THE

LIBRARY MANUAL.

Editor of "Book Prices Current"; Former Editor of "Book Lore"; Author
of "A Guide to the Legal Profession," "The Law Relating to Copy-
right and Trade Marks," " Engravings and Their Value,"
"Round and About the Bookstalls," &c., &c.

LONDON:

L. UPCOTT GILL, 170, STRAND, W.C.

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1892.

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PREFACE

TO THE THIRD EDITION.

1

EVERY amount quoted in the following pages has been
actually realised at public auction within the last few
years for the book against which it is set, and where
two or more prices are appended it must be understood
that the book has realised those amounts at auction
at different times within the period in question. The
valuation of the topographical works mentioned in
Chapter XVI. (post p. 317, et seq.) has, however, been
based, by permission, partly on the catalogues of Mr.
Henry Gray, topographical and antiquarian bookseller,
of 47, Leicester Square.

The principles upon which books derive their value
and the probability of any particular work rising or
falling in the market have been carefully considered
elsewhere, and as these phases of an important subject
are considered to be beset with many difficulties, the
reader is referred to the book in question for any
information he may require.

It is a fact well known to most people that condition and binding frequently regulate the market value of a book almost as much as any other consideration,

* "Round and About the Bookstalls" (L. Upcott Gill, 170, Strand, W.C.).