The London Bookshop: Being ... a Pictorial Record of the Antiquarian Book Trade: Portraits & Premises

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Sale 413: The Library of the Late Donald R. Fleming of Orinda, California (#413) 10/08/2009 1:00 PM PDT Closed
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Lot #67The London Bookshop: Being ... a Pictorial Record of the Antiquarian Book Trade: Portraits & Premises

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Sale 413: The Library of the Late Donald R. Fleming of Orinda, California (#413) 10/08/2009 1:00 PM PDT Closed
Starts Ending 10/08/2009 1:00 PM PDT

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Heading:

(Bookshops)

Title:

The London Bookshop: Being ... a Pictorial Record of the Antiquarian Book Trade: Portraits & Premises

Author:

Brown, Richard & Stanley Brett

Place Published:

[Middlesex]

Publisher:

Private Libraries Assoc.

Date Published:

1971-77

Description:

2 volumes. Plates throughout from photographs of numerous bookstores. Preface by Percy Muir. Oblong, 7¼x9¾, cloth. Limited to 1500 & 2000 copies, of which only 700 or each was for sale. First Edition.

Fascinating photographic record of the exteriors and interiors of the great bookstores of London in the days before the internet.

Condition:

Near fine to fine.

Item#:

204625

Headline:

London bookshops in photographs
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