Book-prices Current: A Record of Prices at which Books Have Been Sold at Auction, Volume 41H. F. and G. Witherby, 1927 |
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... present season of book auctions , ' Book - Prices Current ' reaches its 39th year , and it is , we believe , the only purely bibliographical periodical in existence which has continued to appear for a quarter of a century regularly ...
... present season of book auctions , ' Book - Prices Current ' reaches its 39th year , and it is , we believe , the only purely bibliographical periodical in existence which has continued to appear for a quarter of a century regularly ...
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... present volume of BOOK - PRICES CURRENT , includes the final portion of the famous Britwell Court Library . This Library has taken eighteen years to disperse , the first section being offered in 1910. The proceeds of sale on March 28th ...
... present volume of BOOK - PRICES CURRENT , includes the final portion of the famous Britwell Court Library . This Library has taken eighteen years to disperse , the first section being offered in 1910. The proceeds of sale on March 28th ...
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... present copy , but ascribes it to Ulrich Zel . Proctor had previously assigned the Museum and Bodleian copies to Zel , and he was followed by the Br . Mus . Cat . Inc. There are therefore , presum- ably , two editions , corresponding ...
... present copy , but ascribes it to Ulrich Zel . Proctor had previously assigned the Museum and Bodleian copies to Zel , and he was followed by the Br . Mus . Cat . Inc. There are therefore , presum- ably , two editions , corresponding ...
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... present copy is believed to be the only copy containing the 3 11 . of text to be sold at public sale in America . The plates , which are brilliant impressions , comprise : -How to go to cover , How to appear at cover , How to ride down ...
... present copy is believed to be the only copy containing the 3 11 . of text to be sold at public sale in America . The plates , which are brilliant impressions , comprise : -How to go to cover , How to appear at cover , How to ride down ...
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... present copy is perfect , with the six preliminary leaves as well as the blank leaf ( folio 160 ) , and measures 13 by 9 inches , with lower margins of 31 inches and lateral margins of 2 % inches . ] Apuleius ( L. ) La Fable de Psyché ...
... present copy is perfect , with the six preliminary leaves as well as the blank leaf ( folio 160 ) , and measures 13 by 9 inches , with lower margins of 31 inches and lateral margins of 2 % inches . ] Apuleius ( L. ) La Fable de Psyché ...
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