Apollo: An Illustrated Manual of the History of Art Throughout The Ages.
by S. Reinach
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fair -/No Jacket
- Seller
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Chicago, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
Charles Scribner's Sons, 1921. 351pp. Index. Translated from the French by Florence Simmonds. With Six Hundred Illustrations. New Edition, Revised by the Author. Numerous ex-library sticker remnants/ink stamps to FEP and inside front cover. Inner pages are clean (unmarked) but yellowed with age. Hinges are creased but still secure. Inner text block is tight (appears to have been reglued). Outer page edges are dust soiled/scuffed. Boards are scuffed/soiled/ink-rubbed with bumping/light fraying to head/heel of spine and corners. Spine faded. Heavy rubbing to extremities. Reading copy. . Ex-library. Hard Cover. Fair -/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- Seller
- after-words bookstore
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- Seller's Inventory #
- 121171
- Title
- Apollo: An Illustrated Manual of the History of Art Throughout The Ages.
- Author
- S. Reinach
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair -
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- Ex-library
- Publisher
- Charles Scribner's Sons
- Date Published
- 1921
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- Art History
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About the Seller
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- 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....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Reading Copy
- Indicates a book that is perfectly serviceable for reading. It may have a defect or damage. As such, reading copy is not a...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Text Block
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