DE LIBRIS, Prose & Verse
by Dobson, Austin
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good +
- Seller
-
Deerfield, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
London: Humphrey Milford, Oxford University Press, 1923. reprint. hardcover. Good +. Octavo, brown cloth spine over brown boards, viii + 266 [2] pages. Illustrated. Some foxing throughout. Various chapters on art and letters, including about Kate Greenaway and Hugh Thomson; books of Samuel Rogers; Printing; Pepys Diary, and more. 092717D
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Details
- Bookseller
- Alkahest Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000019203
- Title
- DE LIBRIS, Prose & Verse
- Author
- Dobson, Austin
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good +
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- reprint
- Publisher
- Humphrey Milford, Oxford University Press
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1923
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Alkahest Books
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Deerfield, Illinois
About Alkahest Books
Alkahest Books was established in1984. We started as an open shop on Central St. in Evanston, IL, and sold books there until 2002 and later were part of Chicago Rare Book Center which closed in 2017. We are members of the Midwest Antiquarian Booksellers Association, and IOBA and sell both online and at book fairs. International customers should ask for a shipping quote before ordering as the rates given are only for smaller books.
Glossary
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- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- 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....
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...