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Messrs. Eyre & Spottiswoode also send us a
handsome and handy edition of The Book of
Common Prayer ivith Hymns A. & M.
BOOKSELLERS' CATALOGUES. MAY.
MR. BERTRAM DOBELL'S Catalogue 184 contains a collection of scarce tracts, including Bacon's
- Cases of Treason,' 1641, and his ' Speech con-
cerning the Article of Naturalization of the Scottish Nation,' 1641 ; also lists of prisoners in the Upper Bench Prison, 1653, as well as those in the Fleet, in 1 vol., calf, 31. 10s. First edition^ .include ' Childe Harold,' 4to and 8vo, 3 vols., half -morocco, uncut, 1812-16-18, is 51. 5s. ; Coleridge's Poems, 12mo, 1796, 21. 10s. ; and Cowper's Poems, first edition, 1782, and the second edition of Vol. II., 1786, 31. 3s. Under Gay is ' The Shepherd's Week,' 1714, 11. Is. ; and under Kent, Lambard's ' Perambulation,' black- letter, 1576, 4Z. 4s. There are many collections of curious pamphlets. Shelley items include Buxton Forman's edition, 4 vols., original blue cloth, 1880, 6Z. 15s. Under Zola is a presentation copy of ' La Debacle,' Paris, 1897, with the book- plate of Mrs. Craigie, II. 5s. Under Edward Fitz- gerald is his translation of Calderon, Pickering, 1853, 3Z. 3s. The rare first edition of Keats's ' Lamia,' in the original boards, 1820, is 651. ; and under Rossetti is a large-paper copy of the 1881 edition of his poems, 4Z. 4s.
From Mr. Francis Edwards we have received the first part of a Catalogue of Books, Maps, and Views relating to the Topography of Great Britain and Ireland, as well as works on family history and heraldry. The families include the Argyll, Beauchamp, Berkeley, Burke, Chester, Copinger, and many others. Works under 'Genealogy, Heraldry, Peerages, &c., include Boutell, Burke, Fairbairn, and many other well-known authorities, besides a complete set 01 the publications of the Harleian Society, 70 vols. in all, 45Z. Under Topography General are Brewer and Brayley's ' Beauties of England and Wales,' 67 vols., full crimson morocco extra by Mackenzie, with new title-pages dated 1841, lOt. An original set of Britton's ' Cathedral Antiquities,' large paper, 15 vols in 7., imperial 4to, full russia extra, 1814-30, is 121. 10s. ; and the ' Archi- tectural Antiquities,' with the ' Cathedral Anti- quities' 1807-26, bound in 12 vols., full morocco, 181. Hissey's Driving Tours, 10 vols., original cloth, are 12Z. 10s. ; Nash's ' Mansions,' 4 vols., 1839-42, 111. ; and Pyne's * Royal Residences,' 3 vols., imperial 4to, calf, 1819, 36Z. There is a fine set of Harper's Coaching Books, 18 vols., half morocco by Zaehnsdorf, 15Z. Mr. Edwards also issues a list of books wanted.
Mr. Grant's Edinburgh May Catalogue of Remainders contains Abbott's ' Macedonian Folk- lore,' 4s. ; Conway's ' Diirer,' 8s. Qd. ; ' Behar Proverbs,' classified by Christian, 3s. Qd. ; ' Greek Folk Poesy,' by Miss Garnett and Stuart-Glennie, 2 vols., 8s. Qd. ; Keene's ' Oriental Biographical Dictionary,' 7s. ; Creighton's ' Epidemics in Great Britain,' 2 vols., 14s. Qd. ; Searle's ' Anglo- Saxon Bishops,' &c., 4s. Qd., and ' Onomasticon,' 4s. Qd. ; Taylor's ' Sayings of the Jewish Fathers,' 2 vols., 7s. 6d. ; Schechter's ' Ancient Rabbinic Homilies,' 4to, 8s. Qd. ; and Dr. Hausrath's
- New Testament Times,' 2 rols., and ' The Time
of the Apostles,' 4 vols., with introductions by
Mrs. Humphry Ward and Mr. Leonard Huxley,
13s. Qd. The Athenceum said of the latter book :
" The work is profoundly interesting."
Mr. W. M. Murphy's Liverpool Catalogue 155 contains a copy of Allibone, 3 vols., 1877, 1Z. 5s. Works under Alpine include Wooster's ' Alpine Plants,' 11. 8s. Qd. Under Bronte are the first edition of Mrs. Gaskell's ' Life,' containing the suppressed passages, 2 vols., 1857, 11. 4s. ; and first editions of ' Villette ' and ' The Professor.' A large-paper copy of Baldwyn's edition of ' Hudibras,' 3 vols., royal 8vo, calf, 1819, is 2Z. 15s. A list under Cruikshank includes ' Land and Sea Tales,' 2 vols., origin?! cloth, uncut, 1836, 1Z. 7s. 6cZ. Under Dickens is the first edition of ' Grimaldi.' The Library Edition of Dryden, 18 vols., calf, 1821, is 6Z* Under Moore is the first issue of Longmans' illustrated edition of the ' Irish Melodies,' 1846, 1Z. 15s. Pilkington's ' Dic- tionary of Painters,' extra-illustrated, 2 vols., 4to, 1798, is 3Z. Under Queen Victoria is Norie's ' Maritime Flags,' 1848, 2Z. 2s. (a presentation copy with inscription in the Queen's handwriting : " Geo. Biddlecombe, Victoria and Albert Royal Yacht, 1849"). Under Sala is a coloured copy of his amusing work ' The Great Exhibition,' 1850, 1Z. Is. ; and under Shakespeare a large-
?aper copy of Heath's ' Heroines,' folio, Bogue, 848, 21. 2s.
' WOODEN MONUMENTAL EFFIGIES IN ENGLAND AND WALES ' is the subject of a new book by Dr. Alfred C. Fryer announced for immediate publication by Mr. Elliot Stock. This work should be welcome to all archaeologists ; and is to be illustrated with thirty-five photographs taken by the author.
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