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| Preis: | 28.95 EUR* (inkl. MWST zzgl. Versand - Preis kann jetzt höher sein!) |
| Versand: | 0.00 EUR Versandkostenfrei innerhalb von Deutschland |
| Partner: | buecher.de |
| Hersteller: | Forgotten Books (Livingston, Luther S.) |
| Stand: | 2015-08-04 03:50:33 |
Produktbeschreibung
Excerpt from American Book-Prices Current: A Record of Books, Manuscripts, and Autographs Sold at Auction in New York, Boston, and Philadelphia, From September 1, 1901, to September 1, 1902, With the Prices Realized On looking over the series of catalogues of the sales of books at auction during the season of 1901 and 1902, we are struck with the almost total absence of great libraries, which, when sold, were in the condition in which they left the hands of their owners. Although this 1902 volume exceeds in size and number of lots any of the seven volumes already published, its bulk depends largely upon the catalogues of books from a few great collections, and upon sales made up of important material probably consigned by various owners, but the catalogues of which were not descriptive of the books of any one library or collection. Owners of rare books know that where a few rare items are included in a miscellaneous collection of second-rate or ordinary material the prices realized are very likely to be less than the same items would bring if they were offered in a sale made up mainly of rare or important books. And in consequence the auctioneers are likely to keep small lots of first-class material until they have enough consignments from various owners to make a catalogue of a two or three days´ sale. One of the greatest of American collections of rare books, that of Mr. Marshal C. Lefferts, was sold to a bookseller early in the season, and a considerable portion of it found its way into the auction room. The Lefferts Library was notable and remarkably complete in two lines: first, English poetry and prose, including English plays, before 1700; and, second, books relating to American discovery and history, in the English language, mostly printed before 1700 but with a few important items of later date. 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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