[Rarebooks] fs: Special on Bookbindings / ABAA Benevolent Fund

[Joslin Hall Rare Books]

Here's the deal- we have this book listed at $650, and will sell it for 
$450, about a 30% discount, IF the buyer will send $50.00 to the ABAA 
Benevolent Fund, a contribution we will match.

So, you pay us $450 and send an extra $50 to the Benevolent Fund (so you 
are spending a total of $500) and we will match your contribution and send 
$50 to the Benevolent Fund ourselves.

I hope that's clear; if not, please ask me to try to make it clearer. See 
the bottom of this email for details about the ABAA Benevolent Fund.

Here's the book-

GOTHIC & RENAISSANCE BOOKBINDINGS.
Exemplified and Illustrated from the Author's Collection.

by E. Ph. Goldschmidt.
London; Ernest Benn, Ltd.: 1928.

Quite simply one of the best references to Gothic and
Renaissance bindings. The author lived and breathed
bindings -

      "my interest in old bookbindings and the
       accumulation of notes, which have now been
       incorporated into this book, go back for so
       many years that I find it difficult to observe the
       usual custom and to offer my thanks to all those
       who have encouraged or helped my studies".

Goldschmidt goes on to thank quite a few noted bibliophiles,
and to admit that he gained entry to a great many notable libraries
in the course of his research. A splendid reference work.

Hardcover. 2 volumes. 9"x11.5", 369 + viii pages, plus a colored
frontispiece and 110 b/w plates. A fine set -a little dry, but
otherwise clean, crisp and nice. [00332] $650.00

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---------THE ABAA BOOKSELLER'S BENEVOLENT FUND-----------

The Bookseller's Benevolent Fund, run by the Antiquarian Bookseller's 
Association of America, is a non-profit charity fund established by the 
ABAA in 1952 to benefit any bookseller (whether an ABAA member or not -most 
are not) in time of personal need. The Fund has given out more money than 
it has taken in this year, and is at its lowest point in several years.

The address is-

Antiquarian Booksellers' Benevolent Fund
c/o Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America
20 West 44th Street
New York, NY 10036-6604

It's a worthy cause- anyone else who is thinking of giving back a little 
this Holiday Season, please know that all contributions are welcome and 
appreciated.

-Forrest

JOSLIN HALL RARE BOOKS, ABAA
Fine books of the 16th-20th centuries
Post Office Box 516, Concord, Massachusetts 01742 USA
telephone (617) 492-5367

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