PATTERN : A STUDY OF ORNAMENT IN WESTERN EUROPE FROM 1180 TO 1900 [2 VOLUMES]
by Evans, Joan, 1893-1977
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
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- Seller
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Rockville, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1931. Hardcover. Quarto; 2 volumes; G-; Ex-library; Hardcover; Spine, blue with gold print; Boards in blue cloth with gold print, wear to spine caps and corners, library label on front, cocked spine (v.1 ), mild shelfwear with bump to fore edge (v. 1) and to rear (v. 2); Text blocks have bookplate on front pastedown, small library pocket on rear pastedown, penciled library notation on front pastedown, light tanning to endpapers, cracked front hinge (v. 1), else clean and tight; 2 vols. (xxxvi, 179 pages ; xv, 249 pages), frontispieces, illustrated (b&w plates). [Shelf: Art History, Criticism, General]
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- Seller
- Second Story Books, ABAA
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- Seller's Inventory #
- 1367279
- Title
- PATTERN : A STUDY OF ORNAMENT IN WESTERN EUROPE FROM 1180 TO 1900 [2 VOLUMES]
- Author
- Evans, Joan, 1893-1977
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Clarendon Press
- Place of Publication
- Oxford
- Date Published
- 1931
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
- New
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- Shelfwear
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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....
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Fore Edge
- The portion of a book that is opposite the spine. That part of a book which faces the wall when shelved in a traditional...
- Cloth
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