Bibliophile in the Nursery - A Bookman's Treasury of Collectors' Lore on Old and Rare Children's Books
by Targ, William
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- Seller
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Stanley, New York, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Cleveland / New York: World Publishing Company, 1957. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition.. Clean hardcover book in unclipped original dust jacket. Black cloth boards with gold lettering on cover and spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound, pages and edges are clean. Blank endpapers - no names, writing or marks. Illustrated in black & white. Edited, with an Introduction and Notes, by William Targ, Editor of Carrousel for Bibliophiles and Bouillabaisse for Bibliophiles. Frontispiece fold-out illustration. Many additional illustrations throughout. 503 pages. Clean dust jacket is unchipped, no tears, not price clipped(12.50 on front inside flap); enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. An informative guide to book collecting that takes you joyfully through the charming highways and byways of old and rare children's books..
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Details
- Bookseller
- Old Scrolls Book Shop - Biblio (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 029204
- Title
- Bibliophile in the Nursery - A Bookman's Treasury of Collectors' Lore on Old and Rare Children's Books
- Author
- Targ, William
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition.
- Publisher
- World Publishing Company
- Place of Publication
- Cleveland / New York
- Date Published
- 1957
- Keywords
- BOOKS ON BOOKS, CHILDREN'S BOOK COLLECTING, WILLIAM TARG
- Bookseller catalogs
- Books on Books/publishing; Children's;
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Old Scrolls Book Shop - Biblio
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About the Seller
Old Scrolls Book Shop - Biblio
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Stanley, New York
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Glossary
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- 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....
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...