extra-illustrated

Books that are extra-illustrated should be avoided by the collector on principle.

The Book-Hunter at Home P. B. M. Allan

In his _Bibliomania_ Dibdin enumerates eight symptoms of this "darling passion or insanity," in the following order: "A passion for large-paper copies, uncut copies, extra-illustrated copies, unique copies, copies printed on vellum, first editions, true editions, and black-letter copies."

Book-Lovers, Bibliomaniacs and Book Clubs Henry H. Harper

'Yes,' he replied, 'few of them are aware that the volume of this Life is extra-illustrated.'

The Bibliotaph and Other People Leon H. Vincent

[89] The copy in the Pittar sale at Sotheby's in November 1918 was extra-illustrated and finely bound.

The Book-Hunter at Home P. B. M. Allan

Others still are "extra-illustrated" works, in which one volume is swelled to several by the insertion of a multitude of portraits, autographs, and engravings, more or less illustrative of the contents of the book.

A Book for All Readers An Aid to the Collection, Use, and Preservation of Books and the Formation of Public and Private Libraries Ainsworth Rand Spofford

From an old drawing in an extra-illustrated copy of Pennant's _London_ now in the British Museum.

Shakespearean Playhouses A History of English Theatres from the Beginnings to the Restoration Joseph Quincy Adams 1913

There are reproduced in this volume the effigies or pretended effigies of thirty-seven of them, from etchings by Albert Rosenthal in an extra-illustrated volume devoted to the Members of the Federal

The Fathers of the Constitution; a chronicle of the establishment of the Union Max Farrand 1907

But, as I was saying, my friend had this book, and he'd extra-illustrated it.

Coffee and Repartee John Kendrick Bangs 1892

We do not all rejoice in the notion of a Good Friday service, "extra-illustrated" by a real crucifixion alive of a generous

A History of the French Novel, Vol. 2 To the Close of the 19th Century George Saintsbury 1889

Words will be taken from the annotated proof copy of the first edition, extra-illustrated with Johnson's and his helpers 'manuscript corrections, which is held in the collections of Yale University's Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.

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