The Turn Of the Screw.
by James, Henry; Mariette Lydis (illustr.); Saul and Lillian Marks (printers)
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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San Francisco, California, United States
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About This Item
Los Angeles: Limited Editions Club, Plantin Press, 1949.. 4to. 145 pp. Very Good, Tan Decorative Cloth with some sun-staining especially along spine, shelf wear, rubbing. Provenance: John Ruyle, his bookplate inside cover. With an Introduction by Carl Van Doren. Illustrations printed in gravure by The Photogravure & Color Company of New York. One of 1500 copies, Publisher's Copy according to penciled note on FFEP.
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- Bookseller
- Alan Wofsy Fine Arts (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 15-4866
- Title
- The Turn Of the Screw.
- Author
- James, Henry; Mariette Lydis (illustr.); Saul and Lillian Marks (printers)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Los Angeles: Limited Editions Club, Plantin Press, 1949.
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About the Seller
Alan Wofsy Fine Arts
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San Francisco, California
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- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Gravure
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- New
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