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    BOOKSELLERS' CATALOGUES. / 17% __ sf*f y...

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    Recent Catalogues. 1 V Sotheran *-^ ^V ^...

    bered that the exhibition owed its existence in the a Earl great of measure Crawfo to rd the and happy Balcarre support swho of

    laced some of the richest treasures , of his collection p m . at the disposal - ^ r » of the Committee - w ¦— - —— . ¦

    I ' . 11 \ f ^/ VJfc V . T •» ^ . "w -v *« b - ^^ »»* »^ - ^ aw r > m + WM ^ f » - •*• w ••^^ ¦¦» - ¦¦ w w ^ ^ w —F On receip t of the i m price of post * a age ( 3 -k d . ) Mr ifc jr . Edmond TMmrmrl will will lorward forward a a copy conv ot of this this interest

    intereat-ing catalogue to any book-lover . From Messrs . Edmond & Spark we have

    also received p > * V a copy of the •• catalogue A * B of a ¦ portion of ¦¦ the y ^ t ^^ . late ffc of Tj Tf ^ p > ^ f the » ap Mr ^ r a ^^^ extensive . Cornelius - ^ a ^ - v ^ •& ^^ B - ^ f » - « f » ^ and ^ F ^ Bnaar Wal valuable * > ««««¦ ford - % v p-k -w * . k V library This •¦«¦— •••^•• f ^^ is sold in classified lotswhich

    collection being , latter range sum in price is asked from for £ 2 the 10 s books . to £ 352 relating . The to

    the should A P ^ j \ * r v ^ r - ^ subj r - — . ^ fe ^ pp **** — ) be f ^ p * ect * ^^ h T M addressed ^ F * W ^ of F *^» ^ V ^*^ topograp ^ F PFFM * T F ^ P ^ « P ^ ^ T ^ Pl F *»* to ^ F - * F ^ » ^ A ^ the h ^* ^ " y flA P ^^ . T" Secretary W ^ p * F ^ Communicati F ^ ^ F ^ ^^ k ^^ ^* ^ B ^^ V P "p » ¦¦ , V Enfield ^^ .. FFW M . ^ | .. F a ons ^» ^^ —¦» ^^ r ^ m ^^^^^ . ^ p— ^^ ^^» M ^ F .. ^^^ F >

    House , Belsize ^ Park Gardens , N *^^ . W . The f lete f fff catalogue f pj fffn & ffbi to be ff 1 issued fff by

    Miss ^ gf— p ^ ^ flb ^ v Lang ^^ f' comp ^^ ^^ ^ p ley >* ps . v •¦* ^^ , ^^^ ^^ " of ^¦* ^ p *^ Reading ^^^^^ ^^^ w ^^^ . ^ —^^^^ , ^^ ^ promises ff ^ p ^ ^^ f *^ ^^^^ pf ^ p ^^ ~^^^» ^ ' to " ^^» r be ¦ ™ both interesting and extensive , comprising

    tion many of rare the as catalogue well as cheap which books we . have The seen porapATYi seems to + rk be hf > i prepared T » rfiT » arfid witii -wihK much much care oare and and

    intelligence . Messrs . Doug ^ las & Foulisf Edinburghare

    now * circulating rp their clearance , catalogue * » , dated July-August . The prices are

    remarkably moderate . No . 49 of Mr . E . W . Stibbs' ( 25 New

    recent reofln Oxford f . purchases m Street 'irr'lift . afta , London from frr » m the t . ) Tift C lihfa li atalogue braries . rifta of of embraces TVTr Mr . x W ! . .

