Book Prices Current : Vol. XXI, October, 1906 — July, 1907. (Elliot
Stock. 27s. 6d. net.)—The sales during the year were somewhat more numerous than usual, and the rarity and value of the books considerably above the average, A First Folio Shake- speare fetched the record price of 43,600; a Second, 4210; a Third, 4650. A Midsummer Night's Dream of 1600 was sold for 4180, and Sing Lear of 1608, 4200. A first edition of "The Compleat Angler" (with some interesting additions and in un- usually good condition) brought 41,290. Other notable items were a Kilmarnock " Burns," 4700 ; a Caxton " De Senectute," 4600. Among MSS. may be mentioned the Shelley Note-Books, £3,000; Sir Walter Scott's "History of Scotland," 4510 ; Pope's " Essay on Man, and other Poems," 4895. " Very valuable books are becoming more costly ; those of moderate value less so."
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