BOOK BEAUTIFUL AND THE BINDING AS ART
by Wick, Peter A. (Bibliographical Descriptions)/Garvey, Eleanor M. (Introduction)
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good+/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
New York, NY/Boston, MA: John F. Fleming, Inc. and Priscilla Juvelis, Inc., 1983. Original red cloth covers w/ gilt title on front cover. Binding very bright and clean. Corners slightly bumped. Light foxing to top edge of text block. Limited to 750 copies. Illust. w/ tipped-in color and b/w plates. Contents nice.. Hard Cover. Very Good+/No Dust Jacket. Illus. by Mark Sexton (Photographs). 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Limited Edition.
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- Bookseller
- Shoemaker Booksellers
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 20644DA
- Title
- BOOK BEAUTIFUL AND THE BINDING AS ART
- Author
- Wick, Peter A. (Bibliographical Descriptions)/Garvey, Eleanor M. (Introduction)
- Illustrator
- Mark Sexton (Photographs)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Publisher
- John F. Fleming, Inc. and Priscilla Juvelis, Inc.
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY/Boston, MA
- Date Published
- 1983
- Keywords
- DECORATIVE ARTS BOOKS BOOK BINDINGS BINDING ART REFERENCE GUIDE ANTIQUES COLLECTIBLES ILLUSTRATED MARK SEXTON PHOTOGRAPHS
- Bookseller catalogs
- Reference; Decorative Art;
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
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About the Seller
Shoemaker Booksellers
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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
About Shoemaker Booksellers
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- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
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