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An exceptional copy; fine in an equally fine dw. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Literally as new. ; 271 pages; Physical desc. : 271 p. : ill. ; 32 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. 263-266) and indexes. Subject: Folger Shakespeare Library - Catalogs. Bookbinding - History - Exhibitions.
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Fine and Historic Bookbindings From the Folger Shakespeare Library
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The Folger Shakespeare Library / Harry N. Abrams, 1992
ISBN 10: 0962925411
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Seller: Moe's Books, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good. Seller Inventory # 86955
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Fine and historic bookbindings from the Folger Shakespeare Library
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hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Folger Shakespeare Library/Harry N. Abrams 1992 4to. 271 pages. brown cloth boards. text block crisp. clean, tight copy. Seller Inventory # 175966
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Fine and Historic Bookbindings From The Folger Shakespeare Library
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The Folger Shakespeare Library, 1992
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Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. 1992, 271 pp. 4 to. A Limited Edition of 2500 copies based on an exhibit held in 1992 at the Folger Shakespeare Library, Wash. D.C., of historical bindings from the 15th century to the present. 244 illustrations, 14 in full color plates. The book is bound in brown cloth, title in gilt on cover and spine, front cover decorated in a field of small blind -tooled initials (FSL) to form a textural display. The textblock is of quality weighty stock.a joy to handle. Appendix, Glossary, Bibliography, 3 Indexes. Seller Inventory # ABE-1667959292102
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Fina and Historic Bookbindings from the Folger Shakespeare Library.
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The Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington, 1992
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Seller: Antiquariat Stefan Krüger, Essen, NRW, Germany
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Opp. OU 4°. Einbandkunst, Buchbinderei, - Umschlagrücken gering verbl. Seller Inventory # 58676
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Fine and Historic Bookbindings from the Folger Shakespeare Library
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The Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington, D. C., 1992
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 272 pages, w/many illustrations (color and b/w) showing the bindings. Limited printing of 2500 copies for this catalog. Introduction by Anthony Hobson. Photos by Julie Ainsworth. Exhibitions was Feb. 6, - Sept. 19, 1992 at the Folger Library in Washington. Unmarked, tight and clean. Seller Inventory # 518716
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Fine and Historic Bookbindings from the Folger Shakespeare Library
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Washiongton D.C., The Folger Shakespeare Library, 1992
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Seller: Klondyke, Almere, Netherlands
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Condition: Fair. With an Introduction by Anthony Hobson ; Photographs by Julie Ainsworth.; Light yellow stains on several pages. Seller Inventory # 239178
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Fine and historic bookbindings from the Folger Shakespeare Library / by Frederick A. Bearman, Nati H. Krivatsy, J. Franklin Mowery ; with an introduction by Anthony Hobson ; photographs by Julie Ainsworth
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Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland
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First Edition. Fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 271 pages; "This volume has been published in conjunction with the exhibition . on display at the Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington D.C., February 6 through September 19, 1992." -- t.p. verso. 271 p. : illus. ; 32 cm. Exhibits drawn from the Folger Shakespeare Library's permanent collections. Subjects: Folger Shakespeare Library -- Exhibitions. Bookbinding -- Book history -- Exhibitions. 2 Kg. Seller Inventory # 219030
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Fine and historic bookbindings from the Folger Shakespeare Library / by Frederick A. Bearman, Nati H. Krivatsy, J. Franklin Mowery ; with an introduction by Anthony Hobson ; photographs by Julie Ainsworth
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Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
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First Edition. Fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 271 pages; "This volume has been published in conjunction with the exhibition . on display at the Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington D.C., February 6 through September 19, 1992." -- t.p. verso. 271 p. : illus. ; 32 cm. Exhibits drawn from the Folger Shakespeare Library's permanent collections. Subjects: Folger Shakespeare Library -- Exhibitions. Bookbinding -- Book history -- Exhibitions. 2 Kg. Seller Inventory # 219030
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Fine and Historic Bookbindings from the Folger Shakespeare Library.
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Seller: Wykeham Books, LONDON, United Kingdom
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Cloth, 4to, 32 cm, 271 pp, ills, plates. Contents include: Introduction by Anthony Hobson; CATALOGUE OF THE BINDINGS: Preface; 1 15th-Century Bindings on Incunabula; 2 English and German Bindings, 16th and Early 17th Centuries; 3 Bindings from the Reign of Queen Elizabeth I ; 4 Panel-Stamp and Roll Decoration, 16th and 17th Centuries; 5 Bindings from the Reign of King James I to the Commonwealth; 6 Bindings from the Restoration; 7 Vellum Bindings, 16th and 17th Centuries ; 8 Embroidered and Velvet Bindings, 16th and 17th Centuries; 9 Five Centuries of Edge Decoration; 10 Furniture, Clasps, and Bosses, 15th - 18th Centuries; 11 Bindings from the Reign of Queen Anne to King George III; 12 Continental Renaissance and Baroque Bindings; 13 Celebrating Shakespeare in the 20th century; 14 English 19th- and 20th-Century Bindings; 15 American and Continental 19th- and 20th-Century Bindings; 16 Two 19th-Century Forgeries; 17 Miniature Bindings, 17th - 20th Centuries. Appendix: Manuscript Fragments in the Bindings; Glossary of Terms; Bibliography; Indexes: A. Binders, Binderies, and Types of Bindings; B. Places of Binding; C. Former Owners. Fine in Fine dustwrapper. Seller Inventory # ABE-32854
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Fine and Historic Bookbindings from the Folger Shakespeare Library
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Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington
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ISBN 13: 9780962925412
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[0-9629254-1-1] 1992. (4to) Fine in fine dust jacket. 271pp. Color photographs, appendix, glossary, bibliography, indices. Introduction by Anthony Hobson. Photography by Julie Ainsworth. (Art, Bookbinding, Folger Shakespeare Library). Seller Inventory # 156940