Eupalinos or the Architect. Translated with a Preface by William McCausland Stewart
by VALÃRY, Paul
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- Hardcover
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Lewes, East Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Humphrey Milford, Oxford University Press, 1932.. Limited edition, no. 80 of 250 copies signed by Valéry, from a total edition of 1750 copies. 8vo. xii, 96 pp. Publisher's white buckram, gilt lettered to the spine and upper board, the latter also featuring a design based on an architectural plan of an ancient classical temple, original glassine wrapper with card flaps, printed to the front. Some cracking and small losses to the fragile glassine, slight tanning to the spine ends, very good overall.
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- Bookseller
- Bow Windows Bookshop (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 39367
- Title
- Eupalinos or the Architect. Translated with a Preface by William McCausland Stewart
- Author
- VALÉRY, Paul
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London: Humphrey Milford, Oxford University Press
- Date Published
- 1932.
- Keywords
- Literature
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Bow Windows Bookshop
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Lewes, East Sussex
About Bow Windows Bookshop
Bow Windows Bookshop has a large general stock of old and fine books and maps. Owned in partnership by Ric Latham and Jonathan Menezes, we buy and sell all manner of titles from early leatherbound volumes to modern first editions. We exhibit at bookfairs in the UK and North America and issue regular printed catalogues. Located in the beautiful county town of Lewes in the south-east of England, we are open six days a week. All our books are described as accurately as possible and we abide by the Code of Good Practice of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association
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- Flap(s)
- The portion of a book cover or cover jacket that folds into the book from front to back. The flap can contain biographical...
- Glassine Wrapper
- A thin, partially transparent or translucent paper covering often used ...
- Buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...
- 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....