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The Colophon, A Book Collectors' Quarterly, Part 13
by [Periodical]
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine Condition/No Dust Jacket
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Warwick, New York, United States
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About This Item
Pynson Printers, New York, 1933. First Edition. Hardcover (Printed Boards). Near Fine Condition/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: Emil Ganso. The Colophon, A Book Collectors' Quarterly, Part 13, New York: Pynson Printers, 1933. Quarto, unpaginated, printed boards, parchment wrapper. Includes the Emil Ganso woodcut Bathers, measuring about 7x9 inches on thin japan paper in rich, dark tones. Ganso was a German-born American artist whose work is widely held by museums and print collectors. He's best-known for his erotic figures. Condition of this book Near fine, touch of soiling at top edge. Size: Quarto. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Illustrator: Emil Ganso. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Books on Books; United States; 1930s; Art & Design. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 55458. .
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- Rarities etc.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 55458
- Title
- The Colophon, A Book Collectors' Quarterly, Part 13
- Author
- [Periodical]
- Illustrator
- Emil Ganso
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (Printed Boards)
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine Condition
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Pynson Printers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1933
- Keywords
- BZDB17 Books on Books; United States; 1930s; Art & Design. Emil Ganso Unbranded [Periodical] The Colophon, A Book Collectors' Quarterly, Part 13
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Biblio member since 2007
Warwick, New York
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Rarities specializes in photos, prints and art and photography books. We also offer vintage oddities.
Glossary
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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....
- Parchment
- Pages or book covering made from a prepared animal skin. Parchment describes any animal skin used for books, while vellum is a...
- 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...
- 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"...
- Colophon
- The colophon contains information about a book's publisher, the typesetting, printer, and possibly even includes a printer's...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...
- 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...
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