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Ex Libris
by Morley, Christopher
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- Seller
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Stanley, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: Christopher Morley, 1936. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition.. New York: Christopher Morley, 1936. First Edition . Near Fine/Very Good. Clean hardcover book in its original dust jacket. Golden brown cloth-covered boards with gold lettering on cover, red title box on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound - no cracking. Pages and edges are clean, with clean endpapers - no names, writing or marks. Clean dust jacket designed by Georg Salter has slight edge wear, about 1/4" chipping at top spine edge, a few tiny nicks. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. "A small Anthology, printed and bound (and sold) at the First National Book Fair sponsored by the New York Times and The National Association of Book Publishers. Compiled at their request by A collection of 75 essays and tidbits of thought on books, reading and readers..
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- Bookseller
- Old Scrolls Book Shop - Biblio
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 028244
- Title
- Ex Libris
- Author
- Morley, Christopher
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition.
- Publisher
- Christopher Morley
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1936
- Keywords
- BOOKS ABOUT BOOKS, PUBLISHING, READING, BOOK COLLECTING, CHRISTOPHER MORLEY, FIRST EDITION, NATIONAL FAIR
- Bookseller catalogs
- Books on Books/publishing;
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Old Scrolls Book Shop - Biblio
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About the Seller
Old Scrolls Book Shop - Biblio
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Stanley, New York
About Old Scrolls Book Shop - Biblio
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Glossary
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- 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...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
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