ISBN10: 0900002301, ISBN13: 9780900002304, [publisher: London. Private Libraries Association] Hardcover London. Private Libraries Association. 1972. Fourth Edition. Hard Cover. Book and jacket are fine although there is a neat paste down owner plate to the front endpaper . Green cloth boards, gold lettering on red background with gold rules to spine. Slight sunning to spine. A classic text; this reprint has a new epilogue. A much-loved standard reference. . Excellent philosophical treatise on book-collecting. Immaculate dust wrapper. Please refer to shipping rates in Libris storefront rather than default amounts. If your destination is not included please contact for a quote by return. If your payment exceeds postage, we will refund the difference. Where possible all deliveries are tracked. You can choose an economy international rate but this is usually by sea and will take longer to arrive. Paypal welcome.
[Bristol, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 1972]
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ISBN10: 0900002301, ISBN13: 9780900002304, [publisher: Private Libraries Association, London, fifth impression, 1977] Hardcover Cloth, 8vo, 23 cm, xiv, 242 pp. From the blurb: "This new impression of John Carter's Taste & Technique in Book Collecting: A study of recent developments in Great Britain and the United States (the Sandars Lectures for 1947) has added to it a substantial epilogue: viz., the presidential address delivered to the Bibliographical Society in 1969, in which Mr Carter cast a reflective and not invariably respectful eye on the trends, conditions and personalities of the intervening twenty years. There are also three pages of corrections and notes, including some prepared in 1974, two years before the author's death. English reviewers of the original edition called it 'the perfect combination of formidable learning with grace and wit' (The Bookseller) 'this fascinating, witty and provocative book' (Percy H. Muir in The Clique), 'deeply informed, thoughtful, provocative and - let me add - as entertaining as it is instructive' (John Hayward on the BBC Third Programme). As for the United States, Cotton Storm in The Papers of tne Bibliographical Society of America roundly declared that 'the fact is very simple that no book-collector, amateur or adept, should be without a copy'." Boards slightly spotted, otherwise Near Very Good in slightly used and price-clipped dustwrapper.
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Private Libraries Association 1977 hardcover Very good Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority!

ISBN10: 0900002301, ISBN13: 9780900002304, [publisher: Private Libraries Association] Hardcover Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority!
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Private Libraries Association, London, fifth impression, Date: 1977. Cloth, 8vo, 23 cm,. xiv, 242 pp. From the blurb: "This new impression of John Carter's Taste & Technique in Book Collecting: A study of recent developments in Great Britain and the United States (the Sandars Lectures for 1947) has added to it a substantial epilogue: viz., the presidential address delivered to the Bibliographical Society in 1969, in which Mr Carter cast a reflective and not invariably respectful eye on the trends, conditions and personalities of the intervening twenty years. There are also three pages of corrections and notes, including some prepared in 1974, two years before the author's death. English reviewers of the original edition called it 'the perfect combination of formidable learning with grace and wit' (The Bookseller) 'this fascinating, witty and provocative book' (Percy H. Muir in The Clique), 'deeply informed, thoughtful, provocative and - let me add - as entertaining as it is instructive' (John Hayward on the BBC Third Programme). As for the United States, Cotton Storm in The Papers of tne Bibliographical Society of America roundly declared that 'the fact is very simple that no book-collector, amateur or adept, should be without a copy'. Bookplate on front pastedown endpaper, Very Good in Very Good price-clipped dustwrapper. 1977. Private Libraries Association, London, fifth impression, 1977 ISBN 0900002301 9780900002304 [GB]

London: Private Libraries Association, Date: 1977. Fifth Edition. Hardback. Near fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dw, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. ; 8vo 8"" - 9"" tall; 242 pages; Description: 242 p. 23 cm. Subject: Book collecting 1977. London: Private Libraries Association ISBN 0900002301 9780900002304 [IE]