Quads for Authors, Editors, & Devils. >>MINIATURE<<
by Tuer, Andrew W. (editor)
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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London, London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Leadenhalle Presse, 1884 146, [18] printed pages, many unopened. Illustrations. Printed in Pearl type on bank note paper of the highest quality. At head of title: Midget folio .The miniature book is embedded in the hollowed out blank leaves at the end of the enlarged edition. The larger book has 94 printed pages- some very occasional spotting, four blank leaves with contemporaneous newspaper cuttings pasted in (Mark Twain with the Typothetae, c. 1886), followed by 2 pages of publisher's adverts. 12 x 15 cm, original vellum, lacking ties; on the upper cover, below the gilt titling is the helpful advice "In unlocking this Forme see that the QUADS do not drop out" (priced "7/6"). The miniature book is 27 x 40 mm. Original gilt titled vellum (priced "2/6")with long silk ties (all but one intact). Quads are small metal blanks used by printers to fill up any gaps. The text contains English and American printer's jokes from the Paper and Printing Trades Journal, such as, Figures won't lie! Yes they will if you make em- and then there are four digits printed at 90 degrees from normal along the page. "One of the most curious items in all printing literature and at the same time a most unusual miniature book" -Bondy, 149-50. Spielmann, 492. Welsh, 6857. WorldCat locates just 4 UK copies (Universities of Nottingham, Manchester, Oxford & Cambridge). Not only uncommon, particularly so in this condition.. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good.
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- Bookseller
- Camden Lock Books, ABA, IOBA. (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 5198
- Title
- Quads for Authors, Editors, & Devils. >>MINIATURE
- Author
- Tuer, Andrew W. (editor)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Leadenhalle Presse
- Date Published
- 1884
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
Terms of Sale
Camden Lock Books, ABA, IOBA.
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- Worldcat
- Worldcat is a collaborative effort produced by OCLC (Online Computer Library Center) and supported and used by 72,000 libraries...
- 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...
- 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,...
- Miniature
- A book that is less then 3 inches in width and ...
- Unopened
- A state in which all or some of the pages of a book have not been separated from the adjacent pages, caused by a traditional...
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
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