    J and . Thynne other collectors , Lord Petre . , Mr . Leonard Hartley ,

    Messrs . William Wesley & Son ( 28 Essex StreetStrand ) have issued the seventy-fourth

    numbe , r of their c Natural History and Scientific Book Circular , ' now in its sixteenth year

    of publication . In Mr . Frank Murray ' s ( Derby ) Catalogue

    we notice the mention of a unique collection of water-colour drawings and pen and ink

    sketches of the scenery and architecture of Hampshire . The drawings , which number

    about 140 , are the work of Mr . G . P . Sargent . Books ( some scarce ) on Irish archaeology

    Irish history , and other Hibernian subjects , are to be found in the new catalogue issued

    by Messrs . Carson Brothers , of Dublin . 16 South The catalogue gate / Halif now ax sent comprises out by a Mr good . Teal col- ,

    lection of new , and second , hand x , books «_ J . Mr . WaterhouseSun BuildingsBradford

    has a good list now , in circulation . , His inter- , esting catalogue of Yorkshire books is sent

    free to all applicants . We do not think , howeverhe has simplified matters by adopting

    the , rules as to sizes promulgated t / by the Associated Librariansi

    Those who find pleasure , honour , or profit in accumulating autograph letters will find an

    imposing array in a catalogue prepared by Mr . William Evarts Benjamin , of 744

    Broadway , New York . The list comprises Mr . James R . Osgood ' s collectionand other

    valuftble and desirable specimens , , forming , it ia

    claimed , one of the nnest assortments ever

    offered for sale in America . ' Doubtless the collection may be genuine t ^ j throughout ¦¦— ¦ but - » ¦——

    recent makes disappointing us question ^ seriousl experience — y the — in authenticity —— this ^^ country — , j ^

    ois * two original songs by Burns , * never published . '

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    Jul y 15 , 1886 The Publishers' Circular 7 8 i

    Booksellers' Catalogues. / 17% __ Sf*F Y...

    BOOKSELLERS' CATALOGUES . / 17 % __ sf * f y m '

    { From a Correspondent . ) In olden times there was a law by which it was

    enacted that booksellers should bo compelled to keep an had easil in an stock y accurate accessible , the list catalogue p or lace catalogu in to the e be shop of kept every . Now hang book , ing when they in

    the the written "written law law is is obsolete obsolete , , there thero is ia another annhliRT which whi ^ h compels the bibliopole of our day to do much the same thing h . Railways —— and i -w ^^ the Post Office h have so altered

    — ¦ - » - ^— — - - ¦ « ¦ - — —— — - ^ - ~ ^^ ^ r ~^ r vw— ^^ ^^ r ^ m ^ m ^ b <^ w ' ^^ . ^ ^ i ^ ^ M ^^ V ^* ^ F ^^ ^ 1 ^ ^*^ P the conditions under which our own in common with other trades has to be carried on , that it is not only

    to the comparatively few "book-buyers in his own to town the that many the outside bookseller it , in appeal all parts s to for of support the world , but ,

    witn with whom whom it it is is necessary neeessarv he he be be able able to to communi rvmiTniini--cate some idea of the contents of hid stock . Thus — ' ' we — - fal ~ " ~ * l back ¦^ F' " ^^^ " ^^ —^~^™ r ¦ upon ¦ ¦ ¦ " ^ F' ^""^^ the ^^ r ^^^^ ^^ F" an ^ M ^ ^^^^ ci ^ F' ^» ent ^ " ^ ^» " ^ " ^ F' catalogu ^^^ ^^^^ ^^^ L ^^ ^^ f > ^^ T ^^^ h ^^^* e ^^ ,

    thousands of which are by our larger firms distributed throughout the whole world at frequent

    intervals intervals , , while while the the humbler humbler members membflra of of the th « trada t-. rarta follow with their smaller numbers , with longer spaces of time intervening .

    From a frequent and careful inspection of various catalogues issued by the British trade , we feel bound to ~— ^^ say ¦ ^ - ^ — that ^^ ¦ ¦ ^~ of ~— ^ v all ™ ¦ - ^^ ~—^ m the ^^ ^^ ¦ ¦ ^^^ undertakings ^ v ^^^^ v ^^^ ^^^^ ^^ r ^ b ^ ^^ r ^¦ ' ^ F' ^^ F ^ v ^ ^* ^^^^^ H ^ B ^^^^ which W ^^ *^ ^ V ^ ^^^^ b ^ a M ^^ P book V ^^ p ^^^ F" ^^ F' ^^ FFF ^ f ' -

