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      interest formed . the Among library the of an books eminent ( which American have amateur ) we find Ben Jonsoii ' s copy f h with

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      part the library . A fitt of ing the Royal ting p Geograp lace for hical this woul Society d be . But we understand the governing body of that

      chase institution of books to be an singularl d so we y averse the to the cious purand interesting , relic will suppose as usual w pre ith the

      cream Atlantic of . rare Am book other s , find books , its way are across Breeches the Bible 7 15607 firs ong t edition ; also a unique and

      Middleton hitherto , . unknown , This latter vol is ume in fine by stat Thomas . e , and

      consists of ' Entertainments' composed for the Besides City of we London notice . Labord It e is * Choix a beautifu de Chansons l copy . '

      4 vols ., perhaps the most , beautiful of illus , - trated in France books . * produced Another during book t the hat last mak century es the

      mouth of an enthusiastic collector water is a marvellous copy of Shelley ' s * Adonais , ' printed

      immaculate at Pisa , 1820 condition . This being wonderful — in t copy he ori is ginal in

      covers in j and quite rare uncut firs , t editions , as o issue is d the . Then cj well- , aga , among

      ni Collectors gh hopeless will ' not Poetical need Sketches to be told ' by its ' au W . thor B . ' was William Blake .

      There is an item in the above sale which appeals strongly to Scotch collectorsbeing ¦ a

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      'Humming A — — copy — - ~_ — - _^_^^ , Bird bound — — s - _ - ' bro m — in - _ _ - ^_ - ug —m ^ ^^^ morocco T ^^^ b ht ^^^ ^^ ^^ £ ^^ 58 ^^^ ^^ " ^^ , a ^^^^^^ of few ^^ ^^^ Gould W days ^^^^^ ^^^^^^ ' s ^^^

      since the — — — —¦ buyer - — — — at — P . — utt At — — i c k Sotheb ' ^— s . ~^ b- ^^^ ^ vw ~^ A h ~ — h y g private — s h ^ y among ^ B' ^^ ^™ ¦ ™ ^^™ ^^ p ~ ^^ gent ^ n BBB ^ h ot ~^™~ - ^^ p leman ^ h ^ m ^» er ~^^ ^^ h « i Bfe tems ^* ^^ a » was ™^ ^ B * ^^> flUf Bl 4 B 4 b "BB ^^ Bfc . Bl Bl A . ^^ d ^_» - , ^ K A » ^ - — * ^^^^ m— k * . — ,

      were Villon sold Society Parkinson ' s ' Ara ' s ' b Paradisi ian Nig , ' hts £ 9 ( ' Bowden 9 vols ) . ,

      p arts , ( Reeves £ 22 . 10 ) s ; . G ( Bowden rosart ' s ) ; ' Rare Pickering Books , ' s , ' ' Re 46 - ,

      morocco prints o , f £ 14 he . 10 Ear s . l ( y Bull Prayer & Auvache Book ) . , ' 7 vols . It is somewhat a surp h rise to see h the proof

      tick sheets ' s . of — They Poems — — — contain — — — b ^— y ' J . Ruskin R " ^^— — " ^— . ^— ' ^— turn ¦ ' s V ^^^^ co " up rrections ^ ™ ™ ^^ at ^^^ " _*>^ Put ^ 1 ^ . ^ . ^^ ^^^ - , BM arid H no doubt BBh K will bring i a long figure . The ^ ^^^ ^ ^ s » ^^ ^»

      b 66 f t k he itself greatest , h avi rarity ng b een rigidl _ y suppressed , is At a sale in Dublin a few days back were

      sold the 1762 some ' La choice Fontaine books ' . brought A medium £ 20 ( Hickie copy of ) ;

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      choice copy of Byron ' s works' 8 Vol & Y targe

      papery w Moore ± vio . « avh ore . ' jBk .-. * .. . ' s s with M " ' jLife . i . - iiie ^ / proofs / imiroTmiy imifbrmlv -tf — . of ^ £ Fimden ¥ boun Douna A * .- . of 1 d , in in ' s - . rea red platesr - » - » I -r , morocco morocco A -AV . and _ t .

      £ ^ 8 ( private buyer ) . Most the high prices , at this sale were due ( we heai ?) to the presence

      of a member of the London trade . Startling is the word to express the sort of

      prices which' Were obtained for A very nice Ambnsr collection the of 358 books lots at which ^ oth realised ebyV on the 1 £ ± 1 14 000 th .

