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... book-hunter's, and he failed to secure the treasure ... morning our bookman was at the shop betimes. Yes! his wire had arrived ... books en bloc in the meantime. Why Upton is so scarce it is hard to say; perhaps very few copies were printed ...
... book-hunter's, and he failed to secure the treasure ... morning our bookman was at the shop betimes. Yes! his wire had arrived ... books en bloc in the meantime. Why Upton is so scarce it is hard to say; perhaps very few copies were printed ...
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... books fifty years ago.' Collectors know, and have ever known, all that they need for the acquisition of their particular desiderata. If they were ignorant of the prices which volumes common in their day would ... early - printed book , ' he.
... books fifty years ago.' Collectors know, and have ever known, all that they need for the acquisition of their particular desiderata. If they were ignorant of the prices which volumes common in their day would ... early - printed book , ' he.
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P. B. M. Allan. copy of an early - printed book , ' he mused . But early - printed books were not in his line - then ; had they been in those early days of book - hunting , his library would have been slow indeed of growth . So he passed ...
P. B. M. Allan. copy of an early - printed book , ' he mused . But early - printed books were not in his line - then ; had they been in those early days of book - hunting , his library would have been slow indeed of growth . So he passed ...
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... books , the paper mills . I confess that in my early days of collecting this ... books , and as custom was scanty he would notice what books were sold and ... printed . Some time afterwards he read in the newspaper that a certain book ...
... books , the paper mills . I confess that in my early days of collecting this ... books , and as custom was scanty he would notice what books were sold and ... printed . Some time afterwards he read in the newspaper that a certain book ...
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... book-collector give for copies of these? Then there are such early-printed works as Caxton's translation of the Metamorphoses of Ovid, probably published by him about 1480, 'The Life of St. Margaret' (known by three leaves preserved in ...
... book-collector give for copies of these? Then there are such early-printed works as Caxton's translation of the Metamorphoses of Ovid, probably published by him about 1480, 'The Life of St. Margaret' (known by three leaves preserved in ...
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CHAPTER II | |
CHAPTER III | |
CHAPTER IV | |
THE PERON page 96 | |
CHAPTER V | |
CHAPTER VI | |
CHAPTER VII | |
The first edition was put forth only after much hesitation and with | |
CHAPTER IX | |
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INDEX | |
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