W Carew Hazlitt / Book-Collector General Survey of the Pursuit and of those 1st

Description: The Book-Collector, A General Survey of the Pursuit and of those who have engaged in it at Home and Abroad from the Earliest Period to the Present Time Author: W. Carew Hazlitt Title: The Book-Collector, A General Survey of the Pursuit and of those who have engaged in it at Home and Abroad from the Earliest Period to the Present Time Publication: London: John Grant, 1904 Edition: First Description: Hardcover. 352. William Carew Hazlitt (1834 -1913), known professionally as W. Carew Hazlitt, was an English lawyer, bibliographer, editor and writer. He was the son of the barrister and registrar William Hazlitt, a grandson of the essayist and critic William Hazlitt, and a great-grandson of the Unitarian minister and author William Hazlitt. He was also an avid book collector.This copy was expensively bound in 1/2 green morocco on green cloth with raised bands and gilt titles and designs on the spine. Marbled endpapers and matching marbling all around on the page edges. Frontis of a painting of a 19th century book sale at Sotheby's has an unusual tissue guard page with a printed listing of the names of all the attendees in the painting.Binding is quite sound. The spine leather is sun faded, but there are no other marks or damage at all.. Near Fine. ab21. Seller ID: B644 Baykorp Books Selling quality books and related items at reasonable prices. Terms All orders ship within two business days. Standard mail is USPS Media Mail. Expedited and international shipping are also available. We offer combined shipping on multiple orders. All items are guaranteed to be as described or they may be returned within 30 days of receipt for a full refund.This listing was created by Bibliopolis.

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