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Portraits of Thirty Authors
by Leonebel Jacobs
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
-
Gleneden Beach, Oregon, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1937. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Leonebel Jacobs. Beautifully Produced Book, oversized folio, 14.25 inches in height by 11 inches in width, well crafted book with high quality paper and very sound binding, First Edition, 30 tipped in plates, portraits of authors by artist Leonebel Jacobs, sepia toned soft images each with a short biography on tissue paper proceeding the portrait. Book: exterior is Very Good, sunning to spine and some soiling, tight and square with sharp corners, full cream buckram with maroon morocco leather title block on front board and spine, gilt titles, spine title block shows some wear. Interior is Fine, ultra clean brown end papers and uncut foredge, A most presentable copy. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Pacific Coast Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000860
- Title
- Portraits of Thirty Authors
- Author
- Leonebel Jacobs
- Illustrator
- Leonebel Jacobs
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Charles Scribner's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1937
- Keywords
- Art, Portraits, Portraits American Authors, Fine Press, Folio
Terms of Sale
Pacific Coast Books
10 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 10 days after delivery if an item arrives mis-described or damaged.
About the Seller
Pacific Coast Books
Biblio member since 2015
Gleneden Beach, Oregon
About Pacific Coast Books
Pacific Coast Books specializes in quality of books of interest from our store on the Central Oregon Coast. We are proud members of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America and have been buying and selling books for almost 20 years. Visit our website at www.Pacifc CoastBooks.net. Please feel free to call or email with any titles you would like to add to your collection. Only a small fraction of our inventory is online. We buy book collections.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Folio
- A folio usually indicates a large book size of 15" in height or larger when used in the context of a book description. Further,...
- 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....
- Tipped In
- Tipped In is used to describe something which has been glued into a book. Tipped-in items can include photos, book plates,...
- Buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...
- 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...
- 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...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
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