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June i, 1889 The Publishers' Circular 66...
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Sale Of The Hamilton Manuscripts.
and no doubt some of the MSS . have gone to Paris . The 91 lota were sold for £ 15 , 189 .
June I, 1889 The Publishers' Circular 66...
June i , 1889 The Publishers' Circular 663 _ . I 1 i
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The sale of Mr . Chas . Hutt ' s books at Sotheby ' s on the 13 th to 21 st ult . was
principally attended by the trade , but upon the whole we think the executors should be - ^^ ^^™—^^^ ™ — » — ^ ^ - ^ ¦ ^^^ ^ ™ ^^—^—^^ ~^ ^^^^^^ - ^^^ r ^^^^ ^ VH ^ B ^ B ^^^ T ^^^ ^^^ " ^^ ^^^ ^ fc ^^ ^^^ B . ^^» ' ^ . ^ ^^ " ^^^ ^^^ ^^^^^ " ^^^ ^^^^^ »^^^ ^^^^
satisfied with the result . We give here some results : ' Annals of GallantryTrials for
, Crim . Con . / by A . Moore , 3 vols ., £ 10 . 2 s . 6 d . ; Dyce X ^ JT V / C / 's ' Beaumont J- » C (* UXUUXl l and OII 4 . VL Fletcher J . ' iC liV / JLJ-CX , / JL 11 . L vols V ^/ J . O . . calf W > O / XX
extra , £ 10 . 17 s . ' Qd . ; Bewick ' s * ^ Esop ' s Fables / large paper 1818 £ 9 . 9 s . ; Boccaccio ' s
, , ' Decameron / French edition , 5 vols ., 1757 , red morocco , £ 20 ; Baskerville ' s edition of
' Congreve / 3 vols . morocco , £ 6 . 12 $ . 6 d . ; Pierce fc fc Egan ' s * Life in London , ' with % the
± Finish > misn , / ' 2 si vols vols . . l 1830 »^ u . calt calf , . £ ^ 14 14 ; : ' ljite Life ot of Napoleon / Cruikshank ' s plates , 1815 , £ 6 . 12 s . ; Dickens's * Story ' of Little Dombey / in the
original covers , £ 3 ; Fielding's * Joseph Andrews / 2 vols . 1 st ed . 1742 £ 4 . 12 s . 6 d . ;
Genest ' s ' English Stage / 10 vols , ., £ 6 ; ' Greville Memoirs / 3 ¦ series 1 st ed . cloth £ 5 ;
! Hamerton » ^^^^^^^—^^^™ ^^^ — - — — 's ' - Etching j ^ v ^^ pr ^^ p- ^^^^ ^^^ ^^ and ^ r- ^^ , ^ pa ^ v ^^^ T ^ p ^ Etchers ^^ v - ^^^ r ^^^ ^^ ^ P ^^ P" ^ / . ^ ^^^ ^^^ ^ 1 ^^*^^^ st , ^ H ^ " ^ ^^ " ^ ed ^^^ . £ 6 . 7 s . 6 d . ; Heppelwhite pj 's 'Cabinet Maker /
— — - ^ ^ p — — — ^ g ¦ ' — — - ^^ - H ^ ^^^ ^^^ h v — ^^^^^^ p- ^^ v ^^ ^^^ -- I —^^^ ^^ pr ^^ V ^^ p ^^ h h ^^^ ^^^ v ^ ^^^ ^ h ^^ v ^^^^^^ ^^^ ^ V ^^^ - ^^ ^^^ ^^^ " ^ y I 1789 , £ 8 . 17 s . 6 d . ; Jesse's ' London and its Celebrities , ' 2 vols ., £ 4 . 4 s . ; La Fontaine's
' Contes et Nouvelles / 2 vols . 1762 , mprocco lodo 1838 extra . , extensively ex £ 20 tensivel ; Le v Sage extra ftxtra , ' Histoire illustrated illustrated de with with Gil Bias manv /
proof , and other engravings from various many editions—extended to 5 vols . £ 31 . 10 s . ; ' L'Heptame * ron de MargueriteHeine de Navarre / 3
vols . 1780 , calf , £ 13 . 10 , s . ; Montesquieu , ' Le Temple de Gnide / 4 to . blue moroccoa pretty
volume , £ 25 . 10 s . ; Banier ' s ' Ovid / , 4 vols . 4 to . Bmorocco PV , £ PBk 15 . 15 s . ta- ; Rowlandson _ d 's * Eng Bfe-¦^ ^ ^^^_ ^^^ _^ ^ K ^_^ A _~ ^ ^ - i .
