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THE MADONNA IN LEGEND AND HISTORY
by VINCENT, ELIZABETH C
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Cover Stained/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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Prairie Village, Kansas, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Thomas Whittaker, 1899. Front cover lettered in gilt, with central Madonna medallion. Some old stain top of cover, few small spots rear cover. Gift inscription front free endpaper dated Dec. 25, 1901. Internally clean and crisp throughout. Ten full-page illustrations. 104pp.. First Edition. White Cloth. Cover Stained/No Dust Jacket. Octavo.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Glenn Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 015095
- Title
- THE MADONNA IN LEGEND AND HISTORY
- Author
- VINCENT, ELIZABETH C
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Cover Stained
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Thomas Whittaker
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1899
- Size
- Octavo
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Religion, Painting
Terms of Sale
Glenn Books
All books are subject to prior sale. Books are guaranteed as described and may be returned to us within 10 days with immediate notice of intent to return the item.
About the Seller
Glenn Books
Biblio member since 2005
Prairie Village, Kansas
About Glenn Books
We are an antiquarian bookshop established in 1933. We are members of ABAA and ILAB.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- 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...
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