American Book Prices Current

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

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Excerpt from American Book-Prices Current: A Records of Books, Manuscripts, and Autographs Sold at Auction in New York, Boston, and Philadelphia, From September 1, 1990, to September 1, 1901, With the Prices Realized HE auction season of 1900 and 1901, the sales of which are recorded in this volume Of American book-prices Current, without question exceeds in importance any previous season, both in number of sales and value of books dispersed. We record lots of books and autographs, which is a considerable increase over any previous season since our compilation was begun. While our record aims to show all important books and manu scripts selling for over three dollars for the lot, a good many items, necessarily, are thrown out, to keep the volume within reasonable size. Current books which can still be had of the publishers are generally excluded, and in cases where remainders are being worked off by throwing Copies into numerous sales, a selection only is shown. In other cases, also, where more than three or four Copies of the same book have been sold, a representative selection only is generally introduced. Some other items selling at about our limit, more especially books in foreign languages, as well as occasional cases where the catalogue description was too meagre to identify the book, have been excluded. Taking it for granted that this condensation is uniform through the seven volumes of our work, it is interesting to see the growth Of this particular department Of the book business in America. Our initial volume for'1895 recorded only 6025 lots 1896 reached 741 I 1897, 8562; 1898, 7547; 1899, 8859; 1900, 9662; and 1901, The growth has been constant with the exception Of the single set back in 1898. 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 American Book Prices Current, Vol. 3: A Record of Books, Manuscripts, and Autographs Sold at Auction in New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Chicago, and Cincinnat, From September 1, 1896, to Seotember1, 1897, With the Prices Realized The date given under each lot is that of the first day of the sale. The full period covered by the sale, as well as some note as to its character, may be found by referring to the chronological list of sales following this Preface. The number in parentheses is the original lot number in the sale catalogue. Prices are for the let, not the price per volume, as the books are sold in the auction room. The abbreviations used in describing the autographs are familiar to all collectors. A. L. S. Means Autograph Letter Signed; A. N. S. Means Autograph Note Signed; L. S. Means Letter Signed, the signature only being autograph; D. S. Means Document Signed; M. O. C. Means Member of Old (continental) Congress. Three sales which took place in Chicago, and one at the Ameri can Art Galleries, in New York, are included in this volume. Neither of the preceding volumes included sales at these places. If these four sales are deducted from our total of 110, we have 106, the precise number of sales recorded in the volume for 1896. 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.