird, a 
true First Edition, First Issue, following every single stricture and 
requirement as listed in Blanck. BAL III, 7095. See also Hamilton 918, Fig. 
76.  ~More surprisingly, it is also a truly lovely copy in original orange 
cloth with wear to the corners and spine ends, only, and no flaws, easily 
filling the requirements for listing as Very Good. The original owner "E. 
J. Star" has written his name, neatly, on the Fr. Fr. EP. $1175.00

6.	[KETTELL, SAMUEL]: YANKEE NOTIONS. A MEDLEY. By Timo. Titterwell, esq. 
[pseud.] Boston, Otis, Broaders, 1838. xvi, 255 p. 17 cm.  I series of 
humorous short fictions. This is the true first, which came without the 
plates, which were issued later.  Truly funny and odd tales, not like so 
much of the best early American humor, from the Southwest, these were 
written in Boston! Wright, L.H. Amer. fiction 1572. RLIn 1 Loc. Worn, in 
original cloth, Good.  $325.00

7.	[MORIER, JAMES] THE ADVENTURES OF HAJJI BABA, OF ISPAHAN, IN ENGLAND. 
Two Vols. bound in one. London: John Murray, 1828.  First Edition. Morier 
learned a good deal about Persian character while ambassador to that 
country. His first novel on the subject dealt with the Persians at home. 
This, his second novel describes the clash of cultures which occurs when 
the learned Persian gentlemn has to deal with English society. Unlike the 
17th and 18th century books of its sort, this is written by someone 
familiar with Persian character, prejudices and desires. Sadleir 1794. 
Wolff 4926.  Bound in old marbled boards, cloth spine, Mro. lettering piece 
on spine. Binding rubbed, OW a Very Good copy. $350.00

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