Prices of Books: An Inquiry into the Changes in the Price of Books which have occurred in England at different PeriodsWheatley, Henry B. (Henry Benjamin)
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Prices of Books: An Inquiry into the Changes in the Price of Books which have occurred in England at different Periods
Wheatley, Henry B. (Henry Benjamin)
Books -- Prices -- History
Dibdin says of this that it “has little to recommend it, either on the
score of rarity or intrinsic worth.” Even now the prices are not very
high, and it is only required to complete the set of folios.
The following are some of the prices that this volume has realised:--
Richard Wright, M.D. (1787), £1, 1s. Steevens (1800), £2, 12s. 6d.
Roxburghe (1812), £6, 6s. Broadley (1832), £2, 2s. William Combes
(1837), £2, 5s. Stowe (Duke of Buckingham), 1849, £4, 6s. Daniel
(1864), £21, 10s. H. Perkins (1873), £22. Beresford-Hope (1882),
£24. Ouvry (1882), £28. Choice library of a gentleman (1882), £17,
10s. Chevalier de Chatelain (1882), £7, 5s. (imperfections supplied
in MS.). Addington (1886), £23 10s. (good tall copy). Old Essex
library (Lord Petre), 1886, £31, 10s. (old calf). Earl of Aylesford
(1888), £29 (14-1/4 in. by 9-1/4 in.). F. Perkins (1889), £14
(portrait and last two leaves slightly repaired). Halliwell
Phillipps (1889), £30 (perfect copy, in original calf). Brayton Ives
(1891), New York, 210 dollars (£42). Early English Poetry (Sotheby,
1892), £31. Birket Foster (1894), £25. Alfred Crampton (1896), £42
(14-3/8 in. by 9-1/8 in.).
SEPARATE PLAYS.
_All’s Well that Ends Well_, _Antony and Cleopatra_, _As You Like
It_, _Comedy of Errors_, _Coriolanus_, _Cymbeline_, first
editions in first folio.
_Hamlet_ (Printed for N. L. and John Trundell), 1603, two copies
known.
(1) Duke of Devonshire, purchased of Payne and Foss, 1825 (in
vol. containing twelve early editions of this play), for £250
(wanting last leaf).
(2) British Museum, wanting title-page. Bought by Mr. Rooney of
Dublin in 1856 for small sum, sold to Boone for £70, purchased
of them by Halliwell Phillipps for £120. It was sold
subsequently to the British Museum.
---- (L. R. for N. L.) 1604.
(1) Duke of Devonshire. (2) Earl Howe. (3) H. Huth.
_Henry IV._, Part 1 (P. S. for Andrew Wise), 1598.
---- (S. S. for Andrew Wise), 1599.
Steevens, £3, 10s. Roxburghe, £6, 6s. White Knights, £18, 7s.
6d. Utterson, £14. Halliwell (May 1857), £75. G. Daniel (1864),
£115, 10s.
_Henry IV._, Part 2 (V. S. for A. Wise and W. Apsley), 1600.
Steevens, two copies (Dibdin, “Library Companion,” 805), £3,
13s., £2, 15s. Smyth (1797), £8, 8s. Roxburghe, £2. 4s. Heber
(Part 2), £40. Utterson (1852), £17, 10s. Halliwell Phillipps,
£100--sold to Mr. Huth. F. Perkins, 1889 (Heber’s copy), £225.
_Henry V._, “Chronicle History” (Thomas Creede for T. Millington &
J. Burby), 1600.
Steevens (inlaid), £27, 6s. Kemble, resold (Sotheby, April
1821), £18, 7s. 6d. Heber (Part 2), £24, 3s.--bought by Mr.
Daniel. Bought at Daniel’s sale (1864) for 220 guineas by
Lilly. (Fine copy.)
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