Charles Lamb Bibliophile Presented by Wallace Nethery
by Lamb, Charles; Nethery, Wallace
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good Plus/No Jacket
- Seller
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Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Los Angeles, CA: Dawson's Book Shop, 1965. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Plus/No Jacket. 64mo - up to 3" tall. Miniature hardcover; one of 250 numbered copies, this being 188; 2.75 x 2 inches; [1], v-vii, 9-24, [1] pages; frontis illustration of Lamb at his desk. Red leather boards with gilt titles to spine, boards show faint wear with tiny nicks at edges and corners, silver Lilliput booksellers label in rear with old price in Japanese Yen. Collects letters from Charles Lamb to various literary figures relating to his love of books. Printed and with introduction by Wallace Nethery.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Crooked House Books & Paper (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000815
- Title
- Charles Lamb Bibliophile Presented by Wallace Nethery
- Author
- Lamb, Charles; Nethery, Wallace
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Plus
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Limited Edition
- Publisher
- Dawson's Book Shop
- Place of Publication
- Los Angeles, CA
- Date Published
- 1965
- Size
- 64mo - up to 3" tall
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- MINIATURE BOOKS ON BOOK BIBLIOPHILE LETTERS LITERATURE LITERARY FIGURES WRITERS
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About the Seller
Crooked House Books & Paper
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Portland, Oregon
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- 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....
- 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...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Miniature
- A book that is less then 3 inches in width and ...