The Roycroft Dictionary...concocted by Ali Baba and the Bunch on Rainy Days, done into a printed book by the Roycrofters at their shop for the divertisement of the Gloomsters
by Ali Baba and the Bunch
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good+/No Jacket
- Seller
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Prescott, Arizona, United States
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About This Item
The Roycrofters, 1914. Book. Good+. Half-Leather. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. Half-leather hardcover with brown calf on spine stamped with letters and decorations; boards covered in tan paper with black lettering and decoration on front; top edge gilt; 172 pages; pages with black and red floral bands at top and bottom. Good plus condition: rubbing to spine and boards; a little loss of paper at the corners; a little staining to boards; straight; hinges strong; top edge gilt is scuffed; slight toning to pages; a few pages opened a little carelessly so small chips and flaps; a few faint ink letters inside back board..
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Old Sage Bookshop (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 130294
- Title
- The Roycroft Dictionary...concocted by Ali Baba and the Bunch on Rainy Days, done into a printed book by the Roycrofters at their shop for the divertisement of the Gloomsters
- Author
- Ali Baba and the Bunch
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Publisher
- The Roycrofters
- Date Published
- 1914
- Size
- 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾
- Bookseller catalogs
- Humor;
Terms of Sale
The Old Sage Bookshop
Books returnable within 5 days if you are not satisfied.
About the Seller
The Old Sage Bookshop
Biblio member since 2005
Prescott, Arizona
About The Old Sage Bookshop
Situated in historic downtown Prescott, Arizona, The Old Sage Bookshop offers a fine selection of new southwest books as well as quality used books for the collector, the seeker, and the avid reader. This is a small but mighty bookshop.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- 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....
- 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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.