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The Bible in Art - 2 Volumes
by W Shaw Sparrow (Editor)
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Pateley Bridge, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Item Price
€180.39€144.31
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About This Item
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1904 Book. Good. Burgundy Buckram. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Vol 1: The Old Testament in Art, five books bound in one volume. Vol 2: The New Testament - two books bound in one volume: The Gospels in Art and The Apostles in Art. Gilt design to front boards and spines. Both volumes profusely illustrated with black and white plates, some tissue-guarded. Top edges gilt. Spines faded, Vol 2 frontis detached, spines and corners bumped, occasional foxing, former owners' names to frontis and hinges cracked, otherwise good condition. Very heavy set of books, extra postage will be required if ordering outside the UK..
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- Bookseller
- Washburn Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 003134
- Title
- The Bible in Art - 2 Volumes
- Author
- W Shaw Sparrow (Editor)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1904
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾" - 12&
- Bookseller catalogs
- Art;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
Washburn Books
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About the Seller
Washburn Books
Biblio member since 2010
Pateley Bridge, North Yorkshire
About Washburn Books
Washburn Books is a small family business, based in Yorkshire. We offer a wide variety of hard-to-find and out-of-print books in our virtual store, as well as an offline search service. We take pride in our fast delivery of well packaged books.
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- 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...
- New
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- 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...
- 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...
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...
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