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Bibliophile in the Nursery; A Bookman's Treasury of Collectors' Lore on Old and Rare Children's Books
by William Targ
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
- Seller
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St. Paul, Minnesota, United States
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About This Item
Cleveland and New York: The World Publishing Company, 1957. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 24.5 x 16.5 cm. Octavo. 503 pages. Black cloth in dust jacket. Fading to dust jacket spine. Some chipping to jacket. Signed by the author. Previous owner's inscription. Front gutter cracked.
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- Bookseller
- Midway Used and Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 55898
- Title
- Bibliophile in the Nursery; A Bookman's Treasury of Collectors' Lore on Old and Rare Children's Books
- Author
- William Targ
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- The World Publishing Company
- Place of Publication
- Cleveland and New York
- Date Published
- 1957
- Keywords
- Children's Books Reference
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- Books on Books;
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About the Seller
Midway Used and Rare Books
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
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