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Werner, Shaw, 1982. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. The dust jacket is a little shelf rubbed and edge worn. There is minor foxing around the block of the book. Tightly bound and presented beautifully in cellophane. The text within the book is clear. The binding is excellent. GK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.
RARE BOOKS AND RARER PEOPLE by Snelling, O. F - 1982
by Snelling, O. F
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RARE BOOKS AND RARER PEOPLE
by Snelling, O. F
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London: Werner Shaw, 1982. First edition. Fine in d.j. but for spotting to top edge of text block. First edition. x, 11-256p. Illustrated. Gilt-titled black cloth.
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- Edition First edition
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- Publisher Werner Shaw
- Place of Publication London
- Date Published 1982
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Rare Books and Rarer People: Some Personal Reminiscences of "The Trade
by Snelling, O. F
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Rare Books and Rarer People : Some Personal Reminiscences of "The Trade"
by Snelling, O.F
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Werner Shaw, London, first edition, 1982. Cloth, tall 8vo, 25 cm,. x, [1], 256 pp, [16] leaves of plates. From the blurb: "Rich men, poor men, beggar-men and thieves - sooner or later they all drift into the auction room. For thirty-two book sale seasons O.F. Snelling sat at his raised vantage-point at the rostrum of Hodgson's and Sotheby's; he advised and observed them all. In 1949 the author secured the position of Sales Clerk with Hodgson's Rooms in Chancery Lane, and it was with Hodgson's that most of his working life was spent. He retired from Sotheby's late in 1981. This is not an autobiography; it is an account of the quite extraordinary characters encountered by O.F. Snelling during his business life. They form an odd and motley gathering. Old Jim, 70 years with Hodgson's, diminutive in stature but a giant in his hatred of books; Potty, the miserly eccentric dealer whose private collection of early-printed books realised £200,000 at Sotheby's after he…
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Rare Books and Rarer People Snelling, O. F
by Snelling, O F,
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Good. Dispatched within 1 working day. Sold by the U.K. charity Langdon: supporting young people with disabilities.
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