Old & Rare: Thirty Years in the Book Business by Leona; Stern, Madeleine B Rostenberg ISBN 13: 9780839001300

A. Schram, January 1974. Hardcover. VG-/Fair. used hardcover in dust jacket. jacket is somewhat worn about the edges, with a number of small chips and tears at the extremeties, though still largely intact. pages and binding are clean, straight and tight. there are no marks to the text or other serious flaws.

A. Schram, 1974. Hardcover. Very Good. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

A. Schram, 1974-01-01. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 0x0x0. Hardcover with Good DJ. Pages are clean and unmarked. Covers show very minor shelf wear. Binding is tight, hinges strong. Dust jacket shows light edge wear with a tear on lower spine area.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day!

New York: Abner Schram. Fine copy in nearly fine dust jacket. 1974. 1st. hardcover. 8vo, 234 pp. .

Abner Schram, 1974. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 0x0x0. jacket is slightly shelf rubbed.light marks,well bound.[J.K]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Abner Schram & George Prior, 1974. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 234 pages (complete). Jacket edge worn, small edge tears, marked. Boards shelf rubbed, a bit sunned, marked. Mild tanning, markings, slightly nail damaged on page edges- not affecting the text. However, it is still in a very good condition, tightly bound and intact. MK.. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

A. Schram, 1975-06. Hardcover. Good.

New York: A. Schram, 1974. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very good. The founding, experiences, and international book dealing by the partners in the Leona Rosenberg--Rare Books business in New York. 234 pages, index, photos. Brown cloth boards. Brown dust jacket is price-clipped and has a 1" tear and couple of tiny edge chips.

New York / London: Abner Schram / George Prior, 1974. Fine condition in a Very Good dust jacket. The jacket is price clipped with 4 tiny closed tears. NOT a library discard. Bright, shiny, clean, square and tight. Sharp corners. Hinges are perfect. NO owner's name or bookplate. NO remainder mark. Pages are crisp and creamy white. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. Memoirs of two New York women who have been scholars and antiquarian booksellers for more than fifty years. Chronicled here are their exciting start in the rare book business, annual European book-buying jaunts, extraordinary discoveries at home and abroad, etc. A delight of irresistible humor and savvy. Illustrated with 12 pages of photos. Index. Bound in the original brown cloth, stamped in shiny gold. Complete with dust jacket. Laid-in is a copy of a 4-page article about Leona Rostenberg and Madeleine Stern by Joel Silver from the April 14, 1997 issue of AB Bookmans' Weekly. . First Edition.… Read More

New York / London: Abner Schram / George Prior, 1974. Near Fine condition in a Very Good dust jacket. NOT price clipped ($12.00). NOT a library discard. Bright, shiny, clean, square and tight. Sharp corners. Hinges are perfect. NO owner's name or bookplate. NO remainder mark. Pages are crisp and creamy white. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. Memoirs of two New York women who have been scholars and antiquarian booksellers for more than fifty years. Chronicled here are their exciting start in the rare book business, annual European book-buying jaunts, extraordinary discoveries at home and abroad, etc. A delight of irresistible humor and savvy. Illustrated with 12 pages of photos. Index. Bound in the original brown cloth, stamped in shiny gold. Complete with dust jacket.. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine condition/Very Good dust jacket. 8vo. (x), 234pp.

Abner Schram, New York - George Prior, London, Abner Schram, New York - George Prior, London. 1974, 234pp. Illustrated. Cloth, with dust jacket. In good condition. ISBN: 9780839001300

Abner Schram, New York, first edition, 1974. Cloth, 8vo, 24 cm,. 234 pp, ills. From the blurb: "The scholar-partners of the firm of Leona Rostenberg - Rare Books have produced a lively, informative memoir of their years in the rare book trade. From the Renaissance archives of Strasbourg on the verge of Nazi occupation, to a refugee-bookseller's Manhattan office, to an old house in the Bronx, the authors trace the engrossing and sometimes hilarious story of the founding of the business and partnership that were to bring them lasting and fruitful associations with booksellers, librarians and collectors throughout the world. Armed with a keen eye for detail and the insider's knowledge and sympathies, the authors are able to present portraits of a wide circle of book-world figures in Europe, England and America. Antiquarian book- sellers, collectors and librarians from New York to London, from Milan to Amsterdam, from Paris to Tokyo form the colorful and sometimes eccentric dramatis… Read More

New York-London, Abner Schram-George Prior. 1974. Original publisher's brown cloth hardback, gilt title spine, pictorial dustjacket, large 8vo: [viij], 234pp., references, index. Firm copy.

New York; London: Abner Schram; George Prior, 1974. Hardback with dust-wrapper. 234pp. Illus. Edge wear to d/w. Staining along bottom edge of inside of d/w and to bottom corner of first 50 pages. Private ownership. (bs46). Hard Cover. Good/Good.

New York: Abner Schram. Hardcover. 1974. 8vo 234pp . Very Good in Very Good DJ. B&W Illustrations .

New York: A. Schram, 1974. Hardcover. VG-, ex-library. Dj has tears along edges and label on spine. Covers and spine clean. Pages clean and tight. Library went a little stamp crazy on this one, multiple stamping on title page, endpapers, flyleafs and text block. Library pocket in back.. Illustrated dj; green cloth, gilt lettering on spine. 240 pages illustrations. First prepared as the author's dissertation, Harvard./ Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-232).

NY: A. Schram, 1974. Signed first edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published NY: Abner Schram, 1974, first printing. 8vo., 234pp., illustrated with b/w photos. Signed on fly leaf by both authors: "With every good wish - Leona Rostenberg. Madeline B. Stern". Some dust foxing along top edge, else very good in very good dust jacket with a few short, closed tears along top edge. 2005 and 2007 NY Times obituary clippings of the authors laid in. . 1st. Hard. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.

NY: Abner Schram, 1974. cloth, hard cover in dust jacket., very small owner label to front pastedown and an even smaller bookseller's label to rear pastedown. truly minor corner-wear to dust jacket, negligible. no other flaws or wear. clean, no markings or writing. strong binding. no bumps or chips.; english text., 240pp., 246 b/w plates and a color frontispiece. detailed art history.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine Plus/Near Fine Plus. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

New York: Abner Schram, 1974. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good. 11.3x8.8x1.1in. split in cloth in rear gutter, ownership cipher and number on front pastedown, lacking dust jacket. Gabriel Metsu's numerous works -- there are more than one hundred and fifty extant paintings -- have an unusual charm and immediacy, ranging over a wide variety of subjects: not only genre scenes, illustrating tavern and peasant life as well as more familiar bourgeois views of the boudoir and living room, but also religious scenes, still-lifes, and, occasionally, portraits. These paintings are characterized by a direct, sometimes almost naive delight in a world of bedrooms and taverns and nurseries; his love of depicting everyday people in everyday roles, housewives and hunters, drinkers, smokers, and prostitutes, is equaled by a sheer delight in color -- particularly the juxtaposition of red and green -- and the qualities of paint itself, with sparkling highlights touched on the surface of an object or, sometimes, short hooks… Read More

New York : A. Schram, 1974. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in a slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 240 pages, illustrations, 29 cm. First prepared as the author's dissertation, Harvard. Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-232). Subjects: Metsu, Gabriel 1629-1667. Criticism and interpretation. Painting, Dutch - History.