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Paris
by Dorothy Menpes; Mortimer Menpes
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
Item Price
CA$430.27CA$387.24
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About This Item
London: Adam and Charles Black, 1909. First edition. Cloth. Very Good. 11" by 8.5" . Mortimer Menpes . A limited edition topographical work on the locations and culture of Paris, with numerous illustrations throughout by Mortimer Menpes. The Edition-de-Luxe, strictly limited to 500 copies of which this is number 441. Published simultaneously with the first trade edition. In the publisher's original full cloth binding with gilt detail. Printed on handmade paper. With a colour frontispiece and seventy-four colour plates, painted by Mortimer Menpes. Collated complete. A topographical work on Paris, discussing the fashion, streets, artists, cafes, restaurants and more. Written by Dorothy Menpes, the daughter of Mortimer Menpes. Mortimer Menpes was a British painter, author, printmaker and illustrator. He helped pioneer a new way of reproducing coloured artworks in printed books. The half title page is present. With a bookplate for one, 'James Milne Cooper', to the front paste-down. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, smart with some light shelf wear to the edges. Marks to the boards and spine. Spine is darkened. Bumping to the spine. Spotting to the paste-downs and free endpapers. Bookplate to the front paste-down. Internally, binding slightly strained but generally firmly bound. Pages bright and clean with some very light age-toning to the edges. Spotting to the blanks. The odd handling mark throughout. Pages roughly cut. Very Good
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 848G21
- Title
- Paris
- Author
- Dorothy Menpes; Mortimer Menpes
- Illustrator
- Mortimer Menpes
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Adam and Charles Black
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1909
- Size
- 11" by 8.5"
- Keywords
- paris french art french culture art french art
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Rooke Books
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BATH, Somerset
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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- Paste-down
- The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...
- Cloth
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- Bookplate
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- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, 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...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition 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....
- Half Title
- The blank front page which appears just prior to the title page, and typically contains only the title of the book, although, at...
- 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...
- Shelf Wear
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- New
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