On the Uses of Books
by Jackson, Holbrook
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket as Published
- Seller
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Rio Rancho, New Mexico, United States
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About This Item
New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1937 New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1937 29 pp. "Of the Uses of Books" is one amusing and informative part of one chapter out of the two-volume work by Holbrook Jackson, "The Anatomy of Bibliomania" published by The Soncino Press in London in 1930. This elegantly printed and annotated book was sent as a Christmas present to members of The Limited Editions Club in 1937. A slip greeting members is enclosed. Text is clean, tight, unmarked. Purple boards with red cloth spine are sun-faded, as is spine. There are two puncture wounds in the back board that dent but don't penetrate the last few pages. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Limited Edition. Decorative Paper. Good/No Jacket as Published. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Privately Printed.. Limited Edition.. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket as Published.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Catron Grant Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 300113
- Title
- On the Uses of Books
- Author
- Jackson, Holbrook
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket as Published
- Edition
- Limited Edition.
- Publisher
- The Limited Editions Club
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1937
- Bookseller catalogs
- Limited Editions;
Terms of Sale
Catron Grant Books
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About the Seller
Catron Grant Books
Biblio member since 2012
Rio Rancho, New Mexico
About Catron Grant Books
Specializing in olderbooks on travel and exploration in Asia, and World War II Pacific and Southeast Asia.Online sales and antiquarian book shows in the American West.
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- 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....
- Jacket
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- Cloth
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.