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Designing a Book Jacket How to Do It Number 65
by CURL, Peter
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+/Very Good
- Seller
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Seattle, Washington, United States
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About This Item
London and New York: The Studio Publications, 1956. First Edition. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Very Good+/Very Good. Peter Curl. Small 4to. Pp. 96. Red textured cloth, titles printed in black on the spine. Frontis. black & white photo reproductions of Curl jacket designs on red background. Illustrated throughout with black & white and color reproductions (over 100) and drawings. In the three-color illustrated dust jacket, unclipped (25s net). Spine ends and back upper corner bumped, dent in back fore edge. Jacket edges just a trifle rubbed. A bright copy. Practical, business and technical aspects of this niche of commercial art are covered with plenty of examples from the author and other mid-century designers, mostly British. An image of the dust jacket is featured in Martin Salisbury's The Illustrated Dust Jacket, p. 8. The dust jacket is now preserved in a removable clear archival sleeve.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Long Brothers Fine and Rare Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 5820
- Title
- Designing a Book Jacket How to Do It Number 65
- Author
- CURL, Peter
- Illustrator
- Peter Curl
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover with Dust Jacket
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The Studio Publications
- Place of Publication
- London and New York
- Date Published
- 1956
- Keywords
- Mid-Century Modern MCM mcmm
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About the Seller
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Seattle, Washington
About Long Brothers Fine and Rare Books, ABAA
Long Brothers Fine and Rare Books was established in 1996 as a natural progression of proprietor Jeffrey Long's historical and bibliophilic interests. We are located in West Seattle and can be visited by appointment only.
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- First Edition
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- Fore Edge
- The portion of a book that is opposite the spine. That part of a book which faces the wall when shelved in a traditional...
- Spine
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