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Little Brown, 1927. Hardcover. Good. 8x5x1. Hardback. No dust jacket. Lacking front free end paper. Front interior hinge lightly cracked. Tight bind. No marks and no writings.
Books and Bidders: The Adventures of a Bibliophile by ROSENBACH, A. S. W - 1927
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Books and Bidders: The Adventures of a Bibliophile
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Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1927. Hardcover. Very Good. First trade edition. Signed by Robert Downing in ink on the front free endpaper, with his bookplate on the front pastedown. Very good in brown publisher's cloth with some fading to the edges and spine, and some scattered light stains to the endpapers and text pages, without dustwrapper. From the library of Guy Robert Downing (1914-1975), one of the American theater's most active and diverse artists.
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- Date Published 1927
- Keywords Biography, BookCollecting
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Books and Bidders : The Adventures of a Bibliophile
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Boston: Little, Brown. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1927. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Tiny faint crease on front cloth at bottom corner. .
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Little Brown. hardcover. Good. 8x5x1.
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Books and Bidders: The Adventures of a Bibliophile
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A collection of eight articles by Rosenbach that were published in the "Saturday Evening Post" in the first part of 1927. The 9th article was published in the Atlantic Monthly in October 1927. Complete with a number of b/w photographs including A. Edward Newton, other booksellers and auction autographs. Many illustrations and photographs. One interesting chapter by Rosenbach is entitled "A Million Dollar Bookshelf". Gold topedges, uncut bottom edges and foreedges. A must-have for anyone interested in book collecting.
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Books and Bidders: The Adventures of a Bibliophile
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Little Brown, 1927-01-01. First Edition. Hardcover. GOOD/NONE. 8x5x1. No DJ. 1927 date on title page, no additional printings. Warm brown cloth with gilt, gilt top edge, 311 uncut pages, B&W illustrations. Clean, tight, no markings. Cloth corner front cover is frayed. Rear top corner is bumped.
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Honomu, Hawaii, United States
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Boston: Little Brown and Company, 1927. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. Various. None. None Cloth and gilt cover, top page edge also gilt. Some wear top and bottom of spine. 6.75 x 8.25 x 1.25 inches. Pages printed on the right side only. Beveled boards, gilt on three page sides. Oversized or heavy volume, additional shipping charges will apply. Please ask for additional photos prior to purchasing. We are happy to send additional photos. 2HR
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Little Brown. hardcover. Very Good. 8x5x1. Hardcover. Very Good condition. Gilt top edge. No jacket. Previous owner name inside. No other markings or writings inside. Clear Text. Minor shelf-wear. For any additional information or pictures, please inquire.
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Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1927. Early Reprint. Hardcover. Octavo, xiv, 311 pages. In Very Good minus condition. Bound in brown cloth with lightly worn gilt lettering to spine. Minor general shelf wear, primarily light rubbing to head and tail of spine, hinges, edges, and corners of boards. Top edge of textblock gilt. Previous owner's signature on front free endpaper. Age toning with light pencil marginalia scattered throughout textblock. Features black and white plates throughout. Shelved in Books on Books. From the collection of Silvio Bedini. Bedini spent twenty five years at the Smithsonian Institution, serving as curator in the Department of Mechanical and Civil Engineering in the new Museum of History and Technology (now the National Museum of American History) before serving as first Assistant Director then Deputy Director of the National Museum of History and Technology. He then served as Keeper of Rare Books at the Dibner Library of the History of Science and Technology, a branch of…
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Books and Bidders: The Adventures of a Bibliophile
by A.S.W. Rosenbach
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Wilmington, North Carolina, United States
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Little Brown & Company. Front free end paper has been removed. . Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1927.
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Books and Bidders: The Adventures of a Bibliophile, with Illustrations
by Rosenbach, A.S.W. [Abraham Simon Wolf]
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Webster, New York, United States
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Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1927. 2nd Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8x5x1. 2nd printing of trade edition, lacks slipcase. Spine faded, discolored smudge on front board, minor transfer from now-absent tape on endpapers, pencil name (John E. Petrick) on front endpaper. 1927 Hard Cover. xiv, 311 pp. Frontispiece of a page from the Gutenberg Bible, numerous plates throughout text depicting bindings, title pages, manuscripts, bookstores, booksellers, book collectors, auction rooms, etc. Rosenbach was a renowned American book and manuscript collector and dealer, whose collection forms the cornerstone of a museum and library in Philadelphia.
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