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Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), 2nd April 1888, Edition 1 of 1, Page 344

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      Professor * Taxationin Richard American T . Cities Ely . and It States is ; entitled ' and

      . it will appear , this month . , Messrs . Harper & BrothersNew Yorkr

      will issue this mon JL th the third and , final volume , of Henry C . Lea's masterly ' History of the

      Inquisition of the Middle Ages , ' in which are considered special fields of inquisitorial activity . Messrs . Sampson Low & Co ., Limited , are the

      publishers of the English edition of this important work . The principal feature of Liincottfs

      Magazine for March is a brilliant novelette pp by Miss ¦ J ulia Magruder , author of ' Across the Chasni '

      & c , entitled 'Honoured in the Breach . ' Miss Amelie Rives , another _ Southern . _ _ — novelist _ __ , *

      contributes her first novel , entitled 'The Quick or the Dead ? ' to the April number of this magazine . A portrait of the authoress

      and a biographical sketch accompany it . Messrs . A . C . McClurg & Co . Chicago

      have in press for early publication T ^ 5 ' , Witnesses O , to Christ : a Contribution to Christian

      Apologetics , by Professor William Clark , M . A ., of Trinity CollegeTorontobeing a course of

      lectures delivered , before the , Hobart Guild of the University of Michigan in November and

      December 1887 . Bishop Cleveland Coxeof New Yorkwho

      has just brought out , throug , h Messrs . James , Pott & Co . of that cita volume of '

      Chris-, y , tian Ballads , ' has in preparation , at the same publishers , * Paschal , and other Poems . '

      A novel entitled A Nymph of the West , ' by Howard Seely , author of ' A Lone Star

      Bo-peep , and other Tales of Texas Ranch Life , ' will be published shortly by Messrs . D .

      Appleton & Co ., New York . Messrs . Henry Carey Baird & Co . of

      Philadelphia , have in press , for early publica , - i tion' A Practical Treatise of the

      Manufac-, ; ture of Soap and Candles , ' by Wm . T . Branntin one octavo volumeelaboratel

      , , y illustrated ; ' Theoretical and Practical Steam-Engineering' bEmory Edwardsillustrated

      , y , by numerous engravings ; and ' A Practical Treatise upon Boiler Construction and

      Examination , ' by Joshua Rose , illustrated . English editions of these books will be issued

      simultaneously by Messrs . Sampson Low , Marston , Searle & Rivington , Limited .

      Mr . Jaines Wood Davidson , at one time literary editor of the New York Evening Post has completed for publication a book which is ,

      to bear the title of ' The Poetry of the Future . ' Mr . Albion W . Tourgeewhose fame as an

      author began with l A Pool , 's Errand , ' and gre ^^— ¦ - ^ w — » with — T ~— - ¦ — his ^ ¦ r ~ w ^—^ later —^ ^^ ^» ^^ ^ ^^— work » » * ^ " ^ —— ^^— , ^ m will » v f ^ " — ^ " ^ w shortl ~^ m" ^^ ^^ ^ ^^ ¦ ^¦ ^ y ^ issue ^^ r ^^ Wto . ^^ ^^^^ fc ^^^^ , ^ B

      through his old publishers , Messrs . Fords , Howard & Hulbert , New York , a new novel

      entitled ' . Black Ice , a story of love and skates , incident and adventure .

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      On March 19 Sotheby ' s g sold some very interesting books from the library of an

      § g American collector . Among them were =

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      in Allot facsimi 's 5 English le £ 10 . 5 Parnassus s . ( Robson , ) M ; 60 * Returns Q , dedication from

      Parnassus curious no , tices ' , 1606 of , £ Shakspeare 18 ( B . F . Stevens , Marlo ) , we contains , Ben

      J 1613 onson -22 , t an he d oth parts ers ; comp Dray ton lete ' s , £ ' 33 Pol ( Bowden yolbion ) , . ' This was , Ben Jonson ' s copyand contains his

      ^ A motto ^ ^^ uni % _ i ^ M . _ ^ ^ fc que ^ - on «« T ^ . ^^^ frontisp ^ and b ^ VF ^^ T . i ^ hithert ^*^ m ^& iece ^^^»^ b ^^ d ^ in ^^ o ^^ the unknown ^ ¦ ™ IV ^ ai I ¦ poet , — ** - V V ^ ' s vol autograp t - ^ ^— um - — — - - e ^ v by * h ^^ w .

