COSTUMES OF ALL NATIONS [wrapper title
by [Duke, W., Sons & Co.]
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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New Haven, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
[New Yor: Lithographed by Knapp & Co, 1888. Twenty-two one-sided chromolithograph leaves. Oblong octavo. Cloth-backed color pictorial wrappers. Most of front wrapper lacking. Internally clean. Good. Fine chromolithographs of well-known actors, actresses, and socialites in exotic costumes, including Sarah Bernhardt in an "Old Russian Costume." "To produce such a volume has naturally necessitated an enormous outlay; but the demand for our cigarettes has so increased, day by day, month by month, that we can best thank our patrons for their continued kindness by offering the present album" - Preface. An attractive example of chromolithography reaching its zenith as popular art. McGRATH, p.191.
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- Bookseller
- William Reese Company (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- WRCAM37392
- Title
- COSTUMES OF ALL NATIONS [wrapper title
- Author
- [Duke, W., Sons & Co.]
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Lithographed by Knapp & Co
- Place of Publication
- [New Yor
- Date Published
- 1888
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About the Seller
William Reese Company
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New Haven, Connecticut
About William Reese Company
Since 1975, William Reese Company has served a large international clientele of collectors and private and public institutions in the acquisition of rare books and manuscripts and in collection development.
With a catalogued inventory of over thirty thousand items, and a general inventory of over sixty-five thousand items, we are among the leading specialists in the fields of Americana and world travel, and maintain a large and eclectic inventory of literary first editions and antiquarian books of the 18th through 20th centuries.
We issue frequent, and substantial, catalogues in our fields of specialization, and we are equipped to produce smaller lists devoted to specific subjects with ease in response to requests.
With a catalogued inventory of over thirty thousand items, and a general inventory of over sixty-five thousand items, we are among the leading specialists in the fields of Americana and world travel, and maintain a large and eclectic inventory of literary first editions and antiquarian books of the 18th through 20th centuries.
We issue frequent, and substantial, catalogues in our fields of specialization, and we are equipped to produce smaller lists devoted to specific subjects with ease in response to requests.
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- 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...
- Wrappers
- The paper covering on the outside of a paperback. Also see the entry for pictorial wraps, color illustrated coverings for...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...