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Ballylee
by Yeats, W.B
- Used
- Fine
- first
- Condition
- Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0317123238
- ISBN 13
- 9780317123234
- Seller
-
Cleveland, Ohio, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Lewisburg, Pennsylvania: The Press of Appletree Alley, 1983. Quarter green morocco leather over natural linen cloth boards, gilt title and ruling, (9.5 x 6.5 inches). Full title: Ballylee / The Tower / Selections from the Tower Poems of W.B. Yeats and a Letter Describing Ballylee by His Wife George, with an introduction by Mary Chenoweth. 48 pages; with wood engraved illustrations by John DePol. First Limited Edition, number 28 of only 150 copies printed. The edition was designed, handset, and printed by Mary Chenoweth and Barnard Taylor. Bound by Cathleen Wild. A clean, tight copy showing typical minor toning at spine. Limited First Edition. Leather. Fine. Illus. by John DePol. Octavo. Private Press.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Books & Bidders, Antiquarian Booksellers
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 005838
- Title
- Ballylee
- Author
- Yeats, W.B
- Illustrator
- John DePol
- Format/Binding
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Edition
- Limited First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0317123238
- ISBN 13
- 9780317123234
- Publisher
- The Press of Appletree Alley
- Place of Publication
- Lewisburg, Pennsylvania
- Date Published
- 1983
- Size
- Octavo
- Keywords
- John DePol; Poetry
- Bookseller catalogs
- Leather Bound Books;
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About the Seller
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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...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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