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Principles of Bibliographical Description (St. Paul's Bibliographies, No 15) Paperback - 1986
by Bowers, Fredson.
About this book
From the text: "The craze for first impressions of first editions, and first issues of first impressions of first editions, and first states of first impressions of first editions, has occasionally resulted in speculation and bibliographical absurdity among collectors and dealers.... Any minor change made in the course of the original printing is immediately seized on as constituting an 'issue.' A trial binding used for perhaps twenty copies of salesmen's samples becomes a rare 'first issue.'"
Details
- Title Principles of Bibliographical Description (St. Paul's Bibliographies, No 15)
- Author Bowers, Fredson.
- Binding Paperback
- Edition First Edition
- Pages xvii, 505 pp
- Publisher St Pauls Bibliographies, New York
- Date June 1986
- ISBN 9780906795378