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Flame, Electricity and the Camera
by George Iles
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine Condition/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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Warwick, New York, United States
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About This Item
J.A. Hill, New York, 1904. Later Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Near Fine Condition/No Dust Jacket. ILES, GEORGE. Flame, Electricity and the Camera, Man's Progress From the First Kindling of Fire to the Wireless Telegraph and the Photography of Color, New York: J.A. Hill, 1904. Octavo, edition de luxe of a 1900 release, pp. xv, 398, red cloth boards with gilt lettering a decoration on spine, gravure frontis of the author, top edge gilt, some leaves unopened, halftones and line drawings. An unusual approach to the history of photography, beginning with the discovery of fire and working in seemingly tangential inventions like the telegraph. The deluxe-ness of this edition seems to be its heavier binding than the original, plus a frontis gravure. Condition of this book: Near fine with slight wear at boards' edges. Size: Octavo (standard book size). Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Photography; United States; 1900-1920; History. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 52491. .
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- Bookseller
- Rarities etc.
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 52491
- Title
- Flame, Electricity and the Camera
- Author
- George Iles
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (Original Cloth)
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine Condition
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Later Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- J.A. Hill
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1904
- Keywords
- BZDB17 Photography; United States; 1900-1920; History. George Iles Flame, Electricity and the Camera
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- 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...
- 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...
- Gravure
- ...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- Unopened
- A state in which all or some of the pages of a book have not been separated from the adjacent pages, caused by a traditional...
- 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...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...
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