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The Palace Of Pleasure by William Painter by Bliss, Douglas Percy (Illustrator) - 1929
by Bliss, Douglas Percy (Illustrator)
The Palace Of Pleasure by William Painter
by Bliss, Douglas Percy (Illustrator)
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London: Cresset, 1929. Leather Bound. Full vellum, leather spine labels lettered in gilt. Teg. Fine in very good, uncommonly found original black slipcase. Bliss, Douglas Percy. XXX, 196, IX 244. IX 254, VIII 226 pages. 30 x 20 cm. Limited edition Copy XXIV of 30 special numbered copies printed on hand-made paper and bound in full vellum printed at the Oxford University Press in Poliphilus type. Total run was 530 copies [see: RANSOM p.7]. Introduction by Hamish Miles, illustrated by Percy Bliss -- colored frontispieces, black and white headpieces. Bliss, a wood engraver was a close friend of Eric Ravilious and Edward Bawden, studied with William Rothenstein and John Nash. Originally published 1566-1567, this collection of stories adapted from Greek, Latin, French and Italian literature was a source for Elizabethan dramatists. Painter, clerk of Queen Elizabeth's Ordinance compiled the collection of stories, and like others amassed a personal fortune through embezzlement, endemic in the Elizabethan civil service.
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A History of Wood-Engraving with 120 Illustrations
by Bliss, Douglas Percy
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A History of Wood Engraving
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Spring Books. Pages are tight with slight "tanning" to borders. . Good. Hardcover. Reprint. 1964.
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A History of Wood Engraving
by Bliss, Douglas Percy
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Londion: Spring Books, 1964. Large format hardcover, red cloth, no dust-jacket. 263pp., Bibliography, Index. Copiously illustrated throughout. Re-issue of edition originslly published in 1928, first edition thus. Mild wear to cloth, spotting on fore-edge and text pages browned as per usual with this edition. A sound, internally clean and unmarked copy. Good.. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
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A History of Wood-Engraving with 120 Illustrations
by Bliss, Douglas Percy
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Spring Books, 1964-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Red cloth covered boards with gold spine titles; top edge sun faded/discolored; mild wear otherwise; jacket is worn with small chips and tears along edges; 4to - over 9 3/4" to 12" tall; pages toned; illustrations in black and white; Interior is clean and unmarked; 263 pages.
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A History of Wood Engraving
by Bliss, Douglas Percy
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London: Spring Books, 1964. Reprint. Hardcover. Very Good +/Very good. Originally published in 1928. 120 illustrations. Pages browning. Dust jacket has some rubs, edgewear, and a small chip at top of spine.
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A History of Wood-Engraving with 120 Illustrations
by Douglas Percy Bliss
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Ex-lib, with usual markings...there are no other markings in the book, no highlighting, no rem-mark. DJ is very good, with index tag to foot of spine, and is protected with mylar. 263 pgs. w/index and B&W illustrations.
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A HISTORY OF WOOD-ENGRAVING
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London: Spring Books, (1964).. (1964).. Good. - Quarto, red cloth titled in gilt, in dw. The dw is rubbed & chipped with the spine faded & a piece out of the bottom edge of the front panel. xvi & 263 pp. Pages darkened. Illustrated in B&W with frontispiece, plates & textual illustrations. Good. <p>Reprint of the 1928 edition.
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A History of Wood Engraving: The Original Edition
by Bliss, Douglas Percy
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A History of Wood Engraving
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Spring Books, 1964. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Browning to jacket..
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A History of Wood Engraving
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London: Spring Books Cloth; Large 8vo.,263pp. With one hundred and twenty illustrations. Rag-paper toned. Edgeworn d/j with several short edgetears, else V.Good in Good D/j
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