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Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press, 1967. Full dark blue leather (hard cover), gilt titles and embossed design to front and rear boards, raised bands, silk ribbon page marker, all edges gilt, silk moire endpages, (10.75 x 7.75 inches). Collector's Edition. 119 pages; Illustrated by Lynd Ward. A title from The Collector's Library of Famous Editions. Publisher's Collector's Notes laid-in. A clean, tight copy in "as new" condition. Collector's Edition. Leather. Fine. Illus. by Lynd Ward. Tall Octavo.
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- Bookseller
- Books & Bidders, Antiquarian Booksellers
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 006110
- Title
- Beowulf
- Author
- Leonard, William Ellery
- Illustrator
- Lynd Ward
- Format/Binding
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Edition
- Collector's Edition
- Publisher
- The Easton Press
- Place of Publication
- Norwalk, Connecticut
- Date Published
- 1967
- Size
- Tall Octavo
- Keywords
- Easton Press; Collector's Library
- Bookseller catalogs
- Easton Press;
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...
- 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...
- Laid-in
- "Laid In" indicates that there is something which is included with, but not attached to the book, such as a sheet of paper. The...
- 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...
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