Fine Books
by THOMAS, Alan G
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
-
Galena, Illinois, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1967. Hardcover. Wide 8vo. Blue cloth with white lettering and blue device, pictorial dust jacket. 120pp. Extensive illustrations (some color), pictorial endpapers. Very good/very good.Mild jacket edgewear with abrasion near foot of spine. First U.S. edition of this well illustrated and informative survey of a broad range of antiquarian books -- mild ex-library, though with very few and discreet markings.
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Details
- Seller
- Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 45969
- Title
- Fine Books
- Author
- THOMAS, Alan G
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- G.P. Putnam's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1967
- Bookseller catalogs
- Books;
Terms of Sale
Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA
Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts accepts most major credit cards and PayPal. Checks are welcome. Institutions will be accommodated as their procedures require. Every effort has been made to describe each book and any defects accurately. If an item proves unsatisfactory for any reason, it may be returned within seven days. We would appreciate a courtesy call if an item is being returned. Member ABAA, ILAB, MWABA, The Manuscript Society.
About the Seller
Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA
Biblio member since 2005
Galena, Illinois
About Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA
Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts has been serving book lovers, collectors and institutions since 1991. Our inventory of quality out-of-print books spans 50 subjects, while the extensive autograph holdings have a decidedly historical bent, reflecting personages from every field of human endeavor.
Glossary
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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....
- G
- Good describes the average used and worn book that has all pages or leaves present. Any defects must be noted. (as defined by AB...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Device
- Especially for older books, a printer's device refers to an identifying mark, also sometimes called a printer's mark, on the...