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
_Henry VI._, Parts 1 and 2, first editions in folio. Part 3 (“The
true Tragedie of Richard, Duke of York”), P.S. for T.
Millington, 1595.
Chalmers (Part 1), £131.
---- (W. W. for T. Millington), 1600.
Steevens, £1, 16s. Rhodes, £5, 7s. 6d. (one leaf MS.). Jolley,
£10, 10s. Halliwell (1857), £60.
_Henry VIII._, _Julius Cæsar_, _King John_, first editions in
folio.
_True Chronicle Historie of King Lear_ (Nathaniel Butter, St.
Paul’s Churchyard), 1608.
Steevens, £28. Dent, £14, 5s. Strettell, £15. Edwards (1804),
£15, 4s. 6d. Heber (Part 2), £32. Halliwell (1856), £22,
10s.--bought for Mr. Huth. Birket Foster (1894), £100.
There were second and third editions published in the same year
with Butter’s name, but without place.
_Love’s Labour Lost_ (W. W. for Cuthbert Burby), 1598.
Dent, £26. Bindley, £40, 10s. Rhodes, £53, 11s. Heber (Part 2),
£40 (Bindley’s copy); came into the possession of George
Daniel, who valued it at £200. It sold for 330 guineas at
Daniel’s sale. F. Perkins (1859), £70 (headlines cut into, and
last leaf mended). Thomas Gaisford (1890), £140.
_Macbeth_, _Measure for Measure_, first editions in folio.
_Merchant of Venice_ (J. Roberts), 1600.
Steevens, £2, 2s., £2 (two copies, both inlaid). Roxburghe, £2,
14s.; resold to Jadis, £6, 6s.; resold to Holland (1860), £15.
Heber (Part 2), £12. Jolley, £14. Utterson (1852), £16.
Halliwell (1859), £21. F. Perkins (1889), £121. W. H. Crawford
(1891), £111. Sir Cecil Domville, 1897, (fine copy), £315.
---- (J. R. for Thomas Heyes), 1600.
Duke of Grafton, £9, 9s. Bindley, £22, 1s. Roxburghe, £10.
Heber (Part 2), £33, 10s. Field, £13, 15s. Gardner (1854),
£32--bought by Mr. Tite. Halliwell (1856), £37--bought by Mr.
Huth. Daniel, £99, 15s. F. W. Cosens (1890), £270. W. H.
Crawford (1891), £111. Birket Foster (1894), £146.
_Merry Wives of Windsor_ (T. C. for Arthur Johnson), 1602.
Bindley, £18. Steevens, £28--purchased by Malone; resold to
Heber. Heber (Part 2), £40; bought by G. Daniel; sold at his
sale in 1864 for 330 guineas to Lilly. Thomas Gaisford (1890),
£385.
_Merry Wives of Windsor_, for Arthur Johnston, 1619.
Roxburghe, £1, 3s. Steevens, £1, 4s. Dent, £8. Heber (Part 2),
£7. Halliwell (1856), £16--bought by Mr. Tite. Halliwell
(1858), £14. 5s.
_Midsummer Night’s Dreame_ (Thomas Fisher), 1600.
Steevens (part of a leaf wanting), £25, 10s. Bindley, £22, 10s.
Heber (Part 2, very fine), £36--bought by Daniel; sold at his
sale in 1864 for 230 guineas to Lilly. Brayton Ives (New York),
1891, 725 dollars. Birket Foster (1894), £122 (large copy).
---- (James Roberts), 1600.
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