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Traditional Quilts and Bed Coverings
by McKendry, Ruth
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0442297785
- ISBN 13
- 9780442297787
- Seller
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Los Angeles, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold. Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1979. First Edition. Hardcover. 0442297785 . Hardcover in dust jacket. First printing of first edition. Book is crisp and clean in beige cloth boards, with tight binding, sharp corners, and bright gilt title. Unclipped dust jacket is fresh and clean--there is a two-inch cut in the paper by the spine. Book's focus is 19th-century handmade bedding in Upper Canada and Ontario. Foreword by William E. Taylor, Jr. Illustrated with photos throughout, including a section of rich color plates. 4to. 240 pp. Including index. In protective Mylar. Heavy--will require additional postage if shipped outside the U. S. .
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Details
- Bookseller
- KULTURAs books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 86660
- Title
- Traditional Quilts and Bed Coverings
- Author
- McKendry, Ruth
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0442297785
- ISBN 13
- 9780442297787
- Publisher
- Van Nostrand Reinhold
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1979
- Keywords
- 0442297785, Bedcoverings; Canadian Quilts And Antiques
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About KULTURAs books
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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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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....
- 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...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...
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