Robert John Gibbings (52 results)
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Seller: Priceless Books, Urbana, IL, U.S.A.Priceless Books
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Paperback. Condition: VG. 120pp. Extremities lightly rubbed. Robert Gibbings (illustrator).
Language: English
Published by Houghton Mifflin, Wilmington, Massachusetts, U.S.A., 1989
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Paperback. Condition: Good. Later Printing. Curling to wraps at foreedge, inscription to first page. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". b/w Illustrated By Robert Gibbings (illustrator). Book.
Language: English
Published by A Harvest Original / Harcourt Brace & Company, San Diego, 1999
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Paperback. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. San Diego: A Harvest Original / Harcourt Brace & Company 1999. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 015600559X "Gathering some of the best travel writing ever collected about the enchanted Emerald Isle". 293+ pages, frontispiece map. National Geographic Ireland and Northern Ireland: A V…isitor's Guide color map folded and laid in. Near fine with ight edge wear. clph.
Published by The Naldrett Press, 1952
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- First Edition
Seller: COLLINS BOOKS, Seattle, WA, U.S.A.COLLINS BOOKS
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HARDCOVER. 1st edition. 219pp, octavo. tight binding, clean interior, mild edgewear/shelfwear, dusty page edges, Good+ torn edgs, nice sover image and colors/helfwear, Good.
Published by Naldrett Press (1952), London, UK, 1952
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- First Edition
Seller: Riverow Bookshop, Owego, NY, U.S.A.Riverow Bookshop
Contact seller5-star sellerCloth. Condition: VG/G. First Edition. London, UK: Naldrett Press. VG/G. (1952). First Edition. Cloth. With over 30 drawings by the artist. Map of the Pacific. . 8vo., 219pp., Jacket gently frayed at tips with small tears; else, vg clean, tight copy . Black & White Illustrations (illustrator).
Book and Magazine Collector : No 100 July 1992 / Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Ursula Le Guin, Penguin Specials, Robert Gibbings, bibliographer W.O.G Lofts, Cowboy comics library & annuals, John Mortimer
John Dean (Editor) / Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Ursula Le Guin, Penguin Specials, Robert Gibbings, bibliographer W.O.G Lofts, Cowboy comics library & annuals, John Mortimer .
Published by Diamond Publishing Group Ltd, 1992
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Add to basketSoft cover. Condition: Very Good. 148 pages. Illustrated. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Ursula Le Guin, Penguin Specials, Robert Gibbings, bibliographer W.O.G Lofts, Cowboy comics library & annuals, John Mortimer .
Book and Magazine Collector : No 100 July 1992 / Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Ursula Le Guin, Penguin Specials, Robert Gibbings, bibliographer W.O.G Lofts, Cowboy comics library & annuals, John Mortimer
John Dean (Editor) / Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Ursula Le Guin, Penguin Specials, Robert Gibbings, bibliographer W.O.G Lofts, Cowboy comics library & annuals, John Mortimer .
Published by Diamond Publishing Group Ltd, 1992
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Add to basketSoft cover. Condition: Very Good. 148 pages. Illustrated. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Ursula Le Guin, Penguin Specials, Robert Gibbings, bibliographer W.O.G Lofts, Cowboy comics library & annuals, John Mortimer .
Published by The Naldrett Press, London, 1952
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- First Edition
Seller: Shoemaker Booksellers, Gettysburg, PA, U.S.A.Shoemaker Booksellers
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 220 pp. Original blue cloth covers, very bright and clean. Previous owner has made one line note on rear endpaper: "A good account of Pacific Adventures". DJ has light wear and tear to edges w/ mild chipping to corners and spine ends. Spine sunned…. Lightly soiled. Illust. w/ over 30 original drawings. Contents very nice. Robert Gibbings (illustrator).
Published by J.M. Dent, London, UK, 1948
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- First Edition
Seller: BookScene, Hull, MA, U.S.A.BookScene
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. 1st Printing. 1948. With illustrations by Robert Gibbings. Ex-Library, Few Markings. Nice Firm copy ! Light general wear. 240 pages. 6519.
