BOOK OF SNUFF AND SNUFF BOXES: With 119 Rare and Unusual Reproductions of Snuff Boxes in Varicolored Gold, Silver, Ivory, and Precious Woods and Stones
by Curtis, Mattoon M
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good+/Very Good
- Seller
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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
New York: Bramhall House, 1935. Original dark red cloth covers, very bright and clean. DJ lightly soiled and worn, mostly to edges. Spine, and portion of front panel along spine are faded or sunned. Illust. w/ b/w plates. Contents very nice.. Hard Cover. Very Good+/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Shoemaker Booksellers (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 20867DA
- Title
- BOOK OF SNUFF AND SNUFF BOXES: With 119 Rare and Unusual Reproductions of Snuff Boxes in Varicolored Gold, Silver, Ivory, and Precious Woods and Stones
- Author
- Curtis, Mattoon M
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Publisher
- Bramhall House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1935
- Keywords
- DECORATIVE ARTS SNUFF BOXES TOBACCO ABORIGINAL AMERICA EUROPE CONTAINERS COLLECTING COLLECTIONS EIGHTEENTH 18TH CENTURY DEALERS AMERICAN HISTORY UNITED STATES WORLD HISTORY ANTIQUES HOBBIES COLLECTIBLES
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- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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Shoemaker Booksellers
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Glossary
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- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...