The book collector's guide : a practical handbook of British and American bibliography / by Seymour de Ricci.

  • Seymour de Ricci
Date:
1921
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Credit: The book collector's guide : a practical handbook of British and American bibliography / by Seymour de Ricci. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    J. Robins, 1826. 40. Frontisp., 11 coloured pi. and 16 wood- cuts by Cruikshank. The plates exist coloured and in India proofs plain. In orig. boards $40-50 and in 4 parts $80!-100. By the same author, but of smaller value: Land and Sea Tales. London, 1836. 2 vols. 12°. Illustr. by Cruikshank. The Old Sailor’s Jolly Boat, London, W. Strange, 1844. 8°. Illustr. by G. and R. Cruikshank. Top-Sail Sheet Blocks, or the Naval Foundling. London, 1838. 3 vols. 8°. Frontispieces by Cruikshank. BARLOW (Francis). 1626(?)-1702 Severall Wayes of Hunting, Hawking and Fishing, ac¬ cording to the English Manner. N. p., n. d. [1671]. Title and 12 pi. by W. Hollar. £ 19 Gilbey (June 1915, n. 183) old calf. BARNES (Barnaby). 1567-1609 The Devil’s Charter, a Tragedy. London, G. B. for John Wright, 1607. 40. £39 Sotheby’s [Mostyn], 31 May 1907, n. 430, unbound ; $480 H. V. Jones (Dec. 1918, n. 77) mor., by Zucker (now C. W. Clark). BARNES (Joshua). 1654-1712 The History of that most victorious Monarch Edward III. Cambridge, 1688. Fol. 4 portr. $10-20. —* £ 13.10.0 Sunderland (Dec. 1881, n. 955) old mor. BARNES (Juliana) or BERNERS The Books of Hawking and Hunting and also of Coatar- mours. St. Albans, the Schoolmaster, i486. Fol. Commonly known as the Book of St. Albans. One of the most celebrated of early English books, only four or five perfect copies being known. — £385 Ashburnham (June 1897, n. 312) made up from several copies; $12,000 Hoe (Apr. 1911, I, n. 252) mor., by The Club Bindery (with orig. binding preserved separately (now Huntington) ; £ 1800 Pembroke (June 1914, n. 26) old red mor. (now Phelan coll.).
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