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THE HISTORY OF WORLD SCULPTURE (fine binding)
by Germain Bazin
- Used
- near fine
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Seller
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Saint Charles, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
Greenwich, CT: New York Graphic Society Ltd, 1968. First. A custom red leather. Near Fine. Elaborate Custom red leather inlay on red Morocco, with gilt titles and designs on both covers, and gilt titles and borders on black leather labels on the spine. Raised bands on the spine. Front joint starting to split, apparently from the very heavy weight of the book., but binding is still intact and otherwise very sound. No other marks or damage to covers or text at all. Ornate floral design end papers, and a red silk bookmark sewn in. In a custom slipcase, with marbled boards and cloth edges. There is some shelf wear and slight spotting to the cloth edges of the case.
This is NOT the standard binding for this book, which has a more common art book cloth binding. The name "George Packer" is printed in gilt in an inset at the bottom of the front cover, which suggests that it may have been a unique binding or one of a small number, perhaps for benefactors of the Society. (There is a currently well-known journalist of that name, but he would still have been in his childhood when the book was published, so there does not appear to be any connection there.)
An impressive book in its own right, with more than 1,000 photos of sculpture throughout history, with ample narrative to describe the development of sculpture. But the strikingly attractive binding is almost a work of sculpture itself. Near fine.
This is NOT the standard binding for this book, which has a more common art book cloth binding. The name "George Packer" is printed in gilt in an inset at the bottom of the front cover, which suggests that it may have been a unique binding or one of a small number, perhaps for benefactors of the Society. (There is a currently well-known journalist of that name, but he would still have been in his childhood when the book was published, so there does not appear to be any connection there.)
An impressive book in its own right, with more than 1,000 photos of sculpture throughout history, with ample narrative to describe the development of sculpture. But the strikingly attractive binding is almost a work of sculpture itself. Near fine.
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- Bookseller
- Stanley Louis Remarkable Books (IOBA)
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- C6
- Title
- THE HISTORY OF WORLD SCULPTURE (fine binding)
- Author
- Germain Bazin
- Format/Binding
- A custom red leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First
- Publisher
- New York Graphic Society Ltd
- Place of Publication
- Greenwich, CT
- Date Published
- 1968
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Stanley Louis Remarkable Books (IOBA)
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Saint Charles, Illinois
About Stanley Louis Remarkable Books (IOBA)
Seller of high quality books and ephemera, emphasizing older and unusual items, such as signed or association copies. I try to offer the kind of books, at fair prices, that appeal to me, hoping that they will appeal to others also.
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- 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...
- Cloth
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- Raised Band(s)
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- Spine
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- Marbled boards
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- Fine
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- Shelf Wear
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- Edges
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- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
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