Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from How to Collect Books
The modern collector - Necessity for rules - The Roxburghe Library - Fashion in book-collecting The question Of cost - Scarcity Uncut books Original bindings and variations - Binding parts or numbers - Large and small paper Copies Limited editions - Editions de Luxe - Pedigrees Of books Buying to sell again - Imperfect copies and Odd volumes.
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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.
