Catalogue of a Splendid Collection of English Literature: Including the Works of the Chief Elizabethan, Jacobean and Restoration Authors ; All from the Library of Mr. Marshall C. Lefferts ... to be Sold at Auction, Without Reserve by Bangs & Co. ... Monday, April 21st, 1902, and Following Days |
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... Note AVING decided to sell by auction the portion of the library purchased from Mr. M. C. Lefferts , described in this Catalogue , I wish to state that the sale is absolutely without reserve . No items will be purchased by me for stock ...
... Note AVING decided to sell by auction the portion of the library purchased from Mr. M. C. Lefferts , described in this Catalogue , I wish to state that the sale is absolutely without reserve . No items will be purchased by me for stock ...
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... instance more than justify the description . Mr. Richmond's note prefixed to this Catalogue should be read . BANGS & CO . Crice per Vol . 250.00 1.50 37.50 47.50 I ADA where many great writers secured their plots. John Dryden ...
... instance more than justify the description . Mr. Richmond's note prefixed to this Catalogue should be read . BANGS & CO . Crice per Vol . 250.00 1.50 37.50 47.50 I ADA where many great writers secured their plots. John Dryden ...
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... notes . The book was published after the author's death by his widow , who dedicates it to Sir William Cecill , Chancellor of the University of Cambridge and Queen Elizabeth's Secretary of State . In the author's " preface to the reader ...
... notes . The book was published after the author's death by his widow , who dedicates it to Sir William Cecill , Chancellor of the University of Cambridge and Queen Elizabeth's Secretary of State . In the author's " preface to the reader ...
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... NOTES of the Grolier Club , the work has a distinct value to the student of English literature as being one of the earliest attempts at an original work in the language of the common people . The author in his dedication to Henry VIII ...
... NOTES of the Grolier Club , the work has a distinct value to the student of English literature as being one of the earliest attempts at an original work in the language of the common people . The author in his dedication to Henry VIII ...
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... Notes " was com- piled there was no copy in this country available to secure a collation from . The present copy is fine in every way and may fairly be described as WITHOUT A BLEMISH . 21 ASCHAM ( ROGER ) . Toxophilus . Second Edition ...
... Notes " was com- piled there was no copy in this country available to secure a collation from . The present copy is fine in every way and may fairly be described as WITHOUT A BLEMISH . 21 ASCHAM ( ROGER ) . Toxophilus . Second Edition ...
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