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The Comely Frontispiece: The Emblematic Title-Page in England, 1550-1660 Hardcover - 1979
by Margery Corbett
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- Title The Comely Frontispiece: The Emblematic Title-Page in England, 1550-1660
- Author Margery Corbett
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition First edition
- Pages 230
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Routledge & Kegan Paul Books, London
- Date 1979
- ISBN 9780710085542 / 0710085540
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 78-40618
- Dewey Decimal Code 769.5
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The Comely Frontispiece. The Emblematic Title-Page in England 1550-1660
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London/Henley/Boston, Routledge and Kegan Paul 1979. (VIII) 248 p. Bound in the publisher's brown cloth with cream-coloured pictorial dustjacket (In good condition.)
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London/Henley/Boston : Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1979. Hardcover. Good. Original gilt lettered brown cloth, dust jacket, some b/w illustrations, 8vo.; Blind stampoed book plate on title page; small name stamp on first free endpaper.
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Comely Frontispiece The Emblematic Title-Page in England, 1550-1660
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Routledge and Kegan Paul. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1979. Hardback. 0710085540 . Dust ajcket lightly age-toned, sparsely marked on each panel, bumped on top fore-corners, prior price label on front flap; Light brown cloth boardsa touch bumped on top corners, gilt lettering bright; Pages age-toned, slight offsetting on endpapers, no ownership marks, B&W plates and illustrations; Binding tight. Although this text provides a general overview of frontispiece illustrations between the 15th and 17th centuries, it is primarily concerned with the treatment and representation of women in this context. ; 6.5 x 9.5"; 248 pages .
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Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1979. Hardcover. Good. Different cover. Edition 1979. Ammareal gives back up to 15% of this item's net price to charity organizations.
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The Comely Frontispiece. The Emblematic Title-page in England 1550-1660
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London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1979. viii., 248 pages, b/w illustrations. Minor wear, bumping to covers, contents fine, unmarked, edgewear, soiling, small tear to rear of dustjacket. [765]. First Edition. Brown Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 245mm. x 165mm.. Book.
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Routledge & Kegan Paul Plc, 1979. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,800grams, ISBN:0710085540
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London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Ltd. ,. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1979. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0710085540 . In the original publisher's brown cloth hardback, sharp-cornered, with bright gilt titling to the spine. Slight 'pushing' to the head/tail of the spine from storage - negligible (NO damage) . In the publisher's pictorial dust-jacket, which is now in a new protective clear - removable - bookfilm plastic cover and looks Fine. A few faint marks to the page fore-edges if you look closely, but they present as clean. A PRESENTATION INSCRIPTION on the front free endpaper to 'Irene' (Joyce Irene Whalley - also a literary author) from 'Ronald' (the co-author Ronald Lightbown). Otherwise internally no other inscriptions or marks. (viii) + 248pp. 20 essays on 20 important works each with their full page Frontispiece illustrated in b/w. Plus a long Introduction. Footnotes. Bibliographical notes. Abbreviations, and Index. An Excellent copy.…
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The Comely Frontispiece: The Emblematic Title-page in England 1550-1660
by Corbett, Margery; Lightbown, R. W.
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London: Routledge, 1979. Cloth/dust jacket and mylar wrapped octavo. Hardcover. Very good/very good. brown cloth gilt lettering dust jacket 248 pp Standard shipping (no tracking) / Priority (with tracking) / Custom quote for large or heavy orders.
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The Comely Frontispiece: The Emblematic Title-page in England, 1550-1660
by Corbett, Margery; Lightbown, R. W.
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Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1979 8vo (24 cm), VIII, 248 pp. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket (dj clipped, blind collector's stamp on the half-title). The title-page of a book was once its most expensive and elaborate part. With advances in printing technology and changing reading practices, however, it became a space for new experiments in design, illustration and audience engagement. "The Comely Frontispiece" offers the first comprehensive study of the role of the title-page in the development of English Renaissance books. Karen L. Corbett and Stephen Lightbown draw on a wealth of evidence to uncover the purpose of these artefacts, and to challenge the conventional view that they simply served as a form of advertising. They show how title-pages were used to communicate ideas about the status and ambitions of authors and printers, and to manipulate readers' responses to a book. By placing title-pages at the centre of the literary culture of early modern England, this book reveals…
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