The Modern Movement in Art
by R H Wilenski
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Faber and Faber, 1946. Leather. Very Good. 8" by 5.5". Unamed. A work reflecting on the development of art, held in a very smart slipcase. Written by Reginald Howard Wilenski, an art critic and historian. Illustrated throughout, with 32 illustrations. The ninth impression of this work. Rebound in a lovely quarter morocco binding. In a quarter morocco binding with cloth covered boards. Externally, excellent with minor shelfwear. Held in an excellent slipcase with minor shelfwear. Spotting to the edge of the front of slipcase. Spine is faded. Internally, firmly bound. Cockling to the tail of pages with light tidemarks. Slight tidemarks and bleeding from endpapers to tail of first and last few pages. Pages are bright and clean throughout. Closed tear to page 165. Very Good
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- LTH27-I-3
- Title
- The Modern Movement in Art
- Author
- R H Wilenski
- Illustrator
- Unamed
- Format/Binding
- Leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Faber and Faber
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1946
- Size
- 8" by 5.5"
- Keywords
- Leather Slipcase Reginald Howard Wilenski, Illustrated Slipcase
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Rooke Books
Biblio member since 2007
BATH, Somerset
About Rooke Books
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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- 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....
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Rebound
- A book in which the pages have been bound into a covering replacing the original covering issued by the publisher.
- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...