The Story of Frederic W. Goudy
by Beilenson, Peter
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
Cleveland, Ohio, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: The Distaff Side, 1939. Blue-green boards (hardcover) with printed title lablels to spine and front board, (9.5 x 6.5 inches). Limited First Edition; one of 300 copies. 58 pages; illustrated with title-page portrait from a wood engraving by Charles. E. Pont, plus 8 photographs of FWG from age 2 to 35 at rear. Privately printed to celebrate Goudy's 74th birthday; seating list from dinner tipped-in at front fly. A clean, tight copy with unopened pages, showing just light wear to exterior. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good. Octavo. Private Press.
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- Bookseller
- Books & Bidders, Antiquarian Booksellers (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 005797
- Title
- The Story of Frederic W. Goudy
- Author
- Beilenson, Peter
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- The Distaff Side
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1939
- Size
- Octavo
- Keywords
- Typography
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About the Seller
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Glossary
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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....
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Unopened
- A state in which all or some of the pages of a book have not been separated from the adjacent pages, caused by a traditional...