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... copy may sell for £ 1 and another for more . It is merely the condition of the book that makes the difference . A " made - up " book is one which , though at one time imperfect , has been completed by the addition of leaves from another ...
... copy may sell for £ 1 and another for more . It is merely the condition of the book that makes the difference . A " made - up " book is one which , though at one time imperfect , has been completed by the addition of leaves from another ...
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... copy is not substituted for the original . Reprints are not , as a rule , made for fraudulent purposes , but merely to enable col- lectors to have an exact copy of some very rare volume which they can never hope to possess in the ...
... copy is not substituted for the original . Reprints are not , as a rule , made for fraudulent purposes , but merely to enable col- lectors to have an exact copy of some very rare volume which they can never hope to possess in the ...
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... copy would be cheap at a guinea . Brunet's Manuel du Libraire , 5th edition , 1860-80 , generally found in 5 vols . , 8vo , with a supplement . This work contains extensive lists of foreign as well as English books . The second - hand ...
... copy would be cheap at a guinea . Brunet's Manuel du Libraire , 5th edition , 1860-80 , generally found in 5 vols . , 8vo , with a supplement . This work contains extensive lists of foreign as well as English books . The second - hand ...
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... copy of which , at the Crawford Sale in 1887 , sold for £ 2650 - a considerably less sum , however , than has been obtained for a perfect copy elsewhere . This Bible is printed in Latin , but without any date - a method of ...
... copy of which , at the Crawford Sale in 1887 , sold for £ 2650 - a considerably less sum , however , than has been obtained for a perfect copy elsewhere . This Bible is printed in Latin , but without any date - a method of ...
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... copies , indeed , are much rarer than is generally supposed . Mr. Lea Wilson , a most indefatigable collector of Bibles ... copy of which was already in the library ) Mr. Panizzi added , after Mr. Wilson's death , to the British Museum ...
... copies , indeed , are much rarer than is generally supposed . Mr. Lea Wilson , a most indefatigable collector of Bibles ... copy of which was already in the library ) Mr. Panizzi added , after Mr. Wilson's death , to the British Museum ...
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