William Shakespeare's Venus and Adonis
by Shakespeare, William
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- Seller
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Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Rochester, NY: The Printing House of Leo Hart, 1934. Book. Illus. by Rockwell Kent. Near Fine. Hardcover. Deluxe Illustrated Edition. Slim Octavo. Large 8vo. 80 (6) pp, illus. previous owner's git Inscribed & year on ffep. 1" x 1/2" x 1 3/4" triangle chip to top edge front panel dj with two very small additional chips to front panel of same. faintly age-toned fore-text block, else, Pristine, no wear. No markings, binding tight, clean, white and bright. 6.75" x 9.25". Brown cloth with glossy gilt lettering to front board, and brown top text block. Orig price $2.75 - illiustrated dj in acetate protector..
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Details
- Bookseller
- West Side Book Shop, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 8270
- Title
- William Shakespeare's Venus and Adonis
- Author
- Shakespeare, William
- Illustrator
- Rockwell Kent
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- Deluxe Illustrated Edition
- Publisher
- The Printing House of Leo Hart
- Place of Publication
- Rochester, NY
- Date Published
- 1934
- Size
- Slim Octavo
- Keywords
- POETRY 16TH CENTURY NARRATIVE POEM ILLUSTRATION BY ROCKWELL KENT
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About the Seller
West Side Book Shop, ABAA
Biblio member since 2006
Ann Arbor, Michigan
About West Side Book Shop, ABAA
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Glossary
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
- 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...
- 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....