THEMES IN AQUATINT
by Franklin, Colin
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine
- Seller
-
Covina, California, United States
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About This Item
San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1978. First edition. Hardcover. Fine. Sixteen color plates. First edition, limited to 500 copies. A handsomely illustrated study of the aquatint medium by an authority on the subject, this work complements the classic technical study by S.T. Prideaux, "Aquatint Engraving: A Chapter in the History of Book illustration" (1909). Prospectus laid in. Marbled boards over a red cloth spine with gilt titles. A fine copy in the original plain paper dust jacket.
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Details
- Seller
- Johnson Rare Books & Archives (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 53753
- Title
- THEMES IN AQUATINT
- Author
- Franklin, Colin
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- The Book Club of California
- Place of Publication
- San Francisco
- Date Published
- 1978
Terms of Sale
Johnson Rare Books & Archives
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About the Seller
Johnson Rare Books & Archives
Biblio member since 2008
Covina, California
About Johnson Rare Books & Archives
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Glossary
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- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Marbled boards
- ...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...