Portrait Obsession by Munby (7 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Clean & Unmarked. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. A very clean and straight copy in like dust jacket. 278 pp.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Dust jacket very slightly rubbed from shelf wear; index at rear; 8vo; with 278 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: VG+. 1st UK Edition. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 278 pages. Light wear to dust jacket edges.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 17 pages, 278 pages, 13 illustrations. Original black cloth, contrasting lettering piece, gilt, and original dustwrapper (mildly creased), but all in very good condition. A.N.L. Munby's study follows Sir Thomas Phillipps, the extravagantly driven collector who amassed the largest private hoard of manuscripts and rare books ever assembled. It traces his obsessive acquisitions, chaotic finances, and the long afterlife of dispersing his vast library, revealing a life ruled, and ultimately undone, by bibliomania. Size: 14 x 21.5. Category: Varied Books; Books on Books; New Arrivals. This item may require more postage than the rates shown for delivery outside the UK. If extra postage is required we will contact you before processing your order and you will be given the details and option to decline the extra cost. Cosmo Books : 29 years on ABE, 47 years taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Signed and inscribed by the author on the fep in blue ink. Signed as 'Tim Munby', as his nick name. First edition. Pages are otherwise very clean and bright with no markings. Binding is tight and square. Some rubbing and chipping to the edges and corners of the DJ, as well as a one inch open tear to the DJ front panel near the head of the spine. DJ is now protected by a clear plastic cover. Signed By Author.…

First Edition. }viewkind4uc1 dbfs24 Phillips, Sir Thomas: Munby (A. N. L.) PORTRAIT OF AN OBSESSION. The life of Sir Thomas Phillipps, the world's greatest book collector, adapted by Nicolas Barker from the five volumes of Phillipps Studies. Pp. xviii+278, coloured frontispiece portrait, plus 12 black & white plates, index; demy 8vo; black boards, spine blocked in red, lettered and decorated in gilt; top edges purple; price-clipped dust wrapper, slightly rubbed, edges a trifle split; small surface graze to top fore-corner of half-title page, occasional marginal pencilling; Constable, London, 1967. First edition.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Very Good Hardcover with Very Good dustjacket "Adapted By Nicolas Barker From the Five Volumes of Phillipps Studies".