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The Story of Sinhalese Painting
by Dhanapala, D. B
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
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Chagrin Falls, Ohio, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Saman Press, 1957. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Very Good ; Good Jacket. 1957 Saman Press, Maharagama, Ceylon. Second impression. Slightly oversize hardcover, 7.2 x 10.2 inches, has green cloth-covered boards with black cover lettering. Black and white illustrations. Color fold-out plates. 58 pages. Selected and compiled by D. B. Dhanapala. NOT ex-library. Binding tight. Hinges NOT cracked. Covers have light surface and edge wear. Covers have a few light smudges. Top page edges are lightly foxed. Pages clean and unmarked. Fold-outs in good condition; one has a creased corner. Dust jacket has overall surface rubbing, chipped and nicked edges, and small tears; half-inch piece missing from head of spine panel; stray pen mark on the front. Spine of jacket is sunned. Dust jacket is NOT price clipped. Carefully packed, shipped in a box.
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- Bookseller
- SmarterRat Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 12006
- Title
- The Story of Sinhalese Painting
- Author
- Dhanapala, D. B
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Publisher
- Saman Press
- Date Published
- 1957
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Art,Asia
- Bookseller catalogs
- Art; Asia;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
SmarterRat Books
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Chagrin Falls, Ohio
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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....
- Price Clipped
- When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- 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,...
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