This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1882 edition. Excerpt: ...Abercromme at Broughton. "This advertisement not to be repeated." There was at that time probably more of this description of property in Britain than in Virginia. It had become fashionable, as one may see in Hogarth. Such advertisements--they were abundant--might furnish an apt text on which a philosophical ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1882 edition. Excerpt: ...Abercromme at Broughton. "This advertisement not to be repeated." There was at that time probably more of this description of property in Britain than in Virginia. It had become fashionable, as one may see in Hogarth. Such advertisements--they were abundant--might furnish an apt text on which a philosophical historian could speculate on the probable results to this country, had not Mansfield gone to the root of the matter by denying all property in slaves. So much for the chances which still remain to the devourer of books, if, after having consumed all the solid volumes within his reach, he should be reduced to shreds and patches of literature, --like a ship's crew having resort to shoe-leather and the sweepings of the locker. Ptctentrets. UT now to return to the point whence we started--the disposition, and almost the necessity, which the true enthusiast in the pursuit feels to look into the soul, as it were, of his book, after he has got possession of the body. When he is not of the omnivorous kind, but one who desires to possess a particular book, and, having got it, dips into the contents before committing it to permanent obscurity on his loaded shelves, there is, as we have L already seen, a certain thread of intelligent association linking the items of his library to each other. The collector knows what he wants, and why he wants it, and that why does not entirely depend on exteriors, though he may have his whim as to that also. He is a totally different being from the animal who goes to all sales, and buys every book that is cheap. That is a painfully low and grovelling type of the malady; and, fortunately for the honour of literature, the bargain-hunter who suffers under it is not in general a special votary of books, but buys all...
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Add this copy of The Book-Hunter Etc to cart. $11.87, fair condition, Sold by Wonder Book - Member ABAA/ILAB rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Frederick, MD, UNITED STATES.
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Acceptable. Reading Copy. Backstirp lacking. Boards soiled. Light foxing to the page edges. Front hinge starting to crack. Inquire if you need further information.
Add this copy of The Book-Hunter Etc to cart. $18.00, fair condition, Sold by Top Notch Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Tolar, TX, UNITED STATES, published 1887 by Worthington Co..
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Good- No Jacket. 8vo-7¾"-9¾" Tall. Boards are lightly scuffed and rubbed, black library tape over spinecover. Front inside hinge weak. Text pages are clean with no markings.
Add this copy of The Book-Hunter Etc to cart. $18.95, fair condition, Sold by Stanley Louis Remarkable Books rated 1.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Saint Charles, IL, UNITED STATES, published 1863 by Sheldon and Company.
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Fair. John Hill Burton FRSE (1809-1881) was a Scottish advocate, historian and economist. The author of Life and Correspondence of David Hume, he was secretary of the Scottish Prison Board (1854-77), and Historiographer Royal (1867-1881) This copy is fair only in brownish purple cloth with a paper title label on the spine. Covers are worn, with minor loss at the spine ends. Ex-library with call number on lower spine and minor stamps and numbering on first few pages. Paper title label is mostly worn away, so that it's now illegible. Hinges and text block are cracked, but although the binding is loose it is still holding everything together. Some age darkening of the text, but no other marks..
Add this copy of The Book-Hunter Etc to cart. $28.89, poor condition, Sold by Anybook rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Lincoln, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1882 by William Blackwood and Sons.
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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has hardback covers. In poor condition, suitable as a reading copy. No dust jacket. Clean text; age toned; light foxing; edges worn; gilt on spine; spine splitting; Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 1500grams, ISBN:
Add this copy of The Book-Hunter Etc to cart. $38.93, new condition, Sold by Booksplease rated 3.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Southport, MERSEYSIDE, UNITED KINGDOM, published 2018 by HardPress Ltd.
Add this copy of The Book-Hunter Etc to cart. $65.00, very good condition, Sold by Main Street Fine Books, ABAA rated 3.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Galena, IL, UNITED STATES, published by Frederick A. Stokes Company.
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Small 8vo. Brown cloth with gilt spine lettering. xvi, 396pp. Tissue-guarded frontispiece, illustrations. Very good. Minor binding wear only--internally tight and near fine. Tight and nice later reprint edition of the 1862 books-about-books classic by the noted Scottish attorney and economist (1809-81). Some attach various dates to this undated edition--often 1895 or 1883--but seemingly without evidence; certainly late 19th century. A lovely copy.
Add this copy of The Book-Hunter Etc to cart. $66.41, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2019 by Wentworth Press.
Add this copy of The Book-Hunter Etc to cart. $200.00, very good condition, Sold by Clausen Books, RMABA rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Colorado Springs, CO, UNITED STATES, published 1862 by William Blackwood & Sons.
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Engravings / Chapter Vignettes. Very Good. Hardcover. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. First Edition. Several un-cut top edges. Original flat brown endpapers, minor aging, clean and tight. Decorative binding in light and dark brown with black stamped bordering, rippled spine, bumped head and foot of spine, bumped and worn corners. 384p.
