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... sold by Messrs . Robinson & Fisher , on June 12th and following days . These were the most noticeable sales of last season , and though the whole of them , if massed together , would not approach the importance of a single Ashburnham or ...
... sold by Messrs . Robinson & Fisher , on June 12th and following days . These were the most noticeable sales of last season , and though the whole of them , if massed together , would not approach the importance of a single Ashburnham or ...
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... sold during the last season amounts to no more than £ 2 6s . 2d . This is greater than that of many past years , but less than the past three , as the follow- ing analysis discloses : - : - December , 1892 , to November , 1893 1893 ...
... sold during the last season amounts to no more than £ 2 6s . 2d . This is greater than that of many past years , but less than the past three , as the follow- ing analysis discloses : - : - December , 1892 , to November , 1893 1893 ...
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A Record of Prices at which Books Have Been Sold at Auction John Herbert Slater, William Roberta, F. Partridge. 168 Ratzel's ... ( sold not subject to return ) , 1827-30 , double elephant folio ( 448 ) Quaritch , £ 30 [ This sumptuous work ...
A Record of Prices at which Books Have Been Sold at Auction John Herbert Slater, William Roberta, F. Partridge. 168 Ratzel's ... ( sold not subject to return ) , 1827-30 , double elephant folio ( 448 ) Quaritch , £ 30 [ This sumptuous work ...
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... sold with all faults , T. Ratcliff for the Author , 1676 , folio ( 942 ) Leighton , £ 12s . [ This identical copy sold for £ 2 15s . in April , 1899. It was then supposed to be perfect . See BOOK - PRICES CURRENT , vol . xiii . , No ...
... sold with all faults , T. Ratcliff for the Author , 1676 , folio ( 942 ) Leighton , £ 12s . [ This identical copy sold for £ 2 15s . in April , 1899. It was then supposed to be perfect . See BOOK - PRICES CURRENT , vol . xiii . , No ...
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... sold for £ 61 . See BOOK - PRICES CURRENT , vol . xii . , No. 5121.-ED. ] 381 Swinburne ( A. Č . ) William Blake : a Critical Essay , facsimile illustrations , second edition , original cloth , 1868 , 8vo . ( 23 ) Thorp , £ 1 5s . [ The ...
... sold for £ 61 . See BOOK - PRICES CURRENT , vol . xii . , No. 5121.-ED. ] 381 Swinburne ( A. Č . ) William Blake : a Critical Essay , facsimile illustrations , second edition , original cloth , 1868 , 8vo . ( 23 ) Thorp , £ 1 5s . [ The ...
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