Normandy vellum: a specimen book showing many designs, illustrations and typographic effects on this adaptable paper imported from France.
by [PAPER SAMPLE CATALOGUE]
- Used
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Vancouver, Washington, United States
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About This Item
New York: Japan Paper Company, 109 East 31st St., [1927]. 8vo. [44 pp (unpaginated).] Decorative borders, rubricated initials, head-pieces, tail-pieces, woodcut devices, all printed on assorted Japan papers, of varying weights, some w/ watermarks. Printed softcovers in Normandy Vellum, decorative armorial on front cover, yapp edges, NF copy. First edition, thus, of this appealing paper sample catalogue including handmade sample papers from the paper mille of Ville-Sur-Saux near St. Mihiel and Verdun, with the printing samples here promoting their use in books, announcements, brochures, letterheads, bookplates, catalogues, menus, Christmas cards, intaglio printing, and more. Included are such samples as Cream Wove Antique, Cream Wove Plate, White Wove Antique, and White Wove Plate. Worldcat locates copies (SMU, U of W, Grolier).
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Details
- Bookseller
- Zephyr Used & Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 57395
- Title
- Normandy vellum: a specimen book showing many designs, illustrations and typographic effects on this adaptable paper imported from France.
- Author
- [PAPER SAMPLE CATALOGUE]
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Japan Paper Company, 109 East 31st St.,
- Place of Publication
- New York:
- Date Published
- [1927].
- Keywords
- Paper Sample Catalogue, Catalogues, Catalogs, Catalog, Japan Paper Company, New York, France, French, Normandy Vellum, Specimen Book, Typography, Printing, Ville-Sur-Saux near St. Mihiel and Verdun
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Zephyr Used & Rare Books
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About the Seller
Zephyr Used & Rare Books
Biblio member since 2005
Vancouver, Washington
About Zephyr Used & Rare Books
We are an independent bookseller, established in 1994, who exhibit at numerous book fairs and antique shows throughout the year, including Christine Palmer Antique Expos in Portland, OR & Vancouver, WA, The Rose City Book & Paper Show in Portland, the Custer Antique Show in Spokane, the Seattle Antiquarian Book Fair, the Sacramento Antiquarian Book Fair, the Pasadena Book & Paper Show, and others. We specialize in 19th-century imprints, Technical Books, History, Children's Literature, and much more. In addition we offer appraisals for insurance and tax purposes.
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- 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...
- Plate
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- Worldcat
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