Catalogue of the well-known stock of valuable books sold in consequence of the dissolution of the partnership of Messrs. J. Pearson & Co., 5 Pall Mall, S.W.1. : the whole of the property comprised in this sale will be offered entirely without reserve ; The collection comprises Mediaeval illuminated manuscripts, French illustrated books of the XVII and XVIII centuries, valuable armorial and other bindings, books relating to Mary Queen of Scots, an important collection of Elzevirs in fine bindings, a small collection of Hebraica, rare liturgical works, books printed on vellum, fine calligraphic manuscripts, magnificently extra-illustrated copies of Boswell's Life of Johnson (with upwards of 2,000 engravings and autograph letters), and of Granger's Biographical History (with 4,500 mezzotint and other portraits, etc.). ... Which will be sold by auction ... on Monday, December 8th [i.e. 7th], 1924, and four following days

"Catalogue of the well-known stock of valuable books sold in consequence of the dissolution of the partnership of Messrs. J. Pearson & Co., 5 Pall Mall, S.W.1. : the whole of the property comprised in this sale will be offered entirely without reserve ; The collection comprises Mediaeval illuminated manuscripts, French illustrated books of the XVII and XVIII centuries, valuable armorial and other bindings, books relating to Mary Queen of Scots, an important collection of Elzevirs in fine bindings, a small collection of Hebraica, rare liturgical works, books printed on vellum, fine calligraphic manuscripts, magnificently extra-illustrated copies of Boswell's Life of Johnson (with upwards of 2,000 engravings and autograph letters), and of Granger's Biographical History (with 4,500 mezzotint and other portraits, etc.). ... Which will be sold by auction ... on Monday, December 8th [i.e. 7th], 1924, and four following days"