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Doctor Faust, A Play Based on the German Puppet Versions
by Harry Owens
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine Condition/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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Warwick, New York, United States
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About This Item
Caxton Club, Chicago, 1953. First Edition. Hardcover (Half Cloth). Near Fine Condition/No Dust Jacket. HARRY J. OWENS. Doctor Faust, A Play Based on the German Puppet Versions, Chicago: Caxton Club, 1953. Quarto, edition of 350, foliated, printed boards quarter-bound in beige cloth with gilt lettering to spine, top edge gilt, other edges untrimmed, Fritz Kredel illustration, Victor Hammer design, collector's library ticket on rear paste-down. A relic of the 20th-century private-press effusion. Condition of this book: Covers worn at edges and tips, minor dampstain to preliminary leaves, rear endpages foxed a bit. Special Limited Edition, first issue in this format. Size: Octavo (standard book size). Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Art & Design; United States; 1950s; Theatre & Plays. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 55418. .
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- Rarities etc.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 55418
- Title
- Doctor Faust, A Play Based on the German Puppet Versions
- Author
- Harry Owens
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (Half Cloth)
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine Condition
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Caxton Club
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Date Published
- 1953
- Keywords
- BZDB17 Art & Design; United States; 1950s; Theatre & Plays. Unbranded Harry Owens Doctor Faust, A Play Based on the German Puppet Versions
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We accept returns for any reason, with a money-back guarantee and a reasonable allowance for your return shipping costs via U.S. Postal Service.
About the Seller
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Biblio member since 2007
Warwick, New York
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Rarities specializes in photos, prints and art and photography books. We also offer vintage oddities.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- 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....
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
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