List Of Catalogues Of English Book Sales -

GB: Bibliolife Probably c2010. Book is in nearly fine condition with only slightest signs of wear and/or age. BUT minor marks to title page and slight creasing to front cover. . Facsimile Edition. Paperback. VG+.

Maurizio Martino , 1995. Hardcover. Like New. Mansfield, no publication date stated, c. 1995; reprint of 1915 publication limited to 100 copies; red cloth covered boards; minimal shelf wear; no dust jacket; 8vo, 7 3/4" to 9 3/4" tall; interior is clean and unmarked; 523 pages.

London: Trustees of the British Museum, 1915. Book. Very Good. Red Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. xv, 523 pages. Top edge gilt. Uncirculated clean ex-library copy. .

Mansfield, CT, Maurizio Martino, 1994.. 8°, publisher's cloth. As new. [iii]-xv, (1), 523 pp. *** Facsimile reprint, limited to 100 copies only, of the original London, 1915 edition. Chronological listing of some 8,000 English book auction catalogues, with full index of named consignors. Indispensable for provenance research.***

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

(New York): (Martino Publishing), 1915 [1995]. Reprint. Hardcover. Fine, issued without dustwrapper. Red cloth; xv, 523 pages. This reprint of the 1915 edition is stated to be "Strictly Limited to 100 Copies." Introduction by Alfred W. Pollard. Preface by G. F. Barwick: "The collection of 8000 [auction] catalogues of English book sales here listed ranges from the sale of the library of Dr. Lazarus Seaman on 31 October, 1676, the first occasion when books were sold by auction in England, to the end of the 19th century. It owes its importance mainly to the long sets of the auctioneers' own copies...."

London: Trustees of the British Museum, 1915. First edition. Hardcover. Ex-Library. 1915. First edition. Hardcover, 8vo. in red cloth, top edge gilt. 523pp. Minor ex-library, with stamps and deaccession marks on copyright and last index page, front endpaper. About very good. Spine and board extremities sunned. Endpapers faintly foxed. Contents unmarked.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Maurizio Martino, Mansfield, n.d but [1994] reprint of the 1915 first edition. Reprint strictly limited to100 copies". Cloth, 8vo,. xvi, 523 pp. Nearly 8,000 entries. From the publisher's description: "The collection of nearly 8000 catalogues of English book sales in the British Library ranges from the first sale of books by auction in 1676 to the end of the 19th century. The style of the entries is chronological. An extensive author index is also provided." From the preface: "The collection of some eight thousand catalogues of English book sales here listed ranges from the sale of the library of Dr. Lazarus Seaman on 3l October, 1676, the first occasion when books were sold by auction in England, to the end of' the nineteenth century. It owes its importaance mainly to the longsets of the auctioneers' own copies... The longest of these sets is that of the firm which began as S. Baker, over Exeter Change, Strand, in the first half of the eighteenth century, and now… Read More

Maurizio Martino, Mansfield, n.d but [1994] reprint of the 1915 first edition. Reprint strictly limited to100 copies". Cloth, 8vo,. xvi, 523 pp. Nearly 8,000 entries. From the publisher's description: "The collection of nearly 8000 catalogues of English book sales in the British Library ranges from the first sale of books by auction in 1676 to the end of the 19th century. The style of the entries is chronological. An extensive author index is also provided." From the preface: "The collection of some eight thousand catalogues of English book sales here listed ranges from the sale of the library of Dr. Lazarus Seaman on 3l October, 1676, the first occasion when books were sold by auction in England, to the end of' the nineteenth century. It owes its importaance mainly to the longsets of the auctioneers' own copies... The longest of these sets is that of the firm which began as S. Baker, over Exeter Change, Strand, in the first half of the eighteenth century, and now… Read More