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NOTES AND QUERIES. [io s. XL JUNE 12, im
BOOKSELLERS' CATALOGUES. JUNE.
MR. BERTRAM DOBELL'S Catalogue 172 contains
books from the library of John Davidson, the
poet. We note among these the first edition of
Matthew Arnold's ' Strayed Reveller,' 1849,
21. 15s. ; Blake's ' Poetical Works,' 1875, II. Is.,
with a number of manuscript alterations by David-
son ; Carman and Hovey's ' More Songs from
Vagabondia,' with inscription " To John David-
son, Poet : Richard Hovey, Bliss Carman. That
you may not forget wholly our loyal friendship
and sincere admiration Dec., 1896," II. Is. ;
and Gerald Massey's, ' My Lyrical Life,' 16s.
Most of the books contain autographs. There are
also books from the libraries of Lord Amherst
and Herbert Spencer, besides a number of works
on cricket. In the general portion of the cata-
logue we find Ackermann's Poetical Magazine,
24 out of 28 parts, 61. 6s. ; the first collected
edition of Beaumont and Fletcher, a fine
clean copy, 1647, 40Z. ; and first edition of ' The
Wild Goose Chase,' 1652, 151. 15s. Among Blake
items are Young's ' Night Thoughts,' 1797, 51. 5s. ;
Swinburne's ' Essay,' first edition, 1868, 21. 15s. ;
and Gilchrist's ' Life,' 1863, 31. 10s. The last is
from the library of W. E. Frost, R.A., and in a
note on the fly-leaf Frost states that he assisted
Oilchrist in the compilation, and complains that
his assistance is not acknowledged. Under
Browning is ' Bells and Pomegranates,' complete
set of the eight parts ; Part V. is, as usual, the
second edition, the others being first, Moxon,
1841-6, 121. There is an extremely rare book,
the first edition of Chapman's ' May-Day,' 1611,
321. Under Coleridge is a complete set of the
original numbers of The Friend, in boards, uncut
.as issued, enclosed in morocco case by Riviere,
121. The first editions of Dickens include ' The
Loving Ballad of Lord Bateman,' Tilt, 1839,
61. 15s. Under Edward FitzGerald will be found
his fourth and final version of the ' Rubaiyat,'
1879, 31. 3s. ; first edition of ' Polonius,' Pickering,
1852, 31. 3s. ; and the exceedingly rare ' Downfall
And Death of King CEdipus," in spotlessly clean
condition, Guildford, 1880-81, 81. Ss. (only a few
copies were privately printed). Under The Germ
is a set of the four numbers, original issue, bound
in blue levant, 1850, 28Z. 10s. ; and under Keats
is Wordsworth's own copy of ' Endymion,' with
inscription, 1818, 661. The items under Charles
Lamb include an uncut copy in the original boards
- )f the first edition of ' The Adventures of Ulysses,'
1808, 381. ; ' The Last Essays of Elia,' Moxon, 1833, 201. ; and Edward Moxon's memoir, 11. 15s. (of this brief memoir of 8 pages a few copies only were printed for private circulation). Under George Meredith is the now rare original edition of his poems, with inscription, 1851, 32Z. ; also another copy, wanting half-title, 28Z. There are first editions of the Rossettis, and a good list under Shelley. Swinburne's ' Poems and Ballads ' has ' A Leave Taking ' by J. W. Ebsworth written in it.
Messrs. Myers & Co.'s Catalogue 143 contains .a Birthday Book which formerly belonged to Toole s daughter ; it contains nearly 300 auto- graphs, including those of Matthew Arnold, Bret Harte, Adelina Patti, Sims Reeves, Millais, Fildes, Frith, Whistler, Tenniel, Parnell, Biggar, Davitt, the Bancrofts, Ellen Terry, and many others, 151. 15s. A presentation copy of Carlyle's Schiller, 1 1825, is 11. Is. (one cover and back
missing) ; and a set of early playing cards (circa
1690), 61. 17s. 6d. There is an extra-illustrated
copy of Lysons's ' Edmonton and Enfield,' 1795,
101. 10s. ; also an extra-illustrated copy of
Caroline Fox's ' Memories,' 1882, 61. 6s. A set of
Scott, 100 vols., half-morocco, with thistle
design, 1830-39, is 231. 10s. Under Swinburne
is a copy of ' Poems and Ballads,' first series,
second issue, with letter from the poet to Hare,
in which, referring to Landor, he points out
" how much yet remains to be done in honour of
his great name." A copy of Noel Williams's
series of monographs on French Court ladies,
4 vols., 4to, 1901-4, is 111. 11s. There are works
on Africa and America. Fine-art works include
Smith's ' Catalogue Raisonne of Dutch, Flemish,
and French Painters,' 1829-42, 15Z. ; and Landon's
'Annales du Musee,' 21 vols., morocco, 51. 5s.
Under Binding are Cicero's Works, Dove's finely
printed edition, 10 vols., morocco, 1819, 31. 12s. 6d.
and Demosthenes, 10 vols., also Dove's, 1827,
31. 12s. 6d. There are items under Cruikshank.
The illustrated Library Edition of Dickens,
30 vols., half-calf, is 131. Under Gladstone is
his ' Studies on Homer,' 3 vols., full calf extra,
a fine copy, 1858, 31. 3s. ; and under Keats is
Moxon's edition, 1848, of Milnes's life of the poet,
2 vols., calf extra, 31. 15s. There are a number
of works on London. Seebohm's scarce work on
Siberia, 2 vols., is 31. 15s.
Messrs. Myers's Catalogue 144 is devoted to portraits, being a selection from their stock of upwards of 100,000.
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