Stevenson's Workshop: With Twenty-Nine Ms. Facsimiles
by Stevenson, Robert Louis; edited by William P. Trent
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Upperco, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
Printed exclusively for members of the Bibliophile Society, Boston, 1921. Limited edition of 450 copies.. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo, hardcover, no dj. Vg condition. Bound in quarter vellum paper at spine over brown cloth-covered boards, gilt spine lettering; housed in publisher's double slipcase. Very occasional, faint interior foxing; Contents otherwise clean, no markings or "thumbing" to pages, bindings & hinges tight. Boards quite clean; spine vellum slightly browned; gilt spine lettering sharp & bright. Outer slipcase shows patches of darkening, paper spine label browned -- otherwise both inner & outer slipcases remain sturdy, square and strong, no splitting at seams. 63 pp. of text + tissue-protected facsimile plates. Facsimiles of more or less fragmentary material never before printed, or pages from Stevenson's note-book containing initial drafts of pieces afterward published, many in the "Child's garden of verses."
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- Bookseller
- Tiber Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1171006.08
- Title
- Stevenson's Workshop: With Twenty-Nine Ms. Facsimiles
- Author
- Stevenson, Robert Louis; edited by William P. Trent
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- Limited edition of 450 copies.
- Publisher
- Printed exclusively for members of the Bibliophile Society, Boston
- Date Published
- 1921
- Keywords
- 19th, Biography, Century, Criticism, English, Literary, Literature, Notebooks, Sketches
Terms of Sale
Tiber Books
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About the Seller
Tiber Books
Biblio member since 2005
Upperco, Maryland
About Tiber Books
Specializing in scholarly non-fiction for over 30 years.
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- 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. ...
- Gilt
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- Spine
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- Facsimile
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- Spine Label
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- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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