Old & Rare: Thirty Years in the Book Business by Leona Rostenberg & Madeleine B. Stern

Santa Monica, California: Modoc Press, 1988. Second Printing. Softcover. Very Good. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Best friends, business partners, literary sleuths, uncommonly good booksellers. A perfectly serviceable reference copy; nothing fancy, but complete and sturdy. Faint vertical crease to title page, slight furling to front cover, being a glossy illustration on card stock. 247 pp. and with a section of black-and-white photographs.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

1 . hardback. Near Fine. Thirty Years in the Book Business. Illustrated. 1st ed. NY (Schram) 1974. Covers somewhat faded and top corner of front pages folded, else near fine in clipped dust wrapper.

New York: Abner Schram. Fine copy in nearly fine dust jacket. 1974. 1st. hardcover. 8vo, 234 pp. .

New York / London: Abner Schram / George Prior, 1974. Fine condition in a Very Good dust jacket. The jacket is price clipped with 4 tiny closed tears. NOT a library discard. Bright, shiny, clean, square and tight. Sharp corners. Hinges are perfect. NO owner's name or bookplate. NO remainder mark. Pages are crisp and creamy white. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. Memoirs of two New York women who have been scholars and antiquarian booksellers for more than fifty years. Chronicled here are their exciting start in the rare book business, annual European book-buying jaunts, extraordinary discoveries at home and abroad, etc. A delight of irresistible humor and savvy. Illustrated with 12 pages of photos. Index. Bound in the original brown cloth, stamped in shiny gold. Complete with dust jacket. Laid-in is a copy of a 4-page article about Leona Rostenberg and Madeleine Stern by Joel Silver from the April 14, 1997 issue of AB Bookmans' Weekly. . First Edition.… Read More

New York / London: Abner Schram / George Prior, 1974. Near Fine condition in a Very Good dust jacket. NOT price clipped ($12.00). NOT a library discard. Bright, shiny, clean, square and tight. Sharp corners. Hinges are perfect. NO owner's name or bookplate. NO remainder mark. Pages are crisp and creamy white. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. Memoirs of two New York women who have been scholars and antiquarian booksellers for more than fifty years. Chronicled here are their exciting start in the rare book business, annual European book-buying jaunts, extraordinary discoveries at home and abroad, etc. A delight of irresistible humor and savvy. Illustrated with 12 pages of photos. Index. Bound in the original brown cloth, stamped in shiny gold. Complete with dust jacket.. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine condition/Very Good dust jacket. 8vo. (x), 234pp.

Abner Schram, 1974. Book. Fine. Cloth. Presentation & Association. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Fine copy in like jacket.Slight wear to crown.Rare Presentation Copy."For The Screiber's with warm regards Leona & Madeline 12-11-74."Excellent Copy.Association copy.The Screiber's are Rare Booksellers in New York City. Member ABAA/ILAB.