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A book of porcelain : fine examples in the Victoria & Albert Museum / painted by William Gibb, with text by Bernard Rackham
by Rackham, Bernard (1876-1964) [author]. Gibb, William (1839-1929) [illustrator]
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- Hardcover
- first
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Galway, Ireland
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About This Item
London : Adam and Charles Black, 1910. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slight suggestion only of dust-dulling and rubbing to the spine bands and panel edges. Light foxing to prelims. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; xv, 95 pages, 28 color plates, tipped in ; 26 cm. Notes; Colour photographs, pasted to grey leaves, interleaved with captions. Contents; Chinese porcelain -- Japanese porcelain -- Italian porcelain -- French porcelain -- German porcelain -- English porcelain. Subjects; Victoria and Albert Museum ; Catalogs. Porcelain History. Pottery England History.
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- Bookseller
- MW Books Ltd.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 410869
- Title
- A book of porcelain : fine examples in the Victoria & Albert Museum / painted by William Gibb, with text by Bernard Rackham
- Author
- Rackham, Bernard (1876-1964) [author]. Gibb, William (1839-1929) [illustrator]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- London : Adam and Charles Black
- Date Published
- 1910
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- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- Spine
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- Tipped In
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- First Edition
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- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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