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livres	4
meubles	4
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art objects	3
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auction catalogs	3
book auctions	3

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Europe	3
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Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)	4
Christie, Manson & Woods	3
Cornbury Park (Charlbury, England)	2
John Wallace Printing Ltd.	2
Sotheby & Co. (London, England)	2
Watney, O. V	2
Boyd, Julia	1
Dropmore (Burnham, England)	1
Parkwood (Englefield Green, England)	1
Powderham Castle (England)	1

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Book-prices current : a record of prices at which books have been sold at auction

v.37, 1923

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Catalogue of valuable printed books : comprising a selected portion of the library at Powderham Castle, Devonshire; early English books and early science... many with the Courtenay arms, the property of the Rt. Hon. the Earl of Devon, The historie of the damnable life and deserved death of Doctor John Faustus, 1622, the only copy known of this edition: not in STC, the property of Douglas Davidson, Esq.; the first (suppressed) edition of Alice's adventures in Wonderland, 1865; a group of Norman Douglas first editions with inscriptions by the author; early atlases and maps ... sporting and botanical books with coloured plates and a series of water-colour drawings of birds, a Baskerville Prayer book bound by Edward[s] of Halifax and a fine German Renaissance gilt binding for Johann Fugger, the property of the Rt. Hon. Lord Cotteloe ... the Rt. Hon. Sir Percy Loraine ... R.O. Whalley ... Brigadier J.E. Stirling ... early Italian literature and books on the fine arts, the property of the late Charles Loeser, removed from Torre Gattaia, Florence, twenty-three original drawings by Thomas Bewick for his History of British birds and his History of quadrupeds, and the Julia Boyd collection of 423 engraved woodblocks from Thomas Bewick's workshop, as used for her Bewick gleanings, 1866, the property of Mrs. Hester Haig, which will be sold by auction by Messrs. Sotheby & Co. ... at their large galleries ... on Monday, the 15th February, 1960 and the following day

Sotheby & Co. (London, England)

1960

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Catalogue of the valuable contents of Dropmore, Burnham, Buckinghamshire, including fine Agra carpets, important 18th century English furniture, Chinese hardstone carvings, pottery and porcelain, Continental and English porcelain, 18th and 19th century paintings, including portraits and views of London, Florence and Venice, works of art and bronzes, and the extensive library, which will be sold by auction on the premises by Sotheby & Co : Days of sale: Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, 18th, 19th, 20th March, 1969

Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019); Sotheby & Co. (London, England); Dropmore (Burnham, England)

1969

Spine title: Dropmore. Place of sale: London.

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Catalogue of the remaining contents of Cornbury Park, Charlbury, Oxfordshire, sold by order of the trustees and beneficiaries of the late O.V. Watney... including fine old English and continental furniture, fine tapestries, oriental rugs and carpets, objects of art, decorative porcelain and glass, prints, drawings, books, plated and household furnishings, which will be sold at auction by Christie, Manson & Woods, Ltd. ... on Monday, May 22, 1967 and two following days (c.1)

Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019); Christie, Manson & Woods; John Wallace Printing Ltd.

[1967]

At head of title: On the premises. Addendum tipped in. Place of sale: Charlbury, Oxfordshire.

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Catalogue of the remaining contents of Cornbury Park, Charlbury, Oxfordshire, sold by order of the trustees and beneficiaries of the late O.V. Watney... including fine old English and continental furniture, fine tapestries, oriental rugs and carpets, objects of art, decorative porcelain and glass, prints, drawings, books, plated and household furnishings, which will be sold at auction by Christie, Manson & Woods, Ltd. ... on Monday, May 22, 1967 and two following days (c.2)

Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019); Christie, Manson & Woods; John Wallace Printing Ltd.

[1967]

At head of title: On the premises. Addendum tipped in. Place of sale: Charlbury, Oxfordshire.

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Catalogue of the contents of Parkwood, Englefield Green, Surrey, the residence of the late the Rt. Hon. the Lord Baillieu, comprising fine old English and continental furniture and works of art, tapestries, textiles, rugs and carpets, decorative porcelain and household furnishings, which will be sold at auction by Christie, Manson & Woods... on Monday, April 22, 1968

Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019); Christie, Manson & Woods; White Bros. Ltd.

[1968]

Place of sale: London.