Persephone.
by DRINKWATER, John
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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LONDON, United Kingdom
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About This Item
William Edwin Rudge, New York., 1924. First edition. Small quarto. pp [16]. Black buckram covers. Circular Greek vignette, initials and decorations all in gilt. A poem from the Greek myth of Pluto and Persephone. One of 550 copies printed on hand made paper and published by William Edwin Rudge.Presentation copy from the author to the woman who was his secretary for 17 years, W. Gwyn Jeffreys: ''Jeff from John Drinkwater. February 1927.''Fine.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Peter Ellis bookseller (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- DRINKWAT016208
- Title
- Persephone.
- Author
- DRINKWATER, John
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- William Edwin Rudge, New York.
- Date Published
- 1924
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Peter Ellis bookseller
Biblio member since 2009
LONDON
About Peter Ellis bookseller
A shop in one of the last remaining bookselling enclaves of London, with a carefully selected stock of modern first editions, art and illustrated books, travel literature and other subjects. Known for books in fine condition.
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- 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...
- 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...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...
- Vignette
- A decorative design or illustration placed at the beginning or end of a ...
- 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...