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The Pentateuch of Printing with A Chapter on Judges
by Blades, William
- Used
- Very Good
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Cleveland, Ohio, United States
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About This Item
Chicago: A. C. McClurg and Company, 1891. Quarter leather over blue cloth boards, gilt title, (11.25 x 9.25 inches), deckle edges. With a memoir of the author, and list of his works, by Talbot B. Reed. First Edition. xxviii, 117, [1] pages with Index, frontispiece, engraved vignette title page, two folding plates, plus 58 illustrations & facsimiles, many full-page. Provenance: previous owner's stamps of W.T. Achdowne and Jon R. Kelly. Showing some light overall wear, rubbing to spine, internally clean and tight. NOT ex-libary as typically found. First Edition. Leather. Very Good. Quarto.
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- Bookseller
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
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- Title
- The Pentateuch of Printing with A Chapter on Judges
- Author
- Blades, William
- Format/Binding
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- A. C. McClurg and Company
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Date Published
- 1891
- Size
- Quarto
- Keywords
- Printing History; Typography
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- Rubbing
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- Quarto
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- Vignette
- A decorative design or illustration placed at the beginning or end of a ...
- 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...
- 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....
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...
- Gilt
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