Heirlooms in Miniatures
by Wharton, Anne Hollingsworth
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fair
- Seller
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Saint Louis, Missouri, United States
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About This Item
Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1898. Full yellow cloth with gilt stamped decorated designs and borders to the cover and spine. Top edge gilt other edges untrimmed. Previous owner's name on front endpage. Soiled. Scarce survey of American Miniaturists and the miniaturist's art. 259pp, frontispiece, 87 illus. Overall a FAIR PLUS condition book. . Full Cloth. Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Ziern-Hanon Galleries (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000254
- Title
- Heirlooms in Miniatures
- Author
- Wharton, Anne Hollingsworth
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Publisher
- J. B. Lippincott Company
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Date Published
- 1898
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
Terms of Sale
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- 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...
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- 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...
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....