Old Decorative Maps and Charts
by Arthur L. Humphreys
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Waccabuc, New York, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Halton and Truscott Smith, London, 1926. Hardcover. An attractive copy of the 1926 limited edition. #92 of only 100 copies issued. Half-vellum over brown cloth boards. Clean, well-preserved and VG+. Bright gilt-lettering along vellum spine. 8 raised bands and 7 compartments along spine as well. Top edge gilt, fore-edge and bottom edge deckled. Tall quarto, 51 pgs. of text plus 79 full page illustrations (including 19 tipped-in color plates) and a 43 pg. catalogue following the plates. Tasteful, inoffensive former owner stamp (an oven company in Sheffield) on front free endpaper.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Appledore Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1251
- Title
- Old Decorative Maps and Charts
- Author
- Arthur L. Humphreys
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Halton and Truscott Smith, London
- Date Published
- 1926
- Keywords
- RARE CARTOGRAPHY, HISTORY OF MAPS, DECORATIVE MAP BOOKS, CHARTING
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Appledore Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2005
Waccabuc, New York
About Appledore Books, ABAA
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- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Vellum
- Vellum is a sheet of specialty prepared skin of lamb, calf, or goat kid used for binding a book or for printing and writing. ...
- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...