A Batsford Century - the record of a Hundred years of publishing and bookselling 1843-1943
by Bolitho, Hector (ed)
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Published by B.T. Batsford, London, 1943, 1st edition.Blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine and front board, no dustwrapper. Teg. 10ins x 6.75ins, viii, 148pp plus colour frontis, engraved title page and 25pp plates (41 images, one in colour). Line drawings and illustrations of books within the text. Foreword by Harry Batsford .Page edges uncut. Small stain to top of rear cover. G+
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- A Batsford Century - the record of a Hundred years of publishing and bookselling 1843-1943
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- Bolitho, Hector (ed)
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- Hardcover
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