Book Auction Records, Volume 9Frank Karslake Wm. Dawson, 1912 - Autographs A priced and annotated annual record of London, New York and Edinburgh book-auctions. |
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... Oxford is one of the next presses , and is represented by 9 items , one of them being " the first book printed in Oxford after the revival of printing in 1585 " ; another being Fitz - Geffrey's Sir Fr. Drake , the only copy known ; and ...
... Oxford is one of the next presses , and is represented by 9 items , one of them being " the first book printed in Oxford after the revival of printing in 1585 " ; another being Fitz - Geffrey's Sir Fr. Drake , the only copy known ; and ...
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... Oxford in 1621 among others gave us Burton's Anatomy of Melancholy ; N. and J : Okes several plays , and Bacon's Life and Death 1638 . From the Hague ( Baudois ) we get two editions of J. de Gheyn's Exercise of Arms , one with the early ...
... Oxford in 1621 among others gave us Burton's Anatomy of Melancholy ; N. and J : Okes several plays , and Bacon's Life and Death 1638 . From the Hague ( Baudois ) we get two editions of J. de Gheyn's Exercise of Arms , one with the early ...
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... Oxford Street , W.C. - Catalogue No. 29 , of Fine and Rare Books , Beautiful Bindings , Books with Coloured Plates , and other Recent Purchases , many from notable collections , including those of King George II , Duke of Sutherland ...
... Oxford Street , W.C. - Catalogue No. 29 , of Fine and Rare Books , Beautiful Bindings , Books with Coloured Plates , and other Recent Purchases , many from notable collections , including those of King George II , Duke of Sutherland ...
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... Oxford , and I am sure that everybody who knows him will wish him all the success he could wish himself . He desires to receive second - hand book catalogues , and lists of " wants . " Torquay . - Andrew Iredale & Son , 13 Strand ...
... Oxford , and I am sure that everybody who knows him will wish him all the success he could wish himself . He desires to receive second - hand book catalogues , and lists of " wants . " Torquay . - Andrew Iredale & Son , 13 Strand ...
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... Oxford Street . Abour two years ago Mr. Wheeler opened the first book - shop there ; later Mr. James Law , jun . , formerly of Charing Cross Road , took the next shop ; and now Mr. Levine has established himself next door to Mr. Law ...
... Oxford Street . Abour two years ago Mr. Wheeler opened the first book - shop there ; later Mr. James Law , jun . , formerly of Charing Cross Road , took the next shop ; and now Mr. Levine has established himself next door to Mr. Law ...
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Page 302 - MÉMOIRES des Commissaires du Roi et de ceux de Sa Majesté Britannique, sur les possessions et les droits respectifs des deux couronnes en Amérique ; avec les actes publics et pièces justificatives.
Page 526 - London, Printed for H. Herringman, E. Brewster, and R. Bentley, at the Anchor in the New Exchange, the Crane in St. Pauls ChurchYard, and in Russel-Street Covent-Garden.
Page 450 - LONDON, Printed by Tho. Cotes, for Robert Allot, and are to be sold at his shop at the signe of the Blacke Beare in Pauls Church-yard, 1632.
Page 115 - Émaux de Petitot du musée impérial du Louvre. Portraits de personnages historiques et de femmes célèbres du siècle de Louis XIV, gravés au burin par M.-L.
Page 385 - A collection of the names of the merchants living in and about the city of London ; very useful!
Page 162 - Gio. della Casa, del Varchi, del Mauro, di M. Bino, del Molza, del Dolce e del Firenzuola, ricorretto e con diligenza ristampato.
Page xxxvii - Still o'er these scenes my memory wakes, And fondly broods with miser care ; Time but the impression deeper makes, As streams their channels deeper wear.
Page 43 - Evénements les plus remarquables du Règne de Louis XIII et de celui de Louis XIV ; jusqu'à la mort du Cardinal Mazarin.
Page 324 - A petition of WC exhibited to the High Court of Parliament now assembled, for the propagating of the Gospel in America...
Page xviii - Madeira,; six years afterwards a posthumous work is for the first time placed before the public. Some explanation of this delay must be attempted in the present preface.1 The original work as planned by Clifford was to have been entitled The First Principles of the Mathematical Sciences Explained to the Non-Mathematical, and to have contained six chapters, on Number, Space, Quantity, Position, Motion, and Mass respectively.