SAGITTARIUS: HIS BOOK. Gathered for John Archer by his friends
by (Archer, John). (Lydenberg, Harry Miller; Bennett, Paul A.; Melcher, Frederic G.; et al)
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine
- Seller
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Cadyville, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: The Typophiles, 1951.. 1951.. Fine. - Small octavo [7-1/4 inches high by 4-5/8 inches wide], gray cloth titled in gilt on the spine with a vignette in gray on a black ground on the front cover. [ix] & 93 pages plus colophon. Black-and-white portrait frontispiece & illustrations in black, white & tan. The spine is sunned, else near fine. <p>Limited edition of 640 copies.<p>Typophile Chap Books XXV.
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- Bookseller
- Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 4945
- Title
- SAGITTARIUS: HIS BOOK. Gathered for John Archer by his friends
- Author
- (Archer, John). (Lydenberg, Harry Miller; Bennett, Paul A.; Melcher, Frederic G.; et al)
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- New York: The Typophiles, 1951.
- Date Published
- 1951.
- Keywords
- BOOKS-ON-BOOKS; PRINTING; BOOK BINDING; PRINTER; JOHN ARCHER; NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY; TYPOGRAPHY; TYPOPHILES; TYPOPHILE CHAP BOOKS; PAUL A. BENNETT; FREDERIC G. MELCHER; HARRY MILLER LYDENBERG; LIMITED EDITION.
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Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
Payment with order from individuals. Items are offered subject to prior sale. All purchases are subject to your approval, returnable within 10 days. New York State residents please add sales tax to your purchases. All items are guaranteed authentic and as described.
About the Seller
Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
Biblio member since 2003
Cadyville, New York
About Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd. (incorporated 1989) is a general antiquarian book store which buys and sells collections and individual items of significance. Booksellers Ric Zank and Daniel Meunier each bring to the business over 18 years of experience in seeking out and offering for sale unusual, uncommon and rare books, autographs, and ephemera in all fields. Our office is open 7 days a week from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and frequently later. An answering machine will take your message after hours and when we are out of the office.
Glossary
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- 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....
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Colophon
- The colophon contains information about a book's publisher, the typesetting, printer, and possibly even includes a printer's...
- Vignette
- A decorative design or illustration placed at the beginning or end of a ...
- 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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