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    to which we have before referred . vols O . n of th modern e 20 th , Mr novels . Hod in gson cloth will and offer quires 3 , 000 besides numerous other modern and new books .

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    -* L . 3 E . Ij . ' ) & c , , & c . Not among the least interesting was an autograph letter from

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    good The ' deal Turner of 9 amusement drawing was in , pronounced the sale-room no .

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    leaned to the opposite opinion . [ Five volumes of the Badminton Library

    on large paper , brought £ 12 15 s . ( Robson ) at , Puttick ' s a day or two since .

    Messrs . Bangs , of New York , will sell on the 23 rd 24 thand 25 th inst . the library of

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• Citation
  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), May 16, 1887, page 498, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_16051887/page/12/