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Ultimo: An Imaginative Narration of Life Under the Earth with Projections by John Vassos and the Text by Ruth Vassos
by Vassos, Ruth
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
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About This Item
New York: E.P. Dutton & Company, Inc, 1930. First edition. Hardcover. John Vassos. Quarto [26.5 cm] Red cloth with bold gilt stamped titles and gilt, white and black ink decorative patterns on the front cover. Very good. The covers are very subtly concave, and the spine ends and edges of the covers are lightly rubbed. The front cover is very mildly darkened, and is just a little stained. Minor spine lean. The cloth at the spine ends and corners is slightly frayed. The edges of the text block are a bit foxed. Tanned pages. The book is sturdy. The illustrator, John Vassos, was the designer of the exterior of the RCA Corporation's first television set. In addition, he designed American pavilions for numerous international fairs and illustrated 14 books.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 34826
- Title
- Ultimo: An Imaginative Narration of Life Under the Earth with Projections by John Vassos and the Text by Ruth Vassos
- Author
- Vassos, Ruth
- Illustrator
- John Vassos
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- E.P. Dutton & Company, Inc
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1930
- Keywords
- deco; catalog 46; John Vassos; Ruth Vassos; illustrators BOSTON 2016; NY 2017; PASADENA2019 & OAKLAND2019; BOSTON2019; WORDLESSCAT; santa monica 2021; LA/SEATTLE2023
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About the Seller
Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2006
Salt Lake City, Utah
About Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA
Ken Sanders Rare Books is a full service antiquarian bookshop in downtown Salt Lake City, Utah. We carry an ever-changing inventory of art, ephemera, maps, photography, and postcards in addition to a vast selection of used and rare books along with a few new books. We actively purchase and appraise books in all fields.
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- E.P.
- The double leaves bound into a book at the front and rear after ...
- 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...
- 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...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- 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....
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- 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....
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