THE AMERICAN WOMAN'S ENCYCLOPEDIA OF DECORATING
by Koues, Helen
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Endicott, New York, United States
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About This Item
Consolidated Book Publishers, Chicago, 1948. 9" X 6.5" in reddish-brown pebble grained LEATHER with fancy gilt cover and spine decoration. Thumb indexed; all edges gilt. Rubbing along lower edges and spine edges: VERY GOOD PLUS or better condition. This book comes in several versions. This is the nicest. The leather covers are a little rubbed, but still quite attractive. The gilding is bright, and the binding is sound. A great-looking book. 976pp. [BB121]. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket.
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- Bookseller
- THE BOOK VAULT (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000381
- Title
- THE AMERICAN WOMAN'S ENCYCLOPEDIA OF DECORATING
- Author
- Koues, Helen
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Consolidated Book Publishers, Chicago
- Date Published
- 1948
- Bookseller catalogs
- Architecture; Design;
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Endicott, New York
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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....
- 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...
- 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...