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The Book-Lover. A Magazine of Book Lore Numbers Five to Ten
by PRICE, W. E. (ed.)
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fair
- Seller
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London, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
San Francisco: The Book-Lover Press, 1901-1902. Vol. II. September, November 1900 (No. 5) - Jan.-Feb. 1902 (No. 10). Hardcover. Fair. 576 p. interspersed with advertising. 31 cm. Red cloth. Top edge gilt. Soiling, bumped corners, torn hinges, rubbed spine label. Hinges loosening and cracked on inside. Small tears to front endpapers.
Articles on: the first books printed in America; The Bibliomaniac's Prayer (Eugene Field); Book Titles Good, Bad and Ridiculous (W. R. Cochrane); The Double Personality of Guy de Maupassant; the Ethics of Collecting; Great book Collectors; Favourite Quotations of Literary People; library of J. Pierpont Morgan; Poe's rank as a writer (W. P. Trent); The Romance of a Dictionary (Edmund Gosse); Thackeray's Visit to America (James Grant Wilson); the order of reading Anthony Trollope novels; Long-Lost Book by Charles and Mary Lamb; etc.
Articles on: the first books printed in America; The Bibliomaniac's Prayer (Eugene Field); Book Titles Good, Bad and Ridiculous (W. R. Cochrane); The Double Personality of Guy de Maupassant; the Ethics of Collecting; Great book Collectors; Favourite Quotations of Literary People; library of J. Pierpont Morgan; Poe's rank as a writer (W. P. Trent); The Romance of a Dictionary (Edmund Gosse); Thackeray's Visit to America (James Grant Wilson); the order of reading Anthony Trollope novels; Long-Lost Book by Charles and Mary Lamb; etc.
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- Bookseller
- Attic Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 141695
- Title
- The Book-Lover. A Magazine of Book Lore Numbers Five to Ten
- Author
- PRICE, W. E. (ed.)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Vol. II. September, November 1900 (No. 5) - Jan.-Feb. 1902 (No.
- Publisher
- The Book-Lover Press
- Place of Publication
- San Francisco
- Date Published
- 1901-1902
- Keywords
- Publishing, Printing, Literary criticism, Bibliomaniac's Prayer, Eugene Field, Book titles, Guy De Maupassant, Book collecting, Quotations, Libraries, J. Pierpont Morgan, Edgar Allan Poe, Dictionaries, Edmund Gosse, Thackeray, Anthony Trollope, Novels, Bo
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London, Ontario
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- Spine Label
- The paper or leather descriptive tag attached to the spine of the book, most commonly providing the title and author of the...
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- 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,...
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