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Paperback. Condizione: New.

PAPER BACK ORANGE. Condizione: FAIR. CIRCA 1987 single staple on top left corner, addressed to Mrs. Edna Whitson, "file under 1st edition" written on back in red ink, front cover torn at staple, 2 horizontal creases from being folded, some foxing DATE PUBLISHED: 1987 EDITION: 10.

Paperback. Condizione: Good. Bookdealer ? London Book Fairs Issue ? 29th June 1996 ? No. 1262 Bookdealer ? ISBN: none (it?s a trade paper, not a novel) ? Condition: Good Pre-digital book-trade drama, from Crappy Old Books Before online catalogues, before AbeBooks, before dealers spent half their lives swearing at upload forms, there was Bookdealer ? the weekly paper where the British book trade went to: Advertise fresh stock Gossip via small ads Announce fairs, catalogues, bargains, and minor heartbreaks This is the London Book Fairs Issue , dated 29th June 1996 , No. 1262 ? a special snapshot of that glorious era when people descended on dusty halls, school gyms, hotels, and vaguely alarming conference centres to buy and sell books in person, armed only with cash, cheques, and questionable optimism. Think of it as The Radio Times for people who smell like old paper . Condition: Good (like a dealer?s tweed jacket) When Crappy Old Books says Good , we mean: The cover is intact, still bearing its period typography and general air of ?if you know, you know.? The spine/fold is sound ? not split, not flapping, just pleasantly creased from being opened and read like an actual newspaper. All pages present and attached ? no missing centre spreads, no torn-out fair maps, no dealer list mysteriously removed for ?research purposes.? Modest, honest wear: slightly softened corners, a hint of age-toning, maybe the ghost of having lived in a briefcase or on a shop counter. No tea tsunami across the London fair listings, no biro rage scribbles shouting ?ALREADY SOLD!!!?, no unspeakable stains. Just a Good , complete, dignified copy that has seen some shelves. What?s inside this very specific slice of 1996? You?re getting the full mid-90s book trade ecosystem , printed on nice, sensible paper: London Book Fair announcements and adverts Who?s dealing where, when, and with what Which halls you needed to brave that weekend Fairs in venues ranging from respectable to ?is this technically a sports hall?? Dealer ads full of: Fine bindings, incunabula, modern firsts, detective fiction, topography, children?s books, theology, left-wing pamphlets, and anything else someone thought might shift Phrases like ?Catalogues issued? and ?Visitors welcome by appointment? ? the pre-website equivalent of ?we exist, please ring bell? Stock lists and wants lists Dealers begging the world for that one elusive title Others proudly offering exactly the obscure nonsense you didn?t know you needed It?s a world of phone numbers, fax numbers, and absolutely no email addresses. ?Search? meant flipping pages. ?Networking? meant going to an actual pub. A time capsule of the trade Reading this now is like: Standing in a book fair foyer in 1996, hearing the rustle of bags, seeing the glint of Brodart covers and glass-fronted cases Eavesdropping on the pre-digital marketplace where stock moved via postal catalogues, fairs, and hopeful phone calls Noticing which authors and genres were hot in ?96 ? and which prices will make you quietly weep with hindsight It?s full of: Dealer names you might still recognise today Others lost to time, retired, absorbed, or vanished between one fair and the next That unique trade-paper tone: brisk, factual, quietly obsessed No lifestyle features. No listicles. Just Books For Sale, Fairs To Attend, and People Who Care . Why you might irrationally want this This issue is perfect if you: Collect book-trade ephemera and think old dealer papers are as exciting as the books themselves Have fond (or frightening) memories of 1990s fairs where everyone smoked outside, priced inside, and complained about VAT Are writing about the antiquarian/second-hand trade and want authentic period detail ? real adverts, real dates, real venues Just love the idea that the entire UK book scene once ran on printed weekly papers and shared grumbling It?s also a weirdly wonderful artefact for: Shopowners and dealers who want to frame a bit of their own history Librarians and cataloguers who enjoy seein.

