Rugs and Carpets of the World
by Ian Bennett
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 1856279553
- ISBN 13
- 9781856279550
- Seller
-
Sorn, East Ayrshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Grange Books PLC, 1997-02-28. Hardcover. Very Good. 352pp. (white spine) 1996. First edition. Folio. A very good, clean, tight copy in similar jacket. No inscriptions. The text supported by numerous photographic reproductions of rugs - in colour and b. & w.. Original publisher's red boards - gilt embossed to the spine. Some light rubbing to the lower boards and some fading to the extreme upper board edges and a little to the rear board too. The head and tail of the spine a little bumped with some light associated creasing to the overlying jacket. The jacket has not been price-clipped. Some light creasing to the lower panels of the jacket. An expertly repaired split to the front panel of the jacket by the spine and an expertly repaired 3cm tear to one of the lower corners of the jacket. A very good copy.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Trumpington Fine Books Limited
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- SKU005241
- Title
- Rugs and Carpets of the World
- Author
- Ian Bennett
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 1856279553
- ISBN 13
- 9781856279550
- Publisher
- Grange Books PLC
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1997-02-28
- X weight
- 25 oz
Terms of Sale
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