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Sailing Ships and Barges of The Western Mediterranean and Adriatic Seas
by Wadsworth, Edward
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Seller
-
Tucson, Arizona, United States
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About This Item
London: Frederick Etchells & Hugh Macdonald, 1926. Limited Edition. Small folio -- 30.8cm, 81 pp. plus colophon. Quarter cream buckram with scarlet cloth covered boards with de-bossed bright gilt nautical device on front cover, bright gilt spine titling. All edges uncut. Title-page, full-page map, 4 head and tail-pieces (two hand-coloured). 17 full-page engravings of ships and barges; printed recto only, and all but one coloured by hand — all by Edward Wadsworth. Copper plates destroyed after 450 copies printed.
An elegant and most impressive publication featuring a series of copper plates engraved in the line manner by Edward Wadsworth and coloured by hand. Introduction and brief descriptions by Bernard Windler. Number 187 of 450 copies set in Koch Kursiv type and printed at the Curwen Press (recto pages only) on Zanders hand-made paper. There is such a harmonious elegance between the typeface (Koch Kursiv) and the engravings that one must agree with Peter Tucker when he says "It was one of the most beautiful books to come from the Curwen Press in the 1920s, or indeed at any other time. " Wadsworth's only original book and completely successful. An especially fine copy clean unmarked very slight bumping at head and tail but with wear and aging to the original publisher's slipcase. A lovely publication complete and its original state.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Chet Ross Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- UUAX.1119
- Title
- Sailing Ships and Barges of The Western Mediterranean and Adriatic Seas
- Author
- Wadsworth, Edward
- Illustrator
- Edward Wadsworth
- Format/Binding
- Near Fine with Publisher's Slip Case
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Frederick Etchells & Hugh Macdonald
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1926
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Ships, Mediterranean, colour renderings, Adriatic Sea
- Size
- Sm Folio
Terms of Sale
Chet Ross Rare Books
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About the Seller
Chet Ross Rare Books
Biblio member since 2012
Tucson, Arizona
About Chet Ross Rare Books
Chet Ross Rare Books specializes in Travel and Exploration with an emphasis in first person narratives and scientific research related to exploration of the Polar Regions.
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- Colophon
- The colophon contains information about a book's publisher, the typesetting, printer, and possibly even includes a printer's...
- 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....
- 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...
- Recto
- The page on the right side of a book, with the term Verso used to describe the page on the left side.
- Folio
- A folio usually indicates a large book size of 15" in height or larger when used in the context of a book description. Further,...
- 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...
- Buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Device
- Especially for older books, a printer's device refers to an identifying mark, also sometimes called a printer's mark, on the...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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