British Book Illustration Yesterday and To-day
by SALAMAN, MALCOLM C
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
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Hay on Wye, Powys, United Kingdom
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About This Item
1923. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket . No dustwrapper. SMALL QUARTO. - Blind stamped and gilt decorated boards worn and toned w/ fading worsening progressively to top edge - Spine ends and corners crushed - Top gilt edged text block rubbed and unevenly toned - Endpapers heavily stained and toned w/ front free endpaper creased - Guttering open to numerous leaves w/ some of the pages coming a little loose - Numerous marks and stains to page margins and some toning - Book ow/ solid, clean and tight - viii/175 pages
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- Bookseller
- Green Ink Booksellers
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 636040
- Title
- British Book Illustration Yesterday and To-day
- Author
- SALAMAN, MALCOLM C
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Date Published
- 1923
- Size
- No dustwrapper
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Hay on Wye, Powys
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- Tight
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- Leaves
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- Gilt
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- Jacket
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- Spine
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- Text Block
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- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
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