Paperback. Condizione: Good. Bookdealer ? London Book Fairs Issue ? 19th June 1997 ? No. 1313 Bookdealer ? ISBN: none (it?s a trade paper, not a prize-winning novel) ? Condition: Good Late-?90s book-trade reality, pre-mass-internet meltdown, from Crappy Old Books Here it is: Bookdealer , the London Book Fairs special issue for 19th June 1997 , number 1313 ? which is a deliciously ominous issue number for a publication about dealers, margins, and the eternal question: ?Will anyone actually pay that for a first edition?? We?re in that magical in-between era when: Some dealers had email addresses and treated them like occult sigils Faxes were still fully respectable Catalogues were posted, fairs were essential, and ?online? was something you might cautiously mention while others frowned over their bifocals This is the book trade just before the tidal wave of internet book listing changed everything ? still printed, still weekly, still raw, and still the place to find out who?d be standing behind which trestle table that weekend. Condition: Good (like a dealer?s ledger that?s been paid? mostly) When Crappy Old Books says Good , we mean: The cover is intact, carrying its mid-?90s trade-journal vibes with quiet authority. The fold/spine is sound ? opened, read, folded over on a desk, but not split, shredded, or falling apart. All pages are present and attached ? no missing centre spread, no torn-out ads, no absent fair listings someone ?borrowed? for reference. Age-appropriate wear: lightly toned paper, gently softened corners, a bit of handling wear entirely consistent with a life in briefcases, shop counters, and dealer piles. No suspicious stains, no coffee disasters obscuring phone numbers, no corners chewed by bored shop dogs. Just a complete, Good condition time capsule of the trade. So what?s actually inside? You?re getting a full working snapshot of the UK book trade in June 1997, including: London Book Fairs listings Dates, venues, opening times Who?s exhibiting where, and with how many tables All those glorious descriptions like ?good general stock? or ?specialising in the unusual? that cover a multitude of sins Dealer advertisements Antiquarian, second-hand, modern firsts, children?s, topography, theology, crime, sci-fi, pamphlets, and probably something described as ?quirky? before that word went feral ?Catalogues issued,? ?visitors welcome by appointment,? ?wants lists invited? ? the ritual phrases of a pre-click economy Stock and wants lists People pleading for obscure titles Others proudly offering exactly the sort of obscure titles that now sell online in seconds No glossy photography. No QR codes. No banner ads. Just dense, practical information laid out for people who cared about books , not branding. A love letter to the analogue trade (with the internet tapping politely on the window) By June 1997: Big chunks of the trade were still running on phones, post, fairs, and catalogues A few brave or suspiciously young dealers were starting to talk about ?websites? Most people still believed you had to go somewhere ? in person ? to see the really interesting stock This issue captures that exact moment: The old ways still fully in use The new ways just starting to appear in tiny type at the bottom of adverts: ?email:? something at compuserve. It?s a working document of a trade mid-shift, but not yet transformed. Why on earth would you want this? Because you: Collect book-trade ephemera , dealer papers, catalogues, and fair guides like other people collect the actual books Have fond (or traumatic) memories of the 90s book fair circuit: bad lighting, good stock, and people muttering about VAT and parking Are writing about the trade and need authentic names, venues, wording, and the vibe of the time Just like the idea that once, not that long ago, the book world ran quite happily on newsprint and telephone calls It?s also an excellent curio for: Shop walls and framed ephemera corners Dealers wanting to see where they ? or their mentors ? advertised bac.

Paperback. Condizione: Good. Bookdealer ? London Book Fairs Issue ? 22nd June 1995 ? No. 1211 Bookdealer ? ISBN: none (weekly trade paper, not a Booker contender) ? Condition: Good Pre-web, pre-Wi-Fi, fully bookish, from Crappy Old Books Travel back to 22nd June 1995 , when: ?Online? was what happened to washing ?Search engine? was a keen assistant in a cardigan And the British book trade still ran on telephones, catalogues, and train timetables This is Bookdealer ? London Book Fairs Issue ? No. 1211 , the weekly paper for people who knew which dealer had the good detective fiction and which one you avoided unless you wanted a lecture on half-morocco bindings. It?s the London Book Fairs special, which means wall-to-wall: Fairs Stalls Dealers And enough acronyms and venue names to make a non-dealer quietly back away. Condition: Good (like a dealer?s memory for prices) When Crappy Old Books says Good , we mean: The cover is intact and doing its job ? lightly aged but still absolutely recognisable as a mid-90s trade paper. The fold/spine is sound ? opened and read, yes; torn and flapping, no. All pages present ? no vanished centre spread, no missing fair listings, no ?someone tore that advert out in 1996? drama. Normal, respectable handling wear: slightly softened corners, light age-toning, maybe the faintest suggestion that it once lived in a briefcase or on a shop counter under a stack of catalogues. No tea tidal waves, no ominous rings from a pint glass, no biro graffiti screaming ?PAID???? over an unlucky dealer?s advert. Just a Good , complete survivor from the analogue age of bookselling. What?s actually inside? A whole working week of the mid-90s book world, printed in black and white: London Book Fair listings Where to go, when to be there, and who would be manning which table. Venues ranging from ?historic and characterful? to ?this appears to be a school sports hall.? Notes and adverts making it very clear that there would be books . Many books. Possibly too many books. Dealer adverts Antiquarian, second-hand, modern firsts, children?s, topography, theology, railwayana, ephemera, and more. All described in that understated way: ?good stock in most subjects,? which usually meant ?chaos, but glorious chaos.? Contact details proudly listing phone and fax numbers, and absolutely no websites whatsoever. Stock lists and wants Dealers pleading for obscure local histories, early dust jacketed fiction, or some unfindable pamphlet they promised a customer in 1989. Others advertising exactly that sort of thing, because of course they are. It?s the book trade?s nervous system , pre-database, pre-app, pre-?have you checked online?? 1995: the last comfortably analogue years This issue captures the trade: Before mass online listing turned everything into a race to the bottom When fairs were not optional extras but a core part of survival When dealers tracked each other by adverts and sightings, not by search results You can almost hear: The rustle of carrier bags The muttering over condition and price The quiet, deadly phrase ?He?s got one for less? It?s mid-90s Britain in pure book form: fax machines humming, phones ringing, people complaining about postage and VAT, and everyone swearing they?ll cut down on fairs ?next year.? Why you might irrationally want this Because you: Hoard book-trade ephemera and think Bookdealer is just as interesting as the stock it advertised Work (or used to work) in the trade and feel a stab of recognition at every ?catalogues issued? and ?visitors by appointment? Are writing about 90s bookselling and want authentic details : dealer names, venues, tone, and the faint scent of damp boxes Just like the idea that once the entire system ran on newsprint and trust, rather than APIs and algorithms It also makes a brilliant: Shop or office wall piece (frame a page and let people squint at the ads) Prop for TV/film/photography set in the 90s trade Conversation starter with anyone who remembers the days of ?We saw you in Bookdealer?? Why a G.

