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CHRISTIE'S PICTORIAL HISTORY OF CHINESE CERAMICS
by du Boulay, Anthony
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 0714880159
- ISBN 13
- 9780714880150
- Seller
-
Rockville, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
Oxford: Phaidon, Christie's Limited, 1984. First Edition. Hardcover. Quarto, 319 pages. In Very Good minus condition with a Very Good minus dust jacket. Spine green with white lettering. Dust jacket protected with a clear plastic covering from a previous owner, adhered to inner flaps of dust jacket with tape. Mild rubbing to edges and corners of dust jacket. Minor shelf wear to edges and corners of boards. Textblock slightly sunken with light wear to bottom edge. Light staining to endpapers. Light age toning throughout textblock. Shelved in China/Porcelain. 1378410. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Second Story Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1378410
- Title
- CHRISTIE'S PICTORIAL HISTORY OF CHINESE CERAMICS
- Author
- du Boulay, Anthony
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0714880159
- ISBN 13
- 9780714880150
- Publisher
- Phaidon, Christie's Limited
- Place of Publication
- Oxford
- Date Published
- 1984
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About the Seller
Second Story Books, ABAA
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Rockville, Maryland
About Second Story Books, ABAA
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- Flap(s)
- The portion of a book cover or cover jacket that folds into the book from front to back. The flap can contain biographical...
- 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...
- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
- 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....
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
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