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The Beautiful Book: A Code for the Collector
by Robert, Maurice; Warde, Frederic; De Miomandre, Francis (preface by) LeClercq, Jacques (translated from French by)
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0931480434
- ISBN 13
- 9780931480430
- Seller
-
Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
NY: Limited Editions, 1980. Marbled end papers, textblock is clean and tight. All page edges are crisp and sound. Cloth binding with some surface scuffing, illustrated paper paste down on the front, faint sunning to the spine. 55pp.. Facsimile Reprint. Cloth w/Paper Paste-down. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Hardcover.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Clausen Books, RMABA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- SB15559
- Title
- The Beautiful Book: A Code for the Collector
- Author
- Robert, Maurice; Warde, Frederic; De Miomandre, Francis (preface by) LeClercq, Jacques (translated from French by)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- Facsimile Reprint
- ISBN 10
- 0931480434
- ISBN 13
- 9780931480430
- Publisher
- Limited Editions
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1980
- Keywords
- Books on Books, Book Collectors Code, Code for Book Collecting, Book Collecting
- Bookseller catalogs
- Books on Books;
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
Terms of Sale
Clausen Books, RMABA
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About the Seller
Clausen Books, RMABA
Biblio member since 2006
Colorado Springs, Colorado
About Clausen Books, RMABA
Established July 1, 1946. Member- Rocky Mountain Antiquarian Booksellers Association. Now exclusively on-line. Used - Old - Rare - Out-of-print - Antiquarian; CERTIFIED APPRAISALS * Visit our homepage at www.clausenbooks.com
Glossary
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- 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....
- Facsimile
- An exact copy of an original work. In books, it refers to a copy or reproduction, as accurate as possible, of an original...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- Paste-down
- The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...
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