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Forging Ahead. The True Story of the Upward Progress of Thomas James Wise, Prince of Book Collectors, Bibliographer Extraordinary and Otherwise.
by PARTINGTON, Wilfred
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
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- Seller
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New York, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York, Cooper Square, 1973.. Large 8°, publisher's light blue buckram, vertical darker blue spine label with title stamped in gilt. As new. xiv, 315 pp., illustrations. *** Facsimile reprint of the New York, 1939 edition. The text differs somewhat from that of the London edition which appeared the same year with a different title.***
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- Bookseller
- Richard C. Ramer Old & Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 39131
- Title
- Forging Ahead. The True Story of the Upward Progress of Thomas James Wise, Prince of Book Collectors, Bibliographer Extraordinary and Otherwise.
- Author
- PARTINGTON, Wilfred
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- New York, Cooper Square, 1973.
- Keywords
- bibliography, dictionary, dictionaries, bibliographies, linguistics, books about books, book collection, forgery, biography, Wise forgeries, Thomas James Wise, book collecting, books about books, English literature, printing history, publishing history
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Spine Label
- The paper or leather descriptive tag attached to the spine of the book, most commonly providing the title and author of the...
- 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...
- Buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...