Shelfmark
Lpp.2.38 (copy 1)
Additional shelfmark
CSR.1396 (copy 2)
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
2 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.
Provenance
Copy 1: Booklabel of the M. R. James Collection of Eton College Library with ms. previous shelfmark in pencil.
Provenance
Copy 1: Bookplate of James Orton.
Binding
20th century paper wrappers binding, wrappers colour varies; printed information on wrappers, titling colour varies.
Copy-specific note
Copy 1: Ms. bookseller's codes in pencil.
Copy-specific note
Copy 1: Only issue no. 4, 1947. Includes an article about M. R. James by L. J. Lloyd with a bibliography by E. A. Osborne.
Copy-specific note
Copy 2: Reference collection.
Copy-specific note
Copy 2: 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
Copy 2: 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.
Copy-specific note
Copy 2: Library holds two copies of vol. 1, no. 1 (one with red printed cover; one with black printed cover).
Copy-specific note
Copy 2: 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.).
Subject
Subject
Book collecting Periodicals.
Subject
Books History Periodicals.
Subject
Bibliography Periodicals.
Subject
Rare books Periodicals.
Genre/Form
Periodicals.
Genre/Form
Bibliographies.
Genre/Form
Book reviews.
Added entry--name
Horrox, Reginald editor.
Added entry--name
Added entry--name
Shanks, Edward, 1892 - 1953 editor.
Added entry--name
Osborne, E. Allen, 1906 - ? author.
Added entry--name
Lloyd, L. J. author.
Added entry--name
Orton, James former owner.
Added entry--name
Book Centre distributor.
Added entry--name
Broadwater Press Ltd. printer.
Added entry--name
W. S. Cowell Ltd. printer.
Added entry--name
Dropmore Press printer.
Added entry--place
England London.
Language code
eng
Identifier
B55214