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The Book Fancier, or, The Romance of Book Collecting
by Fitzgerald, Percy
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- VG+ (pages are lightly age toned as expected but otherwise very crisp and clean, binding is tight, pages and plates are in excel
- Seller
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Columbia, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
New York: Scribner & Welford, 1887. 2nd edition. Hardcover. VG+ (pages are lightly age toned as expected but otherwise very crisp and clean, binding is tight, pages and plates are in excellent condition considering age of book). Bound in custom 3/4 brown leather and marble illustrated boards; 5 raised bands on spine with gilt tooling and lettering; marble illustrated end papers; top edge gilt; VI, 312 pp; 71 extra copper, steel and wood engravings bound in. This is a revised second edition. Contents include: Of Book Collectors and Book Dealers; Of the Mazarin Bible; Concerning the Incunables or Cradle Books; Of the Elzevirs, Plantins, and Old Printers; Of Caxtons and of the English Printers; Of the Library; Of Binding and Its Curiosities; Curiosities of Printing; Of Grangerising and Dickensiana: Of Illustrated Books and "Luxurious Editions"; Of the Auction-Room; Of the Shakespeare Folios and Quartos; L'Envoi; Index.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 189422
- Title
- The Book Fancier, or, The Romance of Book Collecting
- Author
- Fitzgerald, Percy
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG+ (pages are lightly age toned as expected but otherwise very crisp and clean, binding is tight, pages and plates are in excel
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 2nd edition
- Publisher
- Scribner & Welford
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1887
- Keywords
- Books and Manuscripts and Printing ; Book collecting ; ;
- Bookseller catalogs
- Books and Manuscripts and Printing;
Terms of Sale
Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB
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About the Seller
Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB
Biblio member since 2004
Columbia, Pennsylvania
About Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB
Specializing in Fine and Decorative Arts, Photography and Gallimaufry since 1993. Visits encouraged by appointment to see our 70,000+ volumes. Many titles not online, call with wants and needs.
Glossary
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- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- 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....
- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- 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.