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Description:Excerpt from Book-Auction Records, Vol. 5: A Priced and Annotated Record of London Book Auctions What shall one say? Bricks cannot be made without straw nor Prefatory Notes without prefatory matter. Originally the sole object of this section of B.A.R. was to provide information likely to be serviceable. So, in Volume 2 indications of the method of arrangement were given, 'and in Volume 3 certain strictures respecting looseness of style in cataloguing. In volume 4 the fount began to rundry, and now, in Volume 5, it seems to have dried-up altogether. Discursions upon the auction-experiences of past twelvemonths do not appeal to me. They seem only to repeat facts already recorded in the volumes, and, like most rechauffes, to be so lukewarm and wanting in piquancy as to be un-appetising. Perhaps a review of personal editorial experiences may prove not uninteresting, and a certain receptacle into which is cast anything out of the common may repay ransacking. Let us begin with printers' errors. The following four examples provide food for diversion. Fortunately they were detected while there was yet time. One entry credited Captain John Smith - of Pocahontas fame - with having written a work on "Eno's Improvement." I wondered what the renowned captain knew about Eno's Fruit Salt, until reference showed that what was intended to be set up was "England's Improvement," published in 1670, a century and a half before the advertisingchemist was born. Another instance was the title, "Cocking and its Votaries," dealing of course with cock-fighting. This had been set up as "Cooking and its Votaries." The third was "fooled sides" for "tooled sides," and the fourth was Mr. Andrew Lang's "Ballads in Glue China." A fth was Matthew Arnold's "Alaric at Rome," which appeared as ."Alaric at Home," and, not being detected, it received the distinction of print. A sixth has not yet been unearthed. The personal feeling which the publication has engendered between myself and strangers has been remarkable, and has been to me far higher reward than the commercial success which has attended it. When it is no unusual thing for persons whom you have never seen to conclude letters evincing strong interest in B.A.R. with such phrases as "with the kindest of kind regards" you feel that your subscribers and yourself are on the most desirable terms. Among the more characteristic examples may be quoted the following passages from various correspondents: "I have spent whole days studying the Vols. I have. As the ancient mariner held the wedding guest so B.A.R. holds me." 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."We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Book-Auction Records, Vol. 5: A Priced and Annotated Record of London Book Auctions (Classic Reprint). To get started finding Book-Auction Records, Vol. 5: A Priced and Annotated Record of London Book Auctions (Classic Reprint), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: Excerpt from Book-Auction Records, Vol. 5: A Priced and Annotated Record of London Book Auctions What shall one say? Bricks cannot be made without straw nor Prefatory Notes without prefatory matter. Originally the sole object of this section of B.A.R. was to provide information likely to be serviceable. So, in Volume 2 indications of the method of arrangement were given, 'and in Volume 3 certain strictures respecting looseness of style in cataloguing. In volume 4 the fount began to rundry, and now, in Volume 5, it seems to have dried-up altogether. Discursions upon the auction-experiences of past twelvemonths do not appeal to me. They seem only to repeat facts already recorded in the volumes, and, like most rechauffes, to be so lukewarm and wanting in piquancy as to be un-appetising. Perhaps a review of personal editorial experiences may prove not uninteresting, and a certain receptacle into which is cast anything out of the common may repay ransacking. Let us begin with printers' errors. The following four examples provide food for diversion. Fortunately they were detected while there was yet time. One entry credited Captain John Smith - of Pocahontas fame - with having written a work on "Eno's Improvement." I wondered what the renowned captain knew about Eno's Fruit Salt, until reference showed that what was intended to be set up was "England's Improvement," published in 1670, a century and a half before the advertisingchemist was born. Another instance was the title, "Cocking and its Votaries," dealing of course with cock-fighting. This had been set up as "Cooking and its Votaries." The third was "fooled sides" for "tooled sides," and the fourth was Mr. Andrew Lang's "Ballads in Glue China." A fth was Matthew Arnold's "Alaric at Rome," which appeared as ."Alaric at Home," and, not being detected, it received the distinction of print. A sixth has not yet been unearthed. The personal feeling which the publication has engendered between myself and strangers has been remarkable, and has been to me far higher reward than the commercial success which has attended it. When it is no unusual thing for persons whom you have never seen to conclude letters evincing strong interest in B.A.R. with such phrases as "with the kindest of kind regards" you feel that your subscribers and yourself are on the most desirable terms. Among the more characteristic examples may be quoted the following passages from various correspondents: "I have spent whole days studying the Vols. I have. As the ancient mariner held the wedding guest so B.A.R. holds me." 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."We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Book-Auction Records, Vol. 5: A Priced and Annotated Record of London Book Auctions (Classic Reprint). To get started finding Book-Auction Records, Vol. 5: A Priced and Annotated Record of London Book Auctions (Classic Reprint), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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