Hoe Robert Jr Editor (3 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Dust Jacket. Early edition, dated 1880 on the title page. Ornate gold imagery, gold titles with deckled text block on green cloth binding. Full title: "An Introduction to the Knowledge Necessary for Forming A Collection of Ancient Prints by J. Maberly". Front and rear inner hinges are split and the book is shaken, all prints and pages remain intact. This copy is from a 19th Century private lending institution, the Mercantile Library of New York City. There is a handwritten number and Mercantile Library stamp on the title page and some of the internal pages. There are no other indications of the library's ownership. International shipping may require added postage charges.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 4to, hardcover. No dj, olive green cloth. Good condition. Rear endpaper cracked at gutter, binding integrity tenuous. Binding otherwise tight, no marking or writing. 336 pp.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. No Jacket. First American Edition. Offers all that is described in the wonderful title, along with "Notes, an Account of Contemporary Etching and Etchers, and a Bibliography of Engraving" by Editor Robert Hoe, Jr. Orig. published in 1879, this is the First American Edition from 1880, with a new Introduction to the same by the Editor. In 336 pages, lavishly illustrated throughout with small steel engravings opening each chapter, + a frontispiece + 7 internal plates, this small quarto (7.0" x 9.5") is bound in deep green cloth over boards with bright gilt design to front/gilt lettering to spine. Condition is VG+: extremely clean, sewn binding strong & secure, hinges intact, pages creamy white with age-appropriate tanning, a bit heavier around edges, but completely unmarked. Modest rubbing to extremities, slight pushing to lower spine, mild bumping to all corners. No DJ, as issued. Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same Day Shipping on all orders received by 2 pm Weekdays (Pacific time); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day.…