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Building Library Collections
by Mary Duncan / Wallace John / Rose Mary Carter, Bonk & Magrill
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0810807300
- ISBN 13
- 9780810807303
- Seller
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Katoomba, New South Wales, Australia
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
The Scarecrow Press, New Jersey, 1974. First Edition. Hardcover (Embossed Cloth). Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Size: Octavo (standard book size). Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Slight foxing front/rear pages, but body of book mostly clean and unfoxed. Edges very slightly spotted or marked. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Books on Books; ISBN: 0810807300. ISBN/EAN: 9780810807303. All our pictures shown here are of the actual item, not stock photos. Inventory No: 16709. . 9780810807303
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- Bookseller
- Mr Pickwick's Fine Old Books
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 16709
- Title
- Building Library Collections
- Author
- Mary Duncan / Wallace John / Rose Mary Carter, Bonk & Magrill
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (Embossed Cloth)
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0810807300
- ISBN 13
- 9780810807303
- Publisher
- The Scarecrow Press
- Place of Publication
- New Jersey
- Date Published
- 1974
- Keywords
- BZDB1 Books on Books; ISBN: 0810807300 EAN: 9780810807303 Mary Duncan / Wallace John / Rose Mary Carter, Bonk & Magrill Building Library Collections
- Bookseller catalogs
- Books on Books;
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Mr Pickwick's Fine Old Books
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About the Seller
Mr Pickwick's Fine Old Books
Biblio member since 2004
Katoomba, New South Wales
About Mr Pickwick's Fine Old Books
Mr Pickwick's occupies a large, 3-storey former Bank building in the heart of the Blue Mountains west of Sydney, Australia. We carry over 60,000 books in store, and cater to both the specialist collector trade as well as the general book trade in this region. Mr Pickwick's is one of the most comprehensive bookshops in Australia, and also operates an extensive Bookfinder service for its several thousand database clients.
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- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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- Octavo
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