Great Books and Book Collectors
by Alan G. Thomas
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- Seller
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Spray, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
New York: Excalibur Books, 1983. Reprint Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 4to 11" - 13" tall. Forty full-color and 250 black-and-white photographs, many being full-page, greatly augment this fine exemplar of an homage to book-collecting. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound in hardcover format, generally clean, lightly toned at worst, minimal rubbing to extremities. Pictorial covers. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, little worn beyond scuffing to spine head, price-clipped. A survey of book production and collecting that should be in the library of all book collectors. Includes 16-page chapter on bookbinding and bookbinders, which includes over 30 illustrations of types of bindings. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography. 280 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Structure, Verses, Agency Books - Member, I.O.B.A. (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 357260
- Title
- Great Books and Book Collectors
- Author
- Alan G. Thomas
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint Edition
- Publisher
- Excalibur Books
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1983
- Size
- 4to 11" - 13" tall
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- books bibliophilia Alan G. Thomas great books book collectors book collecting
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About the Seller
Structure, Verses, Agency Books - Member, I.O.B.A.
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Spray, Oregon
About Structure, Verses, Agency Books - Member, I.O.B.A.
Occasionally rare, frequently scarce, always fine, or is that Fine? Structure, Verses, Agency Books specializes in the fine arts (painting, the decorative arts, photography, sculpture, Jewish art and artists, art history, art movements), but also carries fine antiquarian tomes, works in the French language, Western Americana, poetry, the social sciences, and some modern first editions. We also selectively purchase books and collections thereof. We also offer appraisals and advice about library-building. We also offer a book-of-the-month club, called Once Upon a Tome. Ask about a subscription thereto. Thanks!
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- 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....
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...