En Rade
by HUYSMANS, J.K
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Holt, Norfolk, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Paris: Collection Eclectique 1911, 1911. Limited edition. No. 4 of 20 copies (from a total edition of 250 copies) with an original watercolour by Paul Guignebault dated Juillet 1910. The nineteen etchings by Guignebault are in three states, the final one in each set being coloured. With woodcut head- and tail-pieces and chapter headings, a suite of which is bound in at the end. 395x205mm. pp. [4 bl], [4], 206, [2], [37 leaves of woodcuts]. Stunning binding by René Kieffer (signed to foot of upper turn-in). Green morocco decorated in gilt, blind, with brown and red morocco inlays forming leaves and berries. Spine with five raised bands, compartments decorated in gilt. Pictorial silk doublures, patterned silk front and rear free endpapers and two marbled preliminary and rear blank pages. Original wrappers bound in. Some very slight rubbing to spine. With marble paper covered and morocco-edged slipcase. Internally very good, this is an excellent copy in a lavish binding.
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- Bookseller
- Voewood Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 4100
- Title
- En Rade
- Author
- HUYSMANS, J.K
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Paris: Collection Eclectique 1911
- Date Published
- 1911
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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- 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...
- 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...
- Wrappers
- The paper covering on the outside of a paperback. Also see the entry for pictorial wraps, color illustrated coverings for...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
- 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...