PRINCIPLES OF BIBLIOGRAPHICAL DESCRIPTION
by Fredson Bowers
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Seller
-
Brattleboro, Vermont, United States
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About This Item
8vo in cloth. 505 pp. VG+. Excellent condition with minimal wear. Binding is strong. Text block is clean and tight. Text is pristine. No writing or markings of any kind. Bookplate of Eugene and Sadye Power on the front pastedown. Eugene Power was the founder of the microfilm industry and a pioneer in the information revolution. Ships wrapped in bubble wrap and packed securely in a box.
Synopsis
From the text: "The craze for first impressions of first editions, and first issues of first impressions of first editions, and first states of first impressions of first editions, has occasionally resulted in speculation and bibliographical absurdity among collectors and dealers.... Any minor change made in the course of the original printing is immediately seized on as constituting an 'issue.' A trial binding used for perhaps twenty copies of salesmen's samples becomes a rare 'first issue.'"
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Details
- Bookseller
- Lost Time (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 123021-15
- Title
- PRINCIPLES OF BIBLIOGRAPHICAL DESCRIPTION
- Author
- Fredson Bowers
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Date Published
- 1949
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Lost Time
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Brattleboro, Vermont
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.