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Private Libraries Association, Date: 1970-01-01. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! 1970. Private Libraries Association ISBN 0900002301 9780900002304 [US]
ISBN10: 0900002301, ISBN13: 9780900002304, [publisher: London: Private Libraries Association] Hardcover 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 1 Kg. [New York, NY, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1977]
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]
ISBN10: 0900002301, ISBN13: 9780900002304, [publisher: London: Private Libraries Association] Hardcover 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 1 Kg. [Galway, Ireland] [Publication Year: 1977]
ISBN10: 0900002301, ISBN13: 9780900002304, [publisher: London : Private Libraries Association] Hardcover First Edition Near fine cloth copy in a very good if slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 242 pages 23 cm. Subjects: Book Collecting. Bibliophilie. Genre: Book collecting. Language: English. 1 Kg. [New York, NY, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1970]
London : Private Libraries Association , Date: 1970. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine cloth copy in a very good if slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 242 pages 23 cm. Subjects: Book Collecting. Bibliophilie. Genre: Book collecting. Language: English. 1970. London : Private Libraries Association ISBN 0900002301 9780900002304 [IE]
ISBN10: 0900002301, ISBN13: 9780900002304, [publisher: London : Private Libraries Association] Hardcover First Edition Near fine cloth copy in a very good if slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 242 pages 23 cm. Subjects: Book Collecting. Bibliophilie. Genre: Book collecting. Language: English. 1 Kg. [Galway, Ireland] [Publication Year: 1970]
ISBN10: 0900002301, ISBN13: 9780900002304, [publisher: London : Private Libraries Association] Hardcover Very good cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn (with some loss) and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description; xiv, 242 p ; 23 cm. Notes; First ed published by Cambridge University Press, 1948 under the title Taste and technique in book collecting: a study of recent developments in Great Britain and the United States. Subjects; Book collecting ; Addresses, essays, lectures. Book collecting. 1 Kg. [New York, NY, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1977]
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]
Private Libraries Association, Date: 1970. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. 1970. Private Libraries Association ISBN 0900002301 9780900002304 [US]
London : Private Libraries Association, Date: 1977. 5th edition. Hardcover. Very good cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn (with some loss) and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description; xiv, 242 p ; 23 cm. Notes; First ed published by Cambridge University Press, 1948 under the title Taste and technique in book collecting: a study of recent developments in Great Britain and the United States. Subjects; Book collecting ; Addresses, essays, lectures. Book collecting. 1977. London : Private Libraries Association ISBN 0900002301 9780900002304 [IE]
Private Libraries Association, London,Date: 1970 enlarged reprint of 1949 second edition. Cloth, 8vo, 23 cm,. xiv, 242 pp. This is a reprint of the 1949 second edition of this classic work, expanded by the addition of a substantial epilogue: namely, the presidential address delivered to the Bibliographical Society in 1969, in which John Carter cast a reflective and not invariably respectful eye on the trends, conditions and personalities of the intervening twenty years. Carter also provides a new preface and some pages of Corrections & Notes. The volume as a whole offers a "somewhat philosophical" account of the cycles and patterns in book-collecting over the 100 years or so from about 1840, in the UK and in America, and an examination of then current methods and technique. There are interesting discussions of "Rarity" and "Condition" and a subtle and amusing analysis of the forces which determine the state of the market. Elegantly written. Chapter-titles: Roxburghe to Rowfant; New ideas and new methods; Ashburnham to Britwell; Buxton Forman to Kern; Depression and revival; Patterns in book-collecting; Reflexions on the present state of book-collecting; The education of the collector; Tools and terminology; Bookshop and auction room; Rarity; Condition. Corners slightly bumped, otherwise near Very Good in used dustwrapper. Private Libraries Association, London, 1970 enlarged reprint of 1949 second edition ISBN 0900002301 9780900002304 ...
ISBN10: 0900002301, ISBN13: 9780900002304, [publisher: London : Private Libraries Association] Hardcover Very good cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn (with some loss) and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description; xiv, 242 p ; 23 cm. Notes; First ed published by Cambridge University Press, 1948 under the title Taste and technique in book collecting: a study of recent developments in Great Britain and the United States. Subjects; Book collecting ; Addresses, essays, lectures. Book collecting. 1 Kg. [Galway, Ireland] [Publication Year: 1977]
Private Libraries Association 1970 Hardcover Good Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.
