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Christie's Guide to Collecting
by Cumming, Robert (Editor)
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0131336207
- ISBN 13
- 9780131336209
- Seller
-
Newport, Washington, United States
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About This Item
Englewood Cliffs, N. J: Prentice-Hall, 1984. First US Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7. Type: Hard Back First Printing of First US Edition. Hardcover in Near Fine Condition with a VG Jacket. Information and Practical Advice on Becoming a Collector, Looking After a Collection. Buying and Selling. 118 illustrations. Illustrations before each chapter are delightful. Brown cloth binding, gilt titled, very clean and unmarked, no edgewear; tight and solid sewn binding, square with sharp corners. Frontis: Gainsborough: Portrait of James Christie. Internals in Fine Condition. Jacket is clean and unmarked, with slight wear to corners and spine heel, spine head is torn across top. 224 pages with appendix and index. 9.75 x 7 inches. 1984, Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, USA
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Parnassus BookShop
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 014974
- Title
- Christie's Guide to Collecting
- Author
- Cumming, Robert (Editor)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First US Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0131336207
- ISBN 13
- 9780131336209
- Publisher
- Prentice-Hall
- Place of Publication
- Englewood Cliffs, N. J
- Date Published
- 1984
- Size
- 8vo - over 7
- Keywords
- ART COLLECTORS COLLECTING COLLECTIONS PRESERVATION ANTIQUES; AUCTIONS AUCTION ROOMS CERAMICS JEWELERY MUSEUMS PAINTING DRAWING PRINTS PRINTMAKING RESTORATION SCULPTURE
- Bookseller catalogs
- Antiques & Collectibles;
- X weight
- 0 oz
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About the Seller
The Parnassus BookShop
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Heel
- The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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