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Dagger and Jewels - The Gorgeous Adventures of Benvenuto Cellini
by Orcutt, William Dana
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Very Good
- Seller
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Stanley, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: Dodd Mead, 1931. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Stated First Edition.. Very clean hardcover book with decorated boards in unclipped original dust jacket. Clean red ribbed cloth with elaborate gold title box, sword, gold and red lettering; gold lettering and sword on spine (cover design by Enrico Monetti). No bumping, fading or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound - no cracking. Pages and edges are clean with clean illustrated endpapers, red top-stained upper page edge. No names, writing or marks. 373 pages. Colorful jacket designed by Ben Kutcher; corner and edge chipping at spine ends; a little wear to corners; short closed edge tears; enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. Mr. Orcutt has here woven into a lively and colorful story the dashing adventures and brilliant achievements of Benvenuto Cellini - artist, bravo, and lover..
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- Bookseller
- Old Scrolls Book Shop - Biblio
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 30991
- Title
- Dagger and Jewels - The Gorgeous Adventures of Benvenuto Cellini
- Author
- Orcutt, William Dana
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- Stated First Edition.
- Publisher
- Dodd Mead
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1931
- Keywords
- ADVENTURE NOVEL, BENVENUTO CELLINI, WILLIAM DANA ORCUTT, FIRST EDITION, DECORATE AMERICAN TRADE BINDING, DECORATED DATB, BIOGRAPHICAL NOVEL
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Stanley, New York
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Chipping
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- Fine
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- 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...
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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....
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