A Primer Of Book Collecting

Divided into two parts - The Quarry and The Chase - this book first helps the reader to identify what they desire, and then guides them on how to find it.

New York: Greenberg, 1935. Hardcover. Very Good. Revised and enlarged edition. 265pp. Very good with owner name, faded spine and rubbing to the boards, lacking the dustwrapper. The internet may have changed bookselling, but some things remain the same.

New York: Greenberg, 1926. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Second printing. Small octavo. 206pp., ads. Binding soiled and toned, upper hinge split but holding, good only lacking the dustwrapper.

New York: Greenberg, [1926] First edition. Blue cloth with paper spine label. Top edges stained yellow. Lacking the dust jacket. . Octavo. Ernest Dawson has hand-numbered pages 207 and 208; page 208 is an ad for Dawson's Bookshop, which has also been inscribed by Dawson across the upper left hand corner: Please consider this / a personal invitation /… Read more about this item

New York: Crown Publishers, 1966. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Third revised edition. 228pp. Edges lightly rubbed, near fine in a very good edgeworn dustwrapper with spine and rear panel age-toned, small dampstain on spine tail.

George Allen & Unwin Ltd., 1928. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1928. First Edition. 189 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth boards with gilt lettering. Clean pages with noticeable tanning and foxing throughout. More pronounced to free endpapers and pastedowns. Pencil markings to front free endpaper. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces and bumping to… Read more about this item

New York: Greenberg, 1927. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Octavo. xii, 206pp., 4pp. advertisements. Gray cloth with printed paper spine label. Spine and edges age-toned, spine ends lightly worn, spine label darkened with small nicks on edges, else very good lacking the dust jacket. Bookplate of important collector Carroll Atwood Wilson. Inscribed by Winterich to the publisher: "To… Read more about this item

London: George Allen & Unwin, 1928. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. First English edition. Edited by Raymond Dean. Fine in an internally repaired and price-clipped, very good dustwrapper with some modest spine-fading. One of the best books on book collecting, dated but still relevant. Scarce in jacket.

New York: Greenberg, 1926. Hardcover. Very Good. Third printing. Small octavo. 206pp., ads. Cover lightly bowed, binding and spine label with a bit of wear, very good lacking the dustwrapper.

New York: Greenberg, 1927. Hardcover. Very Good. Reprint. Small octavo. 206pp., ads. Small loss at head of crown, topedge somewhat dulled, square and very good, lacking the dustwrapper.

New York: Greenberg, Publisher, 1926. Hardcover. Very Good. Second printing. Paper label on cloth spine. Very good with darkened spine.

New York, NY: Greenberg, Publisher. G/NO DUSTJACKET. 1926. First Edition. Cloth. 3rd Printing . Sm 8vo., xii, 206, [6] pp., cover rubbed, bumped, corners frayed, cover toned, page toning .

UK: Allen, 1928. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. First edition. Very good in good dustwrapper. Light foxing on page ends. Dustwrapper rubbed with tearing and wear along all edges, spine very faded. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed… Read more about this item

New York: Bell Publishing Company. Good. 1966. Third Revised Edition. Hardbound. 0517239124 . 228 pages .

Crown. First Thus. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 3rd Edition, 2nd Printing (Nov 1966). Not price-clipped ($5.00 price intact). Published by Crown, 1966. Octavo. White cloth boards stamped in silver with red endpapers. Book is very good; with no writing or names. Sharp corners and spine straight. Binding tight and pages crisp. Dust jacket is very good with shelf… Read more about this item

New York: Greenberg, 1927. Hardcover. Fair. First edition. 206pp., advertisements. Ex-library with the usual markings, front board and spine detached, a fair only copy lacking the dustwrapper.

New York: Greenberg, Pub, 1927. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+. No DJ.. First Edition. Hardcover. Minor toning at spine label, penciled ownership signature at ffep, else tight, bright, and unmarred. Blue cloth boards, gilt lettering. 12mo. 206pp plus ads.

New York: Greenberg, 1926. Hardcover. Very Good. Third edition. Very good Light browning of pages. Label on spine browning with light rubbing in a few places. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed condition information.

New York: Greenberg Pub, 1927. Hardcover. Very Good. Reprint. Very good hardcover has no dustwrapper. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed condition information.

New York, NY: Greenberg, Publisher. G/NO DUSTJACKET. 1927. ........ Cloth. 12mo., xii, 206, (iv), cover rubbed, frayed, pages lightly toned .