In Quest of the Perfect book Reminiscences & Reflections of a Bookman
by Orcutt, William Dana
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Good
- Seller
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Albany, California, United States
Item Price
£40.48£32.38
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About This Item
John Murray, 1926. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First Impression of the Trade Edition. Handsome copy. With beautiful gilted frontispiece. Clean, well-preserved copy. With gilt embossed front cover. Covers looking very bright and showing little wear. Name neatly inked to endpage. Waxed paper jacket in general good condition, with old clear tape reinforcing corners. Gilting to top ends. Quality bookmaking of a bygone era, befitting its subject. Benefits the Friends of the Albany, CA library..
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Details
- Bookseller
- Eve's Book Garden (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 036958
- Title
- In Quest of the Perfect book Reminiscences & Reflections of a Bookman
- Author
- Orcutt, William Dana
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- John Murray
- Date Published
- 1926
- Bookseller catalogs
- Friends of the Albany Library;
Terms of Sale
Eve's Book Garden
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About the Seller
Eve's Book Garden
Biblio member since 2011
Albany, California
About Eve's Book Garden
Eve's Book Garden offers fine art, gardening, and music books, and select academic, collectible and rare titles.
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...