FIRST STEPS IN COLLECTING : Furniture, Glass, China
by G. M. Vallois
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
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Penzance, Cornwall, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: T. Werner Laurie, 1953. Cloth. Very Good/Good. Frontispiece illustrated with a Colour Plate of Old Chelsea Porcelain. Helpful guide, illustrated with B&W photos. Dark Blue cloth cover with bright Gilt lettering to spine. 324 Pages, 460 Pages, 7 1/2" Tall. Ref No. taped at bottom of spine. No inscriptions. Jacket has some rubbing and a few very small edge tears. Clipped. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
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- Bookseller
- Cornish Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 011361
- Title
- FIRST STEPS IN COLLECTING : Furniture, Glass, China
- Author
- G. M. Vallois
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- T. Werner Laurie
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1953
- Keywords
- ANTIQUES & COLLECTIBLES/FURNITURE/GLASS/CHINA PORCELAIN/CERAMICS
- Bookseller catalogs
- Antiques & Collectibles;
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About the Seller
Cornish Books
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Glossary
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- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- 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....
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
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