Trivia: Or the Art of Walking the Streets of London
de Gay, John -and W,.H. Williams (introduction and Notes)
- Usado
- near fine
- Tapa dura
- Estado
- Near Fine/Very Good
- Librería
-
Craftsbury Common, Vermont, United States
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Sobre este artículo
London: Daniel O'Connor, 1922. Book. Illus. by 16 full page London plates, endpaper London map and a facsimile title page. Near Fine. Decorative Cloth. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Very nice facsimile edition of the 1716 edition of Gay's famous poem. In white cloth having an elaborate design of gilt roses and gilt rectangles. Bright gilt titles on the front and on the spine. Top edge gilt. Inside , very clean and tight with no prior owner marks, no stains or foxing. Browning on the free endpapers from something like newspaper that was left there at some time. Near fine dust jacket has no tears or fading, protected in a brodart clear sleeve. The famous poet, John Gay (1683 to 1732, also wrote The Beggar's Opera. A fine book production on Van Gelden Zonen handmade paper. Several of the plates are by Hogarth. Extensive notes to explain words, phrases and names in the text, at the end..
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- Librería
- Craftsbury Antiquarian Books
(US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 078330
- Título
- Trivia: Or the Art of Walking the Streets of London
- Autor
- Gay, John -and W,.H. Williams (introduction and Notes)
- Ilustrador
- 16 full page London plates, endpaper London map and a facsimile title page
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Near Fine
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- Very Good
- Editorial
- Daniel O'Connor
- Lugar de publicación
- London
- Fecha de publicación
- 1922
- Tamaño
- 4to - over 9¾ - 12"
- Palabras clave
- poetry, London, John Gay
- Catálogos del vendedor
- Europe; Poetry;
Términos de venta
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Craftsbury Antiquarian Books
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Craftsbury Common, Vermont
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- Facsimile
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- Fine
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- Brodart
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- Title Page
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- Cloth
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- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
