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Leonardo. SIGNED Limited Numbered Edition.
by CALDER, Ritchie:
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Dorchester, Dorset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London, The Arcadia Press, 1971 1st. Ltd Ed. 192/265.. Hardback, 10 x 7.5 inches. Bound in brown polished morocco leather fine binding by Zaehnsdorf. With gilt lettering to green leather spine label. Green, black and gilt design to front. Full gilt page edging with decorative marbled endpapers. In grey cloth box-case with fine soft felt lining, black leather spine labels lettered in gilt. In very good near fine condition with very good box-case (Case has some slight rubbing to corners and edges. A couple of minor spots to felt lining.) The book itself is very clean and bright, no marks to endpapers or pages. Title page is numbered and signed by the author. A very nice copy. 288pp. With B&W and full-page colour photo illustrations.
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- Bookseller
- The Antique Map & Bookshop
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 84377
- Title
- Leonardo. SIGNED Limited Numbered Edition.
- Author
- CALDER, Ritchie:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London, The Arcadia Press, 1971 1st. Ltd Ed. 192/265.
- Keywords
- The Arcadia Press CALDER, Ritchie: Leonardo, SIGNED, Limited Numbered Edition, The Arcadia Press, 1971, 1st, leather, Zaehnsdorf, fine binding, cased, case, colour, photo, photographs, illustrations fine art, invention, science, engineering, sketches, dr
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About the Seller
The Antique Map & Bookshop
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Dorchester, Dorset
About The Antique Map & Bookshop
The Antique Map & Bookshop was established in 1976 and has been in Puddletown since 1978. PUDDLETOWN is situated just outside DORCHESTER in the county of DORSET, on the A35 to BOURNEMOUTH. The village has a by-pass now which means there is easy access to the village and ample space for parking. Our shop is directly on the main road through the village.
Glossary
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- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Spine Label
- The paper or leather descriptive tag attached to the spine of the book, most commonly providing the title and author of the...
- Fine Binding
- An elaborate and decorative binding, example including a leather-bound book with gilt edges, raised blind stamps, raised ribs,...
- 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...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
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