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Ecclesiastes, Or the Preacher
de GOLDEN COCKEREL PRESS; HUGHES-STANTON, Blair
- Usado
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- Good+
- Librería
-
Leeds, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom
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Waltham St. Lawrence: The Golden Cockerel Press, 1934. Good+. FIRST, LIMITED EDITION, no. 66 of 247 (250 in total). Folio, pp. 21, [3], incl. 13 wood engravings by Blair Hughes-Stanton; printed in orange and black. Original quarter vellum, spine lettered and ruled in gilt, orange cloth boards. Gilt top edge, others untrimmed. Some soiling and scuffing, joint- and edgewear, corners bumped and worn. Bands of darkening to leading edges, very occasional fox spots, threads loose at front hinge, rear fep separated, else, clean; Hughes-Stanton's spectacular engravings remain vivid. A robust copy of the Golden Cockerel Press' hundreth book, featuring Eric Gill's Golden Cockerel font and illustrated throughout with Hughes-Stanton's sumptuous and skilful engravings. Good+ "The work of the engravers of Golden Cockerel books gives the Press its greatest distinction and made a whole period of woodcut revival [...] These books were a happy house for talent of the time, with work from David Jones, Dorothea Braby, Eric Gill, Gwenda Morgan, Eric Ravilious, John Buckland-Wright and Blair Hughes-Stanton" (Franklin, 1969). Colin Franklin (1969) The Private Presses
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- Librería
- Quair Books
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- Inventario del vendedor #
- 2684
- Título
- Ecclesiastes, Or the Preacher
- Autor
- GOLDEN COCKEREL PRESS; HUGHES-STANTON, Blair
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Good+
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Editorial
- The Golden Cockerel Press
- Lugar de publicación
- Waltham St. Lawrence
- Fecha de publicación
- 1934
- Peso
- 0.00 libras
- Catálogos del vendedor
- Illustrated Books;
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- Folio
- A folio usually indicates a large book size of 15" in height or larger when used in the context of a book description. Further,...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- 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...
- 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....
- 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. ...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- 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...
