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Fragrance Among Old Volumes: Essays and Idylls of a Book Lover
by Anderton, Basil
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- very good
- hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Sand Lake, Michigan
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About This Item
Freeport, NY: Books for Libraroes Press, 1967. Reprint. Hardcover. Very Good. Freeport, NY: Books for Libraroes Press, 1967. Reprint. Very Good. Anderton, Basil. Fragrance Among Old Volumes: Essays and Idylls of a Book Lover. Freeport, New York: Books for Libraries Press, Inc., 1967, reprint edition of the original 1910 Keegan Paul edition. Blue buckram with very faded gilt spine titles, 15 by 21.8 cm, xi 110 pp., illus. Faint cover wear and a small nick on the top edge of the back cover. Ten essays, including “Magliabecchi: The Great Florentine Bookman,” “Concerning the Book-Plates of Thomas Bewick,” and “Two Minor Books of Emblems.” No writing, highlighting, names, or other markings. We ship our books in boxes or cardboard wraps, never in bags. Bay Leaf Books (Member ABAA, ILAB, IOBA) is an open shop dedicated to offering fine books for discriminating readers. <br/><br/>
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bay Leaf Used & Rare Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller Inventory #
- 1304
- Title
- Fragrance Among Old Volumes: Essays and Idylls of a Book Lover
- Author
- Anderton, Basil
- Format/binding
- Hardcover
- Book condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Books for Libraroes Press
- Place of Publication
- Freeport, NY
- Date published
- 1967
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About Bay Leaf Used & Rare Books, ABAA
Bay Leaf Books was founded by Gabe Konrád in 2007. While we are a general stock bookseller, we have a special interest in books about books, bookplates, African art and ritual, motorcycles and bike culture, and political- and music-based social movements including punks, mods and skins. We are always interested in purchasing collections of fine books and ephemera from these, and other interesting genres. Our material is available via www.bayleafbooks.com, catalogs, eLists, shows, and direct quotes. Institutional sales are welcome.
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- spine
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- buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...[more]
- 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...[more]
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