Gold In Your Attic
de Bradley, Van Allen
- Usado
- Bien
- Tapa dura
- Estado
- Bien/good
- Librería
-
Pittsburg, Kansas, United States
Formas de pago aceptadas
Sobre este artículo
New York: Fleet Publishing Corporation, 1958. Cloth. Good/good. Octavo, pp. [6], 3-277, [5]. Second printing. Navy cloth-covered boards with gilt accents and light bumping. Tanned edges with light foxing, plus some foxing inside covers. Tanned pages, some unevenly tanned. Dust jacket with rubbing, chips and tears; now encased in a clear, protective cover. Van Allen Bradley (1913-1984) was a rare book collector and dealer, and an American journalist literary editor of The Chicago Daily News for 23 years. He also wrote a syndicated column, "Gold in Your Attic," about rare books. He authored several books about books, including Gold in Your Attic (1958), More Gold in Your Attic (1961) and The Book Collector's Handbook of Values (1972). Born on August 24, 1913 in Albertville, Alabama, Bradley graduated from the University of Missouri with a Bachelor in Journalism degree in 1933. After working for several newspapers, he began writing for The Chicago Herald and Examiner, The Chicago Tribune, The Chicago Sun, and The Chicago Daily News, where he served as literary editor from 1948 until 1971, when he retired. Bradley was president of the Heritage Book Shop, Inc. in Chicago from 1964-1972. Gold in Your Attic is in three parts and includes chapters "A Primer for Book Hunters"; "Forty-two Fabulous American Books and How to Recognize Them"; and "Price Index and Guide".
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Detalles
- Librería
- Wayside Books (US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 11011
- Título
- Gold In Your Attic
- Autor
- Bradley, Van Allen
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Cloth
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Bien
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- good
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Editorial
- Fleet Publishing Corporation
- Lugar de publicación
- New York
- Fecha de publicación
- 1958
- Palabras clave
- 'books about books'
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Sobre el vendedor
Wayside Books
Miembro de Biblio desde 2021
Pittsburg, Kansas
Sobre Wayside Books
Wayside Books LLC is owned by Dianne and Steven Cox, currently operating their online store in Southeast Kansas. We have honed our rare book skills at the Rare Books School at the University of Virginia and the Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar. We sell modern first editions and collectible fiction, as well as children's books and non-fiction books, with an emphasis on history, politics, social sciences, and the arts.
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...