New York: Dodd Mead and Company, 1926. 400 pp. Original red cloth covers w/ gilt title on spine. Corners and spine ends bumped and rubbed. Light foxing to edges of text block and scattered throughout. Previous owner's bookplate on front paste-down. Illust. w/ 79 illustrations, eight of which are in colour. . Hard Cover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

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Bookseller: Shoemaker Booksellers (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 17663RG
Title: CATHEDRALS AND CHURCHES OF ITALY
Author: Bumpus, T. Francis
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket
Publisher: Dodd Mead and Company
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1926
Keywords: RELIGION GOD CHRISTIANITY JESUS CHRIST CHURCH CATHEDRALS CHURCHES ITALY HISTORY CATHOLIC CATHOLICISM
Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall

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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....
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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....
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...
Bookplate: Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
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...