Homage to Meleager
by Wolfe, Humbert
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Sturminster Newton, United Kingdom
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About This Item
New York: The Fountain Press, 1930. Book. Good. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). Limited Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Oxford University Press limited edition, all of which were signed by the author, this being no. 28 of 464 copies. Cream buckram covered boards with navy-blue leather spine and cover edges, with titles in gilt on spine. Top edge gilt. Condition: Good, with browning to the cream cloth of the covers. Binding sound. A couple of faint splashmarks to the front cover. Endpapers browned. Text clean. 129pp. .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Karen Jakobsen Art & Design Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001877
- Title
- Homage to Meleager
- Author
- Wolfe, Humbert
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Limited Edition
- Publisher
- The Fountain Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1930
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- humbert wolfe
- Bookseller catalogs
- Poetry;
Terms of Sale
Karen Jakobsen Art & Design Books
About the Seller
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About Karen Jakobsen Art & Design Books
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- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- 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...
- 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...
- Cloth
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- 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....