Victorian era book fanciers seek prices and copies
Readers query rare French and English works from 1700s to 1800s. They request values for samen, including Rabellais Oeuvres du Maitre 1741 Amsterdam, La Fontaine Contes 1762 Amsterdam, Dreux du Radier 1755, and Arbuthnot Law Is a Bottomless Pit. Auction histories and prior sales cited. notes on Irving Columbus 1828 and Goldsmith First Editions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rabelais
Francois
M. le Duchat
Nouvelle Edition
Ornee
B. Picart
Amsterdam
Cambridge
Fighteen
la ‘Fontaine Contes Et Nouvelles
la Fontaine
Eisen
Fermiers
Dreux du Radier
J. T
Wills
Rasan, Gaillard, &c
Paris
Boston
Hisen
Picquet
Chaffard
de. Longueil
le Mire
Levant
Morocco
Cuzin
J. F
Jean Frangosis
Proud Gate
John Arbuthnot
Lord Strutt
John Bull
Nicholas Frog
Lewis Baboon
Oliver Goldsmith
Warwick Stuart
Blackie & Gon
Queen Street
Glasgow
Christopher Columbus
Washington Irving
A. & W. Galligmani
Boston Patriot
Benjamin Franklin
Stonehenge
John Henry Walsh
Walsh
England
London
Irving
New York
Notable Author Life Complications and Publications Mentioned
An unclear diary of a gifted woman notes 2. d 300 and illnesses affecting her work. She sold this experience to two publishers and the name Joseph Vanes appeared in connection with a semnest er. Works include Alice for Short written in Est and Some how Cood published in 1907 in UWS. De Morgen spends time in Florence and Chelsea with a distinguished painter wife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooklyn
Joseph Vance
de Morgan
William de Morgan
Alice
Augustus de Morgan
University College, London
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Copzus
Joseph Vanes
Est
UWS
de Morgen
Florence
Italy
Jongland
Chelsea
Becomes Of One Dear Infant Head Poem Inquiry
A reader asks for the author of the poem Because Of One Dear Infant Head attributed to Mrs Paull. The text recalls verses once in The Current and The Chi Intelligencer and seeks context about the poem’s authorship and composition. It notes imagery of a family face and infant loss, with lines about a beloved child and enduring grief.
Bookish queries mix Trollope trivia and Scottish lore
A reader asks about Trollope works including a possible sequel to Lady Anna and lists later titles. The piece notes Anthony Trollope's published works, questions a missing entry Real Robinson Crusoe, and mentions Loch Maree and a fiery well legend as folklore context from Scottish highlands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Trollope
Anna
Tobvison Crusoe
St. Elmo
Loch Maree
Loch Mares
George III
Great Britain
John Yiavel
Luie
Bremsgrove
England
Exeter
Jai
Rhones
Volo T
Flavel
Robert Gordon
Anthony Trollope
Co Iletors
Buition
Gebbie Company
Market Street
Philadephia
Fenn
John Caldigate
Henry
Ayala
Wortle
Marion Fay
Scarborough
Land Leaguers
Robinson Cruzoe
Fach Maree
Scotish Highlands
Loch-Mo-Naire
George Aafed -Hat
Panvais Land
Cierto
Also Mentioned on This Page
Ophelia
Henriette
Robert Jaffray
Fauriel
Astor
Lenox
New York Public Library
Claude Charles Fauriel
Mme. de’ Stael
Edwin TB. King
Thiard
Roger
Merry Andrew
Archer
G Routledge
Oliver Gcreen
Lordon
New England Courant
D. J
Thomas Jefferson
Conyers Middleton
Cicero
William IV
M B
Atalanta
NM Calydon
Ticknor & Fields
Flaviuc
Josephus
William Whiston
Samuel Burder
Swinburne
William Wehistom
Flavius Josephus
John G. Whittier
Wes
Ean
George W. Dayvis
John Cowan
H. W. Wilkins
Eaders
Lfonald Balta
Uiloft
Ard
Tel-el
Titas
Ruthiss
Bearland
Finiste
Myrtle Reed
Vielin
Chicago
G. P. Putnam’s Sons
Kenmore Avenue
G& C—i
Church of England
George UI
Parkhurst
Cheapside
Darman
New London
Kings Arms
Poultry
Dartmouth
Devon
Allibomne
Bita Sv
Wey
Mary Roberts
Evpwin George Pink
Lester Harph
Kansas City Star
Pri A. Small, Mayn 4D & Company
Jaye En Su
Jay Adson
Elina
Vixen Scott
Lane Comp Lane Company
Lia
W. 32d &T
Grafton Press
Fifth Avenue
Edward Howard Griggs
So Mail
S. W. Huebsch
Isher
DAVIS
Bryant
Paul Anthony
Hiram W. Bayes
Reid Publishing CO
Mass
Autograph
Leiters
Alter R. Benjamin
N. Y
South Broadway
Yonkera
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