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Rupert Hart Davis, 1952. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. Clean from markings. In good all round condition. Dust jacket in fair condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,350grams, ISBN:
ABC for Book Collectors by Carter, J - 1961
by Carter, J
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ABC for Book Collectors
by Carter, J
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Rupert Hart-Davis, London, third edition, 1961. Cloth, 8vo, 21 cm,. 208 pp. Of the first edition of this book Wilmarth Lewis wrote in The Book Collector, 'It is a delight - clear, accurate and witty. ABC books are not meant to be read straight through, but I have gone from Abbreviations to Yellow-back without skipping and been instructed and entertained on every page. It is perhaps unwise to pronounce a book 'a classic' on its publication, but if ever that inflated word is to be so risked it may be of the book under review. This is not only because its author has achieved what he set out to do with brilliant success, but because he is himself in such large measure responsible for the tone and temper of present-day book collecting.. .We shall, fortunately, never get to the XYZ of book collecting, and one reason for that is the integrity, imagination, learning, and gaiety of bookmen like John Carter.' Bookplate of Frank Broomhead on front pastedown endpaper, signature and date on front free endpaper, otherwise near Very Good in slightly edgeworn and slightly marked dustwrapper, the spine-panel being somewhat faded.
- Bookseller Wykeham Books (GB)
- Format/Binding Cloth, 8vo, 21 cm,
- Book Condition Used - Bookplate of Frank Broomhead on front pastedown endpaper, signature and date on front free endpaper, otherwise near Very Good in
- Binding Hardcover
- Publisher Rupert Hart-Davis, London, third edition, 1961
- Date Published 1961
- Pages 208 pp
- Keywords Carter, John Bibliography Dictionaries Book collecting Book industries and trade
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ABC for Book-Collectors
by Carter, J
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ABC for Book-Collectors
by Carter, J
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- Used - Good in a chipped, browned and soiled price-clipped dustwrapper
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Rupert Hart-Davis, second, revised, edition, 1953. Cloth, small 8vo,. 196 pp. John Carter's ABC for Book Collectors quickly established itself as the essential introduction to the language of book-collecting. Of the first edition of this book Wilmarth Lewis wrote in The Book Collector, 'It is a delight - clear, accurate and witty. ABC books are not meant to be read straight through, but I have gone from Abbreviations to Yellow-back without skipping and been instructed and entertained on every page. It is perhaps unwise to pronounce a book a classic on its publication, but if ever that inflated word is to be so risked it may be of the book under review. This is not only because its author has achieved what he set out to do with brilliant success, but because he is himself in such large measure responsible for the tone and temper of present-day book collecting.. .We shall, fortunately, never get to the XYZ of book collecting, and one reason for that is the integrity, imagination,…
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ABC for Book Collectors
by Carter, J
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- Top edge slightly spotted, otherwise near Very Good in slightly used dustwrapper
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- Hardcover
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Hart-Davis, London, fifth, revised edition (1972), reprinted with corrections 1974. Cloth, 8vo, 21 cm,. 211 pp. From the blurb: "Foxed, not in STC, rare in boards, Q6 is a cancel as usual, secondary binding, Harleian style, made-up - do you know the meaning of these and hundreds of similar terms constantly used in the catalogues of antiquarian booksellers and auctioneers ? If not, John Carter's expert but informal manual is the book you have been waiting for. Not only is the actual language of book-collecting full of jargon and special terminology. The rules, conventions and taboos of the cult are also legitimately puzzling to the layman, and its technique involves many unsuspected subtleties. Here, under about 450 alphabetical entries, ranging in length from a single line to several pages, may be found definition and analysis of the technical terms of book-collecting and bibliography, interspersed with salutary comment on such subjects as auctions, condition, facsimiles and fakes,…
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ABC for Book Collectors
by Carter, J
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Mercury Books, London, third edition, 1961. Illustrated laminated wrappers, 8vo,. 208 pp. This first paperback edition of Carter's classic work has a photograph on the front cover with various features of books identified and keyed to a table on the rear cover. Of the first edition of this book Wilmarth Lewis wrote in The Book Collector, 'It is a delight - clear, accurate and witty. ABC books are not meant to be read straight through, but I have gone from Abbreviations to Yellow-back without skipping and been instructed and entertained on every page. It is perhaps unwise to pronounce a book 'a classic' on its publication, but if ever that inflated word is to be so risked it may be of the book under review. This is not only because its author has achieved what he set out to do with brilliant success, but because he is himself in such large measure responsible for the tone and temper of present-day book collecting.. .We shall, fortunately, never get to the XYZ of book collecting, and…
