Collecting Books
by Porter Catherine
- Used
- Near Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good++
- Seller
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Manchester, Greater Manchester, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London, Great Britain: Miller's Collecting Books, 1996. Reprint . Buckram. Near Fine/Very Good++. Large Format. This is a 1996 reprint of a 1995 original. Large format. 192 pages including detailed index and glossary. Very nicely produced and splendidly illustrated throughout with endless excellent colour plates with comprehensive supporting text. Previous owner's bookplate on front pastedown. In original burgundy buckram gilt hard cover binding. Near Fine in Very Good++ most attractive pictorial price-clipped dust wrapper. A very pleasing item. MAY REQUIRE EXTRA POSTAGE OUTSIDE UK.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Delph Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 012363
- Title
- Collecting Books
- Author
- Porter Catherine
- Format/Binding
- Buckram
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good++
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Miller's Collecting Books
- Place of Publication
- London, Great Britain
- Date Published
- 1996
- Size
- Large Format
- Keywords
- COLLECTING BOOKS
- Bookseller catalogs
- antiques;
Terms of Sale
Delph Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Delph Books
Biblio member since 2015
Manchester, Greater Manchester
About Delph Books
I have been dealing in books for over 40 years now, and I am a long standing member of the P.B.F.A. (Provincial Booksellers Fairs Association). I have a book room at home and regularly exhibit at fairs mainly in the North of England.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- 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...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...