ISBN10: 0900002301, ISBN13: 9780900002304, [publisher: Private Libraries Association, United Kingdom, Pinner] Softcover The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. [Goring-By-Sea, WS, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 1970]
Private Libraries Association, London,Date: 1970 enlarged reprint of 1949 second edition. Cloth, 8vo, 23 cm,. xiv, 242 pp. This is a reprint of the 1949 second edition of this classic work, expanded by the addition of a substantial epilogue: namely, the presidential address delivered to the Bibliographical Society in 1969, in which John Carter cast a reflective and not invariably respectful eye on the trends, conditions and personalities of the intervening twenty years. Carter also provides a new preface and some pages of Corrections & Notes. The volume as a whole offers a "somewhat philosophical" account of the cycles and patterns in book-collecting over the 100 years or so from about 1840, in the UK and in America, and an examination of then current methods and technique. There are interesting discussions of "Rarity" and "Condition" and a subtle and amusing analysis of the forces which determine the state of the market. Elegantly written. Chapter-titles: Roxburghe to Rowfant; New ideas and new methods; Ashburnham to Britwell; Buxton Forman to Kern; Depression and revival; Patterns in book-collecting; Reflexions on the present state of book-collecting; The education of the collector; Tools and terminology; Bookshop and auction room; Rarity; Condition. Very Good in slightly torn dustwrapper. Private Libraries Association, London, 1970 enlarged reprint of 1949 second edition ISBN 0900002301 9780900002304 [GB]
ISBN10: 0900002301, ISBN13: 9780900002304, [publisher: Private Libraries Association, United Kingdom, Pinner] Softcover The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. [Goring-By-Sea, WS, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 1970]
ISBN10: 0900002301, ISBN13: 9780900002304, [publisher: Private Libraries Association, London, 1970 enlarged reprint of 1949 second edition] Hardcover Cloth, 8vo, 23 cm, xiv, 242 pp. This is a reprint of the 1949 second edition of this classic work, expanded by the addition of a substantial epilogue: namely, the presidential address delivered to the Bibliographical Society in 1969, in which John Carter cast a reflective and not invariably respectful eye on the trends, conditions and personalities of the intervening twenty years. Carter also provides a new preface and some pages of Corrections & Notes. The volume as a whole offers a "somewhat philosophical" account of the cycles and patterns in book-collecting over the 100 years or so from about 1840, in the UK and in America, and an examination of then current methods and technique. There are interesting discussions of "Rarity" and "Condition" and a subtle and amusing analysis of the forces which determine the state of the market. Elegantly written. Chapter-titles: Roxburghe to Rowfant; New ideas and new methods; Ashburnham to Britwell; Buxton Forman to Kern; Depression and revival; Patterns in book-collecting; Reflexions on the present state of book-collecting; The education of the collector; Tools and terminology; Bookshop and auction room; Rarity; Condition. Corners slightly bumped, otherwise near Very Good in used dustwrapper. [LONDON, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: ...
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]
ISBN10: 0900002301, ISBN13: 9780900002304, [publisher: Private Libraries Association, London] Hardcover Hard cover in very good condition, with a plastic covered, unclipped dust jacket in good condition. Acquired from Sotheran's booksellers, the longest established antiquarian booksellers in the world, founded in 1761. Their discreet stamp is present on the front pastedown. General shelf and handling wear, including creasing and small nicks to DJ head, tanning to spine and minor blemishes to jacket. Pageblock tanned. Boards in fine condition, pages tightly bound, and content unmarked. CN [Didcot, Oxfordshire, OXON, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 1972]
London: Private Libraries Association, Date: 1972. Hard cover in very good condition, with a plastic covered, unclipped dust jacket in good condition. Acquired from Sotheran's booksellers, the longest established antiquarian booksellers in the world, founded in 1761. Their discreet stamp is present on the front pastedown. General shelf and handling wear, including creasing and small nicks to DJ head, tanning to spine and minor blemishes to jacket. Pageblock tanned. Boards in fine condition, pages tightly bound, and content unmarked. CN. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Used. 1972. Private Libraries Association ISBN 0900002301 9780900002304 [GB]
ISBN10: 0900002301, ISBN13: 9780900002304, [publisher: Private Libraries Association, London, 1970 enlarged reprint of 1949 second edition] Hardcover Cloth, 8vo, 23 cm, xiv, 242 pp. This is a reprint of the 1949 second edition of this classic work, expanded by the addition of a substantial epilogue: namely, the presidential address delivered to the Bibliographical Society in 1969, in which John Carter cast a reflective and not invariably respectful eye on the trends, conditions and personalities of the intervening twenty years. Carter also provides a new preface and some pages of Corrections & Notes. The volume as a whole offers a "somewhat philosophical" account of the cycles and patterns in book-collecting over the 100 years or so from about 1840, in the UK and in America, and an examination of then current methods and technique. There are interesting discussions of "Rarity" and "Condition" and a subtle and amusing analysis of the forces which determine the state of the market. Elegantly written. Chapter-titles: Roxburghe to Rowfant; New ideas and new methods; Ashburnham to Britwell; Buxton Forman to Kern; Depression and revival; Patterns in book-collecting; Reflexions on the present state of book-collecting; The education of the collector; Tools and terminology; Bookshop and auction room; Rarity; Condition. Bookplate on front pastedown endpaper of the noted collector Peter Apap Bologna, otherwise Fine in a Very Good dustwrapper ...
