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Arthur L Humphreys, 1907. 1st edition.. Hardback. Cloth, VG. [viii]+151pp, index, edges a little rubbed & bumped, occasional foxing. A collection of seven essays on books & book collecting. Alfred William Pollard [ 1859 - 1944 ] English bibliographer, widely credited for bringing a higher level of scholarly rigor to the study of Shakespearean texts.

Paperback / softback. New.

[8], 151, [1] pages.
Green cloth covered boards with gilt lettering to front cover and spine. Top edge gilt. Light foxing to end-papers, half-title, and index. Ex-libris stamp to title-page, and bookseller's price-mark in pencil to front end-paper. Text clean and unmarked. A very bright, tight binding.
A series of 7 short chapters on book owning, buying, and keeping, four of which are expanded from articles originally published in The Guardian newspaper.

Arthur L. Humphreys, 1907. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Green cloth boards with gilt lettering to front cover, spine and gilt top page edges. Foxing to inner boards and end-papers, side and lower page edges and light foxing throughout. Slight rubbing to edges and bumping to corners otherwise in very good condition. Next day dispatch by Royal Mail in sturdy, recyclable packaging. 1000's of satisfied customers! Please contact us with any enquiries.

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Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1904. Hardcover. Very good. Hardcover. 500cc. [Glue?] Staining to prelims, ight foxing throughout, extremities a bit worn, corners lightly bumped, else very good in publisher's brown cloth.

Indianapolis: Published by arrangement with Ralph Fletcher Seymour by the Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1904. One of 500 copies on hand-made paper. Pictorial title page by Seymour. 83 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original brown cloth, stamped in gilt and in blind, uncut edges. Minor soiling. One of 500 copies on hand-made paper. Pictorial title page by Seymour. 83 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Publisher's presentation. Presentation inscription on the flyleaf "Curtis Dunham / with the compliments of the publishers / Christmas 1904." With two subsequent presentation inscriptions from the original owner (one rather trenchant) and a later ownership signature. A desirable copy of this elegantly designed and printed edition of a delightful essay on book lore.