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Book-Prices Current, Vol. XXXVI. (Elliot Stock. 32s. 6d. net.) The

new volume of this invaluable record deals with the chief items in the book-sales held between October 10th, 1921, and August 3rd, 1922. The titles are arranged alphabetically and are commendably detailed. Mr. W. Roberts, in a brief introduction, touches on the principal sales, especially that of the Britwell Library, which has surpassed all others by yielding £400,000 at auction. Mr. Roberts does well to point out that, though American collectors are buying the rare books that English owners cannot afford to keep, most of those collectors—though not all—gladly give students access to their treasures and go so far as to issue photographic fac- similes of unique editions.