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BOOKSELLERS' CATALOGUES. APRIL.
MR. BERTRAM DOBELL'S April Catalogue 'shows that he has not yet sold Emily Bronte's writing desk, which we have already described. He has also Tom Hood's desk, which he offers for 101 A collection of forty proclamations of Charles II. bearing the exact dates of issue, March, 1666. to January, 1675/6, and referring to the Great Fire, the Plague, coffee-houses, prices of victuals, wines t &c., is 151. 15s. Under Shakespeare there is much of interest ; and under America is a collec- tion of rare books, including ' Drake Revived, a fine copy in contemporary calf, 1653, 161. 16s. Lawson's ' New Voyage to Carolina,' also ' The Discovery and Conquest of the Molucco and Philippine Islands,' &c., in one volume, 101. 10s. ; and ' A Letter from South Carolina,' very rare, 1710, 11. 10s. Under Burns are the second (first Edinburgh) edition, 1787, 4Z. 4s. ; and the first London edition, 1787, 21. 5s. Under Fielding is the first edition of ' Amelia,' 4 vols., calf, Millar, 1752, 31. 10s. ; also a larger and cleaner copy, 4Z. 10s. There is a collection of 74 Broadsides, 101. 10s. These include Crom- well's speech when he dissolved the Long Parlia- ment, ' Catalogue of the Names of the Martyrs burned in Q. Mary's Reign,' ' A New Presby- terian Ballad to the Tune of " The clean con- trary way," ' 1681, ' The Wise Irishman and his Sallad Oil,' in verse, Charles Dive's poem ' On the Duke of Marlborough,' Curll, 1712, &c. In the general list are works on Australia ; the first edition of ' Lavengro,' 3 vols., 1851, U. 10s. ; first edition of Dickens's ' Child's History,' 15s. ; Forbes's ' Funerals,' original edition, 1635, 21. 2s. ; and Tuer's ' History of the Horn-Book,' 12s. Qd. A curious collection of pamphlets of
- Wonderful Predictions of Nostradamus ' and
others, 1680-1702, 1 vol., folio, calf, is 18s. ; and La Fontaine's ' Fables,' " publi^e par A. Pauly," 2 vols., 8vo, wrappers, and portfolio containing 72 etchings after Oudry, II. 4s. There are also first editions of Tennyson, and a collection of Poetical Tracts, 1773-93, 21. 10s.
Mr. Alexander W. Macphail of Edinburgh has in his Ninety-Eighth Catalogue a number of works under Border Literature, Fife, Glasgow, Highlands, and Jacobite. Other Scotch items are a perfect copy of the first edition of ' Guy Mannering,' 3 vols., bound in cinnamon levant by Riviere, containing the six double bastard titles, generally wanting, Edinburgh, Ballantyne, 1815, 17 guineas ; a complete set of the Scottish History Society, 1887-95, 18 guineas ; ' Acts of Parliament of Scotland, 1124-1707,' also the new volumes reissued by the Government, 13 vols. in all, folio, 1814-75, SI. 10s. ; Burns's collection of songs printed for private circulation, 15s. ; ' Facsimiles of the National Manuscripts from the Eleventh Century to the Union,' 3 vols., large folio, 1867-71, 21. 10s. ; and Slezer's ' Theatrum Scotiae,' 1693, reprint, 1874 (one of 250 copies), 11. 10s. Views and portraits include a beautiful chalk drawing of a lady by George Watson, first President of the Royal Scottish Academy, in frame, 21. 5s. ; and a choice India proof of the picture of ' The Old Parliament Close, and Public Characters of Edin- burgh Fifty Years Ago,' black frame, 21. 2a. General items comprise the 1729 edition of The Dunciad,' 11. Is. ; Holmes's ' Queen Victoria,' 4to, 11. Is. ; Hogarth, Mr. Austin
Dobson's edition, 2 vols., imperial 4to, il. 10s. ;
and Maitland's ' London,' folio, 1739, 8s. 6d.
Trials include Carlile, Burke and Helen M'Dougal,
Palmer, and others.
Messrs. Myers & Co. send two Catalogues. No. 141 contains books, and No. 142 engravings. We find in the former ' Bells and Pomegranates,' the eight numbers, all, with the exception of No. 5 (as usual), first editions, 1841-6, 12Z. ; ' David Copperfield,' in parts, 1849-50, 10Z. 10s. : the Mecca Edition of ' The Arabian Nights,' 111. ; Jesse's ' London,' extra-illustrated, extended to 6 vols., bound by Zaehnsdorf in electric blue levant, 45Z. ; Cruikshank's ' Queen Caroline.' original coloured impression, folio, 101. ; Orme's ' Military and Naval Anecdotes,' 1815, 91. 10s. ; and Boydell's ' Thames,' 5 vols., folio, full crimson morocco, 801. Under Moore is a set of the choicest proofs of Maclise's illustrations to the ' Irish Melodies,' 6 vols. in all, folio, and including a letter of the poet, 151. 15s. Under Mary, Queen of Scots, is an extra-illustrated copy of Hume's ' The Love Affairs of Mary, Queen of Scots,' bound by Zaehnsdorf in blue levant, 1903, 10Z. 15s. There is a work which will interest lovers of music, Morley's ' A Plain and Easie Introduction to Practical Musick,' first edition, small folio, blue morocco, " imprinted by Peter Short on Breedstreet Hill at the signe of the Starre," 1597, 181. 5s. Among works on London are a ' Panorama of the Thames from London Bridge to Richmond,' with concise descriptions, 71 ft. long by 8 in. in height, Leigh, n.d., 4Z. 4s., ' Memoir of John Carpenter,' by Thomas Brewer ; ' Bunhill Memorials,' by Jones ; and Lidstone's ' Londoniad,' an extra- ordinary conglomeration of poetical advertise- ments of the chief City houses, 1856, 10s. Qd. Under Burns is ' The Caledonian Musical Museum," edited by the poet's son, 1809-11, 21. 12s. Qd.
Messrs. Myers have upwards of 100,000 portraits of celebrities, and Catalogue 142 contains a short list of views and portraits. The views include Rugby, Brighton Chain Pier, and various parts of Dublin. Among the portraits are some of the Bedford family, and Charles II. and his Court. Portraits after Lawrence include Lady Hamilton, 3Z. 3s. ; and Miss Siddons, 31. 3s. Among Baxter olour-prints is ' The Lover's Letter-Box, ' 3l.}15s.
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