Ex Libris: Essays of a Collector
by Charles Dexter Allen
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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New Paltz, New York, United States
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About This Item
Lamson, Wolffe, and Company, 1896. Hardcover. Very Good. Blue cloth boards with gilt bordering and top edge gilt;pages are deckled edge; spine is discolored; some shelf wear and age toning to the pages; This edition is limited to 750 copies of which this is number 396;pasted in biographical plate for Charles Dexter Allen on FEP and owner plate for Isaiah Allen on Title page;157 pp with reproductions of bookplates throughout
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- Bookseller
- Barner Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 082321001
- Title
- Ex Libris: Essays of a Collector
- Author
- Charles Dexter Allen
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Lamson, Wolffe, and Company
- Date Published
- 1896
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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- Plate
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- Gilt
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- Cloth
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- Spine
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- Shelf Wear
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