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The Virtuoso Tribe of Arts & Sciences
by Allan, D.G.C. (editor); Abbott, John L. (editor)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 0820313262
- ISBN 13
- 9780820313269
- Seller
-
Rockville, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
Athens: The University of George Press, 1992. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo; VG/VG; white and light brown spine, red and brown lettering; dust jacket has minor shelfwear, general edgewear, rubbing on fore corners and spine edges, sun toning on spine and head edges; boards strong, some edgewear, rubbing and bumping on fore corners and spine edges, penciling on rear pastedown; text block slightly age toned, light soiling on head and fore edges; First Edition, First Printing; xxvi, 447pp. 1297894. Rockville Non-Retail Listings.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Second Story Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1297894
- Title
- The Virtuoso Tribe of Arts & Sciences
- Author
- Allan, D.G.C. (editor); Abbott, John L. (editor)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0820313262
- ISBN 13
- 9780820313269
- Publisher
- The University of George Press
- Place of Publication
- Athens
- Date Published
- 1992
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About the Seller
Second Story Books, ABAA
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Rockville, Maryland
About Second Story Books, ABAA
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
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