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Little Brown, 1928. Hardcover. Good Condition/Poor. 410 pages. Light shelf wear and discoloring; a good sound binding; good overall. The jacket is present but heavily worn and torn; discolored; tape repaired. Includes pieces of the slipcase. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Books on Books; Inventory No: 208149. .

1928 hardcover with jacket. Former owners name on inside front. Covers, binding and pages good. No writing or highlighting in text. No torn or missing pages. Fast, friendly service.

Boston, MA: Little, Brown and Company, 1928. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Blue lettering on spine title label on green covers. Top edge gilt, 8vo, 410 pages. Cover corners worn.

Little, Brown. hardcover. Very Good. 10x5x1. Hardcover. Very Good condition. No jacket. Free of any markings and no writings inside. Clear Text. Minor shelf-wear. For any additional information or pictures, please inquire.

Little, Brown, 1928-01-01. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Missing. 8x5x1. A nice hardcover missing the dust jacket, a tight binding and an unmarked text. From a private smoke free collection. Shipping within 24 hours, tracking number and delivery Confirmation.

This Book-Collecting Game A. Edward Newton Little, Brown and Co. 1928 1st trade edition 410 pp. Good condition with front hinge just starting at frontis. Light chipping and wear to edge , light soiling to boards, shallow light damp stain across top edge rear board, light dust soiling to page edges. bx4

Boston. Little, Brown and Company. 1928. tall8vo, 24cm, limited edition, (v), 410p., with 2 colour plates & over 130 illustrations, index, tan linen backed colour decorated boards, paper label (extra label laid in rear), t.e.g., ex-library sound, very good (gar). American industrialist and book collector, Alfred Edward Newton (1864-1940) also wrote "The Amenities of Book-Collecting". Specializing on American & British literature, Newton's collection was over 10,000 books. Includes chapter entitled "100 Good Novels

Boston: Little Brown, 1928. Hardcover. Good. Good hardcover. Reprint. Cracked hinge. Text clean. Illustrated. Name plate inside front cover. Corners worn and bent. Edges of cover brown. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed condition information.

Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1928. 2nd pr.. Hardcover. Very Good/None. Hardcover, light blue boards with dark blue cloth spine, paper title on spine. 410 pages, color frontis., many b&w illustrations, top edge gilt. An entertaining account of book collecting packed with anecdotes of books and bookmen. From the blurb: "In This Book-Collecting Game there are discussions of bindings, of the earmarks of editions, of auctions, of the "knock-out," of all the rewards and perils of the collector's life. And there are also the excursions in literature and friendship without which no book of Mr. Newton's would be natural or complete. Mr. Newton gives valuable and generous hints to enterprising lovers of books - hints which, shrewdly pursued, may start them on the same road to friendly fame and famous friendships which Mr. Newton himself has traveled. Clean, square copy. Record # 384704

Little, Brown and Company, 1928. Hardcover. Good/Fair. Blue boards. Blue spine. Bottom edge of spine chipped. Page edges slightly age toned. Color frontis. B/w illustrations throughout. DJ chipped on edges and corners. Missing 1 inch of top of spine. Darkened and foxed. Price clipped. In Gaylord cover.

Boston: Little, Brown, 1928. Hardcover. Good. Reprinted the same month and year as the first edition. 410pp. Illustrated, original water color frontispiece by Gordon Ross. Extremities a bit worn and tanned, contemporary owner's gift inscription penned on paper and tipped in on front pastedown, thus good only, lacking the dustwrapper. Contains images of *Moby Dick* , first American edition, *Uncle Tom's Cabin* first trade edition and presentation copy illustrated by George Cruikshank, and more. Photograph of the library at "Oak Knoll"

Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1928. Hardcover. Very Good. First trade edition, second printing. 410pp. Black and white Illustrations with color frontispiece. Top edge gilt. Boards lightly toned and a bit worn at the corners, very good lacking the dustwrapper and slipcase.

MA: Little, Brown & Co, 1928. Hardcover. Very Good. Reprint. Very good Light browning of pages. Cover rubbed with tearing, stainings on spine, some staining. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed condition information.

Boston, MA: Little, Brown and Company. Very Good+. 1928. 2nd Printing. Hardcover. Color Illustrations; This book is in Very Good+ condition and is lacking the dust jacket. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some light bumping and rubbing. The paper label on the spine of the book has some light toning. The text pages are clean and bright. There is a previous owner's bookplate on the front pastedown page. "Alfred Edward Newton (1864–1940) was an American author, publisher, and avid book collector. He is best known for his book Amenities of Book Collecting (1918) which sold over 25,000 copies. At the time of his death, it was estimated that he had approximately 10,000 books in his collection, focusing on English and American literary works, the major part of which were auctioned by Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York in April, May, and October 1941. Highlights of the sale included the autographed manuscripts of Thomas Hardy's novel Far From the Madding Crowd and… Read More

Boston: Little, Brown. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1928. First Trade Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1928. First Edition, First Printing, of Trade Edition. 8vo. 410pp, Index. 86 illustrations. Blue cloth back with paper label, greenish boards. Spine label has slight loss at edges and minor rubbing, three corners of boards moderately worn, private bookplate, interior about fine condition, lacking dj. ; 86 illustrations; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 410 pages .

Boston. Little, Brown and Co. 1928. 8vo, 21cm, first trade edition, 2nd issue, [ix],410p., with colour frontis and 133 plates and illustrations, quarter dark blue cloth backed grey paper over boards, paper spine label, t.e.g., fine (gar). First and second issue were printed in October, 1928.

Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1928. 2nd printing. . Hardcover. Very Good. Worn thru cloth at the two lower edges. Otherwise, a very nice bright copy. 2nd printing, 1928. Paper spine label. No dust jacket. BonB

Little, Brown & Co., Boston, 1928 (1st trade ed.) 8.3 X 5.8", 1/4 Black cl + bds. generally VG-: spn faded, corner of spn label missing. a few abrasions to fr cv. lower crns a little bumped.. F.

Boston: Little Brown, 1928. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Later Printing. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Early book hunters' guide with illustrations, stated reprint edition October 1928..

BOSTON: LITTLE BROWN AND CO, 1928. FIRST IMPRESSION OF THE TRADE EDITION. . Hardcover. Very Good/NoNE. PHOTOS. GOLD TOPPED TEXTBLOCK SOLID CLEAN AND BRIGHT FINE COLOR FRONTIS PIECE BY GORDON ROSS 5 RINGS ON SPINE BOTTOM CORNERS LIGHTLY BUMPED ONE IS CHIPPED SOME SOILING TO COVER MINOR FLAWS ON A GRAND BOOK