THE OXFORD DICTIONARY OF BYZANTIUM [Three volumes]
by Kazhdan, Alexander P. [Editor in Chief]; Talbot, Alice-Mary [Executive Editor]; Cutler, Anthony [Editor for Art History]; Gregory, Timothy E. [Gregory, Timothy E.]; Ševčenko, Nancy P. [Associate Editor]
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 0195046528
- ISBN 13
- 9780195046526
- Seller
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Rockville, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 1991. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Octavos, three volumes. Bound in blue cloth with gilt lettering. Minor shelfwear to spines and boards. Minor creasing to heads and tails of spines. Volume two has mild rubbing near top of spine and slight scraping along left edge. Minor rubbing to boards and bumping to fore-edges of all volumes. Bumping and minor scraping to all edges of boards. Minor scraping to front and back boards of volume two. Minimal chipping and scraping to front board of volume three. Age-toning to textblocks. Minor soiling to bottom right edges of textblocks. Previous owner's stamp to top right of free edge in all volumes. Textblocks clean. Shelved above Sports. This set was prepared at Dumbarton Oaks with the assistance of three successive directors. 1370138. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.
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- Bookseller
- Second Story Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1370138
- Title
- THE OXFORD DICTIONARY OF BYZANTIUM [Three volumes]
- Author
- Kazhdan, Alexander P. [Editor in Chief]; Talbot, Alice-Mary [Executive Editor]; Cutler, Anthony [Editor for Art History]; Gregory, Timothy E. [Gregory, Timothy E.]; Ševčenko, Nancy P. [Associate Editor]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0195046528
- ISBN 13
- 9780195046526
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1991
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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About the Seller
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Rockville, Maryland
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Glossary
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- 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...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- 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...
- 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....
- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
- 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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.