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NOTES AND QUERIES. [io* s. i. JUNE is, 1904.

broadside ballads, ascribed to William Samnel. It is doubtful whether more than two other copies are known. The date is 1574, Cologne, price 121. 12s. There is also the first monograph in English on ' The Natures and Properties of all Wines that are .commonly used here in England.' This is by William Turner, author of the 'Herbal.' The date is 1568, price 61. 6s. The next period, 1603-24, contains the king's speech on the occasion of the Gunpowder Plot. ' Articles of Direction touching Ale-Houses,' 1607, price 21. 2s., is the earliest pub- lished regulation of ale-houses, previous statutes being embodied in Acts of Parliament. The next period takes Charles I., the Civil War, and Com- monwealth, and the arrangement is so continued till the close of the list, 1800. The catalogue, which -contains nearly two thousand items, is really a valuable work of reference.

Messrs. Smith & Son's June list includes a num- iber of books new as published.

Messrs. Henry Sotheran & Co. have issued a most interesting catalogue of unique grangerized books. There are only fifteen books, but the total price for them amounts to 2,442Z. Of this Wheat- ley's ' Cries of London,' brilliantly printed in colours, monopolizes 1,000 guineas. Another book is the first edition of Keats, a presentation copy, with inscription in the poet's autograph. The price of this is 1511. 10s. Other books are Ackermann's - 1 Picturesque Tour of the River,' andOmar Khayyam, with all the original drawings by Mr. Anning Bell. There are also two rare MSS. of Keats. The cata- logue is beautifully printed and illustrated, includ- ing facsimiles of the Keats MSS.

Mr. Walter T. Spencer's catalogue extends to 118 pages, and there is hardly a page upon which some special item of interest cannot be found. The list is strong in works on America. This includes number of works relating to Australasia. The
 * a collection of pamphlets, 1643-5. There are also a
 * general portion contains the second issue of the

fifth edition of Walton, 1676, beautifully bound in morocco by Gosden, 24. ; first edition of ' Ingoldsby,' Bentley, 9?. 9s. ; first editions of Bewick ; and George Borrow's ' Celebrated Trials,' 1825, 11. Is. The Dickens portion is specially interesting, and includes choice copies of first editions, many of them with extra illustrations. There are also two relics of Dickens : his pen, taken from his desk at the office of All the Year Round the day after his death, and his porcelain memorandum slate. Under Drama are a number of old plays and memoirs. There are many items of interest under Railways, including Wadsworth's ' European Road Book,' 1641, price
 * 35s., and 'The London and Greenwich Railway

Guide,' 1836, in which it is stated, "The rate at which the public may be conveyed on these extra- ordinary roads is from 20 to 30 miles an hour, a velocity almost incredible." Under Thackeray is a beautiful set of first editions. The illustrations include the suppressed one of the Marquis of Steyne. Several pages are devoted to choice editions of Cruikshank. These include the first issue of the first edition of The Humourist,' Robins, 1819-20, uncut, 60J. ; also ' The Youth's Miscellany' and 'The Youth's Monthly Visitor,' 18:23, extremely scarce, 81. 15s. Under Black-letter we find the first edition of Latimer's 'Sermon on the Plough,' 1548, 3. 3s. There are also a large mumber of coloured plates.

Mr. Thomas Thorp's Reading catalogue opens with books relating to Africa. These occupy several pages. The general list has many valuable items. These include the edition tie. luxe of Matthew Arnold's works, 15 vols., 11. 17*'. Gd. (this is now out of print) ; Dibdin's ' Bibliographical Deca- meron' ; the works of Francis Grose, 10 vols., full russia, 81. 8s. ; vol. i. part i. of 'The Ideal,' all out, 1903, 11. 7s. There are a number of the Early English Text Society's publications ; works on London, theology (we may single out Rock's 'Church of our Fathers,' 1849, 4 vols., 51. 5s.), military subjects, and Scotland ; and also a set of the ' Encyclopaedia Britannica,' 36 vols., with the revolving bcoljcase, 26^. 10s., complete. The cata- logue includes a list of folios and quartos at eigh- teenpence each, to effect a speedy clearance.

The June catalogue of Messrs. Henry Young & Sons, of Liverpool, includes many rare books. Among items of interest are Nichols's ' Elizabeth ' and ' James I.,' 131. 13s. ; Sandford's 'Coronation of James II.,' 1687, 51. 5s. ; 'The Lakes of Scotland,' 1834, 51. 5s. ; a complete set of Punch to the end of 1899, original issue, 251. 10s. ; Prynne's ' Histrio- Mastix,' 1633, very rare, 51. 5s. : Herdman's ' Liver- pool,' 1843-57, very scarce, 91. 9s. ; ' Liverpool in Charles II.'s Time,' by Sir Edward Moore, edited by W. Fergusson Irvine, 1899, 21s. (this is the most ancient description of Liverpool known) ; a com- plete set of Lever's novels, 1839-65, 211. ; the first edition of Johnson's ' Dictionary,' 31. 3s. There is a very fine set of the ' Greville Memoirs,' the first issue, half-morocco, 8/. 10s. Under Heraldry are to be found Collins, Betham, Burke, and Fox-Davies. Under Early Romance is the rare first edition of ' Le Premier Livre du Nouveau Tristan, Prince de Leonnois, Chevalier de la Table Ronde,' Paris, 1554, 121. 12s. There is a first edition of ' Gulliver,' 71. 7s., and a first edition of Scott's 'Border Anti- quities,' 11. Is. There is also the beautiful 12mo edition of Byron, 17 vols., 1832-3, 10/. 10s.

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