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• A Bibliography of the Works of Rudyard Kipling (1881-1923) (new edition; London: J. Lane, 1923), by E. W. Martindell (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• 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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• A catalogue of chap-books, garlands, and popular histories (For private circulation, 1849), by J. O. Halliwell-Phillipps (page images at HathiTrust)
• Catalogue of the Aldenham library, mainly collected by Henry Hucks Gibbs, First Lord Aldenham (Alban G.H. Gibbs?], 1914), by Henry Hucks Gibbs and Helen Rudd (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• A catalogue of fifty of the Norfolk manuscripts in the library of Mr. Walter Rye at Winchester House, Putney. (W. Rye?], 1889), by Walter Rye (page images at HathiTrust)
• A catalogue of the valuable library of Thomas James Mathias, Esq., removed from his late official residence : containing an excellent collection of classics, theology, history, voyages, travels, and belles-lettres, which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Evans, at his house, no. 96, Pall-Mall, on Thursday, April 6th, and eleven following days, (Sundays excepted.) (printed by W. Bulmer and W. Nicol, 1820), by R. H. Evans and Thomas James Mathias (page images at HathiTrust)
• A catalogue of a very rare collection of books, in the Anglo-Saxon, Gothic, and Islandic languages, the property of the Rev. Charles Mayo, B.D. : collected by himself when Anglo-Saxon professor at the University of Oxford : containing a greater number of articles in the northern literature, than are to be found in any private of public collection, which will be sold at auction, by Leigh and Sotheby, booksellers, at their house, no. 145, Strand, opposite Catherine Street, on Monday, May 15, 1815, at twelve o'clock : to be viewed on Friday, May 12, to the time of sale, and catalogues to be had at the place of sale. (Leigh and Sotheby, 1815), by Leigh and Sotheby and Charles Mayo (page images at HathiTrust)
• A catalogue of the entire and very valuable, classical and historical, library of the late Thomas Newnham, Esq., of Newtimber Place, Sussex ... (Wright and Murphy, printers, 1816), by Leigh and Sotheby and Thomas Newnham (page images at HathiTrust)
• A catalogue of the genuine library, prints, and books of prints, of an illustrious personage, lately deceased. Which will be sold by auction, on Wednesday the 9th of June, 1819, and the following days, by Mr. Christie, at his halls in Pall-Mall ... and at Messrs. Nicol's, book sellers to his majesty, Pall mall. (Printed by W. Bulmer], 1819), by consort of George III Charlotte and James Christie (page images at HathiTrust)
• Catalogue of the library collected by Sir Charles Tennant, Bart. (C. Tennant, 1896), by C. J. Toovey and Charles Tennant (page images at HathiTrust)
• A catalogue of the library of the late John, duke of Roxburghe, arranged by G. and W. Nicol ... which will be sold by auction ... 18th May, 1812, and the forty-one following days, Sundays excepted ... (Printed by W. Bulmer and co., 1812), by John Ker Roxburghe, R. H. Evans, William Nicol, George Nicol, and G. and W. Nicol (Firm) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Catalogue of fourteen illuminated manuscripts and fifteen early printed books (including five Pigouchet Horae on vellum) : together with the Credo of Charles V in gold & enamel case and a picture of the Battle of Cannae ascribed to Jean Foucquet : the property of Henry Yates Thompson ... : which will be sold by auction by Messrs. Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge ... on Wednesday, 22nd of June 1921 ... (Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, 1921), by Henry Yates Thompson and Wilkinson & Hodge Sotheby (page images at HathiTrust)
• Catalogue of the ... library of books in all languages ... formed ... (J. Davy and sons, printers, 1867), by George Smith (page images at HathiTrust)
• Bibliotheca Lindesiana ... Catalogue of the printed books preserved at Haigh hall, Wigan, co. pal. Lancast. ... (Aberdeen university press, 1910), by James Ludovic Lindsay Crawford (page images at HathiTrust)
• Bibliothecae Bridgesianae catalogus : or, A catalogue of the entire library of John Bridges, late of Lincolns-Inn, Esq; : consisting of above 4000 books and manuscripts in all languages and faculties, particularly in classics and history, and especially the history and antiquities of Great-Britain and Ireland, which will begin to be sold by auction on Monday the seventh day of February 1725/6, at his chambers ... (Printed by J. Tonson and J. Watts, and to be sold at most booksellers in town and country, 1725), by John Bridges (page images at HathiTrust)
