Beasts from Belloc. A Selection of Poems from Hilaire Belloc's The Book of Beasts for Bad Children and More Beasts for Worse Children
by Belloc, Hilaire
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About This Item
(Portland, OR): Chamberlain Press, 1982. Chamberlain, Sarah. Small octavo. (20)ff. One of 125 copies, signed by the artist, Sarah Chamberlain. Contains eleven whimsical poems by Hilaire Belloc, illustrated with seventeen wood engravings cut and hand-colored by Chamberlain. Bound by Barbara Blumenthal in patterned boards, with a morocco spine stamped in black. Fine.
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- Bookseller
- Bromer Booksellers (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 30950
- Title
- Beasts from Belloc. A Selection of Poems from Hilaire Belloc's The Book of Beasts for Bad Children and More Beasts for Worse Children
- Author
- Belloc, Hilaire
- Illustrator
- Chamberlain, Sarah
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Chamberlain Press
- Place of Publication
- (Portland, OR)
- Date Published
- 1982
- Bookseller catalogs
- Illustrated Books; Fine Printing;
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- 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...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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....