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The Revelation of Saint John the Divine
by Hughes-Stanton, Blair [Designer]
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good+/No Jacket (as issued)
- Seller
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Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Montgomeryshire: The Gregynog Press, 1932. [60]p, original red Hermitage calf, title blocked in black to spine and upper cover, bevelled edges, top edge sprinkled. Rubbed to extremities, spine very slightly faded and slightly rubbed, internally quite bright and clean. In the original card slipcase, with extensive repairs. Printed in Benbo type, with Perpetua titling on Japanese vellum, printed in Tyrian red and black, the first three words of the title on the title-page are wood engraved, and with forty-one wood engravings by Blair Hughes-Stanton. One of two hundred and thirty copies, priced at six guineas, with another eighteen in special bindings at twelve guineas. See Harrop, page 197. Harrop 24. First Edition. Hardback. Good+/No Jacket (as issued). Illus. by Hughes-Stanton, Blair. Folio. Limited Edition.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Temple Rare Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001535
- Title
- The Revelation of Saint John the Divine
- Author
- Hughes-Stanton, Blair [Designer]
- Illustrator
- Hughes-Stanton, Blair
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket (as issued)
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- The Gregynog Press
- Place of Publication
- Montgomeryshire
- Date Published
- 1932
- Size
- Folio
- Keywords
- Gregynog, Private Press, Hughes-Stanton
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Temple Rare Books
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Oxford, Oxfordshire
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- Edges
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- Folio
- A folio usually indicates a large book size of 15" in height or larger when used in the context of a book description. Further,...
- Vellum
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- First Edition
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- Spine
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- Jacket
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- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
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