EARLY PRINTED BOOK LABELS: A Catalogue of Dated Personal Labels and Gift Labels Printed in Britain to the Year 1760
by Lee, Brian North
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine
- Seller
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Cadyville, New York, United States
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About This Item
(Pinner, Middlesex, U.K.): Private Libraries Association and The Bookplate Society, 1976.. 1976.. Fine. - Octavo, maroon cloth titled in gilt, in original glassine. 185 pp. Illustrated with B&W examples of the book labels. The glassine is lightly soiled, else near fine. <p>First edition, limited to 2200 copies, of which 700 were for sale.
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- Bookseller
- Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd. (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 6228
- Title
- EARLY PRINTED BOOK LABELS: A Catalogue of Dated Personal Labels and Gift Labels Printed in Britain to the Year 1760
- Author
- Lee, Brian North
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- (Pinner, Middlesex, U.K.): Private Libraries Association and The Bookplate Society, 1976.
- Date Published
- 1976.
- Keywords
- BOOKS-ON-BOOKS; BOOKPLATES; BOOK LABELS; GIFT LABELS; BRITISH; ENGLISH; BRIAN NORTH LEE; ILLUSTRATIONS; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION; REFERENCE. (Books-on-Books). (Bookplates). EARLY PRINTED BOOK LABELS: A Catalogue of Dated Personal Labels and Gift Labels
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Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
Payment with order from individuals. Items are offered subject to prior sale. All purchases are subject to your approval, returnable within 10 days. New York State residents please add sales tax to your purchases. All items are guaranteed authentic and as described.
About the Seller
Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
Biblio member since 2003
Cadyville, New York
About Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd. (incorporated 1989) is a general antiquarian book store which buys and sells collections and individual items of significance. Booksellers Ric Zank and Daniel Meunier each bring to the business over 18 years of experience in seeking out and offering for sale unusual, uncommon and rare books, autographs, and ephemera in all fields. Our office is open 7 days a week from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and frequently later. An answering machine will take your message after hours and when we are out of the office.
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- 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...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...