THE ARTS OF ASSYRIA
by Parrot, Andre
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- Seller
-
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Golden Press, 1961. From the Arts of Mankind Series, edited by Andre Malraux and Georges Salles. Trans. Stuart Gilbert and James Emmons. 395 sculptures, friezes, maps and diagrams b/w and colour. Four fold-out colour sunk-in plates, four fold-out b/w sunk-in plates, and one fold-out b/w map of the ancient near east. 383 pp. Clean white endpapers with a new book plate on ffep. Red cloth with gilt titles. Tail front corner lightly bumped. Covers clean, tight binding. Illustrated DJ with black titles. Only very light foxing, small 1cm tear to head of front near spine. Edges unworn, DJ clean. An excellent copy. FINE/FINE. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine.
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Details
- Bookseller
- J. Wyatt Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 100030
- Title
- THE ARTS OF ASSYRIA
- Author
- Parrot, Andre
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Golden Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1961
- Keywords
- Arts of Mankind, Assyria, Ancient Art
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
J. Wyatt Books
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Ottawa, Ontario
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- The heel of the spine.
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- First Edition
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- 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....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...
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