International Parchment Convention. London, 19th May 1955. Dinner Menu and Wine List.
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- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
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- Seller
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Sitges (BCN), Barcelona, Spain
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About This Item
London, 1955. AN EXTRAORDINARILY RARE EXAMPLE OF PRINTING ON VELLUM. The menu of the International Parchment Convention Dinner held at Claridge's on the evening of May 19th, 1955. 4 leaves printed on one side only. Quite a luxurious meal, as one would expect at Claridge's, featuring Beluga caviar, crevettes de Morécambe, expensive wines, etc. This copy printed for Mr F. Lund (name neatly calligraphed on cover). Printed thoughout in blue and black. Image of the Tower of London on the cover. 4to. Tasseled string tie. FINE AND BRIGHT, WITH NO DEFECTS. Menus printed on vellum or parchment are of the greatest rarity.
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- Bookseller
- Cole & Contreras (ES)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 39055
- Title
- International Parchment Convention. London, 19th May 1955. Dinner Menu and Wine List.
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1955
- Keywords
- colemisc gastronomy vellum printing parchment printing
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About the Seller
Cole & Contreras
Biblio member since 2004
Sitges (BCN), Barcelona
About Cole & Contreras
We are located in sunny Sitges, on the Mediterranean Coast, half an hour from Barcelona. We have been dealing in rare books since 1991.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Parchment
- Pages or book covering made from a prepared animal skin. Parchment describes any animal skin used for books, while vellum is a...
- Vellum
- Vellum is a sheet of specialty prepared skin of lamb, calf, or goat kid used for binding a book or for printing and writing. ...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...