Understanding book-collecting / Grant Uden
1982, 1st edition. Woodbridge, Suffolk : Antique Collectors' Club. Near fine cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #406179
ISBN: 0907462138
Physical description; 279 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm. Notes; Illus. (1 on end-papers) incl. maps, facsimiles and tables. Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents; The Language of Book-Collecting (i) -- The Language of Book-Collecting (ii) -- 'The Art, Mystery and Manual Occupation' of Bookbinding -- The Illustrated Book -- Private Press and Press Books -- The Cult of the First Edition -- Association Copies -- Provincial Presses -- Bibles -- Completeness and Condition -- The Care of Books -- Ephemera -- Autograph Letters and Manuscripts -- The Adventure of Collecting -- Sources of Supply -- Appendix I: The Roman Notation -- Appendix II: Old and New Style -- Appendix III: A Shelf of Bookmen -- Appendix IV: Antiquarian Booksellers' Association -- Glossary -- A Questionary or Quodlibet -- Index. Subjects; Book collecting. Bibliophilie. Book collecting ; Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Price: €18.00