Academies of Art Past and Present
by Nikolaus Pevsner
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Seller
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Chicago, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
Cambridge Univ. Press. Used - Very Good. 1940. hardcover. Tall 8vo. Cloth, no dj. Brown cloth stamped in blind on spine. 323 numbered pp. Spine sunned, stamp fading. Cloth scuffed and mottled in spots. Expected age-toning to endpaper; previous owner's signature on front pastedown. Rear hinge starting to crack, but binding is otherwise sound. Else fine. A nice study copy with clean text, pristine plates. Very Good. (Subject: Americana & Regional History).
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- Bookseller
- Powell's Bookstores Chicago (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- S77998
- Title
- Academies of Art Past and Present
- Author
- Nikolaus Pevsner
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Cambridge Univ. Press
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About the Seller
Powell's Bookstores Chicago
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Chicago, Illinois
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- 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....
- Sunned
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- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Cloth
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