Paper-Weights And Other Glass Curiosities.
by E. M. Elville
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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San Francisco, California, United States
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About This Item
London: Country Life, 1954.. 8vo. 116 pp. Hard Cover. Very Good. Maroon cloth covered boards with gilt lettering. Minor shelf wear. Dust Jacket Good, with some rubbing and shelf wear. Top of DJ wrinkled with half-inch rips at head of spine. Two inch tear in back fold of DJ. Pages fine. B&W plates and illustrations. Provenance: Ex-libris. Originally from the Oliver Collection of the Royal Holloway and Bedford New College Library. Library book plate, and other library markings present on spine and inside front cover.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Alan Wofsy Fine Arts (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 18-6623
- Title
- Paper-Weights And Other Glass Curiosities.
- Author
- E. M. Elville
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London: Country Life, 1954.
Terms of Sale
Alan Wofsy Fine Arts
Payment by credit cards or other means. 20% charge for returns,unless item is misdescribed.
About the Seller
Alan Wofsy Fine Arts
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San Francisco, California
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- Cloth
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- Jacket
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- Spine
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- Plate
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- Rubbing
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- New
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- Fine
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- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- 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...