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Book Collecting: A Comprehensive Guide: 1995 Edition
by Ahearn, Allen
- Used
- Near Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0399140492
- ISBN 13
- 9780399140495
- Seller
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North Providence, Rhode Island, United States
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About This Item
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons 1995. First Edition Hardcover in dust jacket. The book is revised, updated, and expanded to include the works of more than 5,000 authors. 480 pages. A useful book for with tips and terms, points of issue. The prices are dated but the collecting information is very helpful.
A near fine copy with light dust soiling to the page edges, in a near fine dust jacket with light edge wear. See Photos
bx 265
A near fine copy with light dust soiling to the page edges, in a near fine dust jacket with light edge wear. See Photos
bx 265
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
- biblioboy
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 34516
- Title
- Book Collecting: A Comprehensive Guide: 1995 Edition
- Author
- Ahearn, Allen
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0399140492
- ISBN 13
- 9780399140495
- Publisher
- G. P. Putnam's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1995
- Pages
- 480
- Size
- 8vo
- Keywords
- BOOK, COLLECTING, ANTIQUES, COLLECTIBLES, BOOKS
- Bookseller catalogs
- Books about Books;
Terms of Sale
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Scans of any item on request.
Returns within14 days of receipt of the book for any reason. We do not refund postage, unless other arrangements have already been made. USA insurance is $1.75 for books with a value up to $50.00.
About the Seller
biblioboy
Biblio member since 2003
North Providence, Rhode Island
About biblioboy
We are biblioboybiblioboy dealers in Books, Stamps, Ephemera, Victorian Trade cards, Magazines, Postcards, Sheet Music, Engravings, and much more. I started out as a book collector and soon progressed to owning a book store with over 80,000 books and more than 10,000 pieces of ephemera, postcards, and other items. I exhibited my stock for years at book and paper shows around the eastern United States. As the book and paper business has changed over the years, I have changed the way I do business to evolve with the times. I now offer my items for sale on the web only, through my various listing services and web sites. Being a a collector, as well as a dealer, I understand the importance of condition, as well as rarity of an item, and the desire to own scarce and one of a kind items.
Glossary
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- G
- Good describes the average used and worn book that has all pages or leaves present. Any defects must be noted. (as defined by AB...
- 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...
- 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...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Points of Issue
- Points are physical attributes that are specific to a printing or edition of a book, such as a typo on a specific page that was...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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