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The Art of American Bookcovers 1875 - 1930
by Minsky, Richard
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0807616028
- ISBN 13
- 9780807616024
- Seller
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Port St. Lucie, Florida, United States
Item Price
£239.56£203.63
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About This Item
New York: George Braziller, Inc, 2010. First edition. First Printing. Hardcover. Fine. 134pp. 8.50" x 9.75". Book and boards covered with red cloth and gilt on spine and book front (see photos), Book was issued without a dustjacket, but has a clear vinyl protective cover, and is housed in a matching slipcase with gilt on spine. Author has signed his name on the half-title page, and again on a limitation label on the paste-down endpaper, this being No. 95 of 100 signed copies. Almost every page has wonderful photos of bookcovers as well as exposition on the subject. There are also examples of artists' monograms and a bibliography. Gift quality.
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- Bookseller
- Christopher Morrow, Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0003365
- Title
- The Art of American Bookcovers 1875 - 1930
- Author
- Minsky, Richard
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition. First Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0807616028
- ISBN 13
- 9780807616024
- Publisher
- George Braziller, Inc
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2010
- Bookseller catalogs
- History;
Terms of Sale
Christopher Morrow, Bookseller
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About the Seller
Christopher Morrow, Bookseller
Biblio member since 2007
Port St. Lucie, Florida
About Christopher Morrow, Bookseller
Specializing in modern mystery, fantasy/science fiction, general fiction, Subterranean Press books, and photography books. Many of these are signed by the authors.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- Paste-down
- The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...
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