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Wine List Decorations, 1961-1963
by Various
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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Warwick, New York, United States
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About This Item
John Harvey, Bristol, No date. Edition Unstated. Hardcover (Quarter Leather). Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Various artists. Wine List Decorations, 1961-1963, Bristol: John Harvey and Sons, undated (early 1960s). Octavo, priority unknown, pp. 100, blue and yellow cloth boards quarter-bound in black calf with gilt lettering to spine. A book of menu and book illustration featuring the wood engravings of David Gentleman, wine region maps by Sheila Waters, and other illustrations by Asgeir Scott and Edward Ardizzone. Condition of this book: Corners rubbed, minor scuffing and staining to covers, overall very good. Size: Octavo (standard book size). Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Art & Design; Britain/UK; 1960s; Cooking, Wine & Dining. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 54855. .
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- Bookseller
- Rarities etc.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 54855
- Title
- Wine List Decorations, 1961-1963
- Author
- Various
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (Quarter Leather)
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Edition Unstated
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- John Harvey
- Place of Publication
- Bristol
- Date Published
- No date
- Keywords
- BZDB17 Art & Design; Britain/UK; 1960s; Cooking, Wine & Dining. Various Wine List Decorations, 1961-1963
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About the Seller
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Biblio member since 2007
Warwick, New York
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Rarities specializes in photos, prints and art and photography books. We also offer vintage oddities.
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...
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- 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....
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