Highways and Byways in Normandy
by Dearmer, Percy
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good /No Jacket As Issued
- Seller
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Vashon, Washington, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Macmillan and Company. 1900. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. First edition / 1st Printing Collectible. H Full Leather. Very Good. First edition / First printing. Superbly bound in full, dark crushed Levant morocco, spine decorated with floral designs and ruled in gilt, covers bordered with twin gilt rules, all edges gilt. Binding is signed on rear inner dentelle "G.E.M.T for A. Van N.S.". Illustrated with pen and ink drawings by Joseph Pennell. 368pp.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Vashon Island Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0786691
- Title
- Highways and Byways in Normandy
- Author
- Dearmer, Percy
- Illustrator
- Pennell, Joseph
- Format/Binding
- H Full Leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket As Issued
- Edition
- First edition / 1st Printing Collectible
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Macmillan and Company
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1900
- Keywords
- Leather Binding Morocco Gilt Percy Dearmer Joseph Pennell Highways Byways Normandy FAIRZ11
Terms of Sale
Vashon Island Books
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About the Seller
Vashon Island Books
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Vashon, Washington
About Vashon Island Books
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- 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....
- Dentelle
- Borders on the inner edge of a book with a lacy pattern, most often gilt. Popular in France during the 18th century on covers of...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- 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...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- 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...