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ENGLISH ENAMEL BOXES / From the Eighteenth to the Twentieth Centuries
by Benjamin, Susan
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0856130389
- ISBN 13
- 9780856130380
- Seller
-
Cadyville, New York, United States
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About This Item
London: Orbis Publishing, (1978).. (1978).. Fine. - Small quarto [approximately 10 inches high by 7-1/2 inches wide], blue cloth titled in gilt on the spine with a vignette stamped in gilt within a gilt frame on the front cover. All the edges are gilt; marbled endpapers. The book is housed in a blue cloth covered slipcase with a pictorial label mounted on each panel. There is a tiny tear to the cloth on the bottom edge of the front cover. The top edge of the slipcase is lightly rubbed. 127 pages. Profuse color illustrations. Near fine. <p> No. 28 of a limited edition of 500 copies for the United Kingdom, signed by the author. The colophon is in the form of a pictorial bookplate mounted on the front pastedown.
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- Bookseller
- Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 23696
- Title
- ENGLISH ENAMEL BOXES / From the Eighteenth to the Twentieth Centuries
- Author
- Benjamin, Susan
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0856130389
- ISBN 13
- 9780856130380
- Publisher
- London: Orbis Publishing, (1978).
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- (1978).
- Keywords
- DECORATIVE ARTS; ENAMELWARE; ENAMEL BOXES; BATTERSEA; ENGLISH ENAMEL BOXES FROM THE EIGHTEENTH TO THE TWENTIETH CENTURIES; SUSAN BENJAMIN; SIGNED; SIGNATURE; AUTOGRAPH; ILLUSTRATIONS; LIMITED EDITION.
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Terms of Sale
Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
Payment with order from individuals. Items are offered subject to prior sale. All purchases are subject to your approval, returnable within 10 days. New York State residents please add sales tax to your purchases. All items are guaranteed authentic and as described.
About the Seller
Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
Biblio member since 2003
Cadyville, New York
About Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd. (incorporated 1989) is a general antiquarian book store which buys and sells collections and individual items of significance. Booksellers Ric Zank and Daniel Meunier each bring to the business over 18 years of experience in seeking out and offering for sale unusual, uncommon and rare books, autographs, and ephemera in all fields. Our office is open 7 days a week from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and frequently later. An answering machine will take your message after hours and when we are out of the office.
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- Vignette
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- Edges
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- Bookplate
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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...
- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
- Cloth
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- Spine
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- Fine
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- Colophon
- The colophon contains information about a book's publisher, the typesetting, printer, and possibly even includes a printer's...
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