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Horn: Its History and Its Uses
by Schaverien, Adele
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0646464302
- ISBN 13
- 9780646464305
- Seller
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Gloucester, New South Wales, Australia
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About This Item
Brécourt Academic, 2006. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First Edition. 190mm x 265mm. Minimal wear to jacket. No tears. Signed and dated by author to title-page. Internally clean. Binding tight. 281pp This impressive book aims to be a complete history and reference work to the versatile material of horn, 'the natural plastic of the pre-industrial age'. The first section covers the history of the horn trade and its prominence in urban centres as a byproduct of animal slaughter from palaeolithic times, right down to post-industrial survival. The second looks at techniques for horn craft, while the third and most expansive section looks at the various uses to which horn artefacts have put, from the obvious such as drinking horns and powder horns to the more obscure such as in light fittings, spectacles and even translucent window panes..
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Details
- Bookseller
- Lectioz Books (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 027437
- Title
- Horn: Its History and Its Uses
- Author
- Schaverien, Adele
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0646464302
- ISBN 13
- 9780646464305
- Publisher
- Brécourt Academic
- Place of Publication
- Sydney
- Date Published
- 2006
- Size
- 190mm x 265mm
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- Antiques & Collectables;
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About the Seller
Lectioz Books
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Gloucester, New South Wales
About Lectioz Books
Welcome to Lectioz. We are an internet-based bookseller located in Gloucester, New South Wales, Australia.The majority of our inventory is non-fiction, with a bias towards the Arts - in all its forms. In addition we stock books on Australian History, Natural History, Transport, Exploration, Science and many other subjects
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- First Edition
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- Jacket
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