Collecting Rare Books for Pleasure & Profit: A Practical Manual on Collecting Books -- From the 15th Century to the Present Time
by Matthews, Jack
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Nashville, Tennessee, United States
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About This Item
Athens, OH: Ohio Univ. Press, 1977. 2nd edition, 1981. HC w DJ. PC NF/NF. Navy blue cloth, gilt spine titling bright, tight, clean, bright. Unclipped DJ, slightest evidence of wear. Illustrations. PLEASE NOTE: We are happy to provide photos. Please contact us for any specific requests. BUYING AND SELLING USED AND RARE BOOKS FROM HISTORIC EAST NASHVILLE SINCE 2012.
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- Bookseller
- Refuge Books: Used & Rare (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 210172
- Title
- Collecting Rare Books for Pleasure & Profit: A Practical Manual on Collecting Books -- From the 15th Century to the Present Time
- Author
- Matthews, Jack
- Format/Binding
- HC w DJ
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- 2nd edition, 1981
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Ohio Univ. Press
- Place of Publication
- Athens, OH
- Date Published
- 1977
- Pages
- 307
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About the Seller
Refuge Books: Used & Rare
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Nashville, Tennessee
About Refuge Books: Used & Rare
Refuge Books: Used & Rare. Buying and selling books in historic east Nashville, TN since 2012. Specializing in history, biography, Civil War, books on books, theology, Louisiana, the Inklings, G.K. Chesterton, Dorothy Sayers, Wendell Berry, Flannery O'Connor, George Macdonald, Thomas Mann, Madeleine L'Engle, and Frederick Buechner. We welcome any and all inquiries.Instagram: @refugebooks
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- PC
- Partially chipped (dustjacket)
- 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...
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.