TASTE AND TECHNIQUE IN BOOK-COLLECTING. A study of recent developments in Great Britain and the United States. by John Carter - 1949

(London: Cambridge University Press, 1949). 8vo; original red cloth, lettered in gilt on spine; price-clipped dustwrapper; pp. xii + 201, incl. index. Dustwrapper a little edgeworn and partially tanned; trace of light foxing. Good to very good condition. 'The grace and wit of these Sandars Lectures in Bibliography for 1947 will recommend them to others besides the confirmed bibliophile, perhaps even to those who in echoing Housman's "Bibliophiles, an idiotic class" have dared to deny the civilised appeal to eye, heart, mind and imagination of the pursuit. Certainly they will be of real interest to collectors, antiquarians, booksellers, librarians and bookmen in general.' .

New York: R.R. Bowker Co, 1948. cloth. 8vo. cloth. xiv, 203 pages. First U.S. edition. Lacking the dust jacket. Near fine. Two main sections; the evolution of book collecting and the method of book collecting. A classic book in the field.

New York: R.R. Bowker Co, 1948. cloth. 8vo. cloth. xiv, 203 pages. First U.S. edition. Lacking the dust jacket. Minor fading to spine, minor wear to spine ends and corners. Else a very good copy. Two main sections; the evolution of book collecting and the method of book collecting. A classic book in the field.

Hardcover. Good. offered by the UK charity Langdon: Supporting men & women with disabilities.

Cambridge University Press, Cambridge,, 1949. 8vo., Second Impression; original ochre cloth, gilt back, a very good, clean, crisp copy in price-clipped dustwrapper, the latter mildly soiled and browned at backstrip. A much-loved standard reference. Published a year after the first edition.

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1948. x., 199 pages. Minor wear, bumping to covers, some spotting internally and to edges, edgewearspotting, soiled spine to unclipped dustjacket. [761]. First Edition.. Red Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 225mm. x 150mm.. Book.