Making the Mummies Dance: Inside the Metropolitan Museum of Art
by Hoving, Thomas
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Used: Very Good/Used: Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0671738542
- ISBN 13
- 9780671738549
- Seller
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Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, United States
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About This Item
Simon & Schuster, 1993-01-21. hardcover. Used: Very Good/Used: Very Good. 6x1x9. Signed by Author. Signed by author. Very Good blue boards with gilt lettering along spine. Binding and hinges tight and square; Contents clean and unmarked, except signed by author on FFEP. VG dust jacket not price clipped; light rubbing along edges, repaired tear. 447 pages. Includes index. Slightly bumped corners. All items carefully packed to avoid damage from moisture and rough handling.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Imperial Books and Collectibles (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 040601
- Title
- Making the Mummies Dance: Inside the Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Author
- Hoving, Thomas
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used: Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Used: Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0671738542
- ISBN 13
- 9780671738549
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1993-01-21
- Size
- 6x1x9
- X weight
- 28 oz
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Imperial Books and Collectibles
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Wauwatosa, Wisconsin
About Imperial Books and Collectibles
Imperial Books and Collectibles, LLC is a partnership of retired professionals and avid collectors who are liquidating their own collections of books while assisting others to market their books both online and in a retail outlet under the "ImperialBks" banner. In business since 2010, ImperialBks has sold over ten thousand of high quality paper items through various channels with a uniformly high degree of customer satisfaction. Our mission is to treat both clients and customers like royalty, giving great value and personal attention to each.
Glossary
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- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- 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....
- 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...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- 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.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.