Calf Binding material made from cowhide-versatile, durable, usually tan or brown in color, of smooth texture with no or little apparent grain.

Broadside Sheet printed on one side, typically for public display, usually larger than folio size (a folio being a broadside-size sheet printed on both sides and folded once, to make four pages).

Book-Plate Label, generally affixed to the front pastedown, identifying a book’s owner.

Of particular value to collectors as evidence of a very early form of the book. “Original boards” refers to cardboard-like front and back boards, from about 1700 to 1840, used as temporary protection for books before their purchasers would have them bound.

Boards Hard front and rear covers of a bound book which are covered in cloth, leather or paper.Association Copy copy that belonged to someone connected with the author or the contents of a book.Armorial Used to describe a binding bearing the coat of arms of the original owner, or with bookplates incorporating the owner’s arms.Although the name contains the word “tint”, this is a black-and-white printing process aquatint plates can often be hand colored, however. By changing the areas of the plate that are exposed and the length of time the plate is submerged in the acid bath, the engraver can obtain fine and varying shades of gray that closely resemble watercolor washes. Aquatint Copperplate process by which the plate is “bitten” by exposure to acid.A very good copy with a wonderful association. Light stains on fore-edge, text block starting, mild sunning to spine and rubbing to covers. Singer’s inscription includes a small, whimsical sketch of a pig. He agreed under the condition that she translate it the result was the award-winning Zlateh the Goat.

It was Shub who suggested to Singer that he write a children’s book. Elizabeth Shub was an author, editor, and translator, and long-time friend to Singer.

Singer’s tale of a 19th-century, Polish conjurer was “published serially as Der Kuntsnmakher fun Lublin in the Yiddish-language daily newspaper Forverts in 1959 and published in book form in English in 1960” (Britannica Online). $350.Įarly paperback edition of Singer’s third novel in English, inscribed and signed by him on the half title to translator Elizabeth Shub: “To Libby with love, Isaac, N.Y., July 11, 1960,” with his sketch of a pig. THE MAGICIAN OF LUBLIN, PRESENTATION ASSOCIATION COPY, INSCRIBED BY SINGER

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