Gothic Cathedrals Of France - And Their Treasures
by AUBERT, MARCEL & GOUBET, SIMONE
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- Hardcover
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About This Item
Nicholas Kaye 1959. Super Octavo hardcover, white buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt motif to front board, red stain to top page edge, illus eps, frontispiece, illus titlepage, 170pp., 460pp., VG (moderate soiling to boards and spine, moderate bruising to board and spine extrems, moderate foxing to page edges and eps) in d/w, VG (moderate scuffing to edges, moderate fading to spine) in slip case, VG (moderate soiling to all faces, moderate cracking to edges, moderate scuffing to surfaces)
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- Title
- Gothic Cathedrals Of France - And Their Treasures
- Author
- AUBERT, MARCEL & GOUBET, SIMONE
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Nicholas Kaye 1959
- Keywords
- history europe france cathedrals art photography illus
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- Buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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...
- Slip Case
- A protective sleeve, often made of decorative cardboard or leather which houses a book. It is open on one end, so as to allow...
- 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....
- 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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