• A Catalogue of the early printed books and illuminated manuscripts collected by Richard Bennett. (R. Bennett], 1900), by Richard Bennett (page images at HathiTrust)
• Catalogus librorum qui in bibliotheca Blandfordiensi, reperinntur. (s.n.], 1812), by George Spencer Churchill Marlborough (page images at HathiTrust)
• Dillon collection ([Messrs. Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge], 1869), by Wilkinson & Hodge Sotheby and John Dillon (page images at HathiTrust)
• Splendid books and books of prints ([Mr. Sotheby and Son], 1830), by Sotheby and Son and Thomas Lawrence (page images at HathiTrust)
• Catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill collected by Horace Walpole ([London] : [George Robins], [1842], 1842), by George Henry Robins and Horace Walpole (page images at HathiTrust)
• Catalogue of extremely rare & valuable works in early English poetry and other literature : from the renowned library formerly at Britwell Court, Burnham, Bucks, the property of S.R. Christie-Miller Esq. (J. Davy and Sons, 1921), by Wilkinson & Hodge Sotheby and Sydney Richardson Christie-Miller (page images at HathiTrust)
• Arbuthnotiana: The Story of the St. Alb-ns Ghost (1712) A Catalogue of Dr. Arbuthnot's Library (1779), contrib. by Patricia Köster (Gutenberg ebook)
• The Library of William Congreve, by William Congreve, ed. by John Cunyus Hodges (Gutenberg ebook)
• Catalogus librorum ex bibliotheca nobilis cujusdam Angli [i.e. Baron Brooke] qui ante paucos annos in humanis esse desiit accesserunt libri eximii theologi D. Gabrielis Sangar, adjectis theologi alterius magni, dum vixt, nominis libris selectioribus : quorum omnium auctio habebitur Londini 2 ̊die Decembris proxime sequenti 1678 ... / per Nathanielem Ranew, bibliopolam. ([London : s.n., 1678]), by Robert Greville Brooke, Gabriel Sangar, and Nathaniel Ranew (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• A curious collection of law-books, ancient and modern, consisting of the libraries of John Collins, Esq. ... and of another fam'd practicer of the law with additions of the best and latest law-books hitherto extant : as also an appendix of a considerable number of books of the civil & canon-law : will be exposed to sale by way of auction, on Munday the 2d day of July, 1683, at the first house on the left-hand in Flying-Horse Court in Fleetstreet, near the Kings-Head Tavern at Chancery Lane end, by Edward Millington, bookseller. ([London? : s.n.], 1683), by John Collins and Edward Millington (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• A catalogue of curious books in divinity, history, physick, mathematicks, travels, voyages, &c. with other scarce and valuable books : being the library of ... Mr. John Reynolds, (lately deceased), will be sold by auction (or who bids most) at Guild-hall Coffee-house, by Guild-hall, on Wednesday the sixth day of this instant December, 1693, beginning at three a clock in the afternoon ... / by Joseph Shelton. ([London : s.n.], Dec. 6, 1693), by John Reynolds and Joseph Shelton (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• A catalogue of choice books consisting of divinity, history, philosophy, physick, mathematicks, poetry, &c. : most of them fairly bound, which will be sold by way of auction at Mr. William Clipsums house ... near Cambridge on Munday the 17th of this instant May, 1686 / by En. Wyre, bookseller. ([S.l. : s.n., 1686]), by William Whitwood and Enoch Wyer (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• A Catalogue of the library of choice books, Latin and English, of ... Dr. Richard Lee of Kings-Hatfield in Hartfordshire, deceased which will be exposed (to sale by way of auction, or out-cry, or who bids most) at the Parsonage-house in Hatfield, on Tuesday the 28th day of April, 1685. ([London : s.n.], 1685), by Richard Lee (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• Bibliotheca selecta, or, A catalogue of Greek, Latin and English books viz. fathers, historians, general councils, criticks, &c., which will be sold by auction on Thursday next, the 8th day of this instant March, 1693/4 at Rolls's Auction-House, in Petty-Canon-Alley, in St. Paul's Church-yard ... / by Edward Millington. ([S.l.] : Catalogues are distributed by Mr. Partridge ... Mr. Hargrave ... Mr. Southby ... Mr. Jay ... and at the place of sale, [1694]), by Edward Millington (HTML at EEBO TCP)