Published by J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd, 1942
- Hardcover
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United KingdomWorld of Rare Books
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Add to basketCondition: Fair. 1942. Reprint. 230 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth with gilt lettering. Pages are mildly tanned with heavy foxing. Mild cracking to gutters, however binding remains firm. Previous owner's inscription to front endpaper. Boards have notable edgewear with corner crushing and heavy foxing to boards. Notable tanni…ng to board edges and spine, which has mild crushing to ends. Book has forward lean. Boards are mildly warped.
Language: English
Published by Blond Fine Art Ltd, London, 1979
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: The Bookshop at Beech Cottage, Newbury, United KingdomThe Bookshop at Beech Cottage
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Add to basketSoft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 16pp catalogue for Blond Fine Art exhibition staged from 8th November to 1st December 1979 at their Sackville Street gallery in London. Staple bound. Total of 213 exhibits, 25 of which are illustrated with b/w plates in this catalogue. Numerous artists' work on view inclu…ding Douglas Percy Bliss; John Buckland-Wright; John Farleigh; Robert Gibbings; Gertrude Hermes; Blair Hughes-Stanton; Clare Leighton; Gwen Raverat and Clifford Webb. Slightly dusty margins of front cover with tiny crease to top right hand corner. No inscriptions. In VG+ condition. Will adjust overseas shipping costs to reflect weight and size of this booklet. Douglas Percy Bliss; John Buckland-Wright; John Farleigh; Robert Gibbings; Gertrude Hermes; Blair Hughes-Stanton; Clare Leighton; Gwen Raverat; Clifford Webb (and others) (illustrator).
Published by J. M. Dent & Sons London. 1940, 1940
- Hardcover
Seller: Coch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd, MACHYNLLETH, United KingdomCoch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd
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Add to basketALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1940). (1940) 1941 Readers Union reprint. 8vo (131 x 201mm). Ppx,230. B/w engravings by the author. Blue cloth, spine titled in cream, with grass motif. Spine faded and slightly shaken. Inscription to front end-paper. Good-plus. Lacks du…st-wrapper. Robert Gibbings travels down the Thames from its source, recounting his observations and adventures and giving a commentary on the river's natural and local history. An interesting book with many good engravings by the author. The author followed this book with Coming Down the Wye, much in the same vein and first published in 1942. .
Published by Naldrett Press, London, UK, 1952
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: BookScene, Hull, MA, U.S.A.BookScene
Contact seller5-star sellerHardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 1st Printing. 1952. With illustrations by Robert Gibbings. Nice Firm Clean copy ! Jacket has edge wear, short tears, missing chip. Has small bookplate. 220 pages. 6519.
Published by The Naldrett Press Ltd, London, 1952
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Barter Books Ltd, Alnwick, NORTH, United KingdomBarter Books Ltd
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Add to basketCream hardback cloth cover. Condition: Good. First Edition. G : in Good condition without dust jacket. 220mm x 140mm (9" x 6"). 219pp.
Published by Hutchinson of London, London, 1959
- Hardcover
Seller: Rose's Books IOBA, Harwich Port, MA, U.S.A.Rose's Books IOBA
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Add to basketCloth. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Anthology of writing and artistic work. Cloth binding, 303 pp. Illustrated in color and black and white. Very good, no dustjacket. Gentleman, David; Felmingham, Michael; Gibbings, Robert; Kneale, Bryan; Lancaster, Osbert; Lowry, L. S.; Nash, John; Patten, Bryan; Ramsay, Eileen; Searle, Ron…ald; Smith, Edwin (illustrator).
Published by J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd, 1948
- Hardcover
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United KingdomWorld of Rare Books
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Add to basketCondition: Good. 1948. Reprinted. 229 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over green cloth. Black and white illustrations throughout. Pages and illustrations are lightly tanned throughout. Binding remains firm. Previous owner's inscription to front free endpaper. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Very slight crushing to… spine ends. Clipped jacket has heavy edgewear with areas of loss, heavy tears, chips, and creasing. Sticker to front flap. Light tanning to spine and edges. Water stain to spine, ring mark to front panel.
