THE ANATOMY OF BIBLIOMANIA
by Jackson, Holbrook
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Rockville, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
New York: Farrar, Straus and Company, 1950. Second Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, 668 pages. In Very Good minus condition with Good minus dust jacket. Sunned brown spine with black and red text. Dust jacket has sunning to spine, open tearing to spine edges, chipping to corners and edges of both covers, and tearing to fore edge of front cover. Price uncut "$7.50". Boards have bumping and rubbing to corners and mild shelf wear. Previous owner's name on front endpaper. Shelved ND-B. 1376208. FP New Rockville Stock.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Second Story Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1376208
- Title
- THE ANATOMY OF BIBLIOMANIA
- Author
- Jackson, Holbrook
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Second Edition
- Publisher
- Farrar, Straus and Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1950
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About the Seller
Second Story Books, ABAA
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Rockville, Maryland
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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....
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- Fore Edge
- The portion of a book that is opposite the spine. That part of a book which faces the wall when shelved in a traditional...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...