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Catalogue of the More Important Books, Autographs and Manuscripts in the Library of George C. Thomas
by [THOMAS, George Clifford, collection]
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- Signed
- Condition
- Small stain on rear cover, light wear at extremities, but a near-fine copy
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About This Item
Philadelphia: [Privately Printed], 1907. From the Bart Auerbach Collection. Small stain on rear cover, light wear at extremities, but a near-fine copy. 8vo. 86 pages. Frontispiece showing Thomas's library. Contemporary red hard-grained morocco, gilt-ruled and -lettered, top edges gilt, by Lippincott's, a presentation binding found on some copies. THE FIRST COPY. First edition of the catalogue of the private library of Philadelphia industrialist George C. Thomas (1839- 1909). (The compiler's note is signed A. H. R.) Presentation copy, warmly inscribed by the collector to his wife on the front free endpaper: "To my dear wife / This first copy of my Library is given by her Loving Hus- band Geo. C. Thomas / ... Sept. 9 1907." Thomas' books were sold by Rosenbach after his death. The library - fairly seen as a wealthy man's collection of high spots - included some 2800 volumes, including a large Dickens collection, Cruikshankiana, fine press, Bibles, missals and Books of Hours, Shakespeare (the four folios, including Sidney Lee's no. 4 of the first), and important American manuscripts by Lincoln, Washing- ton, Poe, Cooper, and English and European manuscripts by Bach, Wagner, and other figures.
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- Riverrun Books & Manuscripts
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 409685
- Title
- Catalogue of the More Important Books, Autographs and Manuscripts in the Library of George C. Thomas
- Author
- [THOMAS, George Clifford, collection]
- Book Condition
- Used - Small stain on rear cover, light wear at extremities, but a near-fine copy
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- From the Bart Auerbach Collection
- Publisher
- [Privately Printed]
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Date Published
- 1907
- Keywords
- Bart Auerbach
- Bookseller catalogs
- books about books; Literature;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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Glossary
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- 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...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- 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...
- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
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