Pirie Library : A Short-Title Catalogue of the Collection of Robert S Pirie
With Indexes of Provenances, Sources, Bindings, Armorials and Devices and a List of Prices
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Publication
2019 - Roxburghe Club
Language
English
Word Count
24,000 words, Guess
Page Count
96 pages
Identifiers
- ISBN-139780995519220
- ISBN-100995519226
- Better World Books9780995519220
- Better World BooksP9-AAW-669
- Open LibraryOL29541344M
Classifications
- LCCZ997.P57B37 2019
Description
"The library of Robert S Pirie, ‘one of the finest private libraries of English literature, not just of our time but of all time’ (James Stourton), was sold at Sotheby’s New York on 2-4 December 2015. This account is based on Sotheby’s catalogue of the sale, and augmented by Mr Pirie’s acquisition cards and information supplied by Irene Adams. It contains indexes of provenances, sources, bindings, armorials and devices, & a list of prices, along with a preface and memoir by Nicolas Barker, and recollections by Nicholas Poole-Wilson."--Publisher's website (viewed October 22, 2019).
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