Excerpt from Book-Prices Current, Vol. 10: A Record of the Prices at Which Books Have Been Sold at Auction From December, 1895, to November, 1896 From December, 1895, to November, 1896, which is the span of this, the tenth volume of book-prices current, more than lots of books have been disposed of. We report or, roughly Speaking, one out of every seven lots, the remaining six being, for one reason or another, passed by. I do not believe, however, that anything really important has been omitted, or that this volume is in the least behind any of those which have pre ceded it, in utility and the varied nature of its contents. 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.

Excerpt from Book-Prices Current, Vol. 3: A Record of the Prices at Which Books Have Been Sold at Auction, From December, 1888, to November, 1889 The number of sales by auction reported in this volume amounts to fifty-six, as against forty-nine reported in Vol. II, and seventy three in Vol. I, and although there is nothing very remarkable in any of these sales individually, yet in the aggregate the afford a bird's-eye view extending over the whole range of Eng ish litera ture. The same may be said, to some extent, of each of the other volumes of book-prices Current already issued, but a glance at the Index of this third volume discloses a larger assortment of books, and the absence of much of that monotonous recurrence which was especially noticeable in the other two. This may fairly be claimed as a distinct advantage, though it is subject to the. Usual exception with regard to the illustrated works of popular modern authors. These seem to be still increasing in number and in rice, though the amounts realised at the mansfield-mackenzie S e, in March last, for works of this class (post, p. 86 et seq.) were quite phenomenal. Beauty and a propriateness of binding, and excellence of condition, contribute alike to the realisation of the largest amounts ever paid for picture books of the kind. The same library was noticeable for the large number of theatrical works it contained many of these were of the greatest rarity, and in the finest condition. The Burnett Sale, in April (post, p. 153 et se was also remarkable, though toa less extent, for Similar reasons. The sale of the season was, however, undoubtedly that reported on. 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.

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A record of literary properties sold at auction in the United States.

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Excerpt from Book-Prices Current, Vol. 19: A Record of the Prices at Which Books Have Been Sold at Auction, From October, 1904, to July, 1905, Being the Season 1904-1905 Scott. - Waverley, 3 vol., boards, 1814 (another set in boards realised £131 on July lgth) William Blake. - Marriage of Heaven and Neil, 4to., morocco, n. D. In addition, twenty-six other works realised £100 or over, but less than £150, and on a calculation it is found that, including the before mentioned, the books contained in the second list given above, and the other works which it has not been thought necessary to quote, but which realised £100 and upwards, as much as was obtained for 69 works. No account is taken of manuscripts in this computation, and it is evident that, so far as the printed books are concerned, the average amount per work realised (the whole season's sales being computed) is very materially increased by the remarkable influx of expensive works to which reference has been made. 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.

Excerpt from Book-Prices Current, Vol. 11: A Record of the Prices at Which Books Have Been Sold at Auction, From November, 1896, to November, 1897 It has been my custom during the last few years to give statistics in tabular form of the books sold by auction in England, and of the amounts realised for them, and thus to arrive at some sort of a conclusion with regard to the state of the Book Market. I am aware that no contemporary average can be implicitly relied on, that some exceptionally important Library may upset all narrow calculations and completely nullify any attempt to draw a conclu sion from the figures pf any single year. In dealing with books. We must not, of course, forget that fluctuations are incessant, and depend, moreover, in addition to questions of demand or fashion, upon condition, binding, and many other circumstances. The object in giving statistics is, consequently, not to pledge the Book Sales of any given year, but to accumulate information covering a number of years, and in this way to establish a position which will become more and more accurate as time advances. Just as the death-rate for a week or month may rise to colossal proportions owing to the existence of some dreadful scourge, or fall in a corresponding degree by reason of exceptionally favourable climatic conditions, so statistics of every kind are liable to erratic inroads. In the end, however, a balance is always found; for exceptional figures distributed over a long period of time must necessarily lose more and more of their influence, till at last they reach the average point, and so fall into line. It will be remembered that the following table was given in the introduction to last year's volume: December, 3892, to November, 3893 No. Of Lots, Amount realised. 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.