The Magic of the Book
by Orcutt, William Dana
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Three quarters vellum, gilt spine, t.e.g. Fine
- Seller
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HACKETTSTOWN, New Jersey, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Boston: Little, Brown, 1930. First edition, 341 of 375 copies signed. Illustrated, with 6 plates only in the Limited Edition. xi, 314, [2] pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Three quarters vellum, gilt spine, t.e.g. Fine. First edition, 341 of 375 copies signed. Illustrated, with 6 plates only in the Limited Edition. xi, 314, [2] pp. 1 vols. 8vo.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Old Mill Bookshop (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 248616
- Title
- The Magic of the Book
- Author
- Orcutt, William Dana
- Format/Binding
- Illustrated, with 6 plates only in the Limited Edition. xi, 314, [2] pp. 1 vols. 8vo
- Book Condition
- Used - Three quarters vellum, gilt spine, t.e.g. Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition, 341 of 375 copies signed
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Little, Brown
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1930
- Keywords
- Book-Collecting
Terms of Sale
The Old Mill Bookshop
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About the Seller
The Old Mill Bookshop
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HACKETTSTOWN, New Jersey
About The Old Mill Bookshop
Founded in 1978 by James Cummins, the firm has grown to include two New Jersey locations as well as the main store at 699 Madison Avenue. The Madison avenue store is an oasis for book-lovers, a quiet and pleasantly furnished book room with a carefully chosen, expertly catalogued and broad-based selection of fine and rare books, autographs, manuscripts, and works of art.
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- 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...
- 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...
- 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....
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...