Sales catalogue 78: Peter Murray Hill Ltd.

Date:
Autumn 1961
Reference:
WA/HMM/CM/Sal/43/4
Catalogue details

Licence: In copyright

Credit: Sales catalogue 78: Peter Murray Hill Ltd. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    73 74 7d 76 aT (Eng. Lit. Periodicals, pp. 124—5) points out, was tantamount to a collection of essays, much of which, though based on the Craftsman material, had never appeared in true separate periodical form. Crane and Kaye, 289, recording only Harvard and Yale-as having the original issues, all others being the (12mo) reprint. Bodleian List, pp. 222-3. GUARDIAN (The). To be Continued Every Day. [By Steele, Addison, etc. Nos. 1-174 (of 175)]. Printed for J. Tonson . . . and Sold by A. Baldwin, 1713. £65 Folio, unbound; 174 ORIGINAL DAILY IssuES, March 12-Sept. 30, 1713, the last issue, for Oct. 1, lacking. Crane and Kaye, 292. Bodleian List, p. 223. HALFPENNY MAGAZINE (The). A Miscellany of Original Articles, and Selections from the Best Authors, in Prose and Verse. [Nos. 1-19 (all published) May 5 1832—Sept. 8 1832]. Published at the Office of the Tatler, 26, Brydges Street, Covent Garden, 1832. £6 10s 8vo, contemporary grey boards, uncut. FIRST EDITIONS OF THE COMPLETE RUN OF A SCARCE EPHEMERAL MAGAZINE, bound up with index and general Title. Nor mm C.B.E.L. Nor In TIMES HANDLIST, which records a different magazine with a similar title, published in Leeds. Among the very varied contents is an article on the ** PECULIARITIES OF THE AMERICANS,” noting especially “‘ the precocious sage-like appearance, and unembarrassed deportment, of the children; no diffidence or reserve before strangers; and yet I can hardly call it impudence; it seems to them so easy and natural...” HAMPSHIRE TELEGRAPH AND SUSSEX CHRONICLE. (123 issues; with other papers, including No. | of the Brighton Chronicle and of the Southampton Luminary, as detailed below). Portsmouth: Printed and published at the Hampshire Telegraph Office, 1819-21. £18 123 ORIGINAL ISSUES, with 64 of other papers, in 2 vols., folio, CONTEMPORARY HALF CALF; FINE UNPRESSED COPIES. Comprising:— Hampshire Telegraph:—Sept. 13, 1819-June 24, 1822, Nos. 1040-1185, 123 issues (of 146). Brighton Chronicle:—17 issues between June 6 and Dec. 19, 1821 (including No. 1). Brighton Herald:—17 issues between 21 July and 29 Dec., 1821 (Nos. 781-804). Observer :—Jan. 6—June 30, 1822, 21 issues, of 26. Southampton Luminary;—Nos. 1,3 and 5-11 (14 April-24 June, 1822), 9 issues, of 11. A 17TH CENTURY ‘“* PUNCH ”’? HERACLITUS RIDENS: Or, A Discourse between Jest and Earnest, where many a True Word is spoken in opposition to all Libellers against the Government. [after No. I]:... At a Dialogue between Jest and Earnest concerning the Times. (Nos. 1-82, all published, complete, Feb. 1, 1681—22 Aug., 1682). Printed [No. I] for the Use of the People {thereafter] for B. Tooke, 1681-2. £105 82 ORIGINAL SINGLE-LEAF NUMBERS; A COMPLETE RUN; CONTEMPORARY CALF, rebacked. By Thomas Flatman, poet and miniature-painter. The dialogue form (between ‘* Jest’ and ‘“‘ Earnest ’’) is maintained throughout. Graham (p. 49) says it “ may be regarded as a remote predecessor of our London Punch.” Crane and Kaye, 297. A RARE SATIRICAL WEEKLY; the Signet Library set (with ** small burnholes * and ** some leaves stained ’’), bound with a few speeches by Shaftesbury, etc., of 1680-1, sold for £120 in March 1960. HERACLITUS RIDENS: Or, A Discourse .. . [etc.]. (Another run, lacking Nos. 3, 29, 76-7-8; with 77 numbers present). B. Tooke (etc.), 1681-2. £21 77 ORIGINAL NUMBERS, folio, CONTEMPORARY CALF. See note to previous item.
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