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As a result, many of the Aldine publications are dedicated to Grolier, and one copy of every book was especially printed on vellum for this fas-tidious collector.

There were even several letters from wealthy collectors in Europe stating exactly what kind of Anasazi treasures they desired and the prices that they could pay for goods upon delivery to their countries.

In the flourishing sled dog community of Two Rivers, an enterprising collector of lost booties had an opportunity to try out all of these variations and decide for himself what sort suited his team.

Collectors, for example, those who are rich, sometimes collect exotic brands, much as Collectors on Earth might collect stamps or coins, populating their pleasure gardens not only with girls who are beautiful but diversely marked.

If the bronzes have half the quality of the terra cotta, collectors would quite literally kill for them.

The bunsen burner had a solid, well-crafted feel to it and, although it was not in the same class as a nineteenth-century brass microscope, Peace could imagine a trendy collector getting quite excited over it.

The Cavaliere Davila, a Neapolitan gentleman of gigantic stature and almost femininely gentle manners, a noted collector and connoisseur of majolica, gave his opinion on each article of importance.

Charles Cordier, a professional animal collector who worked for many zoos and museums, followed tracks of the Kakundakari in Zaire in the late 1950s and early 1960s.

I thought that perhaps the museum was deaccessioning the painting, and it made sense to me that the Caxtons were among the few collectors with the means to acquire it legitimately.

It would have required more courage or more foolhardihood than most men possess to face a ticket collector or a boat official in these circumstances.

Early in 1862 David was appointed collector of customs at San Francisco, and during the time he held that office he had a great deal to say about federal patronage within the state.

Yates wanted another Illinoisan whom Lincoln knew and respected to be appointed collector of the port of New Orleans.

Though he was entirely self-taught, never learned Latin, and had scant understanding of Linnaean classifications, he was a prize plant collector, with an uncanny knack for finding and recognizing unknown species.

His obituary described him as a millionaire, a traveller in Central America, and a collector of works of Mesoamerican art that were the envy of museums worldwide.

The heat and the acid would leach lead right into the tea, which is why Nordan Pottery no longer sold soup mugs and coffee cups except surreptitiously to collectors who knew better than to use them in daily life.