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John Elliott: The Story of an Artist
by Elliott, Maud Howe
- Used
- Very Good
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
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Providence, Rhode Island, United States
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About This Item
Cambridge, Ma: The Riverside Press, 1930. Cloth. Very Good/Good. 8vo. 265 pp. Green cloth with gilt titling in dust jacket. Limited edition of 1,000. Soiling and chipping to dust jacket, heaviest at spine ends and corners. Spine cloth and top of front board lightly scuffed. Light foxing scattered throughout. Artist and subject John Elliott's bookplate to fpd. Warmly inscribed on ffep by the author (and wife of John Elliott) to Wilhelmina R. Miller, an apparent close friend. Inscription dated February 24th,1943. Laid in is a hand-written invitation to Maud Elliott and Ms. Miller from photographer Tommie Sullivan. Overall a very interesting association copy steeped in the arts history of Rhode Island. Association copy.
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Details
- Bookseller
- small volume
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 12
- Title
- John Elliott: The Story of an Artist
- Author
- Elliott, Maud Howe
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- The Riverside Press
- Place of Publication
- Cambridge, Ma
- Date Published
- 1930
- Weight
- 99.99 lbs
- Keywords
- Newport, Rhode Island, John Elliott, Benefit Street
Terms of Sale
small volume
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About the Seller
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Providence, Rhode Island
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- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
- Association Copy
- An association copy is a copy of a book which has been signed and inscribed by the author for a personal friend, colleague, or...
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