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Scenes From The Winter's Tale
by Jones, Owen
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Orig. decorated brown morocco, marbled endpapers, beveled edges. Aeg. Very good
- Seller
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ardsley, New York, United States
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About This Item
London: Day and Son, 1866. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. decorated brown morocco, marbled endpapers, beveled edges. Aeg. Very good. Jones, Owen. Unpaginated. 28.5 x 22 cm. 24 leaves, text verso, plates recto: all are chromolithographs -- illuminators Owen Jones and Henry Warren on stone by A. Warren. GORDON N. RAY p.144. "In his later years (this title) he turned from magnificent compilation and interpretation of the designs of others to original designs of his own." Victorian binding, three decorated gilt border panels in red and black frame gilt floral motif at center (front and back covers). Nicks to backstrip, fading to upper portion of back cover, rubbing to corners, front free endpaper toned.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Royoung bookseller, Inc.
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 23804
- Title
- Scenes From The Winter's Tale
- Author
- Jones, Owen
- Illustrator
- Jones, Owen
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Orig. decorated brown morocco, marbled endpapers, beveled edges. Aeg. Very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Day and Son
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1866
- Keywords
- Literature
- Bookseller catalogs
- Art Reference; Victorian; Design;
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About the Seller
Royoung bookseller, Inc.
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ardsley, New York
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- Beveled
- Beveled edges, or beveled boards, describe a technique of binding in which the edges of book boards have been cut into slanted...
- 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...
- AEG
- All Edges Gilt. Describes a book in which the top, fore edge and bottom of the outside of the pages are decorated with gold...
- 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...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- 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...
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