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The Windows of King's College Chapel Cambridge
by A Description and Commentary by H.G. Wayment
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good +
- Seller
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Waccabuc, New York, United States
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About This Item
London: Oxford University Press (for The British Academy), 1972. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good +. A solid, very presentable copy of the 1972 1st edition of this substantial elephant folio (measuring over 16" tall). Tight and Near Fine in its Oxford navy-blue, with very light abrading (subtle tape removal) at the half-title. And in a bright, VG- to VG dustjacket, with light wear along the edges and a 4" x 3" chip at the rear panel's top-edge. 153 plates (mostly black-and-white, a small handful in color) complementing the text. Corpus Vitrearum MedII Aevi (Great Britain--Supplementary Volume I).
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- Bookseller
- Appledore Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 22096
- Title
- The Windows of King's College Chapel Cambridge
- Author
- A Description and Commentary by H.G. Wayment
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good +
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press (for The British Academy)
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1972
- Keywords
- rare architecture, rare British architecture, rare Medieval architecture, rare stained glass, Medieval stained glass, rare architecture at Cambridge University, stained glass windows at King's College Chapel, King's College chapel, rare King's colleg
- Bookseller catalogs
- Architecture;
Terms of Sale
Appledore Books, ABAA
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About the Seller
Appledore Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2005
Waccabuc, New York
About Appledore Books, ABAA
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Folio
- A folio usually indicates a large book size of 15" in height or larger when used in the context of a book description. Further,...
- Cloth
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