QUARTO MILLENARY, the First 250 Publications and the First 25 Years 1929-1954 of the Limited Editions Club: A Critique. A Conspectus. A Bibliography. Indexes.
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very good plus
- Seller
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Santa Barbara, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1959. Hardcover. Very good plus. Hardcover. # 304 of 2,250 copies. Red cloth with beveled boards and morocco inset on front. Quarter black morocco spine with red leather label Quarto. 295pp. With numerous illustrations and facsimiles of title and text pages, many printed by the original printers. Includes bibliography, commentary and indexes. Printed at Clarke & Way (Thistle Press) and A. Colish. Spine is lightly faded with a little spottiness. Lacks glassine. Good only box has splits and tape repair.
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- Bookseller
- Lost Horizon Bookstore (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 54396
- Title
- QUARTO MILLENARY, the First 250 Publications and the First 25 Years 1929-1954 of the Limited Editions Club
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good plus
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- The Limited Editions Club
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1959
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About the Seller
Lost Horizon Bookstore
Biblio member since 2010
Santa Barbara, California
About Lost Horizon Bookstore
We are a small, open shop in Santa Barbara and have been in the same location for over 30 years. We have a select inventory of used and rare books. We also carry original posters and prints, vintage photographs and ephemera. Open Tues.- Sat. 11-6, closed Sunday & Monday.
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- 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...
- 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....
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Beveled
- Beveled edges, or beveled boards, describe a technique of binding in which the edges of book boards have been cut into slanted...