Batavia. A Poem by John Melville.
by HALCYON PRESS. MELVILLE, John
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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About This Item
Maastricht: printed by A.A.M. Stols at the Halcyon Press, 1931. One of 100 copies on Dutch mouldmade paper by Pannekoek & Co, this unnumbered. In addition there were 10 copies on Japanese vellum. Designed by J. van Krimpen in Romanee type, title by van Krimpen printed in red. 25 x 18 cms. 8vo., original orange cloth with windmill design in gilt on upper cover, spine lettered in gilt, in the original glacine. Free endpapers very mildly browned, otherwise an extremely good, bright copy. |||
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- Bookseller
- SOPHIE SCHNEIDEMAN RARE BOOKS (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 7596
- Title
- Batavia. A Poem by John Melville.
- Author
- HALCYON PRESS. MELVILLE, John
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- printed by A.A.M. Stols at the Halcyon Press
- Place of Publication
- Maastricht
- Date Published
- 1931
- Keywords
- Jan van Krimpen;Halcyon Press;Poetry;Fine Printing Book,Private Press, Printing & Typography
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- 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...
- 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. ...
- 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....