The Magic of the Book
by Orcutt, William Dana
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Brown cloth with elaborate gilt stamped covers. Fine in quarter blue morocco slipcase and cloth chemise. Fine copy, bookplate of
- Seller
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HACKETTSTOWN, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Little, Brown, 1930. First Impression of the Trade edition. Illustrated. xi, 314, [2] pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Brown cloth with elaborate gilt stamped covers. Fine in quarter blue morocco slipcase and cloth chemise. Fine copy, bookplate of John & Helen Friel. First Impression of the Trade edition. Illustrated. xi, 314, [2] pp. 1 vols. 8vo.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Old Mill Bookshop (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 215152
- Title
- The Magic of the Book
- Author
- Orcutt, William Dana
- Format/Binding
- Illustrated. xi, 314, [2] pp. 1 vols. 8vo
- Book Condition
- Used - Brown cloth with elaborate gilt stamped covers. Fine in quarter blue morocco slipcase and cloth chemise. Fine copy, bookplate of
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Impression of the Trade edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Little, Brown
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1930
- Keywords
- Book-Collecting
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
The Old Mill Bookshop
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HACKETTSTOWN, New Jersey
About The Old Mill Bookshop
Founded in 1978 by James Cummins, the firm has grown to include two New Jersey locations as well as the main store at 699 Madison Avenue. The Madison avenue store is an oasis for book-lovers, a quiet and pleasantly furnished book room with a carefully chosen, expertly catalogued and broad-based selection of fine and rare books, autographs, manuscripts, and works of art.
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- Cloth
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- 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...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Morocco
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- Fine
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