Manchester. Sherratt & Hughes, 34 Cross Street. Catalogues Nos. 6-7, of Second-hand Books, ancient and modern, including Special Collections on Angling, Bibliography, R. Browning, Derbyshire, Drama, P. G. Hamerton, Lancashire, Andrew Lang, Northumberland, A. C. Swinburne, Yorkshire. Among the rarer items are Raynalde's Birth of Mankinde, 1626; and Spenser's Works, 1679.

Albert Sutton, 43 Bridge Street. Catalogues Nos. 170, 171, 172, 173, being-Folk-Lore: a Catalogue of Books on Folk-Lore, Myth, Tradition, Institution, Custom, and kindred subjects; including Folk and Fairy Tales from the Earliest Periods to the Present Day, Alchemy, Astrology, Demonology, Witchcraft, Ghosts and Apparitions, Ballads, Folk-Songs, Proverbs, Fables, Counting-out Rhymes, Nomenclature, Dialects, Gypsy-Lore, Customs, Traditions, Superstitions, Freemasonry, Religions, Costume, Symbols, Mythology, Epitaphs, Spiritualism, Mesmerism, Hypnotism, Conjuring, Magic, and the Occult Sciences. A Catalogue of Miscellaneous Books, ancient and modern, including a Collection of Scottish Literature; a Catalogue of useful and interesting Books, including the Library of a Professor of the Victoria University; and a Catalogue of Ancient and Modern Books, including a Collection of Books on Ireland and the Irish.

Northampton.-J. S. Billingham, 1a Marefair.—Catalogue of Second-hand Books, including Works on Sport, Travel, Biography, Fiction, Poetry, Romance, History, Theology, Topography, Geography, Political Economy, Philosophy, etc.

Oxford.—B. H. Blackwell, 50–51 Broad Street. Catalogue of Books relating to the History, Languages, and Literature of India and the Far East, including Interesting Items from the Library of the late Cuthbert Shields, M.A., Oxon.; Duplicates from an Important Oriental Library; a Selection from the Library of the late Hon. Mr. Justice O'Kinealy of the High Court, Calcutta, &c. The Catalogue contains upwards of 2,000 items.

Reading. William Smith & Son, 109-111 London Street.Catalogues Nos. 15-16, New Series, of Second-hand Books, consisting of Recent Purchases, under the heads of Africa, Agriculture and Horticulture, America, Antiquarian and Topographical, Architecture, Art, Astrological, Australasia, Baxter Prints, Bibles, Biography, Engravings, Essayists, Foreign Topography, Voyages and Travels, French Literature, India, Juvenile, Legal, Medical and Surgical, Napoleon and the French Revolution, Natural History, Naval and Military, Occult, Pamphlets, Poetry and the Drama, Portraits, Recipes, and Trades, &c., &c., including the Atlas François, 3 vols., 1694, £10 10s.; Sanson's Atlas Nouveau, 1705, £3 15s. ; Ortelius' Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, 1606, £5 15s. 6d. ; Piranesi's Works, 1756, &c.

Sheffield. A. Fehrenbach, 57 Leopold Street. The Milton House Catalogue, No. 42, including a series of MS. Reports, Estimates, Accounts, Commissions, Minutes &c., relating to the State of the Navy, Customs and Excise, Exchequer and Secret Service, comprising Naval Estimates, List of the Royal Navy and Ships Building, with full details of Salaries, Cost of Material, &c. "A State of the Finale Acct. of Samle. Pepys, Esq.," re Tangier (1678-80) References to the Spanish and West India Expeditions, and to the Siege of Gibraltar, Matters relating to Customs and Excise, including “ Constitution for Dr. C. Davenant to the Inspector-General of Exports and Imports," Report on the "Establishment of the Officers of the Customs," Commissions for Licensing Hackney Coaches, Hawkers, and Pedlars, &c., 4 vols., folio, £14 18s. 6d. ; and books from 1512.

Southampton.-E. Tolfree, 4 Pembroke Square. Cheap List of Books, No. 5; 386 items at One Shillng each.

Tunbridge Wells.-P. M. Barnard, M.A., 10 Dudley Road.-Italy and the Italian Cities, including Aldine Press and Dante Literature, being Catalogue No. 33, arranged upon an original plan, every one of the first 621 items being books dealing in some way with the Cities of Italy, from early to recent times in the History of Printing, followed by a General List of Italian Literature and Books on Italy.

