Cameo Book-Stamps Figured and Described
by Davenport, Cyril
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Los Angeles, California, United States
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About This Item
London: Edward Arnold, 1911 First edition of the most acclaimed study of the impressing of leather bookbindings with a bookstamp. Light brown linen buckram with gilt spine and cover vignette in brown. Large octavo. With 151 illustrations of cameo book-stamps. Subjects include Abraham and Isaac, Anne Boleyn, Charlemagne, Christ, Queen Elizabeth I, the Lion of St. Mark, Philip Melancthon, the Tudor rose, the goddess Fortuna, St. George, etc. Light shelfwear, back hinge just starting to crack, fly-leaves slightly browned. A very good copy.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Michael R. Thompson, Booksellers, ABAA/ILAB (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 14393
- Title
- Cameo Book-Stamps Figured and Described
- Author
- Davenport, Cyril
- Format/Binding
- Light brown linen buckram with gilt spine and cover vignette in brown
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- First edition of the most acclaimed study of the impressing of l
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Edward Arnold,
- Place of Publication
- London:
- Date Published
- 1911
- Pages
- xvi, [208] pp.
- Size
- Large octavo
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Michael R. Thompson, Booksellers, ABAA/ILAB
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Los Angeles, California
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
- Buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...
- A.N.
- The book is pristine and free of any defects, in the same condition as ...
- 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...
- 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....
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Vignette
- A decorative design or illustration placed at the beginning or end of a ...
- 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...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...