      Among tne 3 oo lots , , Whicn realisea over over : x ., uuo ., were of Melanchol the following ' first books edition : —Burtdn £ 25 's * Anatomy 10 ( E

      Vi B ump Jm . *? us XOlAl ) ; \ sl . M . \ ' y Jf Gray ,, iilOU ' s Elegy CUJ . K 1 V , y , ) first J-4 JKT . * J . edition VO s « . V . , £ 35 . 10 s . ( B . F . Stevens ) . A littte volume

      insi weig gnif hing icant perh appearance J a ps an ounce broug , and ht of £ 30 the ( B most . F , .

      Stevens ^^ ) . It was X a cop , y of Charles <^ Lamb ^ ' s 'Prince Dorus' with the plates which are

      supbe pose uni d to que be in by , this Blake state , coloured . Milton . ' It s ' is Lycidas said to '

      firm ( 1638 also ) , £ 34 boug ( J ht . Pearson the first , & edition Cq . ) of The Ruskin sam ' e s

      * King ice of of £ 10 the . / We Golden do not River think , ' for it the has huge « ver pr

      fetched more than £ 3 or £ 3 . 10 * . before . Shelley *_» j . x \_/ . » . j . ^_/^ 's Kt ' Laon xjoivii and aiiiv j . C •^ yjf ynthia J U . UMMJiCMj ' ya ( 1818 . « » j . v ^ ) yj , choice wmvjvv

      copy ' Queen * £ 16 Mother ( B . ' Pickering F . Stevens ( I 860 ); ) Swinb £ 9 ( urne B . F ' . s

      Stevens ^^ J . ) . We ^^^^ m ^ f ^^ Bl , do ^^ not remember ^_ , that _ ^^ this — ^ H ^ scarce little volume has ever topped £ 5 . 5 * .

      before . From the above brief reports of sales it

      wou to get ld appea during r th the at , hi last gh years as prices hig have h water appeared - has

      not ¦ rare i ^~ ^ ^— ^^^ b l ~^ jeen m- oo ~^^ - ^^^ ks w ~~^ m ~ reached rus ^^ v ^ k r ^^ f h h b es . not Still the , pri ^^ ce . ^^ We paid ven for ^ — — - ^^^^^™ ^^^ p ^^^^^~^^ ^^^ r" , ^^^^ ^^^ ^ ' ^ ^^^ creeps ^¦^^ *^* ^^^ ^^^^ bT" ^^ ^^^^ , ^ B up ^^ ^^ BB

      ture an ^»™ r ——— yone j " ^ " ~ d —^ ^^ " ^» to r may ^^^^^^ ^ prop - ^ w » see ^^ ^ m ^ hesy ^ m ^ , BH ^ i" » ^ f ^» this they ^ " ^^ ^^ ^*^ W some care ^ . ^ ^ . ^^^^^ ^^^ to ^^ time ^ ' ^ t" ^^ urn - ^» - ^— ^^— back up — BJ ~ , old as

      numbers unhesitating of ly this affirm Circular will ¦ . go And higher pri — ces much , we

      hi mora gher l— — that yet . those ^ Again traders we , point who O out do the 3 not obvious break

      away cannot fro move m their with the old times knowled —mus ge— t eventually ifien who

      find themselves left behind and stranded . Hardest , most bitter lesson of all , they must

      led unlearn geor hard the -soug younger ht and generation dearly earne will d literall know y -

      ta who ke ^ don , the * ^ 't bread V buy tt book from 4 M s because their V * mouths of a the ^ . so Peop ^^ - T ^ Bk called le ^

      ' absurd ' prices have them not to sell . A new

      order of things has arisen .

      Ballade Of The Old Bookseller. He Sits A...

      BALLADE OF THE OLD BOOKSELLER . He sits alonea dirt-grimed man

      And With p— iles port of l l y , earning tomes ' an s store d dust doth around , scan ,

      With j . books from ceiling high to ground , - In chaos gran — d —7 without a plan

      Old authors ^ y lie , ; and by the , mound / He sits alone , a dirt-grimed man ,

      Midst portly tomes and dust around . No broom is therenor housemaid can H V ^ ai A K B H , k M A , ^^^^ ^ ^ » ^ ^ ^ ^

      Disturb With cleansing the lonel . hand i and busy .. sound , Whose heart is with , por his ng books , inwound .

      Morocco The treasures rich , or in leat eac her h tan , surround . _ _ gem

      Me Midst sits alone ortl , a tom dirt- es grimed and —j duat man around . r . py

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  • Citation
    • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), March 1, 1888, page 212, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_01031888/page/10/