THE FEAR OF BOOKS by Jackson, Holbrook - 1932

Charles Scribner's Sons, 1932. Very Good/Acceptable. London and New York, 1932. From the library of ABAA book seller, Tom Nicely. Red cloth covered boards with gold spine titles; mild wear; jacket is worn with chips and tears; torn across spine of jacket, now in Mylar jacket; 8vo, 7 3/4" to 9 3/4" tall; pages toning at edges; interior is unmarked; 199 pages.

London & New York: The Soncino Press. Charles Scribner's Sons. Limited to 2,000 copies. No. 510. Red cloth cover. Gold stamp spine title. Light wear. Clean text. W13 . Very Good. Hardcover. Limited Edition. 1932.

London: Soncino Press, 1932. Hardcover. Very Good. Burgundy buckram gilt, large 8vo., xii., 199 pages. One of 2,000 numbered copies, printed at the Curwen Press. A near very good copy with minimal wear and one corner bumped, in archival mylar.

Urbana and Chicago: University of Illinois Press 2001 1st Illinois paperback ediiton. soft cover, 197pp including index, originally published London and New York 1932, couple of small stains to inside covers, otherwise all in very good condition. ISBN 0252070402

2001. . Paperback. Good. 8vo. - Reprint of edition published in 1932 w/ that date circled to publishers page - Covers a little faded and curled w/ edges rubbed and corners bumped - Edges of text block lightly shelf worn - Some notes and underlining in pencil throughout - Book ow/ solid, clean and tight - 197 pages

Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1982. Reprint. Originally published in 1932. First printing thus [stated]. Hardcover. Very good.. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. x. [2], 199, [5] p. Occasional footnotes. Index. . Pencil erasure residue inside the back cover. Cover as some wear and soiling/sticker residue. From Wikipedia: "George Holbrook Jackson (31 December 1874-16 June 1948) was a British journalist, writer and publisher. He was recognized as one of the leading bibliophiles of his time. In 1906, shortly after arriving in the capital, Jackson suggested founding the Fabian Arts Group. This eventually led to a split from the Fabian Society, whose interest was economic and political. In 1907, Jackson and a partner bought The New Age, a struggling Christian Socialist weekly magazine, with finance from Lewis Wallace and George Bernard Shaw. He set up in 1912 or 1913 the Flying Fame Press, with the poet Ralph Hodgson and designer Claud Lovat Fraser. This was the beginning of a long association… Read More

London / Plaistow: The Soncino Press / The Curwen Press, 1932. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. First edition, #1255 of 2000 copies. Lacks jacket. Spine toned, endpapers lightly foxed, small Blackwell's bookplate on front endpaper. 1932 Hard Cover. x, [2], 199 pp. 8vo. Red cloth, gilt titles, top edge gilt. An examination of bibliophobia, censorship and destruction of books, bibliophilia and its effect on relationships (specifically marriage), etc.

London/New York: Soncino Press/Charles Scribner's Sons, 1932. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good. 8vo. 199 pp., teg. One of a limited edition of 2000 copies. Spine faded, corners bumped and extremities worn and with some small tears. Bump to top edge of front cover and some pages internally bent.

London: Soncino Press, 1932. First edition limited to 2000 copies (this, no. 586), 8vo, p. x, [2], 199; author's inscription on front free endpaper; original red buckram, t.e.g.; front hinge starting, slight lean, without the jacket, otherwise very good. Handsomely printed at the Curwen Press.

Soncino / Scribner's. Used - Very Good. 1932. Limited. Cloth, dj., 199 pp. Prev. owner's bookplate. Dj. worn.. (Subject: Books on Books & Cartography.)