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British Museum

28 copies for sale · €20–€425 · 6 first editions

Notable copies for sale

A guide to the antiquities of Roman Britain in the Department of British and Mediaeval Ant (first edition) — MW Books€21
Scythians : warriors of ancient Siberia : the BP exhibition / edited by St. John Simpson a — MW Books€425
General Catalogue of Printed Books to 1955. Compact Edition. 27 Vols — The Lawbook Exchange$195
British Museum Handbook to the Ethnographical Collections — Johnnycake Books$125
The British Museum Quarterly : volum2 XXII. Number 1/2. February 1960 (first edition) — MW Books€48
A Guide to the Mediaeval Room and to the Specimens of Mediaeval and Later Time Sin the Gol — MW Books€48
Papers of Spencer Perceval. Presented to the British Museum by the Hon. Mrs. Perceval on b — MW Books€48
List of Catalogues of English Book Sales 1676-1900, Now in the British Museum — Michael Pyron Books$45
Byron: An Excerpt from the General Catalogue of Printed Books in the British Museum — MW Books€35
GUIDE TO THE EXHIBITED MANUSCRIPTS. PART 1 — Kay Craddock Antiquarian BooksellerA$35
The British Museum yearbook. 1 : the classical tradition — MW Books€32
The British Museum yearbook. 2 : collectors & collections — MW Books€32

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Works on the market

A GUIDE TO THE EXHIBITION IN THE KING'S LIBRARY: Illustrating the history of printing, mus4 copies · A$25–A$55
Bookbindings from the library of Jean Grolier : a loan exhibition, 23 September-31 October2 copies · €45–€49
Scythians : warriors of ancient Siberia : the BP exhibition / edited by St. John Simpson a1 copy · €425
General Catalogue of Printed Books to 1955. Compact Edition. 27 Vols1 copy · $195
British Museum Handbook to the Ethnographical Collections1 copy · $125
RULES FOR COMPILING THE CATALOGUES OF PRINTED BOOKS, MAPS AND MUSIC IN THE BRITISH MUSEUM1 copy · A$80
The British Museum Quarterly : volum2 XXII. Number 1/2. February 19601 copy · €48
An exhibition of early English children's books1 copy · €48
A Guide to the Mediaeval Room and to the Specimens of Mediaeval and Later Time Sin the Gol1 copy · €48
Papers of Spencer Perceval. Presented to the British Museum by the Hon. Mrs. Perceval on b1 copy · €48
List of Catalogues of English Book Sales 1676-1900, Now in the British Museum1 copy · $45
ANCIENT FACES: MUMMY PORTRAITS FROM ROMAN EGYPT (A By British Museum *Excellent*1 copy · $44
Byron: An Excerpt from the General Catalogue of Printed Books in the British Museum1 copy · €35
GUIDE TO THE EXHIBITED MANUSCRIPTS. PART 11 copy · A$35
The British Museum yearbook. 1 : the classical tradition1 copy · €32
The British Museum yearbook. 2 : collectors & collections1 copy · €32
The British Museum yearbook. 2, Collectors & collections edited by Richard Camber ; design1 copy · €30
Bibliotheca annua : or, The annual catalogue... being an exact catalogue of all English an1 copy · €25
British Museum guide / Introduction by the Director, Sir John Pope-Hennessy1 copy · €25
Catalogue of an Exhibition Commemorating the Four Hundredth Anniversary of the Introductio1 copy · €25

Market context

5 copies of British Museum's works have left the market recently; the median last-listed price was €53 (last listed prices at time of sale or removal, not confirmed sale prices).

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