Wolverhampton.-Henry Start, 28 Dudley Street.-Catalogue No. 6 of Secondhand Books on Various Subjects including Topography, Art, Architecture, America, Australia, Geology, Bibliography, Angling, Economics, &c. Wrexham. Frank Crowe, Bank Street. Catalogue No. 29 of Interesting Books in Various Branches of Literature, Biography, Travel, Sport, and First Editions of Standard Authors; also a small Collection of Theological Works, and Books relating to Wales.

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Albany, N.Y., U.S.A.-The Joseph McDonough Co., 98 State Street.-Catalogues Nos. 255, 256, 257, 258, including Library Sets of Standard Authors, Charles Reade, Pepys' Diary, Fielding, Sterne, Smollett, De Foe, Kipling, Cooper, Warner Library, Molière, Walpole's Letters, Literature of Italy, &c., Gilray's Caricatures, Theological, Angling, Anson's Voyages, 1748 edition, Art Design and Ornament, Baker's Chronicle 1730, Bayle's Dictionary 1734, Ornithology (including Seebohm's Thrushes"), Blome's Gentleman's Recreation 1709, Brispot's Jesus Christ, British Essayists, Burns Memorial Volume, Classics, Darwin's Voyage (first edition), Hogarth Works, Ireland, Mary Queen of Scots, Medical, Picart's Religious Ceremonies (large paper), Pope's Works, Rabelais, Ackerman's London, AnteNicene Fathers, Sibley's Astrology, St. Augustine's Works, Breeches Bible, Budge's Works, Cave's Apostolici (first edition, 1677), Charles I., Classics, English Rogue, Fleury's Ecclesiastical History, First Edition of Fuller's Holy Warre 1639, Gale's Court of Gentiles 1669, Grose's Antiquities, Purchas' Voyages, Heylyn's Cosmographie. Scarce Americana-Local and General: Civil War, Stiles' Windsor, Drake's Indian Chronicle, Hough's Siege of Detroit and Island of Nantucket, with other Scarce Books printed by John Munsell; Southern States, Torquemada on the New World, Vermont, War of 1842, Bibliography, Coloured Illustrated Books, Carey's Life in Paris, Cruikshank Illustrations, Poggio's Tales, Medical, Napoleana, including an Extra-Illustrated Memoir of Duchess D'Abrantes and Pasquier's Memoirs. American Universities, Depew's American Commerce, Froger's Relation 1699, Lincolniana, Meehan's Flowers and Ferns, Washingtoniana, Arctic Exploration, Fine Art Books, "Breeches" Bible, British Poets, Camden's Britannia, Works of Charles I. 1687 (large paper), Drama and Shakespeare, Goethe and Schiller, Fine Set of Mrs. Jameson, Johnson's Dictionary, first edition, 1755, Legend of St. Ursula, Raleigh's Works 1677, Spain, &c. Many in fine bindings.

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Amsterdam, Holland.-Frederick Muller & Co., 16-18 Doelenstraat.-Geographie, Voyages, Amérique, Afrique, Australie, Russie, Indes Orientales, Chine, Japan, Regions Polaires, Marine, &c. Globes, Cartes, Vues, Manuscrits, Livres Catalogue à prix marqués. A handsome catalogue of 400 pages, and 4,013 items, including great rarities of the fifteenth and later centuries, with an Index of Subjects, and 3 Reproductions, two being of an Astrolabe of 1513, produced at Nuremberg, exceeding rare and fine. Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.A. The Burrows Brothers Company, 633-639, Euclid Avenue. Catalogue No. 83, of Shakespeareana, the Drama, the Theatre, Old and Modern Plays, an Interesting Collection of good books, including many scarce items, also numerous Old Engraved Portraits Shakespeare, and Prints in Shakespearian Notes. A very comprehensive catalogue from this well-known firm, the heads of which are as follows:Annotations, Prefaces, etc.; Bacon-Shakespeare Controversy: AntiShakespeare, Pro-Shakespeare; Bibliography; Dictionaries, Glossaries, &c.; Editors and Commentators; Forgeries and Controversies; Graphic Illustrations; Music; Parodies, &c.; Poems and Sonnets; Portraits and Portraiture; Essays; Hamlet; King Lear; Macbeth; Othello; Romeo and Juliet. Also, Catalogue No. 84, entitled Western Books, a Priced List of Americana, dealing with the Country West of the Mississippi, and dealing with Washington, California, Idaho, Wyoming, Colorado, Arizona, Kansas, Texas, Iowa, Oklahoma, Oregon, Nevada, Montana, Utah, New Mexico, Nebraska, The Dakotas, Missouri, Minnesota, and Arkansas.

