The Magic of the Book
by Orcutt, William Dana
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Very Good /No Jacket
- Seller
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Sumner, Iowa, United States
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About This Item
Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.: Little Brown and Company. Special Edition of 25 copies which were not for sale. This is copy C which is signed in blck ink by author. Half bound in vellum (spine and outer corners in vellum) Pages are pristine. Frontis captioned tissue is whole. Gilt on spine and top edge of pages gilt. Front and bottom edges of pages untrimmed. Clean, No odor. Some shelf wear to edges of boards; spine vellum has some discoloration; tiny number in ink on front paste down in left upper corner. 314 No slipcase. Very good clean copy of Special Edition.Has all illustrations only in limited editions. . Very Good. Hardcover. Special Edition. 1st Printing. 1930.
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- Bookseller
- WoodWorks Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001412
- Title
- The Magic of the Book
- Author
- Orcutt, William Dana
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Special Edition
- Publisher
- Little Brown and Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 1930
- Pages
- 314
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Magic of the Book; William Dana Orcutt; Orcutt; Books about Books;
- Bookseller catalogs
- Books and Writing;
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Sumner, Iowa
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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....
- Edges
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- Vellum
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- Shelf Wear
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- 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...