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A PRINTER'S DOZEN ELEVEN SPREADS FROM UNREALISED BOOKS ...
by [Rampant Lions Press]: Carter, Sebastian
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- Hardcover
- Condition
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- Seller
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New Haven, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
[Cambridge]: Rampant Lions Press, [1993].. Large quarto (32.5 x 25.5 cm). Cloth and marbled paper over boards, gilt spine label. Board slipcase. About fine. First edition. One of 200 regular copies, from a total edition of 211. A gathering of specimens of the proposed designs for eleven titles that did not come to fruition, accompanied by explanations by Carter, including works by Rimbaud, Malcolm Lowry, Bierce, Aesop, Dante, Shakespeare, Sidney, Carroll, etc. "The potential demonstrated and the fecundity of ideas in this book makes it an important statement of the state of fine printing, and a hopeful indicator of where the private press book may be going" - Alastair Johnson.
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- Bookseller
- William Reese Company - Literature ABAA-ILAB
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- WRCLIT87173
- Title
- A PRINTER'S DOZEN ELEVEN SPREADS FROM UNREALISED BOOKS ...
- Author
- [Rampant Lions Press]: Carter, Sebastian
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Rampant Lions Press
- Place of Publication
- [Cambridge]
- Date Published
- [1993].
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About the Seller
William Reese Company - Literature ABAA-ILAB
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New Haven, Connecticut
About William Reese Company - Literature ABAA-ILAB
Since 1975, William Reese Company has served a large international clientele of collectors and private and public institutions in the acquisition of rare books and manuscripts and in collection development.
With a catalogued inventory of over thirty thousand items, and a general inventory of over sixty-five thousand items, we are among the leading specialists in the fields of Americana and world travel, and maintain a large and eclectic inventory of literary first editions and antiquarian books of the 18th through 20th centuries.
We issue frequent, and substantial, catalogues in our fields of specialization.
With a catalogued inventory of over thirty thousand items, and a general inventory of over sixty-five thousand items, we are among the leading specialists in the fields of Americana and world travel, and maintain a large and eclectic inventory of literary first editions and antiquarian books of the 18th through 20th centuries.
We issue frequent, and substantial, catalogues in our fields of specialization.
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- Marbled Paper
- Decorative colored paper that imitates marble with a veined, mottled, or swirling pattern. Commonly used as the end papers or...
- Spine Label
- The paper or leather descriptive tag attached to the spine of the book, most commonly providing the title and author of the...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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...
- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
- 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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