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The Love Affairs of A Bibliomaniac
by Field, Eugene
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good+/No Dustjacket
- Seller
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Stanley, New York, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Charles Scribner, 1899. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. Later printing.. Later printing (1899) clean hardcover book - turquoise cloth boards with unchipped gold lettering on cover and spine. Light surface wear at spine ends - no fraying. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound. Lovely old custom bookplate on front fixed endpaper. Gilt top page edges, deckled fore-edges. Pages and edges are clean. Introduction by Roswell Martin Field. 253 pages..
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Details
- Bookseller
- Old Scrolls Book Shop - Biblio
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 30903
- Title
- The Love Affairs of A Bibliomaniac
- Author
- Field, Eugene
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- No Dustjacket
- Edition
- Later printing.
- Publisher
- Charles Scribner
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1899
- Keywords
- BOOKS ON BOOKS, ABOUT BIBLIOMANIA, EUGENE FIELD
- 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
Biblio member since 2003
Stanley, New York
About Old Scrolls Book Shop - Biblio
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Glossary
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- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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....
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