The Kingdom of Books
by Orcutt, William Dana
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Seller
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St. Paul, Minnesota, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Boston: Little, Brown & Company, 1927. Limited edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. 24.5 x 16.5 cm. Octavo. xii 290pp. Illustrated, with 6 additional plates not in the trade edition. Limited to 475 copies signed by the author of which this is copy 128. Vellum spine, brown boards in slipcase. Gilt top foredge. Newspaper article affixed to front fixed endpaper. Slipcase is torn at the bottom.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Midway Used and Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 70618
- Title
- The Kingdom of Books
- Author
- Orcutt, William Dana
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Limited edition
- Publisher
- Little, Brown & Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1927
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- Books on Books;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Midway Used and Rare Books
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St. Paul, Minnesota
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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. ...
- 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....