Book Auction Records, Volume 4Frank Karslake Wm. Dawson, 1907 A priced and annotated annual record of London, New York and Edinburgh book-auctions. |
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Page 453 - The First part of the Contention betwixt the two famous Houses of Yorke and Lancaster , with the death of the good Duke Humphrey : And the banishment and death of the Duke of Suffolke , and the Tragicall end of the proud Cardinall of Winchester, with the notable Rebellion of lacke Cade: And the Duke of Yorkes first elaime vnto the Crowne.
Page 121 - William Shake-speare, His True Chronicle History of the life and death of King Lear, and his three Daughters.
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