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3 Books on Books, incl. Goldsmid's Aldine Press

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3 Books on Books, incl. Goldsmid's Aldine Press
Group of three books on the collecting, history, appreciation of books; Fair-Good condition: 1. HAMMERTON, J. A. Memories of Books and Places. With 17 original sketches by Hesketh Hubbard. Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1928. First edition.  2. SLATER, J. HERBERT. How to Collect Books. London: Geroge Bell and Sons, 1905. Foxing; covers with dent/wrinkles. 3. RENOUARD, ANTOINE-AUGUSTIN. A Bibliographical Sketch of the Aldine Press at Venice, Forming a Catalogue of all Works issued by Aldus and his successors, from 1494 to 1597, and a list of all known forgeries of Imitations. In Three Parts. Revised and Corrected by Edmund Goldsmid. Edinburgh: E. & G. Goldsmid, 1887. Inner hinge split between p. 8-9, and spine loosened, back inner hinge beginning to split; significant toning/foxing endpapers and first/last several pages; some pages uncut.