decorative initial letters collected arranged von johnson (4 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. No Jacket. FAIR / NO DUST JACKET. Limited edition number 399 of 500. Text clean and unmarked, but pages are dampstained about 1/4" at top edge. Pastedowns dampstained and slightly foxed. Illustratrated with 122 examples of initial letters dating from circa 1500 to circa 1929. Blue cloth boards decorated with gilt borders and an initial C in gilt at front, gilt borders and lettring at spine. Boards scuffed and dampstained, corners rubbed and bumped, spine top and tail rubbed. Joints and hinges good, Binding firm.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. 1st Edition. Good in like dust jacket. A little foxed. All but unobtainable in dust jacket. LIMITED EDITION No. 177 of only 500 copies. Backing has been applied to dust jacket and some crude repairs made along bottom edge.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No. 460 of an edition limited to 500 copies. xxiv, 248pp illustrated throughout with monochrome and two-colour plates of initial letters and numbers. Blue cloth-covered boards with gilt title on spine and gilt design on front. Folio. Spine rubbed at ends and sun faded. Cloth worn through where spine meets rear cover at head. Bottom of covers bumped and small 1cm tear in cloth on verso. Cloth worn through on front corners, else mildly worn. Blemish on front paste down. Library embossed stamps on prelim pages and then occasionally throughout. Overall tight and bright. With an extensive introduction on the history and printing of initial letters and their design and use.

Zustand: Very Good. Limited Edition. Limited to 500 copies. Book measures 14 x 10 1/2 inches. Collation, xxiii,247pp, illustrated throughout, a few in colour. Bound in original publishers blue cloth, with gilt lettering, lines, and crest on top board. Cloth lightly rubbed, nicked on tail of spine, age darkened. Binding in good clean firm condition. Internally, pages clean throughout. A good clean solid copy. Size: Folio - over 12" - 15" tall.