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The Gentle Art of Faking Furniture
by Cescinsky, Herbert
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good+. edge-wear & rubbing to corners & spine edges. scuffs & scratches to boards; round sticker ghosting. pgs appear clean w/ p
- Seller
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Columbia, Pennsylvania, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Chapman & Hall, Ltd, 1931. Hardcover. Good+. edge-wear & rubbing to corners & spine edges. scuffs & scratches to boards; round sticker ghosting. pgs appear clean w/ plate edgea toned & light tanning to text pgs.. dark, olive boards w/ beveled edges & gilt spine edge. book ix, 168 pp. 292 bw plates; uncut pgs. Small, foreign price sticker to inner cover pasteodwn. Foxing to flyleaf. A nice, bright copy. Text block and hinges firm. A true classic reference material addressing how to tell the difference between fake and genuine antique furniture.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 27910
- Title
- The Gentle Art of Faking Furniture
- Author
- Cescinsky, Herbert
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+. edge-wear & rubbing to corners & spine edges. scuffs & scratches to boards; round sticker ghosting. pgs appear clean w/ p
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Chapman & Hall, Ltd
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1931
- Keywords
- European Decorative Arts ; Furniture ; ;
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
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Beveled
- Beveled edges, or beveled boards, describe a technique of binding in which the edges of book boards have been cut into slanted...
- 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...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- 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...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- 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....
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
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