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Ode, On the Pleasure arising from Vicissitude
by Thomas Gray
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine/No Jacket
- Seller
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Gleneden Beach, Oregon, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
San Francisco, Calfornia: John Henry Nash, 1933. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Beautiful Work of Printing by legendary John Henry Nash, Number 186 of Limited Edition of 200, 13 inches in height by 9 inches in width, TWO volumes in custom slipcase, Printed for William Andrews Clark Jr. Volumes are FINE, light grey paper boards with vellum spines, bright gilt tittles, NO previous owner name or bookplate, plus facsimile of 1774 printing. Frontis portrait of Mr. Gray. Volumes Fine, There is a 4 inch minor split along the top edge of the chemise next to the label, holding strong, Publishers Slipcase is near Fine, some light toning and some light wear, nice spine label. Professionally shipped via USPS Media. BARGAIN PRICED. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Pacific Coast Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 003722
- Title
- Ode, On the Pleasure arising from Vicissitude
- Author
- Thomas Gray
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Limited Edition
- Publisher
- John Henry Nash
- Place of Publication
- San Francisco, Calfornia
- Date Published
- 1933
- Keywords
- John Henry Nash, Fine Printing
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
Pacific Coast Books
10 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 10 days after delivery if an item arrives mis-described or damaged.
About the Seller
Pacific Coast Books
Biblio member since 2015
Gleneden Beach, Oregon
About Pacific Coast Books
Pacific Coast Books specializes in quality of books of interest from our store on the Central Oregon Coast. We are proud members of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America and have been buying and selling books for almost 20 years. Visit our website at www.Pacifc CoastBooks.net. Please feel free to call or email with any titles you would like to add to your collection. Only a small fraction of our inventory is online. We buy book collections.
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- Fine
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- Facsimile
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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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Spine Label
- The paper or leather descriptive tag attached to the spine of the book, most commonly providing the title and author of the...
- 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. ...
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