Champ Fleury; Translated Into English And Annotated by George Ives / Tory, Geofroy
by Tory, Geofroy / George Ives
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/VG+
- Seller
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Palm Springs, California, United States
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About This Item
NEW YORK: Grolier Club, 1927. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/VG+. Orig. vellum spine and boards decorated in fleur de lys pattern. Top edge gilt. Fine in very good+ dust wrapper (no chips or tears) in original very good+ slipcase (no splits). 208 pages. 31 x 21 cm. Voluminously illustrated. Limited edition, one of 390 copies on Bruce Rogers antique wove rag paper. One of ten books printed in the original foundary Centaur type by Bruce Rogers. The book was designed, and seen through the press of William Edwin Rudge by Bruce Rogers. Prospectus with some creasing and discoloration laid-in. Very nice book.
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- Bookseller
- Blue Sky Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 4487
- Title
- Champ Fleury; Translated Into English And Annotated by George Ives / Tory, Geofroy
- Author
- Tory, Geofroy / George Ives
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- VG+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Grolier Club
- Place of Publication
- NEW YORK
- Date Published
- 1927
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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....
- 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...
- 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...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Vellum
- Vellum is a sheet of specialty prepared skin of lamb, calf, or goat kid used for binding a book or for printing and writing. ...
- 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...
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