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The History of Printed Scraps
by Allen, Alistair; Joan Hoverstadt
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0904568253
- ISBN 13
- 9780904568257
- Seller
-
Lawrence, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
London: New Cavendish Books. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1983. First. Hardcover. 0904568253 . Green cloth hardback is tightly bound with no marks. Contains 127 color plates as well as numerous black and white illustrations of all types of paper collectibles, List of Scrap Producers, Bibliography and Index. End papers are overall greenish design. Binding has bright gilt to spine with no sign of wear. Unclipped DJ, now in Brodart, shows no sign of wear. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 175 pages .
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- Bookseller
- The Book Lady
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 409
- Title
- The History of Printed Scraps
- Author
- Allen, Alistair; Joan Hoverstadt
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket
- Edition
- First
- ISBN 10
- 0904568253
- ISBN 13
- 9780904568257
- Publisher
- New Cavendish Books
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1983
- Keywords
- 0904568253, Paper Scraps, Ephemera, Valentines, Lithography
- Bookseller catalogs
- Paper;
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About the Seller
The Book Lady
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Lawrence, Kansas
About The Book Lady
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Glossary
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- 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"...
- Good+
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- Jacket
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- Cloth
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- 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....
- Brodart
- Generally used to refer to a clear plastic cover that is sometimes added to the dustjacket or outside covering of a book. The...
- 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...
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