American Cut Glass for the Discriminating Collector
by Pearson, J. Michael; Dorothy T. Pearson
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good in Poor dust jacket
- Seller
-
Lawrence, Kansas, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Vintage Press. Very Good in Poor dust jacket. 1965. Stated First Edition. Hardcover. Blue and green cloth hardback is tightly bound with no marks. Contains over 450 illustrations in black and white and color, identifies more than 125 patterns, a section on trademarks and Index. Binding has gilt medallion to front cover and gilt to spine. Only the lightest of wear. Unclipped DJ, now in Brodart, has sunning to spine with age tanning to fore edge and a big piece missing from the back with dampstaining. Very light wrinkling to back cover in that area. Digital photos available. ; Square 4to 9" - 11" tall; 204 pages .
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Book Lady
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 115
- Title
- American Cut Glass for the Discriminating Collector
- Author
- Pearson, J. Michael; Dorothy T. Pearson
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in Poor dust jacket
- Edition
- Stated First Edition
- Publisher
- Vintage Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1965
- Keywords
- Antiques And Collectibles, American Cut Glass
- Bookseller catalogs
- Antiques;
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About the Seller
The Book Lady
Biblio member since 2008
Lawrence, Kansas
About The Book Lady
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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....
- Brodart
- Generally used to refer to a clear plastic cover that is sometimes added to the dustjacket or outside covering of a book. The...
- 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...
- Poor
- A book with significant wear and faults. A poor condition book is still a reading copy with the full text still readable. Any...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- 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...
- Fore Edge
- The portion of a book that is opposite the spine. That part of a book which faces the wall when shelved in a traditional...
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