Details
- Dimensions
- 1.5ʺW × 6ʺD × 8.5ʺH
- Styles
- Illustration
- Period
- 1930s
- Country of Origin
- United States
- Item Type
- Vintage, Antique or Pre-owned
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- Materials
- Leather
- Paper
- Condition
- Good Condition, Original Condition Unaltered, Some Imperfections
- Color
- Tan
- Condition Notes
- Very good. Very good. less
- Description
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Irving, Washington. The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent.
New York: The Heritage Press (HP). Copyright 1939 [Chicago: Presented by … more Irving, Washington. The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent.
New York: The Heritage Press (HP). Copyright 1939 [Chicago: Presented by Illinois Gear & Machine Co. (IGM), 1954]. Special edition. 8vo; xiv + (2), 399 pp. Full tan pebble-grain leather with gilt tooled covers, dentelles and upper leaf edge, sporadic light scratches to upper leaf edge and board edges, silk moire fabric end papers, color frontispiece, color and black/white illustrations, a couple of board tips worn. The Volume is set in linotype Scotch Roman type, printed on paper especially made for this volume. Presentation page inscribed, "Especially For - J. Wedences". Illustrated by Gordon Ross. Very good.
Note: HP created several exclusive variants of their volumes for the IGM, special lot done produced over several years. (Of Interest: IGM HP Volumes)
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