London: Constable and Company Limited, 1933. Frontispiece engraving by Horace Walter Bray. A play by Helen Waddell. One of 750 copies, this no. 516, signed by Waddell. The Raven Miscellany series. Printed at the Raven Press. 8vo., [16 x 23 cms], original quarter vellum over brown cloth boards, gilt lettering to upper cover and spine, t.e.g. A few faint spots to cloth, preliminaries and fore edge, spine and edges of boards slightly darkened.||With the book label of Norman H. Partridge.|

Reviews

(Log in or Create an Account first!)

Details

Bookseller: SOPHIE SCHNEIDEMAN RARE BOOKS (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 9105
Title: The Abbé Prévost.
Author: RAVEN PRESS. BRAY, Horace Walter. WADDELL, Helen
Book Condition: Used
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Constable and Company Limited
Place of Publication: London
Date Published: 1933
Keywords: Raven Press;Horace Walter Bray;Wood Engraving;Helen Waddell;Play Book,Private Press

Terms of Sale

SOPHIE SCHNEIDEMAN RARE BOOKS

30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 10 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.

About the Seller

SOPHIE SCHNEIDEMAN RARE BOOKS

This seller has earned a 5 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.

Biblio member since 2012

LONDON, Greater London

Ask Seller a Question

About SOPHIE SCHNEIDEMAN RARE BOOKS

RARE BOOK AND PRINT SELLER FOR OVER 30 YEARS SPECIALISING IN PRIVATE PRESS & ILLUSTRATED BOOKS, ARTISTS' & FINE PRESS BOOKS, FINE BINDING, LETTERING, TYPOGRAPHY PRINTS &C WE ARE OPEN BY APPOINTMENT OR CHANCE 7 DAYS A WEEK, DAY & EVENING, WE ARE MEMBERS OF PBFA, ABA & ILAB

Glossary
Frequently asked questions

Glossary

Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:

Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
Spine: The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
Vellum: Vellum is a sheet of specialty prepared skin of lamb, calf, or goat kid used for binding a book or for printing and writing. ...
Gilt: The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
Fore Edge: The portion of a book that is opposite the spine. That part of a book which faces the wall when shelved in a traditional...
Edges: The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...