course correct cataloguing notes neophyte von magee david (3 Ergebnisse)

Softcover. Zustand: Fine. Limited Edition. 1/175 unnumbered. Quarto. 14, 14pp. Stiff stapled printed paper wraps. Frontispieces in both volumes, b/w offset reproductions of photographs. Satirical definitions of bibliophile terms. For example, "Foxing: This is always 'slight.'" or "Stains: These should never be identified. Blood, jam and ink all look like cocoa after 200 years." Two nice and entertaining publications designed and printed by Layton Kennedy for members of the Roxburghe and Zamorano Clubs. First booklet with faint smudge on front cover. Otherwise both pamphlets in fine condition.

Softcover. Zustand: Fine. First edition. Stapled wrappers. Slight age-toning to the wrappers, else a fine copy. One of 75 copies for the friends of David Magee and Lawton Kennedy. Nicely Inscribed by Magee in the year of publication. Wonderfully amusing look into the rare book cataloguer's art.

First edition, "75 copies [unnumbered] specially imprinted for the friends of David Magee and Lawton Kennedy" printed on verso of last page. 8vo. (14) pp. Frontispiece. Laid in is a piece of letterhead from the Magee Book Shop, with the typed note "With the compliments of DAVID MAGEE." A short humorous glossary of terms for the budding cataloguer; among them: "First Issue: If your copy has the dropped 'o' on page 49 stress it like mad. And don't forget to double the price Stains: These should never be identified. Blood, jam and ink all look like cocoa after 200 years." Very good. Orig. red-and-black printed off-white wrappers, stapled. (10625). A humorous short glossary of terms for the budding cataloguer. Among them are: "First Issue: If your copy has the dropped 'o' on page 49 stress it like mad. And don't forget to double the price." Also "Stains: These should never be identified. Blood, jam and ink all look like cocoa after 200 years.".