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Three hundred notable books added to the Library of the British Museum under the keepership of Richard Garnett 1890-1899
A catalogue of the unique, scarce, rare, curious, and numerous collection of works on the antiquity, topography, and decayed intelligence of Great Britain and Ireland, from the first invention of printing down to the present time, early poetry, classics, belles letters, and miscellanies, ever offered by public sale, many hundreds of the articles ... may be deemed unique ... from the presses of Caxton, Winken de Worde, Pinson, and all the early and modern printers ... being the entire library of the late Rev. John Brand ...
In august company
Catalogue of the books, manuscripts, and engravings belonging to William Menzies of New York
Collected books
Check-list or brief catalogue of the English books, 1475-1640, in the Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery
The Lions of Fifth Avenue
A short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, and Ireland and of English books printed abroad
Catalogue of the library of the late Alexander Farnum, esq., of Providence, Rhode Island ..
Titles of English books (and of foreign books printed in England)
Rare and beautiful books, manuscripts and bindings
Cambridge University Library
The Spanish golden age (1472-1700)
Nabokov's Butterfly
Auction prices of books
The Vatican Library
A collection of Lincoln literature
Rare Books and Special Collections
The used book price guide
Book collecting
A catalogue of the library of Adam Smith
The riddle in the rare book
People of the book
Catalogue of the valuable private library of the late H.J. Ibbotson, Esq
Collecting Little golden books
Early American children's books
The choice private library of the late William Hepburn Russell of New York City
Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, and British America and of English books printed in other countries, 1641-1700
Library of Congress rare books and special collections
Camino Island
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