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    88o The Publishers' Circular August i, i...

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    88o The Publishers' Circular August I, I...

    88 o The Publishers' Circular August i , isss

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    6 o libTCivy " ^ Portraits of hooJc of s on Celeb racing rated will HaceJio Jiencefonua rses . " >—Saturday rd he co Review mplete . without A NEW SUBSCRIPTION % WORK . PORTRAITS OF C ELEBRATED RACEHORSES OF THE PAST # PRESENT CENTURIES . In Strictly Chronological Order , commencing in 1702 ; together with their respective Pedigrees and Performances recorded in full . By 1 \ H . TAUTVTON , 3 JT . ^ . In 4 \ erown 4 to . volumes , at £ 1 . Us . 66 ? . per volume . The Publishers beg- to announce the issue of Vol . IV ., the completion of this most interesting and valuable Work . The Plates ( some 430 ) are Reproductions from Old Engravings , Oil Paintings , and Copper Plates , consisting of Portraits of Horses , interspersed with a few of the most celebrated Jockeys and other notables of the period . The Letterpress is in large and elegant type , and the Volumes are handsomely bound in half scarlet leather , gilt tops , with a Portrait of Eclipse stamped in gold on the sides . Intending Subscribers should send in their orders at once , as the entire Edition is being rapidly exhausted . Prospectuses will be forwarded post-free , with a complete list of the contents and extracts from the leading journals . Few Works have been so well reviewed by the press generally . London : SAMPSON LOW , MARSTON , SEAKLE & BIVINGTON , Limited , St . Dunstan ' s House , Fetter Lane , Fleet Street , E . C .

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    the ' expansive In this reliable bales of pocket mind store what of the learning hydraulic and press information has done the for the editor bales has of satisfactori cotton—pressed ly done them for into packages of convenient portability . '—Mokninu Advertiser . SECOND EDITION , NOW READY . Imperial 32 mo . marbled edges , ornamental cloth , 3 s . 6 d . ; roan , 4 s . 6 d . LOW'S POCKET ENCYCLOPEDIA : A COMPENDIUM OF GENERAL KNOWLEDGE FOR RE A D Y REFERENCE . Containing * 1 , 206 columns , upwards of 25 , 000 References , and numerous Plates . Specialists in various departments of learning have assisted the Author . OPINIONS OF THE PRESS . ' An enormous mass of information . ' ' More information is given than in many 4 Very correct and trustworth Saturday y . ' Review . volumes more pretentious . ' —Sheffield Encyclopaedias Telegraph . of several Standard . * It is the handiest book of reference ever cloptedia ' The neatest we have , smallest yet seen , . and '—Spectator most useful . Ency- offered ' This to diminutive the public ' dictionary —Court Cikoulak will provide . the little * The book pith which of volumes can be put has eas been ily in packed the pocket into a . ' questions inquirer with arising brief amid answers the to affairs the innumerable of ordinary Scotsman . life . '—Public Opinion . sive ' It work is no of hasty reference comp of ilation a very , but solid a comprehen and useful - object * Exp , scientific lains almost or otherwise every / known subject or character /—Daily Chronicle . European Mail . \ London : SAMPSON St . Dunstan LOW ' s , House MARSTON Fetter , SEARLE LaneFleet & Street RIVINGTON E . C . , Limited , _ , , , " ™ . ..... . ' ¦ " ' ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ - p t

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  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Aug. 1, 1888, page 880, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_01081888/page/30/