Lanterna Rally

Author: Luther S. Livinston

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2018-02-20

Total Pages: 568

ISBN-13: 9780656959525

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.