Heyl Edgar Editor (2 results)
Published by n.p., N.P., 1977
- Softcover
Seller: Oak Knoll Books, ABAA, ILAB, NEW CASTLE, DE, U.S.A.Oak Knoll Books, ABAA, ILAB
Contact seller5-star sellerstapled stiff paper wrappers. 4to. stapled stiff paper wrappers. 31 pages. The first exhibition staged by this club of book collectors. Includes a section on Maurice Annenberg's printing history collection. A near fine copy.
Published by W. B. Thorsen, Chicago, Illinois, 1970
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: About Books, Henderson, NV, U.S.A.About Books
Contact seller5-star sellerPaperback. Condition: New. First Edition. Chicago, Illinois: W. B. Thorsen, 1970. New and unread copy of the FIRST EDITION. NO owner's name or address label. Very mild age toning. This copy is from the publisher's surplus inventory which we acquired along with the magazine's archives -- now housed at the John Hay Library, Brown…University, Providence, Rhode Island. Vol. XX #5, Feb. 1970. Includes an essay and bibliography of "The Boy's Own Books and Its Successors" by Edgar Heyl. Edward Leithead contributes "The Matchless Nick Carter." Claude Prance profiles Thomas Hood, an 18th Century London bookseller. Charles Heartman's American Book Collector lasted 36 issues before publication ceased in 1935. In 1950, William B. Thorsen began a new magazine called The Amateur Book Collector. However, he soon received permission from Heartman's widow to change the name to American Book Collector. There were 233 issues published before its demise in 1976. A third incarnation of the American Book Collector, unrelated to the others, appeared in 54 issues between 1980 and 1987. . First Edition. Softcover. New. Illus. by NOT a library discard. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping. NOT a library discard (illustrator).
