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Books and Bidders, The Adventures of a Bibliophile
by Rosenbach, A S W
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good Condition/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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Yungaburra, Queensland, Australia
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About This Item
Boston, USA : Little, Brown, and Company, 1927. First Edition . Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Octavo (standard book size). Binding is tight, cover and spine fully intact Text body is clean and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting Endpapers slightly browned and interior pages slight browned around the edges Rough cut edges which have browned There is a split along the gutter at the title page revealing the webbing beneath but the binding is not affected. There is a small round dent on back endpaper which has impacted on some interior pages but has not torn the paper A. S. W. Rosenbach was an American collector, scholar, and seller of rare books and manuscripts. In London, where he frequently attended the auctions at Sotheby’s, he was known as “The Terror of the Auction Room.”
In Paris, he was called “Le Napoléon des Livres”, which translates to “The Napoleon of Books.” Many others referred to him as “Dr. R.”, a “Robber Baron” and “the Greatest Bookdealer in the World”. B & W photos
In Paris, he was called “Le Napoléon des Livres”, which translates to “The Napoleon of Books.” Many others referred to him as “Dr. R.”, a “Robber Baron” and “the Greatest Bookdealer in the World”. B & W photos
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Details
- Bookseller
- Spencer and Murphy Booksellers
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 55189
- Title
- Books and Bidders, The Adventures of a Bibliophile
- Author
- Rosenbach, A S W
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (Original Cloth)
- Book Condition
- Used - Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Little, Brown, and Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston, USA
- Date Published
- 1927
- Pages
- 311
- Weight
- 99.99 lbs
- Keywords
- Book Collecting books, bibliophile, collecting, American children's books
- Size
- Octavo (standard book size)
Terms of Sale
Spencer and Murphy Booksellers
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Spencer and Murphy Booksellers
Biblio member since 2020
Yungaburra, Queensland
About Spencer and Murphy Booksellers
Books sourced from all over the world adorn our shelves. We carry a general range of books, some 18,000, including fiction and non-fiction in all genres. We stock collectibles, rare and antiquarian and many out-of-print books. Lonely Planet described Spencer & Murphy Booksellers as "the best bookshop in the North" and we are known as a treasure trove of books and often as Aladdin's Cave of Books.
Glossary
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- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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....
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
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