Lost in the Alps. A Portrait of Robert Proctor, 'the great bibliographer' and of his Career in the British Museum.
by Johnson, Barry C
- Used
- Near Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Seller
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Newburyport, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
London: private publication, 1985 Hard cover, 8vo., 50pp. Publisher's navy blue cloth binding with gold lettering to spine. Robert George Collier Proctor (1868 - 1903) was an English bibliography and librarian, and an expert on incunabula and early typography. He was a friend of Sydney Cockerell, the famed associate of WIlliam Morris and collector of Kelmscott books. He disappeared in the Alps in 1903. Condition: Near Fine, with light bump to one corner.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine.
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- Bookseller
- Dark and Stormy Night Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 7724
- Title
- Lost in the Alps. A Portrait of Robert Proctor, 'the great bibliographer' and of his Career in the British Museum.
- Author
- Johnson, Barry C
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- private publication
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1985
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Glossary
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- 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...
- Incunabula
- Incunabula (incunable or incunabulum) refers to a book printed before 1501 - a pamphlet, a book or document that was not...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...