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Caruso: The Man of Naples and the Voice of Gold
by T.R. Ybarra
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Seller
-
Carrollton, Texas, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Norwalk, CT: Easton Press, 1991. Collector's Edition. Near Fine. The book is tight and square with solid hinges, good corners and clean unmarred boards. Textblock is clean with no writing, bookplate, stamp or markings. Bound in brown leather with raised bands to spine, 22 kt accents, gilded pages, silk moiré endpapers, hubbed spine, and sewn-in satin bookmark and printed on archival paper. A few faint dings to side fore-edges, else gold gilt to page edges is Fine. 315 pages. Color portrait frontispiece. Ten black & white caricatures. Introduction by James Everett Seaver and Collector's note about Seaver included.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Armadillo Alley Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2345
- Title
- Caruso
- Author
- T.R. Ybarra
- Format/Binding
- Leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Collector's Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Easton Press
- Place of Publication
- Norwalk, CT
- Date Published
- 1991
- Weight
- 3.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Collector's Editions; Easton Press;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Armadillo Alley Books
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Carrollton, Texas
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- 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...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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....
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