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History of Lace
by Palliser, Mrs Bury (revised by M Jourdain and Alice Dryden)
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Llanwrda, Carmarthenshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Sampson Low, Marston & Co, 1902. Book. Very Good. hardback. revised and enlarged edition. hardback, large octavo, the revised and enlarged (best) edition, cream colour buckram ruled gilt and lettered red and black, all edges gilt, cloth mildly soiled, spotting to pre-lims o/w a very well preserved copy with a tight binding, details of two previous owners to short-title page, text unmarked and clean, b&w plates, b&w illustrations, xvi + 536pp.
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- Bookseller
- Pendleburys - the bookshop in the hills
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 215355
- Title
- History of Lace
- Author
- Palliser, Mrs Bury (revised by M Jourdain and Alice Dryden)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- revised and enlarged edition
- Publisher
- Sampson Low, Marston & Co
- Date Published
- 1902
- Keywords
- textiles lace embroidery sewing fabrics
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Terms of Sale
Pendleburys - the bookshop in the hills
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- O/W
- An abbreviation for otherwise
- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
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