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... man execrating the idlers , who , perhaps , have hindered a bargain . All catalogues are sent to him and read , and re- turned marked with orders . Askew for £ 65 ; and on his death it 8 Book Collectors and Book Dealers .
... man execrating the idlers , who , perhaps , have hindered a bargain . All catalogues are sent to him and read , and re- turned marked with orders . Askew for £ 65 ; and on his death it 8 Book Collectors and Book Dealers .
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... catalogues is often surprising . They maintain a correspondence with half the literary men of the kingdom , and this adds a tone to their minds . The latter rely on their humble friends and assistants , who , when their patrons Book ...
... catalogues is often surprising . They maintain a correspondence with half the literary men of the kingdom , and this adds a tone to their minds . The latter rely on their humble friends and assistants , who , when their patrons Book ...
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... catalogues agreeable and piquant reading , and there are some -such as Ridler's of Booksellers ' Row , Salkeld's , Georges's , Bennett's of Birmingham — which are really most entertaining as well as instructive . My worthy ally of ...
... catalogues agreeable and piquant reading , and there are some -such as Ridler's of Booksellers ' Row , Salkeld's , Georges's , Bennett's of Birmingham — which are really most entertaining as well as instructive . My worthy ally of ...
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... catalogue sells now for a couple of guineas , held in the great library at Hanworth Park in June 1873 , that the grand copy made its appearance , and was thus gloriously de- scribed by the auctioneers , a prosaic firm of land- agents ...
... catalogue sells now for a couple of guineas , held in the great library at Hanworth Park in June 1873 , that the grand copy made its appearance , and was thus gloriously de- scribed by the auctioneers , a prosaic firm of land- agents ...
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... Catalogue ] ( first produced in 1457 , next in 1459 ) is the first and almost the only early example of print- ing in colours , the large initials being impressed , each in at least two colours , from wooden or metal blocks . Of the ...
... Catalogue ] ( first produced in 1457 , next in 1459 ) is the first and almost the only early example of print- ing in colours , the large initials being impressed , each in at least two colours , from wooden or metal blocks . Of the ...
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