Old Books in the Old World: Reminiscences of Book Buying Abroad
by ROSTENBERG, Leona, and STERN, Madeleine B
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 1884718183
- ISBN 13
- 9781884718182
- Seller
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Galena, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Press, 1996. Hardcover. Small 4to. Brown cloth with gilt spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. viii, 175pp. Illustrations. Fine/near fine. Handsome and tight first edition of these journal excerpts from the grand dames of American antiquarian bookselling, a followup to their popular "Old & Rare: Forty Years in the Book Business." This lovely copy bears a fine, archival, decorative-edged bookplate signed by Rostenberg in black fineline and Stern in black ballpoint on the front flyleaf. An outstanding copy.
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- Bookseller
- Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 46361
- Title
- Old Books in the Old World: Reminiscences of Book Buying Abroad
- Author
- ROSTENBERG, Leona, and STERN, Madeleine B
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 1884718183
- ISBN 13
- 9781884718182
- Publisher
- Oak Knoll Press
- Place of Publication
- New Castle, DE
- Date Published
- 1996
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- Books;
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About the Seller
Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA
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Galena, Illinois
About Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA
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- Cloth
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- Fine
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Gilt
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