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Etching & Etchers
by Hamerton, Philip Gilbert
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- G-, Covers have ear, rubbing, corners bumped. Back cover has staining. Spine has wear but still attractive. Spine is almost comp
- Seller
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Columbia, Pennsylvania, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Macmillan Company, 1876. New Edition. Hardcover. G-, Covers have ear, rubbing, corners bumped. Back cover has staining. Spine has wear but still attractive. Spine is almost completely detached from text block, but can be repaired. Black end papers, no inscriptions or ownership plates. Pages lightly age-toned with some foxing but overall smooth. Plates are in good condition.. Burgundy cloth with gilt decorations, front and spine on a black background. 459 pages 12 plates. Each plate accompanied by leaf with descriptive letterpress in red. Designs from spine and side of original binding mounted on leaves at end of volume. Nice reference or reader's copy, especially if bind repaired.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 181168
- Title
- Etching & Etchers
- Author
- Hamerton, Philip Gilbert
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - G-, Covers have ear, rubbing, corners bumped. Back cover has staining. Spine has wear but still attractive. Spine is almost comp
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- New Edition
- Publisher
- Macmillan Company
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1876
- Keywords
- World Art, Etching ; Etching ; ;
Terms of Sale
Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB
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About the Seller
Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB
Biblio member since 2004
Columbia, Pennsylvania
About Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB
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Glossary
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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.,...
- 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"...
- 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....
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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....
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