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The Art Journal - New Series
by Armstrong, Walter, Et Al
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Whitby, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
London: J.S. Virtue & Co. Ltd, 1888. Hardcover. Good. Folio (small). vi, 384 p.p., [1 plate], 32 p.p. Half bound, black morocco spine and black pebbled cloth boards. Dentelle detailing to spine and corners, and gilt titling to spine. Shelf number inked to spine. Joints cracking and worn. Chip to spine tail at front board. Scuff to rear board. Sunning to boards. Wear to edges and corners. Text block is sound. Marbled endpapers. Ten B&W plates w/ tissue guards, incl. frontis, and B&W illustrations throughout. Collation and names of the plates does not match list of illustrations. Several plates named are missing, and two not listed are included. Illustrated title. Tanning to edges. Small tear to foot of contents page, text not affected. Library stamps of Hamilton Public Library to all edges and title page, and bookplate of the HPL Reference Collection to the pastedown. Presentation plate of The Heirs of J.S. and Hortense Gordon to the Hamilton Public Library, Februayr 1963, to pastedown. Including articles on: Ancient Cairo Houses, The American Wonderland, The Revived Use of Terra-Cotta in Architecture, Art Sales of 1888, Reproductions of Foreign Art in the South Kensington Museum, New Prints, Japan and its Art Wares, etc. A unique volume for the art lover.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Minotavros Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002446
- Title
- The Art Journal - New Series
- Author
- Armstrong, Walter, Et Al
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- J.S. Virtue & Co. Ltd
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1888
- Keywords
- Art, The Art Journal, Magazine, Periodical
- Bookseller catalogs
- Art; Archaeology; Architecture;
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- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Dentelle
- Borders on the inner edge of a book with a lacy pattern, most often gilt. Popular in France during the 18th century on covers of...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- 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...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- 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....
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Half Bound
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- Pebbled
- Pebbled cloth or leather describes the covering of a hardcover book with a decorative texture of repeated small raised bumps,...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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....
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- 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...
- 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,...
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