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How to Restore China, Bric-a-brac and Small Antiques
by Yates, Raymond F
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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nr Canterbury, Kent, United Kingdom
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About This Item
New York, NY, USA: Harper and Brothers Publishers, 1953. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Yates, Raymond F. x, 210pp, illustrated throughout with black and white drawing and photographs. Quarter-bound in brown cloth over cream cloth-covered boards. 8vo. Lightly bumped spine ends, boards moderately soiled and foxed with corners rubbed; slightly cocked. Text block edges dusty, moderately tanned, endpapers tanned and foxed. Pastedowns scarred (likely from tape removal). Internally pages are slightly tanned at edges, otherwise a neat, clean, bright and tight volume.
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- Bookseller
- BookAddiction
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 014859
- Title
- How to Restore China, Bric-a-brac and Small Antiques
- Author
- Yates, Raymond F
- Illustrator
- Yates, Raymond F
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Harper and Brothers Publishers
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY, USA
- Date Published
- 1953
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Collectibles, Restoration and Repair, Antiques
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- 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....
- 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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