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The Collector's Whatnot: A Compendium, Manual, and Syllabus of Information and Advice on All Subjects Appertaining to the Collection of Antiques
by Van Loot, Cornelius Obenchain, Milton Kilgallen and Murgatroyd Elphinstone (pseudonyms for Booth Tarkington, Kenneth Roberts, and Hugh Kahler)
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Greenwood, South Carolina, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1923. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Very Good cloth first printing of first edition with paper title blocks on spine and cover. No DJ. Spine is straight and tight, bottom corners bumped. Light soiling of paper title block on front cover. Chipping and wear to top and bottom of spine. 1/2 inch tear to bottom of spine. Uniform age toning to all pages commensurate with age. Not ex lib, no remainder marks. 147 pages.
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- Bookseller
- William Ramsey Rare Books & Manuscripts
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000461
- Title
- The Collector's Whatnot: A Compendium, Manual, and Syllabus of Information and Advice on All Subjects Appertaining to the Collection of Antiques
- Author
- Van Loot, Cornelius Obenchain, Milton Kilgallen and Murgatroyd Elphinstone (pseudonyms for Booth Tarkington, Kenneth Roberts, and Hugh Kahler)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition 1st Printing
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston and New York
- Date Published
- 1923
- Pages
- 147
- Keywords
- Satire
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
Terms of Sale
William Ramsey Rare Books & Manuscripts
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About the Seller
William Ramsey Rare Books & Manuscripts
Biblio member since 2018
Greenwood, South Carolina
About William Ramsey Rare Books & Manuscripts
William Ramsey Rare Books & Manuscripts specializes in modern poetry and southern history, with an emphasis on first and signed editions.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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....
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Remainder
- Book(s) which are sold at a very deep discount to alleviate publisher overstock. Often, though not always, they have a remainder...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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