Fine and historic bookbindings from the Folger Shakespeare Library / by Frederick A. Bearman, Nati H. Krivatsy, J. Franklin Mowery ; with an introduction by Anthony Hobson ; photographs by Julie Ainsworth
by Folger Shakespeare Library
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 0962925411
- ISBN 13
- 9780962925412
- Seller
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Galway, Ireland
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About This Item
Washington, D.C. : Folger Shakespeare Library, 1992. First Edition. Hardback. Fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong.; 8vo 8"" - 9"" tall; 271 pages; ""This volume has been published in conjunction with the exhibition ... on display at the Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington D.C., February 6 through September 19, 1992."" -- t.p. verso. 271 p. : illus. ; 32 cm. Exhibits drawn from the Folger Shakespeare Library's permanent collections. Subjects: Folger Shakespeare Library -- Exhibitions. Bookbinding -- Book history -- Exhibitions.
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- Bookseller
- MW Books Ltd.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 219030
- Title
- Fine and historic bookbindings from the Folger Shakespeare Library / by Frederick A. Bearman, Nati H. Krivatsy, J. Franklin Mowery ; with an introduction by Anthony Hobson ; photographs by Julie Ainsworth
- Author
- Folger Shakespeare Library
- Format/Binding
- Hardback
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0962925411
- ISBN 13
- 9780962925412
- Publisher
- Washington, D.C. : Folger Shakespeare Library
- Place of Publication
- Washington, Dc
- Date Published
- 1992
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...
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