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Faberge : The Forbes Collection
by Forbes, Christopher and Robyn Tromeur-Brenner
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- VG/VG. Minimal edge wear to dust jacket. A couple of lightly creased or bumped bottom page corners, and owner's name on ffep, bu
- ISBN 10
- 0883638290
- ISBN 13
- 9780883638293
- Seller
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Columbia, Pennsylvania, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Fairfield, Connecticut: Hugh Lauter Levin Associates, Inc, 1999. Hardcover. VG/VG. Minimal edge wear to dust jacket. A couple of lightly creased or bumped bottom page corners, and owner's name on ffep, but overall in great condition.. Mauve satin/padded boards; silver decoration and lettering. Green and color-illustrated dust jacket with gilt lettering. 296 pp. with color plates throughout, many tipped in. Genealogical end papers. Silver page edges. Heavy at 6 pounds and will require extra postage. A sumptuous book about all things Faberge in the Forbes Collection. Includes a brief history of The House of Faberge. With a glossary, list of workmasters, literature, exhibitions, etc. Each work thoroughly annotated.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 168326
- Title
- Faberge : The Forbes Collection
- Author
- Forbes, Christopher and Robyn Tromeur-Brenner
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG/VG. Minimal edge wear to dust jacket. A couple of lightly creased or bumped bottom page corners, and owner's name on ffep, bu
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0883638290
- ISBN 13
- 9780883638293
- Publisher
- Hugh Lauter Levin Associates, Inc
- Place of Publication
- Fairfield, Connecticut
- Date Published
- 1999
- Keywords
- Russian Decorative Arts; Faberge; Forbes Collection ; Faberge; Forbes Collection ; ;
- Bookseller catalogs
- Russian Decorative Arts;
Terms of Sale
Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB
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About the Seller
Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB
Biblio member since 2004
Columbia, Pennsylvania
About Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB
Specializing in Fine and Decorative Arts, Photography and Gallimaufry since 1993. Visits encouraged by appointment to see our 70,000+ volumes. Many titles not online, call with wants and needs.
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- Tipped In
- Tipped In is used to describe something which has been glued into a book. Tipped-in items can include photos, book plates,...
- VG/VG
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- FFEP
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
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