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Earls of Crawford and Balcarres

Nicolas Barker, Bibliotheca Lindesiana: The Lives and Collections of Alexander William, 25th Earl of Crawford and 8th Earl of Balcarres, and James Ludovic, 26th Earl of Crawford and 9th Earl of Balcarres, London, Quaritch for the Roxburghe Club, 1977 [i.e. 1978], fol., publisher's blue cloth

Sir John Hayford Thorold, 10th Bt, 1773-1831

Sotheby Wilkinson & Hodge, Catalogue of an important portion of the extensive & valuable library of the late Sir John Hayford Thorold, bart., removed from Syston Park, Lincolnshire, London, 12‐19 December 1884

John Dent, 1750?-1826

R.H. Evans, Catalogue of the splendid, curious, and extensive library of the late John Dent, Esq. F.R.S. and F.S.A., London, 29 March‐7 April 1827 - - Catalogue of the splendid, curious, and extensive library of the late John Dent, Esq. F.R.S. and F.S.A., part the second, London, 25 April 1827

Richard Fisher, 1809-1890

Sotheby Wilkinson & Hodge, Catalogue of the valuable and interesting library of R.C. Fisher, Esq. (of Hill‐Top, Midhurst, Sussex), London, 21‐24 May 1906

William Henry Corfield, 1843-1903

Sotheby Wilkinson & Hodge, Catalogue of the collection of books in valuable bindings of the late Professor W.H. Corfield, M.D., London, 21‐23 November 1904

Thomas Stainton, 1825-1910

Sotheby & Co., Catalogue of a library of printed books, manuscripts and fine bindings; the property of Mrs. Evelyn Stainton, Barham House, Canterbury, London, 26-27 February 1951

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