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INCREDIBLE COLLECTORS, WEIRD ANTIQUES, AND ODD HOBBIES
by Bill Carmichael
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0134566572
- ISBN 13
- 9780134566573
- Seller
-
Chamblee, Georgia, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
US: Prentice-Hall, 1971. Hardcover. Good/Very Good. SIGNED. Quarter sage green cloth over pink and green striped paper-covered boards with gilt particulars to spine. Author's signature and inscription to first free endpaper; light scattered foxing to margins throughout. Text block is heavily foxed. Boards have sunning, rubbing and bumping to edges, corners and ends of spine. Binding is sound, spine slightly leans. Dust jacket is creased and soiled at edges, corners and ends of spine. Dust jacket is covered in a protective mylar jacket.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Atlanta Vintage Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 51199
- Title
- INCREDIBLE COLLECTORS, WEIRD ANTIQUES, AND ODD HOBBIES
- Author
- Bill Carmichael
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0134566572
- ISBN 13
- 9780134566573
- Publisher
- Prentice-Hall
- Place of Publication
- US
- Date Published
- 1971
- Keywords
- Antiques & Collectibles
Terms of Sale
Atlanta Vintage Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Atlanta Vintage Books
Biblio member since 2007
Chamblee, Georgia
About Atlanta Vintage Books
Welcome to Atlanta Vintage Books, serving book lovers locally and worldwide for over 30 years. Our 5,000 square foot book store houses over 70,000 vintage, rare and out of print books. You'll be greeted with a smile when you enter but left alone as you browse. Our staff is friendly, helpful and knowledgeable. Special orders are happily accommodated, as hard-to-find and out-of-print editions are a specialty. Our store is light and airy with plate glass windows letting in plenty of natural light and wonderfully decorated with antique display cases, old barrister bookcases, and wood book shelves. The wide aisles and scattered seating make browsing a joy. You'll wonder where the time went.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- 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....
- 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...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
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