lish Dance of ^^ Death ^ / 2 vols . 1815-16 , boards , € 16 Scott's Novels ' and Miscellaneous r Works " ^»~
¦ ^^^^ « P" ; H » ^ ' ^ ^^^ ^^ " - m ^ - ^ w w p ™^« . ^ ^ ip » T ^ r ^ P » P ^ p" »^^ p / pi ^^^» ^^^ pi ^ HPP * ta Vi ^ P ^ ^ P . > P ^ pr ^ Pp » ' ^ PP ^ ^^ PT ^ PJPJ ^ p ^^ W . * - ¦ h ^ " ^^ ^^ P ^ " » ' ^ P' - — » vfl ^^^ ^™ A ^ ' — - ^ , « 17 _ * vols ^ pl . cloth ^ ^ , £ 17 ; Thackeray ^_^^^^ ^ ^ ^ ' s ' Comic . ^ . * ^ Tales p . ^^^ . and a . nd Sketches Skfit < Yhf » s ' vol vnl . 1 _ 2 9 nH nd edit et (\\ t . vol vol . 2 2 . 1 lat st edit ftrlif .. .
, , , , , boards , £ 10 . 10 s . ; Thackeray's * Vanity Fair / genuine 1 st edit . £ 8 . 10 s . The total for the
eight days' sale was , just over £ 2 , 900 . A copy of Hiden's ' Polycronicon / printed
by Caxton 1481 g but very imperfectwas sold by Mr . - Hod , gson q-- , on the 15 th . It —— , was
purchased by Messrs . Sotheran for £ 20 . 10 s . Messrs . SothebyWilkinson & Hodge have
a sale of books and , manuscripts on the 12 th inst ¦ r- ^^ w - ^^* * . and ^ pv ^ pr ¦ ¦ ¦ h - ^ ¦¦ ^ four h ^ w -m ^ - ^ m - ^ pi « following p ^ H . -m ^ r ^ P ^ pj | ~^^^ ^ y v ^^ p pi ^ . pi ^ ^ p ^ p ^ h days ^ b ^^^^ ^ b ^^ p h p ^^ p . ^ p In ^ i ^^^ pi ^ hw the ^^ ^>^ ™ ¦ ^^ cata ^^^^ ™ ^ ^^ r — - ^ -
logue is a choice collection of Americana , including many of CottonIncreaseand
Hamuel Mather ' s works , and , other rare , New England V *^ ieces ; six oriinal drawings ¦ bR .
