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The Graphic Arts: A Treatise on the Varieties of Drawing, Painting, and Engraving in Comparison with Each Other and with Nature
by Hamerton, Philip Gilbert
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1889. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover with gilt stamped brown cloth boards, 1889, octavo, 508pp., not illustrated. Book VG with mild shelfwear to spine ends and corners, rubbing, binding tight, text clean and unmarked but toned throughout. No DJ.
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- Bookseller
- Common Crow Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- C000033654
- Title
- The Graphic Arts: A Treatise on the Varieties of Drawing, Painting, and Engraving in Comparison with Each Other and with Nature
- Author
- Hamerton, Philip Gilbert
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Roberts Brothers
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1889
- Keywords
- Art Theory
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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....
- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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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