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Books and bidders; the adventures of a bibliophile, by A.S.W. Rosenbach.
Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Pennsylvania Room UPA/Ph Z 992 .R68 1927
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Rosenbach, A. S. W. (Abraham Simon Wolf), 1876-1952.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Book collecting.
- Bibliomania.
- Booksellers and bookselling--United States.
- Booksellers and bookselling.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- 6 preliminary leaves, [xi]-xv, 311 pages frontispiece, plates, portraits, facsimiles (some folded) 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London, Allen [©1927]
- Contents:
- Talking of old books.
- A million dollar bookshelf.
- Sold to Dr. R!
- Some literary forgeries.
- Among old manuscripts.
- American children's books.
- Old Bibles.
- Why America buys England's books.
- The collector's best bet.
- Notes:
- "Seven hundred and eighty-five copies of this large paper edition have been printed, and are inscribed by the author. Of the twenty-five copies which are not for sale this is number for copyright."
- OCLC:
- 3757550
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