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Constable & Co. Ltd, 1934. Hardcover. Good. 1934. First Edition. 294 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth with gilt lettering. Clean pages with firm binding. Minimal foxing and tanning to endpapers and page edges. Some gutter cracking. Mild wear and bumping to spine, board edges and corners. Heavy sunning to spine. Minor scuffing and marking to boards. Book has a forward lean.

Freeport, New York: Books for Libraries, Inc, 1967. Hardcover. Fine. Reprint. Octavo. 294pp. Edited and with an introduction by John Carter. Trifle worn, still a fine copy, without dustwrapper. Includes essays by John T. Winterich, Michael Sadleir, Graham Pollard, and others. Originally published in 1934.

London: Constable & Company Limited, 1934. First. Hardcover . Used - near very good. 12mo; 294pp. Slight spine lean, spine faded yet gilt lettering still quite clear. Defects from improper shelving, book itself is sturdy and contents without markings.

Books for Libraries Press, Inc.. Good+. 1967. Hardback. Ex-Library .

Ayer Co Pub, 1967-06. Hardcover. Good.

Constable and Co Ltd, London, Constable and Co Ltd, London. 1934, v,294pp. Cloth. Spine and covers slightly sun faded, else in good condition.

CARTER, John, ed. New Paths in Book Collecting. Essays in Various Hands. Original cloth. London: Constable & Co. Ltd., [1934]. First edition. Some minor foxing. A very good copy.

London : Constable & Co Ltd, 1934. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges slightly dust-toned and rubbed as with age. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; v, [1], 294 pages ; 20 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents. Introduction / by John Carter -- The expansion of an author collection / by John T. Winterich -- Detective fiction / by John Carter -- Ignoring the flag / by P.H. Muir -- Musical first edition / by C.B. Oldman -- Yellow-backs / by Michael Sadleir -- English book illustrations, 1880-1900 / by T. Balston -- American first editions, 1900-1933 / by David A. Randall -- War books / by P.H. Muir -- Serial fiction by Graham Pollard. Subjects; Book collecting. Best books. First editions. Bibliophilie. Meilleurs ouvrages. �ditions originales.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1934. First American Edition, 1st Printing. Small Octavo (7 1/2 x 5 inches; 192 x 130 mm), 294 pages, original green cloth, titles to spine gilt, top edge green, in a printed dust jacket.A scarce first U.S. edition -- in an even scarcer dust jacket -- of a landmark work on book collecting edited by John Carter. It includes essays by some notable bibliophiles, including David Randall, Percy Muir, Michael Sadleir, Graham Pollard, and, of course, Carter himself. The American edition followed Constable's U.K. edition in 1934. This was during the Depression, so Carter wanted to suggest some new areas for collecting that wouldn't cost much money. Interestingly, the book was also aimed at antiquarian book dealers to give them ideas for new specialties. The essays are: The Expansion of an Author Collection by John T. Winterich; Ignoring the Flag by P.H. Muir; Detective Stories by John Carter; Musical First Editions by C.B. Oldman; Yellow-Backs by Michael Sadleir; English… Read More