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DESIGNERS IN BRITAIN.: A BIENNIAL REVIEW OF GRAPHIC AND INDUSTRIAL DESIGN (VOL. 2)
by The Society of Industrial Artists
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good -/Good -
- Seller
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Chamblee, Georgia, United States
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About This Item
US: Allan Wingate Publishers Ltd, 1949. Hardcover. Very Good -/Good -. Navy blue cloth over boards with gilt particulars and publisher's emblem to spine. Pages are lightly tanned, but are otherwise clean and unmarked. Text block is soiled and lightly foxed; endpapers are soiled and heavily foxed. Boards are lightly soiled with light wear to extremities; corners are bumped and rubbed; spine is lightly sunned. Dust jacket is moderately soiled and foxed; moderate chipping and rubbing to edges and corners; top of spine torn and detached; spine is sunned.
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- Bookseller
- Atlanta Vintage Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 64148
- Title
- DESIGNERS IN BRITAIN.: A BIENNIAL REVIEW OF GRAPHIC AND INDUSTRIAL DESIGN (VOL. 2)
- Author
- The Society of Industrial Artists
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good -
- Jacket Condition
- Good -
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Allan Wingate Publishers Ltd
- Place of Publication
- US
- Date Published
- 1949
- Keywords
- Architecture & Design
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Atlanta Vintage Books
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Chamblee, Georgia
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
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