Course correct cataloguing notes neophyte von magee david (11 Ergebnisse)

Paperback. Zustand: Fine. Book is in great shape, clean and attractive, with a solid binding. Looking as new.

Paperback. Zustand: Fine. Book is in great shape, clean and attractive, with a solid binding. Looking as new.

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. Limited ed. Limited to 1000 copies. Tan wraps with black and red titles, roughcut edges - protected in heavy mylar. A good+copy of this title, clean and unmarked. Tight binding as if unread. A bit of chipping and crinkling to the cover edges, and minor sunning to the top edges. 28 unnumbered pages. A humorous collection of booksellers' terminology, originally published in two volumes.…

Paperback. Zustand: Fine condition. First Collected Edition. San Francisco: NCC/ABAA, 1977. Fine condition. Sharp corners. NO owner's name or bookplate. Pages are crisp, clean and unmarked. 1977. Limited to 1000 copies. A side splitting guide to how some bookseller's misuse descriptive terms in their catalogues. "Two parts now first collected & reissued." Preface by James D. Hart. First collected edition of A Course in Correct Cataloguing with Second Course in Correct Cataloguing. Designed by Graham Mackintosh. Printed in Santa Barbara by Mackintosh & Young July 1977. Bound in the original wraps, printed in red and black. First Collected Edition. Softcover. Fine condition. Illus. by NOT a library discard. Unpaged [but 25 pages]. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping. NOT a library discard (illustrator).…

Soft cover. Zustand: Very fine. First collected edition. Compiled & Arranged by David Magee. Preface by James D. Hart. [26]pp. 2 plates. Printed in red & black. Original printed wrappers. A mint copy. A reissue of this San Francisco bookseller's wonderful parody, "A Course in Correct Cataloguing," published in 1958 in 175 copies, and his "Second Course in Correct Cataloguing," published in 1962 in a similar limitation. This reissue is limited to 1000 copies designed by Graham Mackintosh. Book. …

First edition of 175 copies. A satirical classic for the bibliophile. Printed by Lawton Kennedy for members of the Roxburghe and Zamorano clubs at their joint meeting in 1958. 10x6.5" [9]ff. Printed in two colors and staple bound in grey card wrappers. Some edge toning else a near fine copy.

Soft cover. Zustand: Collectible-As New. From colophon: "1000 copies Designed by Graham Mackintosh ; Printed in Santa Barbara by Mackintosh & Young July 1977" A humorous look at the way booksellers use "bibliographic jargon" to describe their wares. Wrappers, printed in red and black. Unpaginated.

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.

Tall 8vo. [28 pp (unpaginated).], printed in red & black, plates. Printed softcovers, yapp edges, w/ overlay, NF copy. First Omnibus edition of these often acerbic, and humorous, review of bookseller's jargon. Personal favorites include: "Fore-Edge Painting: These are always 'exquisitely executed' even when done by someone's Aunt Esmeralda on a west Sunday afternoon;" or "Scotch Tape: As an enemy of books this is the Twentieth Century's answer to that medieval scourge, the book worm. Users thereof should be put to the sword and then wrapped for burial in this execrable material.". …

wraps. privately printed, limited to 75 copies. With THE 2ND COURSE IN CORRECT CATALOGUING or further notes to The Neophyte, compiled & arranged by David Magee. San Francisco, 1962. Limited to 100 copies. original wraps, Cover of vol. 1 a little soiled. A very nice set of this notable booksellers spoof and notorius Grabhorn rarity.…