American Book Prices Current, Volume 1Bancroft-Parkman, 1895 - Autographs A record of literary properties sold at auction in the United States. |
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Of this Vol . I of American Book - Prices Current , only 400 copies have been printed from type , and the type distributed . AMERICAN Book - Prices Current A 8-225-2 record of BOOKS.
Of this Vol . I of American Book - Prices Current , only 400 copies have been printed from type , and the type distributed . AMERICAN Book - Prices Current A 8-225-2 record of BOOKS.
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AMERICAN Book - Prices Current A 8-225-2 record of BOOKS , MANUSCRIPTS AND AUTOGRAPHS SOLD AT AUCTION IN NEW YORK , BOSION AND PHILADELPHIA , FROM SEPTEMBER 1st , 1894 , TO SEPTEMBER 1st , 1895 , WITH THE PRICES REALIZED Compiled from ...
AMERICAN Book - Prices Current A 8-225-2 record of BOOKS , MANUSCRIPTS AND AUTOGRAPHS SOLD AT AUCTION IN NEW YORK , BOSION AND PHILADELPHIA , FROM SEPTEMBER 1st , 1894 , TO SEPTEMBER 1st , 1895 , WITH THE PRICES REALIZED Compiled from ...
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... BOOK - PRICES CURRENT has been prepared upon the same general lines as the English com- pilation of similar character , now in its ninth year . That compilation has become an almost indispensable book of refer- ence to all who have ...
... BOOK - PRICES CURRENT has been prepared upon the same general lines as the English com- pilation of similar character , now in its ninth year . That compilation has become an almost indispensable book of refer- ence to all who have ...
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... book - buyers generally , the compilation will be published annually , and it is hoped that this , our first effort ... book has ever brought at any previous sale . This can be said of the rarest books only , for commoner books , and ...
... book - buyers generally , the compilation will be published annually , and it is hoped that this , our first effort ... book has ever brought at any previous sale . This can be said of the rarest books only , for commoner books , and ...
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... books , though the French are , without ques- tion , more than either the English or Americans , masters of the noble art of book - making . Books having an added personal quality , making them to an extent unique , naturally bring much ...
... books , though the French are , without ques- tion , more than either the English or Americans , masters of the noble art of book - making . Books having an added personal quality , making them to an extent unique , naturally bring much ...
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