Count Stefan
by Coppard, A.E
- Used
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Scottsdale, Arizona, United States
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About This Item
[Waltham St. Lawrence], 1928: The Golden Cockerel Press. Limited Edition. Octavo. Woodblock frontispiece, 56(1) pp. limited to 600 copies. The present copy is number 58. Printed and illustrated by Robert Gibbings of the Golden Cockerel Press. Previous owner's name Edith McAllister Claude dated 1928, Chevy Chase, MD. She began the famous Frances Scott Key bookstore in Georgetown. She was the first woman on the Chevy Chase Village Board of Managers and an expert on the history of Chevy Chase. Bound in 1/4 yellow cloth over marbled paper covered boards, spine lettering gilt, very light fading to spine in pictorial dust jacket lettered and decorated in black, spine lettering black, chipping to corners and spine ends. A very good copy.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Alcuin Books, ABAA-ILAB (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 023076
- Title
- Count Stefan
- Author
- Coppard, A.E
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Limited Edition
- Publisher
- The Golden Cockerel Press
- Place of Publication
- [Waltham St. Lawrence], 1928
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About the Seller
Alcuin Books, ABAA-ILAB
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Scottsdale, Arizona
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- 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...
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Marbled Paper
- Decorative colored paper that imitates marble with a veined, mottled, or swirling pattern. Commonly used as the end papers or...