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The Poems of Master Francois Villon of Paris, Now First Done Into English Verse
by Villon, Francois
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
-
San Anselmo, California, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Portland. Thomas B. Mosher. 1900. Lavishly custom bound in full straight grained morocco. Gilt tooled geometric motif to front and rear covers with gilt titles to front. Gilt ruled spine compartments with raised bands. Gilt titles. Gilt ruled board edges.Deep morocco turn-ins. Top edge gilded. 12mo. 5.5"x7.5". 1 of only 725 copies. Printed upon Van Gelder hand-made paper. A Very Fine, handsomely bound copy.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Heldfond Book Gallery, ABAA-ILAB
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 8720
- Title
- The Poems of Master Francois Villon of Paris, Now First Done Into English Verse
- Author
- Villon, Francois
- Format/Binding
- Lavishly custom bound in full straight grained morocco. Gilt tooled geometric motif to front and rear covers with gilt titles to
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Thomas B. Mosher.
- Place of Publication
- Portland.
- Date Published
- 1900.
- Size
- 12mo. 5.5"x7.5".
Terms of Sale
Heldfond Book Gallery, ABAA-ILAB
The Heldfond Book Gallery is an elected member of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America and the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers and conforms to all ethical codes and standards of those organizations.Books found to be materially mis-described may be returned within seven days of receipt and all monies will be promptly refunded, if returned to us in the same condition as sent.
About the Seller
Heldfond Book Gallery, ABAA-ILAB
Biblio member since 2005
San Anselmo, California
About Heldfond Book Gallery, ABAA-ILAB
Located just accross the Golden Gate Bridge in Marin County, California - the Heldfond Book Gallery, Ltd. is one of the oldest and most esteemed Rare Bookstores on the West Coast. Specializations include: Illustrated Books in all disciplines, Fine Bindings and Sets, Important Literary First Editions,Fine Arts, Collectable Children's Illustrated Books, Illuminated Manuscripts and Incunabula,Rare Aviation and Maritime as well as a consistently superb inventory of General Antiquarian Materials.
Glossary
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- 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...
- 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....
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- 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...
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