Whistler. Butterfly, Wasp, Wit, Master of the Arts, Enigma.
by MACFALL, Haldane
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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London, London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Edinburgh & London, T.N. Foulis, 1905. . Number 22 of 100 copies signed by the author; narrow 8vo (c. 200 x 110 mm); printed on Japanese vellum, partly unopened, portrait frontispiece, plates, 6pp. advertisements, bookplate to front pastedown; publisher's vellum, gilt to upper cover, top edge gilt, others uncut, slight splaying but overall very good.
The first title in Foulis' Spirit of the Age series, a neat and attractive volume.
The first title in Foulis' Spirit of the Age series, a neat and attractive volume.
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- Bookseller
- Shapero Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 104169
- Title
- Whistler. Butterfly, Wasp, Wit, Master of the Arts, Enigma.
- Author
- MACFALL, Haldane
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Place of Publication
- Edinburgh & London, T.N. Foulis, 1905.
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Vellum
- Vellum is a sheet of specialty prepared skin of lamb, calf, or goat kid used for binding a book or for printing and writing. ...
- 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...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- 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...