— ~^ ^ " ^ PppP ^ h ^ . P ^ V PP ^ ^^^ ^^ n ^ p V ^ ^ ^^^ ^^^ ^^^ ^^^^ ^^^^ T ^^^^ ^^^ ^ Pf ^ P ^ ^^^^ ^ P ^ P ^^^^ g ^ PlP ^ K ^^* ^^~ ^*^ ^^^^^ ^ I ^ IP ^^^^ H ^ H . ^ B *^ P > ¦ W / ^^ v P ^ P" «* ^^ V ^ h F ^^ ' * ^^ y W ' ' ^ Seymour to illustrate * Pickwick Papers / with an unpublished letter from Dickens to Seymour
relative to the sketches . Lot 1036 is a collection —~ ^~ ^^ of ^^^ p ^ n one ^ p ^ p ^ M ~^« . ^ . ¦ ^ hundred p . ^ apj ^ vpp i ¦¦ ( ^ . pv ^ pj ^ pr ^|^ T 4 and ^ bp ^ p ^^^ v ^*^ v sixteen ^ p ^ pvp ^ v . ^ ipr ^^ p ^^ ~^ pr pi ^^ ppi autog ^ mr ^ i ¦ ¦ - ^ " ~^ f ^ ^ pb ^ p _ rap ^ * - ^ ^ p ^ h *—> ^ - ^
letters from Dante G . Rossetti to T . Hall-Oaine - — ¦¦ ^ ¦^^•¦^ ^ pp ; « h there »^^ pi ^ pp * ^^ p » r p ^ n ^ w ^ are i ^^ pr pa ^ ^^ p ^ p also ^ p ^ vv ^ v vj ^ pv ^»^ r ^ . ¦ sixty p pp ^ p ^^^» ^ pr pi -three ^^ p ^ h p ^^^^ - ^ p ^ ^ pjpr p rare ^^ ' ^^ ' ^ — — earl - ^— —— — - ' » ' — - y »
works on tobacco . On the 19 th to" the 22 nd the same auction-
~| — P ^ plpfe ^ PT pm PVN ^ P ^ P ^ . * B ^^ P ^ Wp * p * plPA ^ p * ^ ppT Pf ^ V Jg ^ 0 ^ ^^ pP P ^ PV * ^ PIP ^ PS * PP ^ ^ h ^ VPj ^ P' P * P > PVP » ^ 1 ^ P ^ . ' K . IPJ P >« P «» P ^ ^^|^ Ptf " » - ^ I ^ P- ^ '' ' ^ ^— *—oers announce the second portion of the fine
ubrary of Lord Crawford—Bibhotheca Lmde-Hw- ^ " ' ¦
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siana ; his lordship contributes a preface to the important h catalogue h and ives a brief 1
— —~ - —^^ — — — — — ¦ - "' — - ^^ ^^ ~— ^ Hpp ^ p . " ^^ - ^^ —^ r ~ , ^ pj ^™~ " ^^ ^^ v ^^^ r - ™ - ^ v g ^^ p ^^ B ^^^ B ^ ^ pp * ™~^^ ^^""^^ w ^ p ^^^ m ^ m ^ t ^ m ~^^ p- ^^ PB rSsumS A A of each * JP . day pA ^ 's sale * M , at the ^ Pk end of ^^ which ^ b A ^ PB he — says — — m - — , m * and — I conclude —— —¦ - — — — — — - ^^ b »— y » speeding »— ' pj pi ^ pp ° ° ^ p » " - ^ p ^^ pr ^ p »^ p » ppp « pjp ^ fc my ^^^^^^ g part pj ^ p' ^ 'v ^ - ^ p—
ing guests , wishing them a happy journey th — ' roug —^— - ^— — ^ pa ^^ p ^ h their ~~ ~~ — - lives ~ ^ ~— — ~*~ , ^ p and ^^~ " - — — ™ ^» a *^ " ~ ^» more ™ ¦ ^^^ ™ ^^^ p - ^^ r lasting ^^ r ^ m ^^ - ^ pf »^ p ^ p ^ p ^ p ^ v ^^ P < ^^^ P V ^^^ K resting V ^^ V ^^^^ P ^ 'P' ^^ P ^ ^ P ^ PJPPP ^ V ^^^ p ^^ fe
place than I , alas , have been able to afford to — — them — — / It — — is — difficult — -ww —m — - ^— ¦ — ^—^— ~ m ~ , V amongst h ~» - ^^^^^^^^^ ^^ -- h ^^ ^^^^^ ' ^ ¦ ^ B ^^^^ ^^^ so ^^ P ~ many ^^ " ^^^^^^ ^^ - ^ ^^ ^^ P ^^^^ »
gems are a , few to pick : 6 out ^ Esop the ' s choicest Fables' ; first however edition , here of
the Greek Text , 1480 ; ' Amadis , de Gaul , ' in English , printed by Henry Bynneman for
Thomas Hacket , s . a . ( 1567 ) , said to be one of onl — _ - y ^^ _ three - cop — _ - _ - ies - ^_ - ~ - - _ - known — ~ - -v — _ __ . m V Lots ^^^^^^ V ~^ p ~ ^^ p- ^^^^ ^ 23 ^^^™ ^^^ " ^ to ^ P ^ ^ P ^ P P 101 ^ P ^^™ ^^ " ^ P ^^^^ are ^ P ^^^» ^^^™ ^ P ^ P ^ all ^ P' ^ P' ^^^ P ^^ PW
books on America , many of them very rare . * History of Arthur - ¦ - of Little Britain' folio
