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Roderigo of Bivar **Design by Bruce Rogers**
by Moore, T. Sturge
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good Plus
- Seller
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Newburyport, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
Mount Vernon,New York: William Edwin Rudge, 1925 Limited Edition of 500 on B.R. Rag paper, First Edition. Hard cover in publisher's original quarter red cloth with yellow paper-covered boards, and applied, printed paper label to spine, 51 pp. Lacking glassine jacket, but now in protective mylar. Publisher's colophon states the copies in the Limited Edition printed by William Edwin Rudge, Mount Vernon, NY, October, 1925.** Printer's colophon at rear shows the device of Bruce Rogers, noted typographer and book designer.** Condition: Very Good Plus with a few light marks to covers, slight corner wear, and remaining mostly unopened. Front hinge partly cracked. Otherwise, the interior is clean, bright, and unwritten in. ** This one-act drama about the medieval national Spanish hero known as El Cid, was written by the multi-talented Bloomsbury poet, dramatist, artist, critic and translator T. Sturge Moore ( 1870-1944.), who had associations with W.B. Yeats, Shannon and Ricketts of the Vale Press, and was an ancillary member of London's Bloomsbury Set through his brother, the philosopher G. E. Moore. He was author of thirty one plays. Warde & Haas, Kennikat Press, (1968), 113. Rogers, Paragraphs on Printing (Dover, 1979), p. 64. (title pg.) Warde, Bruce Rogers Designer of Books, (Harvard, 1926) pl. 15 (colophon.) Ransom, (1929), "Rogers" checklist, No. 4, p. 402.. Limited Edition of 500 on B.R. rag paper. Hard Cover. Very Good Plus.
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- Bookseller
- Dark and Stormy Night Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 8309
- Title
- Roderigo of Bivar **Design by Bruce Rogers**
- Author
- Moore, T. Sturge
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Plus
- Edition
- Limited Edition of 500 on B.R. rag paper
- Publisher
- William Edwin Rudge
- Place of Publication
- Mount Vernon,New York
- Date Published
- 1925
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selling Rare, Antiquarian and "other interesting finds" to individuals and institutions around the world. Some of our books are now housed among the world's leading libraries and collections.
We work to promote the significance of a wide variety of ideas, from whatever era they might originate. We celebrate, and work to preserve, the artistry of the printed page, the handwritten word, and the craftsmanship of the hand-made object in today's virtual, digital world.
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- Colophon
- The colophon contains information about a book's publisher, the typesetting, printer, and possibly even includes a printer's...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Device
- Especially for older books, a printer's device refers to an identifying mark, also sometimes called a printer's mark, on the...
- G
- Good describes the average used and worn book that has all pages or leaves present. Any defects must be noted. (as defined by AB...
- 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,...
- 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...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Unopened
- A state in which all or some of the pages of a book have not been separated from the adjacent pages, caused by a traditional...
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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