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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    BENTLEY (Richard). 1662-1742 See A. T. Bartholomew, Richard Bentley, D.D., a bibliography of his works (Cambridge, Bowes, 1908- 4°). None of his early editions have yet brought very high prices. BENTLEY (Richard). 1794-1871 Bentley’s Miscellany. London, 1837-1868. 64 vols. 8°. $100-120. BEOWULF. See Kelmscott Press BERESFORD (James). 1764-1840 The Miseries of human Life. London, R. Ackermann, 1808. 40. 50 coloured pi. by Rowlandson. This is the most desirable edition. $60-80. — £20 Fraser (Apr. 1901, n. 1449) half-bound. The 1807 ed1. contains 16 coloured pi. by J. A. Atkinson. BERKELEY (George). 1685-1753 See H. Ralph Mead, A bibliography of George Berkeley (Berkeley, University Press, 1910. 8°), 46 pp. BERKELEY (Sir William). 1605(?)-1677 The Lost Lady, a Tragy-Comedy. London, J. Okes for J. Colby, 1638 (and 1639). Fol. $205 Hoe (Jan. 1912, II, n. 327) mor., by The Club Bindery (Hanmer- Bunbury copy, now Huntington); £6 Huth (Nov. 1911, n. 470) half- calf, by Riviere, resold $40' Huntington (Dec. 1917, V, n. 15) ; $100 H. V. Jones (Dec. 1918, n. 74) mor., by Riviere. A Discourse and View of Virginia. [London, 1663. 40]. 12 pp. Of extreme rarity and lacking in nearly all the great collections of Americana. Leaf A 1 (possibly a blank) seems to be missing in all known copies. $5100 Crane (March 1913, n. 69) mor., by The Club Bindery (now Huntington) ; £255 White Kennett (July 1917, n. 16). BEST (George) A True Discourse of the late Voyages of Discovery for the
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