The Comely Frontispiece: The Emblematic Title-Page in England, 1550-1660 by Corbett, Margery - 1979

Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1979. Hardcover. Good. Different cover. Edition 1979. Ammareal gives back up to 15% of this item's net price to charity organizations.

London: Routledge & Kegan Paul 1979. hard cover, dust jacket, light brown cloth, 248pp including index, black and white illustrations, previous owner's stamp to free front endpaper, some light pencil annotations, otherwise all in very good clean conditon in very good dust jacket. ISBN 0710085540

Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1979 8vo (24 cm), VIII, 248 pp. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket (dj clipped, blind collector's stamp on the half-title). The title-page of a book was once its most expensive and elaborate part. With advances in printing technology and changing reading practices, however, it became a space for new experiments in design, illustration and audience engagement. "The Comely Frontispiece" offers the first comprehensive study of the role of the title-page in the development of English Renaissance books. Karen L. Corbett and Stephen Lightbown draw on a wealth of evidence to uncover the purpose of these artefacts, and to challenge the conventional view that they simply served as a form of advertising. They show how title-pages were used to communicate ideas about the status and ambitions of authors and printers, and to manipulate readers' responses to a book. By placing title-pages at the centre of the literary culture of early modern England, this book reveals… Read More

Routledge and Kegan Paul. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1979. Hardback. 0710085540 . Dust ajcket lightly age-toned, sparsely marked on each panel, bumped on top fore-corners, prior price label on front flap; Light brown cloth boardsa touch bumped on top corners, gilt lettering bright; Pages age-toned, slight offsetting on endpapers, no ownership marks, B&W plates and illustrations; Binding tight. Although this text provides a general overview of frontispiece illustrations between the 15th and 17th centuries, it is primarily concerned with the treatment and representation of women in this context. ; 6.5 x 9.5"; 248 pages .

London/Henley/Boston : Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1979. Hardcover. Good. Original gilt lettered brown cloth, dust jacket, some b/w illustrations, 8vo.; Blind stampoed book plate on title page; small name stamp on first free endpaper.

London/Henley/Boston, Routledge and Kegan Paul 1979. (VIII) 248 p. Bound in the publisher's brown cloth with cream-coloured pictorial dustjacket (In good condition.)

Routledge & Kegan Paul Plc, 1979. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,800grams, ISBN:0710085540

London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1979. viii., 248 pages, b/w illustrations. Minor wear, bumping to covers, contents fine, unmarked, edgewear, soiling, small tear to rear of dustjacket. [765]. First Edition. Brown Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 245mm. x 165mm.. Book.

London: Routledge, 1979. Cloth/dust jacket and mylar wrapped octavo. Hardcover. Very good/very good. brown cloth gilt lettering dust jacket 248 pp Standard shipping (no tracking) / Priority (with tracking) / Custom quote for large or heavy orders.

London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Ltd. ,. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1979. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0710085540 . In the original publisher's brown cloth hardback, sharp-cornered, with bright gilt titling to the spine. Slight 'pushing' to the head/tail of the spine from storage - negligible (NO damage) . In the publisher's pictorial dust-jacket, which is now in a new protective clear - removable - bookfilm plastic cover and looks Fine. A few faint marks to the page fore-edges if you look closely, but they present as clean. A PRESENTATION INSCRIPTION on the front free endpaper to 'Irene' (Joyce Irene Whalley - also a literary author) from 'Ronald' (the co-author Ronald Lightbown). Otherwise internally no other inscriptions or marks. (viii) + 248pp. 20 essays on 20 important works each with their full page Frontispiece illustrated in b/w. Plus a long Introduction. Footnotes. Bibliographical notes. Abbreviations, and Index. An Excellent copy.… Read More