Umbra Santa
by RICCI, CORRADO
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good +
- Seller
-
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Oxford, 1927. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good +. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Bound in brown cloth with stamped border to boards & gilt to spine. Brown topstain. 55 black & white ilustrations throughout. Light shelfwear, otherwise fine with only age darkening to pages & page edges. In age darkened dustjacket, with wear to outer corners & to head & heel of spine panel; rubbing along spine panel edges & foldovers; some scuffing to spine panel. Dampstain to heel of spine panel & onto adjacent front & rear panel.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 17327
- Title
- Umbra Santa
- Author
- RICCI, CORRADO
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good +
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Oxford
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1927
- Keywords
- Travel Literature
Terms of Sale
Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA
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.
About the Seller
Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA
Biblio member since 2012
Toronto, Ontario
About Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA
Interesting and unusual books and printed matter. Visual items, illustrated books, private press, mythology/folklore, modern first editions. Member of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of Canada (ABAC) and theIndependent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA)
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...
- 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....
- 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...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Heel
- The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.
- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
- 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...
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