ESSAYS AND PROOFS OF UNITED STATES REVENUE STAMPS: A Compilation with Relative Prices
by Turner, George T
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+
- Seller
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Williamsburg, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
Arlington, Massachusetts: Bureau Issues Association, 1974. xi, (1), 446 pages. Now a standard reference for collectors and dealers in revenue stamps, this book is a profusely illustrated catalog. As the American Philatelic Society wrote when George Turner was named to the APS Hall of Fame in 1980: "Turner was the leading philatelic bibliophile of his time, building the greatest philatelic library in private hands. He also was a noted expert, collector and writer on U.S. revenue stamps." The book is in very good+ condition: clean and tight, wath a previous owner's bookplate on the front pastedown endpaper.. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Book.
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- Bookseller
- Tennyson Williams, Books and Fine Art (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- W2691
- Title
- ESSAYS AND PROOFS OF UNITED STATES REVENUE STAMPS: A Compilation with Relative Prices
- Author
- Turner, George T
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Bureau Issues Association
- Place of Publication
- Arlington, Massachusetts
- Date Published
- 1974
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾" - 12&
- Bookseller catalogs
- Antiques and Collectibles;
Terms of Sale
Tennyson Williams, Books and Fine Art
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About the Seller
Tennyson Williams, Books and Fine Art
Biblio member since 2004
Williamsburg, Virginia
About Tennyson Williams, Books and Fine Art
Our office, located in historic Williamsburg, Virginia, is open by appointment or by chance. We are antiquarian booksellers who buy and sell carefully selected books for collectors and researchers in many genre. We also sell important autographs and photographs as well as original art, including wood engravings by Winslow Homer and J. J. Lankes; lithographs by Miró, Matisse, Calder, Wengenroth, and others; and works from the American Etching Revival. You can reach us by telephone: (757)378-5400; or by email: twbooks1@cox.net.
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- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- 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...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.