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Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1931. 350p, illustrated, spine faded, light damp stain on front cover, good. Index.
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Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1931. blue boards, paper spine labels, slipcase. 8vo. blue boards, paper spine labels, slipcase. (ii), xii, 198; (xii), 199-350 pages. 2 volumes. First edition, limited to 365 numbered and signed copies. (Webber p.53). Profusely illustrated. Currie was the editor of the Ladies Home Journal and an enthusiastic book collector. With chapters on The Beginning Urge, How Collectors Happen, and a chapter on Dickens. The frontispiece picture entitled "The Bibliomaniac's Wife" should be owned by all. Bookplate of Stuart Schimmel in each volume. Loosely inserted are 2 A.L.s. and 2 T.L.s. totaling six pages, dated September 30, 1931 to March 19, 1932, from Currie in Bala Cynwyd, PA to the collector William Frazier of Philadelphia, offering advice on how to collect modern first editions. Spines slightly sunned and slipcase has some rubbing with top panel removed, yet present. Bookplate on front pastedown.
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Akron, Ohio, United States
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Arlington Hts, Illinois, United States
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Boston: Little, Brown, and Company. Book collecting articles. Illustrated. Spine faded and offset fading to covers. Interior is clean and unmarked. . Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1931.
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Upperco, Maryland, United States
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Little, Brown and Company, Boston, 1931. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo, hardcover. No dj, grey cloth. Vg condition. NOT ex-library. Spine and covers slightly sun-faded. Contents clean, no marking or writing. Binding sturdy and tight. 359 pp. First trade edition. Includes replacement paper spine title label, originally provided by the publisher, laid in
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FISHERS OF BOOKS, L-B, 1931, first edition., some sunning and soiling to the cloth binding, else a tight good to very good copy. Illustrated.
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Gloucester City, New Jersey, United States
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Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1931. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition, trade issue. Ex-library copy rebound in sturdy library buckram with usual markings, a very good reading copy.
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Boston, MA: Little, Brown and Company. Used-Good/NO DUSTJACKET. 1931. First Edition. Hardcover. Sm 4to., 350 pp., cover faded, bookplate, ex-library with blindstamps and ink stamp .
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Charlestown, Massachusetts, United States
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Boston (Little, Brown, and Company), 1931.. xiv, 350pp., 70 plates Sm. 4to. Cloth. D.j. (worn and chipped).
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MONTAGUE, Massachusetts, United States
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Boston: Little, Brown, & Company, 1931. (Published September, 1931). xiv,350p. 76 illustrations. 9x6'', cloth, dj. Magazine editor's tale of literary collecting. Dj well rubbed, bit soiled, cloth bit rubbed, faded, VG.
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Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1931. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. 350 pages. Hardcover. Black & white illustrations. Purple cloth. Dust jacket with closed tears along edges, rubbing along spine, moderate wear. Clean, unmarked pages. Record # 613672
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Boston, MA: Little, Brown and Company. Used-Good/Used-Acceptable. 1931. First Edition. Hardcover w/DJ. Sm 4to., 350 pp., Dj rubbed, frayed, chipped, folds splitting and taped, toning, light fading to cover .
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