Collecting American First Editions: Its Pitfalls and its Pleasures
by Curle, Richard
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Very Good with no dust jacket; Boards rubbed, typed book description tipped-in at front free endpaper.
- Seller
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Selkirk, New York, United States
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About This Item
Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill. Very Good with no dust jacket; Boards rubbed, typed book description . tipped-in at front free endpaper.. 1930. Limited Edition. Hardcover. One of 1,250 numbered copies signed by the author. Navy beveled boards with printed paper labels on front boards and spine. xviii, 221 pp. Index, 51 illustrations of various title pages, book spines and other biblioporn. Heraldic owner bookplate (Annie Edgerly Thayer) on front pastedown. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Old Saratoga Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 37730
- Title
- Collecting American First Editions: Its Pitfalls and its Pleasures
- Author
- Curle, Richard
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good with no dust jacket; Boards rubbed, typed book description tipped-in at front free endpaper.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Limited Edition
- Publisher
- Bobbs-Merrill
- Place of Publication
- Indianapolis
- Date Published
- 1930
- Keywords
- Book Collecting, FIRST Editions
- Bookseller catalogs
- Books about Books;
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Old Saratoga Books
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About the Seller
Old Saratoga Books
Biblio member since 2005
Selkirk, New York
About Old Saratoga Books
Old Saratoga Books owners Dan and Rachel Jagareski have been selling books since 1996. After running an open shop for twenty years in the historic village of Schuylerville we now sell books online and at book fairs. We are members of the Independent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA). Our specialties include books about history, science, cooking, children's books, and the arts. Rachel is a graduate of the Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar and has attended Rare Book School in Charlottesville, Virginia.
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