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AMENITIES OF BOOK-COLLECTING AND KINDRED AFFECTIONS
Newton, A. Edward

- Boston : Atlantic Monthly Press 1918 - 8vo. - cloth-backed boards, paper spine label, top edge gilt, dust jacket. - xxi, 356 pages. - Order Nr. 11431 - Price: $ 350.00

First edition, with errata slip tipped-in at page 268. The jacket appears in two states; the first has no printing on the covers except for the spine while the second has printing on the front cover. This is a copy of the first state. This was the first book in a series of books written by Newton on book-collecting and remains a classic book in its field. This copy bears the following inscription on the front free endpaper "To Anna Gable Ford, with love and Christmas greetings from her father, William F. Gable, Altoona, Pennsylvania, Dec. 25th, 1918. See McKay 8643 for the sale of William Gable's library in 1923. Gable (1856-1921) was a noted collector and merchant. The front cover of the jacket is signed "Anna Katharine" in ink at the top edge. Jacket worn with tears and the bottom of the spine lacking. Extremely scarce in this first state jacket.

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ILLUSTRATIONS TO THE LIFE OF ST. ALBAN IN TRIN. COLL. DUB... by Lowe, W. R. L. & E. F. Jacob First edition. Reproduced in collotype facsimile, this book contains a collection of illustrations depicting the life and works of St. Alban. Fifty-four full page, black-and-white plates are printed recto-only on stiff paper. Spine faded, small tear in leather at the edge of the first raised band, wear at tips.