Bamboos of China
by Dajun, Wang; Shao-jin, Shen
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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Sorn, East Ayrshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Oregon: Timber Press, 1987. 1st Edition. Brown Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" Large. Illustrated. 167pp. A scarce first ediiton copy (1987). Illustrated with numerous line drawings and several b/w and colour photographic images throughout. Gilt embossed lettering to the spine. There are bumps to the head and tail of the spine and light bumps to two board corners. Clean and tight. Dust wrapper is not price clipped and has light fading to the spine of the wrapper and to the head of the front and rear panels of the wrapper. There are a couple of light indentation marks to the rear panel of the wrapper, with corresponding light indentation marks to the underlying board. Light creasing to the head and tail of the spine of the wrapper and slight creasing to the head of the wrapper. No loss. A very good copy. in a very good minus wrapper.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Trumpington Fine Books Limited (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 227206
- Title
- Bamboos of China
- Author
- Dajun, Wang; Shao-jin, Shen
- Illustrator
- Illustrated
- Format/Binding
- Brown Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Timber Press
- Place of Publication
- Oregon
- Date Published
- 1987
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾"
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
Terms of Sale
Trumpington Fine Books Limited
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- 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...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Price Clipped
- When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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....
- 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...