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MODERN BOOK COLLECTING: A Guide for the Beginner Who is Buying First Editions for the First Time
by Wilson, Robert A
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/very good
- ISBN 10
- 0394501144
- ISBN 13
- 9780394501147
- Seller
-
Lawrence, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
New York: Knopf, 1980. First edition. Hardcover. Very good/very good. Foreword by J. M. Edelstein. 8vo. Light gray gilt decorated cloth, with green boards and gilt spine titles. Blue top stain. 270 pages, with Appendices and Index. With b/w photographic images and drawings. No names or marks. In illustrated dust-jacket, which has slight wear at corners and spine ends.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Waugh Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2252
- Title
- MODERN BOOK COLLECTING:
- Author
- Wilson, Robert A
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- ISBN 10
- 0394501144
- ISBN 13
- 9780394501147
- Publisher
- Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1980
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Waugh Books
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Lawrence, Kansas
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- Spine
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- Cloth
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- First Edition
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- 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...