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Clair de Lune and other Troubadour Romances (Clairdelune)
by (Paul, Evelyn, illus.) West, Michael
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine
- Seller
-
Tucson, Arizona, United States
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About This Item
New York: Brentano's, 1913. First edition. Hardcover. Fine. 4to. Lavishly illustrated in the medieval style by Evelyn Paul with 8 full page color plates, 8 tipped in textual color plates and other decorations, including historiated initials. Music by Alfred Mercer. In publisher's brown cloth blocked in gilt on the spine and upper board with a full color past-on on the upper board in a design by the illustrator. Top edge gilt. Decorated endpapers. Illustrations and title printed in multiple colors, including silver.
Offset from the front endpaper to the title (this seems to be typical), else a fine, bright copy.
Stories of King Arthur's knights, tournaments and the Holy Grail.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Thorn Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 21252
- Title
- Clair de Lune and other Troubadour Romances (Clairdelune)
- Author
- (Paul, Evelyn, illus.) West, Michael
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Brentano's
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1913
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Arthurian;
Terms of Sale
Thorn Books
All books returnable for any reason within seven days, providing only that they are received in the same condition as shipped. Shipments to an Arizona address must add appropriate sales tax. Libraries billed.
About the Seller
Thorn Books
Biblio member since 2003
Tucson, Arizona
About Thorn Books
Thorn Books offers antiquarian, rare and out-of-print books. Frequently updated catalogues are available online in our specialty areas: King Arthur; Early Britain; Western Americana; California; Literature; and Rare Books. We are open by appointment only. Thorn Books is a member of the Antiquarian Booksellers of American (ABAA), the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB), and the Independent League of Online Booksellers (IOBA).
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- Tipped In
- Tipped In is used to describe something which has been glued into a book. Tipped-in items can include photos, book plates,...
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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....
- Offset
- A technique of printing where the inked image or text is ...
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