ABC for book collectors

19th century A. E. HOUSMAN advertisements antiquarian booksellers auction bibliographical binder blank leaves BLOCKBOOKS boards book-collecting book’s books printed bookseller’s bound calf called cancel catalogue collation collectors colour common commonly continued covers decoration defined described DROPPED LETTERS early edges EDITION-BINDING endpaper English engraved errata slip examples facsimile field figures final find fine finished first edition first issue five folded folio FORE-EDGE PAINTING GATHERING gilt half half-title identified illustrations impression INCUNABULA inserted labels LAID paper leaf leather loose manuscript margin means Michael Sadleir modern books MOROCCO normally nowadays number of copies occasionally octavo original PAPER COPY PART-ISSUES plates printed books printer PRIVATE PRESS proofs publication published publisher’s cloth quarto QUIRES rare rarity RE-BACKED RE-CASED reprint Sadleir sections signed seldom sewn sheet signature significant sometimes specialised spine Stanley Morison style title-page TRADE BINDING uncut usually variant vellum volume word wrappers