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The Colophon, A Book Collector's Quarterly, Part 2
by [Periodical]
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine Condition/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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Warwick, New York, United States
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About This Item
Pynson Printers, New York, 1930. First Edition. Hardcover (Printed Boards). Fine Condition/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: Rockwell Kent. The Colophon, A Book Collector's Quarterly, Part 2, New York: Pynson Printers, 1930. Quarto, unpaginated, printed boards. Includes the Rockwell Kent lithograph called An Unpublished Drawing. Condition of this book: Fine, tears in the parchment wrapper. 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: Rockwell Kent. 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: 55453. .
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- Bookseller
- Rarities etc.
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 55453
- Title
- The Colophon, A Book Collector's Quarterly, Part 2
- Author
- [Periodical]
- Illustrator
- Rockwell Kent
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (Printed Boards)
- Book Condition
- Used - 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
- 1930
- Keywords
- BZDB17 Books on Books; United States; 1930s; Art & Design. Rockwell Kent Unbranded [Periodical] The Colophon, A Book Collector's Quarterly, Part 2
Terms of Sale
Rarities etc.
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About the Seller
Rarities etc.
Biblio member since 2007
Warwick, New York
About Rarities etc.
Rarities specializes in photos, prints and art and photography books. We also offer vintage oddities.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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"...
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