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WALLPAPER: ITS HISTORY, DESIGN AND USE
by Ackerman, Phyllis
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- VERY GOOD (note: )
- Seller
-
Eugene, Oregon, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Tudor Publishing Company, 1938. New edition". Hardcover. VERY GOOD (note: ). Octavo, xix + 268 p. Brick red cloth boards with gilt lettering on front and spine. Very little shelf wear; tiny bit of rubbing to corners. Hinge is cracked between flyleaf and frontispiece page (webbing still intact). Book is clean of any interior marks. No dj, although the book's description, cut from the original interior half-page of the jacket, is included.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Aardvark Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 85374
- Title
- WALLPAPER: ITS HISTORY, DESIGN AND USE
- Author
- Ackerman, Phyllis
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VERY GOOD (note: )
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- New edition"
- Publisher
- Tudor Publishing Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1938
Terms of Sale
Aardvark Rare Books
Returns Policy: 30 Day Returns, with prior approval, in same condition as when shipped.
About the Seller
Aardvark Rare Books
Biblio member since 2004
Eugene, Oregon
About Aardvark Rare Books
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- 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....
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
- 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...
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