ISBN10: 0900002301, ISBN13: 9780900002304, [publisher: Private Libraries Association, London] Hardcover Hard cover in very good condition, with a plastic covered, unclipped dust jacket in good condition. Acquired from Sotheran's booksellers, the longest established antiquarian booksellers in the world, founded in 1761. Their discreet stamp is present on the front pastedown. General shelf and handling wear, including creasing and small nicks to DJ head, tanning to spine and minor blemishes to jacket. Pageblock tanned. Boards in fine condition, pages tightly bound, and content unmarked. CN [Didcot, Oxfordshire, OXON, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 1972]
ISBN10: 0900002301, ISBN13: 9780900002304, [publisher: Private Libraries Association, London, 1970 enlarged reprint of 1949 second edition] Hardcover Cloth, 8vo, 23 cm, xiv, 242 pp. This is a reprint of the 1949 second edition of this classic work, expanded by the addition of a substantial epilogue: namely, the presidential address delivered to the Bibliographical Society in 1969, in which John Carter cast a reflective and not invariably respectful eye on the trends, conditions and personalities of the intervening twenty years. Carter also provides a new preface and some pages of Corrections & Notes. The volume as a whole offers a "somewhat philosophical" account of the cycles and patterns in book-collecting over the 100 years or so from about 1840, in the UK and in America, and an examination of then current methods and technique. There are interesting discussions of "Rarity" and "Condition" and a subtle and amusing analysis of the forces which determine the state of the market. Elegantly written. Chapter-titles: Roxburghe to Rowfant; New ideas and new methods; Ashburnham to Britwell; Buxton Forman to Kern; Depression and revival; Patterns in book-collecting; Reflexions on the present state of book-collecting; The education of the collector; Tools and terminology; Bookshop and auction room; Rarity; Condition. Very Good in slightly torn dustwrapper. [LONDON, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 1970]
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'. Boards slightly spotted, otherwise Near Very Good in slightly used and price-clipped dustwrapper. 1977. Private Libraries Association, London, fifth impression, 1977 ISBN 0900002301 ...
ISBN10: 0900002301, ISBN13: 9780900002304, [publisher: London, Private libraries.] Hardcover 1977, 5th impression, xiv,242pp. Illustrated. Cloth. Dust jacket with signs of use. Book in good condition. Originally published in 1948, this book contains the text of the Sandars Lectures in Bibliography for the previous year. Carter reflects upon the evolution and method of book collecting from the middle of the nineteenth century until the 1940s, and meditates on what it means to be a book collector. [Heerlen, Netherlands] [Publication Year: 1970]
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!
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!
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! [Dallas, TX, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1977]
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! [Dallas, TX, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1977]
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'." Bookplate on front pastedown endpaper, Very Good in Very Good price-clipped dustwrapper. [LONDON, United ...
ISBN10: 0900002301, ISBN13: 9780900002304, [publisher: London, Private libraries.] Hardcover 1977, 5th impression, xiv,242pp. Illustrated. Cloth. Dust jacket with signs of use. Book in good condition. Originally published in 1948, this book contains the text of the Sandars Lectures in Bibliography for the previous year. Carter reflects upon the evolution and method of book collecting from the middle of the nineteenth century until the 1940s, and meditates on what it means to be a book collector. [Heerlen, Netherlands] [Publication Year: 1970]
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. [LONDON, ...
ISBN10: 0900002301, ISBN13: 9780900002304, [publisher: Private Libraries Association] Hardcover Boards are clean. Content is clean and bright. Good DJ with some tears, toning and is price clipped [Wallingford, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 1977]
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