This Book Collecting Racket: A Few Notes on the Abuses of Book Collecting
by Schwartz, Harry W
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
-
Nashville, Tennessee, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Chicago: Normandie House, 1937. First thus. HC w DJ. PC VG+/Good+. Brown buckram, gilt spine titling, light edgewear, corners bumped, light foxing to edges, unmarked, leaves toned, binding tight. Unclipped DJ ($3.00) toned, foxing, edgewear w some nicks, small closed tears, now in Brodart. PLEASE NOTE: We are happy to provide photos. Please contact us for any specific requests. BUYING AND SELLING USED AND RARE BOOKS FROM HISTORIC EAST NASHVILLE SINCE 2012.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Refuge Books: Used & Rare (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 240078
- Title
- This Book Collecting Racket: A Few Notes on the Abuses of Book Collecting
- Author
- Schwartz, Harry W
- Format/Binding
- HC w DJ
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- First thus
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Normandie House
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Date Published
- 1937
- Pages
- 104
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Refuge Books: Used & Rare
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Nashville, Tennessee
About Refuge Books: Used & Rare
Refuge Books: Used & Rare. Buying and selling books in historic east Nashville, TN since 2012. Specializing in history, biography, Civil War, books on books, theology, Louisiana, the Inklings, G.K. Chesterton, Dorothy Sayers, Wendell Berry, Flannery O'Connor, George Macdonald, Thomas Mann, Madeleine L'Engle, and Frederick Buechner. We welcome any and all inquiries.Instagram: @refugebooks
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- PC
- Partially chipped (dustjacket)
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- 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....
- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Brodart
- Generally used to refer to a clear plastic cover that is sometimes added to the dustjacket or outside covering of a book. The...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...