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THE WARES OF THE MING DYNASTY
by R. L. Hobson
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/good
- Seller
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Blue Hill, Maine, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Vermont: Charles E. Tuttle Co., 1962. Hardcover. Very Good/good. 8 x 11 in. Green cloth boards with gilt titles. Color plates. A facsimile reprint of the 1920's edition. Condition is VERY GOOD ; corners and spine ends bumped and worn, covers clean but sunned at edges. Binding tight and text unmarked. DJ is GOOD ; not price-clipped ($12.50) edges very worn wit many chips and tears, overall quite rubbed with some delamination. Antiques. Stax.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Andre Strong Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 16170
- Title
- THE WARES OF THE MING DYNASTY
- Author
- R. L. Hobson
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Charles E. Tuttle Co.
- Place of Publication
- Vermont
- Date Published
- 1962
- Bookseller catalogs
- Antiques;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Andre Strong Bookseller
Biblio member since 2008
Blue Hill, Maine
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- Facsimile
- An exact copy of an original work. In books, it refers to a copy or reproduction, as accurate as possible, of an original...
- 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...
- 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....
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...
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