The Poetry of Architecture
by John Ruskin
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
George Routledge & Sons Ltd, 1111. Hardcover. Good. No Edition Remarks. 276 pages. Fully bound in leather; book has been rebound. Black and white illustrated plates. Light foxing and tanning to pages and plates. More prominent to text block edges, pastedowns and free endpapers. Annotations, underlining and marginalia in pencil throughout; text remains unaffected. Hinges are lightly cracked but boards remain firmly attached. Book is slightly bowed and forward leaning with visible tanning, chipping and scuffing overall. Spine has noticeable sunning with soft crushing to ends.
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- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1707217272DPB
- Title
- The Poetry of Architecture
- Author
- John Ruskin
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- George Routledge & Sons Ltd
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- 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....
- 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,...
- Rebound
- A book in which the pages have been bound into a covering replacing the original covering issued by the publisher.
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- 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....
- Marginalia
- Marginalia, in brief, are notes written in the margins, or beside the text of a book by a previous owner. This is very...