presentation copy

The reprint was limited to 150 copies and 25 presentation copies.

The works of art were all portraits; the books were all presentation copies from the authors.

Old master prints were sometimes printed on vellum, especially for presentation copies, until at least the seventeenth century.

The volume was bound in real leather, and the tops of its pages were gilded: apparently a presentation copy.

The librarian, who had requested the book for the library, returned the presentation copy to Wilde with a note of apology.

It is the presentation copy of the preamble to the United Nations Charter.

(400 of these are numbered from 101-500 and 5 are presentation copies.)

Presentation copies with a demonstrated relationship between the presenter and the recipient are generally more valuable than those merely signed by a writer.

It also appears on presentation copies of Senate resolutions recognizing appointments, commendations, and notable achievements.

At the origin of printing, examples of many books, probably presentation copies, were printed on vellum.

Yonge received presentation copies of three of Locke's publications.

Nevill was delighted to comply, and was duly acknowledged with a presentation copy.

There are two versions: one a carte de visite, the other a larger presentation copy, hand colored and dressed up in a leather case.

Autographed presentation copy to Lord Grey.

The dedication is not to be confounded with the handwritten dedication of a single copy: the presentation copy.

Presentation copies, 4to.

That meant fine copies, signed copies and, if I could find them, presentation copies signed by the authors."

A presentation copy is a copy of a book that has been dedicated by the author or illustrated and signed in some way to that effect.

Schumann offered the work to the publisher Kirstner, suggesting that 100 presentation copies could be sold to raise money for the monument.

There exists a wide variety of types from sketches and fragments, to compositional scores and presentation copies of musical works.

The tiny 1843 leather-bound presentation copy of "A Christmas Carol" is as precious as the tale itself.

Eight thousand of the first edition had been taken up by the booksellers before Mr. Dodgson had even received his own presentation copies.

Gilt edges, vellum, and morocco, and presentation copies to all the libraries will not preserve a book in circulation beyond its intrinsic dates.

Nevertheless, when the Union's librarian requested a presentation copy of 'Poems' (1881), Wilde complied.

A presentation copy of the first edition has a specially made engraving showing Caxton presenting the book to Margaret of York.