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THE TAO OF PAINTING TWO VOLUME SET A Study of the Ritual Disposition of Chinese Painting
by Mai-Mai Sze
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Pomona, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: Pantheon Books. 1956. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good+ in a Very Good+ dust jacket in a Very Good slipcase. Shelfwear to slipcase edges. Slipcase top torn. Light water staining on both volumes spines. Open tear on spine crown of Volume I. Small closed tear on top front gutter. Open tears on spine crown and heel of Volume II. Foxing on top and side text block edge. .
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- Bookseller
- Rare Book Cellar
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 303849
- Title
- THE TAO OF PAINTING TWO VOLUME SET A Study of the Ritual Disposition of Chinese Painting
- Author
- Mai-Mai Sze
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- First Edition; First Printing
- Publisher
- Pantheon Books
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1956
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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Glossary
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- 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....
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- 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....
- 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...
- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
- Heel
- The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.
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