The Building of a Book / A Series of Practical Articles Written by Experts in the Various Departments of Book Making and Distributing

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Footnote 4: "But it was soon perceived, that when necessity or inclination determined the disposal of libraries, the auction method was on the whole by far the best, producing as it did, and still does, competition amongst a larger circle of intending purchasers, with a better result than would have been obtained by selling en bloc."—John Lawler, in "Book Auctions in England in the Seventeenth Century."[(Back to main text)]

Footnote 5: "Seventy Years of Book Auctions in New York," Robert F. Roden.[(Back to main text)]