French Engravers Of The Eighteenth Century (1914 HARDBACK FIRST EDITION IN SCARCE DUSTWRAPPER)
by Younger, Archibald
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
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Margate, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton & Kent, 1914. VG/Good. First Edition in d/w. No date, (1914). D/w not price clipped ('3/6' printed at bottom of spine). Blue cloth with pictorial paper onlay to front cover. Profusely illustrated with 96 (as called for) full-page reproductions of art engravings. There is a thirty-four page 'Introduction' by Archibald Younger. The dustwrapper is grey and lettered on the spine and front cover with a pictorial paper onlay on the front panel. Light rubbing to head and tail of spine; some light spotting throughout text; light sunning to spine; d/w has small losses to head and tail of spine and corners of the d/w; d/w has chipped tears to front and rear fold flaps; d/w has small loss to top-edge of front panel; else a very good copy, in a good only d/w, of the 1914 first edition. COPIES IN DUSTWRAPPER ARE SCARCE. No inscriptions, underlining or highlighting. D/w now protected in a detachable, non-adhesive, clear sheaf.. First Edition, First Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good.
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- Bookseller
- Greystone Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 19775
- Title
- French Engravers Of The Eighteenth Century (1914 HARDBACK FIRST EDITION IN SCARCE DUSTWRAPPER)
- Author
- Younger, Archibald
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Publisher
- Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton & Kent
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1914
- Keywords
- Art. Art History. History Of Art. French Art. History Of French Art. Eighteenth Century Art. Eighteenth Century French Art. Engravers. French Engravers. History Of French Engravers. Art Engravers. Art Engravings. Engravings. French Engravings. Eighteenth
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Greystone Books is situated in Kent, England. We have been selling on the internet since 1999. We sell collectable books and try to stock obscure and scare non-fiction titles.
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- Tail
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- Rubbing
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