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Doctor Faustus. A Play-based upon old German puppet versions
by (Hammer, Victor) Owens, Harry F
- Used
- Condition
- Quarter cloth and boards by Elizabeth Kner. Slight rubbing to edges and slightly faded at spine , otherwise a attractive copy of
- Seller
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New York, New York, United States
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About This Item
[Chicago: Caxton Club, 1953. One of 250 copies. Layout by Victor Hammer, presswork by Jacob Hammer. With woodcuts by Fritz Kredel. 72 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Quarter cloth and boards by Elizabeth Kner. Slight rubbing to edges and slightly faded at spine , otherwise a attractive copy of a marvelous marriage of typography, illustration, and design. One of 250 copies. Layout by Victor Hammer, presswork by Jacob Hammer. With woodcuts by Fritz Kredel. 72 pp. 1 vols. 8vo.
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- Bookseller
- James Cummins Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 248686
- Title
- Doctor Faustus. A Play-based upon old German puppet versions
- Author
- (Hammer, Victor) Owens, Harry F
- Format/Binding
- With woodcuts by Fritz Kredel. 72 pp. 1 vols. 8vo
- Book Condition
- Used - Quarter cloth and boards by Elizabeth Kner. Slight rubbing to edges and slightly faded at spine , otherwise a attractive copy of
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- One of 250 copies. Layout by Victor Hammer, presswork by Jacob H
- Publisher
- Caxton Club
- Place of Publication
- [Chicago
- Date Published
- 1953
- Keywords
- Private Press
- Bookseller catalogs
- Private Press;
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About the Seller
James Cummins Bookseller
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New York, New York
About James Cummins Bookseller
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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....
- 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...
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