Forty Years in My Bookshop by Walter T. Spencer 1927 New Revised Edition HC DJ

by Walter T. Spencer

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Forty Years in my Bookshop by Walter T. Spencer Edited with an Introduction by Thomas Moult New Revised Edition with Eight Illustrations Published by Constable & Company, Ltd., 1927 Hardcover with Original Dust Jacket in Protective Mylar Sleeve Good Vintage Condition. The book is securely bound, covers attached, vintage owner signature and loose gift card on front end-page, otherwise unmarked, no internal writing, no highlighting, crisp inner pages, no ripped pages, no corner folds, no creased pages, no remainder marks, not ex-library. Dust jacket is complete and unclipped with light visible surface and edge wear from age, use, storage and handling. Light age spotting and fading starting to emerge. Light chipping and surface scuffs to the dust cover. Dust jacket in protective mylar sleeve for future preservation. Free USA Shipping >>>> Forty Years in My Bookshop is a classic work of bibliographical literature written by Walter T. Spencer (edited with an introduction by Thomas Moult) and originally published in 1923 by Houghton Mifflin. The memoir recounts Spencer's decades running his famous antiquarian bookshop at 27 New Oxford Street in London, serving as a core hub for the rare book trade across the late Victorian and Edwardian eras. The book offers firsthand accounts and charming reminiscences of the private world of book collecting, from the high of discovering forgotten manuscripts to the technicalities of identifying valuable first editions. Spencer writes about his di

• Publisher: Constable & Company, Ltd.
• Year: 1927
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Good

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