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The Art & Craft of Leatherwork: A Detailed & Practical Guide to the Tooling, Modelling, Carving & Other Means of Decorating Leather & to the Making & Covering of Articles in That Material With Instructions on Cleaning, Staining, Colouring & Gilding
by Francis-Lewis, Cecile
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Northport, New York, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Co., 1928. 8vo.; cloth covered boards, hardcover; 256 pages; black and white illustrations with a color frontispiece; front hinge is cracked and endpapers heavily sunned with "The Hous of Leathercraft, Osborn Brothers...Chicago" label on front free endpaper and in boards that are rubbed else good in a beautiful handcrafted leather dust jacket that is scuffed on the spine.
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Details
- Bookseller
- WellRead Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 47743
- Title
- The Art & Craft of Leatherwork: A Detailed & Practical Guide to the Tooling, Modelling, Carving & Other Means of Decorating Leather & to the Making & Covering of Articles in That Material With Instructions on Cleaning, Staining, Colouring & Gilding
- Author
- Francis-Lewis, Cecile
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Co., 1928
- Keywords
- Decorative Arts and Crafts, Leatherwork
- Bookseller catalogs
- Decorative Arts and Crafts;
Terms of Sale
WellRead Books
New York State orders must include appropriate sales tax. Books are returnable within ten days
About the Seller
WellRead Books
Biblio member since 2005
Northport, New York
About WellRead Books
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Glossary
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- 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....
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
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