The Delightful Diversion: The Why and Wherfores of Book Collecting
by Brewer, Reginald
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Near Very Good
- Seller
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Gastonia, North Carolina, United States
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About This Item
New York: Macmillan, 1935. Cloth. Very Good/Near Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. xiii, 320 pp. The lower fore-corner of the front cover is very slightly bumped. The binding is tight and square, and the text is clean. The jacket is tanned at the spine, and scuffed along the upper edge. The upper and lower edges of the jacket have been repaired with cellophane tape.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Persephone's Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 027438
- Title
- The Delightful Diversion: The Why and Wherfores of Book Collecting
- Author
- Brewer, Reginald
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Near Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Macmillan
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1935
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- Books; Book Collecting
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- 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...
- 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....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Jacket
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...