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THE KINGDOM OF BOOKS
by Orcutt, William Dana
- Used
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near fine.
- Seller
-
Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Little, Brown & Company, 1927. Near fine.. Signed limited first edition of Orcutt's deluxe illustrated tour of Western book history and bookmaking. 9.25'' x 6.25''. Original quarter vellum, brown paper boards, gilt-lettered spine. Color frontispiece with printed tissue guard. Top edge gilt. Brown ribbon bookmark. Black and white plates throughout, with six plates appearing only in the limited edition. Edition of 475 copies, of which this is no. 153. 190 pages. Signed by Orcutt at colophon. Some soil to vellum spine.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Type Punch Matrix
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 48037
- Title
- THE KINGDOM OF BOOKS
- Author
- Orcutt, William Dana
- Book Condition
- Used - Near fine.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Little, Brown & Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1927
- Keywords
- Books on Books,Book Arts,Typography,20th century,Design,Limited Edition
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About the Seller
Type Punch Matrix
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Silver Spring, Maryland
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- 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. ...
- 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....
- Colophon
- The colophon contains information about a book's publisher, the typesetting, printer, and possibly even includes a printer's...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- First Edition
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