Winterich, John T., A PRIMER OF BOOK COLLECTING, 1927. 1st ed. in Fine cond.

Winterich, John T., A PRIMER OF BOOK COLLECTING, New York: Greenberg : 1927. 1st ed. blue cloth hardcover w/paper title to spine, 12mo (7.5 x 5”), Fine / Very Good, 206pp. +v adv. Dust – jacket chipped at the head of the spine. Ah, the all-time classic on the practical aspects of book collecting – not a facsimile but the real thing. “This book aims to instruct the reader in the fundamentals of book collecting – a pleasant and not unprofitable pursuit that has attracted thousands of new devotees in the past ten years and is gaining fresh adherents daily.” – from the dust jacket. Simply a marvelous bit of Captured Tyme – quite the distinctive book indeed!

Winterich, John T., A PRIMER OF BOOK COLLECTING, 1927. 1st ed. in Fine cond.

Winterich, John T., A PRIMER OF BOOK COLLECTING, New York: Greenberg : 1927. 1st ed. blue cloth hardcover w/paper title to spine, 12mo (7.5 x 5”), Fine / Very Good, 206pp. +v adv. Dust – jacket chipped at the head of the spine. Ah, the all-time classic on the practical aspects of book collecting – not a facsimile but the real thing. “This book aims to instruct the reader in the fundamentals of book collecting – a pleasant and not unprofitable pursuit that has attracted thousands of new devotees in the past ten years and is gaining fresh adherents daily.” – from the dust jacket. Simply a marvelous bit of Captured Tyme – quite the distinctive book indeed!

Winterich, John T., A PRIMER OF BOOK COLLECTING, 1927. 1st ed. in Fine cond.

Winterich, John T., A PRIMER OF BOOK COLLECTING, New York: Greenberg : 1927. 1st ed. blue cloth hardcover w/paper title to spine, 12mo (7.5 x 5”), Fine / Very Good, 206pp. +v adv. Dust – jacket chipped at the head of the spine. Ah, the all-time classic on the practical aspects of book collecting – not a facsimile but the real thing. “This book aims to instruct the reader in the fundamentals of book collecting – a pleasant and not unprofitable pursuit that has attracted thousands of new devotees in the past ten years and is gaining fresh adherents daily.” – from the dust jacket. Simply a marvelous bit of Captured Tyme – quite the distinctive book indeed!

Illustrated Price Catalog of Old Books Wanted. By L. Peterson. 4th. edtn. 1938

“Illustrated Price Catalog of Old Books Wanted: A Reference Guide to More than 2,500 Books of Value, Giving Author, Title, Date and Other Facts Determining the Valuable Edition and Listing the American Book Mart’s Cash Offer for Each Book”. 4th Edition, Revised and Enlarged. Edited by L. G. Peterson. Chicago: American Book Mart, 1938. Hardcover, maroon cloth. 184 pages. Small book : 7 x 4 inches. Full page facsimile (reduced) illustrations of title pages. Very good condition.