    seller has on his hands , that which he seems to give the least care to is—his catalogue . Errors in catal intelli ogues gible are headings painfull and y numerous notes are , stupid the rule and rath un er

    than the exception ; and to a careful , conscientious and painstaking cataloguer the run of such productions ^— — — — - ^ form - ^ —— —— ^— di " shearteni - ^ ¦ — ' - ^ — — ™ ¦¦ ^ F' " ^ ¦ — ng — ™» BF «^ reading . F * - ^^ ^ ^ f' ^ ^ " ^ ¦ ^ ¦ ft . V ¦ Want W » rf ^ iB « F « « F * of ^ F » ^ b learning ^ F * ^^* ^^ V ^^ a ¦ Fk' * ^» •^¦ * ^ tf ^ h

    one could readily forgive , for it is not to every one that a good education—in the proper sense of the term ^~ -V' v ^ ^_ - —^ —has ^^»^_ v ~_ r ^^ p been f ^ V —• - ^^ Fr ^ ™ g H ^ FA iven ^ * ^ i ^ ^ V ^ B . ^| ^ But FF ^ F ^ ^ F ^ fe ^^ when ^ V FVM ^ Ff ^ FF ^ ^ M ^^ we W ^ ^ k ^ . see ^^ ^ i' ^¦ F' error ^ f * Vfe ^^ F > ^^^ F ^ FF ^ after y ^^ ^^^ ^ ^^

    error , mis-statement after mis-statement , due to carelessness alone , we cannot but feel dissatisfied with w v w - ^» - — ' the ^ — - w " ^— trad - ^ ^^ m mi ¦ — * e ^^^ - for ^ m ^ f ^ ^^ B allowing ^ f ^^ # 1 F > ^ v ^ F ^ F ^ * f ^ ^ B ^* 9 " % ^ such ^^ W ^ kFF ^^^^ m productions V ^ ' ^^ ^ F ^ ^ IF *^ ^ F *^ ^ fF ^ ^^ ^^ ^^ F * ^ v ^* B ^^ to ^ ^^^ pass ¦^ r ^ Ff | ^ W * 0

    current . Affectations of eccentricity are among the chief stup F # ¦ idities ¦ - rife among booksellers : for instancewe

    have ^^ — ' ¦ - ™ seen " ™ ^ i * ' ^^^ V a » ' ™ " ™ catal — I ^~ ~ " ~^ ogue ^^ " ^ 'F' " ^ ^ H ^ F- to ¦ NJ ^^ ^*^ which ^^ ^ •¦ »^ ^^ ^ F » ^ F ^ ^^ has > F ^ F ^^ ^ H been ^ ^^ F" ^ ^ F «^ g ^^ ¦ ^ iven ^ W F ^ F ^ ^** ^ . ^ , the » 1 ^ iFF title , * Daintie diet for Boke Worms / and its whole preamble F j ~ " ^^~ - - ^^*~* ' - ^~^^ v ^^ f > ^^^^ ^^^ setting *^^^ i ^^ v «^ ¦ " ^ IH ^^ f >^ f ^ K forth ^^ ^ B ^^ F >^ F ^^ F FVi ^ F' the ^ p ^ B " ^ . ^ proprietor H ^ F ^ ^^ ^^^ ^ P *^ F 1 ^ F ^ fe ^ F' ^ H ^ ^^ F * ' ^ B ' s V ^^ F ^ name flV ^ Ff ^^ J ^ W . ^^ FfB ^ B ^^ F ^

    was writfen in a style supposed to be old English , but which was a conglomeration that would puzzle even the moat profound of hilologists 1 F > .

