Comus A Mask
by Milton, John
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Orig. half beige spine lettered and decorated in gilt, and thick cream beveled boards. Near fine
- Seller
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ardsley, New York, United States
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About This Item
Newtown, Montgomeryshire: Gregynog Press, 1931. Hardcover. Orig. half beige spine lettered and decorated in gilt, and thick cream beveled boards. Near fine. Blair Hughes-Stanton. 26 pages. 28 x 17.5 cm. Limited edition, copy 186 of 250 on Japanese vellum with frontispiece and six characters in costume designed and engraved on wood by Blair-Hughes Stanton. Bright, very fresh copy, wide text margins, the only blemish a slight puffing to front cover board. Book arranged by William MacCance on a hand press, and set by hand and printed by Idris Jones.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Royoung bookseller, Inc. (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 22500
- Title
- Comus A Mask
- Author
- Milton, John
- Illustrator
- Blair Hughes-Stanton
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Orig. half beige spine lettered and decorated in gilt, and thick cream beveled boards. Near fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Gregynog Press
- Place of Publication
- Newtown, Montgomeryshire
- Date Published
- 1931
- Keywords
- Private Press
- Bookseller catalogs
- Private Press; Classics; Religion;
Terms of Sale
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All books returnable 10 days of invoice date with prior notification
About the Seller
Royoung bookseller, Inc.
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ardsley, New York
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Glossary
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- 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...
- 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....
- 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. ...
- Beveled
- Beveled edges, or beveled boards, describe a technique of binding in which the edges of book boards have been cut into slanted...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...