THOMAS HARDY
by (Hardy, Thomas). Tomlinson, H.M
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Very good
- Seller
-
Cadyville, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: Crosby Gaige, 1929.. 1929.. Very good. - Octavo, rust orange cloth titled in gilt on the front cover and the spine. [31] deckle-edged pages with the text printed within light blue ruled frames, illustrated with a lithographic portrait frontispiece by Zhenya Gay. The text block is cracked and the overlapping edges of a few leaves are slightly darkened. Very good. <p>Limited edition of 761 numbered copies printed by the Pynson Printers, signed by the author H.M. Tomlinson on the colophon page. This copy is additionally signed by the artist Zhenya Gay under the frontispiece.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd. (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 33266
- Title
- THOMAS HARDY
- Author
- (Hardy, Thomas). Tomlinson, H.M
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- New York: Crosby Gaige, 1929.
- Date Published
- 1929.
- Keywords
- FINE PRESS; LITERATURE; BIOGRAPHICAL; H.M. TOMLINSON; MODERN; TWENTIETH CENTURY; LIMITED EDITION; SIGNED; AUTOGRAPH; ZHENYA; ARTIST; ILLUSTRATION; PORTRAIT; THOMAS HARDY; 20TH CENTURY; BIOGRAPHY; MEMOIR.
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Terms of Sale
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.
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- 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...
- Cloth
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- 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...
- Colophon
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- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- 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...
- 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....
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....