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King of Camargue - with fore-edge painting. 1 of 5 copies, Ex Libris A. Zukor
by Jean Aicard, George Ives (translator)
- Used
- near fine
- first
- Condition
- near fine
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About This Item
Philadelphia: George Barrie & Sons, 1901. No 4 of a Limited edition of five copies: Edition Magnifique of Chefs-d'Oeuvre du Roman Contemporain. Full morocco leather binding. near fine. Louis V. Ruet (etchings), George Roux (drawings). Philadelphia: Printed only for subscribers by George Barrie & Sons, [1901]. Limited edition of five copies of which this is number four, Edition Magnifique of Chefs-d'Oeuvre du Roman Contemporain, Romanticists, bound for Warren R. Fales. Octavo. 349 pages. Illustrated after Louis V. Ruet and George Roux, each plate in four states. Full orange levant morocco, gilt lettered spine with 5 raised bands. Spine sunned, minor edgewear, minor remnants of removed red silk to free endpapers, offsetting. Orange levant doublures with sage moiré silk panel inlaid, decorated in gilt and navy blue.
-- Internally generally clean and tight, all edges gilt; bookplate of Adolph Zukor to front free endpaper verso, bookseller's fore-edge painting label pasted to front blank recto, minor intermittent foxing. Unsigned gift inscription to the bookplate of George A. Zabriskie, former President of the New York Historical Society and noted book author, collector, binder, and finisher, laid in. Near fine with bright, though somewhat amateur, fore-edge painting. From the Estate of Randall J. Moskovitz, MD, Memphis, Tennessee.
-- Internally generally clean and tight, all edges gilt; bookplate of Adolph Zukor to front free endpaper verso, bookseller's fore-edge painting label pasted to front blank recto, minor intermittent foxing. Unsigned gift inscription to the bookplate of George A. Zabriskie, former President of the New York Historical Society and noted book author, collector, binder, and finisher, laid in. Near fine with bright, though somewhat amateur, fore-edge painting. From the Estate of Randall J. Moskovitz, MD, Memphis, Tennessee.
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- Bookseller
- Rare Books Honolulu
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 945L
- Title
- King of Camargue - with fore-edge painting. 1 of 5 copies, Ex Libris A. Zukor
- Author
- Jean Aicard, George Ives (translator)
- Illustrator
- Louis V. Ruet (etchings), George Roux (drawings)
- Format/Binding
- Full morocco leather binding
- Book Condition
- Used - near fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- No 4 of a Limited edition of five copies: Edition Magnifique of
- Publisher
- George Barrie & Sons
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Date Published
- 1901
- Keywords
- fore-edge painting
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction; Limited Editions; Fine Binding; Fine Press;
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Rare Books Honolulu is an online only bookstore in Hawaii, specializing in Hawaiiana, Fine Bindings, Illustrated Books, Limited Editions (New and Antiquarian), and "New But Already Out Of Print Books".
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- 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...
- Verso
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- Octavo
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- New
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Plate
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- Bookplate
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- Recto
- The page on the right side of a book, with the term Verso used to describe the page on the left side.
- 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...
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- 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....
- 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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