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I, Me, Mine
by Harrison, George
- Used
- very good
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
2 Copies Available from This Seller
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About This Item
Guildford, Surrey: Genesis Publications Limited, 1980. First Edition. Leather. Very Good. First Limited Edition. Large 8vo. Number 410 of only 2,000 copies, signed by Harrison on the limitation page, and also inscribed by his sister: "To Gary, Love & Laughter, Lou Harrison, 9.10.94." Handsomely bound in half black calf and black cloth, embellished with a brown leather inlay and gilt guitar motif to the upper cover and gilt facsimile signature to lower cover, five raised bands, gilt-stamped spine, brown leather spine label, all edges gilt, ribbon bookmark, 4 separate music scores as endpapers, 2 tipped-in sepia toned childhood portraits with tissue guards as frontispiece and endpiece, 17 text engravings, 48 photo plates + large 4 panel fold-out plate, 120 colour facsimile pages containing 83 of George's song lyrics. "Printed in 28 special colours by Kingprint of Richmond, sadly no longer in business. George visited Kingprint to view the first sheets coming off the press." - from publisher's website. The culmination of several year's work, this was the book that changed the direction of the press to become the leading fine binding press to produce "rock 'n' roll" books. Light scratches to the edge gilt, and some light scuffing and faint impressions in the leather around the spine, and board corners, otherwise a nice, clean and tight copy housed in a black cloth slipcase with a plain dust jacket and inserted in the slipcase (not sure if the wrapper was intrinsic to the book or added later, however it has kept the book in excellent condition). Light scuffing to slipcase corners and the paper label unevenly sunned.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 11886
- Title
- I, Me, Mine
- Author
- Harrison, George
- Format/Binding
- Leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 2
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Genesis Publications Limited
- Place of Publication
- Guildford, Surrey
- Date Published
- 1980
Terms of Sale
Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA
Biblio member since 2012
Toronto, Ontario
About Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA
Interesting and unusual books and printed matter. Visual items, illustrated books, private press, mythology/folklore, modern first editions. Member of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of Canada (ABAC) and theIndependent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA)
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- 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...
- Facsimile
- An exact copy of an original work. In books, it refers to a copy or reproduction, as accurate as possible, of an original...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- 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...
- Fine Binding
- An elaborate and decorative binding, example including a leather-bound book with gilt edges, raised blind stamps, raised ribs,...
- 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...
- 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...
- Spine Label
- The paper or leather descriptive tag attached to the spine of the book, most commonly providing the title and author of the...
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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....
- Cloth
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