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THIRTY BINDINGS described by G. D. Hobson. Selected from the First Edition Club's Seventh Exhibition, Held at 25 Park Lane, by Permission of Sir Philip Sassoon, Bart.
by Hobson, G[eoffrey] D[udley]
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Durham, North Carolina, United States
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About This Item
London: The First Editions Club, [printed by Charles Whittingham and Griggs, Ltd., Chiswick Press], 1926. Quarto. xii, 68 pages, plus thirty full-page photographic plates, some printed in color. Original maroon cloth with gilt borders and lettering; top edge gilt. [32.6 cm.] Sun-fading to spine and, to a lesser degree, outer areas of covers; light spotting and speckling to cloth. Hinges are sound and the volume shows little wear. Free endpapers a little tanned, a few minor traces of marginal foxing, light offsetting from color plates to facing pages. Near very good. FIRST EDITION. One of 600 copies, this copy unnumbered. The tenth book of the First Editions Club. Most of the bindings depicted in this volume were made in England or France and the majority date from the 16th and 17th centuries, with one 15th century binding and a few 18th-century examples. Geoffrey Dudley Hobson (1882-1949) was a leading authority on early English bindings and a longtime employee of Sotheby's in London.�
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- Bookseller
- Eilenberger Rare Books, LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0000626
- Title
- THIRTY BINDINGS described by G. D. Hobson. Selected from the First Edition Club's Seventh Exhibition, Held at 25 Park Lane, by Permission of Sir Philip Sassoon, Bart.
- Author
- Hobson, G[eoffrey] D[udley]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition, limited
- Publisher
- The First Editions Club, [printed by Charles Whittingham and Griggs, Ltd., Chiswick Press]
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1926
- Keywords
- bookbindings
- Bookseller catalogs
- PRINTING HISTORY; BIBLIOGRAPHY;
Terms of Sale
Eilenberger Rare Books, LLC
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About the Seller
Eilenberger Rare Books, LLC
Biblio member since 2008
Durham, North Carolina
About Eilenberger Rare Books, LLC
An online shop focusing on Americana, particularly books pertaining to the South, and offering rare, scholarly, and antique books on a variety of other subjects. Proprietor David J. Eilenberger worked for over five years at respected firms in the A.B.A.A. before establishing the company in 2010. In addition to books, we are interested in acquiring broadsides, ephemera, 19th-century photographs, and manuscripts. Member Independent Online Booksellers Association since 2017.
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- 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...
- Spine
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- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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