Edition: First Edition (First Printing)
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Cassell & Co., London
Date Published: 1952
Description: VG in VG jacket. Hardcover in dust jacket, ex-library copy with the usual markings and flaps of d.j. glued to endpapers. Card from card catalogue (remember the card catalogue? ) used as pocket. Clean apart from library markings, VG/VG. read more
Description: Very Good. Hardcover w / dustjacket. Very good condition; edges, corners, and covers of book show minor wear. No underlining; no highlighting; no internal markings. Dj is vg, no priceclip; no remainder mark. 1952. Hardcover w / dustjacket. read more
Description: Spine dull. A VG copy. Illustrated. Muir, Carter et al talk about such topics as 'Period before Printing', 'Language of Book Collecting', 'Fashions in Book Collecting', 'Binding and Binders', etc. read more
Edition: First edition
Binding: Cloth (hardback).
Publisher: Cassell & Co. , (, London
Date Published: 1952)
Description: A near fine copy with shelfwear to bottom edge in a very good-dust jacket with wear and small tears along the top edge. ix, 105 pp. 8vo. Illus. with 15 halftones. Seven talks by antiquarian booksellers delivered in 1948-49 in London to acquaint younger booksellers with some rules of the trade and to show the commonality between sellers and collectors. read more
Edition: 1st Edition.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Cassell, London
Date Published: 1952
Description: Description: 105 p. illus. 25 cm. Subjects: Book collecting. Antiquarian booksellers. Notes: Includes index. Minor library marks remain. Near fine copy in the original title-blocked cloth. Panel edges very slightly dust-toned as with age. Corners sharp with an overall tight, bright and clean impression. 1. pp. 105. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: London: Cassell and Company Ltd., (1952).
Description: -Octavo, black cloth titled in gilt within red rectangle on the spine, in printed decorative tan dw. The dw spine is darkened. 105 pp., with photographic illustrations. Very good. First edition. read more
Description: Very Good. Hardcover w / dustjacket. First edition copy. Rebind. 2nd Edition. Very good++ condition; edges, corners, and covers of book show minor wear and discoloration. No underlining; no highlighting; no internal markings except for previous owner's bookplate inside front cover. DJ is very good with slight edgewear. No price clip. (12' 6 NET). In sealed plastic protection. 1952. Hardcover w / dustjacket. read more
Edition: 1st Edition.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Cassell, London
Date Published: 1952
Description: Description: 105 p. illus. 25 cm. Subjects: Book collecting. Antiquarian booksellers. Notes: Includes index. Minor library marks remain. Near fine copy in the original title-blocked cloth. Panel edges very slightly dust-toned as with age. Corners sharp with an overall tight, bright and clean impression. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Cassell and Company Ltd
Date Published: 1952
Description: Very Good jacket. 105 pages, index. Top corner of rear board largely CHEWED off! Other than that, the spine is sunned and a few marks to the cloth. Text is clean. read more
Edition: First
Binding: Board HB
Publisher: Cassell, London
Date Published: 1952
Description: Good+ in good- jacket. 12mo. Light ringmark to front board. Slight spotting. Dw has wear and small tears to edges. soiling to covers, ringmark to front cover. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Cassell & Company Ltd., London, first edition
Date Published: 1952
Description: Bookplate on front pastedown endpaper, Very Good in used dustwrapper. Cloth, 8vo, 25 cm, vi, 105 pp, 15 ills. Still valuable. Contents: I The Nature and Scope of Book-Collecting, by P. H. Muir; II The Period Before Printing, by E. P. Goldschmidt; III the Language of Book-Collecting, by Simon Nowell-Smith; IV Fashions in Book-Collecting, by John Carter; V Binding and Binders, by Howard M. Nixon; VI Milestones of Civilization, by Ernest Weil; VII the Theatre for Collectors, by Ifan Kyrle Fletcher. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Cassell & Company Ltd., London, first edition
