vol. iv., part 1), russia extra.
H. Perkins (1873) £260. Earl of Gosford (1884), £275.
Ormerod’s Cheshire, 3 vols., 1819. Large paper.
H. Perkins (1873), plates in three states-etchings, proofs, and proofs on India paper, morocco extra by Lewis, one of six copies, £155.
Plot’s Oxfordshire, 1677. Large paper.
Beckford (1883), £8, 15s. (old red morocco).
—— Staffordshire, 1686. Large paper.
Beckford (1883), £40, 10s. (old black morocco).
Thoroton’s Nottinghamshire, 1677.
Heber (part 9), £11, 5s. Beresford-Hope (1882), £11. Beckford (1883), £14, 10s.
First editions of our English classics have increased greatly in price of late years. Many of Defoe’s works are very scarce, and bring good prices. The late Mr. James Crossley had a fine collection of these, but his library was in such poor condition that the books did not sell well. The British Museum bought at his sale, June 20, 1885, the autograph manuscript of Defoe’s “Compleat English Gentleman,”