Porcelain
by Tait, Hugh
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fair/Fair
- Seller
-
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Spring Books, 1966. Jacket has edge wear, chipping, tears, creasing, rubbing, top and bottom of front flap clipped, protected in mylar. Boards have shelf wear, bumping, edges lightly soiled, sticker residue. Corners show wear and are bumped and bent. Loose binding, no cracks or breaks, pages still intact. Small tear along the spine between front endpaper and half title page. Pages yellowing. Yellow spots on the rear free endpaper.. 3rd Impression. Cloth. Fair/Fair.
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Details
- Bookseller
- after-words bookstore
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001363
- Title
- Porcelain
- Author
- Tait, Hugh
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Edition
- 3rd Impression
- Publisher
- Spring Books
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1966
- Keywords
- Porcelain Figurines Chinese Porcelain
- Bookseller catalogs
- Crafts; Antiques/Collectibles;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
after-words bookstore
Biblio member since 2006
Chicago, Illinois
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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....
- Half Title
- The blank front page which appears just prior to the title page, and typically contains only the title of the book, although, at...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- 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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
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