The Painted Glass of York, an Account of the Medieval Glass of the Minster and the Parish Churches
by Harrison, F
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
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About This Item
London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. 1927. Large octavo size [16x24cm approx]. Very Good condition. No dustjacket. Previous owner's details to front free end paper. Fore edge is lightly foxed as are the endpapers. Some very light scattered foxing to some page edges. Illustrated with black and white plates and drawings. Colour frontispiece 253 pages. An examination of the beautiful glass windows of York, created at the time when making fine compositions in coloured glass had reached its highest point. York glass is almost all pot-metal i.e. coloured in the manufacture rather than enamelled and this accounts for its extraordinary brilliance. A lovely book on a fascinating subject. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st Edition. Hardback.
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- Bookseller
- Adelaide Booksellers (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- BIB268651
- Title
- The Painted Glass of York, an Account of the Medieval Glass of the Minster and the Parish Churches
- Author
- Harrison, F
- Format/Binding
- Hardback
- Book Condition
- Used -
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1927
- Bookseller catalogs
- art-general;
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Fore Edge
- The portion of a book that is opposite the spine. That part of a book which faces the wall when shelved in a traditional...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- 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...