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Oriental Lowestoft Chinese Export Porcelain Porcelaine de la Cie Indes: With Special Reference to the Trade with China and the Porcelain Decorated for the American Market
by HYDE, J.A. Lloyd
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Galena, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
Newport, Monmouthshire: The Ceramic Book Company, 1954. Hardcover. 4to. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. viii, 166pp. Top edge gilt. Color frontispiece, 3 full-page color plates, 32 full-page plates. Very good. Mild corner and edgewear, with spine faintly sunned and small chip at spine head; ownership signature on inner flyleaf; internally tight and fine. A tight and nice second edition, limited to 1500 copies.
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- Bookseller
- Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 42761
- Title
- Oriental Lowestoft Chinese Export Porcelain Porcelaine de la Cie Indes: With Special Reference to the Trade with China and the Porcelain Decorated for the American Market
- Author
- HYDE, J.A. Lloyd
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- The Ceramic Book Company
- Place of Publication
- Newport, Monmouthshire
- Date Published
- 1954
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About the Seller
Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA
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Galena, Illinois
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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...
- 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....
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
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