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Carrousel for Bibliophiles
by Philip C. Duschnes
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- Seller
-
Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Philip C. Duschnes, 1947. First Thus First thus. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. book in very fine condition with slight bumps to spine ends and light wear to edges, jacket is VG with small chips to ends and corners, and wear to extremities. On ffe, there is a nice Asian symbol and some pencil notations, else flawless interior. Priced at ($7.50). This book about authors and books and searches will be very interesting to collectors, with introduction by William Targ. Some of the stories are exciting and bizarre, a good read. At the rear of book is a 1946 catalog from a book seller in California, very interesting.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Oshtemo Book Sellers
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000590
- Title
- Carrousel for Bibliophiles
- Author
- Philip C. Duschnes
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Thus First thus
- Publisher
- Philip C. Duschnes
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1947
- Pages
- 400
- Keywords
- Book on Books.
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
Terms of Sale
Oshtemo Book Sellers
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Oshtemo Book Sellers
Biblio member since 2017
Kalamazoo, Michigan
About Oshtemo Book Sellers
Rare finds with an emphasis on fiction, art, and signed first-editions. Oshtemo Book Sellers has an eye for quality and quirk.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Bumps
- Indicates that the affected part of the book has been impacted in such a way so as to cause a flattening, indention, or light...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
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