Books and Bidders: The Adventures of a Bibliophile, with Illustrations
Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1927. 2nd Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good / No Jacket. Item #2331972
2nd printing of trade edition, lacks slipcase. Spine faded, discolored smudge on front board, minor transfer from now-absent tape on endpapers, pencil name (John E. Petrick) on front endpaper.
xiv, 311 pp. Frontispiece of a page from the Gutenberg Bible, numerous plates throughout text depicting bindings, title pages, manuscripts, bookstores, booksellers, book collectors, auction rooms, etc. Rosenbach was a renowned American book and manuscript collector and dealer, whose collection forms the cornerstone of a museum and library in Philadelphia.
Price: $75.00
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