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SOUVENIRS DU VIEUX-COLOMBIER: 55 Dessins Originaux precedes d'un texte de Jules Romains
by Mahn, Berthold
- Used
- very good
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Roosevelt, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
Paris: Chez Claude Aveline, 1926. First Edition. Original Wrappers. Very Good. pp: xxii, 55 leaves illutrated on rectos only, (7) index, (3) publisher's ads, colophon. Bound in stiff wrappers, printed in red and black, glassine dust jacket chipped at spine ends. 9" x 7.5" #35 of 35 copies on velin de rives for the author and editor, this is a presentation copy with a four-line inscription inked on the half-title and signed by Berthold Mahn. [Interesting aside: Mahn was a camouflage artist in World War I.].
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- Bookseller
- R & A Petrilla
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 038757
- Title
- SOUVENIRS DU VIEUX-COLOMBIER: 55 Dessins Originaux precedes d'un texte de Jules Romains
- Author
- Mahn, Berthold
- Format/Binding
- Original Wrappers
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Chez Claude Aveline
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Date Published
- 1926
- Keywords
- french artists; illustrated books; signed books
- Bookseller catalogs
- Art;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
R & A Petrilla
Biblio member since 2004
Roosevelt, New Jersey
About R & A Petrilla
Established 1970, we are generalist antiquarian booksellers. We specialize in old and unusual books, manuscripts, and ephemera. We no longer sell at book fairs. Please see the catalogs on our website, or browse our stock for your interests. We are grateful for your orders. Thank you. -- Bob & Alison Petrilla Professional affiliations: American Antiquarian Society, ABAA, ILAB, IOBA, Library Company of Philadelphia, Philobiblon Club.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Wrappers
- The paper covering on the outside of a paperback. Also see the entry for pictorial wraps, color illustrated coverings for...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Colophon
- The colophon contains information about a book's publisher, the typesetting, printer, and possibly even includes a printer's...
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- 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...
- 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....
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