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Or, The Romance of Book Collecting Percy Fitzgerald. 16614 KD 61655 HARVARD UNIVERSITY LIBRARY DEC 27 1961 PRINTED BY BALLANTYNE , HANSON AND CO . EDINBURGH AND LONDON . ΤΟ GEORGE AUGUSTUS SALA , CRITIC AND CONNOISSEUR , This.
Or, The Romance of Book Collecting Percy Fitzgerald. 16614 KD 61655 HARVARD UNIVERSITY LIBRARY DEC 27 1961 PRINTED BY BALLANTYNE , HANSON AND CO . EDINBURGH AND LONDON . ΤΟ GEORGE AUGUSTUS SALA , CRITIC AND CONNOISSEUR , This.
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... London of ours , as well as did old Monkbarns in the " wynds " and purlieus of Edinburgh . " Of the old bookstall hunters , " writes Mr. Sanders in his MS . , penes me , “ Richard Smyth , one of the Secondaries of the City of London ...
... London of ours , as well as did old Monkbarns in the " wynds " and purlieus of Edinburgh . " Of the old bookstall hunters , " writes Mr. Sanders in his MS . , penes me , “ Richard Smyth , one of the Secondaries of the City of London ...
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... London escaped his attention . No one so ready to mount a ladder and scour the top shelf for quarto pamphlets or curious literary relics of a bygone age , and come down after an hour's examination covered with dust and cobwebs , sending ...
... London escaped his attention . No one so ready to mount a ladder and scour the top shelf for quarto pamphlets or curious literary relics of a bygone age , and come down after an hour's examination covered with dust and cobwebs , sending ...
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... London bookseller , Osborne , celebrated for being knocked down by Dr. Johnson with one of his own folios , for £ 20 . Osborne disposed of it to Dr. * Mr. Gladstone is a diligent searcher of the stalls . The book fancier often comes on ...
... London bookseller , Osborne , celebrated for being knocked down by Dr. Johnson with one of his own folios , for £ 20 . Osborne disposed of it to Dr. * Mr. Gladstone is a diligent searcher of the stalls . The book fancier often comes on ...
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... second sale to £ 100 and upwards . Of the " Tragedy of Dido , Queen of Carthage , " written by Marlowe and Nash , printed by the Widdowe Orwin , quarto , London , 1594 , only three copies are Book Collectors and Book Dealers . 9.
... second sale to £ 100 and upwards . Of the " Tragedy of Dido , Queen of Carthage , " written by Marlowe and Nash , printed by the Widdowe Orwin , quarto , London , 1594 , only three copies are Book Collectors and Book Dealers . 9.
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