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The Baur Collection, Geneva: Chinese Ceramics, Monochrome-Glazed Porcelains Of The Ch'Ing Dynasty Volume III
by Ayers, John
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- VG--light rubbing/wear to top & bottom edges of cloth covers. fore-edge has light rubbing. rubbing to corners. bottom corner clo
- Seller
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Columbia, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
Switzerland: Collections Baur - Geneve, 1972. Hardcover. VG--light rubbing/wear to top & bottom edges of cloth covers. fore-edge has light rubbing. rubbing to corners. bottom corner cloth lightly fraying. bottom of textblock has scuffing to edges. light black scuffs to top of textblock edge. owner signature on cover flyleaf; corner slightly creased. 'ching dynasty' title pg has light smudges. pg 413 has light smudges to edges. plate 442 has light pen marks to edge. back cover pastedown lightly cracked at the hinge; pastedown lightly foxed. plates edge toned.. beige cloth boards w/ gilt spine printing. 22 pgs of introduction w/ unpaginated pgs of color & b&w plates. No dust-jacket. Vellum overlays intact. This is copy 777 of 1000.
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- Bookseller
- Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 175298
- Title
- The Baur Collection, Geneva: Chinese Ceramics, Monochrome-Glazed Porcelains Of The Ch'Ing Dynasty Volume III
- Author
- Ayers, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG--light rubbing/wear to top & bottom edges of cloth covers. fore-edge has light rubbing. rubbing to corners. bottom corner clo
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Collections Baur - Geneve
- Place of Publication
- Switzerland
- Date Published
- 1972
- Keywords
- ; baur collection, chinese ceramics ; ;
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- 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...
- Spine
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- 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,...
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- 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...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Vellum
- Vellum is a sheet of specialty prepared skin of lamb, calf, or goat kid used for binding a book or for printing and writing. ...
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