A Batsford Century, The Record of a Hundred Years of Publishing and Bookselling 1843 - 1943
by Hector Bolitho ( editor )
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- Hardcover
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About This Item
Batsford, 1943. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Illustrator: Rex Whistler. This is the rare deluxe edition. Printed on handmade paper and in the publisher's quarter morocco binding.which has matching lettering to the trade edition. A small number were produced in this style for the directors, presentation etc. No evidence of the recipient's identity. Ex art college library with their stamps on front and rear end papers and verso of title page. A small dark patch on the lower part of the spine indicates where a shelf label has been neatly removed. The spine is otherwise a little sunned and has some rubbing at the top edge. No splits, cracks etc. The Rex Whistler design for the dust wrapper of the trade edition is here reproduced as a full page plate at pp viii. Viii + 148 pages, plates and other illustrations, index. Size: 8vo. Illustrator: Rex Whistler. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Books on Books; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 24326. .
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- Bookseller
- Steve Liddle
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 24326
- Title
- A Batsford Century, The Record of a Hundred Years of Publishing and Bookselling 1843 - 1943 
- Author
- Hector Bolitho ( editor )
- Illustrator
- Rex Whistler
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Batsford
- Date Published
- 1943
- Keywords
- BZDB28 publisher publishing london rex whistler batsfords batsford's booksellers bookselling bookseller batsford Books on Books; A Batsford Century The Record of a Hundred Years of Publishing and Bookselling 1843 1943 Hector Bolitho edito
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About the Seller
Steve Liddle
Biblio member since 2009
Bristol, Avon
About Steve Liddle
Full time bookseller since 1982. Bookshops in Bristol and Bath ( as Patterson & Liddle )1982- 2006. Member ABA ILAB PBFA. Regular exhibitor at major UK bookfairs.
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