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So Much of the Diary of Lady Willoughby as relates to her Domestic History & to the Eventful Period of the Reign of Charles the First.
by Rathbone, Hannah Mary
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Los Angeles, California, United States
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About This Item
London: Longman, Brown, Green, & Longmans, 1844 First edition. Half brown morocco over brown cloth boards, gilt spine with raised bands, front joint cracked and repaired. Carl Van Vechten's copy, with his bookplate. . Octavo. Printed by Charles Whittingham the Younger on thick, wove paper in Caslon Old Face (Great Primer leaded). Full-page woodcut coat-of-arms, decorative initials, headpieces, and publisher's device. A good copy of a book that marked the revival of Caslon types. "…the great primer 'old face' Caslon font…appeared first in 1844 in The Diary of Lady Willoughby. For this fictitious journal of a seventeenth century lady of quality, old style type was thought appropriate. The Diary was a success, artistically and commercially. Though its typography does not seem much of an achievement now, it came as a novelty and relief to printers who had long since abandoned good earlier type-faces in favour of the fonts of the school of Thorne…This was the beginning of the popular revival of Caslon fonts, and a very sound revival it was. From that time to this, Caslon type has had the popularity it merits. In fact, the chief typographic event of the mid-nineteenth century was this revival of the earliest Caslon types in the competent hands of Pickering and Whittingham" (Updike, Printing Types, II, p. 199).
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- Bookseller
- Michael R. Thompson, Booksellers, ABAA/ILAB
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 14273
- Title
- So Much of the Diary of Lady Willoughby as relates to her Domestic History & to the Eventful Period of the Reign of Charles the First.
- Author
- Rathbone, Hannah Mary
- Format/Binding
- Half brown morocco over brown cloth boards, gilt spine with raised bands, front joint cracked and repaired. Carl Van Vechten's c
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Longman, Brown, Green, & Longmans,
- Place of Publication
- London:
- Date Published
- 1844
- Pages
- [iv],174, [2] pp.
- Size
- Octavo
Terms of Sale
Michael R. Thompson, Booksellers, ABAA/ILAB
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About the Seller
Michael R. Thompson, Booksellers, ABAA/ILAB
Biblio member since 2006
Los Angeles, California
About Michael R. Thompson, Booksellers, ABAA/ILAB
Our office is located in Los Angeles on West Third Street, between the Beverly Center and Farmer's Market. Though we gave up an open shop after more than thirty years, we welcome serious customers and dealers. We are normally open from 10 to 6 Monday through Saturday. Since some of our less expensive books are located in a temperature-controlled storage area offsite, you may want to call ahead of time to insure that the book you want to see will be available. We feature a stock strong in literature, history, Western philosophy, women's studies, education, history of science and fine printing and artists' books. We are members of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America and the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers. We have books from the 15th to the 20th century in all prices ranges. We do appraisals for income tax and insurance purposes. We purchase individual books and libraries. Proprietor: Carol Sandberg
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- 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...
- Device
- Especially for older books, a printer's device refers to an identifying mark, also sometimes called a printer's mark, on the...
- 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....
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
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