Book-prices Current: A Record of Prices at which Books Have Been Sold at Auction, Volume 14John Herbert Slater, William Roberta, F. Partridge H. F. and G. Witherby, 1900 - Anonyms and pseudonyms |
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A Record of Prices at which Books Have Been Sold at Auction John Herbert Slater, William Roberta, F. Partridge. Z 1000 287 Book - Prices Current . BOOK - PRICES CURRENT ,
A Record of Prices at which Books Have Been Sold at Auction John Herbert Slater, William Roberta, F. Partridge. Z 1000 287 Book - Prices Current . BOOK - PRICES CURRENT ,
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... BOOK - PRICES CURRENT , VOLUMES I. TO XIII . Being a Record of the Prices at which Books have been sold at Auction ... Book - Prices Current - the Whitaker's Almanack of book - buyers and booksellers . " - Illustrated London News . " A ...
... BOOK - PRICES CURRENT , VOLUMES I. TO XIII . Being a Record of the Prices at which Books have been sold at Auction ... Book - Prices Current - the Whitaker's Almanack of book - buyers and booksellers . " - Illustrated London News . " A ...
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... BOOK - PRICES CURRENT is unique in one respect ; it covers a period coinciding with that devoted to a war of considerable magnitude which engrossed men's minds to the virtual exclusion of other things , important enough in themselves ...
... BOOK - PRICES CURRENT is unique in one respect ; it covers a period coinciding with that devoted to a war of considerable magnitude which engrossed men's minds to the virtual exclusion of other things , important enough in themselves ...
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... books were below the average . Still , the season , as a whole , has witnessed some very important sales , and it is ... BOOK - PRICES CURRENT contained a long array of original editions of the works of Kipling and Stevenson , and that ...
... books were below the average . Still , the season , as a whole , has witnessed some very important sales , and it is ... BOOK - PRICES CURRENT contained a long array of original editions of the works of Kipling and Stevenson , and that ...
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... book is believed to be unique , or , at any rate , extremely scarce , it will invariably bring a high price , provided it be written by an author of great repute . The fact of the sale is at once reported in the newspapers and elsewhere ...
... book is believed to be unique , or , at any rate , extremely scarce , it will invariably bring a high price , provided it be written by an author of great repute . The fact of the sale is at once reported in the newspapers and elsewhere ...
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