The Arts
by Van Loon, Hendrik Willem
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Palatine, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
NY: Simon and Schuster. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1937. Third Printing. Hard Cover. Publisher's full red cloth, gilt lettering on spine, color illustration on label on spine, gilt decoration on cover, B&W illustrations on endpapers.. Spine faded, shelf worn, gilt dulled, label on spine peeling, bookplate in front, previous owner's writing on blank page, pages yellowed by age, else tight, clean, square, and unmarked. VERY GOOD.. Color Illustrations. Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall. (xxiii), 677 pp .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Round Table Books, LLC (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 23353
- Title
- The Arts
- Author
- Van Loon, Hendrik Willem
- Illustrator
- Hendrik Willem Van Loon
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good with no dust jacket
- Edition
- Third Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Simon and Schuster
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1937
- Keywords
- Art;, Art History, Illustrated Books, The Arts, Biography;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Round Table Books, LLC
Biblio member since 2008
Palatine, Illinois
About Round Table Books, LLC
Round Table Books, LLC lists rare, beautiful and interesting books. All books are described accurately, packed carefully and shipped promptly. SATISFACTION GUARANTEED - Any book may be returned within 30 days of receipt for a full refund.
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- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- 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....
- 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...
- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.