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London: Elliot Stock, 1899. Book. Very Good-. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. (xlii) 745 pp. Bound in blue cloth; lettered in gilt on the front panel and spine. Edge and corner wear with some rubbing on the panels and darkening in the endpapers; no interior markings. The full title is: BOOK PRICES CURRENT: Record of the Prices at Which Books Have Been Sold at Auction from October 1898 to July 1899 Being the Season 1898 - 1899 - Volume (13) (xiii) Thirteen. It's quite fascinating to see what books went for in the late 1800s, books that would go for a healthy price now, for instance, Thomas Hardy's Tess of the D'Urbervilles, the three volume first, a presentation set from Hardy to William Morris sold for four pounds, eight shillings; or, The Claims of Decorative Art by Walter Crane, a presentation copy to William Morris, two pounds, nineteen shillings. The list goes on for over 7000 listings, followed by an index..
BOOK PRICES CURRENT - Volume (13) (xiii) Thirteen by Slater, J. H. (introduction) - 1899
by Slater, J. H. (introduction)
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BOOK PRICES CURRENT - Volume (13) (xiii) Thirteen
by Slater, J. H. (introduction)
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- Hardcover
- first
London: Elliot Stock, 1899. (xlii) 745 pp. Bound in blue cloth; lettered in gilt on the front panel and spine. Edge and corner wear with some rubbing on the panels and darkening in the endpapers; no interior markings. The full title is: BOOK PRICES CURRENT: Record of the Prices at Which Books Have Been Sold at Auction from October 1898 to July 1899 Being the Season 1898 - 1899 - Volume (13) (xiii) Thirteen. It's quite fascinating to see what books went for in the late 1800s, books that would go for a healthy price now, for instance, Thomas Hardy's Tess of the D'Urbervilles, the three volume first, a presentation set from Hardy to William Morris sold for four pounds, eight shillings; or, The Claims of Decorative Art by Walter Crane, a presentation copy to William Morris, two pounds, nineteen shillings. The list goes on for over 7000 listings, followed by an index.. First Edition. Hardcover. Good Only. 8vo. Book.
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- Format/Binding Hardcover
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- Edition First Edition
- Binding Hardcover
- Publisher Elliot Stock
- Place of Publication London
- Date Published 1899
- Keywords book collecting; auction guide; prices;
- Size 8vo
We have 1 copies available starting at £40.42.
BOOK PRICES CURRENT - Volume (13) (xiii) Thirteen
by Slater, J. H. (introduction)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
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- Used - Very Good-
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- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
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