The House of Life
by Rossetti, Dante Gabriel
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Salem, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Roycrofters at the Roycroft Shop; East Aurora, NY, 1899. Hardcover. Good. Signed. #398 of 925 hand-illuminated limited edition copies. Signed by publisher Elbert Hubbard and illuminator Harriet Robarge. With hand-illuminations at title page, colophon, and first letter of each page. Brown half-suede with gilt spine titles in leather title window; grey boards with gilt titles at front panel. Suede rubbed and edgeworn, with fore-edge corners frayed to boards. Suede spinal margins of both front and back covers are toned green. Gilt at both spine and front panel is sharp and bright. Top of textblock edged in gilt. Spine square. Binding sound. Original ribbon marker is frayed loose, but present. Bookplate at front paste down. Title page and colophon illuminations have left faint ghost illustrations at opposite pages. Interior else clean, pages bright, text unmarked. Stored and sold in protective sleeve.
Synopsis
Includes bibliographical references (p. [298]-301)
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Book Bin (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- BBS-2013672
- Title
- The House of Life
- Author
- Rossetti, Dante Gabriel
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Roycrofters at the Roycroft Shop; East Aurora, NY
- Date Published
- 1899
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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- 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....
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Colophon
- The colophon contains information about a book's publisher, the typesetting, printer, and possibly even includes a printer's...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- 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...