Date Published: 1952
Description: Bookplate of Frank Broomhead on front pastedown endpaper, and signed and dated by him on front free endpaper, Very Good in slightly used dustwrapper. Cloth, 8vo, 25 cm, vi, 105 pp, 15 ills. Still valuable. Contents: I The Nature and Scope of Book-Collecting, by P. H. Muir; II The Period Before Printing, by E. P. Goldschmidt; III the Language of Book-Collecting, by Simon Nowell-Smith; IV Fashions in Book-Collecting, by John Carter; V Binding and Binders, by Howard M. Nixon; VI Milestones of ... read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: London: Cassell and Co. 1952
Description: Very Good/Poor. 1st. Edgewear to blue cloth, interior tight and clean. DJ is faded, chipped, worn and has a piece missing from front. read more
Edition: 1st Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: CAssell & Co. Ltd., London
Date Published: 1952
Description: Very Good in Very Good in plastic Cover jacket. 8vo. There is minor edgewear to the dust jacket. Illustrated-black and white plates. There are 1x-105 pages. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Cassell & Company Ltd., London, first edition
Date Published: 1952
Description: Some light foxing, articles from the Times on book values and collecting pasted to endpapers, otherwise Good in torn and price-clipped dustwrapper. Cloth, 8vo, 25 cm, vi, 105 pp, 15 ills. Still valuable. Contents: I The Nature and Scope of Book-Collecting, by P. H. Muir; II The Period Before Printing, by E. P. Goldschmidt; III the Language of Book-Collecting, by Simon Nowell-Smith; IV Fashions in Book-Collecting, by John Carter; V Binding and Binders, by Howard M. Nixon; VI Milestones of ... read more
Edition: 1st Edition
Binding: HARDCOVER
Publisher: Cassell, London
Date Published: 1952
Description: VERY GOOD+ in VERY GOOD jacket. Hardback 1st Edition. Tall 8vo. 105pp, plates, index...............[ CONDITION DETAILS: Bottom edge of spine rubbed and slightly tanned, end-papers a little foxed and browned else VERY GOOD+ in browned and dusty VERY GOOD Dust Jacket (a little chipped at head of spine panel and top flap fold corners), a clean and tight copy ].......Unless otherwise noted: 1st Edition means First Printing; books are in the original publishers binding; wrappers (present only if ... read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Cassell & Company Ltd., London, first edition
Date Published: 1952
Description: Covers scuffed, Good. Cloth, 8vo, 25 cm, vi, 105 pp, 15 ills. Still valuable. Contents: I The Nature and Scope of Book-Collecting, by P. H. Muir; II The Period Before Printing, by E. P. Goldschmidt; III the Language of Book-Collecting, by Simon Nowell-Smith; IV Fashions in Book-Collecting, by John Carter; V Binding and Binders, by Howard M. Nixon; VI Milestones of Civilization, by Ernest Weil; VII the Theatre for Collectors, by Ifan Kyrle Fletcher. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Cassell & Company Ltd., London, first edition
Date Published: 1952
Description: Good. Cloth, 8vo, 25 cm, vi, 105 pp, 15 ills. Still valuable. Contents: I The Nature and Scope of Book-Collecting, by P. H. Muir; II The Period Before Printing, by E. P. Goldschmidt; III the Language of Book-Collecting, by Simon Nowell-Smith; IV Fashions in Book-Collecting, by John Carter; V Binding and Binders, by Howard M. Nixon; VI Milestones of Civilization, by Ernest Weil; VII the Theatre for Collectors, by Ifan Kyrle Fletcher. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Cassell & Company Ltd., London, first edition
Date Published: 1952
Description: Good in a slightly edgeworn and price-clipped dustwrapper. Cloth, 8vo, 25 cm, vi, 105 pp, 15 ills. Still valuable. Contents: I The Nature and Scope of Book-Collecting, by P. H. Muir; II The Period Before Printing, by E. P. Goldschmidt; III the Language of Book-Collecting, by Simon Nowell-Smith; IV Fashions in Book-Collecting, by John Carter; V Binding and Binders, by Howard M. Nixon; VI Milestones of Civilization, by Ernest Weil; VII the Theatre for Collectors, by Ifan Kyrle Fletcher. read more
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