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The School for Scandal: Edited with an Introduction by R. Crompton Rhodes
by Richard Brinsley Sheridan
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
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- Seller
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Mourioux Vieilleville, France
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About This Item
The Decorations by Thomas Lowinsky. Oxford, B. Blackwell for the Shakespeare Head Press, 1930, 4to, pp. xxvii, 145; quarter vellum over patterned paper boards, gilt titling to the spine. Limited edition of 475 copies on hand-made paper (& 7 on vellum). Set in Caslon old face (impeccable typography by Bernard Newdigate), and with 38 drawings by Lowinsky. - [Clark, Checklist in Myers book decorations of Thomas Lowinsky 12; Ian Rogerson, Shakespeare Head Press 109]. - Slight bump to side edges of the boards and some decolouration at the lower panel (see pictures), else quite fine. This copy from the library of the Belgian diplomat and barrister Fernand Spaak, with his book-plate at inside of the front board. - Note concernant Fernand Spaak (1923-1981): Fils unique de Paul-Henri Spaak (homme d'état belge, ancien Premier Ministre et Secrétaire général de l'OTAN). Lui-même haut fonctionnaire à la Communauté européenne, Fernand Spaak aimait les beaux livres, la voile, l'opéra et les belles femmes. Il collectionnait les maîtresses ... mais à 57 ans, il sera tué par balle par son épouse, armée d'un fusil de chasse. - [Heavy book: extra shipping cost for destinations out with France]
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Details
- Bookseller
- Capricedardour
(FR)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 270
- Title
- The School for Scandal
- Author
- Richard Brinsley Sheridan
- Illustrator
- Thomas Lowinsky
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 475 (+ seven)
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Basil Blackwell for Shakespeare Head Press
- Place of Publication
- Oxford
- Date Published
- 1930
- Pages
- xxvii, 145
- Size
- Quarto
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- B. Newdigate - Thomas Lowinsky - Spaak - Private Press
- Bookseller catalogs
- Books (first editions, illustrated, private press);
Terms of Sale
Capricedardour
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Capricedardour
Biblio member since 2019
Mourioux Vieilleville
About Capricedardour
Books and prints (art, literature; 19th to 20th c.). Selling from a small private collection.
Glossary
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- 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...
- 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....
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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. ...
- 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...
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