R. W. Chapman; John Hayward; John Carter; Michael Sadlier — Book Collecting: Four Broadcast Talks

Cambridge, Bowes and Bowes, 1850. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this informative collection of transcribed broadcast talks on the subject of book collecting, in the original dust wrapper. The first edition. In the publisher's original cloth with the original unclipped dust wrapper. This work features four broadcast talks on the subject of book collecting with noted speakers from the book collecting world. The talks included are; Robert William Chapman's discussion of old books titled 'The Sense of the Past', John Haywood's 'Why First Editions?', John Carter's 'The Technical Approach', and lastly 'Mr Sadlier's 'Book-Shop and Auction Room&apos. In the publisher's original cloth with the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally lovely with only light offsetting to the endpapers. The wrap is excellent with sunning to the spine and minor handling marks. Internally firmly bound with clean and bright pages. Fine . Ill.: None. Fine/Near Fine.