Book-Prices Current, Vol. 22
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Excerpt from Book-Prices Current, Vol. 22: A Record of the Prices at Which Books Have Been Sold at Auction, From October, 1907, to July, 1908, Being the Season 1907-1908 The most important sale held during the past season was that on February 26th and March 20th, when the Library of the late Dr. Gott came to the hammer in two divisions. It realised as much as £13,435, not reckoning the four Shakespearian folios, withdrawn at £3,850. It was at this sale that "The Golden Legende," printed by Caxton in 1483, sold for £1,300, and a "Biblia Pauperum," the block book probably printed by Roger of Bruges, about 1450, for £1,290. These books and Earl Howe´s copy of the first folio(£2,025) are the only ones which ran into thousands, while the manuscripts in the same high class are represented by a solitary example - the "Thraliana" of Mrs. Piozzi (£2,050). As already stated, the number of manuscripts realising £100 or over amounted but to 23, as against more than 200 coming within the same limit during the season 1906-7, This, of course, shews an immense but probably only temporary falling off. Other important sales reported in this volume comprise the American Library of Mr. H. C. Hoskier, strong in Incunabula, Earl Howe´s Shakespearian collection, the very extensive and admirably selected Library of the late Mr. E. J. Stanley, of Bridgwater, sold in three divisions and three miscellaneous sales, that on June 2nd realising the large sum of £9,500 (post p. 543). It may be said that the general tendency, so far as the commercial value of ordinary, every-day books is concerned, is still in a downward direction, while on the contrary those volumes for which there is such a widespread demand - Shakespeariana, early editions of the English Classics, Americana, and the rest - have apparently not yet touched the point to which they are capable of attaining. Commissions received on their account are frequently record-breaking, but in any case never wanting. J. H. Slater. Croydon, Surrey, September, 1908. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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