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A Portrait of Packaging
by West, Arthur J
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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East Granby, Connecticut, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
USA: National Publishing Company, 1940. First edition, 1940.. History of a trade publication, Modern Packaging, that was launched in 1927, along with a chronology of packaging history. Illustrated with a few black and white plates. Blue cloth printed in silver gilt, lighter blue spine, with dustjacket. The book is in very good condition with some browning along the joints likely caused by the binding glue, good hinges, firm text block, clean pages with a gift notation dated 1940, no other markings. The mylar protected dustjacket is not priceclipped [1.50] and is also very good with some light shelf soil and edge rubbing, no chips.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Resource Books, LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 045853
- Title
- A Portrait of Packaging
- Author
- West, Arthur J
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- National Publishing Company
- Place of Publication
- USA
- Date Published
- 1940
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- ADVERTISING GRAPHIC DESIGN INDUSTRIAL HISTORY
- Bookseller catalogs
- Arts - Fine, Decorative, Antiques, Performing Arts; Business, Economics and Finance;
Terms of Sale
Resource Books, LLC
We pack well and ship promptly. Returns: Books may be returned for refund of purchase price within seven days provided prior notification is given and the books are returned in the same condition as when shipped.
About the Seller
Resource Books, LLC
Biblio member since 2004
East Granby, Connecticut
About Resource Books, LLC
Resource Books, LLC deals in antiquarian and out-of-print books in a wide variety of subject matter, mainly non-fiction.
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- First Edition
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- Cloth
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- 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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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....
- 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....
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