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Victorian Illustrated Books 1850-1870: The Heyday of Wood-Engraving
by Goldman, Paul
- Used
- Near Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 1567920144
- ISBN 13
- 9781567920147
- Seller
-
Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Boston: David R. Godine Publisher, 1994. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First American Edition. Slim Quarto. 144 pp, list of 91 b&w illustrations and 8 color plates, preface, introduction, Collector's Progress by Robin de Beaumont; 1. The Literature; 2. The Explosion in Popular Publishing; 3. Publishers, Editors, Engravers and Entrepreneurs; 4. The Readership: Taste and Reading Habits; 5. The Artists; 6. Foreign Influences; 7. The History of Criticism; 1-8 color plates, notes, select bibliography, checklist of the de Beaumont Collection, index. First Amiercan Edition, 1994. Pristine, no wear. Clean, tight and strong binding with no underlining, highlighting or marginalia. Red cloth with gilt lettering to front board and spine. DJ Price Clipped, in acetate protector. .
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Details
- Bookseller
- West Side Book Shop, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000728
- Title
- Victorian Illustrated Books 1850-1870: The Heyday of Wood-Engraving
- Author
- Goldman, Paul
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First American Edition
- ISBN 10
- 1567920144
- ISBN 13
- 9781567920147
- Publisher
- David R. Godine Publisher
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1994
- Size
- Slim Quarto
- Keywords
- COLLECTING BOOKS & PUBLISHING WOOD-ENGRAVERS VICTORIAN ILLUSTRATORS 1850-1870
- Bookseller catalogs
- BOOKS & PUBLISHING; COLLECTING;
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About the Seller
West Side Book Shop, ABAA
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Ann Arbor, Michigan
About West Side Book Shop, ABAA
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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...
- 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...
- Marginalia
- Marginalia, in brief, are notes written in the margins, or beside the text of a book by a previous owner. This is very...
- Price Clipped
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- 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.
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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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