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World-Famous Paintings
by Rockwell Kent (Editor)
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near fine/None
- Seller
-
Denver, Colorado, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Wise & Co, 1939. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/None. First edition. Leather bound with tipped in colored plates. Pages are unmarked, aside from pen mark on title page. Binding is loosening. Pages and edges have faded some. Boards have bumped corners and wear at corners, along edges, and at spine ends. Spine ends are softened. Boards have rubbing and scratches.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Sparrow's Bookshop
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- JFC00026
- Title
- World-Famous Paintings
- Author
- Rockwell Kent (Editor)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near fine
- Jacket Condition
- None
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Wise & Co
- Date Published
- 1939
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Sparrow's Bookshop
Biblio member since 2021
Denver, Colorado
About Sparrow's Bookshop
Sparrow's Bookshop is a Denver based vintage & rare bookstore specializing in hard-to-find items, unique titles and first editions. Member IOBA.
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- Tipped In
- Tipped In is used to describe something which has been glued into a book. Tipped-in items can include photos, book plates,...
- 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.
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- 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...
- First Edition
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