• Bibliothecae Bridgesianae catalogus (Printed by J. Tonson and J. Watts, and to be sold at most booksellers in town and country, 1726), by Mr. Cock, Andrew Motte, and John Bridges (page images at HathiTrust)
• A catalogue of the entire and valuable library of the late Rev. Michael Lort, D.D., F.R.S. and A.S. : which will be sold at auction by Leigh & Sotheby, booksellers, at their house in York-Street, Covent Garden, on Tuesday, April 5, 1791, and the fourteen following days ... and then the sale to re-commence Wednesday, May 4, 1791, and to continue the nine following days ... (Catalogues ... to be had of Mr. Becket, ... Robson, ... Walter, ... Owen, ... Sewell, ... and at the place of sale, 1791), by Leigh and Sotheby, James Stow, and G. P. Harding (page images at HathiTrust)
• A catalogue of the genuine library, and valuable collection of drawings and prints, belonging to the late Francis Grose ... : consisting of many uncommon and curious books, particularly in history, topography, the military science, poetry, witchcraft, &c., also a rare assemblage of drawings and prints, many of the latter from private plates : which will be sold by auction, by J. Egerton at the room, in Scotland Yard, opposite the Admiralty, on Monday, the 20th of June, 1791 and the five following days ... (Catalogues may be had of Mr. Hooper, ... Mr. Davis, ... Mr. Debrett, ... Mr. Owen, ... Mr. Sewell, and at the place of sale, 1791), by John Egerton and Nathaniel Dance (page images at HathiTrust)
• A catalogue of the very valuable library of Phillip Carteret Webb, Esq., lately deceased : containing a very fine collection of books, in antiquities, medals, and natural history, with many of the best Spanish authors, and many valuable manuscripts on vellum : which will begin to be sold by auction, by S. Baker and G. Leigh, booksellers, at their house in York Street, Covent Garden, on Monday, February the 25th, 1771, and to continue the sixteen following evenings, beginning each evening at six o'clock. ([London] : [S. Baker and G. Leigh], [1771], 1771), by England) S. Baker and G. Leigh (London and Philip Carteret Webb (page images at HathiTrust)
• Bibliotheca Meadiana (Catalogi venundatur apud plurimos Londini bibliopoles et in omnibus urbibus Europae celebrioribus, 1754), by Samuel Baker and Richard Mead (page images at HathiTrust)
• Catalogue of the curious and valuable library of George Steevens, Esq., fellow of the Royal and Antiquary Societies, (lately deceased) (Printed by J. Barker ..., 1800), by George Steevens and Thomas King (page images at HathiTrust)
• Catalogue of M. de Calonne's effects, Piccadilly (Messrs. Skinner and Dyke, 1793), by Skinner and Dyke (page images at HathiTrust)
• A catalogue of the elegant library of a person of distinction, including a choice collection of the most approved English and French writers (chiefly modern) : which will be sold by auction by Samuel Paterson, at Essex-House, in Essex-Street, in the Strand, on Monday, January the 22d, 1769, and the three following evenings, to begin precisely at six o'clock. (London : Catalogues may be had (gratis) at Essex House in Essex-Street, in the Strand, [1770], 1770), by Samuel Paterson (page images at HathiTrust)
• Catalogue of the curious and distinguished library of the late Reverend and learned Thomas Crofts, A.M. ([London] : [Samuel Paterson], [1782], 1782), by Samuel Paterson and Thomas Crofts (page images at HathiTrust)
• Catalogue of the curious and truly valuable library of the late James West, Esq. ([London] : [Mess. Langford], [1773], 1773), by Mess. Langford (Firm), James West, and Samuel Paterson (page images at HathiTrust)
• Bibliotheca Askeviana ([London] : Catalogi venundantur apud Londini bibliopolas, Baker & Leigh, York-Street, Covent-Garden ; Dodsley, Pall-Mall ; Robson, Bond-Street ; Walter, Charing-Cross ; Owen, Temple-Bar ; Brotherton & Sewell, Cornhill ; & a Paris : Chez J.B. Gibert, Hotel de Cluny, rue des Mathurins, St. Jaques ; & Amsterdam : Chez Marc Michel Rey, [1774], 1774), by England) S. Baker and G. Leigh (London and Anthony Askew (page images at HathiTrust)

