FOUR PRIVATE LIBRARIES IN NEW YORK: A Contribution to the History of Bibliophilism in America. First Series. Preface by Octave Uzanne
by du Bois, Henri Pene
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
-
Cadyville, New York, United States
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About This Item
New-York: Duprat & Co., 1892.. 1892.. Good. - Octavo, decorative red paper covered boards titled in gilt on the front cover & spine with a vignette in gilt on each board. The binding is lightly rubbed & bumped with a stain to the rear cover & a piece out of the head of the spine. The joints are rubbed & partially split. 119 pages. Illustrated with facsimile plates with tissue guards, including a color frontispiece, & black-and-white head- & tail-pieces. The front hinge is starting & there is an owner's ink name dated 1893 on the flyleaf. There is foxing to the margins of the frontispiece with soiling & staining to a few text pages. Good. <p>Limited edition of 1,000 copies.
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- Bookseller
- Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 12667
- Title
- FOUR PRIVATE LIBRARIES IN NEW YORK: A Contribution to the History of Bibliophilism in America. First Series. Preface by Octave Uzanne
- Author
- du Bois, Henri Pene
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- New-York: Duprat & Co., 1892.
- Date Published
- 1892.
- Keywords
- BOOKS-ON-BOOKS; FOUR PRIVATE LIBRARIES IN NEW YORK; BOOKBINDING; ART OF THE BOOK; ELZEVIRS; VIGNETTISTS; ILLUSTRATORS; HENRI PENE DU BOIS; OCTAVE UZANNE; PLATES; FACSIMILES.
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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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- Facsimile
- An exact copy of an original work. In books, it refers to a copy or reproduction, as accurate as possible, of an original...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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...
- Vignette
- A decorative design or illustration placed at the beginning or end of a ...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- 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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