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New York: Targ Editions. Cloth backed glazed boards, with gilt cat device. Trace of minor shelf-rubbing along lower board edges, otherwise fine in torn and chipped plain parchment wrapper. First edition. Inscribed and signed by the author/publisher. One of 200 copies with separate sections printed letter-press on different papers by Leonard Seastone, Ronald Gordon and Leslie Miller. The colophon is signed by each of the printers and by the author, William Targ. An appendix lists the first 24 titles published under the Targ Editions imprint. There is a manuscript correction in the publication price of this title.
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- ABACUS NOW: FOOTNOTES TO INDECENT PLEASURES & OBSERVATIONS ON FINE BOOK PRINTING, BOOK- COLLECTING & MATTERS PERSONAL INCLUDING HOW TO SURVIVE IN THE COMPUTER AGE ...
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- Targ, William
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New Haven, Connecticut
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Since 1975, William Reese Company has served a large international clientele of collectors and private and public institutions in the acquisition of rare books and manuscripts and in collection development.
With a catalogued inventory of over thirty thousand items, and a general inventory of over sixty-five thousand items, we are among the leading specialists in the fields of Americana and world travel, and maintain a large and eclectic inventory of literary first editions and antiquarian books of the 18th through 20th centuries.
We issue frequent, and substantial, catalogues in our fields of specialization.
With a catalogued inventory of over thirty thousand items, and a general inventory of over sixty-five thousand items, we are among the leading specialists in the fields of Americana and world travel, and maintain a large and eclectic inventory of literary first editions and antiquarian books of the 18th through 20th centuries.
We issue frequent, and substantial, catalogues in our fields of specialization.
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- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Device
- Especially for older books, a printer's device refers to an identifying mark, also sometimes called a printer's mark, on the...
- 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...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack 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...
- Colophon
- The colophon contains information about a book's publisher, the typesetting, printer, and possibly even includes a printer's...
- Parchment
- Pages or book covering made from a prepared animal skin. Parchment describes any animal skin used for books, while vellum is a...
- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
