New York: Farrar, Straus and Company, 1950. Second Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, 668 pages. In Very Good minus condition with Good minus dust jacket. Sunned brown spine with black and red text. Dust jacket has sunning to spine, open tearing to spine edges, chipping to corners and edges of both covers, and tearing to fore edge of front cover. Price uncut "$7.50". Boards have bumping and rubbing to corners and mild shelf wear. Previous owner's name on front endpaper. Shelved ND-B. 1376208. FP New Rockville Stock.

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Bookseller: Second Story Books, ABAA (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 1376208
Title: THE ANATOMY OF BIBLIOMANIA
Author: Jackson, Holbrook
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: Second Edition
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Company
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1950

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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...
Fore Edge: The portion of a book that is opposite the spine. That part of a book which faces the wall when shelved in a traditional...
Octavo: Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
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....
Shelf Wear: Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
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...
Rubbing: Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
Sunned: Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
Chipping: A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...