The Savoy: An Illustrated Quarterly (Volumes I, II & III)
by Symons, Arthur (editor)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Nearly fine copies in the original gilt-decorated cloth
- Seller
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Pittsford, New York, United States
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About This Item
London: Leonard Smithers. Nearly fine copies in the original gilt-decorated cloth. 1896. 1st. hardcover. 4to, 872 pp., Complete set of The Savoy in the publishers blue cloth with gilt decoration by Beardsley. Includes the Beardsley card tipped-in opposite the last page of issue no. 1. Nice, bright set with only faint rubbing at corners. From the library of Richard Meyer of Breslauer & Meyer, Berlin booksellers, with his bookplate on the pastedowns of each volume. An additional bookplate on the front free endpaper of Volume I of Curt & Emma von Faber du Faur (of Yale). .
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- Bookseller
- Abacus Bookshop (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- BOOKS079441I
- Title
- The Savoy: An Illustrated Quarterly (Volumes I, II & III)
- Author
- Symons, Arthur (editor)
- Illustrator
- Illus. by Aubrey Beardsley
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Nearly fine copies in the original gilt-decorated cloth
- Edition
- 1st
- Publisher
- Leonard Smithers
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1896
- Bookseller catalogs
- Illustrated Books;
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- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- 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...
- Cloth
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.