THE GOLDEN BOOK: The Story of Fine Books and Vookmaking - Past and Present.
by McMurtrie, Douglas C
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
-
West Point, Virginia, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Chicago, Illinois: Pascal Covici, 1927. 406 pages. Beautiful book in blue cloth covered boards with gilt lettering and decoration on the cover and the spine. This first trade edition was limited to 2,000 copies. Book is very scarce in dust jacket. Head and tail overhang of spine slightly bent. All four corners have been slightly bumped. Pages have some toning. Top edge of papers have been slightly dented in. Dust jacket has several small chips missing all around the edges along with some rubbing in the same areas. A very night tight copy. Book covers everything from the history of the alphabet to the invention of printing to modern typography.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Hard Cover.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bertram Books And Fine Art
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 035418
- Title
- THE GOLDEN BOOK: The Story of Fine Books and Vookmaking - Past and Present.
- Author
- McMurtrie, Douglas C
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Pascal Covici
- Place of Publication
- Chicago, Illinois
- Date Published
- 1927
- Keywords
- Books on Books
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
Terms of Sale
Bertram Books And Fine Art
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Orders usually ship within 2 business days. Shipping costs are based on books weighing 2.2 LB, or 1 KG and small enough to fit in flat rate envelopes. If your book order is heavy or oversized, we may contact you to let you know extra shipping is required. Virginia customers will be invoiced for 6% sales tax.
About the Seller
Bertram Books And Fine Art
Biblio member since 2018
West Point, Virginia
About Bertram Books And Fine Art
Bookseller for over 15 years in a brick and mortar in Williamsburg Va. Now selling primarily online Antiquarian, Collectible and General Stock books. Our stock includes Art, Antique Maps and antique Botanical Lithographs.
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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- 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...
- 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....
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