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Fine Books and Book Collecting: Books and manuscripts acquired from Alan G. Thomas and described by his customers on the occasion of his Seventieth birthday
by THOMAS, Alan G (1911–1992) & LINENTHAL, Richard A; DE HAMEL, Christopher (eds)
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very good/very good
- ISBN 10
- 090747103X
- ISBN 13
- 9780907471035
- Seller
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About This Item
Leamington Spa: James Hall, 1981. First Edition. Original Cloth. Very good/very good. 4to (30.5cm). Red cloth, gilt titles to spine, and to cover, with gilt motif. x, 73. Illustrated throughout w/ monochrome reproductions. In price clipped dust jacket with a closed tear to head of spine, now repaired to rector and verso with transparent archival tape. With a bold gift note in pen, undated, to flyleaf. Minor signs of handling, still a firm, sound copy, clean and free of marks.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 00005813
- Title
- Fine Books and Book Collecting: Books and manuscripts acquired from Alan G. Thomas and described by his customers on the occasion of his Seventieth birthday
- Author
- THOMAS, Alan G (1911–1992) & LINENTHAL, Richard A; DE HAMEL, Christopher (eds)
- Format/Binding
- Original Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good
- Jacket Condition
- very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 090747103X
- ISBN 13
- 9780907471035
- Publisher
- James Hall
- Place of Publication
- Leamington Spa
- Date Published
- 1981
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- Bibliography, books on books;
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Books, ephemera, with a focus on Japan, China, East Asia, and South East Asia, East, South and South East Asian languages, as well as modern firsts, economics and social sciences. From time to time, works on paper, prints, maps and photography. All wants encouraged, books bought and sold on commission also.
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- Price Clipped
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- First Edition
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- Cloth
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Spine
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