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The Friendly Goudys: The Story of a Visit to Deepdene
by Wheeler, Sidney S
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Newton, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Typographical Laboratory, 1932. 4to size brown hardcover boards with tan cloth spine and gilt titles on cover; only nine numbered pages to this unique slim volume. The bottom of the pages (not the outside edge) are deckled. Different size engravings on glossy stock are laid in like photographs in an album. There are also black and white decorations and decorated capital letters in red. This unique volume is based on a 1930 visit by the author to Frederic W Goudy and his wife, at their home, called Deepdene, in the Catskills. Goudy (1865 - 1947) was an American type designer. His typefaces include the eponymous Goudy, Deepdene, Kennerly and Copperplate Gothic. Goudy was the designer of more than 100 metal typefaces. This volume is set in Kennerly. Ex-library with only a Dewey marking on spine. Worn corners and head and heel of spine; and two inch tear to bottom of spine with a broken bottom stitch at pages 8/9. Front pastedown split and tissue cover on frontispiece is torn. Covers are sunned at bottom with some minor chipping to bottom and corners, pages are tanned. Thanks for shopping with us! 100% of your purchase benefits charity and supports literacy and lifelong learning.. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Ex-Library.
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Details
- Seller
- Charity Bookstall
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 000598
- Title
- The Friendly Goudys: The Story of a Visit to Deepdene
- Author
- Wheeler, Sidney S
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Publisher
- Typographical Laboratory
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1932
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾" - 12&
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- font; goudy; Kennerley; Typeface; Type;visit; travel; memoir; Type Designs;
- Bookseller catalogs
- First Editions; Travel; Autobiography and Memoir;
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About the Seller
Charity Bookstall
Biblio member since 2005
Newton, Massachusetts
About Charity Bookstall
Charity Bookstall is the Biblio storefront for the Morin Foundation, Inc., a 501(c)(3) charitable organization. Its primary program is Project Library which supports both adult and child literacy initiatives. Our focus is building and strengthening libraries that cater to underserved readers. We're expanding our mobile library outreach program: giving home libraries to children in need, partnering with libraries to provide library cards and developing programming for lifelong learners of all ages. To learn more about us, or to make a donation, please contact us directly.
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- Heel
- The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.
- 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....
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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