The Anatomy of Bibliomania [two volumes, complete]
by Jackson, Holbrook
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/Good
- Seller
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Beloit, Wisconsin, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Soncino Press, 1930. A decent set of Jackson's classic exploration of the book collecting passion, complete in two volumes, #591 of 1000 in the 'regular' first edition, 1930-1931, finely printed at the Curwen Press. Hardcovers in jacket, as pictured. Some wear & insect nibbling to the books, edges rubbed; jackets rubbed & smudged & stained with some scuffs & chips, water stains to base of spines; minor internal foxing, mostly around the endsheets & first & last few pages. Text clean, no names or marks; xi, blank, 419; xi, blank, 434 pages; index. A surcharge for expedited or international shipping of this heavy set may be required; please inquire for an accurate quote.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. Octavo. Set.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bookworks MWABA, IOBA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- x1086
- Title
- The Anatomy of Bibliomania [two volumes, complete]
- Author
- Jackson, Holbrook
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Soncino Press
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1930
- Size
- Octavo
- Keywords
- Books, Books on Books, Book Collecting
- Bookseller catalogs
- Books, Prints, Drawings & Paper;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
All books are subject to prior sale, though we make every effort to keep our inventory current. Books are returnable within ten days with prior notification. We will request extra shipping for large books and sets going to addresses outside the United States.
About the Seller
Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
Biblio member since 2006
Beloit, Wisconsin
About Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
Most of our stock is on-line only, though we have many books in three booths at Angela's Attic Antique Mall, 1020 Gardner Street in South Beloit, Illinois; a booth across the street at the Best of Beloit; and a large booth at the Lake Geneva Antique Mall, 829 Williams Street, Lake Geneva, WI. You may request to see any of our on-line inventory at any location with a few days' notice.
Glossary
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...