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The Book of Ruth.: With an introduction by Ernest Rhys.
by MACDOUGALL, William Brown (illus.)
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: J. M. Dent and Co.,, 1896. First Macdougall edition, the illustrator's second book. Macdougall, who collaborated with Aubrey Beardsley, was a member of the New English Art Club with his wife, the translator and writer Margaret Armour. His illustrations, primarily completed between 1896 and 1898, are excellent examples of arts and crafts style, with strong art nouveau influences. He contributed both to The Yellow Book and Savoy magazine. Octavo. Original beige buckram over bevelled boards, spine lettered and decorated in gilt, front cover with floral design blocked in gilt, top edge gilt, others untrimmed, red silk bookmark. Illustrated title page in red and black, 8 double-page illustrations, decorative borders to text throughout. Neat contemporary Christmas gift inscription on front free endpaper. Rear board a little soiled, a few bumps to board edges, endpapers browned, a little toning to page edges, remnants of detatched bookmark to rear free endpaper. A very good copy indeed, internally fresh.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Peter Harrington
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 155512
- Title
- The Book of Ruth.
- Author
- MACDOUGALL, William Brown (illus.)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Place of Publication
- London: J. M. Dent and Co.,
- Date Published
- 1896
Terms of Sale
Peter Harrington
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About the Seller
Peter Harrington
Biblio member since 2006
London
About Peter Harrington
Since its establishment, Peter Harrington has specialised in sourcing, selling and buying the finest quality original first editions, signed, rare and antiquarian books, fine bindings and library sets. Peter Harrington first began selling rare books from the Chelsea Antiques Market on London's King's Road. For the past twenty years the business has been run by Pom Harrington, Peter's son.
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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....
- Buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Bumps
- Indicates that the affected part of the book has been impacted in such a way so as to cause a flattening, indention, or light...
- 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...
- 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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