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The Tale of the Emperor Coustans; and Of Over Sea: Done out of Ancient French by William Morris
de Morris, William (1834–1896) (translator)
- Usado
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- Very Good+
- Librería
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Los Angeles, California, United States
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Sobre este artículo
London/Hammersmith: Kelmscott Press, 1894. Limited First Edition. hardcover. Very Good+. 5 13/16" × 4 1/8" × 3/4" (14.8 × 10.5 × 1.9 cm) . First Printing. Printed by and sold by William Morris. 16mo. Bound in publisher's original hardcover quarter Holland-backed blue paper boards, with white linen spine and black titles to cover. One of 525 [at seven shillings and sixpence] paper copies (plus 20 [at two guineas] on vellum). Printed on fine, hand-made, Batchelor (with the Perch watermark) paper. Uncut, deckled edges. Colophon. [iv], 130 pp. Printed in black and red throughout in the Chaucer type designed by Morris for his press. Woodcut frontispiece title within a floral border, and facing page with full woodcut floral page-border (borders 11a and 11). Numerous 7, 6-, and 3-line woodblock initial capitals all designed by Morris, engraved by William Harcourt Hooper. Shoulder notes and some lines (including colophon) in red. A medieval French tale translated by Morris. THE TALE OF EMPEROR COUSTANS was the source of THE MAN BORN TO BE KING, in THE EARTHLY PARADISE. The second story is A TALE OF OVER SEA. [Cockerell 26. Peterson A26. Walsdorf 26.] Custom dark blue clamshell box. An attractive, though nameless, woodcut bookplate inside front cover, with a motto quite in the spirit of the Arts and Crafts movement—Pulchritudas, Utilitas, Conservatio, Continuitas. Condition overall: Very Good+.
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- Librería
- MRM Books
(US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 1014
- Título
- The Tale of the Emperor Coustans; and Of Over Sea
- Autor
- Morris, William (1834–1896) (translator)
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Very Good+
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- Limited First Edition
- Editorial
- Kelmscott Press
- Lugar de publicación
- London/Hammersmith
- Fecha de publicación
- 1894
- Tamaño
- 5 13/16" × 4 1/8" × 3/4" (14.8
- Palabras clave
- William Morris, collectable, Kelmscott Press, First Edition, Fine Press, rare, Private Press, colophon
- Catálogos del vendedor
- Fine Press; First Editions; Kelmscott Press Editions;
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Sobre el vendedor
MRM Books
Miembro de Biblio desde 2017
Los Angeles, California
Sobre MRM Books
I'm a collector and seller of fine books focused on works written and/or printed by William Morris, especially books from his famed Kelmscott Press.
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- Clamshell Box
- A protective box designed for storing and preserving a bound book or loose sheets. A clamshell box is hinged on one side, with...
- 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....
- Fine
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- Edges
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- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- 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...
- Colophon
- The colophon contains information about a book's publisher, the typesetting, printer, and possibly even includes a printer's...
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