Modern Book Collecting
by Wilson, Robert a
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/very good
- ISBN 10
- 0394501144
- ISBN 13
- 9780394501147
- Seller
-
Blue Hill, Maine, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Knopf, 1980. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2inches high. xiv, 270 pp. Quarter grey cloth over yellow boards with gilt lettering on spine. Condition of the book is VERY GOOD; Small red stamp on bottom edge of text block (remainder?), otherwise a very clean, tight copy. Condition of dust jacket is VERY GOOD; Spine lightly faded, small tear at top near spine, otherwise very clean & crisp, not price-clipped ($12.95). Books on books RGR
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Details
- Bookseller
- Andre Strong Bookseller (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 6359
- Title
- Modern Book Collecting
- Author
- Wilson, Robert a
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- ISBN 10
- 0394501144
- ISBN 13
- 9780394501147
- Publisher
- Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1980
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Andre Strong Bookseller
Biblio member since 2008
Blue Hill, Maine
About Andre Strong Bookseller
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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....