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Bartlett, Henrietta C Catalogue Of Early English Books, Chiefly Of The Elizabethan Period, Collected By Augustus White
Privately printed for Mr W A White by the Pynson Printers, Inc, New York 1926 1st edition.
Cloth, VG. viii+170pp, large folding frontis, errrata slip laid in, leather label to upper board & spine, spine a little darkened & label rubbed. LIMITED to 500 copies. Bibliography of a collection formed in the early late 19th & 20th century. It is particulary stong with regard to Shakespeare. White [ 1843 - 1827 ] was an investment banker who started collecting books in 1885. Upon his death the books were appraised & catalogued at $850,000. The Shakespeare quartos went to Harvard, the Blake items were retained by his family [ not in this catalogue ] and the rest was sold.
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48.00 GBP
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