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Mr. George P. Johnston's Edinburgh Catalogue 86, contains much of Scottish interest, including Drummond's 'Highland Targets' and 'Mediaeval Triumphs and Processions,' 21. 2s.; his 'Market Crosses,' II. 4s. ; * Book of Common Prayer for the Use of the Church of Scotland,' 1712, If. 15*. ; and Bureh Records Society, 14 vols., 4to, 21. 2s. There is an extremely rare work, 'History of the late
crimson levant, 4J. 4*. There are lists under
Theatre, Drama, &c., and Modern Poetry. A
curious book is 'A Short History of Prime
Ministers,' 1733. Fourteen shillings will purchase
the information that " there never yet was a Prime
Minister in Great Britain, but either broke his own
neck, or his master's, or both, unless he saved his
own by sacrificing his master's." This list is given:
Dy'd by the halter 3
Ditto by the axe 10
By sturdy beggars 3
Untimely by private hands 2
Jn Imprisonment 4
In exile 4
Dy'd penitent ... ... 1
Saved by sacrificing their master 4
Sum total of prime ministers 31
Murray's Nottingham Book Company's Cata- logue 72 contains The Connoisseur , Vols. I.-X., 21. 5s. ; 4 Edward VII.'s Prayer Book,' Essex Press, 31. 17s. 6d. (only 400 printed) ; Illustrated London News, 1850-89, 51. 5s. Johnson's edition of the Poets, 68 vols., calf, 2Z. 2s.; and " Ancient Classics for English Readers," Blackwood, II. Is. There is a first edition of the 'Seven Lamps,' 1849, 21. 10*. Under London is Burgess's 'Bits of Old Chelsea,' 21. "is. 6d.; and under Medical is Raynalde's ' The Birth of Man- kynde,' a good copy of this rare work, 1565, 51. 5s. A tine specimen of German binding, a Book of Homilies, with brass mountings of embossed figures of Moses and Christ, is 51. 5s. There are lists under French Literature, Dictionaries, &c.
Mr. G. A. Poynder's Reading Catalogue 47 con- tains works under Africa, Agriculture, and America, the last comprising Shebbeare's ' Letters to the People of England,' 8vo, contemporary half-calf, 1756, 31. 3s. For writing the seventh letter, which was seized and suppressed, the author was tried and sentenced to the pillory. The botany of Ireland is represented by 16 vols. containing many hundreds of dried specimens, 101. 10s. A curious book is Reynolds's ' The Triumphes of God's Revenge,' the illustrations including breaking on the wheel, 1635, 21. 2s. There are a number of items under Juvenile. General works include Granger's ' Biographical History,' 6 vols., uncut, 1824, 4:1. 4*. This edition contains 400 additional lines. Jesse Foot's ' Life of Murphy,' 4to, old polished russia, 1811, is 4J. 15s., and Tract 90. 5s. 6d. Waverley Novels include the large-paper Border Edition, 121. 12s. ; Black's 1854 48- vol. edition, 101. 10s. ; and the 31- vol. edition, Cadell, 1843, 31. 3s. There is a handsome set of Thackeray, 22 vols., 8vo, half-calf, Smith & Elder, 121. 12*.
Mr. Thomas Thorp's London List 34 contains under Charles I. the first edition of ' Eikon Basilike,' 1648, 51. 5s. ; and ' Reliquiae Sacrre Carolines,' 1651, 4. 4s. Alken's ' Symptoms of being Amused,,
McLean, 1822, is 4Z. 4s. ; Portfolio Monographs,
12 vols., 4. 4*.; Ashmole's 'Institutions/ folio,
1672, 21. 15s. ; first edition of Elizabeth Barrett's
'Poems,' 2 vols., 1844, 11.16s. ; also of Browning,
11 vols., 4Z. 10s. ; first and early editions of Byron,
7 vols., 21. 18*.; Burney's 'Camilla,' 5 vols., first
edition, 1796, 31. 15s.; Tennent's 'Ceylon,' 21. 5s. ;
Orme's ' Military and Naval Anecdotes,' royal folio,
very rare, 1819, 101. 10s. ; Dibdin's 'Bibliomania,'
1811, 121. 12s. ; Nicholson's ' Wars,' 1816, folio, . 4s. ;
Gillray, atlas folio, 1847, 4Z. 15s. ; and The Ideal,
Vol. 1. Part L, 1903, 31. 3s. (published at 101. 10s,,
all out). Under Islington is Nelson's 'History,'
1788, 61. 6s. ; and under Italy is Barbault's ' Monu-
ments de Rome,' 3 vols., atlas folio, brilliant im-
pressions of the plates, half-calf , uncut, Rome, 1761,
51. 10s. There is a remarkable work on Scandinavia,
'Olai Magni Historia,' 1567, 4J. 4s. Under Rye
House Plot is a collection of State Trials, 61. 10s. ;
and under Scott a collection of first and early
editions, 77 vols., half -calf, 121. 10s. Shakespeare
items include Valpy's edition, Boydell's plates,
15 vols., uncut, 31. 18s. Under Defoe is the first
edition of Crusoe's ' Farther Adventures,' 22. 10s.
The first edition of Tennyson's 'Poems,' 2 vols.,
Moxon, 1842, is priced 21. 10s. 6d. There is much of
interest under Music.
Mr. Thomas Thorp's Guildford Catalogue 14 is devoted almost entirely to works on Birds, Insects, Shells, and Flowers, in which most of the well- known authors appear. Just at the end we note among general entries a collection of rare Tracts by Selden, Dryden, and others, 1675-91, 7/. 7s. Under America is a rare coloured print of Baltimore, Maryland, drawn by G. Beck, 1802, 31. 12s. 6d. Dickens items include first editions of 'Little Dorrit,' original wrappers, 1857, 21. 7s. 6cL and Forster's ' Life,' 3 vols., 16s.
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