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The Ballad of Jan Van Hunks Illustrated by Monro S. Orr
by Rosetti, Dante Gabriel (D. G.); Bell, MacKenzie (Introduction)
- Used
- very good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Rapid River, Michigan, United States
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About This Item
London - Bombay - Sydney: George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd., 1929. 1929 at colophon; no other dates, indications. Stated at limitation page: "Edition limited to six hundred and twenty copies for England and America. This copy is No. '504'. Printed in Great Britain." Cream pictorial wraps appearing to be of fine Japon paper, gilt cover and spine titles, design, moderate shelf wear. Front cover features vignette of Van Hunks puffing on his pipe in large Dutch hat with titles below. Deckled leaves near fine; no writing. Bind fine, intact. Illustrated by the inimitable Monro S. Orr with impishly humourous imagery and vignettes throughout. Features an introduction to this piece, Rosetti, Swinburne, the milieu of these poets and humour in poetry by MacKenzie Bell. Stated at back page: "Cambridge: Printed in August, 1929 by W. Lewis, M. A. At the University Press." 43 pages. Insured post.. Limited Edition . Soft Cover. Very Good. Illus. by Orr, Monro S. . 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- BiblioStax
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 021481
- Title
- The Ballad of Jan Van Hunks Illustrated by Monro S. Orr
- Author
- Rosetti, Dante Gabriel (D. G.); Bell, MacKenzie (Introduction)
- Illustrator
- Orr, Monro S.
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- Limited Edition
- Publisher
- George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.
- Place of Publication
- London - Bombay - Sydney
- Date Published
- 1929
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7&
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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Rapid River, Michigan
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- 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....
- 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...
- Vignette
- A decorative design or illustration placed at the beginning or end of a ...
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Pictorial Wraps
- Pictorial wraps are color illustrated covers for paperback books. Preceding mass-market paperbacks, this format brought popular...
- 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...
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