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Art Nouveau
by Fahr-Becker, Gabriele
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- Seller
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Whitby, Ontario, Canada
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Koln: Konemann, 1997. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 4to. Blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine and foot of front board. B&W pictorial endpapers. 425 p.p. Lavish colour photographs and reproductions of artwork in-text throughout. Light bumps to spine head and tail edge of rear board, small spot to head of front board. Dust jacket lightly bumped at edges, a few scuffs, small perforation to rear joint. Two small stains to tail edge of text block. Art historian and Art Nouveau scholar Dr. Gabriele Fahr-Becker explores the style in its impact on architecture, interior design, furniture, gold and silversmiths' work, art, ceramics and glass, graphics and painting.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Minotavros Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 003408
- Title
- Art Nouveau
- Author
- Fahr-Becker, Gabriele
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Konemann
- Place of Publication
- Koln
- Date Published
- 1997
- Keywords
- Art Nouveau, Art, Architecture, Gabriele Fahr-Becker, Art History, Jewelry, Interior Design, Furniture, Painting, Graphics, Goldsmiths, Silversmiths
- Bookseller catalogs
- Art; Architecture;
Terms of Sale
Minotavros Books
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All prices listed in Canadian dollars. We guarantee that all items are properly packaged and handled with care. Please allow one to two business days for your order to be shipped. Shipping costs are based on books weighing 2.2 LB, or 1 KG. If your book order is heavy or oversized, we may contact you to let you know extra shipping is required. All sales will be shipped with a tracking number for your convenience.
About the Seller
Minotavros Books
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Whitby, Ontario
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We are located at 10 Sunray St., Suite 4, Whitby, Ontario, across from Landmark Cinema's 24.
Glossary
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- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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