SACRED AND LEGENDARY ART (2 VOL SET - COMPLETE)
by Mrs. Jameson
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good +
- Seller
-
Blue Hill, Maine, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1865. Hardcover. Good +. 3 1/2 x 5 1/2 in. Blindstamp decorated blue cloth with gilt lettering and flowers on spine. Gilt sides to text block and tissue protected frontis. Condition is GOOD+ ; edges worn, ends of spine worn and both have a split at lower front hinge, though it doesn't affect binding. Covers a bit rubbed, gilt on spines good. Text clean in both volumes with PO's bookplate on the front pastedowns. Art. RGR.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Andre Strong Bookseller (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 9793
- Title
- SACRED AND LEGENDARY ART (2 VOL SET - COMPLETE)
- Author
- Mrs. Jameson
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good +
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Boston: Ticknor and Fields
- Date Published
- 1865
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Andre Strong Bookseller
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Blue Hill, Maine
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Blindstamp
- A blindstamp is a stamped impression, usually an image, logo, words, or design on the cover or spine of a book, without color or...
- 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...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- 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....