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London: Gramol. 100 pages, illustrated, index, page edges browned, covers lightly rubbed and creased. . Good. Paperback. Reprint.. 1944.

Gramol Publications. Paperback. First edition, undated. Good condition paperback, bindings slightly loose on first page, some edge and shelf wear. Published: Gramol Publications

London: Gramol Publications, Limited, 1950. Softcover. Good. First edition. Spine is torn and chipped, wrapper edges nicked, thus good only.

Gramol Publications, London, 1945. Reprint. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Illustrator: various. the dustjacket is lightly chipped at the top of the spine and the fold over corners. The book is illustrated with black-and-white photographs and reproductions of documents and a couple of tables. Slight darkening of the edges of the text block, and what would appear to be accidental dog earring of a couple of pages. Includes a short list of abbreviations commonly used in catalogues, a list of books for further reading, and is indexed. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 98 pages. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: various. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Books on Books; Antiquarian & Rare. Inventory No: 0240566. .

London: Gramol Publications, 1945. Paper Back. Very Good. Illus. by illustrated.

London: Gramol Publications, Limited, 1950. Softcover. Very Good. First edition. Very good, with minor warping and tanning to the wrappers.

New York: Knopf, 1947 First Edition. Book has some fading along the top edge of the boards and minor toning to page edges. Dust jacket is rubbed with light edge wear. Not remainder marked or price clipped.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.

London: Gramol Publications, 1944. Hardcover. Good. Pleasant rebinding of Muir's epistolary introduction to book collecting. With b/w images. Original cover bound in. Quarter cloth with marbled boards. With paper printed labels to spine and cover. 12mo. No date but c. 1944. Sunning to spine. Foxing to page edges and end-papers. Contents otherwise clean and binding tight. Good+

Lond. Gramol Publications., 1945.. (2nd ed., revised & enlarged) Or.cl. 128pp. b/w plates. Very Good copy.

[4], 98, [2], [4] pages, plus original card covers bound-in.
First edition. Red cloth covered boards with gilt lettering to the spine, with original card covers bound in. Hand-made brown end-papers with the watermark of "Abbey Mills Greenfield" (i.e. Abbey Mills papermill, Flintshire, Wales). Unobtrusive scratch to rear board otherwise binding, original covers and text in very good condition. With 8 black and white photographs.
The letters cover: How to Begin; What Shall I Collect ?; How to tell a First Edition; How to Tell if a Book is Perfect; How to Judge Values; How to Transform Mountains into Molehills; and A Short History of Book Production.
Described by Muir in his dedication to the book as a "typically English book, suggested by a Jew, written by a Scot, and published by an Irishman".
This is a small book, any over-payment on postage will be refunded.

London & Chesham: Gramol Publications, 1945. Hardback in Dust Wrapper.. Very Good — in Good Dust Wrapper. Plain paper dust wrapper a little edgeworn and faded with a little loss to the top edge. Pages lightly age-tanned. . Hardback in dust wrapper (red boards with gilt titling to the spine) Physically 7½” x 5” (0.6 kg); 128pp; Index; Includes: Further reading list; Black & white photographs; Tables; List of abbreviations; || The book is on my shelves and will be carefully packed and posted from the pastoral paradise of Peasedown St. John, Bath, by a real bookseller in a real book shop - with my personal guarantee and my beady eye on the Consumer Contracts Regulations. REMEMBER! Buying my copy means the bookshop Jack Russells get their supper! My Book #187635|| Condition:

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1947. 181 pages. Illustrated with b/w plates including facsimiles of books, pages, documents. Pages are good condition, clean. Foredges lighlty yellowed. orange top edges. Blue cloth, gilt bands and title on spine. Light wear along edges. Black and beige dust jacket with edges worn and crease. DJ not price clipped. VG+/VG-. Hard Cover.

New York: Alfred A. Knopft, 1947. . 8vo. 181 pp. Blue cloth-covered boards with gilt, paneled spine and printed dust jacket. Deckled pages. Very good with marginal foxing. Brodart jacket. First American Edition. From the collection of the late Frederick Ruffner, Jr., founder of Gale Research, Detroit.