Sixpence House: Lost in a Town of Books
by Collins, Paul
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 1582342849
- ISBN 13
- 9781582342849
- Seller
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Stanley, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: Bloomsbury Press, 2003. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Stated First U.S. Edition.. First American Edition, first printing (with complete number line) in clean unclipped original dust jacket. Clean brown paper-covered boards with gold lettering on spine. No bumping or fraying. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound. Pages and edges are clean with clean decorated endpapers - no names, writing or marks. 246 pages. Clean dust jacket is unchipped, no wear, no tears, not price clipped; enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. Laid in are a couple of business cards from Hay on Wye. A delightful book about books and the peoplewho live among countless numbers of them in the small Welsh town whose name has become synonymous with bibliomania. Paul Collins describes with equal affection some of the odd volumes and odd characters that inhabit the shelves and the aisles of the many bookshops of Hay-on-Wye..
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- Bookseller
- Old Scrolls Book Shop - Biblio (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 32213
- Title
- Sixpence House: Lost in a Town of Books
- Author
- Collins, Paul
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- Stated First U.S. Edition.
- ISBN 10
- 1582342849
- ISBN 13
- 9781582342849
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2003
- Keywords
- BOOKS ABOUT BOOKS, HAY ON WYE BOOK TOWN, PAUL COLLINS, FIRST EDITION, SCOUTING, COLLECTING, BIBLIOMANIA, WELSH SHOPS, WALES
- Bookseller catalogs
- Adventure/Travel; Books on Books/publishing;
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Stanley, New York
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