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An Occupation for Gentlemen
by Warburg, Fredric
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
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Stanley, New York, United States
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About This Item
Boston, Massachusetts: Houghton Mifflin / Riverside Press, 1960. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Stated First printing.. Boston, Massachusetts: Houghton Mifflin / Riverside Press, 1960. Stated First Printing. Very Good/Good. Stated First Printing in clean original dust jacket. Clean red boards with beige cloth spine, red and brown lettering on spine. 1/4" closed tear at top spine edge, else no wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound - no cracking. Pages and edges are clean, small previous owner date (6-2-60) penned at top corner of front frfee endpaper. Illustrated with black and white photographs. 288 pages with index. Clean jacket is price clipped at upper corner of front inside flap, has long closed diagonal tear to rear panel which has been carefully taped on blank side of dust jacket, a few additional short closed edge tears. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. An autobiography of Fred Warburg, book publisher extraordinaire..
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- Bookseller
- Old Scrolls Book Shop - Biblio
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 028220
- Title
- An Occupation for Gentlemen
- Author
- Warburg, Fredric
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- Stated First printing.
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin / Riverside Press
- Place of Publication
- Boston, Massachusetts
- Date Published
- 1960
- Keywords
- BIOGRAPHY, BOOKS ON BOOKS, PUBLISHING, AUTOBIOGRAPHY, FREDRIC WARBURG, FIRST PRINTING, EDITION
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- Books on Books/publishing;
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Old Scrolls Book Shop - Biblio
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Stanley, New York
About Old Scrolls Book Shop - Biblio
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