VANITY FAIR Illustrated in Colour By Lewis Baumer [Limited Edition]
by Thackeray, William Makepeace
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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Launceston, Cornwall, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1913. Book. Illus. by Lewis Baumer. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. Large 4to (24 x 29). Signed Limited Edition of 350 copies of which this is number 60 signed by Baumer. With 20 tipped-in colour plates with captioned tissue guards. Original Publisher's full vellum, with gilt decoration and lettering, colour plate to front board with ornate gilt surround, very bright and clean, a little speckled to the top of the spine, ribbon tie present to front only. Original decorated endpapers, toned, top edge gilt, other edges uncut. Contents clean and tight, no inscriptions, all plates and tissue guards in very good condition without creases or folds; uncut edges a little dust soiled, paper crisp. A very good copy of this superb limited edition..
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- Bookseller
- Loe Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 035411
- Title
- VANITY FAIR Illustrated in Colour By Lewis Baumer [Limited Edition]
- Author
- Thackeray, William Makepeace
- Illustrator
- Lewis Baumer
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Hodder and Stoughton
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1913
- Size
- Large 4to (24 x 29)
- Bookseller catalogs
- Illustrated; Featured Books;
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Loe Books
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- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- 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...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- 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...
- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- 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...
- 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....
- 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. ...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...