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Abd-Er-Rhaman in Paradise by Jules Tellier.
by NASH, Paul. GOLDEN COCKEREL PRESS
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- Hardcover
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About This Item
Waltham St. Lawrence: Golden Cockerel Press, 1928. Translated by Brian Rhys. Four wood engravings by Paul Nash, all with original tissue guards. One of 400 copies. 8vo., in original blue cloth backed marbled paper covered boards, gilt lettering on spine, top edge gilt. Without the dust jacket. Spine a bit faded, some rubbing, good internally with the original tissue guards.||The first translation into English from the original French of Jules Tellier’s ‘Les Deux Paradis’.
Nash’s wood-engravings are fine examples of his work, Clare Colvin in “Paul Nash Book Designs” marks them out: “stylistically they mark the climax of Nash's representational wood engravings”.
|Chanticleer: Bibliography of the Golden Cockerel Press, 60 “the climax of Nash’s representational wood engravings”
Nash’s wood-engravings are fine examples of his work, Clare Colvin in “Paul Nash Book Designs” marks them out: “stylistically they mark the climax of Nash's representational wood engravings”.
|Chanticleer: Bibliography of the Golden Cockerel Press, 60 “the climax of Nash’s representational wood engravings”
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- Bookseller
- SOPHIE SCHNEIDEMAN RARE BOOKS
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 11201
- Title
- Abd-Er-Rhaman in Paradise by Jules Tellier.
- Author
- NASH, Paul. GOLDEN COCKEREL PRESS
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Golden Cockerel Press
- Place of Publication
- Waltham St. Lawrence
- Date Published
- 1928
- Keywords
- Private Press;Paul Nash;Illustration;Golden Cockerel Press;Wood Engraving Book,Private Press, Illustrated
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Glossary
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Marbled Paper
- Decorative colored paper that imitates marble with a veined, mottled, or swirling pattern. Commonly used as the end papers or...
- 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
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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...
- 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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
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