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The Celebrated Romance of the Stealing of the Mare
by BLUNT Lady Anne 1837-1917 - translator. BLUNT Wilfrid Scawen 1840-1922 - editor
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Llandudno, Conwy, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Newtown, Powys, Wales: The Gregynog Press, 1930. Limited Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. MAYNARD Robert Ashwin 1888-1966. Limited first edition, in a slightly darkened natural Hermitage calf spine with gilt titling over marbled boards, edges rubbed. Internally, half title, [6], (vii-ix), [1], 73 pp, [1] limitation, wood engraved full size plate and 14 initial letters by RA Maynard, all hand coloured at the press, signed on paste-down of lower cover Gregynog Press Bindery, limited to 275 copies. Published on 22 November 1930, Garamond type on heavy Japanese vellum. Completed 1 July 1930, Previous owners ink signature to fpd (Peter Harvey 1937). (305*227 mm). (Harrop 16/p191).
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- Bookseller
- Madoc Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 007436
- Title
- The Celebrated Romance of the Stealing of the Mare
- Author
- BLUNT Lady Anne 1837-1917 - translator. BLUNT Wilfrid Scawen 1840-1922 - editor
- Illustrator
- MAYNARD Robert Ashwin 1888-1966
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Limited Edition
- Publisher
- The Gregynog Press
- Place of Publication
- Newtown, Powys, Wales
- Date Published
- 1930
- Size
- Folio - over 12 - 15" tall
- Weight
- 2.20 lbs
- Keywords
- Private Press Gregynog Romance
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction;
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We are close to the beach and the wonderful Snowdonia National Park. Dealing in Fine & Rare Antiquarian books in the heart of North Wales. We have a general stock of rare books, which include, but are not limited to: history, topography, private press and items with a Welsh interest.
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- 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...
- 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...
- Half Title
- The blank front page which appears just prior to the title page, and typically contains only the title of the book, although, at...
- 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. ...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- 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....
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- 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,...
- Paste-down
- The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- Marbled boards
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