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The Faerie Queen Disposed Into Twelve Bookes Fashioning XII. Morall Virtues
by Spenser, Edmund
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Publisher's quarter brown calf over vellum covered boards lettered in gilt. Fine in fine brown slipcase
- Seller
-
ardsley, New York, United States
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About This Item
London: Ashendene Press, 1923. Hardcover. Publisher's quarter brown calf over vellum covered boards lettered in gilt. Fine in fine brown slipcase. VIII, 408 pages. Folio, 44 x 30.5 cm. Limited edition, one of 180 copies on Batchelor paper bearing the Knight in Armour watermark, from the library of English architect and founder of the Essex House Press, Charles Robert Ashbee (bookplate front cover paste-down). Text based upon a collation of the Quartos of 1590 and 1596 and the Folio of 1609 and printed in three colors -- red, blue and black. A fine exemplar of Ashendene's large folio efforts. CAVE: THE PRIVATE PRESS, notes, "Nobody can declare that one or another book was a printer's best, with the variety of Ashendene books issued.......on the whole I thinks I like the Faerie Queen and Morte Darthur best...." HORNBY 32. RANSOM p.206. Raised bands, slight dark spot lower front cover.
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- Bookseller
- Royoung bookseller, Inc.
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 23952
- Title
- The Faerie Queen Disposed Into Twelve Bookes Fashioning XII. Morall Virtues
- Author
- Spenser, Edmund
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Publisher's quarter brown calf over vellum covered boards lettered in gilt. Fine in fine brown slipcase
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Ashendene Press
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1923
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Book Arts, Ashendene Press,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Private Press;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Royoung bookseller, Inc.
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ardsley, New York
About Royoung bookseller, Inc.
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Glossary
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- Folio
- A folio usually indicates a large book size of 15" in height or larger when used in the context of a book description. Further,...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Vellum
- Vellum is a sheet of specialty prepared skin of lamb, calf, or goat kid used for binding a book or for printing and writing. ...
- 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...
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
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