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JOHN NASH THE PAINTER AS ILLUSTRATOR
by [Nash, John]: LEWIS, John
- Used
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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New Haven, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
[Godalming, Surrey]: The Pendomer Press, 1978. First edition. Quarto. Brown cloth, gilt spine. First edition. 136 pp. Foreword by Wilfrid Blunt; black and white, and color plates and illustrations throughout the first book of Nash's work as an illustrator by his friend, John Lewis. Full bibliography by Simon Heneage. Noted collector's bookplate on front pastedown, private library notations, else a near fine copy in a very good dust jacket with two minor nicks to bottom edge of upper panel and a bit of residue of a label at the very lower edge of the rear panel.
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- Bookseller
- Second Wind Books LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 479
- Title
- JOHN NASH THE PAINTER AS ILLUSTRATOR
- Author
- [Nash, John]: LEWIS, John
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- The Pendomer Press
- Place of Publication
- [Godalming, Surrey]
- Date Published
- 1978
- Keywords
- Woodcuts, first edition, illustrations
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Second Wind Books LLC
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New Haven, Connecticut
About Second Wind Books LLC
Second Wind Books is committed to offering important British and American first editions in the Modernist vein, with an emphasis on books about books, books by and about women and adjacent admirers. Literature, poetry, small and fine press, letters and manuscripts, original artwork, photographs, are what interests us most. Our founder began bookselling under the tutelage of a truly great bookman in 2006, and is now offering that learned expertise in her own shop. Interested in offers of literature from 1900 to 1950, either for sale or to evaluate.
Glossary
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
- Jacket
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- 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....
- 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...
- 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...
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