A Primer Of Book Collecting

New York: Greenberg, [1926] First edition. Blue cloth with paper spine label. Top edges stained yellow. Lacking the dust jacket. . Octavo. Ernest Dawson has hand-numbered pages 207 and 208; page 208 is an ad for Dawson's Bookshop, which has also been inscribed by Dawson across the upper left hand corner: Please consider this / a personal invitation /… Read more

New York: Greenberg, 1927. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo., 206 pp. Beautiful First Edition with no other printings listed as called for. Bound in publisher's blue cloth with paper spine label. Square, tight and clean throughout with little or no wear. Small bookseller label on front paste-down. Very attractive unclipped, though unpriced, dust-jacket, ($2.00 on spine panel),… Read more

London: George Allen & Unwin, 1928. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. First English edition. Edited by Raymond Dean. Fine in an internally repaired and price-clipped, very good dustwrapper with some modest spine-fading. One of the best books on book collecting, dated but still relevant. Scarce in jacket.

1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. Inscribed by Author(s). VG, 1st edn, inscribed by author to Robert Allan.

New York: Greenberg, 1935. Revised Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo., 265pp. Sharp Revised and Enlarged Edition, originally published in 1926. Square, tight and clean throughout save a touch off-setting to end-papers from the jacket flaps; but very light. spine mildly toned. Very attractive unclipped, though unpriced, dust-jacket, ($2.50 in middle of front flap), has toned edges and… Read more

New York: Greenberg, 1927. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo., 206 pp. Solid First Edition with no other printings listed as called for. Bound in publisher's blue cloth with paper spine label. Square, tight and clean throughout. Spine mildly toned. Little if any wear. Very attractive unclipped, though unpriced, dust-jacket, ($2.00 on spine panel), has toned edges… Read more

Bakhsh Press, 2007-11-16. Paperback. Used:Good.

Bakhsh Press, 2007-11-16. Paperback. Good.

Paperback. New.

New York: Greenberg, 1935. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Revised and enlarged edition. 265pp. Fine in a near fine sunned dustwrapper.

Divided into two parts - The Quarry and The Chase - this book first helps the reader to identify what they desire, and then guides them on how to find it.

New York: Greenberg, Pub, 1927. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+. No DJ.. First Edition. Hardcover. Minor toning at spine label, penciled ownership signature at ffep, else tight, bright, and unmarred. Blue cloth boards, gilt lettering. 12mo. 206pp plus ads.

London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 1928. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Octavo. Original red gilt cloth. Scholar/author/collector Frank B. Field's copy, with his small neat signature on the endpaper and no other marking. A clean, unmarked, tight copy.

Greenberg: Publisher, 1935. Hardcover. Like New. Pages are clean and are not marred by notes or folds of any kind. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Greenberg, N.Y., 1935,, 1935. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Greenberg, N.Y., 1935,, 1935. Hardcover. Acceptable. Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

GB: Allen & Unwin, 1928. Book is in near very good condition with minor but just noticeable signs of wear and/or age. Dw is worn with slight loss to joints and extremities. "Offered at 3/6 sticker" on spine.. 1st Edition. Hardback. nrVG/G++ DW.

New York: Greenburg, 1946. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. Revised and enlarged edition, 1946. Orange cloth with gilt lettered spine. Spine faded. Dust jacket faded at spine, with some light edgewear. A good clean and tight copy.

New York: Greenberg, 1927. Hardcover. Fair. First edition. 206pp., advertisements. Ex-library with the usual markings, front board and spine detached, a fair only copy lacking the dustwrapper.

New York: Greenberg, 1926. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Second printing. Small octavo. 206pp., ads. Binding soiled and toned, upper hinge split but holding, good only lacking the dustwrapper.

New York: Greenberg, 1935. Hardcover. Very Good. Revised and enlarged edition. 265pp. Very good with owner name, faded spine and rubbing to the boards, lacking the dustwrapper. The internet may have changed bookselling, but some things remain the same.

New York: Greenberg Pub, 1927. Hardcover. Very Good. Reprint. Very good hardcover has no dustwrapper. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed condition information.

New York: Greenberg, Publisher, 1926. Hardcover. Very Good. Second printing. Paper label on cloth spine. Very good with darkened spine.

New York: Greenberg, 1926. Hardcover. Very Good. Third printing. Small octavo. 206pp., ads. Cover lightly bowed, binding and spine label with a bit of wear, very good lacking the dustwrapper.

New York: Greenberg, 1927. Hardcover. Very Good. Reprint. Small octavo. 206pp., ads. Small loss at head of crown, topedge somewhat dulled, square and very good, lacking the dustwrapper.

New York: Greenberg, 1946. Newly Revised and Enlarged Second Edition. Cloth. Good (upper right corner of front fly leaf clipped). Octavo, 226 pages, bibliography and index, and a list of points identifying first editions of 29 famous novels.

