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THE OLD BOOK: A MEDIAEVAL ANTHOLOGY EDITED & ILLUMINATED BY DOROTHY HARTLEY
by Dorothy Hartley
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Foster, Rhode Island, United States
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About This Item
Alfred A. Knopf, 1930-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good. Alfred A. Knopf; New York, 1930. Hardcover. Limited Edition. Book is limited to 1,350 numbered copies. This book is number 676. Very Good, black cloth binding with gilt illustration on front board and gilt lettering and gilt decorative design on spine, some handling/scuff marks and some age spotting to boards, heavily deckled fore-edge and bottom text block edge, binding sturdy and intact, some age toning to pages, top text block edge a bit pulpy, in a Good Only, moderate handling/smudge marks to panels, sunned spine and verso, some discoloration to panels and flaps, large tear bit more than half spine, limitation number written on bottom spine, large tear bottom front panel, few smaller tears and chips along edges, 1 inch tear to front turn, Dust wrapper. In a Good Only, heavy discoloration and handling/scuff marks to boards, split at corners top and bottom, abrasions to spine, Slipcase. A nice and unmarked copy. 8vo[octavo or approx. 6 x 9 inches], 318pp., indexed, color & b&w illustrations. We pack securely and ship daily with delivery confirmation on every book. Please Note: Depending on site, actual book for sale may differ physically from picture listed. Additional scan(s) are available for any item, please inquire.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Lavendier Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- SKU1030227
- Title
- THE OLD BOOK: A MEDIAEVAL ANTHOLOGY EDITED & ILLUMINATED BY DOROTHY HARTLEY
- Author
- Dorothy Hartley
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Date Published
- 1930-01-01
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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About the Seller
Lavendier Books
Biblio member since 2008
Foster, Rhode Island
About Lavendier Books
Selling quailty books for over 20 years.
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- 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...
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- 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"...
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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....
- Flap(s)
- The portion of a book cover or cover jacket that folds into the book from front to back. The flap can contain biographical...
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
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