Ecce Mundus: Industrial Ideals and the Book Beautiful
by Cobden-Sanderson, T.J
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Seller
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Chicago, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
Hammersmith Publishing Society. Used - Very Good. 1902. Eighth vellum with paper-covered boards. Octavo. 35 pp. Printed at the Chiswick Press. Some mild shelf wear to boards, mild foxing to endpapers. Bookplate to front pastedown. Altogether a copy in Very Good condition. (Subject: Books on Books.)
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- Bookseller
- Powell's Bookstores Chicago (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- Q16322
- Title
- Ecce Mundus: Industrial Ideals and the Book Beautiful
- Author
- Cobden-Sanderson, T.J
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Hammersmith Publishing Society
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Powell's Bookstores Chicago
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Chicago, Illinois
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Glossary
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- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- 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. ...
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...