Chats On Autographs
by A.M. Broadley
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
Bordentown, New Jersey, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1910. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Octavo in green cloth (also seen in blue), tipped on cover and spine labels featuring facsimiles of famous signatures. 384 pp. with 135 illustrations including plates and facsimiles in the text. Very good, light foxing to the endpapers and the text. A collection of "chats" on autographs and autograph collecting with anecdotes of great "finds", caveats for collectors, sections on royal autographs, autographs of statesmen, diplomats, literary figures form 1600-1900, naval and military signatures, music, drams and art autographs; there ios also a chapter on great Amrican collectors and collections of the 19th century and a final chapter with prices of autographs from auction and sale results 1810-1910.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ) (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- E19077
- Title
- Chats On Autographs
- Author
- A.M. Broadley
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- T. Fisher Unwin
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1910
- Keywords
- antiques, autographs, collecting, signatures,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Antiques;
Terms of Sale
The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ)
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About the Seller
The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ)
Biblio member since 2005
Bordentown, New Jersey
About The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ)
The Old Book Shop of Bordentown is a general used/rare bookshop open to the public Tues.-Sunday 11AM to 5PM (8 PM on Fridays). 10,000 books on premises with another 25,000 in stock. Areas of speciality include baseball, New Jersey, American literature, mysteries. Member, ABAA, ILAB,Antiquarian Booksellers of New Jersey. Located in historic Bordentown City, New Jeresy (est. 1682).
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- Spine
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- First Edition
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- Cloth
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- Octavo
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