The Book Fancier: Or, The Romance of Book Collecting |
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... secured out of a book - box at the door , " all at a shilling , " or his rare Jenson in folio , purchased from a country dealer " for the vast price of £ 10 , but which " he knows is worth five times the money , ” - -as indeed it is ...
... secured out of a book - box at the door , " all at a shilling , " or his rare Jenson in folio , purchased from a country dealer " for the vast price of £ 10 , but which " he knows is worth five times the money , ” - -as indeed it is ...
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... secured for a few shil- lings , worth as many pounds . This was his frequent boast . Lord Macaulay was peculiarly fond of rum- maging the bookstalls , and scarcely a dusty old book- shop in any by - court or out - of - the - way corner ...
... secured for a few shil- lings , worth as many pounds . This was his frequent boast . Lord Macaulay was peculiarly fond of rum- maging the bookstalls , and scarcely a dusty old book- shop in any by - court or out - of - the - way corner ...
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... secured for some foreign state . But the price was prohibitive , particularly , as the auction- eers said , truly , it was virtually a unique , and no other copy is ever likely to come into the market , as they are secured in public ...
... secured for some foreign state . But the price was prohibitive , particularly , as the auction- eers said , truly , it was virtually a unique , and no other copy is ever likely to come into the market , as they are secured in public ...
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... secured it for a bagatelle or " song " of £ 85 ! At his sale , which was inevitable to take place ( the only sure protection against the billows of prompt realisation being the safe harbour of re- fuge of a public library ) , it was ...
... secured it for a bagatelle or " song " of £ 85 ! At his sale , which was inevitable to take place ( the only sure protection against the billows of prompt realisation being the safe harbour of re- fuge of a public library ) , it was ...
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... bosses . " It brought a price that rather surprised the public , and was secured by Mr. Toovey of Picca- dilly . This copy was sold for £ 500 , so that we were then a long way from the days of huge 24 The Mazarin Bible .
... bosses . " It brought a price that rather surprised the public , and was secured by Mr. Toovey of Picca- dilly . This copy was sold for £ 500 , so that we were then a long way from the days of huge 24 The Mazarin Bible .
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