Book auctions
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First Editions of Boswell, Johnson, and Other Authors, Early Printing, Americana, Autograph Letters and Manuscripts (exhibition and sale catalog for books and autographs owned by Amos Ettinger and others; 1938), by Parke-Bernet Galleries (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)- Bibliotheca Dramatica: Catalogue of the Theatrical and Miscellaneous Library of the Late William E. Burton, the Distinguished Comedian, Comprising an Immense Assemblage of Books Relating to the Stage (auction catalog, 2 parts in 1 volume; New York: J. Sabin and Co., 1860)
- Book-Auction Records, ed. by Frank Karslake (partial serial archives)
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Filed under: Auctions- Auctions: Theory and Practice (prepublication version, 2003), by Paul Klemperer (PDF files in the UK)
- Auctions: Theory and Practice (prepublication version, 2003), by Paul Klemperer (PDF files in the UK)
- American Art Auction Catalogues, 1785-1942: A Union List (New York: New York Public Library, 1944), by Harold Lancour (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Notable French XVIII Century Furniture; Important Paintings (public auction catalogue for Comte Philippe de la Rochefoucauld's collection; 1951), by Parke-Bernet Galleries (page images at HathiTrust)
- Notable French XVIII Century Furniture; Important Paintings (public auction catalogue for Comte Philippe de la Rochefoucauld's collection; 1951), by Parke-Bernet Galleries (page images at HathiTrust)
- From the Collection of the Late William Randolph Hearst (public auction catalogue for Hearst's art collection; 1951), by Parke-Bernet Galleries (page images at HathiTrust)
- Selected Art Objects from the William Randolph Hearst Collection, for the Benefit of the New York Infirmary for Women and Children (auction catalog; New York: Hammer Galleries, 1941), by Hammer Galleries (PDF at inha.fr)
- Catalogue de la Vente des Objets d'Art Ancien Composant les Collections Elie Volpi (art sale catalog in French; Rome: Imp. de la Societá Tip.- Editrice Romana, 1910)
- Executrix' Sale: The Entire Collection of Important Modern Paintings, Statuary, Bronze, Articles of Vertu, etc., Belonging to the Late Mr. Le Grand Lockwood (auction catalog; New York: G.. A. Leavitt and Co., 1872), by George A. Leavitt & Co.
- A Catalogue of the Collection of the Right Honourable Edward Earl of Oxford, Deceas'd (auction catalogue with a frontispiece by Vertue, published 1742), by Mr. Cock, illust. by George Vertue
- The Book Chain in Anglophone Africa: A Survey and Directory (c2002), ed. by Roger Stringer (PDF in the UK)
- The Book Chain in Anglophone Africa: A Survey and Directory (c2002), ed. by Roger Stringer (PDF in the UK)
- The Romance of Bookselling: A History from the Earliest Times to the Twentieth Century (Boston: Little, Brown and Co., 1911), by Frank Arthur Mumby, contrib. by W. H. Peet (page images at HathiTrust)
- Bibliographie des Impressions et des Oeuvres de Josse Badius Ascensius, Imprimeur et Humaniste, 1462-1535 (3 volumes, in French; Paris. E. Paul et Fils et Guillemin, 1908) (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
- Six Years Experience as a Book Agent in California, by Mrs. J. W. Likins (HTML at LOC)
- Home Evangelization: A View of the Wants and Prospects of Our Country, Based on Facts and Relations of Colportage (page images at MOA)
- Toils and Triumphs of Union Missionary Colportage, for Twenty-Five Years (New York: American Tract Society, ca. 1867), by John McMillan Stevenson (page images at MOA)
- Annual Report of the Bible Society of the Confederate States of America, by Bible Society of the Confederate States of America (partial serial archives)
- Annual Report, by Trinitarian Bible Society (London, England) (partial serial archives)
- Quarterly Record, by Trinitarian Bible Society (London, England) (partial serial archives)
- Histoire de la Société Biblique Protestante de Paris (1818 à 1868) (with biographical notices by Schickler; in French; Paris: Société Biblique Protestante, 1868), by O. Douen, contrib. by F. de Schickler
- Proceedings of the State Bible Convention of South Carolina, Held at Columbia, Sept. 17 and 18, 1862; With a Sermon Preached Before the Convention (Columbia, SC: Southern Guardian Steam-Power Press, 1862), contrib. by George Howe
