PREFACE

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INTRODUCTION	1
CHAPTER II
SELLERS OF BOOKS	26
CHAPTER III
PRICES OF MANUSCRIPT BOOKS	49
CHAPTER IV
PUBLISHED PRICES	79
CHAPTER V
AUCTION SALES IN THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY	104
CHAPTER VI
AUCTION SALES IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY	126
CHAPTER VII
AUCTION SALES IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY	147
CHAPTER VIII
PRICES OF EARLY PRINTED BOOKS	179
CHAPTER IX
PRICES OF EARLY ENGLISH LITERATURE—CAXTONS, &c.	193
CHAPTER X
PRICES OF SHAKESPEARE’S WORKS	223
CHAPTER XI
PRICES OF VARIOUS CLASSES OF BOOKS	241
INDEX	265