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New York: Random House, 1969. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 9x6x1. First edition. Former library copy, usual marks. Jacket flaps creased. 1969 Hard Cover. xiv, 368, [2] pp. 8vo. A biography by the head of Scribner's Rare Book Department who went on to be the Librarian of the Lilly Collection at Indiana University. "Most of the famous collectors and dealers of the rare book world appear in the anecdotes with which this book is studded.
Dukedom Large Enough. by Randall, David A - 1969: Reminiscences of a Rare Book Dealer 1929-1956.
by Randall, David A
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Dukedom Large Enough.: Reminiscences of a Rare Book Dealer 1929-1956.
by Randall, David A
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"First Printing." xiv, 368 pages, index, 16 illustrations; library pocket pasted on front flyleaf & library shelf label on spine of dust jacket; no other markings; withal Good+ in Good dust jacket with chipped edges. Stock#ofc0544.
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- Date Published 1969
- Keywords bibliographical memoir rare books
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Dukedom Large Enough: Reminiscences of a Rare Book Dealer, 1929-1956
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Dukedom Large Enough: Reminiscences of a Rare Book Dealer 1929-1956
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New York: Random House, 1969. Ex-Library. Very Good. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Burgundy cloth, lettered in gold foil. Ex-library copy, typically marked/stamped, relatively little actual wear. Tape ghosting at two spots on each cover where old mylar had been anchored, light soiling to text block edges. Institutional book plate mounted on front pastedown, several stamps including perforated stamp to lower title, otherwise clean interior. Dust jacket does not show any library markings, only light shelf wear with 1/4" closed tear along bottom rear edge, in new mylar. xiv,370 pp., illus. w/ b&w plates. Remains high on the short list of recommended memoirs from the "Golden Age of Bookselling.".
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Dukedom Large Enough
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New York: Random House, 1969. Attractive copy. Burgundy boards with silver lettering to spine. First edition stated. Tight and square, clean with no markings. Faint water spot on bottom page edges and larger spot on top page edges but no transfer to leaves. Price clipped jacket two tiny bits of edgewear but no chips or tears. In mylar. . First American Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Dukedom Large Enough
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New York: Random House. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1969. First Edition. First Printing. Hard Cover. Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall. xiv, 368, (1) pp .
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New York: Random House, 1969. First Edition. One of the finest bookseller memoirs of the fantastic material that passed through Randall’s hands as head of the Scribner Rare Book Department. Stories of book adventures and the discovery and sale of great material including chapters on Poe, Cooper, Melville, Hemingway, Fitzgerald, Wolfe, Churchill, Washington, Jefferson, etc. Fine in a lightly used dust jacket with some rubbing and a few small tears.
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New York: Random House, 1969. First Edition. One of the finest bookseller memoirs of the fantastic material that passed through Randall’s hands as head of the Scribner Rare Book Department. Stories of book adventures and the discovery and sale of great material including chapters on Poe, Cooper, Melville, Hemingway, Fitzgerald, Wolfe, Churchill, Washington, Jefferson, etc. Crease to endpaper, else fine in a lightly used near fine dust jacket.
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Dukedom Large Enough
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New York: Random House, [1969]., 1969. 8vo. pp. xiv, 368, [1 leaf]. 8 double-sided plates. index. cloth. dw. First Edition.. F. Hardcover.
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