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Dr. A. S. W. Rosenbach, Philadelphia, who is known as the world's highest book bidder, paid £760 at Sotheby's recently for an oxtomoly rare, possibly unique, edition of "The New Nutbrown Maid," a poem printed in London about 1535,
Dr. Rosenbach, who is soour- ing Europe for, treasures for America, and is taking so many rare. old English books, told a newspaper man that at prosent he was buying mostly for private
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The greatest book treasures in the world, Dr. Rogenbach believes, are to be found in England, and in country homes there are, he believes, old volumes, the valuo of which is unknown to their
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Dr. Rosenbach's first discovery was Dr. Johnson's Prologue and Epilogue, 1747, which he bought| for a dollar, and for which he afterwards refused £1,000.
During his last European visit He he spent £400,000 on books. was to bid again at Sotheby's for more books from the famous Britwell Court collection..
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Wo wore constantly hearing (ho continued) about the Irish, constantly, incessantly vory about the Scots, and in shrill and Dever-coasing accents about the Welsh. The only country about which we heard little or nothing was England. And yet, after all, in this small isle we supported a white population greater than tho whole white popu- lation of the British Empire.
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Enemy messages can be tap-the annual report recently issued, additional tornage had to bo scarcity does not surprise me. ped without detection. Whereas in prewar days wo
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By the telegraphone "a tele- "There are many travallors of the old school," continues "The phone conversation might be re- produced in a law court whore. Outfittor," successful mon now, who had to fight hard before they otherwise the conversation might attained success. The trials they be dobarred as evidence. Already wont through have made them ono Court has accepted a tele- shrink from putting their children graphone record as evidence in the same walk."
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