Catalogue of a Private Library, Comprising an Unusually Fine Collection of Illustrated and Standard Works of the Best English and American Editions

Catalogue of a Private Library, Comprising an Unusually Fine Collection of Illustrated and Standard Works of the Best English and American Editions

Author: Leavitt Leavitt

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2018-10-12

Total Pages: 56

ISBN-13: 9781391877341

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Excerpt from Catalogue of a Private Library, Comprising an Unusually Fine Collection of Illustrated and Standard Works of the Best English and American Editions: Mostly in Elegant Bindings, Many Exceedingly Scarce, Offering a Rare Opportunity to the Book Collector Includes Letters and Pieces not to be found in any other edition, and Macaulay's Essays on his Life and Works. 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.


The Private Library

The Private Library

Author: Arthur Lee Humphreys

Publisher: Good Press

Published: 2019-12-17

Total Pages: 145

ISBN-13:

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The Private Library is a book by Arthur Lee Humphreys. It provides a host of great book quotes, history on books and libraries, how to bind an old leather book, how to catalogue, purchase for, and set up a private library.


Descriptive Catalogue of a Valuable Private Library Comprising Several Thousand Volumes Elegantly Bound Books, Forming the Entire Collection of the Late James Hopkirk, Esquire, of Kingston. The Library Will be Found One of the Most Complete and Valuable of Any Private Collection in the Province Representing Literature, Science, and the Arts in All Their Departments, Selected with the Greatest Care from the Most Celebrated Publishers of London, Edinburgh, and Paris. The Binding is Also of the Most Costly Discription [sic] of Russia Leather, Calf Or Morocco. Many of the More Expensive Works are Bound by Carss of Glasgow. The Standard Works on History, Poetry and Science, are Generally in Costly Octavos, with Large Clear Types and a Profusion of the Finest Illustrations. Interesting and Curious Books. To the Antiquarian Or Those Gentlemen Wishing to Form Private Collections, this Library Will be Found Most Interesting. It Contains Many Old and Scarce Works Relating to the Early History of this Continent, and the Discovery and Settlement of Canada, and is Particularly Rich in Works Relating to Scottish History and Literature. It Comprises Also Some of the Oldest Printed Books in Existence, Including a Most Beautiful Copy of Jesephus, Printed as Early as 1486, While Caxton was Yet Working at His Types. To be Sold by Auction on Monday, the 10th of December, 1866, and Four Following Days. The Books Will be Arranged for Examination at Mr. Shaw's Stores, 97, Great St. James Street, Montreal, Three Days Previous to the Sale, where Intending Purchasers Can Examine the Collection. Sale Each Day from 10 to 12 A.m. and from 7 to 10 P.m. in Order of the Catalogue. Gentlemen Unable to Attend the Sale Can Have Their Orders Fathfully [sic] Attended to by the Auctioneer. Henry J. Shaw

Descriptive Catalogue of a Valuable Private Library Comprising Several Thousand Volumes Elegantly Bound Books, Forming the Entire Collection of the Late James Hopkirk, Esquire, of Kingston. The Library Will be Found One of the Most Complete and Valuable of Any Private Collection in the Province Representing Literature, Science, and the Arts in All Their Departments, Selected with the Greatest Care from the Most Celebrated Publishers of London, Edinburgh, and Paris. The Binding is Also of the Most Costly Discription [sic] of Russia Leather, Calf Or Morocco. Many of the More Expensive Works are Bound by Carss of Glasgow. The Standard Works on History, Poetry and Science, are Generally in Costly Octavos, with Large Clear Types and a Profusion of the Finest Illustrations. Interesting and Curious Books. To the Antiquarian Or Those Gentlemen Wishing to Form Private Collections, this Library Will be Found Most Interesting. It Contains Many Old and Scarce Works Relating to the Early History of this Continent, and the Discovery and Settlement of Canada, and is Particularly Rich in Works Relating to Scottish History and Literature. It Comprises Also Some of the Oldest Printed Books in Existence, Including a Most Beautiful Copy of Jesephus, Printed as Early as 1486, While Caxton was Yet Working at His Types. To be Sold by Auction on Monday, the 10th of December, 1866, and Four Following Days. The Books Will be Arranged for Examination at Mr. Shaw's Stores, 97, Great St. James Street, Montreal, Three Days Previous to the Sale, where Intending Purchasers Can Examine the Collection. Sale Each Day from 10 to 12 A.m. and from 7 to 10 P.m. in Order of the Catalogue. Gentlemen Unable to Attend the Sale Can Have Their Orders Fathfully [sic] Attended to by the Auctioneer. Henry J. Shaw

Author: Henry J. Shaw

Publisher:

Published: 1866

Total Pages: 62

ISBN-13:

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Catalogue of the Very Choice Collection of Books Forming the Private Library of a Gentleman of This City

Catalogue of the Very Choice Collection of Books Forming the Private Library of a Gentleman of This City

Author: Leonard And Company

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2017-12-09

Total Pages: 110

ISBN-13: 9780332579528

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Excerpt from Catalogue of the Very Choice Collection of Books Forming the Private Library of a Gentleman of This City: Which Will Be Sold by Auction by Leonard and Company, at Their Library Salesroom on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, the 18th, 19th and 20th January, 1870 American Tract Society's Publications. The Christian Armor The cross-bearer, a Vision. The cup-bearer. 3 vols; small 4to, cloth gilt. Boston. 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.