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Venus and Adonis
by Shakespeare, William
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- G (Ex-library, with spine marks on slipcase, book block pages are all uncut at top edges, leather spine head & heel are worn dow
- Seller
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Columbia, Pennsylvania, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Rochester, New York: Leo Hart, 1931. Hardcover. G (Ex-library, with spine marks on slipcase, book block pages are all uncut at top edges, leather spine head & heel are worn down a layer, slipcase shows edge wear, text block itself is very good.). Kent, Rockwell. Three-quarter maroon leather with tan cloth boards, maroon slipcase, gilt letters on spine, gilt top edge, 82 pp., 21 illus. SIGNED BY ROCKWELL KENT on the limitation page. Poem by Shakespeare, with enhanced pen-and-ink illus. by American artist Rockwell Kent (1882-1971). #856 of 1250 copies, and signed by Rockwell Kent on the rear fly leaf. Isn't Valentine's Day approaching?
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Details
- Seller
- Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 135693
- Title
- Venus and Adonis
- Author
- Shakespeare, William
- Illustrator
- Kent, Rockwell
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - G (Ex-library, with spine marks on slipcase, book block pages are all uncut at top edges, leather spine head & heel are worn dow
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Leo Hart
- Place of Publication
- Rochester, New York
- Date Published
- 1931
- Keywords
- American Artists ; Kent, Rockwell ; ;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB
Biblio member since 2004
Columbia, Pennsylvania
About Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB
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- Heel
- The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.
- Cloth
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- G
- Good describes the average used and worn book that has all pages or leaves present. Any defects must be noted. (as defined by AB...
- Text Block
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- Spine
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- New
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- 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...
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