Eneas Africanus
by Edwards, Harry Stillwell
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Deep River, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
New York: Sign of the Golden Head, 1932. Limited edition reprint. Near fine in blue wool cloth covered boards with gilt decorated title blocks on the spine and on the front board. There is a 1/4" hole through the cloth on the front board and three minor small holes to the cloth on the rear board. A small quarto measuring 9 3/8" tall by 6 1/4" deep overall containing 33 pages followed by a page stating the printing limitation and a fold-map illustrating the route taken by Eneaus Africanus through seven states over eight years and covering 3,350 miles. One of only 850 copies produced this one being copy number 458. Illustrated with text illustrations and a color frontispiece.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Town's End Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- TB18422
- Title
- Eneas Africanus
- Author
- Edwards, Harry Stillwell
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- Limited edition reprint
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Sign of the Golden Head
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1932
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Town's End Books
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Deep River, Connecticut
About Town's End Books
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- Cloth
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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...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- 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...
- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and 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....