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Cambridge History of American Literature: volume 2 (ed. Trent, William Peterfield, 1862-1939., Erskine, John, 1879-1951., Sherman, Stuart Pratt, 1881-1926., Van Doren, Carl, 1885-1950.) 18 0 Browse Search
Bliss Perry, The American spirit in lierature: a chronicle of great interpreters 14 0 Browse Search
Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 3 12 0 Browse Search
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Book and heart: essays on literature and life 10 0 Browse Search
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Atlantic Essays 10 0 Browse Search
Cambridge History of American Literature: volume 3 (ed. Trent, William Peterfield, 1862-1939., Erskine, John, 1879-1951., Sherman, Stuart Pratt, 1881-1926., Van Doren, Carl, 1885-1950.) 10 0 Browse Search
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Carlyle's laugh and other surprises 8 0 Browse Search
The Daily Dispatch: November 5, 1860., [Electronic resource] 8 4 Browse Search
Frank Preston Stearns, Cambridge Sketches 8 0 Browse Search
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 4, 15th edition. 6 0 Browse Search
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The Daily Dispatch: April 14, 1864., [Electronic resource], Three hundred dollars reward. (search)
Sales of Thackeray's Effects. --A London letter says: At the Thackeray sales the prices realized were enormous, particularly for the plate and china. Thackeray had a strong taste for such bric a brac, and had a habit of dropping in at certain favorite shops and resisting, or oftener yielding, to the temptation of some Thackeray had a strong taste for such bric a brac, and had a habit of dropping in at certain favorite shops and resisting, or oftener yielding, to the temptation of some quaint set of apostle spoons, some good bit of Rococo silver, or some tempting little "piece" of Marcollni, Dresden, or old Sevres; and now the bargains he thought so reckless often have turned out wonderfully profitable — thanks to the eager rivalry of personal friends anxious to possess some relic for which they knew his love or e presentation silver bowl, and a very pretty old Queen Anne silver salver, were run up yesterday to amounts varying between forty and fifty shillings per ounce. And even dealers might be seen buying at the double prices which Thackeray had given for the things sold within a very short time, and to persons actually in the room.