ETCHING & ETCHERS
by HAMERTON, Philip Gilbert
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- first
- Condition
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- Seller
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Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
1876. HAMERTON, Philip Gilbert. ETCHING & ETCHERS. Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1876. First American edition. Illustrated with 11 of 12 plates; lacks #12, "Poplars and Oaks," by Hamerton. Octavo. xxxii,459 pp. Green pictorial cloth, printed with black and stamped in gilt. Publisher's catalog tipped-in at front endpapers; ink ownership stamp to flyleaf. Binding is shaken, with slight splitting to lower joint, fraying to heel and crown, darkening to spine, and with slight rubbing and light soiling to cloth overall. Hinges have hairline cracks. Text leaves are lightly toned at edges and mostly clean but for some occasional light foxing. Plates are clean. It is offered as is.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Boston Book Company (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 60120
- Title
- ETCHING & ETCHERS
- Author
- HAMERTON, Philip Gilbert
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Date Published
- 1876
Terms of Sale
Boston Book Company
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About the Seller
Boston Book Company
Biblio member since 2006
Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts
About Boston Book Company
Specializing in East Asian Books with Aesthetic Interest, Japanese Books with Original Art, English and American Literature, Women's Books and the Generally Intriguing!
Established in 1979, Boston Book Company offers rare and interesting books in a broad range of subjects. Our areas of particular expertise: Japanese artist books of all eras, East Asian art in general, photographica, local history, women's books, English and American literature..
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Welcome!
Helen Kelly
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Established in 1979, Boston Book Company offers rare and interesting books in a broad range of subjects. Our areas of particular expertise: Japanese artist books of all eras, East Asian art in general, photographica, local history, women's books, English and American literature..
We are always eager to learn something new.... Every collector brings a novel approach to our shared love of books.
Welcome!
Helen Kelly
Charles Vilnis
David Fredette
James Desrosiers
Elizabeth Fragala
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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....
- 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...
- Shaken
- A hardcover in which the text block is loose, but still attached to the binding.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- Heel
- The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.