This Book-Collecting Game
by Newton, A. Edward
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
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Spray, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Boston, Massachusetts: Little, Brown and Company, 1928. Second Printing . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Signed by Author. SIGNED by the son of the author, Edward Swift Newton, son of A. Edward Newton, the Prince of Bibliophiles, being inscribed warmly, "Dear Fran Spenser, I am beginning to think "This Book-Collecting Game["] is more fun than bridge--but incidentally it is much more expensive even playing for high stakes which I love to do. Edward Newton. Feb. 24, 1941." Stated second printing, from October of 1928. Bound handsomely in two-tone, light blue paper over boards, sunned a bit along edge, dark blue cloth-backed, with a sharp and attractive paper label title. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, showing moderate wear, protected by a plastic coat, price-clipped. Three pink grease-pencil marks in margin, else clean. Prelims + 2-410 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.
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- Bookseller
- Structure, Verses, Agency Books - Member, I.O.B.A. (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 351551
- Title
- This Book-Collecting Game
- Author
- Newton, A. Edward
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Second Printing
- Publisher
- Little, Brown and Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston, Massachusetts
- Date Published
- 1928
- Size
- 8vo 8" - 9" tall
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- A. Edward Newton book-collecting antiquarian book collecting signed
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About the Seller
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Spray, Oregon
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