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The Art of Illusion
by Ayling, Will; Hugh Miller (Edited by); Dennis Patten (Illustrated by); Lewis Ganson (Introduction by)
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
- Seller
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BERKELEY, California, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Harry Stanley. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. No edition noted. Hardcover. Blue pebbled cloth, silver spine lettering, illustrated with drawings. Red dust jacket with white cover illustration and lettering. ; 6-1/2" x 9-1/2"; 233+ pp; Prior owner name stamped inside front cover along with remnants of a label and a small thinned area. Binding slightly cocked. Otherwise little wear with clean and unmarked pages. Dust jacket rubbed along folds, lightly soiled rear panel, in clear protective cover. .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Andrew Langer, Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 5792
- Title
- The Art of Illusion
- Author
- Ayling, Will; Hugh Miller (Edited by); Dennis Patten (Illustrated by); Lewis Ganson (Introduction by)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
- Edition
- No edition noted
- Publisher
- Harry Stanley
- Place of Publication
- London
- Bookseller catalogs
- Lost Arts;
Terms of Sale
Andrew Langer, Bookseller
Telephone 510-684-4146. Photos available upon request, happy to answer questions.
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About the Seller
Andrew Langer, Bookseller
Biblio member since 2005
BERKELEY, California
About Andrew Langer, Bookseller
Member ABAA, Member IOBA
Glossary
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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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
- Pebbled
- Pebbled cloth or leather describes the covering of a hardcover book with a decorative texture of repeated small raised bumps,...
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