Arthur Rackham's Book of Pictures
by RACKHAM, ARTHUR & QUILLER-COUCH, Sir ARTHUR (Intro)
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
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About This Item
William Heinemann 1913. FIRST EDITION, imperial octavo, grey buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt lettering & illus to front board, top page edges stained grey, 43pp + colour plates to rear with tissue guards- all present, VG- (light to moderate bruising & scuffing to extrems, moderate tanning to spine with gilt rubbed away also, light soiling to boards, moderate tanning & light foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, minor foxing to pages throughout- plates not affected, heavy cracking to gutters with shaky boards)
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- Title
- Arthur Rackham's Book of Pictures
- Author
- RACKHAM, ARTHUR & QUILLER-COUCH, Sir ARTHUR (Intro)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- William Heinemann 1913
- Keywords
- first editions literature illustrated illustrations Arthur Rackham fantasy fantastical creatures
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- 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...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...
- First Edition
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- 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....
- 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...
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