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Book collecting: The book of first books
by Ahearn, Allen
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Like New/Like New
- ISBN 10
- 0961049464
- ISBN 13
- 9780961049461
- Seller
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Southampton, New York, United States
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About This Item
Quill & Brush, 1986. Hardcover. Like New/Like New. Fourth Edition, First Printing. Not price-clipped ($29.95 price intact). Published by Quill & Brush, 1986. Octavo. Black boards stamped in gold. Limited 1986 fourth edition, 350 cloth copies. Book is like new; clean with no writing or names. Sharp corners and spine straight. Binding tight and pages crisp. Dust jacket is like new. 254 pages. ISBN: 0961049464. 100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions or if you would like a photo. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Southampton, New York. We Buy Books! Individual titles, libraries, collections. Message us if you have books to sell!
Synopsis
Allen and Patricia Ahearn operate the Quill & Brush bookstore in Dickerson, Maryland, and online at www.QBbooks.com, where they specialize in first editions and other fine books. The business was started in 1976, although they have been buying and selling first editions since the mid-1960s. Their previous book is Book Collecting 2000 .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Southampton Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 103922
- Title
- Book collecting: The book of first books
- Author
- Ahearn, Allen
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New
- Jacket Condition
- Like New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0961049464
- ISBN 13
- 9780961049461
- Publisher
- Quill & Brush
- Place of Publication
- Rockville, Maryland, U.s.a.
- Date Published
- 1986
- Keywords
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Terms of Sale
Southampton Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Southampton Books
Biblio member since 2022
Southampton, New York
About Southampton Books
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- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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"...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
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