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Das Ornamentwerk
by Bossert, H. Th
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Minus/No Jacket
- Seller
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Rio Rancho, New Mexico, United States
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About This Item
Berlin, Germany: Ernst Wasmuth Verlagsbuchhandlung, 1937 Berlin, Germany: Ernst Wasmuth Verlagsbuchhandlung, 1937 120 pp with 68 plates on coated stock. Text in German A sumptuous compendium of decorative design from all around the world, with an emphasis on Asia. A clear picture of what types of ethnographic art were considered acceptable at the height of the Third Reich. Many plates in color. . Text is clean, tight and unmarked. Blue cloth boards with black leather spine have some bumping to corners, rubbing to spine ends but overall clean except for some small white spots on rear board. Large and heavy book, extra postage applies. Elephant Folio - over 15" - 23" tall. Presumed First. Cloth with Leather Spine. Very Good Minus/No Jacket. Elephant Folio - over 15" - 23" tall.. Presumed First.. Hardcover. Very Good Minus/No Jacket.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Catron Grant Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 300809
- Title
- Das Ornamentwerk
- Author
- Bossert, H. Th
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Minus
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- Presumed First.
- Publisher
- Ernst Wasmuth Verlagsbuchhandlung
- Place of Publication
- Berlin, Germany
- Date Published
- 1937
- Bookseller catalogs
- Arts and Crafts; The Twenties and Thirties;
Terms of Sale
Catron Grant 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. Books must be returned in the condition in which they were sold. No returns on books valued at less than $9.00.
About the Seller
Catron Grant Books
Biblio member since 2012
Rio Rancho, New Mexico
About Catron Grant Books
Specializing in olderbooks on travel and exploration in Asia, and World War II Pacific and Southeast Asia.Online sales and antiquarian book shows in the American West.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Folio
- A folio usually indicates a large book size of 15" in height or larger when used in the context of a book description. Further,...
- 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....
- Acceptable
- A non-traditional book condition description that generally refers to a book in readable condition, although no standard exists...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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