• Dr. Bernard's library (Catalogues to be sold at Mr. Aylmers in Cornhil, Mr. Kettilby's, and Mr. Smith and Walford in S. Paul's Church Yard, Mr. Churchil and Mr. Bateman in Paternoster Row, Mr. Buckley in Fleetstreet, Mr. Hartley in Holbourn, Mr. Varennes and Mr. Caillouë in the Strand, Mr. Castle near Whitehal, Mr. Nott's in the Pall-Mall, Mr. Clements of Oxford, Mr. Dawson of Cambridge, booksellers, and at the place of sale, 1698), by Francis Bernard (page images at HathiTrust)

• Catalogue of the library at Vinters in Kent. (s.n.], 1841), by James Whatman and James Whatman (page images at HathiTrust)

• A catalogue of the library of George Hibbert, esq., of Portland Place : which will be sold by auction ... March 16, and seventeen following days ... May 4, and eleven following days; and ... May 25, and eleven following days, (Sundays excepted,) by Mr. Evans ... (Printed by W. Nicol, 1829), by George Hibbert and R. H. Evans (page images at HathiTrust)

• Catalogue of the first[-eighth] portion of the valuable & extensive library formed by the Rev. Thomas Corser ... (J. Davy and Sons, Printers, 1868), by Wilkinson & Hodge Sotheby and Henry J. B. Clements (page images at HathiTrust)

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• Bibliotheca curiosa, or, A choice collection of books in English, Latin, French, Italian, Spanish, Greek, and Hebrew in all volumes : being lately the library of an eminent merchant (deceased) in the city of London, and many of them collected in his travels ... to be sold by auction on Munday next, being the 15th of this instant November, 1697 at Roll's Auction House in Petty-Canon-Alley in St. Paul's church-yard. ([London : s.n., 1697]) (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• A catalogue of the libraries of Mr. Jer. Copping, late of Sion Colledge, Gent., and Anscel Beaumont, late of the Middle Temple, Esq. with others containing large collection and great variety of English books in divinity, history, law, physick, travels, romances, poetry, &c. : as also French, Italian, Spanish and Dutch books, which are to be exposed to sale by way of auction at Jonathan's Coffee-House in Exchange-Alley in Cornhil, London on Monday the 21st day of March, 1686/7 ... ([London : s.n., 1687]), by Jeremiah Copping (HTML at EEBO TCP)

• Lord Spencer's library : a sketch of a visit to Althorp, Northamptonshire, the seat of John Poyntz, earl Spencer ... (Taylor & Son, 1870), by Samuel Timmins (page images at HathiTrust)

• Catalogue of the library, Overstone Park. (privately printed], 1867) (page images at HathiTrust)

• A book bound for Mary, Queen of Scots : being a description of the binding of a copy of the Geographia of Ptolemy printed at Rome, 1490, with notes on other books bearing Queen Mary's insignia (Bibliographical Society, 1901), by G. F. Barwick, Joseph Pennell, Chiswick Press, and Bibliographical Society (Great Britain) (page images at HathiTrust)
• A catalogue of some of the rarer books, also manuscripts, in the collection of C. E. S. Chambers. (Edinburgh, 1886), by Charles E. S. Chambers (page images at HathiTrust)
• A catalogue of some of the rarer books, also manuscripts, in the collection of C.E.S. Chambers, Edinburgh : with a bibliography of the works of William and Robert Chambers. ([C.E.S. Chambers], 1898), by Charles E. S. Chambers (page images at HathiTrust)

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