About this title: Join Rostenberg and Stern -- the "grand dames" of the antiquarian book-selling world -- as they recount their travels aboard steamships and down cobblestone streets in post-World War II Europe in search of rare books.
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Oak Knoll Press
Date Published: 05/1996
ISBN-13:9781884718182ISBN:1884718183
Description: Very good in very good dust jacket. Very Good, Limited edition of 350, In very good dust jacket. Signed by Author. Glued binding. Paper over boards. 160 p. Contains: Illustrations. read more
Description: Good. 1884718183 Former library item may have library binding and show stamps, stickers or other marks. Items not meeting quality expectations may be returned. Due to the large scale of our operation, we do not have access to the specific contents/condition of our items. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Oak Knoll Press
Date Published: 1996
ISBN-13:9781884718182ISBN:1884718183
Description: Fine in very good dust jacket. Price clipped. Fine; binding solid; text clean. Fine dust jacket aside from price clipping. Hardbound in brown cloth. 175 p. Hobbies; Biography. read more
Edition: Illustrated.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Oak Knoll Press
Date Published: 1996
ISBN-13:9781884718182ISBN:1884718183
Description: Very good in very good dust jacket. Near fine. Glued binding. Paper over boards. 160 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. read more
Description: Oak Knoll, c.1996, First edition, Hardcover, b/w photos, ; Indexed, 175 pages, clean, bright and sound, this exceptional copy is AS NEW and appears to be unread, in a bright AS NEW dustjacket, in a new clear mylar DJ cover, a NICE copy you will be happy to own! read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Oak Knoll Books
Date Published: c1996
Description: New in New dust jacket. B/w photos, indexed, a clean, bright, solid copy, in a bright dustjacket, in a new clear mylar DJ cover. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Oak Knoll Press, New Castle, DE
Date Published: 1996
ISBN-13:9781884718182ISBN:1884718183
Description: F/VG. 8VO. 174 pp. Bookbuying trips abroad between 1947 and 1974 by the grandes dames of the American rare book trade. Two small tears near upper front flap fold. read more
Edition: First Edition/First Printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Oak Knoll Pr, New Castle, Delaware, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1996
ISBN-13:9781884718182ISBN:1884718183
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Oak Knoll Pr, New Castle, Delaware, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1996
ISBN-13:9781884718182ISBN:1884718183
Description: New/New. 8vo 1884718183 multiple BRAND NEW copies in NEW dust jacket, NO marks After World War II, Americans went abroad for European culture, food, and art, but Leona Rostenberg and Madeleine Stern, the grand dames of the antiquarian bookselling world, went to Europe to buy old books. Old Books in the Old World glows with the details of their book-buying trips abroad between 1947 and 1957. Filled with tales of steamships, cobblestone streets, and dusty rare book shops, as well as the ... read more
Edition: Unstated Edition Most Likely a First
Binding: Cloth
Publisher: Oak Knoll Pr, New Castle, Delaware, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1996
ISBN-13:9781884718182ISBN:1884718183
Description: Near Fine/Fine/Very Good + 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall 1884718183 A very handsome copy bound in brown cloth covers.175 pages. Illustrated by photographs. DJ is complete and is price clipped. Light rubbing along top spine end areas. Ink name on front end paper. Other than the name book would be "as new. " A very nice, tight, clean, complete copy with: as new" text. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Press, 1996
ISBN-13:9781884718182ISBN:1884718183
Description: ISBN 1-884718-18-3 Octavo (9.25 in. by 6.0 in. ); fine hardcover; very good dust jacket; dust jacket lightly torn at corner; crisp; clean; bright. read more
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