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Anna Pavlova in Art and Life
by Dandre, V,
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Media, Pennsylvania, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Cassell and Company, 1932. First Edition. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. Stemberg - Color Frontis. Hardcover/ no DJ, Good+ to VG condition; 409 pages, 9.5 x 7"", color frontis illus., numerous sepia text photos. Appears to be First Edition, year 1932 on half-title page & no note of further printings. Flexible blue cloth hardcover binding tight & square w/ light soil & rubbing, light sunfade to & top edge of covers; 1/8"" fray at top of spine. NO bumps or scuffs. Bright & unblemished oval portrait vignette on front cover. Spine sunfaded to tan, but all gold spine lettering & bands intact & totally legible- a little tarnished. Bright, unmarred gilt top edge of text block. Handsome endpapers w/ soft pink & blue design are clean & bright. Text is tight, clean & unmarked w/ lightest toning. NO hinge splits, owner names, etc.; NOT ex library. Still a well preserved copy, displays nicely- esp. front cover w/ portrait.
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Details
- Bookseller
- EDM Book Loft
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 28
- Title
- Anna Pavlova in Art and Life
- Author
- Dandre, V,
- Illustrator
- Stemberg - Color Frontis
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Cassell and Company
- Date Published
- 1932
Terms of Sale
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Media, Pennsylvania
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- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- E.P.
- The double leaves bound into a book at the front and rear after ...
- 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....
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Bumps
- Indicates that the affected part of the book has been impacted in such a way so as to cause a flattening, indention, or light...
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Vignette
- A decorative design or illustration placed at the beginning or end of a ...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- 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...
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