Ford Madox Brown - A Record of his Life and Work.
by FORD, Ford Madox (under the name Ford M. Hueffer)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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LONDON, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Longmans, Green and Co, London., 1896. First edition. Large octavo. pp xx, 459. Illustrations in the text and numerous plates. Cream buckram covers elaborately decorated in red, green, blue and gilt, the design being by Walter Crane. Top edge gilt. A biography of one of the great Pre-Raphaelite painters.Edges faintly spotted. Cover slightly marked. A very good copy of a very attractive book.
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- Bookseller
- Peter Ellis bookseller (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- FORDFORD020334
- Title
- Ford Madox Brown - A Record of his Life and Work.
- Author
- FORD, Ford Madox (under the name Ford M. Hueffer)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Longmans, Green and Co, London.
- Date Published
- 1896
- Keywords
- pre-raphaelite art
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- Buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...
- 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...
- 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...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...