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The Old and the Quaint in Virginia
by Wardlaw, Georgia Dickinson
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/None
- Seller
-
Portland, Oregon, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Richmond, VA: The Dietz Press, 1939. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/None. 328pp; No DJ, blue cloth boards with silver titling to front & spine, boards clean & square, previous owner's name in pencil to FFEP, text unmarked, binding is tight, VG condition. Vintage volume containing presentation of quaint, antique fabrics, fashions, furniture, clocks, instruments and more in the state of Virginia. Illustrated.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Book Happy Booksellers
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 017899
- Title
- The Old and the Quaint in Virginia
- Author
- Wardlaw, Georgia Dickinson
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- None
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- The Dietz Press
- Place of Publication
- Richmond, VA
- Date Published
- 1939
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- antiques virginia furniture history fashion tradition
- Bookseller catalogs
- Antiques;
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About the Seller
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- 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...
- 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....
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