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THE POETRY OF ARCHITECTURE
by JOHN RUSKIN
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Brighton, East Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
LONDON: GEORGE ALLEN, 1905 Burgundy Cloth boards with gilt blocked titles and decs to spine, facsimile author signature to front, gilt top edge,170 x 110 mm approx. xii + 350 pp + 2 of publisher's adverts, Colour frontis with tissue guard + 14 other line drawings by Ruskin and 14 Figs being mainly plates from the Architectural Magazine. First Printing 1905 of the Pocket Edition on India paper. Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and condition. Good no d/j (Book- moderate shelf wear to cloth and spine a little sunned, no significant soiling, book plate of Kenneth Newton Colvile to front paste down. Mild offset browning to free end papers, hint of foxing to fore edge of book block. No other notable defects).
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- Bookseller
- booksonlinebrighton
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 130147
- Title
- THE POETRY OF ARCHITECTURE
- Author
- JOHN RUSKIN
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition Thus
- Publisher
- GEORGE ALLEN
- Place of Publication
- LONDON
- Date Published
- 1905
- Keywords
- The Poetry of Architecture, John Ruskin, Cottages, Villas, Stone work, Architectural Features, The Study of Buildings, Bookplate Collecting, The Book Plate Society, Kenneth Newton Colvile
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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....
- Facsimile
- An exact copy of an original work. In books, it refers to a copy or reproduction, as accurate as possible, of an original...
- 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
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- Offset
- A technique of printing where the inked image or text is ...
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