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The Love Affairs of a Bibliomaniac
by FIELD, Eugene
- Used
- Condition
- Slightly leaned and dust-soiled, otherwise internally clean
- Seller
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Ardsley, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1896. Slightly leaned and dust-soiled, otherwise internally clean. 8vo. xiii, 253 pages. Original cloth, gilt-lettered on front cover and spine, top edges gilt. FIRST EDITION, first state, with eight entries facing half-title. BAL 5771.
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- Bookseller
- Riverrun Books & Manuscripts
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 406544
- Title
- The Love Affairs of a Bibliomaniac
- Author
- FIELD, Eugene
- Book Condition
- Used - Slightly leaned and dust-soiled, otherwise internally clean
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Charles Scribner's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1896
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature;
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About the Seller
Riverrun Books & Manuscripts
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Ardsley, New York
About Riverrun Books & Manuscripts
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- BAL
- Bibliography of American Literature (commonly abbreviated as BAL in descriptions) is the quintessential reference work for any...
- 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...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- 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....
- First State
- used in book collecting to refer to a book from the earliest run of a first edition, generally distinguished by a change in some...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
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