Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons.Ltd. 1964 1st.. 9.0 x 5.5 inches. In blue cloth covers with silver gilt to spine and front. With decorated dustwrapper. In very good condition with very good dustwrapper. (d/w. Mild foxing. Not price clipped. With protective plastic wrap). Mild foxing to edges and endpapers. Neat inscription to front endpaper. Else a clean and tight copy. 206 pp. ‘Every aspect of bookselling is examined - from book tokens to the Net Book Agreement.’

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Bookseller: The Antique Map & Bookshop (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 90657
Title: The Truth About Bookselling. Foreword by Sir Stanley Unwin.
Author: JOY, THOMAS:
Book Condition: Used
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons.Ltd. 1964 1st.
Keywords: Miscellaneous Subjects thomas joy, truth, bookselling, book tokens, net book agreement, first, dustwrapper,

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About The Antique Map & Bookshop

The Antique Map & Bookshop was established in 1976 and has been in Puddletown since 1978. PUDDLETOWN is situated just outside DORCHESTER in the county of DORSET, on the A35 to BOURNEMOUTH. The village has a by-pass now which means there is easy access to the village and ample space for parking. Our shop is directly on the main road through the village.

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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...
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.
Dustwrapper: Also known as book jacket, dust cover, or dust wrapper, a dust jacket is a protective and decorative cover for a book that is...
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...
Edges: The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
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....