Libanus press butler samuel (3 risultati)
Editore: Crown 8vo, [20]pp., Libanus Press, Marlborough, 1987., 1987
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- Prima edizione
Da: Collinge & Clark, London, Regno UnitoCollinge & Clark
Contatta il venditoreVenditore con 4 stelleCondizione: Usato - Ottimo
EUR 36,22
EUR 18,34 spedizioneSpedito da Regno Unito a U.S.A.Quantità: 1 disponibili
Aggiungi al carrelloSoft cover. Condizione: Fine. 1st Edition. One of 475 copies set in Bell type and printed in black (the engravings in reddish-brown) on Amatruda paper. Sewn into overlapping Fabriano paper wrappers printed in black on the front. A near fine copy. The first edition of an entertaining essay about books: not the reading, writing, o…r collecting of them but how useful a big book was to the author in allowing him to build up a sloping desk for himself in the British Museum where all around were condemned to work on flat table tops.
Editore: Marlborough, Libanus Press 1987., 1987
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Da: Adam Mills Rare Books, Cambridge, Regno UnitoAdam Mills Rare Books
Contatta il venditoreVenditore con 4 stelleCondizione: Usato
EUR 33,80
EUR 29,30 spedizioneSpedito da Regno Unito a U.S.A.Quantità: 1 disponibili
Aggiungi al carrelloStriking dark plum-coloured wrappers titled in black. Narrow 8vo, c.pp20, neat little owner's booklabel on endpaper, a fine copy. With 3 wood engravings printed in dark plum by Phillida Gili. Very attractive. Edition Limited to 475 copies printed on ivory Amatruda paper. **** To confirm availability before ordering, please click… the link Ask Bookseller A Question.
Altre immaginiEditore: Libanus Press, Marlborough, 1987
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Da: SOPHIE SCHNEIDEMAN RARE BOOKS, ABA, ILAB, LONDON, Regno UnitoSOPHIE SCHNEIDEMAN RARE BOOKS, ABA, ILAB
Contatta il venditoreVenditore con 5 stelleCondizione: Usato
EUR 48,29
EUR 30,47 spedizioneSpedito da Regno Unito a U.S.A.Quantità: 1 disponibili
Aggiungi al carrelloOne of 475 copies. 3 wood engravings by Phillida Gili printed in sanguine. Printed in Monotype Bell on Amatruda paper, the cover paper is Fabriano Roma. Pp. [20]. Small 8vo., [13.5 x 20.5 cms], russet paper wrappers, black titles to upper cover, lower edge uncut. Slightly creased at edges, touch of fading to spine, otherwise fin…e. Samuel Butler's digressive and eccentric essay recounting his visits to the British Museum and its lack of sloping desks â" upon which he needs in order to write â" and his subsequent use of a book as the required support.
