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Badger Books, Woollahra, NSW, Australie
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Honoris Librarius
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Illustrations by Ann Arnold. A sardonic alphabet of some of the rare book trade's practices and personalities: 'G is for Grolier Club Bore in Full Blast', 'H are the High-Spots the Bore has Amassed'; explanatory notes re the text and illustrations by the author at rear. Pictorial wrappers, stapled. Fine. N° de réf. du vendeur 48274
Titre : An Antiquarian ABC
Éditeur : The author. First American edition, Berkeley, CA
Date d'édition : 1998
Reliure : Softcover/Paperback
Etat : Fine
Edition : First Edition.
Type de livre : book
Vendeur : James Fergusson Books & Manuscripts, London, Royaume-Uni
Ann Arnold (illustrateur). Oblong 4to. Wrappers. "A is ARADER all scissors, no paste, / B is the BINDING going to waste; / C is the COLLECTOR, a modernist drone, / D is the DUST WRAPPER, his sine qua non; / E is for ETHICS, sadly to seek, / F is for FORE-EDGE, painted last week . . ." Caustic alphabet published "on the occasion of the antiquarian book fairs held in San Francisco and Los Angeles", with extensive notes (as usual) by Ian Jackson. "The drawings of Eric Korn (the child on the front cover), Nicolas Barker (the figure on the left in G & H), Bernard Rosenthal (in O), Ian Jackson (the beggar in the gutter of X), and Alex Fotheringham (the horseman on the back cover) are based on sketches from life. The drawings of Albi and Felix Rosenthal (in P) rely on personal recollection, the picture of John Jenkins (in I) on public notoriety, and of W. Graham Arader III (In A), and Germaine Greer (in N) on the artist's imagination. Historical figures (Quaritch, Tischendorf, Alexander II) are taken from authentic portraits. None of the other sketches of booksellers, collectors and librarians is intended to represent anyone in particular.". N° de réf. du vendeur 6XM600013a
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Vendeur : curtis paul books, inc., Crestline, CA, Etats-Unis
Softcover. Etat : Fine. First Edition. Softcover with stapled binding, oblong format. Inscribed to the title page by illustator Ann Arnold. Trace soil to front cover else fine condition. ; quarto; Signed by Author. N° de réf. du vendeur 43070
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