The Country Life Book of Book Collecting.
Published by Country Life Books, London, first edition, 1976, 1976
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: Wykeham Books, LONDON, United KingdomWykeham Books
AbeBooks seller since July 12, 2001
Condition: Used
US$ 16.54
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Cloth, 4to, 192 pp, 8 pp of plates, some 200 ills. From the blurb : "After introductory sections on how and what to collect and on the history of the book, areas of prime interest to the collector are covered in whole chapters: the book before 1800, children's books, Victorian fiction, illustrated books, modern first editions, natural history, travel and topography, philosophy and religion. A reference section on the care and preservation of books, a glossary of bibliographical terms, a bibliography and an index are also included. The book is illustrated throughout with 200 monochrome pictures integrated with the text, and there are eight colour plates." Bookplate on front pastedown endpaper. Near Very Good in price-clipped dustwrapper.
Seller Inventory # ABE-14953
- Title
- The Country Life Book of Book Collecting.
- Author
- Booth, R.
- Publisher
- Country Life Books, London, first edition, 1976
- Publication year
- 1976
- Dust jacket
- Dust Jacket Included
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0600313786
- ISBN 13
- 9780600313786
- Seller catalogs
- Book Collecting and Collectors
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Wykeham Books
LONDON, United Kingdom
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