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Preston: Cupid Press, 1950. Limited Edition. Cloth & Boards. VG. Rex Whistler. 8vo. Gilt lettered quarter blue cloth over marbled paper boards. Top edge gilt. Edition limited to 660 copies. This is #647. Fold out frontis by Rex Whistler. Darkening to edges. Small scuff to spine o/w near fine copy. Romantic and bawdy verse from 17th century.
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- Bookseller
- Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 42185
- Title
- Restoration Love Songs
- Author
- HADFIELD, JOHN Editor
- Illustrator
- Rex Whistler
- Format/Binding
- Cloth & Boards
- Book Condition
- Used - VG
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Limited Edition
- Publisher
- Cupid Press
- Place of Publication
- Preston
- Date Published
- 1950
Terms of Sale
Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA
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
Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA
Biblio member since 2012
Toronto, Ontario
About Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA
Interesting and unusual books and printed matter. Visual items, illustrated books, private press, mythology/folklore, modern first editions. Member of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of Canada (ABAC) and theIndependent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA)
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- Marbled Paper
- Decorative colored paper that imitates marble with a veined, mottled, or swirling pattern. Commonly used as the end papers or...
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- 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....
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- 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...
- O/W
- An abbreviation for otherwise
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...