HOW TO COLLECT BOOKS by Slater, Herbert J - 1905

Canterbury Bookshop. Collectible - Acceptable. Signed Copy Collectible - Acceptable. No Dust Jacket From the Art Reference Collection of wildlife artist and outdoorsman Alan James Robinson. This collection was used by Robinson to create his wonderful art and Cheloniidae Press books. Signed by Alan James Robinson on custom bookplate on endpage. Facsimile edition. Uncut pages. Shelf worn. Shelf cocked. Rubbed and scuffed on corners. Corners bowed. Foxed and toned on page edges. Rubbed on cover. Sunned on spine. (how to, book, collecting)

HardPress Publishing, 2013-01-28. Paperback. Good.

New.

[6], xii, 205, [3] pages.First edition. With numerous black and white full-page and in-text illustrations.
Cloth covered boards, stamped in brown and gilt to spine and front. Cloth very lightly rubbed in places. Top edge gilt. Very light foxing to end-papers and some text pages. Small ex-libris stamp "LS" to title-page.
Contents: I. Hints to Beginners; II. Some Practical Details; III. Manuscripts; IV. Paper and Paper Marks; V. The Title-Page and the Colophon; VI. Incunabula and the Early Printers; VII Illustrated Books; VIII. Some Celebrated Presses; IX. On Bookbinding; X. Great Collectors; XI Auction Sales and Catalogues; XII. Early Editions and Strange Books.

This volume is heavier than the average quoted in my store listings and, as consequence, the shipping cost will be higher than that quoted in my listing. Please contact me if you wish more details.

Richard West, 1975-01-01. Hardcover. Good. 1.1102 9.1299 6.5709.

London: George Bell and Sons, 1905. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. First Edition. Hardcover. Minor wear to head and tail, minor foxing, else tight, bright and unmarred. Brown cloth boards with gilt lettering and black decorative elements, frontispiece. 8vo. 205pp. Illus. (b/w plates). Index. 2pp. advertisements.

London: George Bell and Sons, 1905. 8vo. 205pp. Hard cover in plastic bag. Black and white plates. Good. Some water damage.