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Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: A Course in Correct Cataloguing or Notes to the Neophyte by David Magee. Front cover.

David Magee

A Course in Correct Cataloguing or Notes to the Neophyte, 1958
San Francisco: Lawton Kennedy
One of 175 copies.
957
Octavo pamphlet. (6)ff. A tongue-in-cheek guide to the lexicon of the rare book trade. For example, the entry for 'Fore-Edge Painting' states 'These are always 'exquisitely executed' even when done...
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Octavo pamphlet. (6)ff. A tongue-in-cheek guide to the lexicon of the rare book trade. For example, the entry for "Fore-Edge Painting" states "These are always 'exquisitely executed' even when done by someone's Aunt Esmerelda on a wet Sunday afternoon." Bump to upper left corner, else fine in printed wrappers.
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