SOFTBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edition: Reprint.* Date of Publication: 1984 (1978)* Publisher: Shire Publications.* Binding and cover condition: Soft colour photo-illustrated soft card covers. No bumps or rubs. No creases to spine or hinge. Heavy crease to lower front corner. Seems un-used. VG* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight & bright. No annotations, inscriptions or marks to text, very slight ageing to page edges. VG++* Illustrations: B/w photos & line drawings throughout.* Pages: 72 pp. text. iv pp. glossary, bibliography & index at rear.* Product Description:- Button collecting has been a hobby in America and Britain for a number of years. Organised along the lines of stamp collecting, there is an incredible variety of buttons available, with the most magnificent produced during the eighteenth century. This book outlines button history and describes the types of buttons that the average collector is most likely to encounter. With illustrations of a large range of button designs, this is a perfect introduction to an enjoyable, timeless hobby, ideal for aspiring collectors and anyone interested in the history of fashion.* This is a VG copy with some shelf wear & creased front corner.*

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Bookseller: Cocksparrow Books (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 3816
Title: Discovering Old Buttons
Author: Peacock, Primrose
Format/Binding: Paperback
Book Condition: Used - VG++/VG/ND
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: Reprint 1984
ISBN 10: 0852634455
ISBN 13: 9780852634455
Publisher: Shire
Place of Publication: Aylesbury Bucks. UK 0
Date Published: 1984-01-01
LCCN: 2009502444

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VG: Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
Tight: Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
Hinge: The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
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...
Crisp: A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
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....
Bumps: Indicates that the affected part of the book has been impacted in such a way so as to cause a flattening, indention, or light...
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...
Reprint: Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.