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Papermaking Through Eighteen Centuries Fine Leather Binding
by Hunter, Dard
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine with no dust jacket
- Seller
-
Hartland, Michigan, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
William Edwin Rudge. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1930. First Edition :. Hardcover. Octovo hardcover in fine full leather covers, five bands on spine, marbeled endpapers, deckled edges, diamond gilt design on panels, top edge gilt, L J Navran bookplate, "Forwarded by Marvin S Katz to I J Navran 1935" printed on binding. Faint rubbing, else NFINE. The classic work/history of papermaking by the famous arts and crafts devotee, illustrated throughout. Fast shipping in cardboard. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Mossback Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 28350
- Title
- Papermaking Through Eighteen Centuries Fine Leather Binding
- Author
- Hunter, Dard
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine with no dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition :
- Publisher
- William Edwin Rudge
- Date Published
- 1930
- Keywords
- PAPER (making); Hunter On Paper
- Bookseller catalogs
- Book Arts;
Terms of Sale
Mossback Books
books sent by Media mail @$4.25 first book $3 each book thereafter; average size Air mail @$8.25 within midwest-zone(west-coast zone-$10.50) first book. Heavy books quote for air mail. Books can be returned within 7 days of receipt for any reason but with prior notice given to the seller. Foreign sales need to obtain a quote for postage.
About the Seller
Mossback Books
Biblio member since 2004
Hartland, Michigan
About Mossback Books
Sales through the internet and at book shows in the midwest.
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- 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...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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....
- 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...
- 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...
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