For Shop Use Only – Curwen & Dent Stock Blocks and Devices.
by LIBANUS PRESS. RAVILIOUS, Eric
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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LONDON, Greater London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Devizes, Wiltshire: Printed at the Libanus Press for Garton & Co., 1993. No. 136 of 425 copies. With an original tipped in wood engraving and 31 device designs by Eric Ravilious. Printed in Perpetua on Zerkall mould-made paper. Pp. 48. 8vo., original blue cloth-backed spine over red and white patterned paper boards. Slight darkening along the edge of upper cover near spine, otherwise fine.||With contributions by John Lewis, Enid Marx and Robert Harling. Eric Ravilious’s decorative wood engravings created for the Curwen Press and the Dent ‘Everyman’ series. The tipped in wood engraving was printed from the block engraved by Ravilious for the title page of the ‘Travel’ category for the Dent ‘Everyman’ library.| Wood engravings by Ravilious for the Curwen Press and the Dent ‘Everyman’ series
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- Bookseller
- SOPHIE SCHNEIDEMAN RARE BOOKS (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 8110
- Title
- For Shop Use Only – Curwen & Dent Stock Blocks and Devices.
- Author
- LIBANUS PRESS. RAVILIOUS, Eric
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Printed at the Libanus Press for Garton & Co.
- Place of Publication
- Devizes, Wiltshire
- Date Published
- 1993
- Keywords
- Libanus Press;Eric Ravilious; Book,Artists’ & Fine Press, Illustrated
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SOPHIE SCHNEIDEMAN RARE BOOKS
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Glossary
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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...
- Tipped In
- Tipped In is used to describe something which has been glued into a book. Tipped-in items can include photos, book plates,...
- 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....
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Device
- Especially for older books, a printer's device refers to an identifying mark, also sometimes called a printer's mark, on the...