Published by The Naldrett Press, London, 1952
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Adelaide Booksellers, Clarence Gardens, SA, AustraliaAdelaide Booksellers
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Add to basketHardback. Condition: Very Good. 1st UK Edition. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Black & white illustrations by Robert Gibbings. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 219 pa…ges. History, geography and tales of the Pacific Ocean.
Published by Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1941
- Hardcover
Seller: Horsham Rare Books, Horsham, United KingdomHorsham Rare Books
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Add to basketHardcover with dust jacket. Condition: Very Good-. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Third Edition. Grey cloth hardcover, top of spine faded, no inscriptions. Spotting to closed page edges. The dust jacket has loss to spine, is worn to extremities and is price clipped. Illustrated with woodcuts by Robert Gibbings. ; Black & white eng…ravings; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 256 pages. Illustrated by Robert Gibbings (illustrator).
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Published by Golden Cockerel Press, London, 1943
- Hardcover
Seller: Woodbridge Rare Books, Suffolk, United KingdomWoodbridge Rare Books
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. 25x16cm, 52pp. With wood engravings by various illustrators printed in black. A copy of the unlimited edition, bound in full blue cloth over boards, title in red to the upper board and backstrip, later acetate dustjacket. The second of the Golden Cockerel Press self-published bibliographies, cove…ring 43 books issued between 1936 and 1943. The real treasure within is the cornucopia of wood engravings by just about all the most notable contemporary illustrators in the medium. A clean copy, free of annotations with the pages bright and unbrowned. Very Good (the cloth slightly mottled and grubby as often, small ink spot to the lower board). Dorothea Braby, John Buckland Wright, Robert Gibbings, Eric Gill, John O'Connor, Reynolds Stone et al (illustrator).
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Published by Golden Cockerel Press, 1949
- Hardcover
Seller: Roz Hulse, Plymouth, DEVON, United KingdomRoz Hulse
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Cockalorum. 'Being a Bibliography of The Golden Cockerel Press. June 1943-December 1948'. Printed Golden Cockerel Press [No date] ca 1949 . Brown cloth boards, gilt title to front and spine. Foreword and Notes by Christopher Sandford. PP 112, 83 illustrations from the Books. Engravings… by Peter Barker-Mill, Dorothea Braby, John Buckland-Wright, Robert Gibbings, Eric Gill, Blair Hughes-Stanton, David Jones, Avril Mackenzie-Grieve, Gwenda Morgan, Paul Nash, John O'Connor, John Petts, Eric Ravilious, Mark Severin, Reynolds Stone, Clifford Webb. Extremely good selection of 83 illustrations plus informative text, including 'A Recollection' of Eric Ravilious by John O'Connor. Binding sunned at spine, all pages bound tight with strong and bright print. An excellent reference work. Dorothea Braby, John Buckland-Wright, Robert Gibbings, Eric Gill, Blair Hughes-Stanton, David Jones, Avril Mackenzie-Grieve, Gwenda Morgan, Paul Nash, John O'Connor, John Petts, Eric Ravilious, Reynolds Stone, Clifford Webb. (illustrator).
Published by Dent, 1962., 1962
- Hardcover
Seller: Sainsbury's Books Pty. Ltd., Camberwell, VIC, AustraliaSainsbury's Books Pty. Ltd.
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Add to basket8vo, 170pp. A very good hardback copy in like dust jacket.
Language: English
Published by The Decoy Press, Plaistow, London, 1919
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Seller: Entropy Books, Ferndale, MI, U.S.A.Entropy Books
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. Quarter tan cloth gilt with brown paper-covered boards and a cover label. 12mo., 104, (1) pages. illustrated. Stated Twelve Volumes but only two produced. A charming small book printed with some color including two mounted plates and wood engravings and woodcuts. Printed at the Curwen Press witho…ut attribution. General wear and soiling still very good copy. Scarce. Eric Gill, Paul Woodruffe, Herbert Rooke, Robert Gibbings, Lovat Fraser, Phillip Hagreen (illustrator).
