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The Amenities of Book-Collecting and Kindred Affections
by A. Edward Newton
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine/No Jacket
- Seller
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Gleneden Beach, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Atlantic Monthly Press, 1920. Third Edition. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. Early 20th Century book on book collecting and essays about authors of the period. Book is near Fine, a well made book, two toned hardcover: light brown paper boards with tan cloth spine, very clean, nice paper title label on spine. two tiny light stains on foredge else fine. Book is tight and square with No previous owner bookplate or writing, top edge gilt. Color frontis caricature of Thackeray and Dickens, illustrated with black and white photographs and illustrations throughout. 373 pages including index. A very clean and most presentable edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Reviews
On Nov 18 2010, BooksAreMyCupofTea said:
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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Details
- Bookseller
- Pacific Coast Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001152
- Title
- The Amenities of Book-Collecting and Kindred Affections
- Author
- A. Edward Newton
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Third Edition
- Publisher
- Atlantic Monthly Press
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1920
- Keywords
- Book Collecting, Books on Books,
Terms of Sale
Pacific Coast Books
10 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 10 days after delivery if an item arrives mis-described or damaged.
About the Seller
Pacific Coast Books
Biblio member since 2015
Gleneden Beach, Oregon
About Pacific Coast Books
Pacific Coast Books specializes in quality of books of interest from our store on the Central Oregon Coast. We are proud members of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America and have been buying and selling books for almost 20 years. Visit our website at www.Pacifc CoastBooks.net. Please feel free to call or email with any titles you would like to add to your collection. Only a small fraction of our inventory is online. We buy book collections.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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....
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
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