Book of Porcelain: Fine Examples in the Victorian and Albert Museum.
by Rackham, Bernard
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
-
Saint Louis, Missouri, United States
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About This Item
London: Adam and Charles Black, 1910. FIRST EDITION, first printing, very good. Full olive green cloth with front stamped deocrated image of a porcelain vase. Decorative lined border at edges of cover gilt lettering on front cover and spine. Front cover slightly scuffed and lightly soiled at the right edge. xiv + 95pp, 28 tipped in color plates. Back cover has some dicoloration in gilt, previous owner's name on front endpaper, frontispiece has a few small open tears at edge. Overall in GOOD PLUS condition. UncleAndy. First Edition. Full Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Hardcover.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Ziern-Hanon Galleries
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000241
- Title
- Book of Porcelain: Fine Examples in the Victorian and Albert Museum.
- Author
- Rackham, Bernard
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Adam and Charles Black
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1910
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾" - 12&
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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....
- Tipped In
- Tipped In is used to describe something which has been glued into a book. Tipped-in items can include photos, book plates,...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
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