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The publisher responsible for Dr. Johnson's Dictionary

Copyright © 2007 Bruce Tober - All Rights Reserved

Robert Dodsley, English playwright and publisher, is also recognised as collector and publisher of one of the pre-eminent collections of poetry from the 18th Century, A Collection of Poems in Six Volumes by Several Hands. Read more here.

Just One Good Reason (of many) to Buy Your Books Direct from the Seller, Rather than through ABE

Copyright © 2006 Bruce Tober - All Rights Reserved

Books at Star Dot Star is no longer listing our inventory on ABE. And we are not alone. As of April 3 many dealers stopped listing with ABE altogether. And others now list only their cheapest stock on ABE. Read why here.

A Second-Generation Bookseller's View of Bookbreaking

Copyright © 2005 Susan Netzorg Halas - All Rights Reserved (see below for details)

My parents were both book dealers for more than 50 years in the pre-Internet antiquarian, scholarly and OP trade. For the record I am now 62 years old and have been working in the book biz since I could sit upright and hold a pencil which is just about the time my folks started their shop.

There's always been quite a bit of discussion about breaking books, so here for the record is his take on things. My dad wasn't big on breaking, but he did think (More)

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How to be Attractive

Author Name:   Bennett, Joan

Title:    How to be Attractive

Binding:   Hard Cover
Book Condition:   Very Good -
Jacket Condition:   No Jacket
Edition:   First Edition
Size:   5.5 x 8.5"
Publisher:   London Nicholas Kaye 1952
Illustrator:   Theisen, Earl

Seller ID:   002502

131pp inc and many b&w photos - In this collector's item, the 1940s and '50s Hollywood star provides her tips of the trade for looking "attractive" from makeup, through clothing, from exercise to bathing. Cover (decorated paper) is missing backstrip (outer part of the spine on which the title and author would be printed) and slightly edgeworn. Textblock is immaculate except for Inked notation on inside of rear cover.

Beauty, Cosmetics, Movie Tie-in, Joan Bennett,

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