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Seventeen Poems.
by NONESUCH PRESS. MEYNELL, Francis. GILL, Eric
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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LONDON, Greater London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
New York: Nonesuch Press, 1945. One of 1000 copies. Pegasus design by Eric Gill printed in grey to the title page. Designed and printed by Joseph Blumenthal at The Spiral Press on Rives mould-made paper. 8vo., original red buckram, gilt titles to spine, fore and lower edges uncut, in original grey printed dust jacket with Gill’s Pegasus design. Very slight rubbing to extremities, in a chipped and mildly edge worn dust jacket. ||Pegasus was originally designed by Eric Gill in 1914 as a bookplate for Francis Meynell.|Nonesuch, 116c.
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- Bookseller
- SOPHIE SCHNEIDEMAN RARE BOOKS
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 8231
- Title
- Seventeen Poems.
- Author
- NONESUCH PRESS. MEYNELL, Francis. GILL, Eric
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Nonesuch Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1945
- Keywords
- Nonesuch Press;Francis Meynell;poetry;typography;Eric Gill;fine printing Book,Private Press
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SOPHIE SCHNEIDEMAN RARE BOOKS
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About the Seller
SOPHIE SCHNEIDEMAN RARE BOOKS
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LONDON, Greater London
About SOPHIE SCHNEIDEMAN RARE BOOKS
RARE BOOK AND PRINT SELLER FOR OVER 30 YEARS SPECIALISING IN PRIVATE PRESS & ILLUSTRATED BOOKS, ARTISTS' & FINE PRESS BOOKS, FINE BINDING, LETTERING, TYPOGRAPHY PRINTS &C WE ARE OPEN BY APPOINTMENT OR CHANCE 7 DAYS A WEEK, DAY & EVENING, WE ARE MEMBERS OF PBFA, ABA & ILAB
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- Buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...
- 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...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- 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....
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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