A Thousand and One Fore-Edge Paintings
Language: English
Published by Colby College Press, Portland, Maine, 1949
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: Rosenlund Rare Books & Manuscripts, Basking Ridge, NJ, U.S.A.Rosenlund Rare Books & Manuscripts
AbeBooks seller since March 15, 2002
Condition: Used - Very good
£ 933.93
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xi, 194p. Publisher cloth over boards with a well preserved dust jacket. Limited to 1000 copies and nicely printed by the Anthoensen Press in Portland, Maine. Inscribed by Carl Weber on the inside front blank to Ernest C. Marriner. It includes in a tipped in letter to Ernest Marriner dated April 5, 1949 signed by Carl Weber. " Dear Ernest, I was on the point of writing something in this book about "To the author of Little Talks onCommon Things from the author of a Great Big Talk on Uncommon Things" but then I was afraid that this jest might turn sour and lead to your throwing the book in the fire, some cold night; and I don't want you to do that. Some body might like to look at the pictures some day. In any case, please accept this, with my Easter Greetings". Also includes an inserted newspaper article inside the rear cover from the Los Angeles Times dated 1949 on fore-edge paintings. A well preserved copy with a few stains and chips on the dust jacket. Ernest C Marriner (1892-1983) was, according to Colby College website, "prominent historical figure in Waterville and the Kennebec Valley. His expertise as a historian is renown. Marriner was affiliated with Colby for over 40 years. Graduating from Colby in 1913, he acted as librarian and professor of bibliography for six years and then taught English for 31 years. He was Dean of Men from 1929 to 1946 and Dean of Faculty from 1946 to 1957. He retired from the faculty in 1960". An important study with an important provenance with Colby College connection. …
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Bibliographic details
- Title
- A Thousand and One Fore-Edge Paintings
- Author
- Weber, Carl [Inscribed by the author to Ernest C Marriner and with a letter from Weber tipped in]
- Publisher
- Colby College Press, Portland, Maine
- Publication year
- 1949
- Condition
- Very Good
- Signed
- Inscribed by Author(s)
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall
Rosenlund Rare Books & Manuscripts
Basking Ridge, NJ, U.S.A.
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