Excerpt from The Library Manual: A Guide to the Formation of a Library, and the Valuation of Books
It is a fact well known to most people that con dition and binding frequently regulate the market value of a book almost as much as any other consideration.
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Excerpt from The Library Manual: A Guide to the Formation of a Library, and the Valuation of Books
It is a fact well known to most people that con dition and binding frequently regulate the market value of a book almost as much as any other consideration.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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