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FORE-EDGE PAINTING, A HISTORICAL SURVEY OF A CURIOUS ART IN BOOK DECORATION
by WEBER, CARL J
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Nearly Fine/Price-clipped Dust Jacket
- Seller
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Prairie Village, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
Invington-on-Hudson, New York: Harvey House, 1966. Spine lettered in gilt. Green endpapers. Previous owner's name and date on front free endpaper. With 35 illustrations, many in color. Color plates are tipped-in. This classic book on fore-edge painting HAS A FORE-EDGE PAINTING!! It is titled "View of Oxford from Addison's Walk Along the River Cherwell". The painting was done by Michael J. Moulds, December 18, 1975. Quite an unusual copy, we have not seen others. The book is clean and crisp throughout. 223pp.. First Edition. Brown Cloth. Nearly Fine/Price-clipped Dust Jacket. Large Octavo.
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- Bookseller
- Glenn Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 013394
- Title
- FORE-EDGE PAINTING, A HISTORICAL SURVEY OF A CURIOUS ART IN BOOK DECORATION
- Author
- WEBER, CARL J
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Nearly Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Price-clipped Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Harvey House
- Place of Publication
- Invington-on-Hudson, New York
- Date Published
- 1966
- Size
- Large Octavo
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Fore-edege Painting, Book Art
Terms of Sale
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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.
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- 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...
- First Edition
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- 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....
- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- New
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