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"In so large a party a party beyond some folks MEANS expensive WINES are ABSURD. The light sherry at 26s., the champagne at 42s.; and you are not to go beyond 36s. for the claret and port after dinner. Mind, coffee will be served; and you come up stairs after two rounds of the claret."
Perhaps such obsession was natural. How could he foresee the variety of new methods that were so soon to transform book illustration? Anyhow, herein partly lies the explanation of the following notice in a second-hand book catalogue, 1911 "No. 355. Gustave Dore: Dante's Inferno, with 76 full-page illustrations by Dore. 4to, gilt top, binding soiled, but otherwise good copy. 42s. for 3s. 6d.
Far above him a faint breeze stirred the greenery, and the white petals of some unknown flower came floating down through the gloom. Poetry and Belles Lettres BALLADS. By RUDYARD KIPLING. Crown 8vo. Buckram. 6s. Also 200 copies on hand-made paper. 21s. Also 35 copies on Japanese vellum. 42s.
THE LIFE AND OPINIONS OF TRISTRAM SHANDY. By LAWRENCE STERNE. With an Introduction by CHARLES WHIBLEY, and a Portrait. 2vols. 7s. 60 copies on Japanese paper. 42s. net. 'Very dainty volumes are these; the paper, type and light green binding are all very agreeable to the eye. "Simplex munditiis" is the phrase that might be applied to them.
'Cheap and comely; a very agreeable edition. Saturday Review. 'A real acquisition to the library. Birmingham Post. THE COMEDIES OF WILLIAM CONGREVE. With an Introduction by G.S. STREET, and a Portrait. 2 vols. 7s. 25 copies on Japanese paper. 42s. net. 'The comedies are reprinted in a good text and on a page delightful to look upon. The pieces are rich reading. Scotsman.
In 1792 the price was 42s. a quarter; in 1796, 77s.; in 1801, 118s. a quarter; and, in 1803, 56s.
They are practically unknown, and they deserve, and will probably obtain, a wide popularity. Vols. IX. and X. 12s. 6d. each. Also 40 copies on Dutch paper. 21s. net. Also 15 copies on Japanese paper. 42s. net. 'A unique volume of extracts an art gallery of early prose. Birmingham Post. 'An admirable companion to Mr. Henley's "Lyra Heroica." Saturday Review. 'Quite delightful.
Before the repeal of the malt tax, which was accompanied by legislation that permitted the brewers to use sugar, raw grain and almost anything, including, as people said, "old boots and shoes" instead of barley malt, good prices, up to 42s. a quarter and over, could be made; but under the new conditions, the maltsters complained that my barley was too good for them, and they could buy foreign stuff at about 22s. or 24s., which, with the help of sugar, produced a class of beer quite good enough for the Black Country and Pottery consumers.
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