London, UK George Newnes, 1905. Hardcover First Edition (1905), unstated. Very Good-: shows moderate wear to the extremities (the paper is wearing through to expose the underlying boards at the upper corner tips); mild rubbing the faintest foxing and a couple of small soil spots to the panels; faint toning to the backstrip (the gilt titles thereon remain easily legible); toning and some foxing to the front endpapers and title page; former owner's gift inscription, dated 1913, at the front free endpaper; slight spine lean; the binding is secure; the text is clean. Free of creased or dog-eared pages in the text. Free of underlining, hi-lighting, notations, or marginalia. A handsome copy, structurally sound and tightly bound, showing mild wear and minor, unobtrusive flaws. Lacks the rarely-seen DJ. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 4to. (11.65 x 8.65 x 0.65 inches). Ten-page Biographical Essay by A.L. Baldry followed by 48 duotone full-page plates. Five of these illustrations are tipped-in on brown paper. Frotispiece portrait of Thomas Boleyn. Language: English. Weight: 27.4 ounces. Original ivory quarter-cloth with gray-brown printed parchment over boards and green and yellow titles and designs at the front panel. Top Edge Gilt. Hardback: Lacks DJ. Even without the DJ, this is a lovely production. Date supplied by Worldcat.

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Seller: Black Cat Hill Books (US)
Seller's Inventory #: 56092
Title: Drawings of Hans Holbein.
Author: A.L. Baldry
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First Edition (1905), unstated.
Publisher: George Newnes,
Place of Publication: London, UK
Date Published: 1905.
Bookseller catalogs: Art: Monographs; Artists F-J; Prints and Print Artists;

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Parchment: Pages or book covering made from a prepared animal skin. Parchment describes any animal skin used for books, while vellum is a...
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