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Newby Issue (London, after 1853?)
Newby issue. Sometimes an extensive search for copies fails to produce an example of some form that has been previously referred to in print. In many instances such references can be dismissed as bibliographical ghosts (though they should normally be mentioned and explicitly dismissed). At other times one may judge the reference to be trustworthy and deserving of a place in the bibliography. Michael Sadleir's assertion that he had seen a copy of the Newby issue seems to me to fall into the latter class. (His Excursions in Victorian Bibliography of 1922 and his 1923 bibliography in the Constable edition, referred to here in short form, are among the basic works that would be identified in the general introduction to the bibliography.)
Apparently Bentley sold some sheets to T. C. Newby, who had them bound (as two-volume sets?) with his imprint on the spines. Michael Sadleir (Excursions, p. 226, and Constable edition, 12:349) reports having seen such a copy, but I have not been able to locate one. (Of course, Newby may also have been the distributor of some copies with the Bentley bindings, if Bentley sold him bound copies, as well as sheets, at a reduced price.)
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