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OF MAKING MANY BOOKS: A Hundred Years of Reading, Writing and Publishing
by Burlingame, Roger
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near fine
- Seller
-
Covina, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1946. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine. Presentation copy, with a special bookplate inscribed by Charles Scribner III to noted collector C.D. Raymond affixed to the front pastedown. Additionally inscribed by legendary editor Maxwell Perkins and Carroll Merritt, head of the Scribner book subscription department.
Centennial history of the American publisher founded in 1846 at the Brick Church Chapel on New York's Park Row. The firm enjoyed considerable success during the interwar period, thanks in no small part to Maxwell Perkins (1884-1947), who discovered and mentored authors Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, and Thomas Wolfe, among others.
Octavo: xii, [4], 347 p. Original brown cloth binding, with gilt titles. Light wear to the corners and tips; else near fine.
Centennial history of the American publisher founded in 1846 at the Brick Church Chapel on New York's Park Row. The firm enjoyed considerable success during the interwar period, thanks in no small part to Maxwell Perkins (1884-1947), who discovered and mentored authors Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, and Thomas Wolfe, among others.
Octavo: xii, [4], 347 p. Original brown cloth binding, with gilt titles. Light wear to the corners and tips; else near fine.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Johnson Rare Books & Archives
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 76409
- Title
- OF MAKING MANY BOOKS: A Hundred Years of Reading, Writing and Publishing
- Author
- Burlingame, Roger
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Charles Scribner's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1946
- Keywords
- Books on Books, Charles Scribner's Sons, American Publishers, Publishing Houses, Maxwell Perkins
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Johnson Rare Books & Archives
Biblio member since 2008
Covina, California
About Johnson Rare Books & Archives
Established in 1981, johnson rare books & archives is located in the heart of downtown Covina, about 20 miles east of Los Angeles. Our shop is currently open by appointment Thursday - Saturday from 11am - 6pm (please call ahead) and houses an inventory of some 30,000 titles, ranging from the general second-hand to the truly antiquarian. For more information, visit our website at www.johnsonrarebooks.com or call 1-626-967-1888.
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