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Ancient Books and Modern Discoveries
by Kenyon. Frederic G
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Seller
-
Boca Raton, Florida, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Chicago: The Caxton Club 1927. First Edition.
Printed by Bruce Rogers at the press of William Henry Rudge in Mount Vernon, New York. Limited to 350 copies. 83pp, 30 collotype plates made by Emery Walker in London. Large 4to, vellum spine, marbled boards, top-edge gilt, gilt titling. Six chapters on early bookmaking including discussions of 12 early types of book material, writing on vellum, paper and libraries.
Prior owner's bookplate, spine unevenly darkened else a fine and tight copy in a plain, heavy, nearly fine dust wrapper with some slight chipping to top spine and one small wrinkle. Original slipcase split along top front, top spine, and 4" on side spine.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Accidental Bookseller, IOBA, FABA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1215
- Title
- Ancient Books and Modern Discoveries
- Author
- Kenyon. Frederic G
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The Caxton Club
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Date Published
- 1927
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
The Accidental Bookseller, IOBA, FABA
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Boca Raton, Florida
About The Accidental Bookseller, IOBA, FABA
Specializing in Interesting and Uncommon Books in Unusually Nice Condition. Small, select stock with focus areas in signed books; modern first editions & poetry; economics; American history; scholarly books.
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Our grading standards are conservative and all defects are described. Photos are also an integral component of the description, and we attempt to include shots from multiple angles to provide a complete view of the book.
We are members of the Independent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA), an international trade association founded in 1999 for the purpose of ensuring the preservation of traditional bookselling values in the face of rapid developments in the world of online bookselling.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Vellum
- Vellum is a sheet of specialty prepared skin of lamb, calf, or goat kid used for binding a book or for printing and writing. ...
- 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....
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- 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...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Marbled boards
- ...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
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