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Inedited Works of Bakst. Essays on Bakst by Louis Reau, Denis Roche, V. Svietlov and A. Tessier
by Bakst, Leon
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
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New York, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: Brentano's. Hand-colored photo-types by D. Jacomet's Artistic Press. Text printed by G. Lang Press., 1927. First Limited Edition. Hardcover. Cloth spine. Paper pastedown on boards.. Very Good. No. 356 of 600 copies (American edition). Folio, 33 by 26 cm. 127, [2] pp. 30 plates, mostly color plates, with lettered tissue guards. Other text illustrations, some of which are in color -- the color text illustrations are tipped in or mounted, as are a few plates. The binding has a moderate amount of soiling, wiht a light dampstain on the front and rear lower part of the cover -- this dampstain runs almost the entire length of the edge, and is about 3 cm to 6 cm in width, depending on where. A few other soil marks on the cover. Within, a light thin dampstain on a few early leaves, but otherwise clean, bright, etc. One blank leaf, upon which a plate is mounted, has a closed tear.
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- Bookseller
- White Fox Rare Books and Antiques
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 005295
- Title
- Inedited Works of Bakst. Essays on Bakst by Louis Reau, Denis Roche, V. Svietlov and A. Tessier
- Author
- Bakst, Leon
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover. Cloth spine. Paper pastedown on boards.
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Limited Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Brentano's. Hand-colored photo-types by D. Jacomet's Artistic Press. Text printed by G. Lang Press.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1927
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White Fox Rare Books and Antiques
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New York, New York
About White Fox Rare Books and Antiques
By appointment. Antiquarian and rare books with strengths in illustrated plate books, the decorative arts, costume, sporting, foreign language literature (in the original language), with growing emphasis on early printing.
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- Spine
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- Folio
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- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Tipped In
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- Cloth
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- Leaves
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- G
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