Principles Of Bibliographical Description

by Bowers, Fredson

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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Winchester and New Castle, Delaware: St Paul's Bibliographies, Oak Knoll Press, The Bibliographical Society of the University of Virginia, 2023. stiff paper wrappers. Bibliography. thick 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. xvi, 505 pages. With an introduction by G. Thomas Tanselle. First published by Princeton University Press in 1949, this reprint with the introduction by G. Thomas Tanselle was published in… Read more about this item
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by Fredson Bowers

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New Castle DE: Oak Knoll Press, 1994. reprint. Softcover. Very Good/None. Softcover, 505 pages. Reprint of the first edition published in 1949. With an Introduction by G. Thomas Tanselle. One of the indisputable classics of 20th-century scholarship, Bowers's work is one of the standard guides on the subject, providing a comprehensive manual for the description of printed… Read more about this item
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New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Press, 2012. Later printing. Trade Paperback. Very good. Octavo (standard size). Slight wear to edges and corners of covers. xxv, 505 p. w/appendices, index. The classic guide to formal description of printed books as physical objects, with sections on describing incunablula in particular.
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Russell NY 1962. Leinen, 505 Seiten, dies ist ein regulär ausgesondertes Bibliotheksexemplar aus einer wissenschaftlichen Bibliothek, keine Markierungen/Anmerkungen, das Buch ist sehr gut erhalten --- Linen, 505 pages, Lib. Ex., no marks, the book is in a very good condition
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