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Our American Artists, With Portraits, Studios, and Engravings of Paintings
by S.G.W. Benjamin
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket
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Warwick, New York, United States
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About This Item
Lothrop, Boston, 1879. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. BENJAMIN, S.G.W. Our American Artists, With Portraits, Studios, and Engravings of Paintings, Boston: D. Lothrop, 1879. Octavo, unpaginated, green cloth boards with beveled edges, black stamped lettering and a gilt palette on front, all edges gilt, illustrated. Not a children's book but meant to introduce the uninitiated to art; interesting to all for its depictions of artists' studios and working methods. Condition of this book: Spine ends, corners rubbed with minor losses, boards a bit darkened but gilt is bright. Interior is clean and tight. Very good and attractive overall. Size: Octavo (standard book size). Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Antiquarian & Rare; United States; 19th century; Art & Design. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 53505. .
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- Rarities etc.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 53505
- Title
- Our American Artists, With Portraits, Studios, and Engravings of Paintings
- Author
- S.G.W. Benjamin
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (Original Cloth)
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Lothrop
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1879
- Keywords
- BZDB17 Antiquarian & Rare; United States; 19th century; Art & Design. S.G.W. Benjamin Our American Artists, With Portraits, Studios, and Engravings of Paintings
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Biblio member since 2007
Warwick, New York
About Rarities etc.
Rarities specializes in photos, prints and art and photography books. We also offer vintage oddities.
Glossary
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- 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....
- Beveled
- Beveled edges, or beveled boards, describe a technique of binding in which the edges of book boards have been cut into slanted...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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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