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Grinling Gibbons and the Woodwork of his Age (1648 - 1720)
by H Avray Tipping
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Petworth, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Country Life, 1914. Hardcover. Very Good. Elephant Folio - over 15" - 23" tall. Bound in quarter cream buckram and woodeffect paper boards. Tipped-in recessed paper title label in red and black to front board, which has slight damage to bottom. Edges are bumped and scuffed. Spine is faded. Gillt lettering to spine. In the Country Life Library of Architectural Monographs. Pages are age tanned but clean. Binding is tight. Numerous black and white photographs. Elephant folio. A rare copy, produced just before World War One. Please enquire about postage as this book is very heavy (over 2.5kg). 1914
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- Bookseller
- Reader’s Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 4653
- Title
- Grinling Gibbons and the Woodwork of his Age (1648 - 1720)
- Author
- H Avray Tipping
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Country Life
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1914
- Size
- Elephant Folio - over 15" - 23"
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Reader’s Books
Biblio member since 2019
Petworth, West Sussex
About Reader’s Books
Market town general antiquarian book shop specialising in literature, travel and history.
Glossary
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- Folio
- A folio usually indicates a large book size of 15" in height or larger when used in the context of a book description. Further,...
- 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....
- Age Tanned
- Age tanning, or browning, occurs over time on the pages of books. This process can show up on just the edges of pages, when...
- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...