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An Account of the Dedication of The West Window of St. John's Church, Beverly Farms, Whitsunday, May 31st 1925.
by MERRYMOUNT PRESS. UPDIKE, D.B
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About This Item
Boston: The Merrymount Press, 1925. Printer’s copy, with ‘Printer’s copy: Not in Edition’ stamped on the colophon and booklabel of the Merrymount Press to front pastedown. 130 copies of this volume were privately printed by D.B. Updike. Pp. [10] 21 [5]. 4to., full red morocco, double gilt fillet borders to covers, gilt device to upper cover, spine titled in gilt, double gilt borders on turn-ins, top edge gilt, others uncut. Upper joint starting slightly at spine ends, mild wear to corners, slight offset from turn-ins, otherwise a good,handsome copy.||The dedication of the west window of St. John’s Church, finely printed by Updike, and with a plate, diagram and explanation of the symbolism of the window.
With the booklabel of the Merrymount Press on the front pastedown|Smith, 620. Printer’s copy, with The Merrymount Press booklabel and in a very handsome red morocco binding
With the booklabel of the Merrymount Press on the front pastedown|Smith, 620. Printer’s copy, with The Merrymount Press booklabel and in a very handsome red morocco binding
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- Bookseller
- SOPHIE SCHNEIDEMAN RARE BOOKS
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 8158
- Title
- An Account of the Dedication of The West Window of St. John's Church, Beverly Farms, Whitsunday, May 31st 1925.
- Author
- MERRYMOUNT PRESS. UPDIKE, D.B
- Book Condition
- Used
- Publisher
- The Merrymount Press
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1925
- Keywords
- Merrymount Press;D.B. Updike; Book,Private Press, Printing & Typography
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- Colophon
- The colophon contains information about a book's publisher, the typesetting, printer, and possibly even includes a printer's...
- 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...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- 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...
- 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....
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Offset
- A technique of printing where the inked image or text is ...
- Device
- Especially for older books, a printer's device refers to an identifying mark, also sometimes called a printer's mark, on the...
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