Lacquer of the West: the History of a Craft and an Industry
by Huth, Hans
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/Fair
- ISBN 10
- 0226363155
- ISBN 13
- 9780226363158
- Seller
-
Seattle, Washington, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
University of Chicago Press, 1971. Hardcover. Good/Fair. A Good copy in a Fair dustjacket. Book has shelfwear, bumped corners, soiling to covers & edges of text block, foxing to pages & edges of text block, & edgewear; DJ has shelfwear, edgewar, bumped corners, chipping to top & bottom of entire jacket, sunning to spine, toning, a large (tear on the back cover near the flap that has been inexpertly repaired with scotch tape, inexpert repair with scotch tape to spine & corners (front & verso), & foxing. Interior is tight & unmarked. 8vo. - over 7¾' - 9¾' (tall).
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Details
- Bookseller
- Arundel Books of Seattle
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 611427
- Title
- Lacquer of the West: the History of a Craft and an Industry
- Author
- Huth, Hans
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0226363155
- ISBN 13
- 9780226363158
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Date Published
- 1971
- Keywords
- Lacquer Lacquerware Craft Europe United States History Development Survey Pictorial QX91, , , , , , , ,
Terms of Sale
Arundel Books of Seattle
7-day return only if not as described (you must notify us immediately on upon receipt of any problem). We pack carefully.
About the Seller
Arundel Books of Seattle
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Seattle, Washington
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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....
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- 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...
- 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.
- 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....
- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
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