Skip to content

Old Books in the Old World: Reminiscences of Book Buying Abroad
Click for full-size.

Old Books in the Old World: Reminiscences of Book Buying Abroad Hardcover - 1996

by Rostenberg, Leona; Stern, Madeleine B

  • Used
  • very good
  • Hardcover
  • first

Description

New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Press, 1996. First Trade. Hardcover. Very Good/Fine. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Type: Hardback First Trade Edition Printing. (Limited Edition first published). Hardcover Book in Near Fine Condition with a Fine Dust Jacket. Brown cloth binding w/gilt titles, spotless, tight and solid, with a bare touch of wear to lower front corner else fine. Internals as new. Illustrated with journal drawings from original diaries and letters and contemporary recollections. An account of postwar book buying abroad by the "Holmes and Watson" of antiquarian books. They went to Europe after the war to buy old books--as Americans were flocking to Europe for European culture, food and art. There are detailed tales of their trips between 1947 and 1957, filled with steamships, cobbled streets, dusty rare book shops. Those were the days. 175 pages, indexed. 9.4 x 6 inches. 1996, Oak Knoll Press, New Castle, Delaware.
Used - Very Good
NZ$17.60
NZ$8.72 Shipping to USA
Standard delivery: 5 to 14 days
More Shipping Options
Ships from The Parnassus BookShop (Washington, United States)
The BIBLIO Guarantee | Ask Seller a Question

About The Parnassus BookShop Washington, United States

Specializing in: Classics, Fiction And Non-Fiction, Fiction: Mysteries, General, Good Selection Of Psychology, Social Sciences, The Arts, Music,, History, Literature, Naturenatural History/Environment, Politics And Government, Science
Biblio member since 2007
Seller rating: This seller has earned a 5 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.

About The Parnassus BookShop: We love and cherish books, inside and out! The Parnassus BookShop is the online bookshop with the goal of providing you with just the book you want, in the best possible condition, with friendly, helpful service and professional, efficient handling of your book purchases. We specialize in history, literature, classics and modern classic fiction and non-fiction; mystery/British mystery; with a wide variety of general fiction, politics and government, nature/natural history, science, psychology, social sciences, the arts, music, children's books, etc. Please see our catalogs.

Terms of Sale:

Shipment 5 days a week upon receipt of payment. If buyer wishes to return a book, buyer must notify us within 5 days of receipt of the item and return the item within 14 days of the date they notify us of the return. Refund will be made within 3 days of the receipt of the returned item.

Browse books from The Parnassus BookShop

Details

Hang on… we’re fetching the requested page.