New York: Brentano's Publishers, 1923. 1st. Hardcover. Fair/Fair. 288 pages, hardcover. A look at the architecture and landscapes of pre-industrialized China. Cloth boards with front panel gilt titling intact. Fading to spine titling. Bowing to front panel. Bumping and fraying to corners and spine. Gutter cracked. Preliminary pages present but detached. Age toning to text block edges. Unmarked. Many black-and-white photographs and illustrations throughout. A scarce copy. Record # 951950

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Bookseller: Monroe Street Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 951950
Title: Picturesque China: Architecture and Landscape
Author: Boerschmann, Ernst
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Fair
Jacket Condition: Fair
Edition: 1st
Publisher: Brentano's Publishers
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1923
Keywords: Countries, China, 1st, , .

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Gutter: The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
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...
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,...
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....
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...