How to Collect Books
by Slater, J. Herbert
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good+
- Seller
-
Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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About This Item
[6], xii, 205, [3] pages.
First edition. With numerous black and white full-page and in-text illustrations.
Cloth covered boards, stamped in brown and gilt to spine and front. Cloth very lightly rubbed in places. Top edge gilt. Very light foxing to end-papers and some text pages. Small ex-libris stamp "LS" to title-page.
Contents: I. Hints to Beginners; II. Some Practical Details; III. Manuscripts; IV. Paper and Paper Marks; V. The Title-Page and the Colophon; VI. Incunabula and the Early Printers; VII Illustrated Books; VIII. Some Celebrated Presses; IX. On Bookbinding; X. Great Collectors; XI Auction Sales and Catalogues; XII. Early Editions and Strange Books.
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Details
- Bookseller
- John Atkins (ES)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0200
- Title
- How to Collect Books
- Author
- Slater, J. Herbert
- Format/Binding
- Cloth covered boards.
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- George Bell and Sons.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1905
- Size
- 8vo.
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- 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....
- Incunabula
- Incunabula (incunable or incunabulum) refers to a book printed before 1501 - a pamphlet, a book or document that was not...