Click for full-size.
Voyage Autour de ma Chambre.
by ROGERS, Bruce. MAISTRE, Xavier de
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
-
LONDON, Greater London, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Cambridge: de l’Imprimerie de Riverside, Chez Houghton Mifflin & Cie., 1901. Portrait frontispiece of Maistre. Title page and decorative headings engraved by Sidney L. Smith. One of 500 copies. Text in French. Set in Caslon type, and designed by Bruce Rogers. 12mo., original quarter vellum over green paper covered boards, rules and lettering in gilt to spine. Slight darkening to spine and along edges, 7 cm tear to fore edge of page 25, a few spots to endpapers. ||With the original publisher’s note in English inserted loose.|Warde 20.
Reviews
(Log in or Create an Account first!)
Details
- Bookseller
- SOPHIE SCHNEIDEMAN RARE BOOKS
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 9093
- Title
- Voyage Autour de ma Chambre.
- Author
- ROGERS, Bruce. MAISTRE, Xavier de
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- de l’Imprimerie de Riverside, Chez Houghton Mifflin & Cie.
- Place of Publication
- Cambridge
- Date Published
- 1901
- Keywords
- Bruce Rogers;Riverside Press;Xavier de Maistre;French Literature Book,Printing & Typography
Terms of Sale
SOPHIE SCHNEIDEMAN RARE BOOKS
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 10 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
SOPHIE SCHNEIDEMAN RARE BOOKS
Biblio member since 2012
LONDON, Greater London
About SOPHIE SCHNEIDEMAN RARE BOOKS
RARE BOOK AND PRINT SELLER FOR OVER 30 YEARS SPECIALISING IN PRIVATE PRESS & ILLUSTRATED BOOKS, ARTISTS' & FINE PRESS BOOKS, FINE BINDING, LETTERING, TYPOGRAPHY PRINTS &C WE ARE OPEN BY APPOINTMENT OR CHANCE 7 DAYS A WEEK, DAY & EVENING, WE ARE MEMBERS OF PBFA, ABA & ILAB
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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. ...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- 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...
- Fore Edge
- The portion of a book that is opposite the spine. That part of a book which faces the wall when shelved in a traditional...
- 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....
- 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...
How to tell if a signature is genuine
Author's signatures can undoubtedly increase the value of a rare book or first edition. The more scarce the book is, the more an autograph adds to its value. But how to tell if the signature is real? Find out how you can avoid common pitfalls in identifying an author's signature.
Storing books - laying down or standing up?
Don’t unwittingly damage your growing book collection! Learn about when to store books laying down vs standing up. Read About Safe Book Storage
