ARCHAIC MARBLE SCULPTURE FROM THE ACROPOLIS
by Payne, Humfry and Young, Gerard Mackworth
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good+/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
-
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
London: The Cresset Press Limited [1937] 75+140 pp. Original tan cloth covers w/ gilt title on binding. Lightly soiled. Spine sunned. Corners bumped. Foxing to edges of text block and endpapers. Front hinge cracked. Illust. w/ b/w plates. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Good+/No Dust Jacket. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Shoemaker Booksellers
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 11280ARCH
- Title
- ARCHAIC MARBLE SCULPTURE FROM THE ACROPOLIS
- Author
- Payne, Humfry and Young, Gerard Mackworth
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- The Cresset Press Limited
- Place of Publication
- London
- Keywords
- Architecture, Sculptures, Marble Sculptures, Archaic Sculptures, Archaic Marble Sculptures, Acropolis
- Bookseller catalogs
- Architecture;
- Size
- Folio - over 12" - 15" tall
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About the Seller
Shoemaker Booksellers
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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
About Shoemaker Booksellers
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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....
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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....
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- 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,...
- 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...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
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