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Total number of records: 18

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Brotherton Collection4
Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society3
John Evan Bedford Library of Furniture History1

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SubjectCount
libraries18
book auctions5
bibliography4
literary journeys4
livres4
manuscripts4
classical antiquities3
clothing and dress3
costume3
intellectual life3

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England18
Scotland4
Empire Ottoman3
London (England)3
Turkey3
China1
Rome1
Rome (Empire)1

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Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)11
Dibdin, Thomas Frognall (1776-1847)4
Atabey, Sefik E3
Christie, Manson & Woods3
Malcolm, James Peller (1767-1815)3
Sotheby'S (Firm)3
Guppy, Henry (1861-1948)2
John Rylands Library2
University of Manchester2
Armstrong, Alan, 1936-1

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From 19008
From 20003

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[Bookseller catalogs of Jarndyce Antiquarian Booksellers] (v.CLIII, 2003 - Victorian Life and Labour)

Lake, Brian (1947-); Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019); Jarndyce Antiquarian Booksellers

[1972-]

Collection titled devised by cataloger. Individual catalogs have varying or distinctive titles. Specialty: Antiquarian books. Catalog no. 200 has afterword (13 p.), written by Brian Lake, containin...

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Sale catalogue of Dr. Johnson's library : with an essay

Johnson, Samuel (1709-1784); Newton, A Edward (1864-1940)

[1925]

Facsimile (28 p.) originally published in London, 1785, under title: A catalogue of the valuable library of books of the late learned Samuel Johnson.

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The John Rylands Library Manchester : 1899-1924 : a record of its history with brief descriptions of the building and its contents, illustrated with sixty-two views and facsimiles

Guppy, Henry (1861-1948); John Rylands Library

1924

Part of plates printed on both sides. On cover: "In commemoration of the twenty-fifth anniversary of its inauguration."

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The John Rylands Library Manchester : 1899-1924 : a record of its history with brief descriptions of the building and its contents, illustrated with sixty-two views and facsimiles

Guppy, Henry (1861-1948); John Rylands Library

1924

Part of plates printed on both sides. On cover: "In commemoration of the twenty-fifth anniversary of its inauguration."

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