London: B T Batsford, 1908. First Edition. Hardcover. Fair/None. Tan cloth boards with gilt, embossed titling and decoration on cover and spine, lightly soiled. Large octavo. Corners bumped. Gilt upper page edges. Ex-library, with large library bookplate on front pastedown and stamp on an end page. FFEP repaired with tape and marked in blue ink by former owner. Interior otherwise unmarked. Binding tight. Not a reprint. Pages have a nice, heavy hand, with lovely, sharp photographs. BOOK INFO: ""An Account of the Different Styles of Lace, Their History, Characteristics & Manufacture, with 163 examples on 95 plates from photographs""

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Seller: Quadrant Book Mart (US)
Seller's Inventory #: 6296
Title: Old Lace: A Handbook for Collectors
Author: Jourdain, Margaret
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Fair/None
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: B T Batsford
Place of Publication: London
Date Published: 1908
Pages: 121

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The Quadrant Book Mart and Coffee House stocks more than 50,000 carefully-chosen collectible, rare and out-of-print volumes—as well as reading copies—for a broad range of reader interests, including art, architecture, modern firsts, literary criticism, and regional, American and world history. For more than 20 years, proprietors Andris Danielsons and Joanne Moranville have prided themselves on offering titles that are fairly priced and meticulously evaluated for condition. Our brick-and-mortar location stands at the heart of the arts and cultural community of historic downtown Easton, Pa., where we welcome neighbors and new friends to peruse the stacks of books shelved in two stories and lining the dining room of our top-rated coffee house.

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Bookplate: Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
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...
Soiled: Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
Reprint: Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
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...
Octavo: Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
FFEP: A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
Tight: Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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....