Author: Holbrook Jackson
Title: The Reading of Books
Description: London, Faber, 1946. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this intriguing work on the art of reading by Holbrook Jackson, inscribed by the author. The first edition, first impression.Inscribed by the author to the recto of the front endpaper, "affectionately inscribed by her uncle, Holbrook Jackson, 6:xii:46", alongside an inscription reading "To Sibyl. With fond love from Daddy - Christmas 1946".In the original unclipped dust wrapper.A volume for bibliophiles, exploring the habit of reading, as "reading can be an art and the reader an artist". The author maintains that the reader should always read as they like, rather than as they ought.By the journalist, writer, and publisher George Holbrook Jackson. A noted journalist who worked for numerous magazines during his career, Jackson is known as being one of the leading bibliophiles of his time. He founded in the Flying Fame Press alongside Ralph Hodgson and Claud Lovat Fraser, and had a long association with English small presses. In the original publisher's cloth binding, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, smart. Light bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. Spine is a touch faded. Inscription to the recto of the front endpaper. Dust wrapper is edge worn, with loss to the head and tail of the spine. Handling marks and spots to the wraps. Spine is sunned. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine/Good.
Keywords: The Reading of Books holbrook jackson reading bibliophile holbrook jackson None
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Title: The Reading of Books
Description: London, Faber, 1946. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this intriguing work on the art of reading by Holbrook Jackson, inscribed by the author. The first edition, first impression.Inscribed by the author to the recto of the front endpaper, "affectionately inscribed by her uncle, Holbrook Jackson, 6:xii:46", alongside an inscription reading "To Sibyl. With fond love from Daddy - Christmas 1946".In the original unclipped dust wrapper.A volume for bibliophiles, exploring the habit of reading, as "reading can be an art and the reader an artist". The author maintains that the reader should always read as they like, rather than as they ought.By the journalist, writer, and publisher George Holbrook Jackson. A noted journalist who worked for numerous magazines during his career, Jackson is known as being one of the leading bibliophiles of his time. He founded in the Flying Fame Press alongside Ralph Hodgson and Claud Lovat Fraser, and had a long association with English small presses. In the original publisher's cloth binding, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, smart. Light bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. Spine is a touch faded. Inscription to the recto of the front endpaper. Dust wrapper is edge worn, with loss to the head and tail of the spine. Handling marks and spots to the wraps. Spine is sunned. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine/Good.
Keywords: The Reading of Books holbrook jackson reading bibliophile holbrook jackson None
Price: GBP 90.00 = appr. US$ 128.52 Seller: Rooke Books
- Book number: 958P46
- Book number: 958P46
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