Berenson: A Biography
by Sylvia Sprigge
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Acceptable/Acceptable
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Houghton Mifflin and Company, 1960. Hardcover. Acceptable/Acceptable. 1960. First Printing. 287 pages. This is an ex-Library book. Pictorial dust jacket over blue paper covered boards with grey cloth to spine. Ex-library copy, with expected inserts and inscriptions. Contains black and white plates throughout. Pages remain bright and clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Thumb-marking present. Tape marks to free endpapers. Noticeable scuffing to rear free endpaper. Light creasing to gutter. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Minor crushing to spine ends. Visible tape marks to boards. Unclipped jacket has light edgewear with tears and creasing. Some sunning to spine. Minor rubbing to surfaces.
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Details
- Seller
- World of Rare Books (GB)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 1685102821BAB
- Title
- Berenson: A Biography
- Author
- Sylvia Sprigge
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable/Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin and Company
- Date Published
- 1960
Terms of Sale
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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....