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EDWARD THE SECOND
by MARLOWE, CHRISTOPHER
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Almost No Wear/No Jacket
- Seller
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Prairie Village, Kansas, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Kensington: The Aquila Press, 1929. Front cover onlay red leather coat-of-arms of Edwards the Second. Gilt rules with corner scrolled letters. Spine gilt. Top edge gilt, others untrimmed. This edition was limited to 500 copies. NUMBERS 1-50 BEING HAND-COLOURED AND PRINTED ON MAILLOL HAND-MADE PAPER, THIS BEING COPY NUMBER 13.. Free edge of binding is slightly splayed, as is always seen in these vellum bindings. Type was hand-set in 14 pt. Caslon Old Face and printed by hand on hand-made paper. The shields were drawn by Alexina Ogiluie and emblazoned by A Alexander asnd Sons. Bound by James Burns and Company, Ltd. Exquisite typography, wide margins. A lovely reprinting of the 1594 London edition. See photos.. Limited Edition. Full Vellum. Almost No Wear/No Jacket. Quarto.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Glenn Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 014208
- Title
- EDWARD THE SECOND
- Author
- MARLOWE, CHRISTOPHER
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Almost No Wear
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- Limited Edition
- Publisher
- The Aquila Press
- Place of Publication
- Kensington
- Date Published
- 1929
- Size
- Quarto
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Fine Binding, Aquila Press, Hand-Coloured Plates
Terms of Sale
Glenn Books
All books are subject to prior sale. Books are guaranteed as described and may be returned to us within 10 days with immediate notice of intent to return the item.
About the Seller
Glenn Books
Biblio member since 2005
Prairie Village, Kansas
About Glenn Books
We are an antiquarian bookshop established in 1933. We are members of ABAA and ILAB.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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. ...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- A.N.
- The book is pristine and free of any defects, in the same condition as ...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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....
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