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Little Brown, 1927. Hardcover. Good. 8x5x1. Hardback. No dust jacket. Lacking front free end paper. Front interior hinge lightly cracked. Tight bind. No marks and no writings.

Boston: Little, Brown. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1927. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Tiny faint crease on front cloth at bottom corner. .

Little Brown. hardcover. Good. 8x5x1.

A collection of eight articles by Rosenbach that were published in the "Saturday Evening Post" in the first part of 1927. The 9th article was published in the Atlantic Monthly in October 1927. Complete with a number of b/w photographs including A. Edward Newton, other booksellers and auction autographs. Many illustrations and photographs. One interesting chapter by Rosenbach is entitled "A Million Dollar Bookshelf". Gold topedges, uncut bottom edges and foreedges. A must-have for anyone interested in book collecting.

Little Brown, 1927-01-01. First Edition. Hardcover. GOOD/NONE. 8x5x1. No DJ. 1927 date on title page, no additional printings. Warm brown cloth with gilt, gilt top edge, 311 uncut pages, B&W illustrations. Clean, tight, no markings. Cloth corner front cover is frayed. Rear top corner is bumped.

BOSTON: LITTLE BROWN, 1927. FIRST . Hardcover. Very Good/NoNE. PHOTOS. BOOK STATES PUBLISHED NOVEMBER 1927 SOLID CLEAN AND BRIGHT 9 DIFFERENT STORIES OF MR ROSENBACH'S CAREER AS A BOOK DEALER IN THE FIRST HALF OF THE 20TH CENTURY GREAT BOOK FOR TRUE BOOK LOVERS BOUND IN BROWN WITH COMPLETE GOLD LETTERING SOMEWHAT FADED ON SPINE PREVIOUS OWNERS PERIOD BOOKPLATE TOP OF TEXTBLOCK IS GILT FOREDGE UNCUT PENCIL CHECK MARKS BY TABLE OF CONTENTS

Boston, USA : Little, Brown, and Company, 1927. First Edition . Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Octavo (standard book size). Binding is tight, cover and spine fully intact Text body is clean and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting Endpapers slightly browned and interior pages slight browned around the edges Rough cut edges which have browned There is a split along the gutter at the title page revealing the webbing beneath but the binding is not affected. There is a small round dent on back endpaper which has impacted on some interior pages but has not torn the paper A. S. W. Rosenbach was an American collector, scholar, and seller of rare books and manuscripts. In London, where he frequently attended the auctions at Sotheby’s, he was known as “The Terror of the Auction Room.” In Paris, he was called “Le Napoléon des Livres”, which translates to “The Napoleon of Books.” Many others referred to… Read More

Little Brown. hardcover. Very Good. 8x5x1. Hardcover. Very Good condition. Gilt top edge. No jacket. Previous owner name inside. No other markings or writings inside. Clear Text. Minor shelf-wear. For any additional information or pictures, please inquire.

Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1927. Early Reprint. Hardcover. Octavo, xiv, 311 pages. In Very Good minus condition. Bound in brown cloth with lightly worn gilt lettering to spine. Minor general shelf wear, primarily light rubbing to head and tail of spine, hinges, edges, and corners of boards. Top edge of textblock gilt. Previous owner's signature on front free endpaper. Age toning with light pencil marginalia scattered throughout textblock. Features black and white plates throughout. Shelved in Books on Books. From the collection of Silvio Bedini. Bedini spent twenty five years at the Smithsonian Institution, serving as curator in the Department of Mechanical and Civil Engineering in the new Museum of History and Technology (now the National Museum of American History) before serving as first Assistant Director then Deputy Director of the National Museum of History and Technology. He then served as Keeper of Rare Books at the Dibner Library of the History of Science and Technology, a branch of… Read More

Little Brown & Company. Front free end paper has been removed. . Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1927.

Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1927. 2nd Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8x5x1. 2nd printing of trade edition, lacks slipcase. Spine faded, discolored smudge on front board, minor transfer from now-absent tape on endpapers, pencil name (John E. Petrick) on front endpaper. 1927 Hard Cover. xiv, 311 pp. Frontispiece of a page from the Gutenberg Bible, numerous plates throughout text depicting bindings, title pages, manuscripts, bookstores, booksellers, book collectors, auction rooms, etc. Rosenbach was a renowned American book and manuscript collector and dealer, whose collection forms the cornerstone of a museum and library in Philadelphia.

Boston: Little, Brown, And Company, 1927. 311pp. Index. With illustrations. Copyright Page States, "Published Vovember, 1927 Reprinted November, 1927". Pages are clean (unmarked) but yellowed with age. Hinges are slightl creased but atill secure. Text block is slightly pulling away from boards (possibly reglued)but still fairly tight. Boards are scuffed/soiled with moderate rubbing to extremities, corners frayed, bumping to head/heel of spine. Nice reading copy. . Reprint in Year of Publication. Hard Cover. Fair/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Little, Brown, and Company; Boston, 1927. First Edition, Second Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very good minus. There was a limited issuance of this first edition which was signed and numbered. This the is the first 'trade' edition, but is also signed and dated on slip tipped in at the copyright page. Octavo, 9" tall, xiv + 311 pages + black and white plate pages, gilt top fore-edge and gilt titles on brown cloth. A very good, generally clean and neat hard cover over all with minor shelf wear; binding tight, but paper lightly yellowed. In a very good minus, moderately worn dust jacket, BUT with cloth tape applied to the blank reverse at the top and bottom edges.

Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1927. Hardcover. Near Fine. First edition. Octavo. 311pp. Illustrated. Spine a bit faded, still near fine, lacking the dust jacket. A nice copy.

Boston: Little Brown & Co.. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1927. Hardcover.

Little, Brown and Company, 1927-01-01. Hardcover. Good. . The book has aged heavily over time. The clotyh cover is stained and worn, the pages have heavily yellowed, and the spine is slightly loose.

Boston: Little, Brown, and Company. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1927. First Edition; Second Printing. Hardcover. 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 310 pages; Brown cloth binding with very minor edgewear. Inscribed by Rosenbach on the front free endpaper. ; Signed by Author .

Boston: Little, Brown, 1927.. xv,[1],311pp. Large octavo. Cloth and boards, paper label, t.e.g.. Plates. Tiny edge nick in spine label (the spare is tipped in at the rear endsheet), otherwise fine in very good slipcase with early short paper mends at two joints. First edition, limited issue. One of 785 numbered copies, specially bound and signed by the author.

Boston: Little, Brown & Company. Good with no dust jacket. 1927. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Signed by author on edition page. Limited edition, number 743 out of 785 copies published. Hard cover published by Little, Brown and Co. in 1927. No dust jacket. Light brown covers with dark brown binding, and printed label on spine. Spine has some scrapes and stains at bottom half and at top edge. Bottom corners of covers are bumped and worn, with some splitting of the cloth. Top edges of pages are gilt-covered. Book is in good condition. Large 8vo, 311 pages, 2.9 lb.; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 311 pages; Signed by Author .

Boston: Little, Brown, 1927. First edition. HC, no DJ. PC VG. Ex-lib w usual stamps/marks. Brown cloth, gilt titling dulled, edgewear, toning throughout, FO pencil marginalia throughout, binding sound. PLEASE NOTE: We are happy to provide photos. Please contact us for any specific requests. BUYING AND SELLING USED AND RARE BOOKS FROM HISTORIC EAST NASHVILLE SINCE 2012.