Obsessions and Confessions of a Book Life
by Franklin, Colin
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 1584563044
- ISBN 13
- 9781584563044
- Seller
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Savage, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
Oak Knoll Press, Books of Kells, Bernard Quaritch, Ltd, 2012. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Hardcover. "Reminisces of an author, bookseller, and publisher, written at the age of eighty-eight, Colin Franklin's newest book is perhaps his most entertaining ... [It includes] serious essays on diverse characters who have fascinated him, the book discusses the Bowdlers and their 'Family Shakespeare'; William Flowler of Winterton, who neglected his humble calling and privately produced books of teh greatest magnificence on Roman Mosaic Floors; a little-known Oxford antiquary and print-maker Joseph Skelton; the once-so-popular Robert Surtees and John Leech, ... and on his lifelong hero William Morris ... [and more]" (jacket). Fine in orange cloth boards with gilt title to spine. Clean and bright. In black dust jacket with white title to spine and front panels. 262 pages. BOB/101923.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Kelmscott Bookshop (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 36836
- Title
- Obsessions and Confessions of a Book Life
- Author
- Franklin, Colin
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 1584563044
- ISBN 13
- 9781584563044
- Publisher
- Oak Knoll Press, Books of Kells, Bernard Quaritch, Ltd
- Place of Publication
- New Castle, De
- Date Published
- 2012
Terms of Sale
The Kelmscott Bookshop
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About the Seller
The Kelmscott Bookshop
Biblio member since 2009
Savage, Maryland
About The Kelmscott Bookshop
Our bookshop is open by appointment only in Historic Savage Mill. We specialize in artists' books, private press, William Morris, and general rare and antique books.
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- Fine
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