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Culs de Lampe.
by BASKIN, Leonard. GEHENNA PRESS
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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LONDON, Greater London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Northampton, Mass.: Gehenna Press, 1968. One of 250 copies. Title vignette and 19 pages of culs de lampe printed in red, green, blue and black on Nideggen and Fabriano blue and white paper. Pages numbered in grey. In addition there is a contents page with details of the sixteenth and seventeenth century books from which these culs de lampe are taken, a colophon and Baskin’s own design for a cul de lampe printed in red. Oblong sm. 8vo., original marbled paper covered boards with printed paper label on spine. Upper corners slightly bumped, some mild rubbing to very edges of spine and boards.||Signed and inscribed by Baskin on the colophon - “For my old friend Robert from Leonard with constant affection, 1988”.|
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Details
- Bookseller
- SOPHIE SCHNEIDEMAN RARE BOOKS
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 7120
- Title
- Culs de Lampe.
- Author
- BASKIN, Leonard. GEHENNA PRESS
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Gehenna Press
- Place of Publication
- Northampton, Mass.
- Date Published
- 1968
- Keywords
- Leonard Baskin;Gehenna Press Book,Artists’ & Fine Press
Terms of Sale
SOPHIE SCHNEIDEMAN RARE BOOKS
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About the Seller
SOPHIE SCHNEIDEMAN RARE BOOKS
Biblio member since 2012
LONDON, Greater London
About SOPHIE SCHNEIDEMAN RARE BOOKS
RARE BOOK AND PRINT SELLER FOR OVER 30 YEARS SPECIALISING IN PRIVATE PRESS & ILLUSTRATED BOOKS, ARTISTS' & FINE PRESS BOOKS, FINE BINDING, LETTERING, TYPOGRAPHY PRINTS &C WE ARE OPEN BY APPOINTMENT OR CHANCE 7 DAYS A WEEK, DAY & EVENING, WE ARE MEMBERS OF PBFA, ABA & ILAB
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
- 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....
- Colophon
- The colophon contains information about a book's publisher, the typesetting, printer, and possibly even includes a printer's...
- Marbled Paper
- Decorative colored paper that imitates marble with a veined, mottled, or swirling pattern. Commonly used as the end papers or...
- 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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Vignette
- A decorative design or illustration placed at the beginning or end of a ...
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