Collecting American First Editions: Its Pitfalls and Its Pleasures
by Richard Curle
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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St. Louis, Missouri, United States
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About This Item
Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1930. Hardcover. First Edition: Limited to 1250 signed and numbered copies of which this is No. 824 and signed by the author on the Limitation Page. 6 x 9in. xviii. 221pp. Publisher's cloth boards with paper title labels. NEAR FINE in Very Good slipcase. The book itself shows the spine with a touch of tanning, a hint of toning at the gutters, else Fine/As New. The slipcase shows shelf rubbing of the extremities, some loss of the topmost cover, somewhat rubbed, otherwise remains sound and distinct. As pictured.
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- Bookseller
- North Books: Used & Rare (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 30803
- Title
- Collecting American First Editions: Its Pitfalls and Its Pleasures
- Author
- Richard Curle
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- The Bobbs-Merrill Company
- Place of Publication
- Indianapolis
- Date Published
- 1930
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Publisher's cloth
- A hardcover book comprised of cloth over hard pasteboard boards. ...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Rubbing
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- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...