The Decoration of Houses.
by WHARTON, Edith
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
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LONDON, United Kingdom
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About This Item
B.T. Batsford, London., 1898. First U.K. edition from the U.S. sheets. First issue black-coated endpapers. Royal octavo. pp xxii, 204. 56 plates. Red cloth decorated in gilt and blind. Top edge gilt. The author's first book under this name (her Verses of 1878 was privately printed under the name Edith Newbold Jones).Small bump to spine. Covers slightly marked. Corners slightly bumped. Very good.
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- Bookseller
- Peter Ellis bookseller (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- WHARTONE008555
- Title
- The Decoration of Houses.
- Author
- WHARTON, Edith
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- B.T. Batsford, London.
- Date Published
- 1898
- Keywords
- interior design decoration architecture
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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...
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- 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....