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Great Books and Book Collectors – Alan G. Thomas’s large-format survey of great books and the collectors who sought them, in the 1984 Chancellor Press hardcover reprint of the 1975 work. Bound in yellow cloth with a brown cover panel and brown spine, in the original decorative dust jacket. A very good copy with some foxing and light jacket wear.
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Great Books and Book Collectors by Alan G. Thomas was first published in Great Britain by Weidenfeld and Nicolson, with copyright dated 1975. This copy is the Chancellor Press edition, published from 59 Grosvenor Street, London, reprinted in 1984 and printed in Hong Kong.
Great Books and Book Collectors is a large and generously illustrated hardcover that follows the story of fine and important books and the private collectors who gathered them. It touches on early manuscripts, printing, illustration and decorative bindings, and the passion that drove the great libraries.
Alan G. Thomas was a respected London antiquarian bookseller, and Great Books and Book Collectors is written with the eye of someone who handled such books for a living. It remains a popular introduction to the history of the book and the world of collecting.
This volume will suit bibliophiles, collectors of books about books, students of book history and bookbinding, and anyone who enjoys the culture of the antiquarian book trade.
Condition – Very Good
Hardcover bound in yellow cloth with a brown decorative panel on the front board and a brown spine lettered in yellow. Housed in the original dust jacket, which shows wear and some small tears at the spine. The yellow cloth carries some foxing spots. Internally the pages are clean, though some foxing is also present. The binding is firm.
