The Lace Book
by Moore, N. Hudson
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine
- Seller
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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1904. Book. Fine. Hardcover. F. First Edition. Octavo, pink cloth covere boards with gilt decoration and black and white pictorial inset on cover. 206pp. including index. Generously illustrated throughout with 58 full page black and white plates of reproductions of lace patterns and historical records of lace in old portraits. An important work surveying the history and development of lace in Europe, including sections on French, Spanish, Italian, English, Irish and Flemish lace. A tight, internally clean copy with slightly darkened spine and some signs of minor soil and stain at a couple of places on boards. Overall a very attractive copy of this classic. Very good plus..
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- Bookseller
- Brillig Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 03615
- Title
- The Lace Book
- Author
- Moore, N. Hudson
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Edition
- F
- Publisher
- New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1904.
- Keywords
- LACE, DRESS, FASHION, BELGIAN, PATTERN, DESIGN, GRAPHIC, CLOTH, TEXTILE, EUROPEAN, IRISH, ENGLISH, FLEMISH, ITALIAN, FRENCH, SPANISH, CLOTHING, FABRIC, ACCESSORY, MANUFACTURE, IDENTIFICATION, MANUAL, INDUSTRY, MOORE, LACE GENERAL
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About the Seller
Brillig Books
Biblio member since 2006
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
About Brillig Books
An independent bookseller of uncommon, out-of-print, used and rare books since 1991.
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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....
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- 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.
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