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ABC for Book Collectors
by Carter, J
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- Good in used and chipped dustwrapper
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Hart-Davis, London, fifth, revised edition, 1972. Cloth, 8vo, 21 cm,. 211 pp. From the blurb: "Foxed, not in STC, rare in boards, Q6 is a cancel as usual, secondary binding, Harleian style, made-up - do you know the meaning of these and hundreds of similar terms constantly used in the catalogues of antiquarian booksellers and auctioneers ? If not, John Carter's expert but informal manual is the book you have been waiting for. Not only is the actual language of book-collecting full of jargon and special terminology. The rules, conventions and taboos of the cult are also legitimately puzzling to the layman, and its technique involves many unsuspected subtleties. Here, under about 450 alphabetical entries, ranging in length from a single line to several pages, may be found definition and analysis of the technical terms of book-collecting and bibliography, interspersed with salutary comment on such subjects as auctions, condition, facsimiles and fakes, "points", rarity, and the like.…
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ABC for book collectors
by Carter, J
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- 5th edition
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- Hardcover
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- 9780246105714 / 0246105712
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Holywell, Flintshire, United Kingdom
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Granada Publishing, London, 1978. 5th edition. Hard covers, dust jacket. Fine/Fine. Scarcely used. The primary reference work for the terminology of books.
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ABC for Book Collectors
by Carter, J
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- Used
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- Hardcover
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Hart-Davis, 1974. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. Clean from markings. In good all round condition. Dust jacket in good condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,450grams, ISBN:0246105712
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ABC for Book Collectors
by Carter, J
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- Hardcover
- first
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- Used - Very Good in Very Good price-clipped dustwrapper. With a printed card announcing the time of the memorial service for the author
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- Hardcover
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Rupert Hart-Davis, London, fourth edition, "reprinted with corrections" from the third, 1966. Cloth, 8vo, 21 cm,. 208 pp. Of the first edition of this book Wilmarth Lewis wrote in The Book Collector, 'It is a delight - clear, accurate and witty. ABC books are not meant to be read straight through, but I have gone from Abbreviations to Yellow-back without skipping and been instructed and entertained on every page. It is perhaps unwise to pronounce a book 'a classic' on its publication, but if ever that inflated word is to be so risked it may be of the book under review. This is not only because its author has achieved what he set out to do with brilliant success, but because he is himself in such large measure responsible for the tone and temper of present-day book collecting.. .We shall, fortunately, never get to the XYZ of book collecting, and one reason for that is the integrity, imagination, learning, and gaiety of bookmen like John Carter.' Very Good in Very Good…
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ABC for Book Collectors
by Carter, J
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- Hardcover
- first
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- Used - Top edge a trifle duststained, otherwise Fine in dustwrapper
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- Hardcover
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Rupert Hart-Davis, London, fourth edition, "reprinted with corrections" from the third, 1966. Cloth, 8vo, 21 cm,. 208 pp. Of the first edition of this book Wilmarth Lewis wrote in The Book Collector, 'It is a delight - clear, accurate and witty. ABC books are not meant to be read straight through, but I have gone from Abbreviations to Yellow-back without skipping and been instructed and entertained on every page. It is perhaps unwise to pronounce a book 'a classic' on its publication, but if ever that inflated word is to be so risked it may be of the book under review. This is not only because its author has achieved what he set out to do with brilliant success, but because he is himself in such large measure responsible for the tone and temper of present-day book collecting.. .We shall, fortunately, never get to the XYZ of book collecting, and one reason for that is the integrity, imagination, learning, and gaiety of bookmen like John Carter.' Top edge a trifle…
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ABC for Book Collectors
by Carter, J
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
- 9780246105714 / 0246105712
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Rupert Hart Davis, 1972. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. Clean from markings. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. Dust jacket in fair condition. Foxing on page edges. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,450grams, ISBN:0246105712
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