Treasures Of Asia: Chinese Painting
by James Cahill
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/Good
- Seller
-
Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Skira; [distributed in the U.S. by World Pub. Co.,, 1960. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1960. No Edition Remarks. 212 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over beige cloth. Brown slipcase. Colour illustrated plates. Subtle foxing and tanning to pages and plates. More prominent to text block edges, pastedowns and free endpapers. Binding remains firm. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear. Spine has subtle sunning with soft crushing to ends. Unclipped dust jacket with minor rubbing, chipping and tearing to edges. Noticeable tanning and scuffing overall. Slipcase is moderately scuffed and torn with visible tanning and staining overall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1697128305BWD
- Title
- Treasures Of Asia: Chinese Painting
- Author
- James Cahill
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good/Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Skira; [distributed in the U.S. by World Pub. Co.,
- Date Published
- 1960
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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....
- 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...
- PUB
- Common abbreviation for 'published'
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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....
- 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...