The Age of Adam
by Lees-Milne, James
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/No Jacket
- Seller
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Auckland, New Zealand
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About This Item
London, United Kingdom: B T Batsford, 1947. Biography of Robert Adam Architect. Burgundy bds with bright Gilt title (unworn with sharp cnrs, spine faded) pp vii 184 with 160 illus plates, 3 in full colour. Copy it tight and pristine as the day it was printed with only small name to front pastedown.. First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Ariel Books
(NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 10412
- Title
- The Age of Adam
- Author
- Lees-Milne, James
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- B T Batsford
- Place of Publication
- London, United Kingdom
- Date Published
- 1947
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- Robert Adam Architect Artist Biography
- Bookseller catalogs
- Architecture;
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About the Seller
Ariel Books
Biblio member since 2003
Auckland
About Ariel Books
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- BDS
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Cloth
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