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Sous Le Signe Du Rossignol
by Jacques, Henry
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Slipcase
- Seller
-
New York, New York, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Paris: L'Edition D'Art H. Piazza, 1923. Limited First Edition. Half Morocco. Marbled paper pastedown on boards.. Near Fine/Slipcase. Nielsen, Kay. 4to. 30.5 by 23 cm. No. 1481 of 1,500 limited edition. 102 + ii pp. 19 color plates mounted, with tissue guards carrying captions. Printed October 14, 1923 by Pierre Frazier of Paris. On Japan paper. Marbled endpapers. Rather attractive bookplate of D. Woollard pasted down in upper corner, FEP. Condition: some light rubbing to morocco along edges, corners, raised bands. A few instances of light finger smudging in margins. Light pencil checkmarks on table of plates. Overall a lovely copy.
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Details
- Bookseller
- White Fox Rare Books and Antiques
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 006868
- Title
- Sous Le Signe Du Rossignol
- Author
- Jacques, Henry
- Illustrator
- Nielsen, Kay
- Format/Binding
- Half Morocco. Marbled paper pastedown on boards.
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Slipcase
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Limited First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- L'Edition D'Art H. Piazza
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Date Published
- 1923
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Illustrated Plate Book, Children's Book, French Literature
- Bookseller catalogs
- Children's Literature;
Terms of Sale
White Fox Rare Books and Antiques
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
White Fox Rare Books and Antiques
Biblio member since 2010
New York, New York
About White Fox Rare Books and Antiques
By appointment. Antiquarian and rare books with strengths in illustrated plate books, the decorative arts, costume, sporting, foreign language literature (in the original language), with growing emphasis on early printing.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Marbled Paper
- Decorative colored paper that imitates marble with a veined, mottled, or swirling pattern. Commonly used as the end papers or...
- 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...
- 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...
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