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Paints, Varnishes and Brushes: Their History Manufacture and Use Painters, Paperhangers and Glaziers Supplies
by Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Littleton, Colorado, United States
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About This Item
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania U. S. A.: Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1923. Hardcover. In full blue cloth-covered boards with decorations in brown and lettering in gilt on cover and spine. Glossy interior pages contain numerous full-color, tissue-protected plates of both paint colors and applications for the use thereof. Also many b&w photos and drawings. With cover chafing (especially at upper spine), rubbing at extremities. Interior clean, bright and unmarked. Though not stated, it is likely that this is a first edition. Created and designed; photography, art work and copy by The Lakeside Press/R.R. Donnelley & Sons. Chapters cover a wide range, from the history of paint to the manufacture of bristle brushes. A handsome example of an American company using a book to extol the worth of the wares which they sell. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 196 pages .
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- Bookseller
- Bluebird Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 73744
- Title
- Paints, Varnishes and Brushes: Their History Manufacture and Use Painters, Paperhangers and Glaziers Supplies
- Author
- Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good with no dust jacket
- Publisher
- Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company
- Place of Publication
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania U. S. A.
- Date Published
- 1923
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Littleton, Colorado
About Bluebird Books
Bluebird Books is the bookselling business of Eric Mayer, operating from my base in Littleton, Colorado. I specialize in classic fiction and literature, books on birds and natural history, railroadiana, biography, history and many other genres. Bluebird Books features publications by the Modern Library and Everyman's Library. I offer free shipping on books shipped within the US via USPS Media Mail. INTERNATIONAL ORDERS: I recommend that you use Biblio.com for your international orders because they have formed a partnership with Asendia to allow for much more affordable shipping on parcels weighing under 5 lb. (about 2.26 kg).
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- 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....
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
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