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Friar Jerome's Beautiful Book.
by Aldrich, Thomas Bailey
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Zurich, Switzerland
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About This Item
A fine example of American book art of the 1890s, illustrated by W. D. Hadaway. In exceptionally good condition with the original dust jacket and silk ties.
Description: Bound in full calf, pictorial decoration blocked in blind to front board, title embossed in blind to spine. Original dust jacket, printed in black, repeating the design of the binding. Two original silk ties. Octavo 20 × 12 cm; unpag. [14]ll. (folded leaves, printed in red and black, recto only). Decorated with 4 full-page, elaborate pictorial borders in black, combined with 2 woodcuts printed in red or text blocks in black and red.
Ref.: Johnson: Festina Lente, 1980
Condition: Dust jacket somewhat chipped and frayed. Very minor abrasions and marks of usage to binding. Light offsetting to flyleafs from dust jacket. Pages slightly toned with age, but clean and well preserved. A complete, near fine copy. Very rare in this condition.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Georg Schneebeli :: Rare Books & Prints
(CH)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000317
- Title
- Friar Jerome's Beautiful Book.
- Author
- Aldrich, Thomas Bailey
- Illustrator
- W. D. Hadaway
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Houghton, Mifflin and Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston/New York
- Date Published
- 1896
- Weight
- 0.44 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Private Press; Literature; Theology;
Terms of Sale
Georg Schneebeli :: Rare Books & Prints
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Georg Schneebeli :: Rare Books & Prints
Biblio member since 2024
Zurich
About Georg Schneebeli :: Rare Books & Prints
At Georg Schneebeli :: Rare Books & Prints we believe that rare books are an important part of our cultural, natural and intellectual heritage that should be preserved and appreciated. Masterpieces of art that become an impressive experience not only through their content, but also through their form, material, design and printing. That is why we attach great importance to the authenticity and genuineness of the objects we offer. We are passionate about printed materials from the past five hundred years, that narrate the tale of exploration, discovery and shaping of our world.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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....
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- Recto
- The page on the right side of a book, with the term Verso used to describe the page on the left side.
- 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...
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