Catalogue of the Library of Henry W. Poor ...: Sold ... 1908, Volumes 1-2Douglas Taylor & Company, 1908 |
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... Boston , the Club of Odd Volumes of Boston , and others . AUTOGRAPHS : The autographs are not numerous , but special mention should be made of a Collection of letters of the Presi- dents , from Washington to Roosevelt ; a Byron ...
... Boston , the Club of Odd Volumes of Boston , and others . AUTOGRAPHS : The autographs are not numerous , but special mention should be made of a Collection of letters of the Presi- dents , from Washington to Roosevelt ; a Byron ...
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... Bost . Little , Brown & Co. , 1893 * No . 104 of 250 sets on hand - made paper . 136. BEDFORD ( PAUL ) . Recollections and Wander- ings : Facts , not Fancies . 12mo , full red levant morocco extra , gilt inside borders , gilt top , by ...
... Bost . Little , Brown & Co. , 1893 * No . 104 of 250 sets on hand - made paper . 136. BEDFORD ( PAUL ) . Recollections and Wander- ings : Facts , not Fancies . 12mo , full red levant morocco extra , gilt inside borders , gilt top , by ...
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... Bost . 1901-4 * Limited to 467 copies printed for members only . AN EXCEEDINGLY HANDSOME SET . 154. BIBLIOPHILE SOCIETY . Etchings by W. H. W. Bicknell , after Howard Pyle . Five etchings as follows : Caxton at his Press ; Erasmus ...
... Bost . 1901-4 * Limited to 467 copies printed for members only . AN EXCEEDINGLY HANDSOME SET . 154. BIBLIOPHILE SOCIETY . Etchings by W. H. W. Bicknell , after Howard Pyle . Five etchings as follows : Caxton at his Press ; Erasmus ...
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... Bost . 1903 * Printed for members only . 156. BIBLIOPHILE SOCIETY . André's Journal . An Authentic Record of the Movements and Engagements of the British Army in America from June , 1777 , to Nov. , 1778 , as recorded from Day to Day by ...
... Bost . 1903 * Printed for members only . 156. BIBLIOPHILE SOCIETY . André's Journal . An Authentic Record of the Movements and Engagements of the British Army in America from June , 1777 , to Nov. , 1778 , as recorded from Day to Day by ...
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... Bost . Houghton , Mifflin and Co. , 1896 * Limited to 725 copies for England and America , all of which are numbered . This edition contains many valuable notes and a most complete glossary . 246. BURTON ( ROBERT ) . The Anatomy of ...
... Bost . Houghton , Mifflin and Co. , 1896 * Limited to 725 copies for England and America , all of which are numbered . This edition contains many valuable notes and a most complete glossary . 246. BURTON ( ROBERT ) . The Anatomy of ...
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Page 85 - LIFE IN LONDON : or, the Day and Night Scenes of Jerry Hawthorn, Esq., and his Elegant Friend, Corinthian Tom.
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Page 102 - Morte d'Arthur.— SIR THOMAS MALORY'S BOOK OF KING ARTHUR AND OF HIS NOBLE KNIGHTS OF THE ROUND TABLE. The original Edition of CAXTON, revised for Modern Use. With an Introduction by Sir EDWARD STRACHEY, Bart. pp. xxxvii., 509. "It is with perfect confidence that we recommend this edition of the old romance to every class of readers.