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Handbook of Early Advertising Art Mainly from American Sources; Pictorial Volume
by Clarence P. Hornung
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine/Good
- ISBN 10
- 0486201228
- ISBN 13
- 9780486201221
- Seller
-
WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
Mineola, NY: Dover Publications, 1956 Dover Publications, Mineola, NY. 1956. Hardcover. Stated 3rd Edition. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition; Near Fine; trace shelfwear to head, tail, and tips. DJ: Good; NOT Price Clipped ($21.95); bumping to head and top of front panel; closed tear at rear gutter; large closed tear on front panel. Bray cloth boards and spine with bright gilt lettering on the spine. 248 pp 4to. Part of a two volume set, this book contains some of the best commercial art from Benjamin Franklin's time to the 1890's. These type specimens are systematically arranged and classified for easy reference. Pictorial material is grouped according to use and subject. This volume contains over 2,000 illustrations that range from agricultural cuts to horse drawn vehicles to trade advertisements. A clean very presentable copy in a Brodart mylar jacket.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 011767
- Title
- Handbook of Early Advertising Art Mainly from American Sources; Pictorial Volume
- Author
- Clarence P. Hornung
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 3rd Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0486201228
- ISBN 13
- 9780486201221
- Publisher
- Dover Publications
- Place of Publication
- Mineola, NY
- Date Published
- 1956
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾ - 12"
- Keywords
- advertising, advertising illustrations, art, advertising art, commercial art, newspaper advertising, printers, commercial artists,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Art/Music/Motion Pictures/Television;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or in the unfortunate event, damaged. All books are packed and wrapped with care to avoid shifting during shipment and edge/tip strikes during the mailing process.
About the Seller
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Biblio member since 2018
WINFIELD, Kansas
About Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Price Clipped
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- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Brodart
- Generally used to refer to a clear plastic cover that is sometimes added to the dustjacket or outside covering of a book. The...
- 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....
- 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...
- Cloth
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