The improvisatore; or, life in Italy. From the Danish of . . . by Mary Howitt. [Extra-illustrated with 35 mounted albumen photographs].
by ANDERSEN, Hans Christian
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- Hardcover
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Vancouver, Washington, United States
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About This Item
London: Ward, Lock and Co., [1872]. 12mo. xxxvii, [1], 340 pp. Extra-illustrated albumen frontisp., 34 albumen photos throughout. Contemporary full Florentine vellum souvenir binding, gilt decoration & ruling on covers, gilt decorated & lettered spine, marbled endpapers, died red textblock (slight shelfwear), still NF bright copy, w/ former owner’s bookplate on recto of front flyleaf. An exceptional extra-illustrated Florentine vellum binding souvenir edition of Andersen’s first work, a semi-autobiographical novel of life and travels through Italy with charming descriptions of towns, regions, all wonderfully captured in contemporary albumen photos.
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- Bookseller
- Zephyr Used & Rare Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 61216
- Title
- The improvisatore; or, life in Italy. From the Danish of . . . by Mary Howitt. [Extra-illustrated with 35 mounted albumen photographs].
- Author
- ANDERSEN, Hans Christian
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Ward, Lock and Co.,
- Place of Publication
- London:
- Date Published
- [1872].
- Keywords
- LIterature, Danish Literature, Denmark, Italy, Hans Christian Andersen, Travel, Italy, vellum Bindings, Fine Bindings, Florence, Florentine, Albumen Photographs, Photography, Albumen Photos, Extra-Illustrated, Souvenir, 19th-Century Imprints
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About the Seller
Zephyr Used & Rare Books
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Vancouver, Washington
About Zephyr Used & Rare Books
We are an independent bookseller, established in 1994, who exhibit at numerous book fairs and antique shows throughout the year, including Christine Palmer Antique Expos in Portland, OR & Vancouver, WA, The Rose City Book & Paper Show in Portland, the Custer Antique Show in Spokane, the Seattle Antiquarian Book Fair, the Sacramento Antiquarian Book Fair, the Pasadena Book & Paper Show, and others. We specialize in 19th-century imprints, Technical Books, History, Children's Literature, and much more. In addition we offer appraisals for insurance and tax purposes.
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- 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....
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- 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...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Recto
- The page on the right side of a book, with the term Verso used to describe the page on the left side.
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