Parchment and Vellum
by Fahey, Herbert and Peter
- Used
- Signed
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
San Francisco: Herbert and Peter Fahey, 1940. Pearce, George C.. Octavo. (21)pp. One of 50 copies, signed by Herbert and Peter Fahey below the colophon. Frontispiece illustration by George C. Pearce. With six vellum and two parchment samples tipped-in. Beautifully printed within a border of blue lines and with opening initials of blue, highlighted with silver. A fine copy bound in vellum with gilt-rule decoration. Hint of wear to original slipcase of blue boards with spine label. A rare sample book with a marvelous essay on the history and uses of vellum.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bromer Booksellers (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 32125
- Title
- Parchment and Vellum
- Author
- Fahey, Herbert and Peter
- Illustrator
- Pearce, George C.
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Herbert and Peter Fahey
- Place of Publication
- San Francisco
- Date Published
- 1940
- Bookseller catalogs
- Book Arts; Fine Printing;
Terms of Sale
Bromer Booksellers
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About the Seller
Bromer Booksellers
Biblio member since 2008
Boston, Massachusetts
About Bromer Booksellers
Bromer Booksellers specializes in rare and beautiful books. Owned and operated by Anne Bromer, who has been in the business of fine books for over fifty years, our shop carries a range of important private press books, designer bookbindings, illustrated books, children's books, and miniature books.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Colophon
- The colophon contains information about a book's publisher, the typesetting, printer, and possibly even includes a printer's...
- Parchment
- Pages or book covering made from a prepared animal skin. Parchment describes any animal skin used for books, while vellum is a...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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. ...