New York: Crown Publishers, 1966. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Third revised edition. 228pp. Edges lightly rubbed, near fine in a very good edgeworn dustwrapper with spine and rear panel age-toned, small dampstain on spine tail.

New York, Greenberg, 1927. Hardcover. Minor bumps at top and bottom edge of front cover, and at bottom cover corners; endpapers partially browned; pages faintly toned; otherwise very good condition. Two dust jackets present; inside printed dust jacket edge-worn, with small mark on front. Outside dust jacket is lightly edge-worn navy blue cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Inscribed… Read more

New York: Greenberg. Very Good+. 1935. Revised Edition. Hardcover. Bookplate in front pastedown; A comprehensive look at all areas of book collecting, still relevant today ; 8vo; 265 pages .

Bell, London, 1966. Third Edition. Hardcover. Minor library marks remain. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dw; tight, bright, clean and sharp cornered. Lacks the front free endpaper; 228 pages; Revised and enlarged. Description: xiv, 265 p. 20 cm. Includes index. Subjects: Book collecting.

UK: Allen, 1928. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. First edition. Very good in good dustwrapper. Light foxing on page ends. Dustwrapper rubbed with tearing and wear along all edges, spine very faded. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed… Read more

New York: Greenberg, 1926. Hardcover. Very Good. Third edition. Very good Light browning of pages. Label on spine browning with light rubbing in a few places. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed condition information.

Greenberg, New York, 1966. Third Revised Edition. Hardcover. Publisher's cloth, good. Spine bands worn and edges rubbed as with age. Gilt titled. Minor library marks remain internally; 264 pages; Description: ix, 228 p. Illus. , facsims. 22 cm. Includes index. Subjects: Book collecting

New York: Greenberg, 1926. Hardcover. Very Good. Second edition. Very good. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed condition information.

New York, NY: Greenberg, Publisher. G/NO DUSTJACKET. 1926. First Edition. Cloth. 3rd Printing . Sm 8vo., xii, 206, [6] pp., cover rubbed, bumped, corners frayed, cover toned, page toning .

NY: Greenberg Publisher, 1927. Hardcover. Very good. xii, 260pp; ads. Half title page clipped at bottom edge, else a very good hardback in darkened jacket that has an inch deep spot of loss at each spine end.

New York, NY: Greenberg, 1927. Book. Good. Cloth. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 206pp, 1927. Black cloth hardcover, no dustjacket. Paper spine label is worn and slightly chipped. Former owner's name on front free endpaper. No other marks, no tears..

Crown, 1966. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Third Revised Edition. Price-clipped..

Greenberg, N.Y., 1935,, 1935. First Thus . Hardcover. Very Good/Dust Jacket Included. First printing of revised and expanded second edition. Pp. xiv, 265, appendix, index, 12mo, brown cloth, gilt titles. VG Plus/Good (text has no real flaws, just a bit rubbed and faded at the spine-ends/dj is darkened especially at the spine, chipped at tips).

Allen & Unwin, 1966. Unknown Binding. Like New. in x in x in.

New York: Greenberg, 1955. Revised. Hardcover. Very Good/Very good. Revised and enlarged edition of original 1926 book, and still valid information for today. Brown cloth boards. Book is straight and clean except for an erasure on front free endpaper. Tan dust jacket has a half-inch and smaller edge tears, and small shallow chips at edges.… Read more

Bell, 1966. Reprint. Spine with slight lean, else fine in near fine, lightly edgeworn dust jacket in mylar cover.

New York & London: Greenberg, Publisher, 1927. Hardcover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. Cloth binding, paper label on spine with title. 4 pages of bookstore ads at rear. Nice clean copy, solid binding, very nice, offsetting to front endpapers due to newspaper clippings, former owner's name of front endpaper.

Bell, 1966. Reprint. Slight sunning to spine tips, else fine in near fine dust jacket.

CROWN, 1966. Hardcover. Good. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Bell Publishing Comapny, 1966. 3rd revised edition. Hardcover. very good/some tears . Very good condition, book very tight, doubtful read, some yellowing but quite nice. DJ a little tattered around the edges.

New York: Greenberg, Publisher Book. Good. Hardcover. (1926), small 8vo, xii, 206pp. Previous owner's bookplate at front pastedown, moderate wear and soiling, else G. From the preface: "The lure of book collecting is the lure of the chase; it had its roots, like the lure of collecting anything, in the brain of that dim ancestor who one morning in… Read more

USA: Greenberg, 1935. Brown cloth with gold lettering to spine (faded.). Top edge brown. Very good, clean, tight text throughout BUT fore and bottom text edges a bit marked. Covers lightly bumped around the edges.. Revised and Enlarged Edition. Hardback. VG-/No DW.

Bell. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1965. Third Revised Edition; reprint. Hardcover. Pages tanned; DJ quite scuffed. .

New York: Bell Publishing Company. Good. 1966. Third Revised Edition. Hardbound. 0517239124 . 228 pages .