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Condition: Good. Good condition. Acceptable dust jacket. Hardcover edition.
Published by London: Paul Elek
Hardcover, no dust jacket. Profusely illustrated. Worn cover, spine cloth peeling, yellowed pages. Otherwise good. 166 pp.
Published by Paul Elek, London, 1947
Seller: Saucony Book Shop, Kutztown, PA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Ivory 1/4 cloth, dark blue cloth-effect paper-covered boards, lettered in white. Mildly rubbed along edges and corners, with minor exposure at bottom front corner, spine panel somewhat toned by age. Endpapers toned, interior otherwise clean and intact, printed on glossy coated paper. [iv],166 pp., 182 illus. including many color plates. Dust jacket (sized approx. 1/8" taller than binding) rather soiled, with chipped spine extremities, 1" loss at head of spine, edge chips, now in archival mylar. Size: Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Book.
Published by Paul Elek, London, 1947
Seller: Saucony Book Shop, Kutztown, PA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Ivory 1/4 cloth, dark blue cloth-effect paper-covered boards, lettered in white. Mildly rubbed along edges. Slight foxing to a few early and late leaves. [iv],166 pp., 182 illus. including many color plates. Dust jacket somewhat soiled, with toned spine panel showing small bit of loss, closed tear extending across a portion of top front binding corner, now in mylar. Size: Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Book.
Published by Les Editions de Chene, Paris, 1947
Seller: Saucony Book Shop, Kutztown, PA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Ivory 1/4 cloth, dark blue cloth-effect paper-covered boards, lettered in white. Ivory portions of binding toned, mild rubbing to corners. [iv],166 pp., 182 illus. including many color plates. Front flap of DJ laid in, otherwise lacking. Size: Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Book.
Published by Paul Elek Publishers, London, 1947
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. 1st UK Edition. Edited by André Lejard, Introduction by Philip James. London: Paul Elek, n.d. [1947]. 12 ½ x 9 in. Tan cloth back & blue paper boards. Edges moderately worn, tiny tear to head of spine, endpapers darkened, front hinge reinforced with archival tape. Most of the text and illustrations printed on coated paper - several in color - but few illustrations printed on different stock now showing moderate toning mostly to edges. 166 pages, profusely illustrated with book illustrations and examples of handsome leather bindings, 9th - 20th century overview of French books and printing.; Illustrated throughout; 12 1/2 x 9 inches; 166 pages.
Published by Paul Elek n.d.
Seller: Joel Rudikoff Art Books, White Plains, NY, U.S.A.
1st British 4to, cloth. 166 pp, 197 illustrations (19 in color), bibliography. Very good, but edge wear, and paper discoloration; no dj.
Published by Paul Elek, London, 1947
Seller: Antiquariat Andreas Schwarz, Bonn, Germany
Condition: Gut. 166 S.mit zahlr.Abboldungen; Original-Halbleinenband (Einband bezug berieben); 4°. Sonst gutes Exemplar,
Published by Les Editions de Chene, Paris, France, 1947
Seller: 100POCKETS, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good - COLLECTIBLE. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition, First Thus. Text/NEAR NEW; showing trace discoloration. Bi-color boards/VG w/light rubs to lower edge. DJ/Good; intact w/closed tears & small losses to lower edge, and soiled surface; under mylar. 12 centuries of French book production, dating from early 9th century manuscripts to those illustrated by Picasso, Matisse and Braque. This English translation of Le Livre is edited by Andre Lejard ((1899-1974). 166 pgs, w/182 illustrations & plates from the Bibliotheque Nationale. Text in 7 parts: 1, Introduction; 2, Manuscripts; 3, The French Book in the 15th & 16th Centuries; 4, The French Book in the 17th & 18th Centuries; 5, The French Book in the 19th Century (1801-1870); 6, The French Book in the 20th Century; and 7, Bindings). Fine copy despite flaws. Vintage/First Edition.
Published by Paul Elek, London, 1946
Seller: SAVERY BOOKS, Brighton, East Sussex, United Kingdom
Book
Hardback. Condition: Very Good. NO JACKET. Hardback. Undated, circa 1946. Clean & tight book. Front paste-down has a book token tipped in, dated 1950 from "Form IIA". No other inscriptions. Flat pages. NO JACKET. Dispatched ROYAL MAIL FIRST CLASS with TRACKING next working day or sooner securely boxed in cardboard. ref 460/26. The Art of the French Book, from early manuscripts to the present time. Edited by Andre Lejard. Introduction by Philip James. Published by Paul Elek, London.
Published by Paul Elek, no date [1947], 1947
Seller: Bertram Rota Ltd, Kintbury, United Kingdom
First Edition
First Edition. Copiously illustrated in black-and-white Large 4to A very nice copy in a dust-wrapper that is somewhat worn and chipped. With the ownership inscription of the printer and typographer Vivian Ridler on the front free end-paper.
Published by Paul Elek, London, 1947
Seller: Meiwes, Stuttgart, Germany
First English Edition. (1947) [4 ], 166 pp, cloth binding, 32 cm. Profoundly illustrated. A fine copy.