Published by The Colophon, New York, 1931
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- First Edition
Seller: About Books, Henderson, NV, U.S.A.About Books
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good condition. No dust jacket. First Edition, Limited 3,000 copies. New York: The Colophon, 1931. Very Good condition. NO owner's name or bookplate. NOT a library discard. Pages are clean and unmarked. Part 7 only. Includes articles on Stephen Crane, R L Stevenson, half-titles, the Indian captivity of… Mary Jemison, and a George Bernard Shaw pamphlet previously unknown to bibliographers. Also reminiscences by Dard Hunter, a wood engraving by Thomas Nason and footnotes to Kipling bibliography by Flora Livingston. Robert Gibbings' article on the Golden Cockerel Press was printed by The Golden Cockerel Press. It features illustrations by Eric Gill, Robert Gibbings, Eric Ravilious, David Jones, and John Farleigh. Among the contributors are David Randall, Vincent Starrett, R. W. Chapman, and James Branch Cabell. Bound in the colorful original pictorial boards. First Edition, Limited 3,000 copies. Hardcover. Very Good condition/No dust jacket. Illus. by Farleigh, John; & Eric Gill, Robert Gibbings, Eric Ravilious, David Jones. 8.5" wide by 10.75" tall. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping. Farleigh, John; & Eric Gill, Robert Gibbings, Eric Ravilious, David Jones (illustrator).
Published by The Colophon, New York, 1931
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- First Edition
Seller: About Books, Henderson, NV, U.S.A.About Books
Contact seller5-star sellerHardcover. Condition: Near Fine condition. No dust jacket. First Edition, Limited 3,000 copies. New York: The Colophon, 1931. Near Fine condition. Sharp corners. NO owner's name or bookplate. NOT a library discard. Pages are clean and unmarked. Part 7 only. Includes articles on Stephen Crane, R L Stevenson, half-titles, the Indi…an captivity of Mary Jemison, and a George Bernard Shaw pamphlet previously unknown to bibliographers. Also reminiscences by Dard Hunter, a wood engraving by Thomas Nason and footnotes to Kipling bibliography by Flora Livingston. Robert Gibbings' article on the Golden Cockerel Press was printed by The Golden Cockerel Press. It features illustrations by Eric Gill, Robert Gibbings, Eric Ravilious, David Jones, and John Farleigh. Among the contributors are David Randall, Vincent Starrett, R. W. Chapman, and James Branch Cabell. Bound in the colorful original pictorial boards. First Edition, Limited 3,000 copies. Hardcover. Near Fine condition/No dust jacket. Illus. by Farleigh, John; & Eric Gill, Robert Gibbings, Eric Ravilious, David Jones. 8.5" wide by 10.75" tall. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping. Farleigh, John; & Eric Gill, Robert Gibbings, Eric Ravilious, David Jones (illustrator).
More imagesPublished by Published by Hodder & Stoughton January 1941, London, 1941
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Seller: Keoghs Books, Skipton, United KingdomKeoghs Books
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Add to basket, 256 pages, with engravings in the text Third edition (first in this form) , head and tail of spine rubbed, foxing to very-edges of pages, bookplate on front pastedown, the book is in good+ condition , dustwrapper has pieces missing from top of rear and head and tail of spine, price clipped, in just good condition , grey cloth…with black titles on the spine, blindstamped diagonal lines on covers 16mo, 18 x 12 cm Hardback ISBN.
- Hardcover
Seller: Castle Hill Books, Llandrindod Wells, United KingdomCastle Hill Books
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. xii + 105pp, illustrated, bound in red cloth with gilt design on front cover, gilt lettering to spine, with flimsy dustwrapper; Large quarto.
