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Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), 1st May 1890, Edition 1 of 1, Page 501

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      Bookjstallh On Quays.—An Interesting Dis...

      inconvenience be determined to at the once traffic and the without tenancy notice should .

      members The motion dissen was ting then . agreed to , one or two x » The Gladstone Library . —We make the

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      Club ' During , for the the past year year ending nearl Marc y 3 h , 000 31 , volumes 1890 : — ,

      hav including w e been s added » me valuab to the T le work library ^ s _^ of raising reference 1 «» the ,

      total ^^^ - ^ - number to __ — about . _ 11 . __^ 000 , _^ , ^_ _ exclusive , . , ^ M ^«^ ^ H — ^ of ^ B ^ K the ^^ ^^ ^™ ^^ collec -V — - — tion of some - — 8 , -j 000 — , ¦ - ^ p * pamp , ~™~ ^ v ~ - ~ m h h h ^^~ hle ^^ ^ h ^ H ( ^ p ts ^^ F ^^ . ^ The ^^^^ ^^» S * ^ M ^

      commit stone library tee are is happy thus ___ — __ — gradual ^^ to ^^ m think __ ^ __ __ __ ly v that becoming * i the Glad one

      of honour m "w the most and an important ~~ attraction _ ___ ^ in to _ London _ the ^ ~*^ r - ^^ club - ^^^ , ^ ^^ ^^ ^ and » ^^ . ^^^^ The ^^ p an ^^ v ^ s ^

      commi — — ttee have — - observed - — — - — - — — with — ^ -- —— - ^™ - satisfaction ^^» ^^™ - ^ r ^ m - ^ r ^ ^^— ^^ «^ " ^^^ that the attendance of members in the library 4 /

      fur is s ther teadi gratified w ly on the to in learn crease that , and many they tf of — hav its — e works been

      interes of reference ted in the are stud in y cons of tant history — use economics b y those _ _

      card and pol sys i t tical emwill science shor . tly The be comp catalogue - - le , - ted , on and the it ,

      will enable t / , members to , / find for j . themselv , -- es what the library containsthe books — being

      entered , as far as ^/ is practicable , , under subject s as well as under authors ^ names . ' Two lists

      broadl accompany and the clearl report the . chief The contents first indicates of this y y

      rap The second y increasing has been prepared and impor for tan the t guidance library .

      of prospective donors . O ft ^ -a

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      May i , 1890 The Publishers' Circular 5 OI

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      ' Booke Mr . Shoppe Henry _ £ _ / March — 26 Above ___ Gilbert Bar , Southampton of 'Ye Olde

      has just entere A j _ T d into partnershi , p with Mr . ,, | E . S . Fowlerbooksellerof 37 Old Christ

      Church Road , Bournemouth , . The business at Bournemouth , will be henceforth carried on

      above under premises the style . of Mr Gilbert . Gilbert & , Fowler who , b at y the the

      way Alderman , has just of Southampton been unanimousl will y conduct elected an in

      his own name as beforehis , well-known , flourishing O business at' Ye , Olde Booke Shoppe JL . i '

      in that town . Messrs . Isaac Pitman and Sons announce

      Street that they New have York opened under an the office management at 3 East 14 th of

      Mr . Clarence , A . , Pitman . The head of the firm , Mr . Isaac Pitman , the inventor of

      phonograp Institute ¦ t hy , at st Bath ill presides where ¦ *—¦ ¦—¦ he *—¦ ¦—¦ over has the resided _ .. Phonetic - ^ - -

      uninalthoug terruptedl —*^^ w ^ w iam ^ i * t ^* w t ^^ h " ** ^^^ ^** y in * ^^ for ^* bw ^ his ^ i ^^^ ^^ more ^ " " ^ , 78 * th t ^^ han year hal ^" r — - f he — -- - a century — supervises — — - — __ , and a ,

      correspondence edi m ^ " ^^ ting W ^ ^ - ^ ^^^^ B ^ k ^^ the *^ ^^ . B * P ^ " . hone ^^ W of ^^ ^ p 30 ti ^^^^ c , 0 J 00 ournal W ***** letters ^* - ^ — — , -J - - and a year — H ^ comp , besid ~ iling es

      the numerous books which he annually publishes .

