[Binding, Fine- Loyd Haberly] Midgetina and the Scapegoat: Written, Illustrated, Printed and Bound by Loyd Haberly
by Haberly, Loyd
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- Condition
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- Seller
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Seattle, Washington, United States
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About This Item
[St. Louis]: [Washington University], 1943. First printing. First printing. Bound by Loyd haberly in full brown morocco elaborately tooled on front cover with inlaid pieces of green and black morocco, spine lettered in gilt, patterned endpapers, top edge gilt. ONE OF ONLY 48 COPIES. With 14 hand-colored woodcut vignette illustrations. [bound with] Neecha: Written & Printed by Loyd Haberly. With 3 hand-colored woodcut vignette illustrations. Together, 2 titles bound together. Printed in red & black. 19x15, . One of 48 copies. Finely printed verse by the poet, printer, illustrator, bookbinder and one-time Rhodes Scholar who briefly served as controller of the Gregynog Press in Wales before returning to the United States. Laid-in is a typed sheet (carbon) with five short poems by Haberly, with a pencil notation "Belongs with this book. May be unpublished poems." Some mildew staining to covers, else very good. Scarce thus.
Details
- Bookseller
- Nudelman Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3328
- Title
- [Binding, Fine- Loyd Haberly] Midgetina and the Scapegoat: Written, Illustrated, Printed and Bound by Loyd Haberly
- Author
- Haberly, Loyd
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First printing
- Publisher
- [Washington University]
- Place of Publication
- [St. Louis]
- Date Published
- 1943
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About the Seller
Nudelman Rare Books
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Seattle, Washington
About Nudelman Rare Books
Specializing in Fine Bindings By Noted Bookbinders; High Spots and Inscribed Copies of Important 19th-20th Century English and American Literature; Autograph Letters and Manuscripts; Fine Press Books; Unusual and Rare Children's and Illustrated; Art Nouveau; Pre-Raphaelite Poetry and Associations; Jugendstil, Wiener Werkstatte; 1890's.Long-standing rare book dealer established in 1979, in Seattle, Washington specializing in the highest quality fine and rare books, primarily from the 18th through 20th Centuries. We value your patronage and would love to have you join our mailing list where we offer illustrated catalogs twice a year by PDF (with copious photos of content). All books are guaranteed as described, and returnable within 7 days for any reason. By Appointment Only.
Glossary
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- Mildew
- Mildew is an all-too-common affliction that plagues books and erodes their collectibility, value and preservation. A fungus...
- 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...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see 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....
- Vignette
- A decorative design or illustration placed at the beginning or end of a ...
- 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...
- Laid-in
- "Laid In" indicates that there is something which is included with, but not attached to the book, such as a sheet of paper. The...