Condizione: see description. No 2: "Patterson's Volunteers" (a squadron of Mustangs vanished over Greenland back in 1945) by John Smith, "Polsinney Harbour" by Mary E. Pearce, "Men for the Mountains" (Canada's spectacular wilderness and Nature), by Sid Marty, "Strong Medicine" by Arthur Hailey, Boards as in No 1 but the time the upper board is filled with over 200 blindingly large gilt polka dots, handsome books with only minor faults. The two books.

München, Rosenthal, s.d. (ca 1930) , in-4°, VI+128 pp, 21 b/w facsimiles h.t., 100 items (Nr101 till 200), softcover, ( dustsoiled) with some foxing (mostly at the beginning and end).

Newton, (MA), 1979, in-4°, 285 pp, 151 items. Softcover.

München, Rosenthal, s.d. (ca 1930) , in-4°, VI+128 pp, 21 b/w facsimiles h.t., 100 items (Nr101 till 200), publisher's cloth (with small traces of use), index, fine copy, pricelist loosely inserted.

London, Marlborough Rare Books, 1996, in-12° (format of the 18th c. French Almanacks), 24 nn pp, stapled, orig. printed wrapper. Describes 75 almanacks.

Akron, Ohio, Bruce Ferrini, 2000 , in-8°, red publisher's cloth, 157 pp, describes 31 book of hours, pricelist loosely inserted. Copy from the private library of a Brussels' bookdealer, with some minor annotations at some places. Nice copy.

Richmond (Surrey), Moulton, 1930-1936, in-4°, three parts in one volume, (I) 121 pp of which 24 pp printed on glossy paper, with illustrations (the index volume) ; (II) (16) nn pp , with illustrations, ( the palaeography booklet). (III) (8)nn pp with illustrations + 341 pp, printed in two columns (the 1930 catalogue). Inserted is a manuscript note dated 19/1/1944 with the list of the complete counties already sold at this date. Bound in modern green cloth, leather title label. Nice copy.

2. Anvers, 1884, in-8°, 21,5 x 14,5 cm, 1042 lots, 99 pp, contemp. half morocco, wrappers preserved. Rather good descriptions of almost exclusively pre-1800 imprints. Antwerp incunables could be had for between 100 and 200 Bef.

#München, s.d. (ca. 1900), in-8°, 23 x 15,5 cm, 12 pp + 12 b/w plates of bindings h.t. sewn, orig. wrapper.§.

LeatherBound. Condizione: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from 1905 edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. Pages: 186 As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 186 Language: English.

3. Brussels, Archives et bibliothèques de Belgique, (1996), in-8°, 556 pp, ca 25 b/w ills., printed paper. The article of ca. 20 pp published here in this periodical issue. The complete issue is offered here (containing another 11 articles). Interesting article of an antiquarian bookdealer on the workings of the book auction market and the socalled knock-out or ring activity; and its legal implication throughout Western Europe.