The Painter in Oil: A Complete Treatise on the Principles and Technique Necessary to the Painting of Pictures in Oil Colors
by Parkhurst, Daniel Burleigh
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Co, 1898. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition, 1898, hardcover with decorative blue cloth boards, octavo, 405pp., illustrated in b&w. Lacks 2 plates in rear with the color samples. Otherwise VG with mild rubbing to boards and spine, wear to spine ends and corners, binding tight, text clean and unmarked with rear inner hinge cracked. No DJ.
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- Bookseller
- Common Crow Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- B28754
- Title
- The Painter in Oil: A Complete Treatise on the Principles and Technique Necessary to the Painting of Pictures in Oil Colors
- Author
- Parkhurst, Daniel Burleigh
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Co
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1898
- Keywords
- Art
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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....
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
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