International Directory of Second-hand Booksellers and Bibliophile's Manual, Volume 5

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J. Clarke, 1899 - Bibliographical literature
 

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Page 355 - Book" shall be construed to mean and include every Volume, Part or Division of a Volume, Pamphlet, Sheet of Letter-press, Sheet of Music, Map, Chart, or Plan separately published...
Page 347 - MILTON'S Prose Works. Edited by JA St. John. 5 vols. 3*. 6d. each. — Poetical Works, with a Memoir and Critical Remarks by James Montgomery, an Index to Paradise Lost, Todd's Verbal Index to all the Poems, and a Selection of Explanatory Notes by Henry G. Bohn. Illustrated with 120 Wood Engravings from Drawings by W. Harvey. 2 vols.
Page 256 - EXCEPT a living man, there is nothing more wonderful than a book ! — a message to us from the dead — from human souls whom we never saw, who lived, perhaps, thousands of miles away; and yet these, on those little sheets of paper, speak to us, amuse us, vivify us, teach us, comfort us, open their hearts to us as brothers.
Page 206 - The Publishers' Circular, and General Record of British and Foreign Literature; giving a transcript of the title-page of every work published in Great Britain, and every work of interest published abroad, with lists of all the publishing houses. Published regularly on the 1st and 15th of every Month, and forwarded post free to all parts of the world on payment of 8s. per annum. The Ladies...
Page 348 - Reference catalogue of current literature, containing the full titles of books now in print and on sale, with the prices at which they may be obtained of all booksellers, and an index containing nearly one hundred and eightyfive thousand references.
Page 322 - To which is now added, a List of various Editions of the Bible, and Parts thereof , in English, from the Year 1526...
Page 322 - Mayo, Charles Herbert. Bibliotheca Dorsetiensis; being a carefully compiled account of printed books and pamphlets relating to the history and topography of the county of Dorset.
Page 318 - How to tell a Caxton, with some hints where and how the same might be found, by William Blades ; 8vo., London, 1870.
Page 347 - Complete Concordance to Shakespeare : being a verbal Index to all the passages in the Dramatic Works of the Poet, by Mary Cowden Clarke ; 8vo., London, 1845 ; 8vo., 1847 ; 8vo.

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