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The Amenities of Book-Collecting and Kindred Affections
de Newton, A. Edward
- Usado
- very good
- Estado
- Very Good
- Librería
-
Sebastopol, California, United States
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Sobre este artículo
Boston: The Atlantic Monthly Press, 1918. Second Edition. Very Good. Boston: The Atlantic Monthly Press; 1918; Second Edition [June 1919 Preface] [5.75x8.5"] Brown paper covers with half beige cloth, five ribs on spine with dark brown lettering on paper label, top edge gilt, others uncut; xxi, 355 pp., frontispiece color caricature of Thackeray and Dickens, 91 illustrations and images in text and separate plates, Index [not included in first edition]; Shelf wear to edges and covers, all corners bumped, spine slightly darken. Overall condition is Very Good. Alfred Edward Newton [1864-1940] was an American author, publisher, and avid book collector. He is best known for his book Amenities of Book Collecting [1918] which sold over 25,000 copies.
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El Nov 18 2010, BooksAreMyCupofTea dijo:
A fascinating book if you are a book collector or becoming one. The b/w pictures in the book are great. Haven't finished reading it as yet but I am very pleased.
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Detalles
- Librería
- David Spilman Fine Books, ABAA & IOBA
(US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 11752
- Título
- The Amenities of Book-Collecting and Kindred Affections
- Autor
- Newton, A. Edward
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Very Good
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- Second Edition
- Editorial
- The Atlantic Monthly Press
- Lugar de publicación
- Boston
- Fecha de publicación
- 1918
- Catálogos del vendedor
- This & That;
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Sobre el vendedor
David Spilman Fine Books, ABAA & IOBA
Miembro de Biblio desde 2018
Sebastopol, California
Sobre David Spilman Fine Books, ABAA & IOBA
David Spilman Fine Books, ABAA & IOBA is an online bookseller specializing in fine books, maps, publications, and ephemera related to Exploration, Adventure and World History with a focus on the Polar Regions, California and the American West. A particular interest is in the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration from 1895 to 1920's. Other areas of interest are in the Pacific Northwest, Alaska, and a little bit of this and that.
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- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Top Edge Gilt
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- Shelf Wear
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- Cloth
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