Book Collecting : A Beginner's Guide
by Stewart, Seumas
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- Seller
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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: E.P. Dutton, 1979. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Octavo, black cloth covered boards with gilt spine title. 304pp. including extensive index and bibliographical guide for collectors. Illustrated throughout with black and white plates from photographs. A very tight, clean, fresh, bright, unmarked and apparently unread volume in a very tight, crisp, sharp, sparkling dust jacket. Very fine in very fine dust jacket. Flawless..
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Details
- Bookseller
- Brillig Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 06025
- Title
- Book Collecting : A Beginner's Guide
- Author
- Stewart, Seumas
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Publisher
- E.P. Dutton
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1979
- Keywords
- COLLECTING ANTIQUES COLLECTIBLES BOOKS, BOOKS ON FIRST EDITION, IDENTIFICATION, BIBLIOGRAPHY, BIBLIOPHILE, GLOSSARY, TERMS, COLLECTOR, HISTORY, ILLUSTRATED, ILLUSTRATION,
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About the Seller
Brillig Books
Biblio member since 2006
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
About Brillig Books
An independent bookseller of uncommon, out-of-print, used and rare books since 1991.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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....
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- E.P.
- The double leaves bound into a book at the front and rear after ...