Florence, Italy.-Otto Lange, Via de' Serragli 132.-Catalogue 9, Biblioteca Americana a Valuable Collection of Books, Maps, Views, &c., 1,420 items, under the heads of Cartography, Geographical Handbooks, Bibliography, General Works on America, Early Voyages, Voyages around the World, Voyages in U.S. and Canada, U.S. History, U.S. Views, Plans, Maps, U.S. Portraits, Biographies, Autographs, American Indians, Arctic Regions and Canada, Mexico, Central America-Antilles, South America-General History, South America-Voyages, Maps, Argentine, Bolivia, Columbia, Guyana, Brazil, Chili, Paraguay, Uruguay, Peru, Venezuela, Magellan Straights, Supplement. Also Catalogue No. 10, Napoléon I. et la Révolution Française, Livres, Manuscrits, Portraits, Caricatures, 357 items. Frankfurt am Main, Germany. Joseph Baer & Co., Hochstrasse 6.-Catalogue No. 568 Theologia Catholica zum Teil aus der Bibliothek des Prälaten Dr. Freidrich Schneider in Mainz-die Bibel und ihre Exegese, being versions of the Old and New Testaments, Apocrypha, Polyglot Bibles, &c., in various languages, including such rarities as Koberger's Nuremburg Bible of 1483, and Zainer's Augsburg Bible, 1473. Also Catalogue No. 572, of Rare Books on Hunting and Sports, Riding and Driving Pastimes, 1,335 items, with facsimiles, including title-page of La Fauconnerie de messire Arthelouche de Alagona, Poitiers, 1567. Also Catalogue No. 573, Theater und Oper, zum Teil aus der Bibliothek des Herrn Albert Schatz in Rostock, Geschichte der Schauspielkunst, Die Bühnen einzelner Städte, Ballet, Theaterkostüme, Biographien von Schauspielern, Dramatikern und Komponisten, Gesamtausgaben von Werken berühmter Dramatiker, 2,425 items; also Catalogue No. 574 : Indica et Iranica, Teilweise aus der Bibliothek von Viggo Fausböll, Professor der indischen Sprachen an der Universität Kopenhagen; 1,706 items of Indian Literature and Bibliography, Sanskrit, Pali, &c., &c. Also, Catalogue No. 576, of Illustrated Books of the XIXth and XXth Centuries, with Illustrations by Klinger, Menzel, Neureuther, Pocci, Rethel, Ludwig Richter, Sattler, Schwind, &c. Beardsley, W. Crane, Cruikshank, Whistler, &c. Cham, Doré, Gavarni, Grandville, Leloir, Meissonier, Rodin, Rops, Steinlen, &c.; also, Frankfurter Bücherfreund Mitteilungen aus dem Antiquariate von Joseph Baer & Co., with facsimiles from early-printed books, incunabula, &c.

J. St. Goar, Junghofstrasse 5. Antiquariats-Katalog Nr. 104; Shakespeare und seine Zeit (Shakespeare and his Time), being a Catalogue of Shakesperiana in English, German, Danish, Dutch, &c., from 1572 down to the last century.

Leipzig. Karl W. Hiersemann, Konigstrasse 29.-Aegyptologie, Afrika, Altertumskunde, Geschichte, Geographie, Reisen, Sprachen; being Catalogue No. 373, containing 709 items relating to Egypt, and to Africa generally, including the unpublished manuscript Memoires of Laurans d'Arvieux, Chevalier de l'Ordre Royal de Nostre-Dame du Mont-Carmel et de Sainct Lazare de Jerusalem, price £230.

Munich, Germany. Ludwig Rosenthal, 14 Hildegardstrasse.-A Collection of Choice Manuscripts, Incunables, Books of Hours, Maps, Music Autographs, Woodcut Books. Catalogue 130, in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of Ludwig Rosenthal's Antiquarian Bookstore. The catalogue is an exceedingly fine one, containing Early Manuscripts, Books and Autographs, with many facsimile reproductions, and a subject-index, but perhaps the best description of it is the Preface itself, as follows :—“Fifty years a bookseller. In presenting our one hundred and thirtieth catalogue of rare books and choice manuscripts we have pleasure in calling the attention of the book-buying world to our fiftieth anniversary as booksellers. Ludwig Rosenthal, who founded his antiquarian bookstore in 1859, is to-day, after fifty years, still at the head of the firm that bears his name. In the last five years we have found it possible to add largely to our business facilities. The entrance of Ludwig Rosenthal's sons into the firm, and the acquisition of additional book-warehouses (for the storage of our stock of over a million books and prints) have enabled us to deal with a greater volume of business. One word as to the present catalogue. There are nine item of which only one complete copy is known,either including or in