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Cassell Miscellany : Selections From a Hundred Years of Publishing
by Urquhart, Fred (editor)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good plus/Very Good
- Seller
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Nelson, British Columbia, Canada
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About This Item
London: Cassell & Co. Ltd, 1958. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good plus/Very Good. Bright blue cloth over boards, title stamped in silver onto spine, royal octavo, 9-3/4" x 6-1/16" [24.8 cm x 15.0 cm], pp. xvi (including frontis) , 879, all edges trimmed, "First Published 1958" to copyright page. Bright blue and white dust jacket with title and numerous authors names printed onto top panel and spine, full list showing "THE AUTHORS REPRESENTED IN THIS BOOK" on back panel, original price of "30' NET" to bottom of front flap. Volume with light fading to edges, clean and unmarked throughout, DJ with light soil, short closed tears and a few tiny chips, not price-clipped. Contains a vast selection of works ranging from Napoleon III's History of Julius Caesar [1865] to Eartha Kitt's Thursday's Child [1957].
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Details
- Bookseller
- Harropian Books, IOBA
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 4
- Title
- Cassell Miscellany : Selections From a Hundred Years of Publishing
- Author
- Urquhart, Fred (editor)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good plus
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Publisher
- Cassell & Co. Ltd
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1958
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern First Editions;
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About the Seller
Harropian Books, IOBA
Biblio member since 2006
Nelson, British Columbia
About Harropian Books, IOBA
Harropian Books is an online bookseller offering a diverse selection of antiquarian, collectible, rare and out of print items. Our focus is on the interesting & unusual, covering all fields. ***** We are a member of the IOBA (Independent Online Booksellers Association) and have attended the Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar (2011), Rare Book School in Virginia (2014 - Developing Collections ; 2016 - The History of Printed Book Illustration in the West), London Rare Book School (2021 - The History of Maps and Mapping) and Gwain Weaver Art Conservation (2019 - Care and Identification of Photographs).
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- First Edition
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- Cloth
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- Copyright page
- The page in a book that describes the lineage of that book, typically including the book's author, publisher, date of...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Spine
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- Jacket
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- Edges
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