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Borromini
by Blunt, Anthony
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0713910259
- ISBN 13
- 9780713910254
- Seller
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London, Greater London, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Penguin Books. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1979. Hardback. 0713910259 . Dust jacket showing some minor tears and creasing along top edge, both panels age-toned and front flap clipped at bottom; Brown paper boards clean and sharp, with some shelving wear at base of spine, but otherwise showing no significant marks or damage, gilt lettering bright; Top edge dusty, all edges lightly age-toned, small dedication in pen by previous owner on ffep, but pages otherwise internally clean and crisp, B&W plates; Binding tight. Overall a nice, sturdy copy with some minimal signs of wear. ; 6.5 x 9.5"; 240 pages .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Walden Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 49118
- Title
- Borromini
- Author
- Blunt, Anthony
- Format/Binding
- Hardback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0713910259
- ISBN 13
- 9780713910254
- Publisher
- Penguin Books
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1979
- Keywords
- 0713910259
Terms of Sale
Walden Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Walden Books
Biblio member since 2010
London, Greater London
About Walden Books
Second-hand and antiquarian booksellers since 1977, in present shop since 1979, open Thurs-Sunday, with an emphasis on History of Art and Architecture, Photography, Literature and Poetry, Literary Biography and Criticism and the the History of London.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- 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...
- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- 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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