SAILING-SHIP MODELS- A SELECTION FROM EUROPEAN & AMERICAN COLLECTIONS
by Nance, R.Morton
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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Farmingville, New York, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Halton and Truscott Smith, Ltd, 1924. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Dust Jacket. Hardcover: Limited edition of 1750 copies of which this is number 738. Blue cloth binding with title and design on front board in gold with gold border. Boards are rubbed and lightly soiled. Title in gold on sun darkened spine. Corners and spine edges are frayed. Top edge gilt. Front hinge is cracked and a bit wobbly. Previous owners name on first free endpaper corner. Endpapers and pages are foxed. Color Frontispiece is tissue guarded. Pictorial section photos are printed on coated stock. Some photos are printed in Sepia on extra heavy ivory paper and are tissue guarded.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Koster's Collectible Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- INVENT016191I
- Title
- SAILING-SHIP MODELS- A SELECTION FROM EUROPEAN & AMERICAN COLLECTIONS
- Author
- Nance, R.Morton
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Edition
- Limited Edition
- Publisher
- Halton and Truscott Smith, Ltd
- Date Published
- 1924
Terms of Sale
Koster's Collectible Books
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About the Seller
Koster's Collectible Books
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Farmingville, New York
About Koster's Collectible Books
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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....
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- 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...
- 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...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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