      the We well understan -known d Ed that inburg Mr h . bookse William ller Bryce has ,

      just removed to larger and more commodious , premises in #% the J § « yiriivv ame V % ^ bBh # yij street ¦¦» htfir . Mr whv . ¦ Bryce ¦ a- * " ' s

      new V" ^ *^ V 4 P ¦* # »¦¦ address ^^^^^^ ^ ^ J ^ is 54 J ^ ^^^ Lothian ^* ^^ Street ^^ ^ i" ^^ , Edinburg * s ^ -v ^ v ¦ ' ~~ ' h . ¦ ' —'

      princi We pal are assis informed tant to that the Mr . late Matthew Mr . George Welsh ,

      seller Walker and , has stationer commenced at busine 198 Hi ss as h a Street bookg

      y Montrose ears' prac . tical Mr experience . Welsh has in had some nearl of y the twenty chief ,

      and London we wish and Edinburg him success h houses in his in new the under trade - ,

      taking ,

      In Foetnoijiatu

      In fOetnoijiatu

      William Blades . One of the most scholarly and enthusiastic

      B prin lades ters died of the on Victorian Sunday las era t , the Mr . 27 William th ult .

      at his , residen ce , Suffolk H , ouse , Sutton , , Surrey . Mr . Blades was born in London in

      School 1824 , and under was the educa Rev ted . C at . Pritchard Clapham G F rammar . R . S .

      afterwards Savilian Professor at Oxford , . In , due course Mr . Blades succeeded his father as

      allo a prin tted ter duties and thre in w life his . whole His energy knowledge into h of is

      and early printed was a frequen books t was cont almost ributor unrivalled to current ,

      literature on matters connected with the history of the art of printing and kindred

      nay themes le of . H He elthe edited ' a reprint ther quain of the t ol ' Gouver books - ,

      bu his t s tandard will probab ' Life ly of be William chiefly remembered Caxton , ' pub by

      magn lished ifi in two t wor volumes k' Numismata in 1861-3 Typograp ; and by hical that

      which O appeared in , 1883 , and has «/ JT since C 3 X been translated both into French and German .

      Readers of the Athencenm and Notes and charac Queries teristic are sure and to genial miss bibliograp for many hica a day l notes the

      with which Mr . Blades was accustomed to

      enrich both journals .

      Mr. Handel Handel Cossham Cossham , M. ,...

      Mr . Handel Handel Cossham Cossham , M . , P . M for . P Bristol . , we

      23 are . very He sorr was y writing to say , letters died suddenl in the library on April of the House of Commons at the time of his

      sudden seizure . He was removed in a cab to the National Liberal Club , where he soon

      after-Bristol wards exp since ired . 1885 Mr . . Cossham He took was a member icuous for consp part in the temperance movementand on the

      S JL unday before he died he preached , in a Wesleyan chapel . His voice was frequently

      heard on the platforms of the Peace Society and of the Liberation i Society . He published

      a work entitled Personal Recollections of the Last Sixty Years . '

      William Fishb » . We regret to announce the death of Mr .

      Good Willia Friday m F isher , in , Kendal 66 th , year which of took his age plac . e Mr on .

      Fisher Fisher was St the only te son Kendal of the . late He Mr served . Richard his ramonga _

      Josep apprenticeshi __ h , j Dawson p with ^ j bookseller , his uncle and , printer the late on Mr the .

      premises * he / himself , afterwards occup , ied on I succeeding ¦ i to Mr . Dawson —__„ , 's business . In 1848 I

      v ^_ - ~^_ -r _ . —~ - — Fisher — — —r - - ~ s ^^ k went - . — — to London — _ , entering the firm |

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  • Citation
    • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), May 1, 1890, page 501, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_01051890/page/17/