The New York herald., 1869-10-28
THE DUSKIN AND HAMMER.

Auction sale OF Dramatic Portraits and Me.
moirs-ssHo,ding the Mirror Up To Nature"
Poorly Priced.
The notice that q valuable collection OF books
relating to the drama with portraits OF dramatists
and dramatic celebrities. belonging to Mr. T. II.
Morrci was to be disposed Of at auction, brought q
very fair crowd to the salesrooms OF Bangs Merwin
II Co. yesterday afternoon. Tho attendance OF pro-
fessonals was very slight, and the general interest
rather tame. Although the bidding was apparently
brisk the prices obtained were poor, and showed
either an upmerted disregard for the hstronic ART
for articles which should be valuable because OF
their scarcity or antiquity Among the articles sold
were the following, and from them and prices which
they brought the general tenor OF the sale may be
understood:-
The Ancient British Drama. edited by Sir Walter
Scott. Very scarce vols, royal Sv0, half calf.
London 1910. sold for 81 l21 per volume.
The pra%c and rSssca Works q Lieutenant
WstInshaa lsSs sold @ fsr il s7s per s volu%e e%0n'
OF Covent Garden theatre, written by herself with
her Original Letters to John Cacraft. ESQ.,; adver-
suppressed With the rare sixth volume. vols,
12mo, ha morocco very scarce edition. Pub.
lshed In London In 1885. brought Is cents per
volume.
Works of the Duke OF Buckingham-plays, POEMS
&c. with fine portrait. by vertuc, aud vigncttes.
Plays or Margaret Cavendish, Duchess OF Newcas.
te-TlIc sociabe Companions, The Presence. Ths
Brldas, &r.-MS. title foio, half calf printed IN
1893 IA very scarce edionl, with fine portrait OF
the authoress inserted, brought 81 IS.
An Apology for the Life OF Mr.. Colley Cibber writ.
ten by himself: svo, PIP 4ss calf. published In Lon
mems Of bosapy the Language and the Jest s
tory OF the English stage during the time brought
The Lives Of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland
to tile time OF Dean Swift, by TheOphilus Cbber,
piled from ample materials scattered In variety
Coyeter and others, s vols. Emo, csr published
lii London 17Ls,, sold at 25c. a vol.
Double Dealer, &c, containing the original casts,
including such names rs BetterlOn, Mrs. Brace
grde, MI; Barry, &c., vols, svo, calf; London.
i7i0, were knocked down at DOC. per volume.
The Comedies, Tragedies and Operas OF John Dry.
den, now first collected together, Splendid por.
trait after kncller, engraved by Edelinck Folio,
calf; London, 170l 81 l2ls.
The same IN 9 volumes. 12mo, half calf, published
in London 1885, from the library of John Payne Col
Ier with his autograph, was disposed Of at 60c per
Certaine Learned ana Elegant workes OF the Right
Honorable fuike Lord Brooke, written III his youth.
and Familiar Exercise with Sir Philip Sidney. poems.
plays, &C., portrait inserted, folIo calf, perfect
copy snd very rare published In London, 1888.
An Account of the English Dramatick Poets. By
Gerard Langbane, small Svo CALI Oxford 1901, sold
Edition Iustree des Euvres Completes de Moere,
14o ygnetes par Janet Lange Augmeatee dune We
10 Bedolere, with plates royal svo, half morocco,
sold for 75c.
The Merry Devil OF Edmonton. AS it hath been
sunry times acted by his Majestle's servants at the
Globe on the Bank side. Small ito. half calf, with
curious wood cut on title page. Rare. Published In
London, 1885, brought 50 rs.
Rejected Addresses presented for the prize medal
the opening OF the New Park theatre In New York
city, with the prize EOens. Plate wanting. i2mo.
sheep. New York, 1927, sold for 75c. Among tns
competitors for the prize VIII be found the names Of
Woodwork. Mcdonald Clarke Charles Sprague aud
many others. copy OF this raro book. having the
plate, sold last spring at auction for s12.
Diary Of the Rev. John Ward, A. NJ, Vicar OF Strat.
ford-upon-AvOD extending from 1898 to 1879 From
the original manuscripts. Arranged by Charles
Severn, NJ. d. Syo. cloth, uncut. Published In Lon
don, 1889, sold for Soc.
Shakespeare Restored; or, A Specimen OF the Many
Errors, US well committed as unalnended, by Mr..
Pope, In his late edition of this poet, &C. By Mr..
Theobald. Portrait OF TheObad Inserted. 4to, half
"reminiscences OF Michael Kelly, with Original
Anecdotes. 2 vols 8vO. Published IN London N
1926 sold for ssc This decided insult to the
memory Of worthy representative Of an extensive
family.
number OF tracts containing, among other
things, Publlcola, sketch OF the Times from 1900
TO lSlo Memoir OF Life OF Il. b. sheridan, with
Concise Critique upon the new Tragedy entitled
sold for rs cents.
Works OF william wycherly, svo scarce, London.
17l3, sold for 81 cents.
Kemble, Mrs. SiddOns, Matthews and people OF such
ilk. ana sold ut very low prices. An original minia
taIs 3! AsSa@s AaiYlerea y 9a porcflsn eeap!'fq!y
San Sa1 yss &c. not SsSoa, sSS 1
having $50 worth OF reverence for the memory OF the
great cantatrice, the 'monumenv which Mabran
herself did not leave was ''passed." portrait Of
Aaron Burr painted by James Van Dyke in six Sit
tings, was disposed OF for $ls. The cataloge COM
prised 34o lots and by brisk selling "gon0
through" In less than three hours.