Venus: To the Venus of Melos
by Rodin, Auguste
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good with no dust jacket; Boards lightly soiled, spine cracked, gift inscription on front free endpaper.
- Seller
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Selkirk, New York, United States
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About This Item
NY: B. W. Huebsch. Good with no dust jacket; Boards lightly soiled, spine cracked, gift . inscription on front free endpaper.. 1918. Third Printing. Hardcover. Half orange cloth and paper boards. Two photogravures of the Venus de Milo and frontispiece portrait illustration of Rodin. The sculptor's erudite and sprightly essay on the Venus de Milo sculpture. Signature of Clara Barrus, Paris, June 1926, on front free endpaper, followed by gift inscription by Adeline Barrus Johnson to Barbara, noting that this book belong to "Aunt Clara", and was being sent on as a remembrance. Clara Barrus was a physician and longtime friend, biographer, traveling companion, and literary executor to famed naturalist John Burroughs. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 26 pages .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Old Saratoga Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 39786
- Title
- Venus: To the Venus of Melos
- Author
- Rodin, Auguste
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good with no dust jacket; Boards lightly soiled, spine cracked, gift inscription on front free endpaper.
- Edition
- Third Printing
- Publisher
- B. W. Huebsch
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1918
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Auguste Rodin, Venus De Milo, SCULPTURE, CLARA Barrus
- Bookseller catalogs
- Art;
Terms of Sale
Old Saratoga Books
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About the Seller
Old Saratoga Books
Biblio member since 2005
Selkirk, New York
About Old Saratoga Books
Old Saratoga Books owners Dan and Rachel Jagareski have been selling books since 1996. After running an open shop for twenty years in the historic village of Schuylerville we now sell books online and at book fairs. We are members of the Independent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA). Our specialties include books about history, science, cooking, children's books, and the arts. Rachel is a graduate of the Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar and has attended Rare Book School in Charlottesville, Virginia.
Glossary
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- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...