Book-prices Current: A Record of Prices at which Books Have Been Sold at Auction, Volume 2H. F. and G. Witherby, 1889 |
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A Record of Prices at which Books Have Been Sold at Auction. Book - Prices Current : RECORD OF THE PRICES AT WHICH BOOKS HAVE BEEN SOLD AT AUCTION , FROM DECEMBER , 1887 , TO NOVEMBER , 1888 . VOL . II . LONDON : ELLIOT STOCK , 62 ...
A Record of Prices at which Books Have Been Sold at Auction. Book - Prices Current : RECORD OF THE PRICES AT WHICH BOOKS HAVE BEEN SOLD AT AUCTION , FROM DECEMBER , 1887 , TO NOVEMBER , 1888 . VOL . II . LONDON : ELLIOT STOCK , 62 ...
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A Record of Prices at which Books Have Been Sold at Auction. PREFACE . IT is only from a careful comparison of the prices realised at auction that the value of a given book can be estimated with any degree of certainty . The auction ...
A Record of Prices at which Books Have Been Sold at Auction. PREFACE . IT is only from a careful comparison of the prices realised at auction that the value of a given book can be estimated with any degree of certainty . The auction ...
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... books are bought to look at and not to read . A comparison of the prices realised at sales by auction is , as I have said , the best method of gauging the popular fancy ; and a careful study of the two volumes of Book - Prices Current ...
... books are bought to look at and not to read . A comparison of the prices realised at sales by auction is , as I have said , the best method of gauging the popular fancy ; and a careful study of the two volumes of Book - Prices Current ...
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... books of this class are eagerly sought after , and will probably soon be absorbed by the American libraries . 3. Specimens of Old Typography . - These are the aristocracy of the book - shelf , which at one time ranked the highest in ...
... books of this class are eagerly sought after , and will probably soon be absorbed by the American libraries . 3. Specimens of Old Typography . - These are the aristocracy of the book - shelf , which at one time ranked the highest in ...
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... Book - Prices Current cannot fail to note the great falling off which has taken place in the character and quality of the books sold during the past season as compared with those disposed of during 1887. This is probably an accidental ...
... Book - Prices Current cannot fail to note the great falling off which has taken place in the character and quality of the books sold during the past season as compared with those disposed of during 1887. This is probably an accidental ...
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