ART OF THE BOOK AND ITS ILLUSTRATION
by Poortenaar, Jan/Sabbe, Prof. Dr. Maurits (Chapter)/Hornby, C. H. St J. (Foreword)
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine/Very Good+
- Seller
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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
Philadelphia, PA: J. B. Lippincott Company (No Date) 182+pp. Red cloth covers w/ gilt title on spine. Binding very bright and clean. Bookplate on front paste-down. Several neat and inoffensive library stamps on endpapers and one on title page, no other markings. DJ spine lightly sunned. Light rubbing to bottom corner of front panel. Illust. w/ 128 pages of illustrations in colors, photogravures, half-tones, etc. Contents nice.. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good+. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Shoemaker Booksellers
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 14270JL
- Title
- ART OF THE BOOK AND ITS ILLUSTRATION
- Author
- Poortenaar, Jan/Sabbe, Prof. Dr. Maurits (Chapter)/Hornby, C. H. St J. (Foreword)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good+
- Publisher
- J. B. Lippincott Company
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia, PA
- Keywords
- JOURNALISM REFERENCE BOOKS PRINTING HISTORY TYPE TYPE-FOUNDING ILLUSTRATIONS PHOTOGRAVURES NONFICTION GENERAL
- Bookseller catalogs
- Reference; Journalism;
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
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About the Seller
Shoemaker Booksellers
Biblio member since 2007
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
About Shoemaker Booksellers
Established in 1992, we are family owned and operated. We strive to provide excellent customer service and our inventory is hand picked for the best quality and subject matter. Our diverse inventory of used, rare and out of print books, as well as ephemera, covers most areas of interest and favors more the uncommon or unusual titles.
Glossary
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- Paste-down
- The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- 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....
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
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