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The Art and Architecture of the Ancient Orient (The Pelican History of Art series)
by Frankfort, Henri
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
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nr Canterbury, Kent, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Harmondsworth, UK: Penguin, 1954. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. xxvi, 280pp, large section of black and white photographic plates in rear, various other illustrations, fold-out map in rear. Red cloth-covered boards, gilt publisher's logo on front, gilt titles on printed black spine label. Top text block edge sprayed black. 4to. A large and heavy volume requiring an additional charge for overseas delivery. Spine faded where there is dust jacket loss, rubbed spine heel, lightly bumped bottom edges. Top text block edge colour fading and tanning, remain edges tanning with some foxing on fore edge. Text block dropped, volume still tight. Endpapers starting to fox . Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. Dust jacket spine sun-faded, has shelf wear, some closed tears to top, chipping to edges, mirrors book damage, not price clipped.
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- Bookseller
- BookAddiction
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 022701
- Title
- The Art and Architecture of the Ancient Orient (The Pelican History of Art series)
- Author
- Frankfort, Henri
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Place of Publication
- Harmondsworth, UK
- Date Published
- 1954
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall
- Weight
- 3.86 lbs
- Keywords
- Ancient Orient, The Orient, Art, Architecture, Ancient Civilisations
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- Fore Edge
- The portion of a book that is opposite the spine. That part of a book which faces the wall when shelved in a traditional...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- 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...
- Heel
- The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.
- 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...
- Spine Label
- The paper or leather descriptive tag attached to the spine of the book, most commonly providing the title and author of the...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
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