Catalogue of the library of Joseph Walter King Eyton ... Which will be sold ... on ... 15th of May / [Joseph Walter King Eyton].

  • Eyton, Joseph Walter King.
Date:
[1848]
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Credit: Catalogue of the library of Joseph Walter King Eyton ... Which will be sold ... on ... 15th of May / [Joseph Walter King Eyton]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CONDITIONS OF SALE. I. The highest Bidder to be the Buyer ; and if any Dispute arise between Bidders, the Lot so disputed shall be immediately put up again, provided the seller cannot decide the said dispute. IT. No Person to advance less than 6d. ; above Ten Shillings, Is.; above Five Pounds 2s..6d.; and so on. III. The Purchasers to give in their Names and Places of Abode, and to pay down 5s. in the Pound, if required, in part of payment of the Purchase- money ; in default of which, the Lot or Lots purchased to be immediately put up again and re-sold. IV. The Lots to be taken away, at the Buyer’s Expence, immediately after the Conclusion of the Sale; in default of which, Messrs. Sotheby and Co. will not hold themselves responsible if lost, stolen, damaged, or otherwise de- stroyed, but they will be left at the sole risk of the Purchaser. If, at the expiration of One Week after the conclusion of the Sale, the Books or other property are not cleared or paid for, they will then be catalogued for immediate sale, and the expence, the same as if re-sold, will be added to the amount at which the books were bought. S. Leigh Sotheby and Co. will have the option of re-selling the Lots uncleared either by public or private sale, without any notice being given to the defaulter. V. The Books are presumed to be perfect, unless otherwise expressed; but if, upon collating, any should prove defective, the purchaser will be at liberty to take or reject them, provided they are returned within One Week after the conclusion of the Sale, when the Purchase-money will be returned. VI. The Sale of any Book or Books is not to be set aside on account of any Stained or Short Leaves of Text or Plates, want of List of Plates, or on account of the Publication of any subsequent Volume, Supplement, Appen- dix, or Plates. All the Manuscripts, all Magazines and Reviews, all Books in Lots, and all Tracts in Lots or Volumes will be sold with all Faults, Imperfections, and Errors of Description. The sale of any lot of Prints or Drawings is not to be set aside on account of any error in the enumera- tion of the numbers stated, or errors of Description. ' VII. No Imperfect Books will be taken back, unless a note accompanies each Book, stating its Imperfections, with the Number of Lot and date of the Sale at which the same was purchased. ( VIII. To prevent inaccuracy in delivery, and inconvenience in the settlement of the purchases, no Lot can on any account be removed during the time of Sale. 1 IX. Upon Failure of complying with the above Conditions, the Money required I and deposited in Part of Payment shall be forfeited ; and if any loss is sustained in the re-selling of such boohs as are not cleared or paid for^ all charges on such Re-sale, shall he made good by the Defaulters at this Sale. Gentlemen who cannot attend the Sale, may have their Commissions faithfully executed by their humble Servomts, S. LEIGH SOTHEBY & JOHN WILKINSON, Wellington Street, Strand.