The Cathedrals of France. With Eight Illustrations in Colour from the Original Paintings by H. Marshall and Ninety Half-Tone Plates
by T. Francis Bumpus
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fair/No Jacket
- Seller
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STILLWATER, Minnesota, United States
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About This Item
Blackfriars, London: T. Werner Laurie, Ltd., 1927. Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. H. Marshall. xvi, 368pp. Ex-library, with heavy wear to lower approximately 1/3 of fore-edges of boards. Some sunning to spine, though gilt lettering on spine (as well as gilt lettering and decoration on front cover) remains clear and bright. Mild creasing appearance to spine. Some discoloration where sticker used to be on lower spine, though this isn't offensive. Front hinge cracked, though text block remains square. Two signatures in ink to early pages, else, text clean. Tiny tears to extremities of a few pages. Mild tanning to paper. Overall, a good, clean, sound and largely attractive copy
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- Seller
- Henry Stachyra, Bookseller
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 032651
- Title
- The Cathedrals of France. With Eight Illustrations in Colour from the Original Paintings by H. Marshall and Ninety Half-Tone Plates
- Author
- T. Francis Bumpus
- Illustrator
- H. Marshall
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- T. Werner Laurie, Ltd.
- Place of Publication
- Blackfriars, London
- Date Published
- 1927
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾" - 12&
- Keywords
- cathedrals church buildings Europe French Catholics
- Bookseller catalogs
- Art/Architecture/Photography; Ecclesiastical History;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Henry Stachyra, Bookseller
Biblio member since 2008
STILLWATER, Minnesota
About Henry Stachyra, Bookseller
Welcome to Henry Stachyra, Bookseller. We are a family owned business, specializing in scholarly used, out-of-print and rare books. We bring 18 years of experience to buying and selling second-hand books. Our primary specialties are theology and philosophy, medieval studies and patristics. However, we also sell books in many other categories, especially scholarly.
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- Gilt
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- Cracked
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- Jacket
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- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Spine
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