Page:Notes and Queries - Series 10 - Volume 10.djvu/582

 NOTES AND QUERIES. [io s. x. DEC. 19, woe.

Books for Bookmen and Collectors.

THE BOOK: its History and Development.

By CYRIL DAVENPORT, F.S.A. With 7 Plates and 126 Figures in the Text. 6s. net. List of Contents: Early Records Rolls, Books, and Bookbindings Paper Printing Illustrations Miscellanea Leathers The Ornamentation of Leather Bookbindings without Gold. The Ornamenta- tion of Leather Bookbindings with Gold Bibliography Index.

The romance of the Book and its development from the rude inscriptions on stone to the magnificent de luxe tomes of to-day have never been so excellently discoursed upon as in this volume. The history of the Book is the history of the preservation of human thought. This work should be in the possession of every book-lover.

ENGLISH ARMORIAL BOOK STAMPS.

By CYRIL DAVENPORT, F.S.A. Illustrated. Royal 8vo, 25s. net. [Shortly.

This volume will deal with the stamps on the bookbindings. Little attention has been hitherto paid to English coats-of-arms on the outside of books.

A REGISTER OF NATIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHY.

With a Selection of the Chief Bibliographical Books and Articles printed in other Countries. By WILLIAM PRIDE AUX COURTNEY. 2 vols. demy Svo, 31 S. 6d. net.

THE SECRETS OF OUR NATIONAL LITERATURE.

Chapters in the History of the Anonymous and Pseudonymous Literature of our Countrymen. By WILLIAM PRIDEAUX COURTNEY. Demy Svo, 7s. 6d. net.

" Of the highest interest, and only possible in the hands of a writer with a wide knowledge of literature and long bibliographical experience." Glasgow Herald.

A SHORT HISTORY OF ENGRAVING AND ETCHING FOR COLLECTORS AND STUDENTS.

With full Bibliography, Classified Lists, and Index of Engravers. By A. M. HIND, of the Department of Prints and Drawings, British Museum. Ill Illustrations. 18s. net. " Mr. Hind has succeeded so well that his book must inevitably be the standard introduction to the subject for the English-speaking world." Burlington Magazine.

" We can recommend the book without reserve as a first-rate handbook of reference which may be trusted." Glasgow Herald.

PORCELAIN OF ALL COUNTRIES.

A Book of Handy Reference for Collectors. By R. L. HOBSON. Fully illustrated. New Edition. 6s. net. [Shortly.

" Mr. Hobson's experience at the British Museum has especially fitted him for this task, and enabled him to distinguish between essentials and matters of secondary importance." Studio.

CHAPTERS ON SPANISH LITERATURE.

By J. FITZMAURICE KELLY. Svo, 7s. 6d. net. Studies by the greatest living authority. " A delightful volume, full of sympathy, learning, and judgment." Observer.

STUDIES AND MEMORIES.

By Sir CHARLES VILLIERS STANFORD. Illustrated. Demy Svo, 7s. 6d. net. This volume includes Essays on Musical and other Subjects. " This charming collection of biographical and critical papers." Pall Mall Gazette.

ARCHIBALD CONSTABLE & CO., LTD. 10 Orange Street, London, W.C.