Book-prices Current: A Record of Prices at which Books Have Been Sold at Auction, Volume 14John Herbert Slater, William Roberta, F. Partridge H. F. and G. Witherby, 1900 |
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... BOOK - PRICES CURRENT , VOLUMES I. TO XIII . Being a Record of the Prices at which Books have been sold at Auction ... Book - Prices Current - the Whitaker's Almanack of book - buyers and booksellers . " - Illustrated London News . " A ...
... BOOK - PRICES CURRENT , VOLUMES I. TO XIII . Being a Record of the Prices at which Books have been sold at Auction ... Book - Prices Current - the Whitaker's Almanack of book - buyers and booksellers . " - Illustrated London News . " A ...
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... BOOK - PRICES CURRENT is unique in one respect ; it covers a period coinciding with that devoted to a war of considerable magnitude which engrossed men's minds to the virtual exclusion of other things , important enough in themselves ...
... BOOK - PRICES CURRENT is unique in one respect ; it covers a period coinciding with that devoted to a war of considerable magnitude which engrossed men's minds to the virtual exclusion of other things , important enough in themselves ...
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... books were below the average . Still , the season , as a whole , has witnessed some very important sales , and it is ... BOOK - PRICES CURRENT contained a long array of original editions of the works of Kipling and Stevenson , and that ...
... books were below the average . Still , the season , as a whole , has witnessed some very important sales , and it is ... BOOK - PRICES CURRENT contained a long array of original editions of the works of Kipling and Stevenson , and that ...
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... BOOK - PRICES CURRENT contains an unusual number of early printed books with woodcuts , English classics of the 18th century , works of the old dramatists , and books bearing autograph inscriptions - presentation copies , in fact , for ...
... BOOK - PRICES CURRENT contains an unusual number of early printed books with woodcuts , English classics of the 18th century , works of the old dramatists , and books bearing autograph inscriptions - presentation copies , in fact , for ...
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... books , it may be stated that , while nothing adverse happened during the months of October and November , the sales held during the two following months were most prejudicially affected . During this latter period , reports of ...
... books , it may be stated that , while nothing adverse happened during the months of October and November , the sales held during the two following months were most prejudicially affected . During this latter period , reports of ...
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