    under In F 1 " T ^ — another ^ ^ whic » ^ - ^ — — ^ h we ^~ ' - ^ eac - »— see ^ " h ^~ - ^ ^ - ^ article ^—^ the FV ^ r ^^^ " ^^^ catchword ^»* H is ^ - ^ " - ¦ - ^^ ^— placed ^^^ ^^^ p FT or ^ F' ^™ ^^ put ^ " ^^ " ^^ F heading " *^* ^^ , ^ fJ | P ^ not F ^ F ^ ^ . F * " ^^ ^ P at ™ » - ~^ the ~~ ^— ^~ ^^ beginning »*» " ^ ^ F ^ M ^ ' ¦ ^^»^^ ^ ¦* ¦ F ^^ K of ' ^^ F | the ^ F" " ™ ^ ^ article " ^ . ^ ^ " ^ F 1 F ^ ^^ FP F ^ B ~^ W , FJ ¦¦ but P ^ i ^ Ffc V ^ ^ as W ^ P >^ ^ it . 4 ^( f * occurs ^* F ^ ^ F «^ ^ feFP ^ F ^ F * ** ^^ F *

    on the title of the book , whicft brings it in the middle . The effect of a word in full and bold capital ~^ v ^ ~ v ¦ Mf' ™ ^~ ^ ^~ ^* ^ letters ^ ^~ - ^^ ^ v ¦ F » ¦ k « in F ^ F ^ H ^^ the ^ F * ^* F ^ ^ i ^ F' middle FJ ^—^ . F * * F ^ F « - ^^ 1 ^^ F ^ ^^ i of ^ m ^ FF . each —^ ¦ — a ^~ ^ FFT « . > . *¦ ^ article k-FBP . F ^ PF ^ T ^ Fj ^^^ ^^ ^ F ^ is FF * Ft . ^ , FM

    at least , not pleasing . Sets of Grilfillan ' s British Poets' we see catalogued under * British , ' while such headings as ' Black i -letter' ' Curious / ' Facetise /

    & ^^ ^ ^^ c ^^ , should ^ PfIF ^ *^^ ^ ^^ "F find ^^ F >^ F ~ *^ ^^ FP no ^ FJ * . > *^ F » p ^^ lace "T ¦¦ ^ fF ^ 1 ^ ^^ , in ' ^ kF' the ^ P ^ FT FW > ^^ ^ gF * ^ F well ^ FI ^ FV VJ -regulated | FJF 1 ^ " ^ ^ V ^^ W ^ ^ . ^ F * * Ff ^ catalogue . v Some * m ^ -V ^ ^ B ^^ —] — of ^^ m ^ the ^ r ^ ¦« ~ m ^ larger rfFl * h ^ ^ KfB ^ FT rfF ^ ^ h . B Fk ouses " «^ ^ F » ^^ ^ r " ^ F * ^ are ^ V F . ^^ the ^ hV FFJ g . ^« F * greatest YfFF ^ k FBjI ¦¦ ^ iF" ^ 4 « r ^ . FF" P « F M

    offenders . Indeed , to a large and well-known London firm of second-hand booksellers belongs the credit ^* F *« ^* " I II * " **> of ^ r ^ having # ^^* V ¦ » ^ ^ FIFJ fl ^ FA the V *^>^ ^ . ^ most ^ **«« ^ L ^ F ^ fF FkF careless - | J T ^ FF * *^ i ^ FB > ^ fT F ^^ W ** W catalogue ^ fF * ^/ . *¦ F & # V ^ «¦¦ ~^ f »^ V *^ ^ . * ^^ in F >* FB ^ FBJ the ^ tF * # Fk ^ F > ^ If '

    trade—an unenviable distinction ! It is a question that should appeal to every tradesman , and indeed every -r ¦ ¦ ¦ assistant—Ho 4 ¦ w can our catalogue be

    im-— ^— ^ ¦ * , >^ v ^ p— ^ T-Fr ' ^ p ^ ™ ^ " - ^ " - - ^^ F ^^^^^ ^^^ » —I T ^^ FF »^^ ^ ^^ H Fi F 1 ^ ^ N » ^ fc ^ " ~ " ^^ ^ ^ ^» " ^^ ja ^ Pb ^ ^ ^ F ^ 1 ^^ ^^ T ^^ ^ F" ¦ ¦ ¦ proved ? The answer is , by a careful and

    conscien-B

• Citation
  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), July 15, 1886, page 781, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_15071886/page/11/