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First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. Large 8vo. pp 368. Original publisher's burgundy cloth, lettered gilt at the spine. Very good indeed in close very good dust jacket, with some chipping and wear at edges.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. Gently used hardback and jacket. Light wear. No owners' names or labels. Dust jacket is enclosed in a clear protective cover. Text is clean, unmarked. Stated first printing. Stated first printing. (Shelf location: K1) Books are carefully sealed in waterproof mailers and then boxed to prevent damage during transit.
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Fine. Book First edition. Illustrations; index. Very minor marking to front cover, else a very fine copy in red cloth. A collection of tales from the author's experiences in dealing with the book world's rarest of items, including the Gutenberg Bible and other such books.
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Fine in J Near Fine jacket. Large 8vo Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. xiv, 368 (1) pp, list of 21 b&w illustrations, apologia, Apprentice Years, 1929-1935: Scribner's; Scribner's Files; Scribner's Catalogues; Modern Manuscripts; Collections My Two Ventures in Modern Publishing; The Permanent Questionaire; Gutenberg and the Book of Books; William Blake through The J. K. Lily Collection et al.; index. 1969 reprint of the 1962 First Edition. "The author, who, appointed head of Scribner's Rare Book Department, a position he held for20 years before becoming, in 1956, librarian of the famousLilly Collection (which he had a lot to do with putting together) at Indiana University. He provides reminiscences of a rare book dealer from 1929-1956; an intimate and instructive picture of this fascinating occupation. Most of the famous collectors and dealers of the rare book world appear in the anecdotes with which this book is studded. The literary history and its personalities include Blake, Scott, Byron, Shelley and Keats, Poe, Melville, Audubon, Hitler and Churchill, to name a few." from the jacket flap. Not Price Clipped. 1" closed tear to top fore-edge corner dj with minute chip, else, Pristine, no wear. Clean and bright; tight and strong binding with no underlining, highlighting or marginalia. Maroon cloth with gilt lettering to spine, and light-black top text block edge.
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Fine in very good dust jacket. Slight edge wear to dust jacket. Original $10.00 price is unclipped. xiv, 368 p., 16p. of plates: ill., facsims.; 25 cm. Includes: Illustrations, Facsimiles. Includes index.