Excerpt from Book-Prices Current, Vol. 13: A Record of the Prices at Which Books Have Been Sold at Auction, From October, 1898, to July, 1899, Being the Season 1898 1899 The present volume of book-prices current is, strictly speak ing, the first that has accurately coincided with the natural course of the auction season, which, as is almost universally known, begins, as a rule, in the middle of October and ends at the end of July, or in the early days of August. It will be remembered that the previous volume was made to commence in December, 1897, a procedure absolutely necessary in order to introduce a new system. The present volume covers the sales held during the months of October, 1898, and July, 1899, inclusive, and I believe that it will be found that no sale or entry of any importance taking place between these dates has been omitted from its pages. Omissions there are, for it is neither desirable nor necessary to chronicle everything that is sold irrespective of condition, price, or interest; and then, again, some books have been purposely overlooked, for there is no satisfaction in repeating ad nausea: matters of in formation which have been dealt with in the same volume with a similar result on many previous occasions. Book-prices current is, and always has been, a work Of selection specially constructed for quick and easy reference, and compiled in such a' manner as to present as true and faithful a picture Of the book-market for the time being as possible without wearisome repetition on the one hand or irregular omission on the other. 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.