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... ENGLISH AND FOREIGN LIBRARY AND PRIVATE WANTS RECEIVE PROMPT ATTENTION LIBRARY AGENCIES UNDERTAKEN COMMISSIONS ... English Authors and Coloured Plate Books . 461. - English Literature , 15th to 18th Centuries , Part I. , A - L . 462 ...
... ENGLISH AND FOREIGN LIBRARY AND PRIVATE WANTS RECEIVE PROMPT ATTENTION LIBRARY AGENCIES UNDERTAKEN COMMISSIONS ... English Authors and Coloured Plate Books . 461. - English Literature , 15th to 18th Centuries , Part I. , A - L . 462 ...
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... English . Miscellaneous . The Library of the late Joseph Conrad . The Library of the late E. Gordon Duff : Early Stamped Bindings ( first portion ) . Amount realised , £ 1,872 38. od . The Library of the late E. Gordon Duff ( second ...
... English . Miscellaneous . The Library of the late Joseph Conrad . The Library of the late E. Gordon Duff : Early Stamped Bindings ( first portion ) . Amount realised , £ 1,872 38. od . The Library of the late E. Gordon Duff ( second ...
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... English by W. F. [ A 3 ( complete ) , B - D 4 ] , Latin and English on opposite pages , small worm - hole in eight margins , and a few rust - stains , small hole in title removing last figure of the date , hf . cf. , rare , London ...
... English by W. F. [ A 3 ( complete ) , B - D 4 ] , Latin and English on opposite pages , small worm - hole in eight margins , and a few rust - stains , small hole in title removing last figure of the date , hf . cf. , rare , London ...
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... English book on Masonry in an 18th century English binding . With the scarce half - title . See also Sotheby , Oct. 27 , ed . 1738 , cf. , £ 6 15s .; Hodgson , Jan. 28 , ed . 1756 , cf. , £ 2 15s .; Sotheby April 20 , cf. , £ 4 10s ...
... English book on Masonry in an 18th century English binding . With the scarce half - title . See also Sotheby , Oct. 27 , ed . 1738 , cf. , £ 6 15s .; Hodgson , Jan. 28 , ed . 1756 , cf. , £ 2 15s .; Sotheby April 20 , cf. , £ 4 10s ...
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... English Prose and Verse from the Original Arabic by John Payne ( limited to 500 copies ) , Privately printed , 1882 , 8vo . ( 177 ) , Nov. 5 , Hodgson Harris , £ 9 5s . [ See also Anderson Galleries , Jan. 5 , 13 vol . , $ 77.50 ...
... English Prose and Verse from the Original Arabic by John Payne ( limited to 500 copies ) , Privately printed , 1882 , 8vo . ( 177 ) , Nov. 5 , Hodgson Harris , £ 9 5s . [ See also Anderson Galleries , Jan. 5 , 13 vol . , $ 77.50 ...
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