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The Delightful Diversion: The Whys and Wherefores of Book Collecting
by Brewer, Reginald
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
-
Chagrin Falls, Ohio, United States
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About This Item
The Macmillan Company, 1935. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Good ; No jacket. 1935 The Macmillan Company. SIGNED by author on front free endpaper, with a personal inscription. First Edition. Date on title page matches copyright on verso. No additional printings listed. NOT ex-library. Hardcover has grey cloth-covered boards with gold spine and cover lettering and red ruled borders. Deckle fore edges. Black and white plates. 320 pages. Hinges NOT cracked. Binding has a hairline crack at near the middle. Corners and spine ends bumped and rubbed, with minor fraying at tips. Spine slightly darkened. Soft vertical crease on front free endpaper near signature. Covers have moderate edge wear and surface rubbing. One pair of opposing pages has a small brown stain where and old bit of newspaper was used as a bookmark. A few pages have a small smudge or a spot in the margin. Pages lightly and uniformly tanned but still supple. No dust jacket. Carefully packed, shipped in a box.
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- Bookseller
- SmarterRat Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 11278
- Title
- The Delightful Diversion: The Whys and Wherefores of Book Collecting
- Author
- Brewer, Reginald
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Publisher
- The Macmillan Company
- Date Published
- 1935
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Collecting,Signed
- Bookseller catalogs
- Signed; Collecting;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
SmarterRat Books
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Chagrin Falls, Ohio
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- 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...
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- 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...
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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....
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