![[Book #51394] BOOKS AND BIDDERS. A. S. W. Rosenbach.](https://babcockbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/51394.jpg?auto=webp&v=1788412626)
BOOKS AND BIDDERS The Adventures of a Bibliophile
Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1927. Signed Limited First Edition. Hardcover. First edition, large-paper limited issue. No. 552 of 785 copies signed by Rosenbach, of which 760 were offered for sale. Rosenbach's account of the rare-book trade and his adventures acquiring notable books and manuscripts, including chapters on literary forgeries, early children's books, manuscripts, Bibles, and the transatlantic book trade. Illustrated with numerous plates and facsimiles. 311 pp. Original brown cloth-backed boards with printed paper spine label, blind-stamped medallion to front board; top edge gilt, others untrimmed. Good. Original cloth-backed boards with light rubbing and soiling, minor wear at extremities, and some toning to spine label and page edges. Scattered foxing, heavier to a few leaves. A substantial triangular portion of the lower title page has been cut away, though the printed title and publication information remain intact. Binding sound. Lacking slipcase.
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