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GIAN LORENZO BERNINI: THE SCULPTOR OF THE ROMAN BAROQUE
by Rudolf Wittkower
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good -/Good +
- ISBN 10
- 080141430X
- ISBN 13
- 9780801414305
- Seller
-
Chamblee, Georgia, United States
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About This Item
Great Britain: Cornell Univ Pr, 1981. Third Edition. Hardcover. Very Good -/Good +. Ex-Library. Third Edition. Black cloth over boards with gilt particulars and publisher's emblem to spine. Previous library stamp to first free endpaper and check-out sleeve pasted to last free endpaper. Pages are clean and unmarked. Text block is clean and unmarked. Boards are clean and bright with rubbing and light bumping to lower edge, corners and headcap. Binding is tight and square. Dust jacket has shelf wear with small tear to front cover along spine, creasing to laminate at rear board, and previous library sticker to tail; creasing and rubbing to edges, corners and ends of spine.
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- Seller
- Atlanta Vintage Books
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 62037
- Title
- GIAN LORENZO BERNINI: THE SCULPTOR OF THE ROMAN BAROQUE
- Author
- Rudolf Wittkower
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good -
- Jacket Condition
- Good +
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Third Edition
- ISBN 10
- 080141430X
- ISBN 13
- 9780801414305
- Publisher
- Cornell Univ Pr
- Place of Publication
- Great Britain
- Date Published
- 1981
- Keywords
- Art
Terms of Sale
Atlanta Vintage Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Atlanta Vintage Books
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Chamblee, Georgia
About Atlanta Vintage Books
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- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- 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...
- 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....
- 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...
- 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....
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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