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At the Sign of the Golden Compass: A Tale of the Printing House of Christopher Plantin in Antwerp, 1576
by Kelly, Eric P
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Helena, Montana, United States
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About This Item
Macmillan Company, 1938. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition, very good green cloth hardcover (no dust jacket) with gilt letter and decoration shows soil at page edges, name and date at top of half title page and touch of shelf wear to covers. 195 pages with illustrations and illustrated endpapers by Raymond Lufkin. Still a solid copy of this look at the Antwerp, Belgium printer.
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- Bookseller
- Barker Books & Vintage
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 32149
- Title
- At the Sign of the Golden Compass: A Tale of the Printing House of Christopher Plantin in Antwerp, 1576
- Author
- Kelly, Eric P
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Macmillan Company
- Date Published
- 1938
- Keywords
- Butte, MT; Collectibles; Great Falls, MT; Helena, MT; Miossoula, MT ; Rare Books; Used Books;
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Barker Books & Vintage
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Helena, Montana
About Barker Books & Vintage
Welcome to Barker Books & Vintage. We are a brick and mortar retailer of carefully selected books and other paper related product, located in Helena, Montana. We use our office mainly to buy books but are willing to allow perusal of inventory upon request. Our special emphasis on quality books includes a broad range of titles with particular interest given to those being uncommon or collectible. We have been in business close to twenty five years including our new home in Montana. Please call with any questions.
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- Gilt
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- Title Page
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- First Edition
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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...
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- 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...
- Half Title
- The blank front page which appears just prior to the title page, and typically contains only the title of the book, although, at...
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