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Author's By Profession, Volume Two (2): From the Copywright Act 1911 until the End of 1981

By: N/A

Price: $8.00

Publisher: William Kaufmann Inc.:

Seller ID: 172252

ISBN: 0865760713

Binding: Unbound

Condition: Very Good

Very good hardcover in very good dust jacket. Binding is tight and sturdy; boards and text also very good. DJ protected in Mylar wraps. Ships from Dinkytown in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
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Type Specimen Book Randall Company Complete Service Printers St. Paul, MN

By: N/A

Price: $20.00

Publisher: St. Paull, MN, Randall Company: n.d. [circa 1915]

Seller ID: 199391

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used: Good

16mo type specimen book. Pocket sized with an embossed owl on the front cover. Cloth leatherette binding. Former owner's signature on end paper:
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AMERICAN BOOK PRICES CURRENT (ABPC) 1895-1919 First 25 years of auction records

By: N/A

Price: $895.00

Publisher: New York, NY, Dodd Mead & Co.: 1895

Seller ID: 274164

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used: Good

3 publishers: Dodd, Mead; Dodd & Livingston; Robert H. Dodd, 1895-1919. 25 volumes. Ex Hill Reference Library. White call numbers and perforated title page. Else good, sound set. Red buckram. COMPLETE RUN of first 25 years of the ABPC. See our other consecutive runs. The idea of the cumulation of book-auction records arose out of necessity, particularly in the business of selling rare books. The dealers were dependent upon bibliographies, priced earnings, and other scattered media for estimates of rarity or value. It was a time-consuming process, and a short-cut time-saver was a desideratum. I...
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AMERICAN BOOK PRICES CURRENT (ABPC) 1920 - 1939 (missing 1932, 34 and 35)

By: N/A

Price: $395.00

Publisher: New York, NY, Dutton and Bowker.: 1920

Seller ID: 274165

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used: Good

Dutton and Bowker: 17 volumes -- 1920 to 1939 run -- missing 1932, 1934, & 1935. Ex Hill reference library with white call numbers on spine and perforated title page. Else good, sound set. Maroon buckram. See our other ABPC runs. The idea of the cumulation of book-auction records arose out of necessity, particularly in the business of selling rare books. The dealers were dependent upon bibliographies, priced earnings, and other scattered media for estimates of rarity or value. It was a time-consuming process, and a short-cut time-saver was a desideratum. In England Auction Prices was establis...
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The Library of Thomas Percy, 1729-1811, Bishop of Dromore, editor of the Reliques of Ancient English Poetry, removed to Caledon House.

By: (Percy, Thomas) Sotheby & Co.

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Sotheby & Co.: 1969-01-01

Seller ID: 248128

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Sotheby & Co., 1969. 72pp. Printed green paper over boards, no dust jacket issued. Binding is tight, sturdy, and square; black and white plates and text also very good. Moderate amount of shelfwear to edges of boards. From a private collection. Ships from Dinkytown in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
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An Editor's Essays of Two Decades

By: Alan Swallow

Price: $13.68

Publisher: Ohio Univ Pr (Trd): June, 1962

Seller ID: 78107

ISBN: 0804000735

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: VERY GOOD

Hardcover in Very Good Condition w/ Very Good DJ. 401pp.
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Collected Books

By: Allen Ahearn

Price: $9.00

Publisher: Putnam Adult: 7/17/1991

Seller ID: 74273

ISBN: 0399136630

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

Good hardcover copy with good dust jacket. Text is clean. Dust jacket protected by mylar wraps. International shipping may cost extra.
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Ex Libris: Confessions of a Common Reader

By: Anne Fadiman

Price: $6.95

Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux: 2000-11-25

Seller ID: 162854

ISBN: 0374527229

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Very good paperback. Spine is uncreased, binding tight and sturdy, text also very good.
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Life in a London Bookshop: Excerpts from a Lecture

By: Anthony Rota

Price: $24.00

Publisher: Minneapolis, Minnesota, The Ampersand Club: 1989-01-01

Seller ID: 125346

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

Scarce, olive cloth boards, gilt titling. Near fine condition. From a private collection. Ships from Dinkytown in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
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Ventures in Book Collecting

By: Arnold, William Harris

Price: $55.00

Publisher: Charles Scribner's Sons: 1923-01-01

Seller ID: 248533

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used: Good

Charles Scribner's Sons, 1923. Published September 1923 stated on copyright page. xvii, [3], 356pp. Frontis & 16 other plate, in addition to many illustrations in text. Grey paper over black cloth, gilt vertical stripe separating them near spine gutter, gilt spine text. Deckled page edges. Small bookseller's stamp on front end page (Chas. E. Lauriat Co. of Boston). Binding is tight, sturdy and square. Light shelfwear to boards, mainly at corners, gilt spine text remains bright. Light foxing to top edge of text block. Text is very good throughout, some foxing to interior pages. Moderate amount ...
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By: Basbanes, Nicholas A

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Harper: 2003-11-25

Seller ID: 268932

ISBN: 0060082879

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

HarperCollins, 2003; stated First Edition with full number line. VG+ hardcover in VG+ dust jacket. Binding is tight, sturdy, and square; boards and text also very good. Unclipped dust jacket arrives wrapped in protective mylar. From a private collection (NOT ex-library). Ships from Dinkytown in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
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Patience & Fortitude: A Roving Chronicle of Book People, Book Places, and Book Culture

By: Basbanes, Nicholas A.

Price: $36.00

Publisher: Harper: 2001-10-02

Seller ID: 202487

ISBN: 0060196955

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+

Signed 1st printing of the 1st edition! Very good+ hardcover in very good+ dust jacket - an all-around very nice copy! Signed and inscribed by Nicholas Basbanes. Stated first edition with full number line, indicating a first printing. DJ protected in Mylar wraps. Ships from Dinkytown in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
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A Pound of Paper: Confessions of a Book Addict

By: Baxter, John

Price: $15.95

Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books: 2003-12-11

Seller ID: 268702

ISBN: 0312317255

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Thomas Dunne Books / St. Martin's Press, 2003; stated First Edition with full number line. VG+ hardcover in VG+ dust jacket. Binding is tight, sturdy, and square; boards and text also very good. Unclipped dust jacket arrives wrapped in protective mylar. From a private collection (NOT ex-library). Ships from Dinkytown in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
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JOURNEYS & VOYAGES TO NATURE,A SURVEY OF 100 HUNDRED BOOKS

By: Bay,J.C.

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Torch Press: 1950-01-01

Seller ID: 227073

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Collectible: Very Good

Torch Press, 1950. 400 copies "Privately printed for the Friends of the Torch Press", a printer's Christmas book. Very good. Blue paper over boards, with paper label and black linen spine. Original rare tissue jacket, is torn at front edge and side but present. No former owner marks. Ships from Dinkytown in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
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