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The Vigil of Venus.
por Gielgud, Lewis (transl.); Buday, George (ill.)
- Usado
- Capa dura
- first
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- Livreiro
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Zurich, Switzerland
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Sobre este item
A handsome and little-known piece of fine printing, in the service of the Hungarian/British printmaker and wood engraver George Buday, a fellow of the Society of Wood-Engravers. First Edition, hand-numbered No. 93 of 250 copy, signed by Gielgud and Buday on the limitation page.
Description: Original quarter cream cloth over black marbled-paper covered boards. Gilt lettering on spine. Quarto: 27 × 22 cm; pp. 49, [1]. With 22 wood-engravings printed in black. 'Large paper' copies on W S Hodgkinson handmade paper with Millbourn Lexpar handmade endpapers, printed at the Westminster Press. Top edge cut, fore- and bottom edges uncut.
Condition: Externally excellent with just some minor abrasions and marks of usage. Internally quite fine. An excellent copy.
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Detalhes
- Livreiro
- Georg Schneebeli :: Rare Books & Prints
(CH)
- Nº do estoque do livreiro
- 000315
- Título
- The Vigil of Venus.
- Autor
- Gielgud, Lewis (transl.); Buday, George (ill.)
- Ilustrador
- George Buday
- Estado do livro
- Usado
- Quantidade Disponível
- 1
- Encadernação
- Capa dura
- Editorial
- Frederick Muller
- Local de publicação
- London
- Data de publicação
- 1952
- Peso
- 0.88 libras
- Catálogos de livreiros
- Private Press; Illustrated Books; Literature;
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Georg Schneebeli :: Rare Books & Prints
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Georg Schneebeli :: Rare Books & Prints
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