Bruce pettit davis (3 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: Good. 1934. No Edition Remarks. 145 pages. Fully bound in brown leather with gilt. Contains black and white photographic plates. Rough cut page edges. Pages remain clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Plates are bright and clear. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Peeling and loss to leather elements. Gilt lettering is bright and clear.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. 6-5/8" x 9-3/4", 145pp incl. prelims. Sewn binding in brown coated split leather binding with title block stamped in gilt foil on the front cover and spine. A small amount of edge wear at the top of the binding adjacent to the spine, otherwise light shelf wear to cover. Decorative end papers with split leather paste downs. Deckled fore edge. Top of book block is gilt tinted. Binding is square and tight. Inscribed on the half title page by Arnold Davis, a family scion, and dated April 1982, and signed by Davis on the title page. Frontispiece, a portrait of Margaret Davis, is protected by tissue guard. A very nice specimen of Depression-era commercial book making.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. 1st Edition. Photographs and drawings throughout. 145 pages, several uncut. Presentation copy. This book is bound in Davis calf leather, printed on laid antique byronic book paper in goudy old style type. Paste-down endpapers are same dark brown as binding. Free endpapers are pinks and browns all blended on a heavier paper. Dark brown leather, gilt design and titles on front and spine. FINE. Book.…