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Published by London: The Folio Society, 2007
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Seller: Louis88Books (Members of the PBFA), Andover, United KingdomLouis88Books (Members of the PBFA)
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Good. Limited Edition. London: The Folio Society, 2007, Numbered Limited Edition. Full Leather. Fine. Limited edition of 2750 numbered copies. This copy No. 229. Two volumes, facsimile bound in full morocco, blocked in 24-carat gold with a design featuring Eric Gill's four symbols for Matthew, Mark, Luke an…d John, supported in a blind-blocked frame, all page edges gilt; commentary volume quarter-bound in buckram and boar. A fine facsimile, in a newly-designed and elegant binding, of the Golden Cockerel Press' edition of the Four Gospels (1931), generally regarded as the press' finest production and as one of the most successful private press books of the twentieth century. The separate Commentary volume includes (1) John Dreyfus' essay on Eric Gill and the Golden Cockerel Type' (extracted from his book, A Typographical Masterpiece: An account of Eric Gill's collaboration with Robert Gibbings in producing the Golden Cockerel Press edition of The Four Gospels in 1931) and (2) Robert Gibbings' 'Memories of Eric Gill' reproduced from The Book Collector. As new set in virtually as new clamshell box. From the limitation page "This facsimile edition printed in 2007 by Memminger MedienCentrum on Favini feltmarked laid paperand bound by G. Lachenmaier in full goatskin leather with Fabriano Tiziano endleaves". Including the commentary volume and the buckram-bound solander box. Approximately 13 ½ inches tall Condition Report Externally Spine fine condition. Joints fine condition. Corners fine condition. Boards fine condition. Clamshell box fine condition minor marks. Page edges fine condition. See above and photos. Internally Hinges fine condition. Front paste down fine condition. Front free end paper fine condition. Title fine condition. Pages fine condition. Binding fine condition. See photos. Publisher: see above. Publication Date: 2007 Binding: Hardback.
Published by The Golden Cockerel Press, London, 1943
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Silver Trees Books, Malvern, WORCS, United KingdomSilver Trees Books
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Very good book structurally in rather undistinguished blue cloth covers with red titles to front and spine. Internally near fine; owner's name to flyleaf; copiously illustrated with wood engravings from the published books; binding tight; no foxing. Robert Gibbings, John… Buckland Wright, Lettice Sandford et al (illustrator).
More imagesPublished by J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd., London, 1962
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- First Edition
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United KingdomRooke Books PBFA
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Add to basketCloth. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good Indeed. First edition. A smart first edition of this illustrated bibliographical work on the art of Robert Gibbings, limited to nine hundred and fifty copies. First edition. Limited to nine hundred and fifty copies. Illustrated with a portrait frontispiece and sevente…en in-text engravings. Collated complete. One of the leaders of the revival of wood-engraving in the 1920s, Irish artist and author Robert Gibbings was director of the Golden Cockerel Press for nine years. The first part of the volume is a descriptive bibliography of the sixty-seven books illustrated by Gibbings; and the second lists his work as artist, writer, printer and publisher in chronological order, and also records some publications containing references to his work. There is a note on the printing methods of the Golden Cockerel Press, contributed by A. C. Cooper who was pressman throughout the period of Gibbings' direction. Written by A. Mary Kirkus, edited by Gibbings's partner Patience Empson, and John Harris. In the original quarter cloth binding. Externally, very smart with minor wear to the extremities. Original unclipped dust wrapper is also very smart with light wear and the odd small mark to the panels. Light sunning to the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout. Near Fine. Robert Gibbings (illustrator). book.
More imagesPublished by The Colophon Ltd, New York, 1931
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Seller: Tempo Books, Saint Paul, MN, U.S.A.Tempo Books
Contact seller5-star seller8.75" x 10.75" pp. [107], including two plates, one fold-out illustration, and multiple examples of printed illustrations throughout. Illustrated tan and red paper boards; book design motif. Light smudging to the cover boards. Ex-Libris plate on front pastedown in the name of "Edwin C. Buzbaum." Text and illustrations are bright… and clean. Very good. This is Part Seven of Colophon: A Book Collector's Quarterly featuring a variety of articles related to writing, book collections, and publications. Some of the included articles are "Thoughts on Half Titles," "Recipes for Writers," and "The Golden Cockerel Press.".