^ T ^^^ Pi — ^ m ¦ " — — ^^ J ^^ p ^^ k pa ^ m —¦ ^^^ a ~^— j ^^^ k v ¦ ~^ ~^_ ' ^ _ ^ v _ - ^^ r ^^^^^^^ ^^ m ^ ^^ _ ^ ^^ ^^ r ^ r ^|^ ^^ V ^^ , ^ p ^^^ ^^ P ^ pm ^^^^ V H , ^ B Robert Redborne , circa 1576 ^ _^ —only two other perfect copies of this are known ; Balbi de
Janna , ' Summa quse vocatur Catholicon / printed on vellum , Gutenberg , 1460—Lord
Crawford hopes ' for the honour of the country this ¦ g v ^^ H lorious —¦— ~— ¦ — — — specimen " ~ " — ~ - of - ^^» earl ' ——¦ ' ^^ y w printing H- ^^ ^^— ^^«^^^^— ^ v ^^ v ^^^^ V ^^^ K may ^^^^»^^ V ^^^^ ^ remain ^^ ^^^ ^^ m ^^ m ^^ m ^^^ r ^^ " ^> W
for ever in our country . ' A fine specimen of binding will be found in lot 212 ; it covers a copy of ' Budei Commentarii Linguae Grsece '
1548 , and is from the library of Diane de , Poictiers , richly tooled and painted in
compartments in the Grolier style , and having the interlaced H . D . crowned H . < fecthe whole
inclosed in a morocco , case . Earl , y English printing _ - _ - - — — ^ _ is - — represented _ — - _ w ^_ - -v _ - — b - - _— y g three —^ ^^_ ^^^ ^^ v - ^^^^ Gaxtons ^^^ r- ^^ pr ^^ ^^^^^^^ ^^ - ^^ r- ^^^ h ^ - ^^ : ^ the - ^^ ^^^ ^ - ^^ —^^
-apparentl lirst , a copy y perfect of Cicero ; Hi on gden ' Old ' s A 4 Pol ge' ycronicon < fec ., 1481 , /
1482 , imperfect ; and ' Christine of Pisa , Book of Fayttes of Armes / & c , 1489 , a fine copy ,
but has the table inlaid . Lot 327 is a unique work , * Nicholas Conti , India Recognita , ' 4 to .
mccccxcii . The Hakluyt Society reprinted this important work from an edition of 1723
alleging that to be the first edition . A large , collection of Liturgiesincluding several
editions of the Salisbury , and other primers , are to be found in the catalogue ; no less than one
hundred and forty lots come under this head , and last but not least many rare editiones
principes of the Classics . We wonder if the titled and wealthy classes
of English society are taking care that such treasures are kept in this country . ¦ ——
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Mr . Spencer Blackett , of . 35 St . Bride StreetE . G . has taken into partnership Mr .
Percy , A . Hal , lam . The firm will , therefore , in future be known as Spencer Blackett < fc
Hallam . Mr . John Odellwho travelled many years
for Messrs . F . Frith , & Co ., photographic publishers , of Reigate , is about taking over
the old established library , stationery , book and newspaper business of Mr . Bonnor Edman ,
120 Seven Sisters' Road , Hollo way , N . Messrs . Nops & Tarrant 6 Nops'
Electrotype Agency / have been compelled , by the growth of their business to enlarge their
boundaries . They have accordingly taken premises
at 1 and 2 Creed JLane , E . C ., adjoining their U t ' *
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Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), June 1, 1889, page 663, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_01061889/page/13/
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