C-S, The Master Craftsman: An Account of the Work of T. J. Cobden-Sanderson
by Strouse, Norman H
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- Signed
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Boston, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
Harper Woods: Adagio Press, 1969. Folio. 54pp. With a Preface by Strouse and a Note by the Printer, Leonard F. Bahr. From an edition of 329, this is one of seventy-five copies with a Bible leaf on handmade paper and a quarto leaf on vellum. In this copy, the paper leaf is from the Apocryphal Book of Tobit, and the vellum is from Act III of Goethe's Faust. Signed by Bahr at the colophon. Showing slight edgewear, else fine in cloth-backed marbled boards by the Campbell-Logan Bindery. Laid in is a reproduction of a photograph of Cobden-Sanderson and Emery Walker, mounted on yellow paper. Bookplate of former owner to front pastedown.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bromer Booksellers (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 30667
- Title
- C-S, The Master Craftsman: An Account of the Work of T. J. Cobden-Sanderson
- Author
- Strouse, Norman H
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Adagio Press
- Place of Publication
- Harper Woods
- Date Published
- 1969
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Book Arts; Fine Printing;
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Bromer Booksellers
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Folio
- A folio usually indicates a large book size of 15" in height or larger when used in the context of a book description. Further,...
- Marbled boards
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- Colophon
- The colophon contains information about a book's publisher, the typesetting, printer, and possibly even includes a printer's...
- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- 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. ...