Wood-Engraving and Woodcuts; "How to Do It" Series
by Leighton, Clare
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Burgundy cloth with pictorial paste-down boards, front board detached and rear board very loose and tender in mylar, gilt titles
- Seller
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HACKETTSTOWN, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
London: The Studio Ltd, 1932. First edition, second impression. 96 pp. Illustrated throughout in black and white with several photographic plates tipped-in. 8vo. Burgundy cloth with pictorial paste-down boards, front board detached and rear board very loose and tender in mylar, gilt titles on spine with some heavy chipping. Some toning but overall a very good copy of a handsome book replete with illustrations. First edition, second impression. 96 pp. Illustrated throughout in black and white with several photographic plates tipped-in. 8vo.
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Details
- Seller
- The Old Mill Bookshop (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 352969
- Title
- Wood-Engraving and Woodcuts; "How to Do It" Series
- Author
- Leighton, Clare
- Format/Binding
- 96 pp. Illustrated throughout in black and white with several photographic plates tipped-in. 8vo
- Book Condition
- Used - Burgundy cloth with pictorial paste-down boards, front board detached and rear board very loose and tender in mylar, gilt titles
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition, second impression
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The Studio Ltd
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1932
- Keywords
- Prints & pictures | Early Printing | Illustrated Books
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
The Old Mill Bookshop
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HACKETTSTOWN, New Jersey
About The Old Mill Bookshop
Founded in 1978 by James Cummins, the firm has grown to include two New Jersey locations as well as the main store at 699 Madison Avenue. The Madison avenue store is an oasis for book-lovers, a quiet and pleasantly furnished book room with a carefully chosen, expertly catalogued and broad-based selection of fine and rare books, autographs, manuscripts, and works of art.
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- 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...
- Paste-down
- The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...