First edition, "75 copies [unnumbered] specially imprinted for the friends of David Magee and Lawton Kennedy" printed on verso of last page. 8vo. (14) pp. Frontispiece. Laid in is a piece of letterhead from the Magee Book Shop, with the typed note "With the compliments of DAVID MAGEE." A short humorous glossary of terms for the budding cataloguer; among them: "First Issue: If your copy has the dropped 'o' on page 49 stress it like mad. And don't forget to double the price � Stains: These should never be identified. Blood, jam and ink all look like cocoa after 200 years." Very good. Orig. red-and-black printed off-white wrappers, stapled. (10625). A humorous short glossary of terms for the budding cataloguer. Among them are: "First Issue: If your copy has the dropped 'o' on page 49 stress it like mad. And don't forget to double the price." Also "Stains: These should never be identified. Blood, jam and ink all look like cocoa after 200 years.".

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Title

A COURSE IN CORRECT CATALOGUING OR NOTES TO THE NEOPHYTE

Publisher

(David Magee and Lawton Kennedy), San Francisco, CA

Publication Date

1958

Edition

1st Edition

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We specialize in rare and antiquarian books and ephemera with emphasis on American History. In addition to our specialties, we have a good general antiquarian stock.

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Bartleby's Books, ABAA
5119 Nebraska Ave. NW, Washington, DC, 20008, U.S.A.

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