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Birket Foster Limited edition de luxe.
by Cundall, H. M
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Eynsham, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Adam and Charles Black, 1906. A & C Black de luxe limited edition of 500 copies. this one is signed by the publishers and annotated on the limitation page as a 'Publisher's Presentation Copy'. Hardback. 4to. xii, 216pp. Cream boards with pink, green and gilt decoration to upper board and to spine. Top edge gilt. Silk page marker. 73 colour illustrations each with a captioned tissue guard; 20 black & white illustrations plus 58 smaller illustrations, mostly reproduced from Pencil Drawings in Birket Foster's Sketch-books, throughout the text and one etching preceding the frontispiece. Book in good condition. Boards generally lightly rubbed and soiled. Some wear to extremities of spine. Toning to free end papers. Some cracking at gutter but text block firmly bound with the exception of the first plate (op. p4), which is loose at lower third. Very occasional and slight spotting.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Ariadne Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1306163
- Title
- Birket Foster Limited edition de luxe.
- Author
- Cundall, H. M
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Adam and Charles Black
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1906
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Birket Foster
- Bookseller catalogs
- Illustrated;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Ariadne Books
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Eynsham, Oxfordshire
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- 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...
- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- 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....
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