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THE WOOD ENGRAVINGS OF JOAN HASSALL. With an Introduction by Ruari McLean.
by HASSALL, Joan; MCLEAN, Ruari
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine in Dust Jacket
- Seller
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Hornby Island, British Columbia, Canada
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About This Item
London: Oxford University Press, 1960. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in Dust Jacket. Octavo, original black cloth titled and with a small decoration in gilt on spine and front panel. 38 pp + [82] pp plates. Small booksellers label on front paste-down, a fine copy in a fine dust jacket.
¶ Contains a long essay by Ruari plus the bibliography "Books Containing Illustrations by Joan Hassall".
¶ Contains a long essay by Ruari plus the bibliography "Books Containing Illustrations by Joan Hassall".
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- Bookseller
- Thompson Rare Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 311344
- Title
- THE WOOD ENGRAVINGS OF JOAN HASSALL. With an Introduction by Ruari McLean.
- Author
- HASSALL, Joan; MCLEAN, Ruari
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine in Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1960
- Bookseller catalogs
- Illustrated Books;
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- Fine
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- First Edition
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- Jacket
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- Paste-down
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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....
- Cloth
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- Gilt
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