Some British Ballads
by [ Rackham, Arthur, illustrator ]
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
-
Los Angeles, California, United States
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About This Item
London: Constable & Co,., [n.d., 1919] One of 575 deluxe copies signed and numbered by Arthur Rackham. Original quarter vellum cream boards ruled in gilt with elaborate gilt pictorial stamping. Spine stamped and lettered in gilt. Top edge gilt. . Quarto. With mounted frontispiece and 15 mounted plates (each with a printed tissue guard). Also with 24 illustrated head-pieces and with text ornaments of eagles, snakes, dragons, and other animals and mythological creatures. Endpapers toned. Ink signature dated Christmas 1919 on front pastedown. A bit of light toning to edges but overall a very good, very bright copy.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Michael R. Thompson, Booksellers, ABAA/ILAB (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 16691
- Title
- Some British Ballads
- Author
- [ Rackham, Arthur, illustrator ]
- Format/Binding
- Original quarter vellum cream boards ruled in gilt with elaborate gilt pictorial stamping. Spine stamped and lettered in gilt. T
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- One of 575 deluxe copies signed and numbered by Arthur Rackham
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Constable & Co,.,
- Place of Publication
- London:
- Date Published
- [n.d., 1919]
- Size
- Quarto
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
Terms of Sale
Michael R. Thompson, Booksellers, ABAA/ILAB
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About the Seller
Michael R. Thompson, Booksellers, ABAA/ILAB
About Michael R. Thompson, Booksellers, ABAA/ILAB
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- Vellum
- Vellum is a sheet of specialty prepared skin of lamb, calf, or goat kid used for binding a book or for printing and writing. ...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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....
- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
- 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...