Undine.: Adapted from the German by W. L. Courtney.
by RACKHAM, Arthur (illus.); LA MOTTE-FOUQUÉ, Friedrich Heinrich Karl, Freiherr de
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About This Item
London: William Heinemann,, 1909. Signed copy, one of 1,000, finely bound with pictorial title block to front Signed limited edition, number 464 of 1000 copies signed by the artist. Large octavo. Finely bound by the Chelsea Bindery in recent full blue morocco, gilt titles, box design and raised bands to spine, gilt rule to boards, gilt titles and pictorial decoration to front board, gilt inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt, others untrimmed. With 15 mounted colour plates as issued, captioned tissues. Sunning to spine as well as areas of fading to boards, faint stains to rear board. A very good copy.
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- Bookseller
- Peter Harrington (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 101815
- Title
- Undine.
- Author
- RACKHAM, Arthur (illus.); LA MOTTE-FOUQUÉ, Friedrich Heinrich Karl, Freiherr de
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Place of Publication
- London: William Heinemann,
- Date Published
- 1909
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Peter Harrington
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About Peter Harrington
Since its establishment, Peter Harrington has specialised in sourcing, selling and buying the finest quality original first editions, signed, rare and antiquarian books, fine bindings and library sets. Peter Harrington first began selling rare books from the Chelsea Antiques Market on London's King's Road. For the past twenty years the business has been run by Pom Harrington, Peter's son.
Glossary
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- 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...
- 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....
- 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...
- 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...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...