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Cleveland & New York: World Publishing Company, [1960]., 1960. 8vo. pp. 616, [3]. frontis. portrait & 8 double-sided plates. index. cloth. First Edition.. F. Hardcover.
Rosenbach: A Biography by WOLF, Edwin II with FLEMING, John F - 1960
by WOLF, Edwin II with FLEMING, John F
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Rosenbach: A Biography
by WOLF, Edwin II with FLEMING, John F
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Cleveland: The World Publishing Company, 1960. First. hardcover. very good. Frontispiece and other black-and-white illustrations. 616 pages (several tiny stains at the corners of some pages in the middle of the book; otherwise fine), tall 8vo, red and black cloth with gilt stamping, slipcase. Cleveland: The World Publishing Company, (1960). First edition. Very good condition. Signed in full by both authors on the limitation page; No. 142 of 250 signed copies.
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- Date Published 1960
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Rosenbach A Biography
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Rosenbach A Biography - One of 250 Signed Copies
by [ROSENBACH, A. S. W.] WOLF II, Edwin and John F. Fleming
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Cleveland and New York: The World Publishing Company, 1960. Limited Edition. Cloth in Slipcase. Fine/Slipcase Very Good. 4to. Pp. 616. Frontis. portrait. Illustrated with a section of black-and-white photo reproductions. Index. Bound in half black cloth over salmon buckram with beveled edges, a gilt facsimile of Rosenbach's signature on the front board, gilt lettering stamped on spine. In the publisher's plain paper-covered slipcase that has a decal shadow on one panel, a light scratch on the other. Of an edition limited to 250 copies, this is hand-numbered copy 135. Often cited as the greatest of bookseller biographies.Dr. R., known in Paris auction houses as "Le Napoléon des Livres," was more than the most prominent of 20th-century American antiquarian booksellers: On one side of the leaf he was a promoter of book collecting, rationally suggesting valuable books as an investment; on the other, he was a scholar of depth and wide berth who contributed substantially to the world of bibliography.…
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