Tartans
by Hesketh, Christian
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good Condition/Good
- Seller
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Yungaburra, Queensland, Australia
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About This Item
Sydney : Universal Books, 1972. Edition Unstated. Hardcover (Printed Boards). Good Condition/Good. Quarto. Some 123 illustrations in colour and black and white. The book traces the origins of tartans, its changing role in history and the many designs. Size: Quarto. 96 pages. Some smudged marks on the first few pages. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Endpapers slightly browned, text clean. Dust Jacket has small closed tears, but otherwise complete and overall sound.. Dust Jacket un-clipped. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Boards have slight shelf wear. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Fashion, Fabrics & Style; Fabric; Main Picture: Front cover. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 51104. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact Some smudged marks on the first few pages Endpapers slightly browned, text clean All edges clean, neat and free of foxing Boards have slight shelf wear
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Details
- Bookseller
- Spencer and Murphy Booksellers (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 51104
- Title
- Tartans
- Author
- Hesketh, Christian
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (Printed Boards)
- Book Condition
- Used - Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Edition Unstated
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Universal Books
- Place of Publication
- Sydney
- Date Published
- 1972
- Pages
- 96
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Fabric BZDB397 Scotland, tartan, fabric, Highlanders, Scottish clans Fashion, Fabrics & Style; Fabric; Tartans
- Size
- Quarto
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Spencer and Murphy Booksellers
Biblio member since 2020
Yungaburra, Queensland
About Spencer and Murphy Booksellers
Books sourced from all over the world adorn our shelves. We carry a general range of books, some 18,000, including fiction and non-fiction in all genres. We stock collectibles, rare and antiquarian and many out-of-print books. Lonely Planet described Spencer & Murphy Booksellers as "the best bookshop in the North" and we are known as a treasure trove of books and often as Aladdin's Cave of Books.
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- 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...
- 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...
- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Spine
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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...