      Entertainments Thomas Middleton for the , entitled service of * this Honorable Cittie '

      W sons 1621 ^^ T I ^^ B ^^ B V ^^ V , ^ B , ' £ 4 >^ PV 70 ^ vols V ^* ( B ^^ ^ ' ^^ . . F , ^ H F £ . ^^^ 65 ^^^ Stevens ^ ^^^^ ( ^ fc Quaritch ^^^ H 1 ^^ ^^ ^~^^ ) * ^^^^ ; ^^ ' ) La ^ f ; ^ K Collection Borde ^^^ — Chan of , - ^^^

      Old Ballads , 3 vols ., £ 7 . 5 s . ( Bowden ); Shelley's ' Adonais' 1821 £ 31 ( Molini ) ; first

      edition of the Genevan , Bible , 1560 £ 19 . 10 s . ( Ellis ) ; and other interesting books , , were sold .

      A large and aristocratic company assembled at Christie ' s on the first and other days of the

      Aylesford sale , and extremely high prices were realised We . quote : Atkyns ' s i Gloucestershire '

      2 vols ., £ 33 ( Walford ); Biblia Polyglotta , , 1514 h -17 v £ - 78 ( Ellis ) ; Biblia Latina 1472

      2 vols ^^^^ ^^^ " ^ . in , 1 , £ ^^ 71 ^^^^^^ ( ^— Quaritch - ^— ^^» - ^ y ) — - ~ ; the — — copy — — , y of the v , J second Bishops' Bibleformerly belonging to

      Robert Dudley , Earl , of Leicester , £ 90 ( Nattali ) ; while the second issue of the

      authorised version from Charles the First ' s libraryfetched £ 28 ( Quaritch ) ; Macklin's

      Bible , , 9 vols . richly bound , £ 15 ( Quaritch ) ; Bleau , ' Le Grand Atlas , ' 12 vols . £ 18 ( Bowden ) ;

      Blomefield ' s * Norfolk , £ 23 ( Rimell ) ; Curtis's 'Botanical Magazine' 1787-1855 £ 53 ( Quaritch );

      ,, Buffon , 'Hist . Naturelle , ' 47 vols ., 4 to ., £ 36 ( Sotheran ) ; ' The Prouffitable Boke for Mannes

      Soule , and the Tretyse of the Love of Jhesu Christ' ( 1493 ) , bound together , were bought

      by Mr . Quaritch for £ 305—both were printed by Wynkyn de Worde ; the first Prayer Book

      of Edward VI ., 1549 , £ 120 ( Quaritch ); ' Fabyan's Chronicles , ' a perfect copy of the

      rare edition printed by Pynson in 1516 , £ 250 ( private buyer)—it is said that not more than three perfect copies exist ; Gould ' s Birds of

      Australia , ' £ 220 ( Bickers ) ; 'Mammals of Australia , » £ 45 (\ Bickers ) / ; Hal ' s * Cornwall - _ - _ , ' £ 150

      ( Reeves ); Higden's 'Polycronicon ' ( Caxton , 1482 ) with facsimile leaves , £ 110 ( Quaritch ) .

      The sale is proceeding as we go to press . Spenser's ' Faerie Queen' both parts

      ,, 1590-96 , £ 31 ( Pearson ) ; ' Saxton ' s Atlas / 1579 fine copy £ 53 ( Molini ) . The great

      interest , in the sale , was concentrated on the eighth day , when the four Shakspeare folios

      were sold . The first folio realised £ 200 ( Bowden ) . The second , wanting the verses , but

      which which had had belonged belonged to to JJr Dr . . J Johnson ohnson , , and and con c . on--tained autograph notes , £ 140 ( Nattali ) It is stated that this was bought on commission for

      Mr . Henry Irving . The third folio , wanting the portrait f £ 93 ( Quaritch rr f ) « while v w w the v •¦• d fourth i m b rfv K

      a fine H large — ^^ , ^^ and ^ ^^ ^ ^^ perfect U ^^^^ ^^ ' ^ ' - ^^ ^^ ^— copy , ^^^^^ , ^^ ^^ ^^ broug ^ ^^^ " ^^ r ht ^ ^ . ^ ^ ^^ £ ^^ 29 ^^ , ( » Molini ' — — — ^— ) m . The ~ ^^ ^™ ' ^^ ^ nine ^ ^^ ^^ ^~ ^^ ' ^^ days ^^^^ ^^ ' ^ w » - ^^ ' v sale ^ ^» - ^ ^^ ' ^^ realised ^ i ^ ^^^ ^^ - ^ r ^^ ^ n ^^^ ^^^ ^^^^ fc over ^^ r i ^^^ ^ h *

      £ 10 , 000 . Messrs . Puttick are preparing a sale of

      very choice books relating to America , including the library of the late Jos 6 Ramirez .

      Among the books are ' Purchas ' s Pilgrims , '

  • Citation
    • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), April 2, 1888, page 344, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_02041888/page/10/