The Private Library : What We Do Know, What We Don't Know, What We Ought to Know About Our Books
by Humphreys, A.L
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Elegant bookplate on front pastedown endpaper, endpapers slightly darkened and front endpapers slightly cracked at gutter, spine
- Seller
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LONDON, Aberdeen, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Strangeways & Sons, London, fifth edition, n.d. [but 1903]. Cloth, gilt cover-title within double border, small 4to,. vi, [2], 162 pp. Contents include: What is a good edition?--What is a fine copy?--Book values.--On the care of books.--The art of reading.--Common-place books.--Reference books.--Boudoir libraries.--Bookbinding.--Book hobbies.--Old country libraries.--Weeding out.--The catalogue.--Classification of books.--Bookcases.--Miscellaneous appliances.--The library annexe.--A librarian.--The library architecturally.--Munificent book-buying.--The Medici and their friends.--The Dukes of Urbino.--Pieresc.--Mr. Ruskin's advice. Elegant bookplate on front pastedown endpaper, endpapers slightly darkened and front endpapers slightly cracked at gutter, spine a trifle faded, otherwise Good.
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- Bookseller
- Wykeham Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- BIBLIO-58549
- Title
- The Private Library : What We Do Know, What We Don't Know, What We Ought to Know About Our Books
- Author
- Humphreys, A.L
- Format/Binding
- Cloth, gilt cover-title within double border, small 4to,
- Book Condition
- Used - Elegant bookplate on front pastedown endpaper, endpapers slightly darkened and front endpapers slightly cracked at gutter, spine
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Strangeways & Sons, London, fifth edition, n.d. [but 1903]
- Date Published
- n.d. [but 1903]
- Pages
- vi, [2], 162 pp
- Keywords
- Book collecting. Private libraries Humphreys, Arthur Lee
- Bookseller catalogs
- Books About Books;
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About the Seller
Wykeham Books
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LONDON, Aberdeen
About Wykeham Books
We specialize chiefly in "books about books", the emphasis being on historical aspects of book collecting, production and distribution. A particular speciality is in bibliographies, of all subjects of interest to collectors, dealers and scholars, with several thousand bibliography titles in stock. Other strengths include extensive holdings of auction catalogues for book sales and a good selction of reference material on and facsimiles of illuminated manuscripts. We also have a special interest in rare material by or about Rudyard Kipling.
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- Fine
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