Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons, 1882. original polished blue cloth stamped in gilt. thick 8vo. original polished blue cloth stamped in gilt. civ, 427 pages. A New Edition with a Memoir of the Author. New edition. Contains five engraved plates including a portrait of Burton drawn by W.B. Hole and others by Miss Rose Burton. (Webber p.43). Rubbing to the spine label, else a very good copy. With the private bookplate of Ward Ritchie on the front pastedown. This second edition has an index, illustrations and a memoir of the author written by his widow, all of which are not in the first edition. Chapters on The Book Hunter; His Nature, His Functions, His Club, and Book-Club Literature.

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Seller: Oak Knoll Books/Oak Knoll Press (US)
Seller's Inventory #: 965
Title: BOOK-HUNTER, ETC.|THE
Author: Burton, John Hill
Format/Binding: Original polished blue cloth stamped in gilt
Book Condition: Used
Quantity Available: 1
Publisher: William Blackwood and Sons
Place of Publication: Edinburgh
Date Published: 1882

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Oak Knoll Books was founded in 1976 by Bob Fleck, a chemical engineer by training, who let his hobby get the best of him. Somehow making oil refineries more efficient using mathematics and computers paled in comparison to the joy of handling books. Oak Knoll Press, the second part of the business, was established in 1978 as a logical extension of Oak Knoll Books. Oak Knoll Books is a thriving company that maintains an inventory of about 20,000 titles. Our main specialties are books about bibliography, book collecting, book design, book illustration, book selling, bookbinding, bookplates, children's books, Delaware books, fine press books, forgery, graphic arts, libraries, literary criticism, marbling, papermaking, printing history, publishing, typography & type specimens, and writing & calligraphy - plus books about the history of all of these fields.

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New: A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
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...
Rubbing: Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
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...
Bookplate: Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
Spine Label: The paper or leather descriptive tag attached to the spine of the book, most commonly providing the title and author of the...
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...