Shelfmark
CSR.1396
Title
Book handbook : an illustrated quarterly for owners and collectors of books.
Publication, distribution, etc.
London : Distributed by the Book Centre, 1947-1952.
Physical description
12 v. : ill., plates (some folded) ; 19 cm. + supplements.
Note
Title from cover.
Note
Title from vol. 1, no. 1.; subtitle varies.
Note
Includes three supplements: (1) index and extra plates for 1947, covering vol. 1, no. 1-4; (2) reprint of the 1947 supplement, covering vol. 1, no. 1-9; (3) index to all numbers of vol. 2.
Note
Printers for various issues include Broadwater Press Ltd., Messrs W. S. Cowell Ltd., and the Dropmore Press.
Note
Editors: Reginald Horrox, Edward Shanks, and Clarence Winchester.
Binding
20th century paper wrappers binding, colour varies; printed information on wrappers, colour varies.
Copy-specific note
Reference collection.
Copy-specific note
Library holds two copies of vol. 1, no. 1 (one with red printed cover; one with black printed cover).
Copy-specific note
Library holds two copies of a folded pamphlet entitled "Specimen pages for Book Handbook" ([8] p., ill., 19 cm.) loosely inserted in index vol. 2; each copy includes a loosely inserted promotional pamphlet entitled "Book Handbook: an illustrated quarterly for owners & collectors of books, read what the Publishers' Weekly of New York says of Book Handbook" (4 p., ill., 19 cm.).
Copy-specific note
Supplement for vol. 1: two promotional slips from the Book Centre loosely inserted, including a typewritten letter signed in black ink by Reginald Horrox, dated 17 July 1947.
Copy-specific note
Vol. 2, no. 1 includes a loosely inserted typewritten letter from the manager of Book Handbook, [W. Thurpe?], dated 8 March 1951; vol. 2, no. 4 includes a loosely inserted subscription form.
Subject
Book collecting Periodicals.
Subject
Books History Periodicals.
Subject
Bibliography Periodicals.
Genre/Form
Periodicals.
Added entry--name
Horrox, Reginald editor.
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Added entry--name
Shanks, Edward, 1892 - 1953 editor.
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Book Centre distributor.
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Broadwater Press Ltd. printer.
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W. S. Cowell Ltd. printer.
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Dropmore Press printer.
Added entry--place
England London.
Language code
eng
Identifier
B55214