A Thousand and One Fore-Edge Paintings: With Notes on the Artists , Bookbinders, Publishers and Other Men and Women Connected with the History of a Curious Art
Weber, Carl J.
Published by Colby College Press, Waterville, 1949
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Hardcover. 1000cc. xvi, 185pp+ index. Front hinge just starting in the middle, ink blot on title page obscuring part of author's last name, else a very good hardback in a rubbed jakcet that is creased from being folded into fours at one time. Seller Inventory # 56308
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Title: A Thousand and One Fore-Edge Paintings: With...
Publisher: Colby College Press, Waterville
Publication Date: 1949
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good
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A Thousand One Fore-Edge Paintings with notes on the Artists, Bookbinders, Publishers and other Men and Women connected with the History of a Curious Art.
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Seller: Collinge & Clark, London, United Kingdom
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. One of 1,000 copies printed on rag paper by The Anthoensen Press, Maine. Inserted black-and-white plates, tipped-in colour plates, vignettes and decoratios within the text. Blue buckram, maroon leather spine label titled in gilt. Ownership signature of Rigby Graham. Lacks dust-jacket, but otherwise a fine copy. With a list of 1001 fore-edge paintings in American libraries and collections. Seller Inventory # 13710
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A Thousand and One Fore-Edge Paintings. With Notes on the Artists, Bookbinders, Publishers, and Other Men and Women Connected with the History of a Curious Art.
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Seller: Jeff Weber Rare Books, Neuchatel, NEUCH, Switzerland
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Series: Colby College Monograph No. 16. Large 8vo. xvi, 194 pp. 24 illustrations, index. Original blue-green buckram, dust-jacket; jacket edges a bit worn, cellophane tape applied to head of jacket spine. Signed by the author's grandson, Jeff Weber. Very good. LIMITED EDITION of 1,000 copies printed by the Anthoensen Press. The first published history of fore-edge painting, this text was written by an English professor (my grandfather) who brought his love of English literature to offer some added interest to this unique field of book decoration. The edition contains within the important inventory of 1,001 specimens of fore-edge painting arranged roughly in chronological order. The sources of those specimens were taken from public and private collections, most notably the Doheny collection. Seller Inventory # FF236
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A Thousand and One Fore-Edge Paintings. With Notes on the Artists, Bookbinders, Publishers and other Men and Women connected with the History of a Curious Art
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Colby College Press, Waterville, ME, 1949
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Seller: Colophon Book Shop, ABAA, Exeter, NH, U.S.A.
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First Edition, Limited to 1,000 copies. First Edition, Limited to 1,000 copies. quarto, blue cloth in dust jacket. xvi, 194 pp. Colby College Press, Colby College Monograph No. 16. Printed by the Anthoensen Press. Illustrated with tipped-in color frontispiece and 23 black and white plates. Presentation copy inscribed at the end of the Preface "for F. Elizabeth Libbey / Carl J. Weber / Colby College / April 9, 1949." Also inscribed to "Elizabeth" on the front endpaper by Jim Humphrey of Colby College Press. Elizabeth Libbey was a 1929 graduate of Colby College who went on to become a librarian at the school. An unusually fine copy of this book with only minor dust soiling to jacket and a few short, closed tears. Book fine and clean. quarto, blue cloth in dust jacket. Seller Inventory # 32715
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A Thousand and One Fore-Edge Paintings; with notes on the artists, bookbinders, publishers and other men and women connected with the history of a curious art.
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Colby College Press., Waterville, Maine., 1949
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Seller: James & Mary Laurie, Booksellers A.B.A.A, Minneapolis, MN, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine condition. Dust Jacket Condition: fine. 1st Edition. One of one thousand copies printed on rag paper by The Anthoensen Press in Portland, Maine. Bound in publisher's original aqua cloth with red leather label on spine printed in gilt. Dust jacket with minor spine fading in fine condition. With a spectacular presentation from the author to Dr. Irvin Kerlan, founder and namesake of the reknown Kerlan Collection of children's books at the University of Minnesota! Dated September 28th in the year of publication. Seller Inventory # 9026305
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