Virginibus Puerisque & Other Papers
by [Florence Press]. STEVENSON, Robert Louis
- Used
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
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About This Item
London: Published for the Florence Press by Chatto & Windus, 1910. London, Published for the Florence Press by Chatto & Windus, 1910 (first thus)/ 1881. Quarto, [x] (first and last blank), 120, [2] (colophon, verso blank) plus 12 plates (chromolithographs after designs by Norman Wilkinson) with captioned tissue-guards. Original limp vellum with overlapping edges, lettered in gilt on the spine and front cover; green silk ribbon ties; top edge gilt, others uncut; short split (a production flaw) to the uncut edge of one leaf; minimal signs of handling; a near-fine copy. Number 124 of 250 copies on Aldwych hand-made paper (of which 235 were offered for sale); a further 12 copies were printed on vellum (of which 10 were for sale). This collection of essays by Stevenson was first published in 1881.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Michael Treloar Antiquarian Booksellers (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 123804
- Title
- Virginibus Puerisque & Other Papers
- Author
- [Florence Press]. STEVENSON, Robert Louis
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Published for the Florence Press by Chatto & Windus
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1910
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About the Seller
Michael Treloar Antiquarian Booksellers
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Adelaide, South Australia
About Michael Treloar Antiquarian Booksellers
The business was established in Adelaide in March 1976 and is a longstanding member of the Australian and New Zealand Association of Antiquarian Booksellers (ANZAAB) and the Australian Antique Dealers Association (AADA). A large out-of-print and antiquarian stock is maintained at our retail outlet in the centre of Adelaide; mail-order catalogues of our specializations are issued and a representative selection of our stock is online.
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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....
- 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...
- 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. ...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.