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Marbled Paper: Its History, Techniques, and Patterns: With Special Reference to the Relationship of Marbling to Bookbinding in Europe and the Western World
by Wolfe, Richard J
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 0812281888
- ISBN 13
- 9780812281880
- Seller
-
Rockville, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
Philadelphia, PA: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1990. First Edition. Hardcover. Quarto; xvi, 245 pages. In Good condition with Good dust jacket. White spine with black lettering. Dust jacket protected in plastic sleeve. Dust jacket is clean with light shelf wear, some minor indents. Jacket has noticeable edgewear and soiling to tail. Interior flaps glued to inside of boards. Boards are strong and clean, mild rubbing to edges, binding solid. Textblock exterior is mostly clean. Textblock interior has light soiling with light water damage to end papers. Shelved front table. 1376483. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.
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- Bookseller
- Second Story Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1376483
- Title
- Marbled Paper: Its History, Techniques, and Patterns: With Special Reference to the Relationship of Marbling to Bookbinding in Europe and the Western World
- Author
- Wolfe, Richard J
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0812281888
- ISBN 13
- 9780812281880
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia, PA
- Date Published
- 1990
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About the Seller
Second Story Books, ABAA
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Rockville, Maryland
About Second Story Books, ABAA
DC's Oldest Rare and Used Bookstore, Second Story Books operates two open shops in the Washington D.C. metropolitan area. We have a large internet presence including this website, Amazon, and Ebay, accredited appraisals member ASA, and an in house book binder. For more information go to www.secondstorybooks.com
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- First Edition
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- Flap(s)
- The portion of a book cover or cover jacket that folds into the book from front to back. The flap can contain biographical...
- 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....
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
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