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SCOTTISH PAINTERS: A Critical Study
by Armstrong, B.A., Oxon, Walter
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very good
- Seller
-
Los Angeles, California, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Folio (13 3/4 by 10 1/4) London: Seeley & Co., 1888. Original edition, hardcover, cloth, xviii, 90 pages, 15 unnumbered leaves of engraved plates, illustrations, and portraits; very good condition, bound in blue cloth, with title in gilt above a Lion Rampant (the Scottish emblem) on an armorial background, title in gilt on spine, a.e.g., mild shelf wear to edges (not affecting text), bookplate of former owner on front paste down.
With many Illustrations after Raeburn, Wilkie, Geddes. Phillip, Chalmers, Orchardson, Pettie, Macbeth, and Other Artists.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Caravan Book Store
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 968
- Title
- SCOTTISH PAINTERS
- Author
- Armstrong, B.A., Oxon, Walter
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Original Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Seeley & Co.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1888
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Old and Rare; Art; Fine Arts; Decorative Arts; Scottish Art;
Terms of Sale
Caravan Book Store
Prices are net. All items subject to prior sale. Postage in most cases will be under $8 but can vary by weight and distance. California sales tax is 9.50%. Returns accepted with prior notice within 5 days of receipt at original purchase price, provided item is in same condition as received. Payment by credit card, PayPal (caravanbookstore@yahoo.com), or check drawn on U.S. funds.
About the Seller
Caravan Book Store
Biblio member since 2019
Los Angeles, California
About Caravan Book Store
For more than 65 years, we have specialized in rare and out of print books on the Western experience, satisfying a vast and varied clientele. Our focus is on early California and Los Angeles, represented by books, ephemera, paintings, and prints. Fine press, printing history, literature, gastronomy, aviation, railroads, and voyages are also available. Our store opened in downtown Los Angeles in 1954, and is now closed; but we are still available by phone, regular mail, and email. We issue occasional catalogs online.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- 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....
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