Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1928 Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Limited First Edition. Large 8vo. (10) 410 pp, tissue-protected color frontis, list of b&w illustrations, I. Preliminary Canter; II. This Book-Collecting Game; III. The Books of My Boyhood; IV. "When We Were Very Young"; V. The Book Itself; VI. The Binding; VII. The Auction Room; VIII. Caveat Emptor; IX. "Abuses Stript and Whipt"; X. What to Collect -- And Why; XI. American Literature; XII. Conversation in the Library at "Oak Knoll"; XIII. Humor and Pathos of Dr. Johnson's Dictionary; XIV. The Format of the English Novel; XV. One Hundred Good Novels; index. Limited First Edition of 950 of which this is No.441. Signed By The Author under the limited editon notation. Mylar protected. Owner's ex libris plate on front pastedown. Only the faintest wear to fore-edge corner tips, else, Pristine. Clean, tight and strong binding with no unddrlining, highlighting or marginalia. Decorative blue cloth with crearm backstrip and gilt lettering to spine, and gilt top text block edge..

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Bookseller: West Side Book Shop, ABAA (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 000682
Title: This Book-Collecting Game. [Signed By The Author]
Author: Newton, A. Edward
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Near Fine
Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Edition: Limited First Edition
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
Place of Publication: Boston
Date Published: 1928
Keywords: COLLECTING BOOKS ESSAYS VARIOUS ASPECTS
Bookseller catalogs: COLLECTING;
Size: Large 8vo

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