The Book Hunter, Etc
by Burton, John Hill
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fair-Very Good condition
- Seller
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Henderson, Nevada, United States
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About This Item
Edinburgh & London: William Blackwood & Sons, 1862. PHOTOS UPON REQUEST. The binding is in Fair condition only, as the leather covering the spine is missing. Hinges are weak. Contents is Very Good but for ink notes on two preliminary pages. [The notes discuss the 1864 auction of the library of author/book collector George Daniel (1789-1864) including first folio editions of Shakespeare's works. The sale realised £15,865. See DNB for more.] All other pages are clean and unmarked. NO foxing. A reading or rebacking/binding copy only of the uncommon 1862 first edition. Quarter-bound in brown calf over maroon cloth. Leather covering the spine is lacking. Original flat brown endpapers. Binder's ticket on the rear pastedown shows the book was bound by Burn, 37 & 38 Kirbys. The text pages are securely bound together, so rebacking or a entirely new binding could be added without the effort or expense of having to re-sew. From the front matter: "This book owes its existence to a concurrence of accidents. The author had the honour of contributing to Blackwood's Magazine some sketches of the ways of book-collectors, scholars, literary investigators, desultory readers, and other persons whose pursuits revolve round books and literature." Webber (p. 42) cites 1863 in error. Hart 189.. First Edition. Hardcover. Fair-Very Good condition. Illus. by NOT a library discard. viii, 384pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.
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- Bookseller
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 023447
- Title
- The Book Hunter, Etc
- Author
- Burton, John Hill
- Illustrator
- NOT a library discard
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair-Very Good condition
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- William Blackwood & Sons
- Place of Publication
- Edinburgh & London
- Date Published
- 1862
- Size
- viii, 384pp
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Henderson, Nevada
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