DOUBLE FORE-EDGE PAINTING - The Gospel According to St John: The Authorised Version, with Introduction and Notes
by WESTCOTT, B.F. (Introduction and Notes)
- Used
- Condition
- Very Good.
- Seller
-
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
London: John Murray, 1890. Eighth Thousand. Full-Leather. Very Good.. Tall Octavo. Smooth brown calf, blind decoration in Cambridge style, gilt-stamped coat of arms of King's Lynn town, marbled endpapers, bevelled edges, all edges stained red. DOUBLE FORE-EDGE PAINTING: Fanned one way reveals Cambridge University, fanned the other way reveals Oxford. The red staining to the fore-edge brilliantly adds to the art of the fore-edge painting giving the sky in both paintings the glow of dusk (or perhaps dawn). Pp. xcvii, 307. Light rubbing to the margins of the covers, expertly rebacked with orginal spine laid-down, Prize bookplate of King's Lynn Grammar School, dated 1891, otherwise a very good, clean, crisp copy, with a rare double fore-edge painting utilizing the red fore-edge stain as a part of the artwork.
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- Bookseller
- Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 38937
- Title
- DOUBLE FORE-EDGE PAINTING - The Gospel According to St John: The Authorised Version, with Introduction and Notes
- Author
- WESTCOTT, B.F. (Introduction and Notes)
- Format/Binding
- Full-Leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Eighth Thousand
- Publisher
- John Murray
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1890
- Keywords
- Fore-edge Paintings
Terms of Sale
Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA
Biblio member since 2012
Toronto, Ontario
About Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA
Interesting and unusual books and printed matter. Visual items, illustrated books, private press, mythology/folklore, modern first editions. Member of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of Canada (ABAC) and theIndependent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA)
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- Rubbing
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- Edges
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- Crisp
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- Spine
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- Rebacked
- having had the material covering the spine replaced. ...
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- Octavo
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