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MAGIC OF THE BOOK, MORE REMINISCENCES AND ADVENTURES OF A BOOKMAN.|THE
by Orcutt, William Dana
- Used
- Condition
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- Seller
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New Castle, Delaware, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Little, Brown & Co, 1930. half brown leather over cloth-covered boards, five raised bands, gilt on spine, top edge gilt. 8vo. half brown leather over cloth-covered boards, five raised bands, gilt on spine, top edge gilt. xii, 314, (2) pages. First impression of the trade edition. This copy has been rebound by Whitman Bennett in a lovely half-brown leather over cloth boards, with gilt on spine, for Korner & Wood (binder's ticket on front free endpaper). Spine slightly faded. Very minor rubbing to the spine, else a near fine copy. Studies of the Vatican Library, Sweynheym and Pannartz, Bodoni, etc. A beautiful book.
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- Bookseller
- Oak Knoll Books/Oak Knoll Press
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 9850
- Title
- MAGIC OF THE BOOK, MORE REMINISCENCES AND ADVENTURES OF A BOOKMAN.|THE
- Author
- Orcutt, William Dana
- Format/Binding
- Half brown leather over cloth-covered boards, five raised bands, gilt on spine, top edge gilt
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Little, Brown & Co
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1930
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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Oak Knoll Books/Oak Knoll Press
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New Castle, Delaware
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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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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....
- 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...
- Rebound
- A book in which the pages have been bound into a covering replacing the original covering issued by the publisher.
- 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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