Fred Rosenstock: A Legend in Books and Art
by BOWER, Donald E
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0873581490
- ISBN 13
- 9780873581493
- Seller
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Littleton, Colorado, United States
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About This Item
Flagstaff, Arizona: Northland Press. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1976. First Edition. Hardcover. 0873581490 . Stated first edition of a biography of Fred A. Rosenstock (1895-1986), a Denver-based antiquarian bookseller, collector, and dealer in books and fine art. The author traces Mr. Rosenstock's life, from birth in present-day Ukraine to his lengthy career as a bookseller in Denver. Much of the text was taken from interviews with the subject. Includes several black & white photos, and a color frontis photographic portrait of Mr. Rosentock. With a foreword by Frank Waters and a preface by the author. --- In blue cloth-covered boards with spine titling in silver foil; blue endpapers. Unclipped jacket repeats the frontis portrait on front panel. --- With a small exchange of paper between the jacket front flap and the front free endpaper, otherwise a very good copy: tightly-bound, unmarked and sturdy. Bright jacket lacks damages worthy of mention; protected in clear removable mylar wrapper.; Tall Octavo (9 to 10 in. tall); xvii, 212 pages .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bluebird Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 82576
- Title
- Fred Rosenstock: A Legend in Books and Art
- Author
- BOWER, Donald E
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0873581490
- ISBN 13
- 9780873581493
- Publisher
- Northland Press
- Place of Publication
- Flagstaff, Arizona
- Date Published
- 1976
- Keywords
- 0873581490
- Bookseller catalogs
- >>Biography, Autobiography, Memoir; >>Books About Books and Words;
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About the Seller
Bluebird Books
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Littleton, Colorado
About Bluebird Books
Bluebird Books is the bookselling business of Eric Mayer, operating from my base in Littleton, Colorado. I specialize in classic fiction and literature, books on birds and natural history, railroadiana, biography, history and many other genres. Bluebird Books features publications by the Modern Library and Everyman's Library. I offer free shipping on books shipped within the US via USPS Media Mail. INTERNATIONAL ORDERS: I recommend that you use Biblio.com for your international orders because they have formed a partnership with Asendia to allow for much more affordable shipping on parcels weighing under 5 lb. (about 2.26 kg).
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