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[Fairy Tales] [Sagor] Märchen. Bilder und Buchschmuck von Thorsten Schonberg [Treasures of World Literature]
by STRINDBERG, August (1849-1912); Thorsten Schonberg, 1882-1970 (Illustrates)
- Used
- Condition
- Fine-
- Seller
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Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
Munich: Georg W. Dietrich, 1916. Limited Edition. Full Calf. Fine-. Copy No. 78 of this richly illustrated edition of Strindberg's Fairy Tales, from a bibliophile edition of 200 numbered copies on heavy paper. Volume 9 of the publisher's Treasures of World Literature series. Translated by Emil Schering. Demy 8vo (227 x 181mm): [192]pp, with numerous color lithographs by Thorsten Schonberg. Publisher's wine-red pebbled calf, upper cover bordered in gilt, green oval-shaped title label gilt to spine, top edge gilt. Small book label of Wolfgang Metzner to front paste-down. A beautifully preserved copy, tightly bound and clean throughout. The illustrations are from the Swedish edition, published in 1915. Georg Svensson, in Modern Swedish Book Art (Modern Svensk Bokkonst), calls them "perhaps the very best that Schonberg has done in this area . . . ." N. B. With few exceptions (always identified), we only stock books in exceptional condition, with carefully preserved in archival, removable mylar sleeves. All orders are packaged with care and posted promptly. Satisfaction guaranteed. (Fine Editions Ltd is a member of the Independent Online Booksellers Association, and we subscribe to its codes of ethics.).
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- Bookseller
- Fine Editions Ltd
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- BB2364
- Title
- [Fairy Tales] [Sagor] Märchen. Bilder und Buchschmuck von Thorsten Schonberg [Treasures of World Literature]
- Author
- STRINDBERG, August (1849-1912); Thorsten Schonberg, 1882-1970 (Illustrates)
- Format/Binding
- Full Calf
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine-
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Limited Edition
- Publisher
- Georg W. Dietrich
- Place of Publication
- Munich
- Date Published
- 1916
- Bookseller catalogs
- XIX CENTURY;
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- Pebbled
- Pebbled cloth or leather describes the covering of a hardcover book with a decorative texture of repeated small raised bumps,...
- 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...
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat 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....
- 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...
- Paste-down
- The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...
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