A Book for Bookmen: Being Edited Manuscripts & Marginalia with Essays on Several Occasions
by Drinkwater, John
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine/Good+
- Seller
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Andover, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
London: Dulau & Co., 1926. No statement of edition or printing. Green cloth with gilt spine lettering. 284 pp. including index. A fine, unmarked copy in a tight binding, with a tiny ding on the top edge. The dust jacket has a 1" chip on the rear panel and two tears. Shallow creasing on the front panel. The spine is darkened. The price, 7/6, is present on the spine. In Brodart archival dust jacket protector.. Hard Cover. Fine/Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Banjo Booksellers (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 010006
- Title
- A Book for Bookmen: Being Edited Manuscripts & Marginalia with Essays on Several Occasions
- Author
- Drinkwater, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Good+
- Publisher
- Dulau & Co.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1926
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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About the Seller
Banjo Booksellers
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Andover, Massachusetts
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- Brodart
- Generally used to refer to a clear plastic cover that is sometimes added to the dustjacket or outside covering of a book. The...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Spine
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...