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The Lord Fish
by De La Mare, Walter; Illustrated by Rex Whistler
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- Seller
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Bloomington, Indiana, United States
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About This Item
London: Faber and Fabe, 1933. Limited and Numbered Signed 1st Edition, 1933. Of an edition of 60 copies numbered, signed and printed on English hand-made paper, this copy SIGNED by Walter de la Mare in October 1934 and labelled "out of series". Specially bound in purple vellum with yapp edges, gilt vignette of Lord Fish after Whistler on upper cover and gilt lettering and decorations at spine, top edge gilt, Whistler illustrated end pages, four full page illustrations including the engraved title page. Near Fine, toning at end papers, front board somewhat darkened, small stains at paste down, hidden by flaps, from old jacket protector, no slipcase, in a Near Fine dust wrapper, a few tiny chips along top edge.. SIGNED BY AUTHOR. Limited and Numbered Signed 1st Edition. Vellum. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Limited Edition.
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- Bookseller
- Dale Steffey Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 009135
- Title
- The Lord Fish
- Author
- De La Mare, Walter; Illustrated by Rex Whistler
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- Limited and Numbered Signed 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Faber and Fabe
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1933
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature;
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About the Seller
Dale Steffey Books, ABAA
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Bloomington, Indiana
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- Flap(s)
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- Title Page
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- Fine
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- Vignette
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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....
- Vellum
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- 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...
- Gilt
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