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BOOKSELLERS' CATALOGUES. APRIL.
MHSSRS. MYERS & Co.'s Catalogue 167 contains
- Bells and Pomegranates,' the eight numbers, all
first editions with the exception, as usual, of No. 5, royal Svo, calf, 1841-6, 10Z. 10s. The following Are presentation copies: Lady Burton's 'Syria,'
- ' To my friend Hain Friswell," 31. 10s. ; Dobson'
- Vignettes in Rhyme,' 6Z. 6s. ; and Mrs. Norton's
- The Children of the Islands,' 4Z. 4s. (contains a
letter inviting Friswell to stay with her brother). Among extra-illustrated works are Gronow's
- Reminiscences,' Hazlitt's ' Four Generations of
A Literary Family,' Stanhope's ' Life of Pitt,' and Sergeant's ' Courtships of Catherine the Great.' There is a fine collection of eighteenth-century dramas, 16 vols., 14Z. 14s. Under Early Playing Cards are a complete set of 52 cards, Paris, circa 1690, and a series of 46 etchings by Callot in 1 vol., 4Z. 4s. Other items include Moliere's ' (Euvres,' 7 vols., red morocco extra, Paris, 1863, 9Z. 9s. ; and Davenant's ' Dramatic Works,' memoir and notes by Maidment and Logan, one of four copies printed on vellum, large paper, 5 vols., blue morocco extra, 1872-4, 12Z. 12s. (cost over OZ.). There are many items under America, Australia, Bath, Drama, and Dramatic. Under Poets is a choice set of 43 vols., 12mo, half- jnorocco, Foulis Press, 1767-75, 51. 5s.
Mr. Frank Redway's Wimbledon Catalogue 9 -contains the rare first edition (only 20 copies issued) of Swinburne's two plays, ' The Queen Mother,' ' Rosamond,' in a morocco drop case, Pickering, 1860, 42Z. 10s. There is a sound copy of
- Sheraton's ' Cabinet Maker,' 4to, morocco, 1794,
10Z. 10s. Under Washington Irving is a presenta- tion copy of his works, 2 vols., morocco, Paris, 1834, 4Z. 15s. There is also the first edition of the 1893 issue in large paper of ' Rip Van Winkle ' (limited to 250 copies), 4Z. 1 7s. 6d. Under Brown- ing is a copy of the first edition of ' Men and Women,' original cloth, uncut, 1855, 21. 17s. Gd. There are items under America and Buccaneers. First editions include ' The Virginians,' in parts as issued, with the advertisements, a fine clean copy, 4Z. 10s. ; Scott's ' Tales of my Landlord,' both series, 51. 15s. ; Swinburne's ' Poems and Ballads,' with the original Moxon title-page, 1866, 8Z. 8s., .and ' Atalanta,' 1865, 81. 10s. ; and Hardy's
- Far from the Madding Crowd,' 2 vols., original
.cloth, uncut, 1874, 11. 15s. Under Sir John Moore are numbers of The Courier and The Morning Chronicle, January to February 25th, 1809, containing an account of Corunna and the death of Sir John Moore, 11. 17s. 6d. There is also an autograph letter of 2 pages 4 to, Palermo, 1st August, 1807, in which reference is made to the battle of Friedland. Among items in the Addenda is a presentation copy from Wordsworth of the first edition of Lamb's ' Album Verses,' choicely bound in olive morocco, 25Z. There is also a letter of Tennyson's, February 14th, 1872, 4Z. 4s.
Messrs. Simmons & Waters of Leamington Spa send two Catalogues, 253 and 254. The former contains Boydell's ' Views of the Thames,' 2 vols., folio, half -morocco, 1794-6, 111. 11s. ; the Countess of Cardigan's ' Recollections,' first .edition, with 55 additional portraits, half crimson calf, 1909, 21. 10s. ; Planche's ' Cyclopaedia of .Costume,' 1876-9, 2 vols., 4to, 51. 5s. ; Madame
D'Arblay's ' Diary and Letters,' extra-illustrated,
6 vols., half -morocco, 1905, 91. 9s. ; and Evelyn
and Pepys's Diaries, together with Moorhousc'a
' Pepys,' 15 vols., half-morocco extra, 1904-9,
18/. 18s. Other extra-illustrated works include
Huish's ' George IV.,' ' Greville Memoirs,'
Gronow's ' Reminiscences,' Jesse's ' Memoirs,'
Boswell's ' Johnson,' and Charles and Mary
Lamb's Works edited by Lucas.
Catalogue 254 contains a selection of illustrated books of the Sixties.
Mr. James Thin's Edinburgh Catalogue 167 con- tains a set of the Society of Biblical Archseologv, 1872-1909, 151. ; and the Vierge edition of ' Don Quixote ' (one of 155 copies), 51. 5s. Under Costume is Planche's ' Cyclopaedia,' 2 vols., 4 to, (wanting 6 plates), 4Z. Under Dickens is the Library Edition, 9Z. Among Dictionaries and Encyclopaedias are Lane's Arabic, 8 vols., royal 4to, 4Z. 4s. ; English Dialect, 6 vols., 10Z. ; and Jamieson's Scottish, 5 vols., 31. 10s. Drama, includes Davenant's Works, folio, calf, 1673, 6Z. 10s. Under Eastlake is ' Pictures in the National Gallery,' 31. 5s. There are works under Folk-lore and French Memoirs. The original Library Edition of Gardiner's ' History of England,' 17 vols., is 35Z. Among Genealogical and Heraldic Works are Nisbet's ' Heraldry,' 2 vols., folio, 1804, 81. 10s., and Stoddart's ' Scottish Arms,' 2 vols., folio, 3Z. 3s. Under Ireland are 300 facsimiles of the national manu- scripts, 4 vols. in 5, atlas folio, 15Z. Under Charles Lamb is the Edition de Luxe, edited by Ainger, 6Z. Under Punch is an original set, 1841- 1908, 107. 10s. There is a long list under Scottish History and Literature. Under Queen Elizabeth is Creighton's volume, 4to, Goupil, 81. Th^re are sets of Jesse, Landor, Meredith, Thackeray, and many others.
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