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The Amenities of Book-Collecting and Kindred Affections
by Newton, A. (Alfred) Edward
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Webster, New York, United States
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About This Item
Boston: The Atlantic Monthly Press, 1920. 3rd Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 0x0x0. Third printing. No jacket. Spine toned, top edge lightly stained, paper spine label rubbed, frontispiece recto foxed. 1920 Hard Cover. xxi, 373 pp. 8vo. Beige cloth spine, brown paper-covered boards, paper spine label, top edge gilt. Color frontispiece caricature of Thackeray and Dickens. Plates, illustrations, photographs, and facsimile reproductions of documents throughout. A commentary on book collecting by one of the most famous bibliophiles in history.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Yesterday's Muse Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2335249
- Title
- The Amenities of Book-Collecting and Kindred Affections
- Author
- Newton, A. (Alfred) Edward
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 3rd Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The Atlantic Monthly Press
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1920
- Size
- 0x0x0
- Weight
- 1.44 lbs
- Keywords
- BOOKS BOOK COLLECTING BIBLIOPHILIA REFERENCE BOOKS ON BOOKS
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About the Seller
Yesterday's Muse Books
Biblio member since 2005
Webster, New York
About Yesterday's Muse Books
Yesterday's Muse Inc. is an independent used & rare bookseller that has been in operation for over 15 years. We opened our first 'brick and mortar' storefront in December of 2008 in our hometown of Webster, NY.Owner Jonathan Smalter is a member of the Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America (ABAA), former vice president of the Independent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA), both of which are trade organizations created to promote ethical online selling practices, and to encourage continuing education among fellow booksellers. He is also a 2011 graduate of the Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar (CABS). He has nearly 20 years of experience in the book trade, during which time he has become adept at evaluating used and collectible books.
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Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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....
- Facsimile
- An exact copy of an original work. In books, it refers to a copy or reproduction, as accurate as possible, of an original...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Spine Label
- The paper or leather descriptive tag attached to the spine of the book, most commonly providing the title and author of the...
- 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...
- Recto
- The page on the right side of a book, with the term Verso used to describe the page on the left side.
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