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ECCLESIASTES; OR THE PREACHER AND THE SONG OF SOLOMON by Charles Ricketts (designer) - 1902

by Charles Ricketts (designer)

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ECCLESIASTES; OR THE PREACHER AND THE SONG OF SOLOMON by Charles Ricketts (designer) - 1902

ECCLESIASTES; OR THE PREACHER AND THE SONG OF SOLOMON

by Charles Ricketts (designer)

  • Used
  • very good
  • Hardcover
London: Ballantyne Press, 1902. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Limited Edition of 300 copies printed on Arnold hand-made paper, designed by Charles Ricketts and printed under his supervision. Bound in quarter cloth with blue paper-covered boards. Cloth corners, edges and ends of spine are moderately rubbed and worn, and in a few small spots on the edges, as well as the corners, the underlying boards peak through. Pages are clean and uncut and in excellent, Near Fine condition. Blue cover shows some areas of light discoloration, toning and foxing, and there is a small 1" chip where the paper covers meet the back spine. A very good, handsome, tightly bound folio. Pictures available upon request.
  • Bookseller Atlanta Vintage Books US (US)
  • Format/Binding Hardcover
  • Book Condition Used - Very Good
  • Quantity Available 1
  • Edition Limited Edition
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Publisher Ballantyne Press
  • Place of Publication London
  • Date Published 1902
  • Keywords Christianity

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Ecclesiastes; Or, The Preacher, And The Song of Solomon

Ecclesiastes; Or, The Preacher, And The Song of Solomon

by Ricketts, Charles (Illustrator)

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  • Hardcover
  • first
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Used - Orig. holland backed boards, uncut, paper label upper front cover. Very good
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First edition thus
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Hardcover
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London: Vale Press, 1902. First edition thus. Hardcover. Orig. holland backed boards, uncut, paper label upper front cover. Very good. Ricketts, Charles. 17 pages. 29.5 x 20 cm. Printed at the Ballantyne Press for Hacon & Ricketts in red and black under the supervision of Charles Ricketts in the King's fount. Roderick Cave in "The Private Press," notes, his (Ricketts) practice of thinking each work out afresh was a valuable lesson for latter book designers, and most notable perhaps in Meynell's work at the Nonesuch Press. Limited edition, one of 300. Slight nick to corners, endpapers toned.
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