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I Had All the Fun: Some Recollections of a Book Collector
by Dykes, Jeff
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- Signed
- first
- Condition
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- ISBN 10
- 0890960542
- ISBN 13
- 9780890960547
- Seller
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GIG HARBOR, Washington, United States
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About This Item
College Station: Texas A & M University Library, 1978. First edition. 8vo, 70pp. Signed and inscribed by Dykes to Jacob Chernofsky on the half title page. Laid in is a notecard from Dykes with a further inscription in holograph. Perfect bound in red wraps which show some rubbing to edges. Manuscript annotations and markings in pencil throughout else clean and very good.
Fantastic association copy of this short memoir by the legendary Western Americana dealer, collector, and bibliographer, Jeff Dykes. This copy signed and inscribed to Jake Chernofsky a few years after his acquisition of AB Bookman's Weekly. .
Fantastic association copy of this short memoir by the legendary Western Americana dealer, collector, and bibliographer, Jeff Dykes. This copy signed and inscribed to Jake Chernofsky a few years after his acquisition of AB Bookman's Weekly. .
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- Peruse the Stacks
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 5905
- Title
- I Had All the Fun: Some Recollections of a Book Collector
- Author
- Dykes, Jeff
- Format/Binding
- 8vo, 70pp. Signed and inscribed by Dykes to Jacob Chernofsky on the half title page. Laid in is a notecard from Dykes with a fur
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0890960542
- ISBN 13
- 9780890960547
- Publisher
- Texas A & M University Library
- Place of Publication
- College Station
- Date Published
- 1978
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