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The Earth Fiend A Ballad Made & Etched by William Strang
by Strang, William
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Seller
-
Cleveland, Ohio, United States
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About This Item
London: Elkin Matthews & John Lane, 1892. Original brown polished buckram (hardcover), beveled boards, gilt title, top edge gilt, deckle edge, (15.5 x 11.5 inches). Limited First Edition, one of 150 copies. 21 pages; illustrated with 10 full-page, tissue protected, dry-point and mezzotint plates on Japanese vellum. Signed by William Strang and F. Goulding (printer) on the limitation page. A clean, tight copy of a scarce work.. Signed. First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine. Illus. by William Strang. Elephant Folio.
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- Bookseller
- Books & Bidders, Antiquarian Booksellers
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 005148
- Title
- The Earth Fiend A Ballad Made & Etched by William Strang
- Author
- Strang, William
- Illustrator
- William Strang
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Elkin Matthews & John Lane
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1892
- Keywords
- Livre D'artiste
- Size
- Elephant Folio
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Cleveland, Ohio
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Deckle edge
- Deckle edge is the feathered edge of a page. Traditionally and historically, this was a side effect of the process of making...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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,...
- 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...
- 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. ...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack 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...
- Beveled
- Beveled edges, or beveled boards, describe a technique of binding in which the edges of book boards have been cut into slanted...
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...
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