American Book Prices Current, Volume 2Bancroft-Parkman, 1896 - Autographs A record of literary properties sold at auction in the United States. |
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BOOK - PRICES CURRENT . A RECORD OF BOOKS , MANUSCRIPTS , AND AUTOGRAPHS SOLD AT AUCTION IN NEW YORK , BOSTON , PHILA- DELPHIA , AND CINCINNATI , FROM SEPTEMBER 1 , 1895 , TO SEPTEMBER 1 , 1896 , WITH THE PRICES REALIZED . COMPILED FROM ...
BOOK - PRICES CURRENT . A RECORD OF BOOKS , MANUSCRIPTS , AND AUTOGRAPHS SOLD AT AUCTION IN NEW YORK , BOSTON , PHILA- DELPHIA , AND CINCINNATI , FROM SEPTEMBER 1 , 1895 , TO SEPTEMBER 1 , 1896 , WITH THE PRICES REALIZED . COMPILED FROM ...
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... sold , and this , to a limited extent , is a help toward estimating the true market value of any book . But the obvious advantage of having all copies of the same book together , where the eye can at once run from one quotation to ...
... sold , and this , to a limited extent , is a help toward estimating the true market value of any book . But the obvious advantage of having all copies of the same book together , where the eye can at once run from one quotation to ...
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... sold in the auction room by the volume . The number in parenthesis is the original lot number in the sale catalogue ... sold in New York in 1870 ; the Library of Thomas W. Field , sold in New York in 1875 ; the Library of William Menzies ...
... sold in the auction room by the volume . The number in parenthesis is the original lot number in the sale catalogue ... sold in New York in 1870 ; the Library of Thomas W. Field , sold in New York in 1875 ; the Library of William Menzies ...
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... sold at Bangs ' , November 18 and three following days . It was principally remarkable for the considerable number of volumes of Early English Poetry and Plays , although there were also some first editions of later English authors , a ...
... sold at Bangs ' , November 18 and three following days . It was principally remarkable for the considerable number of volumes of Early English Poetry and Plays , although there were also some first editions of later English authors , a ...
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... sold by Bangs & Co. , in February , in- cluded a set of the original folio edition of Audubon's Birds , finely bound sets of standard authors in first and best editions , etc. , etc. A Collection of Autographs , sold by Bangs & Co ...
... sold by Bangs & Co. , in February , in- cluded a set of the original folio edition of Audubon's Birds , finely bound sets of standard authors in first and best editions , etc. , etc. A Collection of Autographs , sold by Bangs & Co ...
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