P. Neville Barnett and his Books [cover title]
by [Bookplates]. [BARNETT, P. Neville]
- Used
- very good
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
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About This Item
[Sydney: The Author, 1952. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. [Sydney, The Author, 1952]. Quarto, [24] pages (first three and last one blank) with 12 illustrations (mainly of Barnett's publications). Thread-bound overlapping crepe-textured wrappers slightly unevenly sunned; minimal foxing to the first page; an excellent copy. Inscribed and signed by Barnett on the first page (which also carries the small name-stamp of Johannes Larsen). A checklist of Barnett's publications on bookplates and Japanese prints, with reprints of articles on him (and them) by Al Milgrom, Alan Yates and Alan Rigby (the first one credited as an afterthought with a rubber stamp at the end; it first appeared in 'The Australasian Printer', April 1952). 'This Collection of Reprints has been issued for distribution among those interested in my books. August, 1952' (recto of the second-last leaf, repeated without the date on the recto of the last leaf).
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Details
- Bookseller
- Michael Treloar Antiquarian Booksellers (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 116237
- Title
- P. Neville Barnett and his Books [cover title]
- Author
- [Bookplates]. [BARNETT, P. Neville]
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- The Author
- Place of Publication
- [Sydney
- Date Published
- 1952
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Adelaide, South Australia
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Glossary
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- Recto
- The page on the right side of a book, with the term Verso used to describe the page on the left side.
- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
- Wrappers
- The paper covering on the outside of a paperback. Also see the entry for pictorial wraps, color illustrated coverings for...
- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
- 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...