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The Colophon, A Book Collectors' Quarterly, Part 3
by [Periodical]
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine Condition/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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Warwick, New York, United States
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About This Item
Pynson Printers, New York, 1930. First Edition. Hardcover (Printed Boards). Fine Condition/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: Howard Cook. The Colophon, A Book Collectors' Quarterly, Part 3, New York: Pynson Printers, 1930. Quarto, unpaginated, printed boards. Includes the Howard Cook woodcut Paris Night, a street scene measuring about 6x3.75 inches, beautifully printed with deep, rich tones on thin japan paper. Cook was an American artist valued especially for his wood engravings, making this a fine addition to any modern print collection. Condition of this book: The parchment wrapper is floppy, with tears; all else fine. Size: Quarto. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Illustrator: Howard Cook. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Books on Books; United States; 1930s; Art & Design. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 55457. .
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- Bookseller
- Rarities etc.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 55457
- Title
- The Colophon, A Book Collectors' Quarterly, Part 3
- Author
- [Periodical]
- Illustrator
- Howard Cook
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (Printed Boards)
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine Condition
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Pynson Printers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1930
- Keywords
- BZDB17 Books on Books; United States; 1930s; Art & Design. Howard Cook Unbranded [Periodical] The Colophon, A Book Collectors' Quarterly, Part 3
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Rarities etc.
Biblio member since 2007
Warwick, New York
About Rarities etc.
Rarities specializes in photos, prints and art and photography books. We also offer vintage oddities.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Parchment
- Pages or book covering made from a prepared animal skin. Parchment describes any animal skin used for books, while vellum is a...
- 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...
- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
- 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....
- 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...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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"...
- Colophon
- The colophon contains information about a book's publisher, the typesetting, printer, and possibly even includes a printer's...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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