Buy this book on-line Rigby, Douglas; Rigby, Elizabeth : Lock, Stock and Barrel: The Story of CollectingJ. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia, PA, 1944
Limited Edition, no. 171 of 500 copies. Original publisher's beige cloth-covered boards backed with dark blue leather in a blue paper-covered slipcase. Gilt lettering on book spine. Top edge gilt. Book measures 6 1/4" x 9 1/4." Slipcase measures 6 1/2" x 9 3/4." 570 pages, complete. Index in back. Front colophon: "This edition is limited to five hundred fifty numbered copies, five hundred of which are for sale, this is copy no. 171." Pages and covers virtually pristine and intact. Binding is tight. Slipcase has slight rubbing. A Fine book in a Very Good slipcase. Monograph about collecting and collectors. The following are some of the chapter titles: "The Collection as a Means to Physical Security," "The Collection as a Means to Distinction," "The Collection as a Means to Immortality," "The Collection as a Means to Knowledge and Esthetic," "How the Collection Is Born," "The Old Men: Collectors in the Ancient World," "Light from the East" [about Eastern collecting], "The Italian Renaissance: Rebirth of Western Collection," "French Collectors Take Up the Torch," "England Contributes the Scientific Ideal," "How to Tell a Collector from Other People," "What Makes a Collection?," "Determining Values in the Collection," "Buyer, Beware!," "The Dark Borderlands of Collecting," and "The Threshold of Tomorrow.". Book. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Hardcover Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of Rigby, Douglas; Rigby, Elizabeth : Lock, Stock and Barrel: The Story of Collecting. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including used books, out-of-print books, antiquarian books, rare books and first editions. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |