The Life and Work of Edgar Degas.
by J B Manson, edited by Geoffrey Holme:
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Tewkesbury, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: The Studio Limited, 1927. First edition (hardback). 4to (29cm by 24cm), vii, 54pp. 81 plates (including 8 in colour). Original white parchment spine, marbled boards, gilt titling to the front board and the spine. The binding is a little rubbed, the corners of the boards are worn, there is some minor foxing of the endpapers, and a a couple of the tissue protectors are creased. Overall, this copy is in good to very good condition.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Cornell Books Limited (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 39387
- Title
- The Life and Work of Edgar Degas.
- Author
- J B Manson, edited by Geoffrey Holme:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London: The Studio Limited, 1927.
Terms of Sale
Cornell Books Limited
Returns accepted for any reason, provided that you notify us within 7 days of receipt. The customer is responsible for paying return shipping unless the book was not as described.
About the Seller
Cornell Books Limited
Biblio member since 2005
Tewkesbury
About Cornell Books Limited
We are a medium-sized bookshop located in a small country town in the west of England. The shop is open for business from 1030 to 1700 Monday to Saturday. The building is a fifteenth-century former public house. We are still awaiting the day when we find a book older than the shop itself!
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition 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....
- Parchment
- Pages or book covering made from a prepared animal skin. Parchment describes any animal skin used for books, while vellum is a...
- Marbled boards
- ...