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The Beaux Stratagem. A Comedy. With Seven Engravings on Copper by J. E. Laboureur and an Introduction by Bonamy Dobrèe.
by Farquhar, George
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- Hardcover
- Condition
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- Seller
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Edinburgh, Midlothian, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Bristol: Douglas Cleverdon, 1929. NO. 377 OF 527 COPIES, 8vo. pp. xxvii, [i], 127, [1] + 6 plates. Original quarter dark green cloth, sage green boards, spine lettered direct in gilt, top edge gilt. Boards a little soiled, front board unevenly sunned, a touch of wear to extremities. Numbered in ink to limitation-page. An early production from Bristol bookseller Douglas Cleverdon (1903-1987), reprinting Farquhar’s 1707 comedy with 7 new illustrations by Jean Emile Laboureur (1877-1943), 6 full-page plates and a title-page vignette. This copy is one of the 450 standard issue copies, but from the preferred issue: as the printed publisher’s note following the title-page explains, the odd-numbered copies (for Cleverdon to sell in the UK) were withdrawn and reprinted by Walter Lewis at The University Press, Cambridge after Cleverdon was dissatisfied with the quality of the work by the original printer, the Country Life Press in Garden City, New York. The even-numbered copies (for Country Life to distribute in the USA) retain the original, refused sheets.
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- Bookseller
- McNaughtan's Bookshop
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 5435
- Title
- The Beaux Stratagem. A Comedy. With Seven Engravings on Copper by J. E. Laboureur and an Introduction by Bonamy Dobrèe.
- Author
- Farquhar, George
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Douglas Cleverdon
- Place of Publication
- Bristol
- Date Published
- 1929
- Keywords
- Private Press Drama Engravings Limited Edition
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- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- Sunned
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- 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....
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- New
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Vignette
- A decorative design or illustration placed at the beginning or end of a ...
- 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...
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