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Mysterious Spirits, Strange Beasts, Earthly Delights: Early Chinese Art From The Arlene And Harold Schnitzer Collection
by Jenkins, Donald; Quivey, Janice [Contributor]; Xu, Jay [Contributor];
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- ISBN 10
- 1883124182
- ISBN 13
- 9781883124182
- Seller
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Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Portland Art Museum, 2005-06-01. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Assumed first though not stated. Oversized item; may require additional postage. Hardbound book in very good condition. Full color illustrated pages are vivid and beautiful, as well as firmly bound, clean and crisp. Light brown cloth boards are straight and show almost no wear, with gilt lettering on front and spine. Full color dust jacket in mylar shows sunning for 1/4" at edges, and some edgewear.
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- Bookseller
- Chaparral Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- CHAPjenMS
- Title
- Mysterious Spirits, Strange Beasts, Earthly Delights: Early Chinese Art From The Arlene And Harold Schnitzer Collection
- Author
- Jenkins, Donald; Quivey, Janice [Contributor]; Xu, Jay [Contributor];
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 1883124182
- ISBN 13
- 9781883124182
- Publisher
- Portland Art Museum
- Place of Publication
- Portland Or
- Date Published
- 2005-06-01
- X weight
- 48 oz
Terms of Sale
Chaparral Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Chaparral Books
Biblio member since 2015
Portland, Oregon
About Chaparral Books
Chaparral Books is located across from Elephant's Deli on S Corbett Avenue in Portland. We have a well rounded collection of subjects, including an extensive core collection in Western Americana and Native American Literature including Western Writers.
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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....
- 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...
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