- Proceedings of the State Bible Convention of South Carolina, Held at Columbia, Sept. 17 and 18, 1862; With a Sermon Preached Before the Convention (Columbia, SC: Southern Guardian Steam-Power Press, 1862), contrib. by George Howe
- A Dictionary of Printers and Printing: With the Progress of Literature, Ancient and Modern, Bibliographical Illustrations, Etc. Etc. (London: H. Johnson; et al., 1839), by C. H. Timperley
- A Dictionary of Printers and Booksellers in England, Scotland and Ireland, and of Foreign Printers of English Books, 1557-1640 (London: Printed for the Bibliographical Society, 1910), by R. B. McKerrow, Harry Gidney Aldis, Robert Bowes, E. R. McC. Dix, E. Gordon Duff, Strickland Gibson, G. J. Gray, Falconer Madan, and Henry R. Plomer
- A Dictionary of Printers and Booksellers in England, Scotland and Ireland, and of Foreign Printers of English Books, 1557-1640 (London: Printed for the Bibliographical Society, 1910), by R. B. McKerrow, Harry Gidney Aldis, Robert Bowes, E. R. McC. Dix, E. Gordon Duff, Strickland Gibson, G. J. Gray, Falconer Madan, and Henry R. Plomer
- American Book Trade Manual (partial serial archives)
- Keep the Aspidistra Flying (1936), by George Orwell (text in Australia; NO US ACCESS)
- The Haunted Bookshop, by Christopher Morley (Gutenberg text)
- Parnassus on Wheels, by Christopher Morley (Gutenberg text)
- The Frankfort Book Fair: The Francofordiense Emporium of Henri Estienne (Chicago: The Caxton Club, 1911), by Henri Estienne, ed. by James Westfall Thompson
- The Romance of Bookselling: A History from the Earliest Times to the Twentieth Century (Boston: Little, Brown and Co., 1911), by Frank Arthur Mumby, contrib. by W. H. Peet (page images at HathiTrust)
- Shadows of the Old Booksellers (London: Bell and Daldy, 1865), by Charles Knight (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Random Recollections of an Old Publisher (2 volumes; London: Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent and Co.; Bournemouth: Bright's, 1900), by William Tinsley
- Sixty Years a Bookman, With Other Recollections and Reflections (London: Selwyn and Blount, c1923), by Joseph Shaylor
- A Transcript of the Registers of the Worshipful Company of Stationers, From 1640-1708 A. D. (3 volumes; London: Privatly printed, 1913-1914), by Stationers' Company (London, England), ed. by George Edward Briscoe Eyre, contrib. by Henry R. Plomer (page images at HathiTrust)
- The Bookseller (UK book trade journal, 1858-) (partial serial archives)
- The Newsdealer (San Francisco, 1890s) (partial serial archives)
- The Late Age of Print: Everyday Book Culture From Consumerism to Control (New York: Columbia University Press, 2009), by Theodore G. Striphas (zipped PDF with commentary at thelateageofprint.org)
- Adventures in American Bookshops, Antique Stores and Auction Rooms (Detroit: Douglas Book Shop, 1922), by Guido Bruno (Gutenberg text)
- The History of Printing in America; With a Biography of Printers, and an Account of Newspapers, to Which is Prefixed a Concise View of the Discovery and Progress of the Art in Other Parts of the World (2 volumes; Worcester, MA: I. Thomas, 1810), by Isaiah Thomas
- Book-Lovers, Bibliomaniacs and Book Clubs (c1904), by Henry Howard Harper (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
- Alleged Price Fixing of Library Books: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Antitrust and Monopoly of the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, Eighty-Ninth Congress, Second Session, Pursuant to S. Res. 191 (Washington: GPO, 1966), by United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary (page images at HathiTrust)
- Letters on International Copyright (second edition; New York: Hurd and Houghton, 1868), by Henry Charles Carey (page images at HathiTrust)
- The Bibliographer's Manual of English Literature (new edition; 10 parts plus appendix; London: H. G. Bohn, 1857-1865), by William Thomas Lowndes and Henry G. Bohn (page images at HathiTrust)
- Bibliotheca Meermanniana (4 sale catalog books in 2 volumes, in various languages; 1824), contrib. by Gerard Meerman and Johan Meerman (page images at HathiTrust)
- The Hamilton Palace Libraries: Catalogue of the Beckford Library Removed From Hamilton Palace (4 portions; London: Dryden press, J. Davy and Sons, 1882-1883)
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