COLLECTOR'S PROGRESS
by Lewis, Wilmarth
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very good
- Seller
-
Cadyville, New York, United States
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About This Item
NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1951.. 1951.. Very good. - Octavo, decorative cloth backed boards, in dw. Lightly soiled & rubbed with the spine faded. The dw is rubbed & the spine is darkened. 253 & xiii pp. Illustrated with B&W plates. Very good in a good dw. <p>First edition.<p>The book is designed by W. A. Dwiggins. It describes Lewis's famous Horace Walpole collection and the collecting of it.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd. (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 6297
- Title
- COLLECTOR'S PROGRESS
- Author
- Lewis, Wilmarth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1951.
- Date Published
- 1951.
- Keywords
- BOOKS-ON-BOOKS; BOOK COLLECTING; COLLECTOR; WILMARTH LEWIS; HORACE WALPOLE; W. A. DWIGGINS; PLATES; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION. (Books-on-Books). COLLECTOR'S PROGRESS. Lewis, Wilmarth.
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Terms of Sale
Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
Payment with order from individuals. Items are offered subject to prior sale. All purchases are subject to your approval, returnable within 10 days. New York State residents please add sales tax to your purchases. All items are guaranteed authentic and as described.
About the Seller
Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
Biblio member since 2003
Cadyville, New York
About Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd. (incorporated 1989) is a general antiquarian book store which buys and sells collections and individual items of significance. Booksellers Ric Zank and Daniel Meunier each bring to the business over 18 years of experience in seeking out and offering for sale unusual, uncommon and rare books, autographs, and ephemera in all fields. Our office is open 7 days a week from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and frequently later. An answering machine will take your message after hours and when we are out of the office.
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- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...