In Quest of the Perfect Book: Reminiscences & Reflections of a Bookman
by Orcutt, William Dana
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good - Fine/Very Good - Fine
- Seller
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Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Boston: Little, Brown and Company., 1926 Book. Very Good - Fine. Hardcover. Reprint. Large 8vo. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good - Fine. xi, 316 pp, color frontis, foreword to the Third Edition. list of b&w illustrations, 7 chapters, index. Price clipped. Reprinted November, 1926. Small chips to top edge spine of dj with chips at top fore-edge tips. Lightly pencilled underlining and marginalia throughout, else, no wear. Binding is tight and strong. Brown cloth with gilt lettering, gilt design front board, and gilt top edge..
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- Bookseller
- West Side Book Shop, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002873
- Title
- In Quest of the Perfect Book: Reminiscences & Reflections of a Bookman
- Author
- Orcutt, William Dana
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good - Fine
- Edition
- Reprint
- Publisher
- Little, Brown and Company.
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1926
- Keywords
- BOOKS & PUBLISHING HISTORY BOOK-COLLECTOR
- Bookseller catalogs
- BOOKS & PUBLISHING;
- Size
- Large 8vo
Terms of Sale
West Side Book Shop, ABAA
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About the Seller
West Side Book Shop, ABAA
Biblio member since 2006
Ann Arbor, Michigan
About West Side Book Shop, ABAA
West Side Book Shop, Located in downtown Ann Arbor, was established in 1975 by Jay Platt, a member of the ABAA. West Side Book Shop offers a wide selection of used and rare books.
Glossary
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- 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...
- 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....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Marginalia
- Marginalia, in brief, are notes written in the margins, or beside the text of a book by a previous owner. This is very...
- Price Clipped
- When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
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