Books for the Bibliophile: Books and Bookmen
by Lang, Andrew (1844 - 1912)
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
Redmond, Washington, United States
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About This Item
George J. Coombes, 1886. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. VERY GOOD volume bound in original blue cloth, with publishers deckled edge. This is the Scottish writer's treatise on all things bookish. He is best known for his important collections of folk and fairy tales. Front cover is scuffed and rear cover has 3 small circular blemishes. Crown and foot barely fray. Interior is very clean; frontispiece has tissue guard in place, but lower part of page has pulled away from gutter. NO markings at all. A previous owners period bookplate on front end-paper. Front gutter (between blank free end-papers) has been a tad over-extended, but holding tight. All Fourteen illustrations in place.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Margins13 Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 004495
- Title
- Books for the Bibliophile: Books and Bookmen
- Author
- Lang, Andrew (1844 - 1912)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- George J. Coombes
- Date Published
- 1886
- Keywords
- book about books; illustrated; treatise; bibliophiles;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Margins13 Books
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Redmond, Washington
About Margins13 Books
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...