A Mad World, My Masters.
by CRESSET PRESS. BRETON, Nicholas
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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LONDON, Greater London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Cresset Press, 1929. Edited by Ursula Kentish-Wright. Two volumes. One of 500 sets, this no. 160. 8vo., original gold airbrushed art deco-style green cloth, red morocco and gilt spine labels, top edge gilt, others uncut. Mild rubbing to spine labels, very slight darkening to endpapers but generally an extremely good set.||An excellent printing of Nicholas Breton’s prose work first published in 1603.|
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- Bookseller
- SOPHIE SCHNEIDEMAN RARE BOOKS (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 6392
- Title
- A Mad World, My Masters.
- Author
- CRESSET PRESS. BRETON, Nicholas
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Cresset Press
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1929
- Keywords
- Cresset Press;Fine Printing Book,Private Press
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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Glossary
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- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
- 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....