Book-prices Current: A Record of Prices at which Books Have Been Sold at Auction, Volume 18Elliot Stock, 1904 - Anonyms and pseudonyms |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 100
Page vi
... late Rev. Walter Sneyd , of Keele Hall , Staffordshire . Many of the manuscripts in this collection were of exceptional quality and interest , one of them realising no less than £ 2,500 , though it could easily be placed on the palm of ...
... late Rev. Walter Sneyd , of Keele Hall , Staffordshire . Many of the manuscripts in this collection were of exceptional quality and interest , one of them realising no less than £ 2,500 , though it could easily be placed on the palm of ...
Page 6
... LATE MR . B. L. FARJEON AND OTHER PROPERTIES . ( No. of Lots , 1039 ; amount realised , £ 1,068 1s . 6d . ) [ NOTE . - The portion of Mr. Farjeon's library now offered for sale was noticeable for its general utility rather than for its ...
... LATE MR . B. L. FARJEON AND OTHER PROPERTIES . ( No. of Lots , 1039 ; amount realised , £ 1,068 1s . 6d . ) [ NOTE . - The portion of Mr. Farjeon's library now offered for sale was noticeable for its general utility rather than for its ...
Page 9
... late years its marketable value has greatly declined . - ED . ] 136 Hamerton ( P. H. ) Etching and Etchers , first edition , plates , original half morocco , gilt edges , 1868 , royal 8vo . ( 507 ) J. Bumpus , £ 5 10s . 137 Hutchinson ...
... late years its marketable value has greatly declined . - ED . ] 136 Hamerton ( P. H. ) Etching and Etchers , first edition , plates , original half morocco , gilt edges , 1868 , royal 8vo . ( 507 ) J. Bumpus , £ 5 10s . 137 Hutchinson ...
Page 11
... LATE DEAN MILMAN , A PORTION OF THE LIBRARY OF THE RIGHT HON . THE EARL OF MEXBOROUGH , AND VARIOUS PROPERTIES , INCLUDING A NUMBER OF BOOKS RETURNED ( FOR DEFECTS ) FROM THE SALE OF THE LIBRARY OF THE LATE W. E. BOOLS , OF CLAPHAM ...
... LATE DEAN MILMAN , A PORTION OF THE LIBRARY OF THE RIGHT HON . THE EARL OF MEXBOROUGH , AND VARIOUS PROPERTIES , INCLUDING A NUMBER OF BOOKS RETURNED ( FOR DEFECTS ) FROM THE SALE OF THE LIBRARY OF THE LATE W. E. BOOLS , OF CLAPHAM ...
Page 14
... late Dean Milman's Library . 179 Advarte ( Fray Diego ) . Historia de la Provincia del Santo Rosario de Filipinas , Japon y China , de la sacrada orden de predicadores , 2 vol . , limp vellum , Zaragoça , 1693 , folio ( 1067 ) Wagner ...
... late Dean Milman's Library . 179 Advarte ( Fray Diego ) . Historia de la Provincia del Santo Rosario de Filipinas , Japon y China , de la sacrada orden de predicadores , 2 vol . , limp vellum , Zaragoça , 1693 , folio ( 1067 ) Wagner ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
Ackermann Antiquities B. F. Stevens Bewick binding black letter Book BOOK-PRICES CURRENT Bumpus calf extra calf gilt Catalogue Charles coloured plates copies printed Dickens Dobell double columns Edinburgh Edwards Ellis England English engraved title etchings extra illustrated facsimile folio French morocco frontispiece George Cruikshank Goldsmith's Company goth half bound half calf gilt half morocco half morocco gilt half russia History Hornstein imperial 8vo India paper John Kelmscott Press LARGE PAPER last leaf Leighton Library limp vellum London long lines Lord Maggs margins Memoirs morocco extra morocco super extra numerous old calf old morocco original boards original calf original cloth ornamental initials Paris Pickering Poems portraits and plates presentation copy Quaritch red and black Rivière Rowlandson russia second edition Shakespeare signatures small 4to small 8vo small folio sold not subject Sotheran subject to return Thomas translated uncut Venet vignettes Waverley Novels William woodcut border woodcut title woodcuts
Popular passages
Page 379 - Mr- William Shakespear's Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies. Published according to the true Original Copies. The third Impression. And unto this Impression is added seven Playes, never before Printed in Folio.
Page 557 - Mr. William Shakespear's Comedies Histories, and Tragedies Published according to the true Original Copies. Unto which is added, Seven Plays, Never before (!) Printed in Folio : Viz.
Page 438 - A History of Our Own Times, from the Accession of Queen Victoria to the General Election of 1880. Four Vols. demy Svo, cloth extra, 12s. each. — Also a POPULAR EDITION, in Four Vols. crown 8vo, cloth extra, 6s. each. A Short History of Our Own Times.
Page 43 - Crown 8vo, 7s. 6d. BUTE. The Roman Breviary : Reformed by Order of the Holy (Ecumenical Council of Trent; Published by Order of Pope St Pius V.; and Revised by Clement VIII. and Urban VIII.; together with the Offices since granted. Translated out of Latin into English by JOHN, Marquess of Bute, KT In 2 vols, crown 8vo.
Page 430 - The Second part of Henrie the fourth, continuing to his death, and coronation of Henrie the fift. With the humours of Sir lohn Falstaffe, and swaggering Pistoll. As it hath been sundrie times publikely acted by the right honourable the Lord Chamberlaine his seruants. Written by William Shakespeare.
Page 52 - CALL it not vain: — they do not err, Who say, that when the Poet dies, Mute Nature mourns her worshipper, And celebrates his obsequies: Who say, tall cliff, and cavern lone, For the departed Bard make moan; That mountains weep in crystal rill; That flowers in tears of balm distil; Through his loved groves that breezes sigh, And oaks, in deeper groan, reply; And rivers teach their rushing wave To murmur...
Page 37 - LIFE IN LONDON : or, the Day and Night Scenes of Jerry Hawthorn, Esq., and his Elegant Friend, Corinthian Tom.
Page 93 - Complete Angler; or, The Contemplative Man's Recreation : being a Discourse of Rivers, Fishponds. Fish and Fishing, written by IZAAK WALTON ; and Instructions how to Angle for a Trout or Grayling in a clear Stream, by CHARLES COTTON.
Page 555 - ... Angler or the Contemplative Man's Recreation. Being a Discourse of Fish and Fishing, Not unworthy the perusal of most Anglers.